Margaret Hodge
Dec 26, 2016
Margaret Lorena Allen Hodge, 91, a resident of Golden Age Nursing Home, Inman, SC, died Monday, December 26, 2016. Mrs. Hodge was born September 28, 1925, in Pacolet Mills and was a lifelong resident of Pacolet. She was the daughter of the late Joe and Rosa Kirby Allen, the last surviving member of her immediate family, and a member of...
Hazel Burns
Dec 25, 2016
Hazel Lee Taylor Burns, 89, widow of Billy Joe "Bill" Burns, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully at her home on Christmas morning 2016 with her eldest daughter Linda by her side. A native of Drayton, SC, she was born October 28, 1927 to the late Kirk Lee and Mittie Arthur Taylor. Mrs. Burns loved her family and enjoyed vacation times...
Mickey Maynor
Dec 25, 2016
"Mickey" Michael Stacy Maynor, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 25, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 22, 1952, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of Ailene Margaret Cash Maynor of Spartanburg, SC and the late Audrey Stacy Maynor. Mickey retired from Giant Cement Company and was a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church. In addition...
Carolyn Shockley
Dec 24, 2016
Carolyn Elaine Thompson Shockley, 69, of Pacolet, SC, died Saturday, December 24, 2016, at her home. Born February 5, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dever and Mary Solomon Thompson. Carolyn was a member of Friends of Faith Church and a weaver for various Milliken plants. Survivors include her son, Johnny W. Motts; granddaughter, Courtney...
Jay Bailey
Dec 23, 2016
Michael Jay Bailey, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, December 23, 2016. Born October 25, 1963, in Spartanburg SC, he was the son of James E. "Ed" and Barbara Jeffries Bailey of Spartanburg, SC. A loving son and good person with a big heart, Jay was a hard worker and a friend to all. He was a member of Valley...
Bridget Crocker
Dec 22, 2016
Bridget Cook Crocker, 54, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 22, 2016, at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. Born September 17, 1962, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of Margaret Rice Cook of Spartanburg, SC, and the late Olin "Bot" Cook. A metal working additives formulator, Bridget was a Technical Support Manager with SOLTEX in Houston, TX. She...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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