Ruth Strevel
Apr 21, 2017
Ruth Pressley Strevel, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Lexington Extended Care. Born May 3, 1929, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late O. V. and Ruth Caldwell Pressley. She was a member of First Baptist Church North Spartanburg. Surviving are her daughters, Deborah Strevel Lipscomb of Newberry, SC and Tracy Michelle Strevel...
Ruby High
Apr 21, 2017
Ruby Gossett High, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 12, 1952 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Azalle Holbert Gossett and the widow of Johnny High. Ruby was a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include sons Dusty Ray; Randy Frady (Sherry) of...
Flora Powell
Apr 21, 2017
Flora Marrujo Powell, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 24, 1940 in Roswell, NM, she was the daughter of the late T. L. (Joe) and Isabel Carrillo Marrujo. She was married to the love of her life for 58 years, Gilbert Dale Powell. Flora was retired from Hoechst-Celanese after 17 years...
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,...
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,...
Angeline Easler
Apr 20, 2017
Angeline White Easler "Cupid", 99, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017. She was born to John King White and Cynthia Smith White on August 13, 1917 in Simpsonville, SC. She was the tenth of twelve children. Angeline was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Glen A. Easler; and grandson, Patrick K. Easler. She...
Carolyn Grinnell
Apr 20, 2017
Carolyn Engler Grinnell, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born February 10, 1935 in Hamilton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mildred Engler. Her husband, Benjamin Ray Grinnell, preceded her in death. Carolyn was a member of the United Methodist Church. She loved her granddaughter, Isabella, immensely and her...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.
