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Matthew Stephenson

Matthew Stephenson

Aug 9, 2016

Matthew Arnold Stephenson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Mary Black Hospital after a short illness. Born August 15, 1935 in Bangor, ME, he was the son of the late Leonidas Dacosta Stephenson III and Natalie Anastasia Stephenson. Dr. Stephenson received a BS from the University of South Carolina and a PhD from Tulane University. He...

Kevin King

Kevin King

Aug 8, 2016

Kevin James King, 58, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 14, 1957, in Bellevue, OH, he was the son of James Bliss and Lunetta Bringer King and husband of the late Elizabeth Ann King. Mr. King was a Registered Nurse at the Phoenix Center in Greenville, SC. He was a member of...

Frances Hyatt

Frances Hyatt

Aug 8, 2016

Frances Harrison Hyatt, 89, of Startex, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born June 28, 1927, in Walnut Grove, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank T. and Levie Williams Harrison, and wife of the late Carl Billy Hyatt. A Roebuck High School graduate, Mrs. Hyatt was a retired clerk of the...

Gene Crocker

Gene Crocker

Aug 8, 2016

Gene Arland Crocker, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 13, 1933, he was the son of the late Forrest and Addie Rose McCallister Crocker. Mr. Crocker was a retired Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Air Force having served for 20 years and later retired again from Abbott Laboratories. He enjoyed...

Robert Starnes Jr.

Robert Starnes Jr.

Aug 8, 2016

Robert L. Starnes, Jr., 85, died peacefully on August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Robert "Bob" was born in Lancaster, SC, on September 6, 1930, to the late Bob L. and Lula McManus Starnes. Bob was a U. S. Army Corporal combat veteran of the Korean War, receiving the Korean War Service Medal and two Bronze Stars. Following...

William Luther

William Luther

Aug 8, 2016

William H. "Bill" Luther, 89, of Spartanburg SC died August 8, 2016, at his home. Bill was born November 10, 1926, in Ashe County, NC, the son of the late William Theodore and Ola Lemly Luther, and the brother of Margaret L. Duncan of Boise, Idaho. Surviving is his wife, Doris B. Luther of 58 years, three children and their...

Frances Rice

Frances Rice

Aug 7, 2016

Frances Amberzine Rice, 92, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born January 28, 1924, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Ola Coyle and widow of the late Noah Rice. Mrs. Rice was a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church and was retired from Sears, Roebuck &...

Lynda Robinson

Lynda Robinson

Aug 5, 2016

Lynda Bryan Winburn Robinson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died on Friday, August 5, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by loved ones. Born December 2, 1932, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Howard Powell and Lynda Bryan Winburn and wife of the late Clarence Delmar Robinson Jr. Lynda attended Mercer College and later graduated from...

Randall Goodwin

Randall Goodwin

Aug 5, 2016

Randall "Randy" Linton Goodwin, 55, of Clinton, SC, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Whitten Center-Clinton where he was a resident for over 50 years. Born September 25, 1960, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Jeris Ann Gilliam Goodwin of Spartanburg, SC and the late Dennis Linton Goodwin. Randy loved Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. He was famous for...

Syble Lawson

Syble Lawson

Aug 5, 2016

Syble Jean Gilbert Lawson, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at her home. Born September 25, 1939, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Milo Gilbert and Millie Hester Oliver Gilbert. Mrs. Lawson loved her grandchildren. She was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, a retired CNA with Magnolia Manor, and also served as...

George Rush

George Rush

Aug 1, 2016

George Kevin Rush, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, beloved husband of Linda Henson Rush, died Monday, August 1, 2016, at his home. Born June 23, 1956, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late George Edwin Rush and Florence Julia Peggy Cochran Rush. A commissioner and former firefighter with the North Spartanburg Fire Department, Mr. Rush was employed...

Archie Lee

Archie Lee

Aug 1, 2016

Archie Doyle Lee, 83, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, August 1, 2016, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, Union, SC. Born February 3, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Archie and Geneva Whiting Lee. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Lee was a member of Pacolet Mills Church of God and formerly employed with...

Dorothy Bokanoski

Dorothy Bokanoski

Jul 31, 2016

Dorothy Morrow Bokanoski, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, widow of John Edward Bokanoski, died Sunday, July 31, 2016, at her home. Born March 24, 1924, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Isom and Olive Harrison Morrow and the last surviving member of her immediate family. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Bokanoski was a devoted...

Steven Boyter

Steven Boyter

Jul 31, 2016

Steven Dwight Boyter, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, July 31, 2016, at his home. Born July 28, 1946, in the Beech Springs Community of Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Marshall Bryant Boyter and Lois Cox Boyter. A veteran of the U. S. Army National Guard, Mr. Boyter was an employee of Community Cash Stores...

Virginia Kirkland

Virginia Kirkland

Jul 31, 2016

Virginia Louise Sims Kirkland, 98, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born July 10, 1918 in Monetta, SC, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Earle and Sallie Hite Sims. She was the last surviving member of her family. She was the devoted and...

Doris Tipton

Doris Tipton

Jul 30, 2016

Doris Bolt Tipton, 92, of Boiling Springs, SC died Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Magnolia Manor. Born March 5, 1924 in Rossville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Anna Stancil Bolt. She was the widow of James F. Tipton. Doris was a seamstress with Butte Knit for 23 years. She was a member of Church...

Ginger Coggins

Ginger Coggins

Jul 29, 2016

Ginger Lynn Crist Coggins, 59, of Inman, SC, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at her home. Born July 9, 1957, in Charlton Heights, WV, she was the daughter of the late Richard "Dick" Thomas Crist and Gytha "June" Burton Crist. Mrs. Coggins was a graduate of Hernando High School in Brooksville, FL, a retired mortgage broker, employed at Coggins Flowers,...

Lorraine Metivier

Lorraine Metivier

Jul 29, 2016

Lorraine M. Metivier, 78, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at her home. Born June 8, 1938, in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred A. and Grace Mercier and widow of Norman A. Metivier. Mrs. Metivier was a former member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in...

John Mcneely

John Mcneely

Jul 27, 2016

John Michael McNeely, 65, of Glenn Springs, SC, died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Brookdale Skylyn. Born April 10, 1951, in Charleston, SC, he was the son of the late John William McNeely Jr. and Cecelia Annette Hutto Daub and husband of the late Roxanne Thornton McNeely. A U. S. Army Reserves veteran, Mr. McNeely was a 1973 Citadel graduate...

Margie Lattimore

Margie Lattimore

Jul 26, 2016

Margie Reynolds Lattimore, 93, of Cowpens, SC, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at RoseCrest Healthcare Center. Born June 15, 1923, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Howard James Reynolds and Lillie Maynor Reynolds. Margie was an avid shopper. She retired from Prima Knit, worked part-time at Stein Mart, and was a member of Westside Baptist...

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