Obituaries

Dr. Hyatt

Dr. Hyatt

Feb 4, 2015

Dr. Wayne Frank Hyatt, 54, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Born December 9, 1960 in Columbia, SC, and reared in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Frank Hyatt of Spartanburg, and the late Bobbie Jean Price Hyatt. Dr. Hyatt a graduate of USC Upstate, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Gardner-Webb University, was a licensed marital and family...

Sarah King

Sarah King

Feb 2, 2015

Sarah Elizabeth Pack King, 73, of Cross Hill, SC, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at Hospice Care of the Piedmont, Greenwood, SC. Born January 9, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wilburn Harvey and Dorothy Lee Thomas Pack. Mrs. King was a member of Cedarwood Community Church and formerly employed with Doctors Memorial Hospital. Surviving...

Mary Bosco

Mary Bosco

Feb 2, 2015

Mary Lee Gaines Bosco, 91, of Wellford, SC, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 29, 1923, in Elberton County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Admiral Dewey and Susie Mildred Adams Gaines, and wife for 51 years to the late Ignatius Joseph Bosco. Mrs. Bosco was a member of St. Paul the Apostle...

Leatrice Phillips

Leatrice Phillips

Feb 2, 2015

Leatrice Kirby Phillips, 84, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 15, 1930, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Milon Lee and Fairbelle Glenn Kirby. She was the devoted wife of 33 years to the late George A. Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was a member of Montgomery Memorial United...

Jose Fernandez

Jose Fernandez

Feb 2, 2015

Jose Miguel Fernandez, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at his home. Born March 7, 1930, in Jovellanos, Cuba, he was the son of the late Antonio and Maximina Luzbet Fernandez, and husband of the late Reina R. Fernandez. Mr. Fernandez was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and retired from S&S Manufacturing after...

Clyde Gould

Clyde Gould

Feb 1, 2015

Clyde Stuart Gould, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Magnolia Place-Spartanburg. Born January 27, 1923, in Whitinsville, MA, he was the son of the late William Stuart and Lillian M. Young Gould. A U. S. Navy veteran and member of American Legion Post #28, Mr. Gould was retired from Draper Corporation and SACM Textiles Inc. He...

Dr. Bramlett

Dr. Bramlett

Feb 1, 2015

Dr. Betty Jane Bramlett, of Spartanburg, SC, died unexpectedly on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at her home. Born August 7, 1925, in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Charner Scaife Bramlett and Lora Eunice Williams Bramlett. Dr. Bramlett moved to Spartanburg in her teens where she graduated from Spartanburg High School. She received a BA in fine...

Goldie Bryant

Goldie Bryant

Jan 31, 2015

Goldie S. Bryant, 87, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at White Oak Manor. Born April 23, 1927 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Vernon "CV" and Izora Brown Sprouse. She was retired as an Educator - Supervisor at the S.C. School for Deaf and Blind. She was a member of El Bethel United Methodist...

John Anderson

John Anderson

Jan 31, 2015

John N. Anderson, 72, of Moore, SC died January 31, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center due to complications following surgery. He was born in Mt. Airy, NC and predeceased by parents, Jack and Vivian Anderson. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Debra; his son, John, Jr. and wife Brandi; and his daughter, Angela Anderson; seven grandchildren, Nicholas...

Jimmy Byerley

Jimmy Byerley

Jan 31, 2015

Jimmy Byerley, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 4, 1935 in Kingsport, TN, he was the son of the late Forest Christie and Etta Jaye Byerley. Mr. Byerley graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1954 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1958. He became a pilot with the United States Air...

Clare Rolander

Clare Rolander

Jan 31, 2015

Clare Barbara Donner Rolander, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born April 28, 1922 in Lockport, NY, she was the daughter of the late Carl Benjamin and Margaret Elizabeth Donner. Mrs. Rolander was a graduate of Mount St. Mary's School of Nursing in Niagara Falls, and a graduate of St. Joseph's Business...

Xaitao Ly

Xaitao Ly

Jan 31, 2015

Xaitao Casper Ly, 19, of Duncan, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015. Born May 19, 1995, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Vue Xiong Ly and Sue Lo Ly of Duncan. Mr. Ly attended Spartanburg Community College. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother and sister, Tristan and Summer, both of Duncan; paternal grandfather,...

Lucille Sawyer

Lucille Sawyer

Jan 30, 2015

Lucille "Luci" Bradley Sawyer, 86, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at Skylyn Place. Born August 30, 1928 in Converse, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Olelia Bradley, and widow of Clarence Patton "Pete" Sawyer, Jr. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Gene (Marsha) Cantrell of Augusta, GA;...

Hugh Atkins

Hugh Atkins

Jan 30, 2015

F. Hugh Atkins, 81, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 3, 1933 in Boiling Springs, he was the son of the late Wofford and Lucille Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a U.S. Army Veteran; a graduate of Clemson University; served in leadership position in...

Shirley Tate

Shirley Tate

Jan 28, 2015

Shirley Boyd Tate, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 28, 1939, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC and reared in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Simon Edward and Josephine Dee Limbo Boyd, and wife for 51 years to the late James Ryan "Jimmy" Tate. A 1957...

Jerry Wood

Jerry Wood

Jan 27, 2015

Jerry Kenney Wood, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 23, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Harmon and Katie Kenney Wood. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and graduate of Wofford College. Surviving are his loving wife, Winifred G. Wood; their two children,...

Doris O'Shields

Doris O'Shields

Jan 27, 2015

Doris Faye Smith O'Shields, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at her home. Born July 28, 1928, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Monroe and Pearl Porter Smith, and widow of Hugh DeFoix O'Shields. Mrs. O'Shields was a member of United Baptist Church and a homemaker who loved and enjoyed her home,...

Randolph Joyner

Randolph Joyner

Jan 27, 2015

Randolph "Randy" Joyner, 67, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 1, 1947, in Marion, NC, he was the son of the late Archie and Lessie Ridings Joyner. Mr. Joyner was a retired self-employed carpenter and musician and attended New Springs Church. Survivors include his daughter, Sherry Wilson of Salem, SC; grandsons, Brandon Wilson...

Frank Chininis

Frank Chininis

Jan 27, 2015

Frank Gust Chininis, 83, of Moore, SC, fell asleep in the Lord peacefully on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in his home. Born in South Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of the late Constantine and Despina Piakis Chininis. A U. S. Marine veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Chininis was retired from the Vending Division of Gladieux Food Services in...

Aurelia Hood

Aurelia Hood

Jan 26, 2015

Aurelia Copeland Clayton Hood, 92, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Hospice of Laurens County, Clinton, SC. Born March 1, 1922, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Hester Blanch Turner Copeland, and widow of her first husband, Solomon Garren Clayton and second husband, James Edward "Jaybird" Hood. Mrs. Hood was...