Patricia Wright
Dec 22, 2016
Pat Wright, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her home. Born June 23, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Francis Edward and Virginia Maynor Wright. Pat was a self-employed Private Investigator, being the first female in South Carolina to obtain her Private Investigator license. She opened the first Jamboree, Country Time,...
Lawrence Smith
Dec 22, 2016
Lawrence Jimmy Smith, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at his home. Born January 30, 1936 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Floyd J. Smith and Cora Cartee Smith, and widower of Marilyn Geraldine Odom Smith. Mr. Smith worked in the maintenance department of District 7 schools and was of the Baptist faith....
Elizabeth Rabago
Dec 21, 2016
Elizabeth Caroline Brannon Rabago, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at her home. Born March 6, 1934, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Florence McElrath Brannon (who died in childbirth) and the late Palmer and Callie C. Brannon. She was the widow of Severino "Bob" Rabago. A graduate of Spartanburg Junior College, Mrs....
Sara Wheatley
Dec 20, 2016
Sara Sims Wheatley, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 11, 1920, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter, and last surviving child, of the late Thomas Henry and Della Goforth Sims and widow of William Randolph Wheatley. A 1938 graduate of Fairforest High School, Mrs. Wheatley was retired from Mayfair Mills. She...
Bob Martin
Dec 20, 2016
Robert Ray "Bob" Martin, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 21, 1928, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Roy and Minerva Greene Martin and husband of the late Edna Ruth Coleman Martin. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Martin was owner of Martin's Barber Shop on Pine...
Cecil Moore
Dec 20, 2016
Cecil Connor "Buddy" Moore, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at his home. Born May 12, 1936, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Cecil Ray Moore and Mary Ellen Thompson Moore. Always a hard worker, his many jobs during his school days ranged from helping his father on a bread truck delivery...
Alice Irvin
Dec 19, 2016
Alice Marie LeBuhn Irvin, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 19, 2016, at The J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry, SC. Born February 4, 1935, in LeClaire, IA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Coleman and Marie Annette Long LeBuhn and widow of Rev. Joel Lester Irvin. Mrs. Irvin was an excellent cook and loved her...
Joy Corn
Dec 19, 2016
Joy Ann Gunter Corn, 79, of Woodruff, SC, died Monday, December 19, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 19, 1937, in Branford, FL, she was the daughter of the late Aaron S. and Quida Wood Gunter. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Johnny B. Corn Sr.; sons, Johnny B. Corn Jr., Donnie...
Patricia Weeks
Dec 18, 2016
Patricia Black Weeks, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 9, 1953, in Kannapolis, NC, she was the daughter of Joan Black of Boiling Springs, SC and the late Fred Baldwin Black. Patricia loved her family, friends, and animals. She was of the Baptist faith, an avid reader, and enjoyed...
William Neal
Dec 17, 2016
William "Cliff" Neal, age 78, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016, after a courageous battle with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Born September 17, 1938 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late William Gordon and Elizabeth Kennedy Neal. A loyal Clemson Tiger Fan, he enjoyed experiencing the ten years his family lived in Clemson where they...
Rev. Kennedy
Dec 16, 2016
The Reverend Dr. Joseph Whitner Kennedy entered the church triumphant on December 16th, 2016, in Waynesboro, Virginia. Dr. Kennedy was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, friend and pastor. Dr. Kennedy was born in Spartanburg, SC, on March 16, 1928, the youngest son of Dr. Leland McDuffie Kennedy and Elizabeth Fleming Bean Kennedy. He was predeceased by two brothers,...
Louise Harris
Dec 16, 2016
Louise M. Harris, 98, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully Friday, December 16, 2016. Born Charity Louise Myers on May 7, 1918, in Rogersville, TN, she was the third child and oldest daughter of Roy and Gertrude Myers, who raised a family of eight children. Louise grew up in Nashville and Jefferson City, TN. She attended Carson-Newman College where she majored...
Mary Darby
Dec 15, 2016
Mary Anne Darby, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born June 5, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Roy Darby and Ethel Hendrix Darby. Miss Darby was a member of Central United Methodist Church and worked in retail sales at Wright-Scruggs Shoe Store and The...
Hellen Lewis
Dec 15, 2016
Hellen Devue Gentry Lewis, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, wife of the late Robert L. Lewis died Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Eden Terrace-Spartanburg. Born November 21, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest E. and Willie Mae Williams Gentry. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, she attended Whitworth Junior College in Brookhaven, MS then later...
Christine Collins
Dec 14, 2016
Christine Harvey Collins, 89, of Lexington, SC and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, widow of John L. Collins, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Carolina Gardens-Lexington, SC. Born October 28, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William W. Harvey, Sr. and Bessie Mae McCraw Harvey and the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Collins was...
Wayne Strickland
Dec 14, 2016
Wayne F. Strickland, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Born in Buchanan, VA, he was the son of the late Branson and Sallie Strickland and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Survivors include his wife, Connie Strickland; son, Rev. James Strickland (Donna) of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, James Edward McEntire (Penny) of Denver, CO; and special niece,...
Helen Hunter
Dec 13, 2016
Helen Petty Hunter, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Peachtree Centre-Gaffney, SC. Born April 29, 1927, in Whitestone, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eula Ernest and Altie Lee Minton Petty and widow of John Bradley Hunter. Mrs. Hunter was a member of Ben Avon United Methodist Church and retired from Jack Rabbit Photo...
Geraldine Finotti
Dec 13, 2016
Geraldine "Jerry" Duggan Finotti, 102, widow of Lester Harrison Finotti, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at The Inverness at Spartanburg. A native of Madisonville, TN, she was born October 19, 1914, to the late Robert W. and Fannie L. Haun Duggan. Mrs. Finotti was a charter member of St. James United Methodist Church in Spartanburg and recently attended Wesley Memorial...
Frank Gilbert
Dec 13, 2016
Frank Cleatus Gilbert, 54, of Inman, SC, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 17, 1962, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Sarah Louise Robbins Gilbert of Wellford, SC and the late Cleatus Ryan Gilbert. He was of the Methodist faith. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife of 19 years, Susan...
Mary Holden
Dec 12, 2016
Mary Ellen Lanford Holden, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 12, 2016, at Fountain Inn Nursing Home. Born September 8, 1927, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Grady Lanford and Mattie Huckaby Lanford and widow of Robert Lee Holden. Mrs. Holden was a member of River Hills Baptist Church and retired operator and supervisor...
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