Obituaries

Louise Johnson

Louise Johnson

May 16, 2015

Louise S. Johnson, 77, of Moore, SC passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House. Born November 11, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Hollise and Lucille Smith. She was also predeceased by her husband, Ralph Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was a weaver at Jackson and Spartan Mills and was a member of Moore Church of...

Walter Witherspoon

Walter Witherspoon

May 15, 2015

Walter L. Witherspoon, 62, went home to be with the Lord Friday, May 15, 2015. He was born June 16, 1952 to the late Walter Lewis Witherspoon, Sr. and Mary Abernathy Witherspoon. He was retired from Southern Railways and was a proud member of Northbrook Baptist Church. His wife, children, family, lifelong, and mountain friends were the most important people...

Evelyn Jones

Evelyn Jones

May 15, 2015

Evelyn Lee R. Jones, 68, of Chesnee, SC, died Friday, May 15, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 7, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Lee and Nannie Million Ridings. Mrs. Jones was a member of First Faith Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are her beloved husband of 53 years, Sam Donald...

Sarah Higginbotham

Sarah Higginbotham

May 15, 2015

Sarah Katherine Higginbotham, 70, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, May 15, 2015 at her home. Born August 30, 1944, in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Francis and Anne Elizabeth Sheehan Higginbotham. Ms. Higginbotham was a commercial interior designer and a member of the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Survivors include a sister, Elizabeth Ann...

Dianne Horne

Dianne Horne

May 13, 2015

Dianne Boatman Horne, 65, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 31, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Lois Boatman. Mrs. Horne was retired after 22 years of service with Milliken & Co. in the Accounting Department. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...

Margaret Marsh

Margaret Marsh

May 13, 2015

Margaret Query Marsh, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 22, 1918, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Allen Graham and Rebecca Conliff Query and widow of Ira Alexander Marsh. Mrs. Marsh was the oldest member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Survivors include her daughter, Rebecca Marsh Washburn...

Vera Crump

Vera Crump

May 13, 2015

Vera Geraldine Hollifield Crump, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at her home. Born March 24, 1935, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carroll Bronson and O. C. Ezell Hollifield. Mrs. Crump, a 1953 Chesnee High School Beauty Queen, was a graduate of Cecil's Business College and a member of Morningside Baptist...

Dorothy Shriver

Dorothy Shriver

May 13, 2015

Dorothy Mullin Shriver, 101, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Magnolia Manor - Spartanburg. Born November 20, 1913, in Cherry Run, WV, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Firey and Clara Benner Mullin and widow of Willard E. Shriver. Mrs. Shriver was a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Walter L. French...

Angie Pearson

Angie Pearson

May 13, 2015

Angie Elise Pearson, infant daughter of Phillip Hughston Pearson and Elizabeth Ann Hollifield, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. She was born February 25, 2015 in Spartanburg, SC. In addition to her parents, Angie is survived by a sister, Makayla Marlene Pearson and a brother, Phillip James Pearson both of Woodruff, SC; grandfathers, Phillip Scott Pearson of...

Selma Tanenbaum

Selma Tanenbaum

May 12, 2015

Selma Anderson Tanenbaum, 90, of Atlanta, GA, and a longtime resident of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Emory University Hospital. Born November 29, 1924, in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Rebecca Levy Anderson and widow of Ralph Tanenbaum. Mrs. Tanenbaum was co-owner of Tanny's, a men's clothing store, founded in the...

Marion Walker

Marion Walker

May 10, 2015

Marion Crabtree Walker, 85 of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at NHC Healthcare - Greenville. Born July 17, 1929 in Bluefield, VA, she was the daughter of the late, James Pierce and Carrie Elizabeth Daugherty Crabtree and widow of Leland O'Fferall Walker. Mrs. Walker, a retired beautician, was a member of Westview Christian Church. Survivors include her children,...

Alberta Garrett

Alberta Garrett

May 9, 2015

Alberta D. Garrett, 93, of Gaffney, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Gaffney Medical Center. Born May 23, 1921, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Miller and Sally McKinney. She was predeceased by her spouses, Charles Leroy Dunagin and John L. Garrett. Mrs. Garrett worked in textiles and was retired from Hoechst-Celenese. She was a...

Margaret Davidson

Margaret Davidson

May 8, 2015

Margaret Lucille Fowler Davidson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, May 8, 2015 in Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 25, 1932, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of Herbert H. and Ina Beth Powers Fowler. Mrs. Davidson was an avid bowler, and a member of Eastern Star-Mary Montgomery. She was a member of Beaumont United Methodist Church. Survivors include...

Gisela Otto

Gisela Otto

May 8, 2015

Gisela Otto, 85, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at her home. Born November 9, 1929, in Beckdorf, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Helmuth and Hertha Schulz-Ayecke. Mrs. Otto was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She was a homemaker, who loved and treasured her family. Surviving are her loving husband of 55...

Linda Carpenter

Linda Carpenter

May 8, 2015

Linda Joanne Carpenter, 54, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at her home. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Linda Joanna Carpenter please visit our Sympathy Store.

Susan Cook

Susan Cook

May 8, 2015

Susan Kinney Cook, 68, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at her home. Born September 21, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Dorr and Muriel Smith Kinney. Mrs. Cook graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1964 and retired from Friedman's Jewelry Store after 15 years. She was very devoted and loving to all...

Mary Cash

Mary Cash

May 8, 2015

Mary Beulah Burch Cash, 93, of Spartanburg, SC passed Friday, May 8, 2015. She was the daughter of Joseph Clyde and Donnie Shackelford Burch and was the widow of Roy E. Cash, Sr. Surviving Mrs. Cash is a granddaughter, Allyson Cash and two great-grandchildren, Elaina Vaughn and Nathan Higgins. She is also survived by nephews E. Earl Burch, Jr., John...

Mary Cash

Mary Cash

May 7, 2015

Mary Nell Sprouse Cash "Ma Cash", 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, May 7, 2015, at her home. Born June 12, 1934, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Gertrude Blanton Sprouse and widow of James Winard Cash. Mrs. Cash was a member of Turning Point Free Will Baptist Church and retired from S&S...

Charles Chandler Sr.

Charles Chandler Sr.

May 6, 2015

Charles Bruce Chandler Sr., 69, of Pauline, SC, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 06, 2015, in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family. Born August 16, 1945, in Madison County, NC, he was the son of the late Kermit Chandler and Carol Eastwood. Mr. Chandler worked in construction for fifty years and was retired from...

Ethel Hembree

Ethel Hembree

May 6, 2015

Ethel Dillard Hembree, 94, of Valley Falls Terrace, formerly of Coopertown Road in Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Born March 17, 1921, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dean and Victoria Noblitt Dillard and was married to the late J. T. Wilburn Hembree. A U. S. Army (Women's Army Corps) veteran of World War II,...