Lizzie Ledford
Feb 26, 2018
Lizzie Mae Laws Ledford, 79, of Chesnee, SC, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 12, 1938, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Ada Weathers Laws and widow of Millard O'Neal Ledford. Mrs. Ledford enjoyed puzzles, games, cooking, crocheting, and reading her Bible. She was a member of Chesnee Free...
Charlotte Going
Feb 26, 2018
Charlotte Gale Crocker Going, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at White Oak Estates. Born May 26, 1946, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James William and Zara Minnie Loftis Crocker and widow of William Thomas Going, Jr. A member of Pacolet First Baptist Church, Mrs. Going enjoyed traveling to the beach and the...
Midoriko Colson
Feb 26, 2018
Midoriko Sugaya Colson, 92, of Inman, SC, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 26, 1925, in Tochigi-ken, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Choukichi Sugaya and Saki Kobayashi Sugaya and widow of Maurice E. Colson. Mrs. Colson earned her Associates Degree in the English language and worked for the U. S. Army...
Philip Keenan
Feb 25, 2018
Philip Sven Keenan, 75, died Sunday, February 25, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House from myelodysplastic syndrome. Born August 18, 1942, in Grand Rapids, MI, he was the eldest son of Sven Einar (Kinnunen) Keenan and Ruby Johnson Keenan. Raised in Ann Arbor, MI, he was a graduate of Michigan State University and received his MBA from the University of...
Gayle Teaster
Feb 25, 2018
Annie Gayle Thornton Teaster, 79, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, February 25, 2018 at White Oak North Grove. Born February 17, 1939 in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eula Thornton and the widow of Lawrence Everette Teaster. Ms. Gayle was retired from Pacolet Elementary School and established and operated the first Kindergarten in Pacolet. She...
Tommy Lewis Sr.
Feb 24, 2018
Tommy Gene Lewis Sr., 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 30, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Thomas Jefferson Lewis and Gladys Jeanette Griffin Lewis. Mr. Lewis enjoyed restoring antique radios and trains as well as gardening. He attended Cudd Memorial Baptist Church and was formerly...
Lexie Lee
Feb 24, 2018
Lexie Lyda Lee, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the last surviving member of nine children of the Lyda family, born October 20, 1925, in Gaffney, SC, a daughter of the late L. Columbus "Lum" Lyda and Sara Mabry Lyda. She was the widow of Elvin Lee Jr. and a...
Patricia Porter
Feb 22, 2018
Patricia Lynne Winters Porter, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Duke University Hospital. Born January 2, 1947, in Gainesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Clifford Goldman Winters and Gladys Pass Winters and widow of William "Bill" Boyd Porter Jr. A member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Mrs. Porter loved sewing, making quilts,...
James Harrold Sr.
Feb 22, 2018
James Harvey Harrold, Sr. left his earthly home and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 22, 2018. Born July 7, 1927 in Pacolet Mills, he was the son of the late James William and Marion Mabry Harrold. James Harvey was a veteran of the US Navy, and a graduate from Clemson College. He was employed by The...
Betty Taylor
Feb 21, 2018
Betty Jo Emory Taylor, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. The eldest of 11 children, she was born August 31, 1932, in Mayo, SC, a daughter of the late Thad and Irene Champion Emory. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Mayo First Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg District 7 schools. Survivors...
The Graham
Feb 21, 2018
The J. F. Floyd Mortuary is honored to make guest register books available to the Spartanburg community for The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham. From 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM daily through noon Thursday, March 1, 2018, please visit Floyd's North Church Street Chapel, 235 N. Church St., Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main St., or Floyd's Boiling Springs Chapel, 4161...
Ernie Ramsey
Feb 20, 2018
Ernie Dewitt Ramsey, 72, of Cowpens, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born July 15, 1945, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late David Herman Ramsey Sr. and Annie Littlefield Ramsey. A graduate of Chapman High School and U. S. Air Force veteran of the...
Cathleen Gilbert
Feb 20, 2018
Betty Cathleen (Cat) Gilbert, 91, of Spartanburg and recently of Simpsonville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Born February 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John Taylor and Strocy Jones Parham and the widow of Charles Manning Gilbert. Of the Baptist faith, she attended Saxon Church of God as a child and...
Phyllis Thompson
Feb 20, 2018
On February 20, 2018, Mrs. Phyllis Hayes Thompson passed into eternal rest after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband Mark, to whom she was married on June 6, 1969. She had three surviving children: Tanya, Michael, and Andrew. Andrew and his wife Susan are the parents of her four grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son: James...
Wanda Weldon
Feb 19, 2018
Wanda Marie Turney Weldon, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 19, 2018, at White Oak at North Grove. Born May 5, 1924, in South Coffeyville, OK, she was the daughter of the late Norman D. and Gertrude Thompson Turney and widow of Paul L. Weldon. Survivors include her sister, LaHoma Turney Nigh of Spartanburg, SC; brother, Dale J. Turney...
Elizabeth Thomas
Feb 19, 2018
Elizabeth Hall Thomas peacefully passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. Elizabeth was born in Spartanburg, SC, daughter of W. Bernard Hall and Charlotte Bush Hall. A graduate of Limestone College, Elizabeth was a teacher at Z. L. Madden in Spartanburg, SC, Merrywood Elementary in Greenwood, SC, and a teacher and vice principal at Oakhurst Elementary in Seminole, FL. She was...
Bobby Bright Jr.
Feb 19, 2018
Bobby Dean Bright Jr., 47, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 19, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 28, 1971, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Vivian Parsons Strain of the home and Bobby Dean Bright Sr. of Clifton, SC. As a Christian, Bobby was devoted to his family and was a loving, caring person who was a...
James Weller
Feb 18, 2018
James Ward (Jim) Weller, 82, died at his home in Spartanburg on Sunday, February 18, 2018. Born December 19, 1935 in Lexington, NC, he was the son of the late Leslie Ward Weller and Pauline Church Weller. Jim was a 1954 graduate of Central High School in Charlotte, NC and a 1958 graduate of Davidson College. At Central, he lettered...
Stevan Atkinson
Feb 18, 2018
Stevan D. Atkinson, 64, of Greenville, SC, died Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Heartland Healthcare-Greenville West. Stevan was born January 8, 1954, in Millen, GA, to the late Charles Atkinson and Louise Rice Atkinson. Stevan graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1980 with an Industrial Management Degree. He remained an avid Yellow Jacket fan and also a diehard Atlanta...
Mr. William Hartnett
Feb 17, 2018
William Joseph "Mr. Bill" Hartnett, peacefully passed away at his home on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the age of 88. Bill was born on June 14, 1929, in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants Patrick and Hanora Bunyan Hartnett. William attended Westinghouse Memorial High School and was its 1946 class president as well as the drum major of...
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