Obituaries

Sheila Bishop

Sheila Bishop

Oct 27, 2017

Sheila Dianne Bishop, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 27, 2017 at her home. Born August 2, 1953 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Alfred and Agnes Morgan Gossett. Sheila previously worked for Phillip Fibers. She was a member of Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Billy Dean Bishop II, of Spartanburg, SC; daughters, Melinda...

Doris Green

Doris Green

Oct 27, 2017

Doris Duggins Green, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 27, 2017, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born July 13, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy Elbert and Elva Wood Duggins. Mrs. Green was a lifelong member of Drayton Baptist Church and was a member of the Rebekah Sunday School class. She enjoyed singing in the...

George Wyant Sr.

George Wyant Sr.

Oct 26, 2017

George Shala Wyant Sr., 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 26, 2017, at White Oak North Grove-Spartanburg. Born December 27, 1927, in Bessemer City, NC to the late Rash Clinton and Nettie Costner Wyont, he was the widower of his beloved wife of 62 years, Frances Barksdale Wyant. A graduate of Bessemer City High School and the John A....

Frances Plexico

Frances Plexico

Oct 26, 2017

Frances Kirby Plexico "Memaw", 89, of Boiling Springs, SC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 26, 2017, at her home. Born January 14, 1928, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Maybelle Seay Kirby and widow of James Clark Plexico. Mrs. Plexico loved her family. She also enjoyed cooking...

Ola Thrift

Ola Thrift

Oct 24, 2017

Ola Belle Cooke Thrift, 86, of Cowpens, SC, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at White Oak North Grove, Spartanburg, SC. Born June 11, 1931, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Walker Cooke and Valerie Parker Cooke and wife of 63 years to the late Walter Lee "Bud" Thrift. The best cook who loved and was...

William Holt

William Holt

Oct 24, 2017

William Homer Holt, 95, of Inman, SC, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Ashlan Village-Lyman, SC. Born January 30, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Callahan Holt and Arsula Johnson Holt. A U. S. Army Air Corps Master Sergeant veteran of World War II, Mr. Holt was a South Carolina House of Representatives...

Jane Pridgeon

Jane Pridgeon

Oct 24, 2017

Frances Jane Lineberger Pridgeon, 69, of Spartanburg, SC passed October 24th, 2017 at her home. Born September 6, 1948, in Greenville County, SC she was the daughter of the late Earle McCorkle and Frances Gallivan Lineberger. Jane graduated from Greenville High School in 1966. She attended Bauder College of Design in Atlanta where as Miss Georgia competed in the Miss...

Elizabeth Mathis

Elizabeth Mathis

Oct 23, 2017

Elizabeth Raye Mathis, infant daughter of Charles Michael Mathis and Donna Rainei Latham of Gaffney, SC, was born unto earth and heaven on Monday, October 23, 2017. In addition to her parents, survivors include her sister and brother, Abigail Smith and Isaac Latham, both of Gaffney, SC; aunts, Amber Dover (Chris) of Gaffney, SC and Charity Thompson of Spartanburg, SC;...

Harold Wolfe

Harold Wolfe

Oct 22, 2017

Harold Z. Wolfe, 88, passed away at home in Spartanburg, SC on Sunday, October 22, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Betty Morgan Wolfe; children, Beth Wolfe Ellis and husband Tim, Catherine Wolfe McMakin and husband Chuck, Cindy Wolfe Haggerty and husband Al, all of Spartanburg, SC and son, Hal Wolfe and wife Nancy of Peachtree City, GA; grandchildren...

Marian Unger

Marian Unger

Oct 22, 2017

Marian Brett Unger, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 16, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Max and Dorothy Lato Brett and widow of Irving Arthur Unger. Mrs. Unger received her Bachelors Degree at Augusta College. She also received her first Masters Degree from Georgia...

Aughtry Robinson

Aughtry Robinson

Oct 22, 2017

Aughtry Robinson, 99, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, October 22, 2017, at her home. Born July 18, 1918, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carl F. and Bertha Cook Whitlock. She was the widow of the late Casper E. Loftis and Samuel A. Robinson. A graduate of Pacolet High School, Aughtry was retired from the...

Carl Mack

Carl Mack

Oct 20, 2017

Carl Anthony Mack, 36, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 20, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 2, 1981 in Opelika, AL, he was the son of Michael and Mary Mack of Chatham, IL and Julie and Jeff Lester Whitley of Port St. Lucie, FL. Mr. Mack was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Iraq. Since...

Mittie Yonn

Mittie Yonn

Oct 20, 2017

Mittie Aileen Parker Yonn, 89, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, October 20, 2017 at Magnolia Manor. Born August 12, 1928 in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Joe "Pawpaw" and Lillie Mae Messer Parker. She was the widow of Edwin Dewey Yonn. Mittie was a homemaker and loved to go to the mountains. Surviving are a sister,...

Don Crosby

Don Crosby

Oct 20, 2017

William Donald Crosby, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 20, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 30, 1935, in Chester, SC, he was the son of the late William Douglas and Thelma Lucille Harvey Crosby. A U. S. Army Reserves veteran, Mr. Crosby was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church. He retired from Kanawha Insurance Company...

Dennis White

Dennis White

Oct 19, 2017

F. Dennis White, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 19, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born January 9, 1931, in Spartanburg, he served in the U. S. Navy, retired from Insulfab Plastics after 21 years of service, and was of the Baptist faith. A graveside service, with military rites by American Legion Post #28, will be conducted at 2:00...

Coral Garner

Coral Garner

Oct 19, 2017

Coral Black Garner, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, lovingly remembered as "Gammy", died Thursday, October 19, 2017, at Magnolia Place, White Avenue, Spartanburg. Born March 1, 1918, in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Alexander Black and Kathleen Webber Black and widow of Orin Hampton Garner, Sr. In 1969 Mrs. Garner founded Garner's Natural Foods. Today, Garner's...

Charles Gregory Sr.

Charles Gregory Sr.

Oct 18, 2017

Charles Edwin Gregory Sr., 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 7, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Margaret Reneau Gregory and husband of the late Margaret Kelly Gregory. A 1955 graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mr. Gregory attended the University of South...

Dr. Leonard Sr.

Dr. Leonard Sr.

Oct 18, 2017

Walter Raymond "Ray" Leonard, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 18, 2017 after an extended period of ill health. The son of Homer Stanley Leonard and Minnie Neal Leonard, he was born on July 5, 1923 in Maces Spring, Virginia. His family moved to Kingsport, Tennessee when Ray was a young child. He was a gifted athlete in high...

Lee Ricketson

Lee Ricketson

Oct 17, 2017

In loving memory of Lee Calkins Ricketson, age 91, who passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at RoseCrest Assisted Living. Lee was born May 13, 1926, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Dean G. and Erma (Calkins) Ricketson. He was a 1944 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School and a veteran of the United States Navy...

Wade Zimmerman

Wade Zimmerman

Oct 17, 2017

Wade Helton Zimmerman, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away surrounded by family on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 30, 1933, in Murphy, NC, he was the son of the late Fred and Mattie McClure Zimmerman. A U. S. Army Sergeant and veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Zimmerman was a graduate of NC State University...