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Rev. Steadman

Rev. Steadman

Mar 31, 2015

Rev. Woodrow Edward Steadman, 77, of Roebuck, SC, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 25, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Boyce Lee and Nellie Ruth Henson Steadman, and husband of the late Rosie Lee Stevenson Steadman. Rev. Steadman was the senior pastor and founder of Full Salvation Church...

William Peterson

William Peterson

Mar 31, 2015

Loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather: William (Bill) John Peterson, beloved husband of Linda (Darnell) Peterson, passed away on March 31, 2015 after a 7 year valiant fight against lung cancer. He inspired many, as he defied survival expectations with great determination. He continued to live and love until the very end. Bill was born October 3, 1933, in Eveleth,...

Nena Davis

Nena Davis

Mar 30, 2015

Nena Marguerite Stevens Davis, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 30, 2015. Born May 13, 1925, in Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Greenleaf Stevens and Bernice Huckabee Stevens. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Harold Clement Davis, who served in the SC House of Representatives and on the Spartanburg County Board...

Ted Coker

Ted Coker

Mar 29, 2015

Ted William Coker, 94, of Goose Creek, SC, formerly of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Hospice of Charleston. Born October 5, 1920, in Florence County, SC, he was the son of the late Clyde L. and Bertha Jordon Coker, and husband of the late Genelle McBee Coker. Mr. Coker was in the 8th Air Force,...

Nancy Young

Nancy Young

Mar 28, 2015

Nancy Barnett Young, 72, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 4, 1942 in Cherokee County, SC. She was the daughter of the late Louis Henry and Sara Louise Gentry Barnett. Nancy was a member of Southside Baptist Church and was a secretary at Clifdale Elementary School. She was a flight attendant and...

Jewell Harrelson

Jewell Harrelson

Mar 26, 2015

Judy Seawright Harrelson, 95, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 27, 1919 in Valdosta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Mattie Lee Page Seawright. A retired Registered Nurse from Spartanburg General Hospital, Judy was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband, W....

Eunice Hodges

Eunice Hodges

Mar 25, 2015

Elizabeth Eunice Purnell Hodges, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 12, 1922, in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn Byrd Tredway Purnell and Rhesa Hawkins Purnell. Eunice was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon and elder. A graduate of Converse...

Larry Stamper

Larry Stamper

Mar 25, 2015

Larry Stamper, 85, of Hialeah, FL, peacefully passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Born May 26, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Granville W. and Margaret Foster Stamper. A U. S. Army veteran and long-time Hialeah resident, Larry, was retired from the Hialeah and Miami Police Depts. He is survived by his wife of 60...

Nanette Hamilton

Nanette Hamilton

Mar 24, 2015

Nanette S. Hamilton, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, entered the church triumphant on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born, December 26, 1918, in Calhoun Falls, SC, she was the daughter of the late Minnie and Jim Sherard. She was married for 61 years to the love of her life, the late William Hugh Hamilton, Jr. Nanette attended the Abbeville Public Schools and...

Shirley Sharpe

Shirley Sharpe

Mar 24, 2015

Shirley Dewalt Sharpe, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at her home. Born February 12, 1936, in Salisbury, NC, and raised in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Hiram A. Dewalt and Ethel Penick Dewalt. A graduate of Harding High School, Mrs. Sharpe attended King's Business College, retired as an accountant with Tietex after...

Arthur Littlejohn

Arthur Littlejohn

Mar 24, 2015

Arthur Beaufort Littlejohn, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 27, 1921, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Agnes Sloan Littlejohn and Arthur B. Littlejohn. He was the loving stepson of the late Iva Smith Littlejohn. He was also the loving husband, for 68 years, of the...

Ruth Mattison

Ruth Mattison

Mar 22, 2015

Ruth Sherbert Mattison, 91, was born September 4, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, to the late Dean and Mossie Shehan Sherbert. She passed peacefully into her eternal home on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after several years of declining health. She was married for 50 years to the late B. C. Mattison, Jr., who passed away May...

Richard Hoffmann

Richard Hoffmann

Mar 22, 2015

Richard C. "Dick" Hoffmann, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2015. Born June 29, 1926, in Kingston, NY, he was the son of the late Henry Christian and Ester Gruver Hoffmann. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Hoffmann was retired from Hoechst Fibers. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1971, a member of the...

James Smith

James Smith

Mar 22, 2015

James "Jim" Walton Smith, 85, of Simpsonville, SC, passed away the morning of Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born May 16, 1929, in Birmingham, AL, he was one of seven children and the youngest of four sons, of the late Col. Harry E. Smith, U. S. Army (Ret.) and Patricia Furminger Smith. Upon High School graduation in...

Edward Campsen

Edward Campsen

Mar 22, 2015

Edward Eugene "Gene" Campsen, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at his residence. Born May 8, 1938, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Frank Alford and Lillie Mae Downey Campsen. Mr. Campsen was retired from Phillips Fibers. He was a charter member of Gravely Memorial United Methodist Church, a member of Lone Oak...

Inez Waltrip

Inez Waltrip

Mar 21, 2015

Ms. Waltrip, 98, passed over into Gods Heavenly hands, on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Mountainview Nursing Home in Spartanburg County. She was born in 1916 to the late Tom and Annie Millwood Waltrip of Spartanburg. Ms. Waltrip was retired from Mayfair Mills and was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church where she was member of the Heaven...

Blanche Gordon

Blanche Gordon

Mar 21, 2015

Blanche "Bonnie" Yvonne Bellamy Gordon, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 13, 1930, in Marion, SC, and reared in Mullins, SC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Claude and Minnie Kathelene Black Bellamy. A 1952 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Bonnie was the 1951 Wofford Homecoming Queen. She...

Ann Mcclure

Ann Mcclure

Mar 21, 2015

Ann Marie Armstrong McClure, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 3, 1932, in Rockville Centre, NY, she was the daughter of the late James and Beatrice Armstrong Survivors include her beloved husband, Mason Brown McClure; sister-in-law, Carolyn M. Gillespie of Spartanburg, SC; nephews, David Gillespie (Susan) and Mark Gillespie (Lynn), all...

Evelyn Westbury

Evelyn Westbury

Mar 20, 2015

Evelyn Owens Bacon Westbury, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at White Oak Estates. Born December 30, 1926 in Pembroke, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Gordon Owens and Willie Mae Wester Owens Morgan. Mrs. Westbury was a retired Registered Nurse having graduated from the Warren A. Candler School of Nursing in Savannah, GA...

John Navy

John Navy

Mar 20, 2015

John William Melton, U. S. Navy (Ret), 95, of Pauline, SC, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 20, 2015. He was born July 13, 1919, in Providence, KY, to the late George Ellis Melton and Susie Maloney Melton. Following the death of his mother in 1920, John was raised by his maternal grandmother, Ellen Whalen Ryan Maloney,...

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