Obituaries

Virginia Blackwood

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.

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...

James Wooten, Sr.

James Wooten, Sr.

Nov 22, 2014

James Wooten, Sr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 in York County, SC. Born November 7, 1931, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late James Edward and Nannie May Morris Wooten, and husband of the late Mary Louise Wooten. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Wooten served with the Spartanburg City Fire Department for 30...

Nicholas Krouse

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

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...

Roger Bagwell

Roger Bagwell

Nov 20, 2014

Roger Dale Bagwell, age 51, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, at his residence. He was the husband of Wanda King Bagwell. Roger was born in Spartanburg, SC on April 30, 1963, a son of Jewell Griffin Bagwell and Vessie Monroe Bagwell. He was of the Baptist faith. Roger was employed by AFL for 19 years. He loved his family...

Richard Cooksey, Sr.

Richard Cooksey, Sr.

Nov 20, 2014

Richard Hal Cooksey Sr., 74, died Thursday, November 20, 2014. He was the husband of Betsy Kirkman Cooksey. He is also survived by a daughter, Kristi Melton of Wilmington, NC; a son, Rick Cooksey of Acworth, GA; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The J. F. Floyd Mortuary To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Richard...

John Wood

John Wood

Nov 19, 2014

John Lawrence Wood, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Wood was born December 19, 1922, in Clifton, SC. He was the son of the late Miles B. and Sally Pettit Wood. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr. Wood was a graduate of Cowpens High School and...

Thomas Arledge

Thomas Arledge

Nov 19, 2014

Thomas "Tom" N. Arledge, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 17, 1933, in Tryon, NC, he was the son of the late Edward Birch Arledge and Janie Louise Hudson Arledge. A U. S. Army veteran and graduate of Wofford College, Mr. Arledge was retired from Hoechst Celanese and was a long-time...

Mrs. Thomson Johnston

Mrs. Thomson Johnston

Nov 19, 2014

Shirley Shepherd Johnston, 89, of Westminster, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at her daughter's home. Born April 16, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Ernest Wheeler Shepherd and Beatrice Paine Shepherd, and widow of the Rev. Thomson Quarles Johnston. Mrs. Johnston was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg....

Dorothy Sellars

Dorothy Sellars

Nov 19, 2014

Dorothy Ruth Holcombe Sellars, 95, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born November 24, 1918, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Humphrey Holcombe and Lula Bailey Holcombe, and widow of Oliver M. Sellars. Mrs. Sellars was a member of Carlisle Wesleyan Church, the Adult Ladies Sunday...

Eva Fulbright

Eva Fulbright

Nov 18, 2014

Eva Nell Brown Fulbright, 81, of Spartanburg, died November 18 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care after a long illness. Born July 15, 1933, in Franklin County near Carnesville, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Martin Brown and Florence Elrod Brown Wyatt. The family moved to Powdersville, SC, in 1943. The daughter of a sharecropper, she developed...

Roger Gamelin

Roger Gamelin

Nov 15, 2014

Roger Gamelin, 91, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, November 15, 2014 at his home. Born February 5, 1923, in Manchester, NH, he was the son of the late Henry and Marie Louise Gamelin. Mr. Gamelin was a veteran of the U.S. WWII Army Air Corp and was a master carpenter. Survivors include daughter, Therese Hebert (Victor, Sr.), of Spartanburg; son, Norman...

Roger Obituary

Roger Obituary

Nov 15, 2014

Roger Gamelin, 91, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, November 15, 2014 at his home. Born February 5, 1923, in Manchester, NH, he was the son of the late Henry and Marie Louise Gamelin. Mr. Gamelin was a veteran of the U.S. WWII Army Air Corp and was a master carpenter. Survivors include daughter, Therese Hebert (Victor, Sr.), of Spartanburg; son, Norman...

Timothy Obituary

Timothy Obituary

Nov 14, 2014

Timothy Lee Cantrell, 54, of Spartanburg, died Friday, November 14, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. Born August 1, 1960 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Mary Wolfe Cantrell of Inman and the late Boyce Lee Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell was the founder of C.T.M.I. of Spartanburg and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Tim was a kind...

Timothy Cantrell

Timothy Cantrell

Nov 14, 2014

Timothy Lee Cantrell, 54, of Spartanburg, died Friday, November 14, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. Born August 1, 1960 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Mary Wolfe Cantrell of Inman and the late Boyce Lee Cantrell. Mr. Cantrell was the founder of C.T.M.I. of Spartanburg and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Tim was a kind...

Lovena Obituary

Lovena Obituary

Nov 13, 2014

Lovena Mary "Ginger" Stevenson, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 13, 2014, at White Oak Manor. Born July 27, 1928, in Linden, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Alexander Stevenson, Sr. and Lovena MacLaren Stevenson. Miss Stevenson was an avid skier and member of the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy, NJ. She worked as an accountant...

Lovena Stevenson

Lovena Stevenson

Nov 13, 2014

Lovena Mary "Ginger" Stevenson, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 13, 2014, at White Oak Manor. Born July 27, 1928, in Linden, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Alexander Stevenson, Sr. and Lovena MacLaren Stevenson. Miss Stevenson was an avid skier and member of the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy, NJ. She worked as an accountant...

Katherine Obituary

Katherine Obituary

Nov 12, 2014

Katherine Lee Mills Thorne, 64, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 28, 1949, in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late Harold Sharon Mills Sr. and Katie Lee Etter Mills and widow of Terry Carl Thorne. Mrs. Thorne, a retired legal secretary, received a BS Degree in English and History...

Leeman Obituary Jr.

Leeman Obituary Jr.

Nov 12, 2014

L. C. Martin, Jr. (Rocky & Papa to all), 82, of Spartanburg, SC, passed from the arms of his loving wife Wartha Martin to the arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 3:50 AM, at his home. Born December 15, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Ora George Martin and Katherine...