James Stephens
Mar 12, 2017
James Russell "Russ" Stephens, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, at White Oak Estates. Born October 22, 1924, in Chesnee, SC, he was the son of the late Alfred Stephens and Minnie Hammett Stephens. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, Mr. Stephens retired from the Life Insurance Company of Georgia...
James Mcclain
Mar 11, 2017
James Ross "Jim" McClain, 65, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 11, 2017 at his home. Born March 7, 1952 in Carteret County, NC, he was the son of the late Richard Marvin and Betsy Ross Tingley McClain. He was the widower of Mary John "Johnnie" Gray McClain. Jim received a Bachelor's Degree from North Carolina State University. He was...
Leon Arthur
Mar 11, 2017
E. Leon "Hun" Arthur, died one month shy of being 100 years young. Born April 11, 1917, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ernest Irvin and Lenora Hammett Arthur. He was the widower of Selina Gilbert Arthur, who were married for 61 years. Mr. Arthur was a combat veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Navy-Sea Bees....
Rev. Graves
Mar 11, 2017
Rev. Merrill Edwin Graves, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Rev. Graves is survived by his wife, Patty Seifert Graves; daughters, Marilyn Graves Kimple of Spartanburg, SC, Judith Graves Schuster of Hampton, VA, and Sharon E. Graves of Travelers Rest, SC; grandsons, Eric Schuster and Daniel Schuster; seven great-grandchildren; stepson, Jeff Miller of...
Sybil Stewart
Mar 11, 2017
Sybil Creighton Stewart, 89 of Spartanburg, SC is now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ after passing from this world on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Born July 12, 1927 in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late David R. Creighton and Grace Ladson Creighton. Mrs. Stewart moved to Spartanburg in 1942. She was a graduate of Spartanburg...
Dr. Carter
Mar 11, 2017
Dr. James "Jim" William Carter, 61, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 11, 2017, while surrounded by his loving wife and children. Born May 5, 1955, in Elberton, GA, he was the son of Mary Helen Brooks Carter of Hartwell, GA and the late William Oscar Carter. Dr. Carter was an emergency room physician at Mary Black...
Zula Jones
Mar 10, 2017
Zula Mae "Debbie" Jones, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 10, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 25, 1946 in Maxton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Alex Scott and Molly Cummings. Zula was a member of Tabernacle of Love Revival Center, where she was a song leader. She loved making crafts and painting. As a...
Vicki Ryan
Mar 9, 2017
Amelia Victoria "Vicki" Miller Ryan, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Valley Falls Terrace-Spartanburg. Born May 10, 1920, in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late C. J. and Harriett Bebee Sager Miller and widow of Elbert Lacon Ryan, Jr. Mrs. Ryan was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and a...
Sonja Trimmier
Mar 9, 2017
Sonja Mullinax Trimmier, of Spartanburg, SC, wife of Dr. Edward Perry Trimmier for 40 years, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of Pauline Branyon Mullinax of Anderson, SC and the late Herbert Mullinax. She received her BA and Master's Degrees...
William Rochester
Mar 9, 2017
William David "Smiley" Rochester, 42, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 13, 1974, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Sheila Guthrie Price and David Price of Pacolet, SC and the late Johnny Edward Rochester. Smiley enjoyed riding his motorcycle and loved to hunt and fish. He was employed with IMS...
Georgialene Gowan
Mar 9, 2017
Georgialene Gilbert Gowan, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at her home. Born March 31, 1947, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Pinkney Gilbert and Georgie Ann Schultz Gilbert and widow of Joseph Alexander Gowan. Mrs. Gowan was formerly employed with Alexander's, later with Spartanburg County Senior Center, and served as director of...
Sarah Cope
Mar 8, 2017
Sarah "Sally" Catherine Reese Cope, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at her home. Born October 6, 1938, in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lyons Reese and Minnie Lee Brents Reese and widow of Charles Edward Cope. Mrs. Cope was a member of Central Church of Christ, a longtime Sunday School teacher,...
Marian Helms
Mar 8, 2017
Marian Horton Helms, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 7, 1943, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James and Janie Scruggs Horton. Mrs. Helms was employed with The Salvation Army where she served as a caseworker and leader of the Sunbeams for over 40 years. She was...
Oscar Griffin
Mar 7, 2017
Oscar "Pop" Thomas Griffin, 86, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Pelham Medical Center. Born March 1, 1931, in Moore, he was the son of the late George V. and Grace West Griffin. Pop had a love for fishing and spending time with his family. He was a farmer raising cotton and soy beans as well as...
Margaret Wagner
Mar 7, 2017
Margaret McCarley Wagner, 92, of Spartanburg, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. She was the daughter of the late John and Frances McAbee McCarley and widow of the late Rev. Joseph C. Wagner. Margaret was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg. She was an avid reader, loved classical music,...
Graham Thomas
Mar 7, 2017
Graham "Sonny" Julius Thomas, 75, of Lyman, SC, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 13, 1941, in Blackstone, VA, he was the son of the late Newby Graham Thomas and Ruby Morris Thomas Renn. Mr. Thomas retired from Lockwood Greene Engineers after 42 years of service. He was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church serving...
Mary Boone
Mar 6, 2017
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hobby Boone, 88, died Monday, March 6, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House after a long illness. She was born in Concord, NC and was a resident of Spartanburg for 51 years. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Charles Chaffin Boone; her daughter, Mary Boone Pinkowish; her sons-in-law, Thomas John Pinkowish and Paul Elwin...
Bertin Cassou
Mar 6, 2017
Bertin Michel Cassou, 94, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at his home. Born September 25, 1922, in LaRochelle, France, he was the son of the late Bertin Emil and Germaine Compagnon Cassou and husband of the late Millicent Ann Usterday Baker Johnson Cassou. Mr. Cassou was a uniquely stoic man with a dry sense of humor...
Richard Hendrix
Mar 5, 2017
Richard Wayne Hendrix, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Dick (known affectionately to family members as "Daggie") was born on April 28, 1924 in Spartanburg to parents Edna Vandora Barnett and William Earle Hendrix, Sr. He attended high school in Spartanburg and obtained his GED in Corpus Christi, TX. He enlisted in...
Sibyl Edwards
Mar 4, 2017
Sibyl H. Edwards, 84, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, at her home. Born December 7, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Boyce Hilbert Hall Sr. and Annie Belle Lane Hall. Mrs. Edwards loved her church and family. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Valley Falls. She was the...
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