Joseph Pugh
May 21, 2019
Joseph Wayne Pugh, 76, of Boiling Springs, SC passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born June 18, 1942 in Waynesboro, VA, he was the son of the late Hugh Richard Pugh and Enola Powell Pugh. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Martha Ann McCullough Pugh. Wayne had a passion for...
Karen Covington
May 21, 2019
Karen passed from this earth on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in her home in Spartanburg. Instead of writing a traditional obituary, I'd like to write you a letter about my sweet Karen. She was born on March 24, 1984 and named Karen Clarissy Covington by her parents, preceded in death, Jacqueline Rushing and Cleveland Covington. Those closest to her called...
Mary Guy
May 20, 2019
Mary Louise Gore Guy, 88, of Kings Mountain, NC, died Monday, May 20, 2019, at Robin Johnson Hospice House, Dallas, NC. Born March 20, 1931 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Skates Gore. Mrs. Guy was a member of Catawba Heights Baptist Church and retired from Converse Mill after 30 years of service....
Ernest Tate Sr.
May 19, 2019
Ernest G. Tate Sr., 80, of Lyman, SC, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Buddy was born in Cowpens, SC and lived most of his life in Spartanburg, SC. He was retired from the U. S. Navy and was an avid fisherman and gardener. Many thanks to the medical staff at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for the exceptional care...
Bobby Baker
May 18, 2019
Bobby Wayne "Popsie" Baker, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, May 18, 2019 at his home. Born February 20, 1944 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Otto Guy and Lorena Wall Baker. Bobby received his degree in Criminal Justice and was retired as a Captain at the SC Department of Corrections. He was a former member...
Carolyn Arms
May 17, 2019
Ella Carolyn Stokes Arms, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 17, 2019 at Brushy Creek Post Acute. Born March 6, 1930 in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Pauline Mason Stokes and the widow of Thomas Olen Arms. Carolyn was a member of Cedar Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include sons, Larry Arms (Pam) of...
Eleanor Bagwell
May 17, 2019
Eleanor R. Bagwell, 94, wife of the late Garland A. Bagwell, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019 at RoseCrest Nursing Home. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Born February 25, 1925 in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Percy and Ella Nora Turner McMillin. She was a graduate of Boiling Springs...
Estella Murph
May 17, 2019
Estella Mae Henderson Murph, 96, of Carolina Village, Hendersonville, NC and formerly of Cowpens, SC, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019 at 2:20 AM at Carolina Village Medical Center. Born December 7, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Dolly Posey Henderson and Henrietta Bishop Henderson. Estella was the widow of Robert Lee Murph of Cowpens, SC. Mrs. Murph...
Eric Wood
May 17, 2019
It is with heavy hearts that we must say Eric passed away in Spartanburg, SC, on Friday, May 17, 2019 at the age of 45. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the beloved son of Bill and Jane Wood and beloved brother of Barrett Wood and uncle to Trent Wood. Eric graduated from Altoona High School and Juniata College in...
Johnny Smith
May 16, 2019
Johnny Earl Smith, 77, of Roebuck, SC, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at his home. Born April 4, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William "Bill" Smith and Katherine Adair McSwain and husband of 53 years to the late Mary Carolyn "Connie" Wofford Smith. Mr. Smith was the owner-operator of Johnny E. Smith Construction. He...
Grady Lee Sr.
May 15, 2019
Grady Franklin Lee Sr., 90, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at his home. Born May 16, 1928, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Sarah Elizabeth Parker Lee and husband of the late Julia Mae Gossett Lee. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II aboard the USS Lake Champlain Aircraft Carrier,...
Warren Alberts Jr.
May 15, 2019
Warren Gilbert Alberts Jr., 72, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 7, 1946, in Riverside, CA, he was the son of the late Warren Gilbert Alberts and Nancy Josephine White Alberts. A very patriotic National Guard veteran, Mr. Alberts loved his country and was a true gentleman. He was a World War...
Gladys Kellner
May 14, 2019
Gladys Marie Taylor Kellner, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 6, 1923, in Lyons, GA, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Annie Moseley Taylor and wife of 62 years to the late Arnold M. Kellner. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Survivors include her...
Eleanor Porter
May 13, 2019
Eleanor Rose Clayton Porter, 85, died Monday, May 13, 2019 at Summit Hills Retirement Community in Spartanburg, SC. Born November 5, 1933, in El Paso, TX, she was the daughter of the late William E. Clayton and Jessie Ormsbee Clayton of El Paso. Her father was made a special attaché in the U. S. Embassy of Mexico City during World...
Michael Sellers
May 12, 2019
Michael Keith Sellers, 46, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at his home. Born September 22, 1972, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Keith and Barbara West Sellers of the home. He was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a son, Houston Sellers; sister, Farrah Ann Sellers;...
Kyle D.
May 12, 2019
Born August 11, 1941 in Kingsport, TN, to the late Kenneth Rudolf Kiesau and Agnes Adelia Shelton Kiesau, Dr. Kyle Frank Kiesau peacefully ended his life's journey on Sunday, May 12, 2019. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1959 and matriculated at the Virginia Military Institute that same year. He formed many lifelong friendships at VMI before graduation in...
Ernest Driggers
May 12, 2019
Ernest "Jay" Driggers, 78, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at his home. Born December 28, 1940, in Moncks Corner, SC, he was the son of the late Sidney Arnold Driggers and Mercedes Huff Driggers. He retired from the U. S. Navy having served as an aircraft mechanic for the Blue Angels. Surviving are his wife of 21...
James "Curly"
May 12, 2019
James Duran McArthur "Curly", 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at his home. Born April 9, 1928, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late William Ellis McArthur and Ruby Estelle West and husband of the late Matrel Nettie Simmons McArthur. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. McArthur was a...
Cindy Thornton
May 11, 2019
Cindy Finch Thornton, 57, of Spartanburg, SC went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 11, 2019. Born September 27, 1961 in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Paul and Elizabeth Ann Laughter Finch. Cindy was a former secretary for Flowers Bakery for 25 years and then a legal transcriptionist for an attorney in Spartanburg. She...
Fay Tillotson
May 11, 2019
Fay Foster Tillotson, of Spartanburg, SC, who would have celebrated her 102nd birthday on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, died on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at RoseCrest Lutheran Homes of South Carolina-Inman. Born May 14, 1917, in Spartanburg, she was the widow of William Bethea Tillotson (Major, U. S. Army, Retired) and daughter of the late Landrum Furman Foster and Selena...
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