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E. Smith

E. Smith

Jan 29, 2016

Ernest Cecil Smith, 82, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, January 29, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice. Born May 11, 1933 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Jesse V. Smith, Sr. and Florence Mae Sailor Smith. Mr. Smith was an Army veteran who served in the Korean War. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church...

Bonnie Farr

Bonnie Farr

Jan 27, 2016

Bonnie Helen Willis Farr, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born June 22, 1925, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Wesley Willis and Annie Faye Robinson Willis and widow of Alfred John Farr. Mrs. Farr was a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Helen "Ann"...

Timothy Rhodes

Timothy Rhodes

Jan 27, 2016

Timothy Roger Rhodes, 59, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 27, 2016, at his home after declining health. Born March 5, 1956, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Otho and Magdalene Morgan Rhodes. Tim was a graduate of Dorman High School, formerly employed at Rhodes Brothers Body Shop, and most recently employed at Auto Glass...

John Berry

John Berry

Jan 26, 2016

John "Pete" Berry, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 28, 1942, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late James and Edith Mason Berry and husband of the late Ellen Dean Berry. Pete was the owner of Pete's Upholstery Shop and a member of Eastside Baptist Church. He was...

Louise Clary

Louise Clary

Jan 26, 2016

Myrtis Louise Camp Clary, 89, of Cowpens, SC, beloved wife for 68 years of Thomas P. Clary, Sr., died Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at her home. Born January 4, 1927, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Daisy Mae Jones Camp. Mrs. Clary was a great cook and an even greater Nanny. She enjoyed...

Sherman Fowler

Sherman Fowler

Jan 24, 2016

Sherman Fowler, 74, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, January 24, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 18, 1941, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late Dorsey Horace and Myrtle Childers Fowler and husband of the late Mary Sue Davis Fowler. Mr. Fowler loved spending time with his grandchildren, joking around, and fishing. He was a member...

Mary Pattis

Mary Pattis

Jan 23, 2016

Mary Louise Brock Pattis, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at her home. Born April 2, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Hollis Brock and Myrtle Belle McCombs Brock and the widow of George Nicholas Pattis. After graduating from Spartanburg High School, Mary toured with the Hammett and Morton Circus as...

Rachel Bullard

Rachel Bullard

Jan 22, 2016

Rachel Audrey Horton Bullard, 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 22, 2016 at Lake Emory Post-Acute Care. Born March 19, 1933 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Loyd E. and Elizabeth West Horton and was the widow of Chester Morris Bullard. Mrs. Bullard was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and was a retired textile employee....

Emma Hyatt

Emma Hyatt

Jan 22, 2016

On January 22, 2016, Emma Hale Hyatt, 95, peacefully went to eternal rest from her beloved log home, which she and her husband built by hand in the summer of 1941. Born March 18, 1920, she was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Walter Keith Hale and Katherine Fitzgerald Hale of Spartanburg, SC, and her three younger siblings: brother, Walter Keith...

Gary Brannon

Gary Brannon

Jan 22, 2016

Gary Dennis Brannon, 68, of Roebuck, SC, died Friday, January 22, 2016, peacefully at his home. Born January 20, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Earl and Sue Edge Brannon. Mr. Brannon served with pride in the United States Air Force stationed in Okinawa during the Vietnam War and later guarded the missile fields...

Ruby Guy

Ruby Guy

Jan 19, 2016

Ruby Melinda Patterson Guy, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at her home. Born October 21, 1923, in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Tillman and Clove Evatt Patterson and widow of Herbert Lee Guy. Mrs. Guy was a member of Una First Freewill Baptist Church and retired from Spartan Mills. Survivors include her...

Zachary Maddox

Zachary Maddox

Jan 19, 2016

Zachary "Zack" Bayard Maddox, 44, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. He was born in Athens, Tennessee on August 15, 1971. He graduated from Spartanburg High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wofford College, a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and a Master...

Gerald Petty

Gerald Petty

Jan 18, 2016

Gerald Kenneth Petty, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 18, 2016, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born May 4, 1934, in Cooley Springs, SC, he was the son of the late J. C. Petty and Mary Dee Cooley Petty (his mother died when Gerald was a small child) and his step-mother, the late Beatrice Leverett Petty....

Jessie Smith

Jessie Smith

Jan 18, 2016

Jessie Mae Henard Smith, 82, of Clifton, SC, died Monday, January 18, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 18, 1933, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph L. and Ruth Henderson Henard and widow of Donald E. Smith, Sr. Mrs. Smith was a member of Clifton First Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical...

Aletha Crawford

Aletha Crawford

Jan 17, 2016

Aletha Minerva Millwood Crawford, 93, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 15, 1922, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Rhoda Leight Loving Millwood and widow of Charles M. Crawford. Mrs. Crawford retired from Pacolet Manufacturing Company after many years of loyal service. She was a...

Nita Williams

Nita Williams

Jan 16, 2016

Nita Pierce Williams, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born July 24, 1920, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late D. J. and Madia Belle Reese Pierce, the last surviving member of her immediate family, and widow of Luther D. Williams, Sr. Mrs. Williams was a member of Westside Baptist...

Jean Croes

Jean Croes

Jan 15, 2016

Jean Fraser Robertson Croes, 98, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Friday, January 15, 2016. Born in Westerly, RI, she was the eldest daughter of the late David and Jean Fraser Robertson and was predeceased by her husband, William Miller Croes. She was a graduate of Westerly High School and New London School of Business, New London, Connecticut. She became a...

John Hanke, Jr.

John Hanke, Jr.

Jan 15, 2016

John Elmer Hanke, Jr., 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 15, 2016 at Richard Campbell V.A. Nursing Home. Born October 26, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN, he was the son of the late John Elmer Hanke, Sr. and Lou Noble Hanke and he was the widower of Sharon Gayle Hanke. Mr. Hanke was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed...

Betty Flynn

Betty Flynn

Jan 14, 2016

Betty Ruth Dodd Flynn, 87, of Moore, SC, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 12, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Daniel and Ruth Mahaffey Dodd and widow of Henry Grady Flynn, Jr. Mrs. Flynn was a member of Green Street Baptist Church where she was a Sunday...

Louise Gault

Louise Gault

Jan 14, 2016

Louise Plyler Gault, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 28, 1930, in Chester, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Louise Sistare Plyler. Mrs. Gault was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, New Beginnings Sunday School Class, and the Faith Circle. She received her BS in Music...

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