Obituaries

Elmer Shirey

Elmer Shirey

Feb 24, 2017

In loving memory of Elmer Kenneth Shirey, born November 6, 1941, in Blacksburg, SC and died on Friday, February 24, 2017. Elmer Kenneth Shirey, 75, of 444 Keltner Ave., Spartanburg, SC went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 24, 2017 after a long illness. He was a retired textile worker of Butte Knitting Mills. He was preceded in...

Gail Bagwell

Gail Bagwell

Feb 23, 2017

Gail O'Shields Bagwell, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 26, 1956, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Clyde O'Shields and Grace West O'Shields. Mrs. Bagwell received her BA and MA Degrees from Converse College. She retired as music teacher at Hendrix Elementary School after 38 years...

Margaret Mcarthur

Margaret Mcarthur

Feb 23, 2017

Margaret Evelyn Eubanks McArthur, 97, of Glenn Springs, SC died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born August 5, 1919, in Glenn Springs, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Thomas Eubanks and Irene Smith Eubanks and widow of William Earl McArthur. A graduate of Pauline High School, Mrs. McArthur was a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church, the...

Peggy Philbeck

Peggy Philbeck

Feb 21, 2017

Peggy Joyce Coffey Philbeck, 81, of Boiling Springs, SC, loving wife of 62 years to Robert "Bob" Philbeck, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at her home. Born July 1, 1935, in Caroleen, NC, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Grace Roberts Coffey. A military wife (U. S. Air Force) for 22 years, Mrs. Philbeck...

Nelson Connelly, Sr.

Nelson Connelly, Sr.

Feb 20, 2017

Nelson B. Connelly, Sr., 91, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 4, 1925, he was the son of the late Joe B. and Maybelle Dominick Connelly of Prosperity, SC and husband of the late Ruby Pugh Connelly. Nelson was a longtime member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Spartanburg, where he taught...

Mary Burwell

Mary Burwell

Feb 20, 2017

Mary Ruth Moore Burwell, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born November 8, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Boyce Simeon and Clara Dillard Moore and widow of James Wilson Burwell. Mrs. Burwell received her Bachelor's Degree from Winthrop College and Master's Degree from Converse College. She retired from District 7...

Jean Smith

Jean Smith

Feb 20, 2017

Jean Hunter Smith, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born August 25, 1929, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Hobart Calvin and Shirley Francis Wood Hunter and widow of Kenneth Ray Smith. Mrs. Smith loved her family very much. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church,...

Gladys Jennings

Gladys Jennings

Feb 19, 2017

Gladys "Glad" Cornelia Jennings, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born April 22, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lee Jennings and Mary Conie Shackleford Jennings. Known as "Happy", Gladys was a photo processor for Jack Rabbit Photo Center. She was a member of Central United Methodist...

Glyn Babb Sr.

Glyn Babb Sr.

Feb 18, 2017

Glyn C. Babb Sr., 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 18, 2017, at his home. Born March 26, 1926, in Greenville County, SC, he was a son of the late William Fred and Gertrude Nina Sims Babb and husband of the late Hazel Pike Babb. A World War II U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Babb served in the European...

Robert Blackwell

Robert Blackwell

Feb 17, 2017

Robert "Bob" Lee Blackwell, 85, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, February 17, 2017 at RoseCrest. Born February 2, 1932 in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Horace and Sarah Settle Blackwell. A 1st Lieutenant of The U.S. Army Ordnance Core, Mr. Blackwell was a 1954 graduate of Clemson University. He was a member of Covenant Baptist Church...

Robert Haynie

Robert Haynie

Feb 16, 2017

Robert "Bob" Floyd Haynie, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 16, 2017. Born May 13, 1917, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of the late Thomas Andrew and Myrtis Jones Haynie. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Haynie attended Georgia Tech. He was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg and retired furniture...

Donna Faile

Donna Faile

Feb 16, 2017

Donna Lynn Martin Faile, 57, of Cowpens, SC, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, after a long battle with cancer. Born December 31, 1959, in Mecklenburg County, NC, she was the daughter of Thomas Lee Martin and the late Eula Mae Thornburg Martin and widow of William Lewis Faile. Survivors include her children, Marsha...

Shirley Clary

Shirley Clary

Feb 16, 2017

Shirley Stone Hurley Clary, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 23, 1934, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hulon Aden Stone and Era Virginia Littlejohn Stone. A graduate of Limestone College, Shirley was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church and retired from Conrad...

Louis Md

Louis Md

Feb 15, 2017

Dr. Louis Josselin Dodd, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, devoted husband of 64 years to the late Shirley Guiomar Hoover Dodd, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 9, 1923, in São Paulo, Brazil, he was the son of the late George Saville Dodd and Edith Gladys Hemming Dodd, also of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Dodd...

Helen Horton

Helen Horton

Feb 15, 2017

Martha Helen Rhinehart Horton, 92, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 4, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dow and Essie Mathis Rhinehart and widow of Harley P. Horton. Mrs. Horton was a member of First Baptist Church of Valley Falls and was previously employed at Carolina...

George Brown

George Brown

Feb 14, 2017

George William "Bill" Brown, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born February 5, 1925, in Rowan County, NC, he was a son of the late Ray W. and Mary E. Wagoner Brown and the last surviving member of his immediate family. A graduate of Rockwell North Carolina High School, Mr. Brown attended Catawba...

Dorothy Coble

Dorothy Coble

Feb 14, 2017

Dorothy "Dottie" Wilson Coble, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 17, 1917, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late George Russell and Loula Taylor Wilson and widow of Marvin Coble. Mrs. Coble was the eldest member at Fairforest Baptist Church where she was a member for 68 years. She...

William Pressley, Jr.

William Pressley, Jr.

Feb 13, 2017

William "Bill" Odell Pressley, Jr., 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 13, 2017. Born March 8, 1952, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late William Odell Pressley, Sr. and Verna Hicks Pressley. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of USC and USC Law School, Mr. Pressley was an attorney at law with the firm of Perrin,...

Evelyn Crawford

Evelyn Crawford

Feb 12, 2017

Evelyn Teaster Crawford, 96, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, February 12, 2017, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born February 28, 1920, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Otis and Nettie Beatrice Reynolds Teaster and widow of Thomas Jeremiah Crawford. Mrs. Crawford was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church and retired from Pacolet Manufacturing Company....

Joseph Walker

Joseph Walker

Feb 12, 2017

Joseph E. Walker, 88, a longtime resident of Washington Road, Cowpens, SC, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Skylyn Place, Spartanburg, SC. Born on September 6, 1928, in Cherokee Springs, SC he was the son of the late Roosevelt and Maggie Walker. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by the love of his life, his wife...