Obituaries

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Jul 26, 2019

Mary W. Brown, 79, of Roebuck, SC, died Friday, July 26, 2019 at The Woodland Place. Born March 24, 1940 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George and Virginia Henderson Weeks and the wife of Raymond E. Brown. Mary was a member of The Boiling Springs Church of Christ. She loved flowers, plants, sewing and being...

Nick Jones

Nick Jones

Jul 26, 2019

Nicky Joe Jones, 77, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died Friday, July 26, 2019 at Midway Residential Care Facility. Born March 4, 1942 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Herbert and Edith Perry Jones and the widower of Charlotte Corn Jones. Nick was retired from the SC Dept. of Natural Resources as a Wildlife Officer. He...

Keith Funderburk

Keith Funderburk

Jul 25, 2019

Keitho Funderburk, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 25, 2019, at his home. Born December 16, 1955, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of Frances Morton McGill of Spartanburg, SC and the late Robert Funderburk. A graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College, Mr. Funderburk was owner of KF Enterprises. Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Elba Fernandez Funderburk;...

Calvin Cochran

Calvin Cochran

Jul 24, 2019

Calvin E. "Buck" Cochran, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Summit Hills-Spartanburg. Born January 2, 1938, in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Bennie and Beatrice Page Cochran and husband of the late Doris Amanda Rodgers Cochran. A member of Eastside Baptist Church, Buck retired from Union Camp (formerly Harley Bag) after...

Rev. Mcabee

Rev. Mcabee

Jul 24, 2019

Vernon Edward McAbee, Th.D., 89, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. He was born January 22, 1930 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to the late Vernon Lewis McAbee and Sarah Greer McAbee; and was a proud U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. After his military service, he began his lifelong service to His Lord...

Darthy Bearden

Darthy Bearden

Jul 23, 2019

Darthy Baldwin Bearden, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at White Oak at North Grove. Born February 16, 1924, in Salem, SC, she was the daughter of the late Stephens Herbert Baldwin and I. D. Brown Baldwin Haynes and widow of R. Chester Bearden. Mrs. Bearden was a member of River Hills Baptist Church. She retired from...

Glenda Godbee

Glenda Godbee

Jul 23, 2019

Glenda Kaye Frazier Godbee, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 1, 1945, in Ashe County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Bruce and Madeline Hamm Frazier. Glenda "NaNa" loved her grandchildren. She attended Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church "The Mill" and was formerly employed with Southern Eye Associates and...

Sybil Truesdale

Sybil Truesdale

Jul 21, 2019

Sybil Burnett Truesdale, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Hospice of Cleveland County, Shelby, NC. Born March 22, 1932, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Farris Burnett and Evie Grace Covil Burnett and widow of William L. Truesdale. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her children, Linda Truesdale Page...

James Malone

James Malone

Jul 21, 2019

James Timothy "Jimmy", "J.T.", Malone, 80, of Anderson, SC, died Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center after a brief illness. A talented woodcarver, he will be remembered for his love of family and friends, his kind generosity, and his creativity and curiosity. He was born in Inman, SC on November 21, 1938 to the late Ryan Edwin Malone...

Eloise Pitts

Eloise Pitts

Jul 21, 2019

Agnes Eloise Revis Pitts, 94, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. The last surviving member of her immediate family, daughter of the late Rev. James Henry and Mamie Ola McSwain Revis was born in Chester County, SC on February 5, 1925. She grew up in Spartanburg County except for four...

Amelia Cohen

Amelia Cohen

Jul 20, 2019

Only the dust returns to the earth, the spirit returns to God who gave it. Amelia Rae "Amy" Cohen passed into the Endless Peace of Life Eternal on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Born on August 19, 1949 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jacob, Sr. and Ruth Brown Cohen. She is survived by her three brothers,...

Mildred Mabry

Mildred Mabry

Jul 19, 2019

Mildred F. Mabry, 93, of Spartanburg, died Friday, July 19, 2019 at home. Born July 29, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Giles F. and Alma Lands Aycock. She was predeceased in death by her loving husband, Sam E. Mabry, Jr. Mildred was a homemaker and a member of El-Bethel United Methodist Church for 70...

Anne Byce

Anne Byce

Jul 19, 2019

On Friday, July 19, 2019, Anne Huggins Byce departed this life peacefully at her home to join her Heavenly Father. Born in Laurens, South Carolina on October 29th, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Margaret McCord and John Cortsworth Huggins and the widow of Macon Earle Byce, Sr. Anne graduated from Spartanburg High School and worked at Smith...

Robert Md

Robert Md

Jul 19, 2019

Dr. Robert Hutchinson Taylor, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at his home. Born April 20, 1929, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Claude Ambrose Taylor, Sr., Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, and Mary Young Cooper Taylor. Dr. Taylor was a graduate of Spartanburg High School Class of 1946, the University...

Sybil Thomas

Sybil Thomas

Jul 19, 2019

Sybil Jacqueline Hall Thomas, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at her home. Born September 29, 1928, in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Kate Bennett Hall and widow of Eugene Lamar Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a member of First Baptist Church Spartanburg and was very involved in Foster Care in Spartanburg...

Galynne Trivette

Galynne Trivette

Jul 18, 2019

Galynne "Lynne" Gregory Trivette, 72, of Spartanburg entered the Kingdom of Heaven Thursday, July 18, 2019 in the care of the ICU nursing staff of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's Mary Black Campus. Born March 3, 1947 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to the late Reverend Gary Guy Gregory and Hilda Cannon Gregory, Lynne was a graduate of Hilderbran High School who...

Bennie Larj

Bennie Larj

Jul 18, 2019

Bennie Scurry Stone Larj, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 18, 2019, at her home. Born April 27, 1923, in Gainesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Marshall Christman Stone and Bennie Maxwell Brown Stone. Bennie was a member of The Episcopal Church of the Advent, the DAR, the Colonial Dames Society of North America, and The...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Jul 17, 2019

Mary Elizabeth Turner Martin, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 1, 1938, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late M. D. and Lula Buckner Turner and widow of Ronald N. Martin. Mrs. Martin received her Bachelor's Degree from Gardner Webb University and was the owner/operator of Mary's Beauty...

Boyce Camp

Boyce Camp

Jul 16, 2019

Boyce Julian Camp, 83, of Cowpens, SC, went peacefully to his heavenly home on the evening of Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Born in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of the late Claude J. and Louvera Ruth Camp. Boyce studied Mathematics at Appalachian State University and retired from a long career in accounting from Hoechst Celanese. He was a...

Lura Walker

Lura Walker

Jul 15, 2019

Lura Williams Walker, 94, of Wellford, SC, died Monday, July 15, 2019, at her home. Born May 12, 1925, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Strom Williams Sr. and Martha Jane Harling Williams and widow of John Lawrence Walker Sr. A very loving and giving person, Mrs. Walker was a member of Wellford Baptist Church,...