Obituaries

Charles "Dean" Sr.

Charles "Dean" Sr.

Mar 20, 2018

Charles Dean Turner Sr., 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at his home. Born May 20, 1938, in High Shoals, NC, he was the son of the late Arnold Robert Turner and Willie Sue Early Turner. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Dean graduated from Tri-High in NC and Western Carolina University where he excelled...

Kristine Cooper

Kristine Cooper

Mar 20, 2018

Kristine "Kris" Alene Kauffman Cooper, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at her home. Born February 23, 1965, in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of Janice Kauffman of Woodruff, SC and the late David Peterson. Mrs. Cooper attended Spartanburg Technical College and was a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church. She was a former Emergency Medical...

Gladys Malone

Gladys Malone

Mar 20, 2018

Gladys Easler Malone, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, loving wife of the late William Ashley Malone, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, after a brief illness. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed. Born February 3, 1921, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Bonner L. Easler and Margaret Buna...

Robert Field

Robert Field

Mar 19, 2018

Robert P. Field, 86, of Greer, SC, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, at Pelham Medical Center. Born October 22, 1931, in Saint Albans, England, he was the son of the late Priscilla Rose Field and husband of the late Margaret Rose Norburn Field. A veteran of the British Army, Mr. Field was a member of The Episcopal Church...

Betty Wood

Betty Wood

Mar 19, 2018

Betty Turner Wood, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, devoted wife of 60 years to Billy W. Wood, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, after an extended illness. Born November 1, 1934, in Woodruff, SC, Betty was the daughter of the late Wilford O. Turner and Mozelle R. Turner. A dedicated member of Southside Baptist Church for over 70 years, Betty...

Sara Steadman

Sara Steadman

Mar 16, 2018

Sara Elizabeth Cobb Steadman, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, went to be with the Lord Friday, March 16, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 10, 1927 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Sally Porter Cobb and widow of John Calhoun Steadman, who were married for 69 years. Maime was a loving mother, grandmother, and...

Jo Brown

Jo Brown

Mar 13, 2018

Jo Nancy Baker Brown, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at White Oak at North Grove-Spartanburg. Born March 12, 1938, in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jeta Parnell Baker and Sadie McRorie Baker and widow of Perry Allen Brown Jr. Mrs. Brown was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and the Joy...

Bryan Klee

Bryan Klee

Mar 13, 2018

Bryan Phillip Olin Klee, 35, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at his home. Born June 4, 1982, in Greer, SC, he was the son of Tammie Howard Alley of Greer, SC and the late Brian Edward John Klee. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife, Elaine Henderson Klee and son, Keegan Klee, of the home;...

Amy Simmons

Amy Simmons

Mar 12, 2018

Amy Michelle Steading Simmons, 41, of Belton, SC, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long and courageous fight with melanoma. Amy was born on March 16, 1976, in Charlotte, NC, to Michael and Sheran Steading of Moore, SC. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Roger Simmons of...

Shirley Brooks

Shirley Brooks

Mar 12, 2018

Shirley Greene Johnson Brooks, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born in Greenville County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude Morris Greene and Lois Linder Greene. Mrs. Brooks loved her Lord, husband and family. A member of Resurrection Baptist Church of Cowpens, SC, she was vibrant and enthusiastic with a servant's...

Hazel Hazel"

Hazel Hazel"

Mar 11, 2018

Hazel Gibson Hogan, 87, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 3, 1930, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lamar Paul Gibson and Virginia Ethel Jett Gibson. Hazel loved her family, friends, home, community, and being a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church. She enjoyed swinging on her...

Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

Mar 10, 2018

On March 10, 2018, Mr. Mark James Thompson passed into eternal rest after a car accident. He was survived by his sisters Teresa, Angela, and Melissa, and his brother Christopher. He had three surviving children: Tanya, Michael, and Andrew. Andrew and his wife Susan are the parents of his four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Phyllis, to whom...

Rudy Knight

Rudy Knight

Mar 10, 2018

Rudy Laverne Knight, 67, of Drayton, SC, died Saturday, March 10, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his family. Born May 10, 1950 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Albert and Rachel Durham Knight. Rudy received his Associates degree from Spartanburg Methodist College. As a U.S. Army Sergeant, Mr. Knight served in the Vietnam War,...

Ben Jolley Jr.

Ben Jolley Jr.

Mar 10, 2018

Benjamin Floyd Jolley, Jr., 70, of Boiling Springs, SC died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 25, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Jeanette Belcher Jolley Fuller of Boiling Springs, SC and the late Benjamin Floyd Jolley, Sr. Ben was recently retired from Waldrop, Inc. as a technician. A faithful member of North...

Ray Layton

Ray Layton

Mar 10, 2018

Raymond "Ray" Thomas Layton, 75, of Roebuck, SC, died Saturday, March 10, 2018. Born March 25, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Kathleen Layton of Roebuck and the late Thomas C. Layton. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Layton was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a 1960 graduate of Roebuck High School. In addition...

Gay Mcbride

Gay Mcbride

Mar 10, 2018

Minnie Gay Ratliff McBride, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away following a brief illness, at Spartanburg Medical Center on Saturday, March 10, 2018. She was born on March 16, 1921 in Pikeville, Kentucky to the late Blanche and Gertie Ratliff. She moved to Spartanburg when she was five years old and graduated from Spartanburg High School. She was married for...

Irene Key

Irene Key

Mar 9, 2018

Irene Waddell Key, 86, of Spartanburg, SC passed away peacefully surrounded by her family to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, March 9, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 16, 1931 in North Wilkesboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Anthony and Zephyr Mae Tharpe Waddell and the widow of Thomas Clinton Key, Sr....

Delores Hayter

Delores Hayter

Mar 9, 2018

Delores Ann Allen Hayter, 81, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, March 9, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Restorative Care. Born October 12, 1936 in Seminole, OK, she was the daughter of the late Ray Preston Allen and Mary Alice Ouinalty Allen. She was the widow of George Robert Hayter. Delores loved her family and lived her life raising her children and...

James Grant

James Grant

Mar 9, 2018

James C. "Jim" Grant, 86, of Drayton, SC, died Friday, March 9, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 26, 1932 in Knoxville, TN, he was the son of the late Robert L. Grant and Augusta Idell Sepulveda Grant. As a U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Grant served as a Combat Medic during the Korean War, while earning two...

Lanie Kabrick

Lanie Kabrick

Mar 9, 2018

Lanie Matthews Kabrick passed away peacefully on Friday, March 9, 2018 while holding her son's hand. While she was sad to leave her family and wonderful friends, especially those here in Spartanburg, she was very much looking forward to being reunited with her loving husband, Raymond Kabrick, her siblings, Jane Clarke, Thomas Matthews and Alice Ray Stevens, and her loving...