Mary Greene
Aug 13, 2015
Mary Gallman Greene, 92, of Pacolet, SC, died Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 31, 1923, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Sallie Gallman and widow of James Hoyt Greene. Mrs. Greene was an outgoing and witty soul with a constant smile and glowing personality who loved all people, especially children. She...
Barbara Lyles
Aug 12, 2015
Barbara Spencer Lyles, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at her daughter's home. Born October 28, 1919, in Dursley, England, she was the daughter of the late Charles Haddon and Annie Rose Hewish Spencer. Mrs. Lyles retired on her 86th birthday from Hayes Animal Hospital where she was a receptionist. She was a kindergarten teacher for many...
Alvin Gowan
Aug 11, 2015
Alvin Paul Gowan, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at his home. Born August 31, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Paul Butler and Grace Turner Gowan. Mr. Gowan was a retired carpenter with Christman and Parsons Inc., he served in the U. S. Army National Guard, and was a member of...
Marcia Kirkland
Aug 11, 2015
Marcia Lynn McAbee Kirkland, 50, died Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at Ivy Grove Residential Care Center in Gaffney, SC. Born March 6, 1965, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of Howard F. McAbee Jr. and Nancy Carolyn Satterfield McAbee of Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Kirkland, a graduate of Dorman High School, class of 1983, was a member of Canaan Baptist...
Bobby Biggerstaff Sr.
Aug 10, 2015
Bobby Stanley Biggerstaff, Sr., 81, of Campobello, SC, died peacefully Monday, August 10, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 27, 1933 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Graham Butler and Cassie Lee Biggerstaff. Mr. Biggerstaff was the retired owner of Biggerstaff Grocery that was established in 1950 and still in business today run by...
Robert Howell
Aug 10, 2015
Robert Dennis Howell, 87, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, August 10, 2015, at Physical Rehabilitation and Wellness Center of Spartanburg. Born November 18, 1927 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Lavada Lovings Howell. Mr. Howell was a retired paint contractor, avid NASCAR fan, and member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church. He loved his children...
David Hurst
Aug 9, 2015
David Patrick Hurst, 67, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away surrounded by family on Sunday, August 9, 2015. Born April 4, 1948, in Teaneck, NJ he was the son of the late Richard Stewart and Patricia Heitel Hurst. Lovingly known as Mr. David by hundreds of Spartanburg County kindergarteners, he was a longtime teacher at The Honey Tree and Campobello Gramling...
Ruth Milan
Aug 9, 2015
E. Ruth Milan, 99, of Clinton, SC, died on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Presbyterian Home of SC-Clinton. Born January 18, 1917, she was a native of Spartanburg, and the daughter of the late Edward Reuben and Harriet "Hattie" Harty Milan and the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was predeceased by her sister, Kathleen Milan. Ruth was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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