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Shirley Fuller

Shirley Fuller

Oct 31, 2014

Shirley Palmer Fuller, of Spartanburg, SC, entered into her Heavenly Home on Friday, October 31, 2014 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 11, 1935, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ed Washington and Mary Tweed Palmer, and was the widow of Thomas Avon Fuller. Mrs. Fuller was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and...

Thelma Camby

Thelma Camby

Oct 31, 2014

Thelma Knox Camby, 83, of Pacolet, SC, died Friday, October 31, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 2, 1931, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late John "Smiley" and Sibbie Eves Knox and the widow of the late William J. Camby. She was a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church, and a homemaker. Survivors include...

Elizabeth Sprouse

Elizabeth Sprouse

Oct 30, 2014

Elizabeth Anderson Sprouse, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 30, 2014, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born April 3, 1922, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles Wilbur and Lillian Lancaster Anderson and the widow of Herman Walker Sprouse. An avid gardener, Mrs. Sprouse attended Cecil's Business College, was retired from Beaumont Mills, and was of the...

Louise Foster

Louise Foster

Oct 29, 2014

Louise Ora Walker Foster, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at her home. Born December 17, 1916, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Stough Walker and Zelda Goode Walker. For 57 years, she was married to the late Vernon W. Foster, author of "Spartanburg - Facts, Reminiscences, Folklore". Mrs. Foster was a...

Connie Bataille

Connie Bataille

Oct 29, 2014

Connie Bataille, 69, of Pacolet, SC, died Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Born February 8, 1945, in the country of Latvia, she was the daughter of the late Albert Penavs and Maria Lydia Haak Pfarr. A graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College, Connie retired from the Spartanburg County Department of Social Services in 2007 and was of the Protestant faith. Surviving are...

Lavinia Eldridge

Lavinia Eldridge

Oct 28, 2014

Lavinia Taylor Eldridge passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at the age of 95. She was the oldest child of the late Mamie Hudson Taylor and Julius W. Taylor of Tryon, NC. Lavinia attended Tryon, NC schools and in 1940 she married Roy C. Eldridge who was then a Chief Petty Officer in the U. S. Navy. At the...

Mary Trammell

Mary Trammell

Oct 27, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Page Trammell, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 27, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 23, 1918, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Butler and Pauline Forrest Page, and the beloved wife for 61 years of the late Frank H. Trammell, Sr. A member of First Baptist...

Pamela Francis

Pamela Francis

Oct 27, 2014

Pamela Denise Francis, 55, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 27, 2014, at her home. Born January 10, 1959, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Cecil Francis and Doris Medlock Francis. Denise loved helping people. She was a member of Clifton Church of God and was retired from Stouffers in Gaffney. Among survivors are her husband...

Betty Malone

Betty Malone

Oct 27, 2014

Betty Jean Swatzell Malone, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, went home on Monday, October 27, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born December 24, 1931, in Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late John Q. A. Swatzell and Esther Lucille Bowling Swatzell. Betty loved to crochet and she was a member of Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church...

Emma Cox

Emma Cox

Oct 27, 2014

Emma Jewel Harris Cox, 90, of Mayo, SC, died Monday, October 27, 2014, at Magnolia Manor of Inman. Born April 24, 1924, in Marshall, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dallas Edward Harris and Josephine Carroll Sexton Harris, and the widow of James Luther Cox, Jr. She was a member of Rock Hill Baptist Church, Inman, SC. Surviving...

David Gilliam

David Gilliam

Oct 26, 2014

David Dolian Gilliam, 75, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at his home. Born January 31, 1939, in Burlington, NC, he was the son of the late Eldridge Leon Gilliam and Bessie Matkins Gilliam. David was educated at North Carolina State University where he received a B.S. and M.S. degree. He retired in 1994 as an Electrical Engineer...

Rev. Arthur

Rev. Arthur

Oct 24, 2014

The Rev. Dr. William LaClair Arthur, 75, of Greenville, SC, beloved Presbyterian pastor, died Friday, October 24, 2014, following a two-year battle with cancer. Born May 5, 1939, in Uniontown, PA, he was the son of the late Byron Blake and Mary Stewart Arthur. Dr. Arthur was educated at West Virginia University, Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, MA and...

Howard Nelmes

Howard Nelmes

Oct 23, 2014

Howard George Nelmes, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 23, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 6, 1944, in Hazleton, PA, he was the son of the late Howard George Nelmes and Martha Elizabeth Goach Nelmes. A veteran of the Army National Guard, Mr. Nelmes was retired from Crown Cork & Seal, Inc. after 32 years of...

Juanita Smith

Juanita Smith

Oct 23, 2014

Juanita Clark Smith, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 23, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 21, 1918, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Baxter Clark and Mamie McMillan Clark, and widow of Noah Jackson Smith. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church and is survived by numerous cousins. Visitation will...

Donest Warlick

Donest Warlick

Oct 23, 2014

Donest "Granny" Marie Vernon Suttles Langford, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 23, 2014, at her home. Born June 23, 1930, in Converse, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dexter Morgan Vernon and Mary Ellen Easler Vernon. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Granny loved her Lord, family and friends. She was a...

Charles Watson

Charles Watson

Oct 21, 2014

Charles Stanley "Stan" Watson, 72, of Cowpens, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 13, 1942, in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the late John and Aileen Copeland Watson. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Watson was an automotive technician with Watson Service Center. He was...

Mary Brock

Mary Brock

Oct 21, 2014

Mary Holcomb Brock, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 25, 1936, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul McFarland Holcomb and Bessie Geneva Henderson Holcomb, and widow of Sorrell Eugene Brock. Mrs. Brock was an oncology nurse at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for many years. She...

Burkette Carver

Burkette Carver

Oct 20, 2014

Burkette Reed Carver, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 20, 2014, at his home. Born September 5, 1925, in Youngstown, OH, he was the son of the late Burkett Reed Carver and Georgie Liner Carver, and husband of the late Janice Lee Carver. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Carver was a professional car salesman...

Bobby Tessnear

Bobby Tessnear

Oct 19, 2014

Bobby Fredrick Tessnear, 73, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 6, 1941, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Fred Samuel and Sara Louise Weathers Tessnear. Mr. Tessnear was a member of Tate Memorial Baptist Church and retired from Service Master after 35 years of service. Surviving is his...

Gordon Wilson

Gordon Wilson

Oct 19, 2014

Gordon Wayne Wilson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, moved to his eternal home Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Eden Terrace Assisted Living. Born September 3, 1934, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Walter Decatur Wilson and Nellie Ruth McGuinn Wilson, and husband of the late Julia "Judy" Drake Wilson. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Wilson...

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