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Walter Holmes

Walter Holmes

Nov 5, 2014

Walter Eugene Holmes, 88, joined the church triumphant on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was born June 27, 1926, in Cherokee Falls, South Carolina and lived most of his life in Arcadia, South Carolina. Walter was the son of the late Laura Wilson and Luther D. Holmes and loving husband to his wife of 60...

Walter Vieth

Walter Vieth

Nov 4, 2014

Walter Richard Vieth, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at Windsor House in Spartanburg. Born May 16, 1919, in Ridgefield Park, NJ, he was the son of the late W. Richard and Rose Jacks Vieth, and husband of the late Evelyn Mae Lenz Vieth. He met his wife in 1930 when they were in Ottilie Orphanage in...

Jane Humphries

Jane Humphries

Nov 3, 2014

Jane Corn Humphries, 58, of Inman, SC, died Monday, November 3, 2014, at her home. Born December 18, 1955, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Wendell and Mary Alice Painter Corn. Jane was employed with Chartwell Food Service in Spartanburg School District 2 at Carlisle-Foster Grove Elementary School for 17 years and an Avon representative...

John Hammond, Jr.

John Hammond, Jr.

Oct 31, 2014

John G. Hammond, Jr., 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 31, 2014, at his home. Born May 5, 1941, in Lancaster, SC, he was the son of the late John G. Hammond, Sr. and Alberta Mothershed Hammond. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, John enjoyed spending time with his family and serving his church. He was a member of...

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...

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