Obituaries

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...

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...

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,...

Barbara Allen

Barbara Allen

Mar 19, 2015

Barbara "Nanny Bob" Hall Allen, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at her home. Born May 5, 1937, in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Garland George and Yettiv Quinn Hall, and widow of Hiram Charles Allen, Sr. Mrs. Allen was a member of the former Whitney Methodist Church. Surviving are sons,...

Benjamin Dover

Benjamin Dover

Mar 19, 2015

Benjamin "Ben" Everett Dover, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 8, 1923, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late James Richard and Lillian Splawn Dover. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force and Navy Reserve, Mr. Dover was retired from Kohler Corporation and was a member of...

Odette Smith

Odette Smith

Mar 17, 2015

Odette Caldwell Beason Smith, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at her home. Born December 25, 1918, in Westview, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Valentine Caldwell and Eva Iris Steadman Caldwell. Mrs. Smith was retired from C&S National Bank after 30 years of service. A former Miss Spartanburg, she was also a member...

Betty Walker

Betty Walker

Mar 17, 2015

Betty Ruth Stephen Walker, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Born September 30, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Littlejohn Stephen and Annie Barnett Stephen of Pacolet, SC. Betty was the wife of the late Lemuel Harrall Walker of Spartanburg....

James Price

James Price

Mar 17, 2015

James David Price, 74, of Roebuck, SC, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at his home surrounded by family. Born July 5, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Price, Jr. and Sarah Ruth Bearden Price. A veteran of the U. S. Army Reserve, Mr. Price was the owner...

Velma Stover

Velma Stover

Mar 16, 2015

Velma A. Stover, 88, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at Magnolia Place-Spartanburg. Born January 10, 1927, in Bellefonte, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elvin Blair Stover and Susie Ramish Stover. Velma spent her entire life in church related activities. For 25 years, she assisted in church work in Millville, NJ, where she also...

Douglas Sexton

Douglas Sexton

Mar 16, 2015

Douglas E. Sexton, 82, of Drayton, SC, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at his home. A native of Clinton, SC, he was the son of the late Edmond V. and Bonnie Woody Sexton. He was of the Baptist faith, a veteran of the U. S. Army, a Mason, a Shriner, an avid golfer, and retired from Draper Corporation and Drayton...

Ruth Seay

Ruth Seay

Mar 16, 2015

Ruth D. Vandiver Seay, 85, of Boiling Springs, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 16, 2015, at her home. Born May 1, 1929, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Shafter and Estelle Jones Vandiver. Mrs. Seay will always be remembered as a precious wife, loving mother, sister, and friend. She was...

Brenda Sullivan

Brenda Sullivan

Mar 16, 2015

Brenda Joleen Gray Sullivan, of Clifton, SC, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 3, 1944, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Thelma Wade Gray. She was a member of North Spartanburg Church of God. Survivors include her loving husband, Wilburn Lewis Sullivan; brother, Bill Gray (Norma) of Cowpens, SC;...

James Hartell

James Hartell

Mar 15, 2015

James Prescott Hartell, 43, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 15, 2015. Born May 6, 1971, in Charlotte, NC, Jim graduated from Myers Park High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Master of Arts in Teaching, and was pursuing a Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Carolina. Jim moved to Spartanburg...

Fannie Johnson

Fannie Johnson

Mar 14, 2015

Fannie West Johnson, 77, of Pauline, SC died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 1, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Rufus and Della Brewington West. She was also predeceased by her loving husband of 49 years, Lonnie Baxter Johnson. A 1956 graduate of Roebuck High School, she worked as...

Emma Williams

Emma Williams

Mar 13, 2015

Esther Moon Williams, 90, formerly of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, March 13, 2015, in Summerville, SC. Born September 21, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of James Jefferson and Emma Esther Easler Moon, and was the loving wife for 70 years of the late Rev. Geddy Ray Williams, Jr. Mrs. Williams was a member of Cleveland Park...

Patricia Fila

Patricia Fila

Mar 13, 2015

Patricia Ann Fila, 62, of Inman, died Friday, March 13, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 4, 1952, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Lois Jean Gibson Mittag and the late George Ray Mittag. Mrs. Fila was a member of St. Mark's Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are her loving husband, David Lee Fila; daughters,...

Ernest Fusco

Ernest Fusco

Mar 11, 2015

Ernest Francis Fusco, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at his home. Born November 24, 1937, in Medford, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Louis and Frances Cirillo Fusco, and husband of the late Susan Fusco. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard and a truck driver. Survivors include his sisters, Irma...

Frances Cothran

Frances Cothran

Mar 11, 2015

Frances Miriam Cothran, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Born March 8, 1919, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Landrum and Bessie Foster Cothran. Frances was a graduate of Spartanburg High School, a charter member of the Fernwood Baptist church where she served as Assistant Treasurer,...