Helen Blackburn
Sep 6, 2016
Helen Chertok Jennings Blackburn, 86, of Cape Canaveral, FL, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. She was born August 22, 1930 in Spartanburg, SC, as the daughter of the late William and Maude Chertok. She married the late Bud Jennings in 1946 and had two children. Later in 1974, she married the late Edgar Blackburn. Most of her...
Lois Cantrell
Sep 4, 2016
Lois Bennett Cantrell, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 21, 1920, in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Grady Bennett and Paitie Poteat Bennett and widow of Wallace Elvin Cantrell. An avid artist, Mrs. Cantrell devoted her life to the arts and was a founding member...
Ralph Gibson
Sep 4, 2016
Ralph Eugene Gibson, 83, a resident of The Villages in Lady Lake, Florida since 1989, passed peacefully on Sunday, September 4, 2016. Ralph was the son of James and Bertie Gibson and grew up in Spartanburg, SC and attended Spartanburg High School. He married Varnette Smith, also of Spartanburg, daughter of Marvin Smith. They were happily married 63 years. Varnette...
Virginia Davison
Sep 4, 2016
Virginia Beach Davison, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Eden Terrace. Born May 25, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the only child of the late Jesse French Scruggs and Louise Lowe Scruggs. Virginia was educated in the Spartanburg City Schools. She attended Columbia College before transferring to Converse College. Virginia was a lifelong member of...
Carolyn Crocker
Sep 4, 2016
Carolyn Poole Crocker, 72, of Converse, SC, died Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 1, 1944, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William and Ethel Kennedy Poole. Mrs. Crocker was a member of Converse Baptist Church and retired from Smith, Kesler & Company, P. A. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Crocker;...
Jon Shubin
Sep 2, 2016
Jon Steven Shubin, 35, of Mount Laurel, NJ, formerly of Spartanburg, SC and Hickory, NC, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ. Born September 13, 1980 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Stuart Shubin of Mt. Pleasant, SC and of the late Sandy Gilpin Shubin. Jon was a co-owner of CRD Restore. He...
Harley Hill
Aug 31, 2016
Harley Franklin Hill, 88, of Cowpens, SC, husband of Doris A. Price Hill for 24 years, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at his home. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, born February 15, 1928, he was the son of the late Mitchell King and Adella Laughter Hill. A graduate of Cecil's Business College and a U. S. Marine Corps veteran,...
Jean Sizemore
Aug 30, 2016
Jean Horton Sizemore, 75, of Inman, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 7, 1941, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Addie Cochran Horton and widow of C. L. Sizemore. Mrs. Sizemore was an avid gardener, a member of Green Point Baptist Church, and retired from Spartan Mills....
Patricia Denham
Aug 30, 2016
Patricia Violette Denham, 83, widow of Andrew Gibson Denham, M.D., died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of John Robert Violette and Catherine McAuliffe Violette. Pat was a graduate of Rosary High School in San Diego, California and received her nursing degree from St....
Polly Genoble
Aug 30, 2016
Pauline "Polly" Henson Genoble, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born May 14, 1917, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Zora Lee Henson and widow of Grady Genoble. A member of First Baptist North Spartanburg, Mrs. Genoble was a retired textile worker and homemaker....
Robert Rowell
Aug 30, 2016
Former Spartanburg Mayor Robert "Bob" Grady Rowell, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 6, 1932, in Branford, FL, he was the son of the late Paul Kistler Rowell and Eileen Peterson Rowell. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Rowell was a graduate of the University of Florida. He was an extremely...
Ruby Lipsey
Aug 27, 2016
Ruby Irene Manis Lipsey, 86, of Cross Hill, SC died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 9, 1929 in Rogersville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Annie C. Snapp Manis. She was predeceased by her first husband, Leonard Robert Klepper and also predeceased by Willie Austin Lipsey. Ruby attended Bethabara...
Frances Caldwell
Aug 24, 2016
Frances Scott Caldwell, 85, of Duncan, SC, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at her home. Born October 13, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Emma Lenora and Grover Cleveland Scott. As a registered nurse, Mrs. Caldwell served as head nurse with Mary Black Memorial Hospital OBGYN and retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was...
Evelyn Jackson
Aug 23, 2016
Evelyn Louise Arnold Jackson, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at Lake Emory Post Acute Care-Inman. Born January 6, 1935, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Elisha and Veney Lou Hall Arnold. Mrs. Jackson was formerly employed as Clerk of Court for the City of Spartanburg. She was a former member of...
Gladys Gowan
Aug 23, 2016
It is with great sadness that the family of Gladys Louise Gowan announces her passing away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at the age of 93. Gladys was born November 5, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, to Velma E. Poteat and G. Dewey Owenby. She shared 69 loving years of marriage with her husband, O. Freeman Gowan. Mrs. Gowen retired...
Lucy Steadman
Aug 23, 2016
Lucy Angeline Pearson Steadman, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Valley Falls Terrace. Born May 29, 1923, in Moore, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walker Napoleon and Minnie Lee Cox Pearson and widow of Palmer Dantzler Steadman. A graduate of Woodruff High School, Mrs. Steadman was a member of Moore Church of Christ...
Michael Vince
Aug 22, 2016
Michael John Vince, 66, of Inman, SC, died Monday, August 22, 2016, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born March 24, 1950, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Chester and Helen Pojnar Vince. Mr. Vince loved Pittsburgh Steeler football and enjoyed playing golf as well as traveling. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of The Polish Falcons...
Sharon Sexton
Aug 22, 2016
Sharon Elaine Hansel Sexton, 63, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, August 22, 2016, at her home. Born August 15, 1953, in Coronado, CA, she was the daughter of Ida Lee Stacy Hansel of Boiling Springs, SC and the late John T. Hansel Jr. Sharon loved her family and enjoyed all types of painting. She attended East Tennessee State University...
Jeffrey Peck
Aug 22, 2016
Jeffrey Todd Peck, 43, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 22, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 31, 1972, in Greenville County, SC, he was the son of Paul Cash Peck of W. Columbia, SC and Pamela Black Hollar of Spartanburg, SC. Todd was employed with Tietex Corporation and of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, survivors...
Dr. Colloms
Aug 20, 2016
Dr. Vergene Jenkins Colloms, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, was peacefully escorted by the angels to her Heavenly home on Saturday, August 20, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 12, 1917 in Dahlgren, Illinois to the late Herbert R. and Laura Mae Meadows Jenkins. She was the wife of the late Dr. Lester H. Colloms, ordained Methodist...
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