Obituaries

James Bowman Iii

James Bowman Iii

Sep 12, 2014

James "Jimmy" Bowman, III, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, September 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 25, 1934, in Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of the late James Bowman Jr. and Pauline Williams Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a retired truck driver with McLean Trucking Company in Lyman after 27 years of service. He was a...

Trudy Elder

Trudy Elder

Sep 12, 2014

Trudy B. Elder, 63, of Walnut Grove, SC, died Friday, September 12, 2014 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 27, 1951, she was the wife of Donald Ray Elder, Sr. of 47 years and was a daughter of Velma Easler Bishop Parks and of the late James Elmer Bishop, Jr. Mrs. Elder was a member of Glendale Baptist Church and...

Phil Holden

Phil Holden

Sep 11, 2014

Phil Duane Holden, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at his home after a long illness. Born August 29, 1943, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Ralph Holden and Ethel O'Dell Holden Kempel. Mr. Holden was a member of Park Hills Baptist Church, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, 1967, and...

Ruth Weathers

Ruth Weathers

Sep 11, 2014

Ruth Wyatt Weathers, 87, of Pacolet, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 11, 1927, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Burgess Wyatt. A graduate of Gaffney High School, Mrs. Weathers was an avid gardener, a member of Southside Baptist Church of Gaffney, and retired from Timken Bearing....

Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

Sep 11, 2014

Frances Elizabeth Sisk Thompson, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at her home. Born July 8, 1936, in the Converse Community of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Troy Wiley Sisk and Frances Irene Coats Sisk, and widow of Robert Ansel Thompson. A loving wife and devoted mother who lived by the Golden Rule,...

Mary Gregory

Mary Gregory

Sep 10, 2014

Mary C. Gregory, 98 formerly of Spartanburg and Inman, SC, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Clemson, SC. Born February 11, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Elijah Cothran and Louise Grady Terrell Cothran, and widow of William White "Bill" Gregory, Jr. Mrs. Gregory received her BS Degree in Nursing from Duke University and...

Anne Rimer

Anne Rimer

Sep 9, 2014

Anne Elizabeth Rimer, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at her home. Born in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of Mary Vivian Brown Rimer of the home, and the late James Lafayette Rimer, Jr. She was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and was formerly employed with Greenville Technical College. In addition to her...

Sean Haire

Sean Haire

Sep 8, 2014

Sean Christopher Haire, 43, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at his home. Born February 25, 1971, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of John Ernest Haire of the home and the late Sheila Scoggins Zeek. Sean was a former WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) wrestler for many years as "Sean O'Haire". He was a very gentle and...

Wilhelmina Dearybury

Wilhelmina Dearybury

Sep 7, 2014

Wilhelmina Smith Dearybury, 87, formerly of 108 Sharcliff Road, Cowpens, SC, and widow of the late Charles William Dearybury passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born June 13, 1927, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry William Smith and Josephine Hubbard Smith. Wilhelmina and her husband started their own businesses,...

Amelia Moore

Amelia Moore

Sep 7, 2014

Amelia Bullington Moore, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 7, 2014 at her home. Born December 8, 1921, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dewey McKinney Bullington and Eva Vandiver Bullington, and widow of JT Moore. Mrs. Moore was a lifelong member of Southside Baptist Church. She loved to bake, enjoyed antiquing, and was a member...

Doris West

Doris West

Sep 7, 2014

Doris Elizabeth Graham "Buddie" West, 90, of Stone Station, SC, died Sunday, September 7, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born September 16, 1923, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jake and Mary Bogan Graham, and widow of Robert J. West. She was a member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving is her daughter, Lynn...

Julia Beaty

Julia Beaty

Sep 6, 2014

Julia Clara McIntyre Beaty, 88, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Spartanburg, SC. Born April 1, 1926, in Spartanburg County, to the late George E. and Clara Love McIntyre. She was married to the late Leroy Beaty on August 30, 1946. Children and Grandchildren: Two daughters, Jean Beaty Bradley of the home; Joan (Ernie) Davis of Arcadia and...

Raymond Frady

Raymond Frady

Sep 6, 2014

Raymond Norris Frady, 70, of Chesnee, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 17, 1944 in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the late Addie Frady and Ora Elliott Frady. He was a retired service technician of American Fast Print. Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Belle Yount, of Spartanburg, step-daughters, Jackie Leija of Boiling...

Jack Anthony

Jack Anthony

Sep 6, 2014

Jack Ray Anthony, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a period of declining health. He was born April 15, 1923, to the late Rev. Paul D. Anthony (who passed prior to his birth) and Annie Bell Anthony of Grover, NC. Mr. Anthony was raised by a devoted and loving stepfather, the...

Eun-Shin Kim

Eun-Shin Kim

Sep 6, 2014

Eun-Shin Kwak Kim, 78, passed away on Saturday, September 06, 2014 in Hendersonville, NC. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Martha Song Kwak. Survivors include two sons, Seongchul Kim, of Hickory, NC and Sungmin Kim of Suwannee, GA; and one daughter, Sungmi Phan, of Spartanburg, SC. She retired from the Hickory Dying and Winding Company and was...

Frank Mahon

Frank Mahon

Sep 6, 2014

Frank Weston Mahon, Jr., 91, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014. A native of Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Frank Weston and Annie Laurie Howell Mahon. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII serving in Patton's Third Army as a member of the Corp of Engineers. Upon completion of his military service, he graduated from...

Ladson Smith

Ladson Smith

Sep 5, 2014

Ladson Samuel Smith, 82, passed away on Friday, September 05, 2014, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born August 15, 1932 in Spartanburg County, SC. He was the son of the late Grady Samuel and Mae West Smith. As a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church, "Shorty" was a deacon, who loved his Lord, Church, family and friends. He...

Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Sep 5, 2014

Larry Dan Jones, 63, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014, at Magnolia Manor. Born August 4, 1951 in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late James (Jimmy) Walter Jones, Jr. and Myrtle Lou (Pat) Groce Jones. Mr. Jones held an Associate Degree and was a police officer. Survivors include a son, Matthew Dan Jones, of Spartanburg, SC;...

Herman Stapleton

Herman Stapleton

Sep 5, 2014

Herman Matthew Stapleton, 81, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 20, 1933 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John and Ruth Hammett Stapleton. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service and was a member of Bible Truth Chapel. Survivors include his loving wife...

Elizabeth Upton

Elizabeth Upton

Sep 4, 2014

Elizabeth Ellen Johnson Abernathy Upton, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 4, 2014, at her home. Born October 29, 1922, in Pulaski, GA, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Boyd Johnson and Alma Edmunds Johnson. Mrs. Upton was retired from Commercial Credit Company. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and attended Winthrop College. Survivors include...