Obituaries

Rita Lowe

Rita Lowe

Mar 18, 2017

Rita Kay Henderson Lowe, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born November 30, 1956 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Rowland and Virginia Virl Wyatt Henderson. She was the widow of Scott Lee Lowe. Rita was a member of Golightly United Methodist Church and was retired from Phillips...

Rev. Goble

Rev. Goble

Mar 17, 2017

Rev. Jimmie Jackson Goble, 86, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, March 17, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 31, 1931, in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Nannie Estelle McDaniel Goble. A U. S. Army veteran, Rev. Goble was a member of Fingerville Baptist Church. He was an avid gardener,...

Betty Godfrey

Betty Godfrey

Mar 17, 2017

Betty Jane "BJ" Godfrey, 89, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Friday, the 17th of March 2017 at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital. She was born the 5th of August 1927 in Greenwood, South Carolina, one of three children to the late Charles E. Godfrey, Sr. and Ella Mae Tribble Godfrey. BJ, as she was affectionately known, was a 1944 graduate of...

Loren Libby

Loren Libby

Mar 16, 2017

Loren Lloyd Libby, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 16, 2017, at his home. Born May 28, 1946, in Presque Isle, Maine, he was the son of the late Lloyd Etheral Libby and Irene Clark Libby. A U. S. Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Libby received a BA Degree from the University of South Carolina and Associate Degree from Midlands...

Eugene Wright

Eugene Wright

Mar 15, 2017

Laurens Eugene Wright, Jr., 95, of Clifton, SC, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at RoseCrest Community Healthcare. Mr. Wright was born July 25, 1921, the son of the late Laurens Eugene Wright, Sr. and Ina Gertrude Drummond Wright and the husband of 60 years to the late Norma Whitt Wright. Surviving are a daughter, Jeannie W. Gibbs (Gary)...

James Stephens

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...

Leon Arthur

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....

Dr. Carter

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...

James Mcclain

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...

Sybil Stewart

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...

Rev. Graves

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...

Zula Jones

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...

William Rochester

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

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...

Vicki Ryan

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

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...

Marian Helms

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...

Sarah Cope

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,...

Graham Thomas

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...

Oscar Griffin

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...