Obituaries

Margaret Lowe

Margaret Lowe

Dec 9, 2015

Margaret Carleen King Lowe, 67, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 25, 1948, in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Carl Billie and Margaret Elaine Gaddy King. Mrs. Lowe retired from Sovran Acquisitions after 20 years of service and was a Christian believer. Survivors include her loving husband of...

Starr Simmons

Starr Simmons

Dec 9, 2015

Starr Puckett Simmons, 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born December 2, 1949, in Greensboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dannie LeFord Puckett and Mildred Dawson. Starr was a teacher for Spartanburg School District 3 where she taught for over 20 years. She was a graduate of Greensboro College Class of...

Norman Simmons

Norman Simmons

Dec 9, 2015

Norman Lee Simmons, 84, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 29, 1931, in Spindale, NC, he was the son of the late Gaines Odell and Annie Belle McDaniel Simmons. A veteran of the U. S. Marine Corp, Mr. Simmons served as a tank commander during the Korean War. He was a member...

Martha Stocks

Martha Stocks

Dec 9, 2015

Martha Butner Stocks, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 6, 1918, in Bethania, NC, she was the daughter of the late Leon Thaddeus and Bertha Fitzgerald Butner. She was married for 58 years to the late Tommy J. Stocks, Jr. Martha was a graduate of Old Town High School in...

William Going Jr.

William Going Jr.

Dec 8, 2015

William T. Going, Jr., 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born January 5, 1942, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late William Thomas Going Sr. and Lois Yvonne Fowler Going. A U. S. Army veteran during the Vietnam War, Mr. Going was a retired auditor with 25 years of service...

Evelyn Bungarz

Evelyn Bungarz

Dec 8, 2015

Evelyn Mae Marshall Bungarz, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Summit Hills-Spartanburg. Born May 23, 1922, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Alf and Margaret Evelyn Mason Marshall. She was married in Brooklyn, NY, on May 27, 1950 to the late Robert Charles Bungarz. Mrs. Bungarz was a graduate of St. Agnes...

Barbara Cole

Barbara Cole

Dec 8, 2015

Barbara "Bobbie" Harrelson Cole, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 7, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Leland and Gladys Smith Harrelson and widow of Gerald Alfred Cole after 56 years of marriage. Mrs. Cole was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and retired from Arrow...

Florence Pruitt

Florence Pruitt

Dec 8, 2015

Mary Florence Spitzer Pruitt, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the daughter of the late Rhoda Isaacs Spitzer and Earl H. Spitzer. She was born in Erwin, TN and lived in Johnson City, TN, Elk Park, NC, and Vilas, NC, before moving to Spartanburg, SC at the age...

Ethel Baier

Ethel Baier

Dec 7, 2015

Ethel Alice Mast Baier, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 7, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 11, 1918, in South Haven, MI and reared in Coloma, MI, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertha Steinke Mast and a graduate of Coloma High School. She was married in June 1946 in Benton Harbor, MI to...

Tonzia Bishop

Tonzia Bishop

Dec 6, 2015

Tonzia Taylor Bishop, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 6, 2015, at her home. Born June 2, 1963, in Frankfurt, Germany, she was the daughter of Roy Marvin Taylor and Frances Taylor Royle and wife of William Keith Bishop, all of Spartanburg, SC. A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Summa Cum Laude with Honors graduate of USCU, Tonzia...

James Toney

James Toney

Dec 6, 2015

James Woodfin Toney, 72, formerly of Moore, SC, died Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Summit Hills-Spartanburg. Born December 30, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Toney Jr. and Sarah Frances Lanford Toney and husband of the late Jan Middleton Toney. A family man and avid sports fan, Mr. Toney was a U. S....

Steven Clevenger

Steven Clevenger

Dec 5, 2015

Steven M. Clevenger, 69, of Inman, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015. Born September 17, 1946, in Lauterbach, Germany, he received his Master's Degree from Villanova University and his Bachelor's Degree from Temple University. Mr. Clevenger enjoyed an extensive career in Information Technology and was most recently employed with NASA. He was of the Lutheran faith and a...

Thelma Horne

Thelma Horne

Dec 4, 2015

Thelma Louise Rogers Horne, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, December 4, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 24, 1927, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Bernard Rogers who passed away when she was two years old. She was raised by her mother, the late Lila Snow Rogers Tillinghast, and the only father...

Mary Mcclain

Mary Mcclain

Dec 3, 2015

Mary John "Johnnie" McClain, 68, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 15, 1947, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Riley and Margie Cleo Faust Gray. Mrs. McClain was a longtime employee of Friddles Orthotic Prosthetics and retired from Hanger Orthotics & Prosthetics Service. Survivors include her...

Virginia Ellis

Virginia Ellis

Dec 2, 2015

Virginia "Jenny" Lee Byars Ellis, 76, of Cowpens, SC, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at her home. Born March 24, 1939, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ervin and Vyrle Virginia Byars. Mrs. Ellis was retired from Hoechst Fibers and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her loving husband of 31 years, Harold R. Ellis...

Norma Stokley

Norma Stokley

Nov 30, 2015

Norma Stapleton Stokley, 80, of Anderson, SC, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at her home. Born March 20, 1935, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ezra and Ella Ruth Solesbee Gossett and widow of the Rev. Lloyd Charles Stapleton and the Rev. William Stokley. Mrs. Stokley was a training instructor with Hoechst Celanese Corporation in Spartanburg,...

Thomas Gilmer Sr.

Thomas Gilmer Sr.

Nov 30, 2015

Thomas F. "Frank" Gilmer, Sr., 94, lifelong resident of Glendale, SC, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born October 9, 1921, he was the son of the late Herbert Franklin and Sallie Lee Gilmer and husband of the late Marjorie Sprouse Gilmer. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. A U. S. Army Air...

Charles Wood

Charles Wood

Nov 29, 2015

Charles William Wood "Chuck", of Massena, NY and N. Myrtle Beach, SC passed away peacefully in Spartanburg, SC on Thursday, November 29, 2015 at the age of 88. Born in Syracuse, NY in 1927, Charles was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many. A veteran of the US Army and an avid golfer, "Chuck" was the warm-hearted husband...

Dr. Pendleton, Jr.

Dr. Pendleton, Jr.

Nov 29, 2015

Dr. William "Bill" Wesley Pendleton, Jr., 78, of Seneca, SC, died Monday, November 29, 2015, at his home. Born August 31, 1937, in Rock Hill, SC, he was the son of the late William Wesley and Opal Griffin Pendleton. A graduate of Wofford College, Mr. Pendleton obtained his Masters and Doctorate Degrees from Tulane University. He retired from Emory University...

Vincent Caggiano Jr.

Vincent Caggiano Jr.

Nov 28, 2015

Vincent G. Caggiano, Jr., 89, of Gaffney, SC, slipped peacefully into his eternal rest on Saturday, November 28, 2015. He was born July 11, 1926, in Elm, New Jersey to the late Vincent G. and Antoinetta Mangini Caggiano, and moved to South Carolina in the 1940's where he became one of the founding directors and President of Sunny Slope Farms...