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Horace Padgett

Horace Padgett

Dec 11, 2016

Horace Davenport Padgett, 92, of Spartanburg, widower of the late Mildred K. Padgett, to whom he was married for over 63 years, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at the Cascades Verdae, a Greenville senior retirement community. Born on April 14, 1924 he grew up in Saluda, SC, he was the son of the late Augustus (Gus) and Essie Stone...

Yates Johnson

Yates Johnson

Dec 11, 2016

Loy Yates Johnson Jr., 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 12, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC he was the son of the late Loy Yates Johnson Sr. and Aline Eden Johnson. He grew up in Union, SC and received his BA Degree from Furman University in 1959. A veteran of the...

James Faulkner Sr.

James Faulkner Sr.

Dec 9, 2016

James H. "Jim" Faulkner, Sr., 76, of Roebuck, SC, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9, 2016, at his home. Born January 14, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Clayton and Eva Pruitt Faulkner. A loving husband, father, and Papa, he was a 1958 graduate of Spartanburg High School and U....

Mary Fox

Mary Fox

Dec 7, 2016

Mary Christene Foster Fox, 72, of Pacolet, SC, died December 7, 2016. Born September 27, 1944, in Casa Grande, AZ, she was the daughter of the late Claude Foster and Elva Adams Foster. Survivors include her children, Mary Brown, Brenda Harper (Scott), Polly Proffitt (Nick), Lewis Haddock, and Jimbo Haddock; 14 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and 11 brothers and sisters. The...

Carl Wright Jr.

Carl Wright Jr.

Dec 7, 2016

Carl "Buddy" Wright, Jr., 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 10, 1928, in Arcadia, SC, he was the son of the late Eben Carlton Wright and Cora Jones Wright. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. A SC Army National Guard member, Mr. Wright retired from Christman...

Carroll Gosnell

Carroll Gosnell

Dec 7, 2016

Carroll Grady Gosnell, 83, of Campobello, SC, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at Mountain Valley Hospice House, Dobson, NC. Born September 14, 1933, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Grady and Ellen Reid Gosnell and husband of the late Betty Jean Kirby Gosnell. A U. S. Army and Reserve Guard veteran, Mr. Gosnell was a...

Albert Cole

Albert Cole

Dec 6, 2016

Albert Curtis Cole, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at his home. Born December 14, 1939, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Alling C. and Anne Carter Cole. Mr. Cole enjoyed photography, college sports, gardening and cooking the bounty of his labors. He was a friends "friend" who loved traveling both domestically and...

Effie Maynor

Effie Maynor

Dec 6, 2016

Effie Margaret Rhoden Maynor, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born August 23, 1923, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Edward Keatley Rhoden and Lillie Belle Cates Rhoden and widow of James Arthur Maynor, Jr. Mrs. Maynor was a member of United Baptist Church and Young at Heart Club....

Janie Carswell

Janie Carswell

Dec 5, 2016

Janie Foster Carswell, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 5, 2016, at Physical Rehabilitation & Wellness Center of Spartanburg. Born April 30, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Louis Foster and Willie Mae White Foster and widow of James Carl Carswell, Sr. She was known as "Aunt Janie" to numerous nieces and nephews. A...

Randy G"

Randy G"

Dec 5, 2016

Randy T. Gregory, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, husband of Sheila Sanford Gregory, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2016, following a brief illness. Born October 17, 1953, he was the son of the late Loyd Charles Gregory and Nelle Virginia Yelton Gregory. Randy was a guidance counselor and math teacher at Spartanburg Community College, having retired previously from teaching math...

Margaret Horton

Margaret Horton

Dec 5, 2016

Margaret Ann Searcy Horton, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, met her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, December 5, 2016, surrounded by her children who loved her so much. Margaret was born September 6, 1937, in Polk County, NC to the late Bobby and Texie Stockton Searcy. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Donald Lee Horton and...

Mavis Lawson

Mavis Lawson

Dec 4, 2016

Mavis Ruth Stacy Lawson, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 23, 1926, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Mollie Wilson Stacy. A graduate of Cecil's Business College, Mrs. Lawson was a member of Life Spring Church and office manager at WASC Radio-Wofford Street...

Katherine Clary

Katherine Clary

Dec 4, 2016

Katherine Goforth Clary, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 4, 2016, at her home. Born September 9, 1929, in Spindale, NC, she was the daughter of the late Zenar Glenn and Lula B. White Goforth and wife for 67 years of the late Jack T. Clary. She was a lady of great faith who served the Lord with all...

Doris Revels

Doris Revels

Dec 4, 2016

A celebration took place in Heaven on Sunday, December 4, 2016, when Doris Tennyson Revels, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, was ushered by angels into the presence of God. Born December 28, 1930, in Drayton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Oliver and Willie Mae Foster Tennyson and widow of Jesse Willard Revels. She has been reunited with...

Warren Kelley

Warren Kelley

Dec 4, 2016

Warren Henry Kelley, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 21, 1917, in Canadian, TX, he was the son of the late Jesse Vanlaw Kelley and Vera Minnetta Melick Kelley and husband of the late Meredith Anne Penney Kelley. Mr. Kelley attended the University of Wyoming and also attended Westminster Presbyterian...

Louise Jordan

Louise Jordan

Dec 2, 2016

Mary Louise Sistare Jordan, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, December 2, 2016, at her home. Born April 1, 1928, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late "A.T." and Lenora Israel Sistare and wife of 52 years to the late John Walton Palmer Jordan. Always determined and ever optimistic, Louise loved her Lord, her husband, and family....

Kathy Glass

Kathy Glass

Nov 30, 2016

Kathy Elaine Hennesy Glass, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born February 12, 1952, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Joseph Hennesy, Jr. and Kathryn Oakman Hennesy and widow of Edward Loy Glass, III. Mrs. Glass was a great cook, loving wife, mother, and sister,...

Larry Morris

Larry Morris

Nov 30, 2016

Larry Donald Morris, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016, of complications from a heart attack, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 18, 1963, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Donald and Sara McIntyre Morris. Larry was owner of Morris Oil and Tire, which has been a family business in Spartanburg for over 30...

Marion Bryant

Marion Bryant

Nov 30, 2016

Marion Laverne Painter Bryant, 86, of Moore, SC, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born November 26, 1930, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Pierce Edward Painter and Ethel Irene Mahaffey Painter and widow of Harland Eugene Bryant. A graduate of The SC School for the Deaf and Blind, Mrs. Bryant was...

Frances Riddle

Frances Riddle

Nov 29, 2016

Frances Thompson Riddle, 68, of Glendale, SC, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 14, 1948, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Vic and Lucille Coleman Thompson. Mrs. Riddle was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt. She was a terrific cook and a friend to all. Frances donated...

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