Obituaries

Martha Schiltz

Martha Schiltz

Sep 6, 2017

Martha Ree Wright Schiltz, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Born April 15, 1920, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Humphrey and Sarah Kelly Wright and wife of the late Clarence Eugene Schiltz Sr. Mrs. Schiltz graduated from the Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1941 and retired from Spartanburg...

Corinne Dillard

Corinne Dillard

Sep 5, 2017

Corinne Arbutus Willis Dillard, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at her home. Born January 6, 1931, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Ray Willis and Lillie Mae Mabry Willis. She was married for 49 years to the late John Thomas Dillard. Mrs. Dillard was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church and...

Jack Lowe

Jack Lowe

Sep 5, 2017

Jack Lowe, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 30, 1936, in Pickens, SC, he was the son of the late Luna and Alma Chappell Lowe. Jack loved his family and enjoyed fishing and cooking for them. He also enjoyed dirt track racing, NASCAR, and was co-owner of a race car...

Sandra Patterson

Sandra Patterson

Sep 3, 2017

Sandy Patterson, 73, beloved wife, sister, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2017. She was born in Cumberland, MD on December 5, 1943, to Boyd and Kitty Payton. Sandy graduated from Nursing School at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1963. It was in Charlotte where she met and married Dr. John A. Patterson, to whom she was...

Wilma Fowler

Wilma Fowler

Aug 31, 2017

Wilma Jolly Fowler, 87, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, August 31, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 28, 1930, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Collis Kenyon Jolly and Willie Faye Brown Jolly and widow of George Earl Fowler. Mrs. Fowler loved to cook and enjoyed traveling. She was a member of First Baptist...

James Langston

James Langston

Aug 29, 2017

James "Jim" Roger Langston, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 25, 1937, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Thomas M. Langston Sr. and Janie Sherbert Langston. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Langston retired from the Spartanburg County Building Code Office and was a member of...

Clark Bush

Clark Bush

Aug 29, 2017

Clark T. Bush, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Clark was the husband of the late Eleanor Sanderson Bush. Born June 9, 1924, in Barnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Clark Talmadge Bush Sr. and Eva Lillian Thurmond Bush. Clark graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1941 and attended...

Joseph Caggiano

Joseph Caggiano

Aug 29, 2017

Joseph "Joey" Patrick Caggiano, 53, of Gaffney, SC, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 3, 1963, in Gaffney, he was the son of the late Vincent George Caggiano, Jr. and Sara Katherine "Sadie" Collins Caggiano. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his oldest brother, Vincent G. Caggiano III....

Bernard Pruitt

Bernard Pruitt

Aug 28, 2017

Bernard Pruitt, 73, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 29, 1944, in Cherokee Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Stead James and Doris Feagan Pruitt. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Mr. Pruitt was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church, Cherokee Springs Lodge #135 AFM,...

Pauline Allison

Pauline Allison

Aug 28, 2017

Pauline "Polly" Thompson Allison, of Inman, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at the Clinton Presbyterian Community. Born in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Kilgore Thompson, Sr. and Pauline Anderson Thompson and widow of John Coan Allison, Sr. Mrs. Allison was a Registered Nurse graduate of Spartanburg School of Nursing. She worked at Spartanburg...

Virginia Gosnell

Virginia Gosnell

Aug 28, 2017

Virginia Blackwell Gosnell, 97, of Inman, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born March 3, 1920, in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Grace Burns Blackwell and widow of James William Gosnell. A graduate of Campobello High School, Mrs. Gosnell also attended Cecil's Business College, and retired from the Selective Services...

James Phillips Jr.

James Phillips Jr.

Aug 26, 2017

James "Jim" Wyatt Phillips Jr., 70, of Spartanburg passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, August 26, 2017. He was born May 10, 1947 in Richmond, Virginia, to Elsie Boone Schlaeger and the late Dr. James Wyatt Phillips. In his junior year, Jim attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia where he earned his Marksman Rifle Badge, was a...

Derrick Cantrell

Derrick Cantrell

Aug 26, 2017

Derrick Alan Cantrell, 46, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at home surrounded by family. Born September 25, 1970, in Spartanburg, he graduated from Boiling Springs High School and attended the University of South Carolina-Upstate. He was the COO of Concept Packaging Group in Spartanburg. Derrick is survived by parents, Larry K. and Barbara Burgin Cantrell;...

Pauline Ramantanin

Pauline Ramantanin

Aug 25, 2017

Pauline Bradley Ramantanin, affectionately known as "Polly" and "Yia", 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 24, 1918, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dock and Venia Belcher Bradley. A member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Polly was employed with Butte Knit for 20 years and The Pantry in...

Ethel Gosnell

Ethel Gosnell

Aug 25, 2017

Ethel Larose Gosnell, 81, of Campobello, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 13, 1936 in Mount Vernon, NY, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Ruth Mae Pearsall Muller. Ethel was a self-employed physical therapist. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her loving husband of 12 years, Cleveland Gosnell; daughters,...

Keith Parris

Keith Parris

Aug 25, 2017

Keith Reginald Parris, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Mountainview Nursing Home. Born July 20, 1945 in Chesnee, SC, he was the son of the late Eolus Odysseus and Myrtle Estelle Henderson Parris. Mr. Parris was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was retired from the City of Spartanburg as an electrician. He was a member of...

Kenneth Morgan

Kenneth Morgan

Aug 24, 2017

Kenneth Ray Morgan, 77, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, August 24, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 20, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Grady Lee Morgan and Dora Splawn Morgan. Ken was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg and retired from Lowe's contract sales after 20 years of service. Funeral services...

Glen Vick Ii

Glen Vick Ii

Aug 23, 2017

Glen Franklin Vick II, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at RoseCrest Healthcare Center. Born November 25, 1944, in Easley, SC, he was the son of the late Glen Franklin Vick and Carolyn Williams Vick Hendricks and stepson of Mr. B. L. Hendricks Jr. A 1963 graduate of Easley High School, Mr. Vick played on the 1962...

Robert Chapman Iii

Robert Chapman Iii

Aug 23, 2017

Robert Hett Chapman III, 66, of Spartanburg passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, surrounded by his family. Born in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Harrison Shackelford Chapman and Robert Hett Chapman Jr. He was a graduate of Spartanburg Day School, University of the South, Institute of Textile Technology, Harvard Business School and National Cotton Council....

Michael Fields

Michael Fields

Aug 23, 2017

Michael DeWitt Fields, 57, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Mike was the son of Rev. Dr. George DeWitt Fields and the late Mildred Ammons Fields. Born in Florence, SC, he was the son of a United Methodist minister and lived in many places including Florence, Andrews, Pickens, Rock Hill and Spartanburg. He especially loved his...