Rev. Blankenship
Aug 8, 2015
Rev. Roger D. Blankenship, 66, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, August 8, 2015, at SRMC. Born March 2, 1949 in Huntington, WV, he was the son of the late William Herbert and Leona Hester Blankenship. He was a member of North Spartanburg Church of God, and was a former Chaplain for Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his beloved wife...
Rebecca Blair
Aug 7, 2015
Rebecca "Becky" Brookshire Blair, 74, of Spartanburg, and formerly of Simpsonville, SC, died Friday, August 7, 2015, at her home. Born June 19, 1941 in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Walter and Sarah Esther Teat Brookshire and was the wife of the late Ronald Forest Blair. She attended Delaware State University and was retired as...
Jean Newman
Aug 6, 2015
Jean Kimsey Newman, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 6, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 4, 1934, in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin Kimsey and Daisy Nelle Richie Kimsey. Mrs. Newman was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, the Gideon Auxiliary, and retired after 40 years of service...
Gary Lynn
Aug 6, 2015
Gary Robert Lynn, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 6, 2015, at McCall Hospice House, Simpsonville, SC. Born November 8, 1945, in Ringgold, GA, he was the son of the late Robert and Belle Lynn. A U. S. Marine veteran, having served in Vietnam, Mr. Lynn was of the Baptist Faith and a driver for Superior Carriers. Survivors include...
Joe Mcbride
Aug 5, 2015
Joe Thompson McBride, 89, of Pacolet, SC, peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 7:55 PM in the loving arms of his wife and daughters, as they sang him into his eternal reward with his favorite song, Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. Born July 10, 1926, in Union County,...
Thomas Arrington
Aug 5, 2015
Thomas "Tommy" William Arrington, 64, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 30, 1950, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Marjorie Elm Arrington of Spartanburg, SC and the late Thomas William Arrington Sr. A U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Arrington served as a Crypt Analyst. He was...
Troy Gilliam
Aug 5, 2015
Troy Gilliam, 79, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 2, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Emmit and Nella Clark Gilliam and husband of the late Tanny Todd Gilliam. He was a retired carpenter, loved his grandsons, and enjoyed fishing. Surviving are his daughter, Mitzi Gilliam Vise...
Betty Bishop
Aug 5, 2015
Betty Jean Bishop, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, peacefully passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Born December 3, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John B. Bishop and Bernice Chapman Bishop. Betty was a lifelong member of Liberty United Methodist Church and retired as an office assistant in the family business. Surviving are her nephews, Ken...
Flossie Clark
Aug 3, 2015
Flossie Mae Clark, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 3, 2015, at Brookdale at Skylyn. Born November 14, 1917, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Dudley Albert and Martha Olema Daniel Sellars and widow of Jack Clark. A graduate of Brevard College, Mrs. Clark was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Cowpens, SC. Survivors...
Raelynn Teague
Aug 3, 2015
Raelynn Marie Teague, born February 18, 2015, in Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 3, 2015 at her home. Raelynn was the infant daughter of Jessica Marie Richmond and Michael Scott Teague of Boiling Springs, SC. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, McKinzley Teague of Boiling Springs, SC; brother, Landon West of Woodruff, SC; grandmother, Edina...
Cheremy Harris
Aug 2, 2015
Cheremy Leigh Harris, 47, of Roebuck, SC, died Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 6, 1968, in Spartanburg, SC she was the daughter of Maxine Brannon Gordon of Inman, SC and her "loving father-figure", Bill Gordon of Spartanburg, SC. Cheremy "never met a stranger", enjoyed life, loved Elton John music, fishing, and helping people. She was...
Cookie Rainey
Jul 30, 2015
Surrounded by loving family and friends, Cookie Smith Rainey, 66, of Campobello, SC, passed away at Spartanburg Medical Center on Thursday, July 30, 2015 to be with her Lord and Savior. She was born on August 27, 1948 at Spartanburg General Hospital, the second of four children of the late Clinton Richard Smith, Sr. and Frances Elizabeth Sitton Smith. When...
Mary Gardner
Jul 30, 2015
Mary Belle Jones Gardner, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Thursday, July 30, 2015, at Golden Age of Inman. Born December 8, 1925, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Stuart and Mary Ophelia Jones, and widow of the late Dr. Ernest Jason Gardner, Sr. A graduate...
Lillie Hatchette
Jul 29, 2015
Lillie Belle Brown Hatchette, 92, of Mason Manor, Boiling Springs, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Born April 23, 1923, in Beaumont, she was the daughter of the late Ira Oscar Brown and Annie Marie Bonner Cash Brown and widow of the late Wister W. Hatchette. Mrs. Hatchette was retired from Butte Knit and a Christian of a non-denominational...
Agnes Blackwell
Jul 29, 2015
Agnes Brackins Blackwell, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at White Oak Manor. Born July 1, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late, William Kelly and Martha Evelyn Revels Brackins, and widow of the late Leroy Jack Blackwell. Mrs. Blackwell was of the Baptist faith and loved...
Anne Ebersbach
Jul 29, 2015
Miss Anne M. Ebersbach, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, following a brief illness. Born Dec. 19, 1926 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Georg Fritz and Margarete Hagge Ebersbach. She grew up in Middleburgh, NY, graduating from Middleburgh Central School and Katharine Gibbs School in New York. She was a certified...
Mamie Davis
Jul 28, 2015
Mamie Cooksey Davis, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at White Oak Estates. Born December 26, 1918, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Eber Dexter and Mary Elizabeth Waldrop Cooksey and widow of the late Claude Lamar Davis Sr. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Davis was a...
Kirsten Beeker
Jul 28, 2015
Kirsten Beeker, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center after a long struggle. Born in Richmond, VA on November 23, 1962 to Hazel James and Charles William Miller, she grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and Durham, NC, graduating from Jordan High School. A devoted and wonderful wife of 33 years to...
John Hansel
Jul 28, 2015
John Thomas Hansel, Jr., 83, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at his home. Born November 15, 1931, in Harlin County, KY, he was the son of the late, John Thomas Hansel, Sr. and Georgia Blanton Hansel. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean War serving on the USS Weiss, Mr. Hansel was a retired maintenance...
John Buice
Jul 27, 2015
John Thomas "Tom" Buice, 64, lifelong resident of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 27, 2015 at his home after a battle with cancer. Born November 28, 1950, in Newberry, SC, he was the son of the late William Earle Buice Sr. and Dorothy Medlin Buice. Tom, who long-time friends knew as Tommy, was known by all as a caring man...
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