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...
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...
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...
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...
Mary Brock
Oct 21, 2014
Mary Holcomb Brock, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 25, 1936, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul McFarland Holcomb and Bessie Geneva Henderson Holcomb, and widow of Sorrell Eugene Brock. Mrs. Brock was an oncology nurse at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for many years. She...
Burkette Carver
Oct 20, 2014
Burkette Reed Carver, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 20, 2014, at his home. Born September 5, 1925, in Youngstown, OH, he was the son of the late Burkett Reed Carver and Georgie Liner Carver, and husband of the late Janice Lee Carver. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Carver was a professional car salesman...
Gordon Wilson
Oct 19, 2014
Gordon Wayne Wilson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, moved to his eternal home Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Eden Terrace Assisted Living. Born September 3, 1934, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Walter Decatur Wilson and Nellie Ruth McGuinn Wilson, and husband of the late Julia "Judy" Drake Wilson. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Wilson...
Bobby Tessnear
Oct 19, 2014
Bobby Fredrick Tessnear, 73, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, October 19, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 6, 1941, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Fred Samuel and Sara Louise Weathers Tessnear. Mr. Tessnear was a member of Tate Memorial Baptist Church and retired from Service Master after 35 years of service. Surviving is his...
Savann Sok
Oct 18, 2014
Savann Sok, 34, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, October 18, 2014, at home surrounded by his sister, Leah Sok, her husband, Sam Lek and his nieces, Josephina Lek, Chantara Lek, Valene Lek and Paulena Lek. Born December 17, 1979, in Thailand, he was the son of Kheng Sok and Phauly Kim of Buras, LA. Mr. Sok was a Buddhist, a...
Betty Fain
Oct 17, 2014
Betty Sullivan Fain, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 24, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Boyd "Wig" and Bonnie Catherine Whitlock Sullivan, and widow of Marshall Deree "Mutt" Fain. Mrs. Fain was a member of Clifton Second Baptist Church and retired from Alkahn Labels Inc....
Joyce James
Oct 17, 2014
Joyce Bramlett James, 68, of Inman, SC, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at her home. Born January 6, 1946, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Clelia Lindsey Bramlett, and was the wife of the late George James. A graduate of the last graduating class of Fairforest High School, Mrs. James was a member...
James Rogers
Oct 16, 2014
James C. "Jim" Rogers, 87, of Chesnee, SC, died Thursday, October 16, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 12, 1927, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late George Smith Rogers and Minnie Hall Rogers. A U. S Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War, Mr. Rogers was a selfless man who was loved...
Mary Gwinn
Oct 14, 2014
Mary Holland Carroll Gwinn, 93, of Fernandina Beach, FL, died Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at Baptist Medical Center Nassau in Florida. Born January 24, 1921, in Rutherford County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Lee and Daisy Velle Gillespie Holland. A minister's wife and homemaker, Mrs. Gwinn was a member of Bethany Baptist Church and former employee...
Sissy Worley
Oct 13, 2014
Sissy Worley, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 13, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 15, 1950, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Lee Worley and Gladys Mae Chapman Worley. She was a member of Full Salvation Church of the Living God in Clifton, SC. Surviving are her sisters, Helen Stewart (Durant) of...
Marilyn Fisher
Oct 13, 2014
Marilyn Bishop Fisher, 81, of Greer, SC, died Monday, October 13, 2014, ending fourteen years of coping with multiple health issues. Born August 21, 1933, in Startex, SC, she was the first child of the late Charlton B. and Alma Foster Bishop. Educated in the public schools of Spartanburg County, she finished Startex Elementary School and was member of the...
Faye Bishop
Oct 12, 2014
Faye Elizabeth Bishop, 88, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with the Lord on October 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice. She was the daughter of the late Lorenzy Herman Bishop and Effie Mae Jones Bishop. She is predeceased by her sister, Margaret Eloise Bishop and brother, David L. Bishop. Faye finished Pacolet High School and Cecil's Business College....
Rachel Davis
Oct 12, 2014
Rachel Meggs Davis, 80, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Windsor House. Born April 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late James Weaver Meggs and Dezzie Louvina Birmingham Meggs, and the widow of Herman Gurly Davis, Jr. Rachel was a registered nurse at Spartanburg General Hospital. She was a member of Walnut Hill...
Hugh Simmons
Oct 11, 2014
Hugh R. Simmons, 85, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Park Place Assisted Living of Spartanburg. He was born on January 11, 1929 in Spartanburg, SC. He was the son of the late James Cyrus Simmons and Hattie Pearl Dobson Simmons. He was also predeceased by two sisters, Lula Mae and Margaret; five brothers, Herbert, Carl, Norman, W.B., and Fred...
Sibyl Allen
Oct 10, 2014
Sibyl Louise Allen, 87, of Gainesville, FL, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2014, at her home. Born June 11, 1927, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sally Wheeler Lloyd, and widow of Albert J. "Bill" Allen. Sibyl retired as head cashier from North Florida Regional Medical Center. She was a very active member...
Janet Weir
Oct 10, 2014
Janet Roberts Weir, 84 of Spartanburg died peacefully on October 10, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on January 29, 1930 in Charlotte, NC. She was the daughter of the late Forest Clyde and Lois Cooper Roberts of Gastonia, NC. Her husband, A. Frank Weir, Jr., MD, predeceased her. They had celebrated 59 years of marriage,...
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