Laura Humphries
Apr 20, 2017
Laura Frances Franklin Humphries, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 7, 1930, in Cross Anchor, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Redmond Franklin and Eula Parham Franklin and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A member of Drayton Baptist Church, Mrs. Humphries loved her family,...
Pamela Gossett
Apr 20, 2017
Pamela Lynn Keith Gossett, 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 24, 1951 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Betty Burnett Keith and the late Thomas Allen Keith Sr. Mrs. Gossett received her bachelor's degree from Winthrop College. Pamela was the first official kindergarten teacher in Spartanburg School District 7,...
Sarah Nunamaker
Apr 19, 2017
Sarah Rebecca Epting Nunamaker, 98, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Born July 6, 1918, in Chapin, SC, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family, the daughter of the late H. Lake and Mattie Wiggers Epting and widow of Cecil Young Nunamaker. Mrs. Nunamaker was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Circle 1, and...
Roy Lanford
Apr 19, 2017
Roy Franklin Lanford, 92, of Jacksonville, FL and formerly of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. Born November 17, 1924, in Cross Anchor, SC, he was the son of the late Henry Grady Lanford and Mattie Huckaby Lanford. As a young man and before his move to Jacksonville, he was a member of...
Tena Scales
Apr 18, 2017
Tena Lou Bishop Scales, 57, of Cowpens, SC, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at her home. Born November 11, 1959, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Berlin Bishop and Mary Lou Threadgill Bishop. Tena loved trips to the beach and gardening. A graduate of Converse College, she was a caseworker with Cherokee County Social Services...
Joseph Shurburtt
Apr 18, 2017
Joseph Edward Shurburtt, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, "JoJo" to his grandchildren and "Buddy" to his friends, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 4, 1932, in Clearwater, FL, he was the son of the late Joseph Monroe and Annie Lou Tindall Shurburtt. Mr. Shurburtt loved sports and enjoyed gardening and playing golf. He attended Spartanburg...
David Cannon
Apr 17, 2017
David Simpson Cannon, 67, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at Eastside Medical Center, Snellville, GA. Born September 16, 1949, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Simpson and Evelyn Brown Cannon. Mr. Cannon received a Master's Degree at Appalachian State University and was a former teacher at Spartanburg Technical College. An avid student...
Clarence Fortner
Apr 16, 2017
Clarence William "Jr." Fortner, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 23, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late William Earl and Lillian Cochran Fortner. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Fortner loved his family, fishing, and the Carolina Gamecocks. He was the Safety and Compliance Coordinator for...
Wanda Harter
Apr 16, 2017
Wanda "Honey" Suttles Harter, 64, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, April 16, 2017, at her home. Born April 29, 1952, in Arcadia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Truman Suttles and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Suttles. Mrs. Harter loved to read and enjoyed bird watching. She retired from Inman Christian Academy where she was a preschool teacher...
Alice Lancaster
Apr 15, 2017
Alice Charles Lancaster, 92, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Sterling House of Harbison. Born September 30, 1924 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Grady and Christine Hendricson. She was the widow of Paul Cecil Lancaster. Alice was a sales clerk for Aug. W. Smith department store. She was a member of...
M. Hunt
Apr 15, 2017
Mary Louise Hunt, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 15, 2017, at White Oak Estates. Born November 26, 1922, in Thomson, GA, she was the daughter of the late Grover C. and Mary Lou Asbury Hunt. Miss Hunt was a graduate of Georgia College and State University and retired from the South Carolina Employment Security Commission after 31 years...
Geneva Seay
Apr 13, 2017
Geneva Gosnell Seay, 80, of Wellford, SC, died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 20, 1936, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dillard and Lidy Smith Gosnell. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, who trusted in the Lord, Geneva was an active member of Peoples Baptist Church of Greer. She participated...
Jason Harris
Apr 13, 2017
Jason Gregory Harris, 39, of Duncan, SC, died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 10, 1977, he was the son of Susan Farmer Harris of Greer, SC, and the late Timothy Bratton Harris. Master Police Officer Harris was with the Spartanburg Police Department for the past 12 years where he was a member of the SWAT...
Annie Bradley
Apr 13, 2017
Mrs. Annie Kimbrell Bradley, 97, of the Beaumont community, widow of Thomas "Bub" Bradley passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017, at her home. The last surviving member of her immediate family, born September 27, 1919, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Ethel Burgess Kimbrell. Mrs. Bradley was the eldest member of...
Rita Pruitt
Apr 12, 2017
Rita Debra Bailey Pruitt, 66, of Campobello, SC, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at her home. Born February 13, 1951, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Claude and Mary Alpha McCombs Bailey. Mrs. Pruitt was a member of Bible Baptist Church and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Othel Wayne Pruitt;...
John Lawson
Apr 12, 2017
John Kenneth Lawson, 61, of Pauline, SC, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at his home. Born February 16, 1956, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Weldon Leroy and Margaret Louise Hatchette Lawson. Mr. Lawson received his Bachelor's Degree from USC-Spartanburg and was the owner/operator of Lawson Trucking Company. Survivors include his wife, Tami Smithers Lawson;...
William Mcwhorter, Sr.
Apr 11, 2017
William Wesley "Bill" McWhorter, P. E., 92, of Summerville and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at The Village at Summerville. Born December 28, 1924, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Clifton McWhorter and Ava Barfield McWhorter and husband of the late Hilda King McWhorter. He was the last surviving member of his...
Larry Harris
Apr 10, 2017
Larry Dean Harris, 78, of Roebuck, SC, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at his home. Born October 10, 1938, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Samuel Matthew and Catherine Mozel West Harris. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Harris was a retired electrician having worked for Barnet Polymer. He was a Mason, a member of...
Joanne Coyle
Apr 10, 2017
JoAnne Hughes Coyle, 76, of Cowpens, SC, went to be with the Lord and the love of her life on Monday, April 10, 2017, at her home. Born January 16, 1941, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Doyle Hughes Sr. and Gertrude Garrett Coyle. She was the widow of Don Edward Coyle, her childhood sweetheart. A...
Evelyn Smith
Apr 6, 2017
Evelyn S. Smith, 88, originally from Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Agape Hospice House, Lexington, SC, after a period of declining health. Born October 19, 1928 in Piedmont, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Duffy and Elizabeth Evans Smith and wife of the late Herbert...
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