Christine Collins
Dec 14, 2016
Christine Harvey Collins, 89, of Lexington, SC and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, widow of John L. Collins, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at Carolina Gardens-Lexington, SC. Born October 28, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William W. Harvey, Sr. and Bessie Mae McCraw Harvey and the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Collins was...
Wayne Strickland
Dec 14, 2016
Wayne F. Strickland, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Born in Buchanan, VA, he was the son of the late Branson and Sallie Strickland and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Survivors include his wife, Connie Strickland; son, Rev. James Strickland (Donna) of Anderson, SC; brother-in-law, James Edward McEntire (Penny) of Denver, CO; and special niece,...
Helen Hunter
Dec 13, 2016
Helen Petty Hunter, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Peachtree Centre-Gaffney, SC. Born April 29, 1927, in Whitestone, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eula Ernest and Altie Lee Minton Petty and widow of John Bradley Hunter. Mrs. Hunter was a member of Ben Avon United Methodist Church and retired from Jack Rabbit Photo...
Geraldine Finotti
Dec 13, 2016
Geraldine "Jerry" Duggan Finotti, 102, widow of Lester Harrison Finotti, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at The Inverness at Spartanburg. A native of Madisonville, TN, she was born October 19, 1914, to the late Robert W. and Fannie L. Haun Duggan. Mrs. Finotti was a charter member of St. James United Methodist Church in Spartanburg and recently attended Wesley Memorial...
Frank Gilbert
Dec 13, 2016
Frank Cleatus Gilbert, 54, of Inman, SC, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 17, 1962, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Sarah Louise Robbins Gilbert of Wellford, SC and the late Cleatus Ryan Gilbert. He was of the Methodist faith. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife of 19 years, Susan...
Mary Holden
Dec 12, 2016
Mary Ellen Lanford Holden, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 12, 2016, at Fountain Inn Nursing Home. Born September 8, 1927, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Grady Lanford and Mattie Huckaby Lanford and widow of Robert Lee Holden. Mrs. Holden was a member of River Hills Baptist Church and retired operator and supervisor...
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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....
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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