Evelyn Young
Dec 2, 2014
Evelyn Ketner Young, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at her home. Born July 12, 1939, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Mitchell Ketner and Grace LaClare Ketner. Mrs. Young's many accomplishments include being the owner/president of Better Homes & Gardens Young & Company, the leading real estate company in Spartanburg, SC, and...
Essie Mccartha
Dec 2, 2014
Essie Mae Walker McCartha, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at her home. Born August 19, 1928, in Lindale, GA, she was the daughter of the late Emmanuel and Roselle Walker. In her formative years she played basketball and was a cheerleader. Essie married the love of her life, Elliott McCartha in 1947. They were together for...
Herbert Allen
Dec 1, 2014
Herbert Carter Allen, 86, of Boiling Springs, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 1, 2014, at 8:46 AM. Born November 3, 1928, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Hiram Jasper and Lottie Mae Chandler Allen. Mr. Allen was a veteran of the U. S. Army and Air Force. He was the...
Virginia Cooke
Dec 1, 2014
Virginia Crocker Cooke, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 1, 2014, at her home. Born May 5, 1928, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Olin Lee and Bertha Orette Million Crocker, and widow of Billy Houston Cooke. Mrs. Cooke attended Whitney Free Will Baptist Church and was formerly employed with Spartanburg Boys Home/Glenn Spring Academy....
Shirley Mccraw
Nov 30, 2014
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7 Shirley Jean Powell Thomason McCraw, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, passed on Sunday, November 30, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Shirley was born June 27, 1934, in Spartanburg County, to the late R. J. and Lillian C. Powell. She was brought...
Jessie Poteat
Nov 28, 2014
Jessie Mae Staggs Poteat, 90, formerly of 106 Hillside Dr., Spartanburg, passed peacefully at her home Friday, November 28, 2014. Miss Jessie was born June 4, 1924 in Woodruff and reared in the Flatwood community, a daughter of the late David Smily and Josie Carter Staggs and was the wife of the late Arthur Ervin Poteat. She was a member...
Margie Knighton
Nov 28, 2014
Margie Lee Henson Knighton, 87, of Roebuck, SC, died Friday, November 28, 2014, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place-Spartanburg, SC. Born January 7, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Claude Henson and Annie Mae Parham Henson Dill, and widow of James William Knighton. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family and a member of...
Margaret Martin
Nov 26, 2014
Margaret Avis Pierce Spencer Martin, 92, of 171 Holly Street, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday afternoon, November 26, 2014. She was born June 14, 1922 in Spartanburg County, a daughter to the late Clarence Ralph Pierce, Sr. and Bertha Lee Pierce. She was predeceased by her husbands, Grady Spencer and Ed Martin. Margaret was a member of...
Alma Lawter
Nov 26, 2014
Alma Juanita Ward Lawter, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 27, 2014, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born September 26, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Glenn Ward and Mary Ellen Brown Ward. Mrs. Lawter was a member of North Spartanburg Free Will Baptist Church. She retired from S & S Manufacturing Company...
Carla Coffman
Nov 26, 2014
Carla Louise Wray Coffman, 65, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at her home. Born August 2, 1949, in Ashland, OR, she was the daughter of Edna Yockel Wray of Medford, OR and the late Devon Wray. Mrs. Coffman was employed with Home Depot. She enjoyed crafts, gardening, and sewing. Surviving is her loving husband of 43...
Jeannette Finkelstein
Nov 26, 2014
Jeannette Davidson Finkelstein, born May 17, 1919, in Columbia, SC, passed away in the Spartanburg Medical Center on November 26, 2014, after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Tina Beinstock Davidson. Jeannette grew up in Greenville, SC, graduating from Greenville High School in 1936. After marrying in 1941, she moved to Spartanburg where she...
Grady Towery
Nov 26, 2014
Grady Furman Towery, 100, of White Oaks Assisted Living, 400 Webber Road, Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife of 77 years, Gladys N. Coats Towery, son, Bobby G. Towery and brother, Ernest Towery. Grady was the son of G. C. and Bessie Bumgardner Towery. Mr. Towery was a member...
Paul King
Nov 25, 2014
Paul Houston King, 77, of Roebuck, SC, died Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at his home. Born January 4, 1937 in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Marion Houston and Mary Etta Gossett King. Mr. King was employed with Arrow Automotive Industries for 41 years and was a member of Stone Station Baptist Church. Survivors include his beloved...
Lawrence Loving
Nov 25, 2014
Gene Loving, 81, of Pacolet, SC, died Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at Gaffney Medical Center. Born November 29, 1932, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Guy and Mary Fleming Loving. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Loving was retired from Kohler and was active with Pacolet Fire and Rescue. He enjoyed bowling, sports events, was a Gamecock...
A. Baughman
Nov 24, 2014
A. D. Sonny Baughman, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 24, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 1, 1931, in Augusta, GA, he was the son of the late Ernest Clifton and Lessie Boyd Baughman. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Baughman served as a medic in the Cold War Conflict and was assigned to the Nike Missile...
Elizabeth Harakas
Nov 23, 2014
Elizabeth "Liz" Bakis Harakas, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House. Born July 2, 1937, in Florence, SC, she was the daughter of the late Angel Chris Bakis and Penelope Zorbala Bakis. Mrs. Harakas attended Coker College and was a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. She was a "Bou" lady at...
Virginia Blackwood
Nov 23, 2014
Virginia Trusler Blackwood, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Mary Black Hospital. Born June 26, 1918, in Arkansas City, KS, she was the daughter of the late Ivan Harry and Gladys Fanzler Trusler, and widow of Herbert D. Blackwood, Sr. Mrs. Blackwood was a graduate of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL, and a longtime social worker...
Mike Duckett, Sr.
Nov 23, 2014
Mike Thomas Duckett, Sr., 79, of Gaffney, SC, died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at his home. Born November 14, 1935, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Guy Jerome and Bessie Mae Anderson Duckett. Mr. Duckett was a fixer in the textile industry for 42 years and retired from Beaumont Mills. He was a member of Masonic...
Nicholas Krouse
Nov 22, 2014
Nicholas Krouse, 21, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, November 22, 2014 in Chesnee, SC. Born April 7, 1993, in Spartanburg, SC. He was predeceased by a grandfather Avery Ray Quinn. He was a caster with Kohler Company and a member of Melvin Hill Church of the Bretheran. Survivors include his parents, Scott and Ramona Krouse, of Inman, SC; a brother,...
Hilda Stapleton
Nov 22, 2014
Hilda P. Stapleton, 92, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born on January 4, 1922, in Laurens, SC to the late Eugene Harrison and Amy Jamison Putnam. She was predeceased by her husband, Carl Jackson Stapleton, three brothers and one sister. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. As a...
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