James Fowler
May 10, 2018
James Elmer Fowler, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Eden Terrace-Spartanburg. Born August 10, 1932, in Pauline, SC, he was the last surviving member of his immediate family, a son of the late Saul F. and Virginia Smith Fowler. A graduate of Wofford College and U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean War he served in...
Peggy Phillips
May 9, 2018
Peggy Henderson Phillips, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died May 9, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born August 20, 1931, in Mint Hill, NC, she was the daughter of the late Donald Alexander Henderson and Martha Mae Bartlett Henderson and widow of Robert Frederick Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was a member of Living Water Community Church and retired from the Spartanburg...
Mary Berggren
May 9, 2018
Mary Goudie Berggren, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at White Oak Estates. Born June 20, 1922, in Glasgow, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Dunn Goudie and widow of Russell Vernon Berggren. She was a former bank teller and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her daughters, Heather I. Gillespie (Garry)...
Eileen Ronat
May 8, 2018
Eileen Marilyn Genre Ronat, 94, of Lexington and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Lexington Extended Care. Born May 4, 1924, in rural Highland, IL, she was the daughter of Wilbur and Alice Genre. She graduated from Greenville High School, Greenville, IL, in 1942, and then worked as a clerk in the Bond County...
Henry "Frank" Iii
May 8, 2018
Henry Franklin "Frank" Hodges III, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 7, 1946, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Henry Franklin Hodges Jr. and Doris Estelle Joiner Hodges. Mr. Hodges was a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church near Radford, VA and participated in Prison Ministries in...
Gene Riddle
May 7, 2018
Gene Riddle, 74, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, May 7, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born June 29, 1943, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Paul William Riddle and Mary Grace Lee Huntsinger Riddle and husband of 45 years to the late Opal Diane Lane Riddle. Mr. Riddle retired from Beaumont Mills and loved...
Jimmy Harvey
May 5, 2018
JJimmy Wells Harvey, 82, of Pacolet, SC, died Saturday, May 5, 2018. Born July 3, 1935 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Willie Lawson Harvey, Sr. and Lizzie Beth Foster Harvey. Mr. Harvey was a veteran of The US Army National Guard, and was retired from Hoechst Celanese as a maintenance mechanic. Jimmy was a member...
Newton Hardie
May 5, 2018
Newton Gary Hardie, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, surrounded by family members. Born in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Mary and Newton Hardie. He was married for 61 years to Nell Elizabeth Barker of Walhalla, SC. Mr. Hardie attended Georgia Institute of Technology on a naval ROTC...
Tyler Burgess
May 4, 2018
Tyler Patrick Burgess, 23, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 4, 2018 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born March 30, 1995 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Greg Patrick Burgess and Lynn Hyatt Davis. Tyler was employed with The Carolina Country Club, where he was part of the Golf Course Maintenance Department. He was of the...
Brian Wood, Sr.
May 3, 2018
Brian Parker Wood, Sr., 69, of Arcadia, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by family and friends. Born March 22, 1949, in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Joseph Parker Wood and Ida Lewiska Wood. A mechanical engineer, Mr. Wood retired from the Savannah River Plant and was of the Catholic...
Erin Ivey
May 3, 2018
Erin Easler Ivey, 89, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at her home after a recent illness. Born in Spartanburg on December 19, 1928, for 71 years she was blessed to be the wife of James W. Ivey, deceased in February, 2016. Mrs. Ivey had a happy childhood in Cherokee Springs, attended Spartanburg High School, married in 1944 and moved out...
Kristy Fletcher
May 3, 2018
Kristy Nakatia Fletcher, 43, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 4, 1975, in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of Lynda Spencer Campbell (Furman) of Inman, SC and Billy Arthur Fletcher (Helen) of Conway, SC. She was a member of North Spartanburg Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents and...
George Jones
May 3, 2018
George Russell Jones, 70, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his home. Born April 16, 1948, in Landrum, SC, he was the son of the late Clovis Pender "Pinky" Jones and Clara Mae Edwards Jones. He loved fishing and racing. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Johnson Jones; children, Corey Jones (Kelli), George Jones Jr. (Amy), and Ricky...
James Brown
May 3, 2018
James E. "Bo" Brown, 96, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at RoseCrest Community Healthcare. Born April 3, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Ira Oscar Brown and Anna Marie Bonner Brown and husband of the late Edna Lavender Brown. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Bo retired from Southern...
Elizabeth Easler
May 2, 2018
Elizabeth "Betty" Verna Wilson Easler, 80, of Chesnee, SC, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Brookview Healthcare-Gaffney, SC. Born August 23, 1937, in Stanley, NC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur F. Wilson and Hazel Garner Wilson and widow of Paul Easler. Surviving are her children, Dianne Litteral (Joe) of Gaffney, SC, Kathy Scruggs (Randy) of Inman, SC,...
James Christian
May 1, 2018
James Marvin Christian, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at his home. Born May 16, 1935, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Hugh and Lillian Putman Christian. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Christian loved his family, children, and grandchildren. He retired from the Spartanburg Post Office and also served as a Spartanburg...
Mr. Stephen "C"
May 1, 2018
Stephen Douglas Chandler "Mr. C", 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at his home. Born May 18, 1946, in Greenville, SC and raised in Ware Place, he was the son of the late L. Wells Chandler and Glenna Maude Leatherwood Chandler. Mr. Chandler retired from teaching 8th Grade at D. R. Hill Middle School in Duncan, SC....
Herman O'Steen
Apr 30, 2018
Herman O'Steen "Papa Bobby", 88, of Pacolet, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 30, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 2, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Edward O'Steen and Era Wilkins O'Steen. Above all, Mr. O'Steen loved his family. He was an avid fisherman, antique bottle collector,...
John Caldwell
Apr 30, 2018
John Vernon Caldwell, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, April 30, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 15, 1940, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Dean Caldwell and Lena Mae Holland Caldwell. A U. S. Air Force veteran and retiree of GE, Mr. Caldwell was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg, a Mason, and...
Thomas Johnson
Apr 28, 2018
Tom Johnson, 83, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Tom, a native of Evanston, Illinois, was born to his parents, Herbert and Katherine on October 23, 1934. He graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1953 and went on to attend the University of Illinois to study theater and began acting...
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