Stephen Parris
Apr 28, 2018
Stephen "Steve" Anthony Parris, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 28, 2018, at his home. Born November 11, 1948, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ralph Hazle Parris and Doris Cannon Parris. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Mr. Parris was a teacher at USC-Upstate and a real estate agent. He was also employed...
Clark Cox
Apr 25, 2018
Clark Cox, 91, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at his home. Born December 31, 1926, in Mitchell County, NC, he was the son of the late Millard and Grace Washburn Cox. A U. S. Marine veteran and member of Valley Falls Baptist Church, Mr. Cox loved to hunt and was owner/operator of Cox Trucking. Survivors include...
Jeffrey "Jj"
Apr 25, 2018
Jeffrey Jay Burkett "JJ", 58, of Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Frederick, MD, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Born September 28, 1959, in Olney, MD, he was the son of Ramona J. Burkett of Hagerstown, MD and the late H. Marion Burkett. Jeff was an experienced auto technician, talented artist and loved to cook. His passion was freshwater...
Charles Boone
Apr 21, 2018
Charles Chaffin "Charlie" Boone, 90, died April 21, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 31, 1927 in Franklinton, NC, he was the son of the late John Albert and Esther Stanbury Boone, and a resident of Spartanburg for 52 years. He is survived by his brother Walter Boone, his daughter Mary Boone Pinkowish, his sons-in-law Thomas John Pinkowish...
Theodore Ware
Apr 20, 2018
Theodore "Teddy" Robert Ware, 38, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 25, 1979 in Louisville, KY, he was the son of Diane Franz Ware and the late Charles Stephen Ware, Sr. Theodore graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University of Marietta, GA and was an electrical engineer with Food Control Engineering of...
Marcus White
Apr 20, 2018
Marcus B. "Sonny" White, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 2, 1942 in Tuscaloosa, AL, he was the son of the late L.B. and Mary Naler White. Mr. White was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, a member of the Chairman's Circle of Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, and...
Ann Lathan
Apr 19, 2018
Judith Ann Belue Lathan, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, widow of John Lawrence Lathan, Jr., died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at her home. The last surviving member of her immediate family, Ann was born February 15, 1934, in Spartanburg County, SC to the late Raymond Ernest Belue and Hazel Bowen Belue. A selfless woman who loved her Lord and family, Mrs....
Helen Harrelson
Apr 19, 2018
Helen Harmon Harrelson, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at her home. Born June 27, 1941, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel L. Harmon, Sr. and Jennie Hendrix Harmon. Mrs. Harrelson was devoted to her family and assisted her husband in the family business, Harrelson Plumbing. She was the 1961 Spartanburg Methodist College...
Mary Carr
Apr 18, 2018
Mary Juanita Carr, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born May 26, 1923, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Zelie Chapman Carr. Mary was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, the 55 Plus Club, United Methodist Women, and Clifton Improvement Association. She was formerly...
Arnold Gasper
Apr 17, 2018
Arnold Gasper, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his home. Born March 12, 1956 in Klein St. Paul, Austria, he was the son of the late Ottilie Gasper and Konrad Kaschitz. Arnold worked in the textile industry for 45 years as a mechanical engineer. He then established Gasper Enterprise, LLC in 2014, where he was...
Charles Mccraw
Apr 17, 2018
Charles Edmond McCraw, 80, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Ellen Sager Nursing Home-Union. Born September 30, 1937, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Andrew Jackson McCraw and Elizabeth Waddell McCraw. Mr. McCraw was devoted to his family and always had a beautiful garden. He was the retired owner/operator of McCraw...
Anthony Worden
Apr 17, 2018
Anthony "Tony" Patrick Worden, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Born September 19, 1965, in Spartanburg, Tony was a certified HVAC technician and member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Mr. & Mrs. James Carson McGinnis; father and stepmother, Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Worden; brother, Robert W....
Juanita Moore
Apr 16, 2018
Juanita Scalf Moore, 87, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, April 16, 2018. Born October 19, 1930, in Viper, KY, she was the daughter of William Blackburn Scalf and Laura Campbell Scalf and wife of 57 years to the late Elbert Henry Moore. She was a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church. Surviving are her children, Carol McSwain, Helen...
Donald Mcdowell
Apr 16, 2018
Donald Kenneth McDowell, 75, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, April 16, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 14, 1942, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence William McDowell and Julia Eubanks McDowell. A graduate of Spartanburg High School and SC Army National Guard veteran, Mr. McDowell retired in 1993 as an investigator with the City...
Catherine Higgins
Apr 15, 2018
Catherine Grogan Higgins, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, April 15, 2018, at her home. Born August 13, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Erby Franklin Grogan (stepmother, Valerie) and Leila Grant Grogan and widow of Fred B. Higgins. A member of Calvary Baptist Church then Morningside Baptist Church, Mrs. Higgins loved her family and enjoyed...
Linda Pierce
Apr 15, 2018
Linda Cherry Pierce, 71, of Pauline, SC, died Sunday, April 15, 2018 at home. Born November 1, 1946 in Spartanburg, SC, was the daughter of the late Walter Eugene Cherry and Genevieve Houston Gosnell, and former wife of James Arthur Pierce. Linda was a homemaker, a member of First Baptist Spartanburg as well as a longtime employee of the church....
Geneva Webb
Apr 14, 2018
Geneva Clayton Webb, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Summit Hills. Born March 23, 1927 in Duncan, SC, she was the daughter of the late Sire Pate and Ruth Brashears Clayton and the widow of Harold James Webb. Geneva was retired as a secretary with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after 28 years of service. She was...
Edwin Pennebaker
Apr 14, 2018
Edwin "Ned" Ruthven Pennebaker passed away peacefully Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Spartanburg. Ned was born July 3, 1920, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Effie DuBose Pennebaker and Edwin R. Pennebaker, Sr. Later, he moved to Spartanburg, where he met and married his wife of 62 years, Shirley Siddall Pennebaker. Ned was a proud veteran, having served as crew chief and...
Connie Culbreth
Apr 14, 2018
Connie Mack Culbreth, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at White Oak at North Grove. Born September 24, 1935 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Alvin Boyce and Elizabeth Hawkins Culbreth. Mack was an entrepreneur as a painting contractor. He was an active participant in textile league baseball and church league softball as well...
John Wofford, Jr.
Apr 13, 2018
John ("Ragu") Glover Wofford, Jr., age 50, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2018. John was born on April 21, 1967, and grew up in Spartanburg. He attended Dorman High School, was a devoted Carolina Gamecock fan (that may be putting it a bit mildly) and loved to golf. He was adored by his parents, Johnny Glover Wofford, Sr. and...
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