Obituaries

Frankie Watson

Frankie Watson

Nov 29, 2019

Frankie Taylor Watson, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 29, 2019 in Spartanburg, SC. Born August 16, 1933 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Roy Marchant Lister and Leola Robinson. She was first married to the late Irby C. Taylor, Jr. Frankie was retired as a secretary and office manager. She was a member of...

Zachary Willis

Zachary Willis

Nov 29, 2019

Zachary Alexander Willis, 3, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 29, 2019 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born July 8, 2016 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Michael Kevin and Rebecca Allison Willis. Our sweet Zach loved attending preschool at Pacolet Elementary School in Spartanburg, SC and singing along to his favorite nursery rhymes. Survivors are his parents, Kevin and...

Silvia Clary

Silvia Clary

Nov 27, 2019

Silvia Maria Socarras Clary, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord, November 27, 2019. Born March 8, 1957, in Matanzas, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Luis Rosendo and Matilde Trinidad Caraballo Socarras. Silvia graduated from high school in Spain; and also worked as a Professional Translator in Puerto Rico. She was a woman...

Donna Bolt

Donna Bolt

Nov 27, 2019

Donna Pugh Connelly Bolt, 71, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 16, 1948 in Newberry County, she was the daughter of the late Nelson Bennett and Ruby Pugh Connelly of Boiling Springs, SC, and wife of the late John Hampton Bolt. Mrs. Bolt was a longtime member of St. John's Lutheran...

Tommie Sellars

Tommie Sellars

Nov 26, 2019

Tommie Lou James Hammett Sellars, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center-Mary Black Campus. Born June 5, 1928, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Elsie Epps James and widow of Daniel Hammett and John Calvin Sellars. Mrs. Sellars loved cooking, sewing and line dancing. She was always active...

Elizabeth Warlick

Elizabeth Warlick

Nov 26, 2019

Elizabeth "Betty" Bean Warlick, 72, of Inman, SC, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 23, 1946, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late John McBride Bean and Gertrude Bailey Bean. A graduate of Dreher High School, Mrs. Warlick was the former Director of Nursing at Cherokee Medical Center and...

Jimmie Hill

Jimmie Hill

Nov 25, 2019

Jimmie P. Hill, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 25, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 4, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late LeRoy and Gladys L. Parris and wife of the late Willie B. Hill. Mrs. Hill was a longtime member of Second Presbyterian Church and prior to her illness was actively...

Arlene Hicks

Arlene Hicks

Nov 25, 2019

Arlene Jean Anderson Hicks, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 25, 2019, at her home. Born June 15, 1936, in Lee County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Zettie Lee Anderson and widow of Jimmy William Hicks Sr. Mrs. Hicks loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She retired from Phillips Fibers after 40 years...

George Pack

George Pack

Nov 24, 2019

George Pack, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2019. Born December 27, 1925, in Spartanburg, he was the second of three sons and sixth of eleven children born to Peter Chesterfield Pack and Louetta Easterly Pack of the Beaumont Mill Village. He lived his entire life in the Beaumont Community and was "Beaumont Proud". George was...

Donald Praytor

Donald Praytor

Nov 22, 2019

Donald "Donnie" Dean Praytor, 70, of Arcadia, SC, died Friday, November 22, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 14, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Otis E. and Ethel Hicks Praytor. Donnie loved taking care of his family, deep sea fishing, and was the "life of the party". He was a member of Crossway...

Kenneth Towery

Kenneth Towery

Nov 21, 2019

Kenneth Wayne Towery, 76, of Woodruff, SC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Pendleton Manor Memory Care in Greenville, SC. Ken was born December 4, 1942 to the late Grady Furman Towery and Gladys Coates Towery in Spartanburg County, SC. Ken graduated from USC-Upstate after his tour of duty in the U. S. Army in Vietnam. He...

Steve Walker

Steve Walker

Nov 21, 2019

Steve Alonzo Walker, 67, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 21, 2019, at his home. Born May 5, 1952, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ralph Alonzo Walker and Margie Maude Bannister Walker and son-in-law of the late Dean W. Davis Sr. and JoAnn Blackwelder Davis. A 1970 graduate of Spartanburg High School, U. S. Army veteran,...

Susan Hanks

Susan Hanks

Nov 20, 2019

Susan Guthrie Hanks, 74, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Agape Hospice, Landrum, SC. Born October 5, 1945, in Hickory, NC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Georgia Tolley Guthrie. A graduate of USC-Spartanburg, Mrs. Hanks earned her Master's Degree from Converse College. She was a retired educator, having taught in Spartanburg School District...

James Cash

James Cash

Nov 20, 2019

James Timothy "Tim" Cash, 70, of Cowpens, SC, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Rosecrest of Inman. Born January 11, 1949, in Cowpens, he was the son of the late James William and Margaret Martin Cash and husband of the late Jeanne MacKenzie Cash. Tim was a graduate of Cowpens High School where he was Valedictorian and Student Body President....

Joseph Wilson Jr.

Joseph Wilson Jr.

Nov 20, 2019

Joseph Alvin Wilson, Jr. "Jay", 91, passed away at Eden Terrace in Spartanburg, SC on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. He was born on July 10, 1928, in Denver, NC, to Joseph Alvin Wilson and Sue Tate Wilson and grew up in Columbus, NC. Jay graduated from Berea High School in Berea, KY and attended NC State University in Raleigh, NC....

Vivian Strain

Vivian Strain

Nov 20, 2019

Vivian Faye Strain, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 19, 1950, in Lee County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer C. and Vivian A. Hammons Parsons and widow of Bobby Dean Bright Sr. and Marvin L. "Sonny" Strain. Mrs. Strain enjoyed knitting, cooking, and sewing. She was a...

Harry Hall

Harry Hall

Nov 19, 2019

Harry Judson Hall, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 4, 1946, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Dean Hall, reared by John Andrew Leathers, and Frances Lowe Hall Leathers. A U. S Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Hall loved his family, his Harley,...

John Curry Jr.

John Curry Jr.

Nov 19, 2019

John Robert "Bob" Curry Jr., 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 16, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Robert Curry Sr. and Agnes Parris Curry. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Curry was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and attended Wofford College. He was...

Hallie Foster

Hallie Foster

Nov 18, 2019

Hallie Ruth Park Foster, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 18, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 20, 1926, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Glenn Park and Ethel Davis Park. Mrs. Foster attended Montreat College and was a graduate of Converse College with a major in English and minor in Music. She retired...

Mildred Neighbors

Mildred Neighbors

Nov 17, 2019

Mildred Grace Gowan Neighbors, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 17, 2019, at her home. Born July 2, 1940, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest G. and Myrtle Holder Gowan and wife of 53 years to the late Dr. Clyde Randall Neighbors. Mrs. Neighbors was a member of Al Ansar Temple #117, Daughters...