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William Mcabee, Jr.

William Mcabee, Jr.

Jan 11, 2014

William Russell "Bud" McAbee, Jr., 66, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born on March 4, 1947 in Spartanburg, SC, he was a son of William Russell McAbee, Sr. and Jessie Biggs McAbee. He was formerly employed with Coca-Cola and was a Christian. Mr. McAbee is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Carolyn Elaine...

Riley Casey

Riley Casey

Jan 11, 2014

Riley O'Neill Casey, 92, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born on February 12, 1921 in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Oliver Riley and Julia Metcalf Casey. A longtime resident of Enoree, SC, he retired from Reeves Brothers and was formerly employed with Abney Mills, was a graduate of Wofford College where he...

Edward Cudd

Edward Cudd

Jan 11, 2014

Edward Fletcher Cudd, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at his home. Born January 5, 1926, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late James William Cudd Sr. and Gladys Burgess Cudd, and husband, for 60 years, of the late Alice Seay Cudd. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II Seabees and the Korean...

James Lancaster, Jr.

James Lancaster, Jr.

Jan 10, 2014

James Brown "Beaver" Lancaster, Jr., 72, died Friday, January 10, 2014, at his residence. Born on November 22, 1941 in Spartanburg, he was a son of James Brown Lancaster, Sr. and Irene Smith Lancaster. He was a retired tree surgeon. Mr. Lancaster is survived by his wife, Vivian Kay Cartee Lancaster; his son, James Lancaster, III; his daughter, Amanda Gates;...

Lottie Lancaster

Lottie Lancaster

Jan 10, 2014

Lottie Lawson Lancaster, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 10, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born October 25, 1921 to parents, the late John Thomas and Annie Mary Hyatt Lawson in Union County, SC. She was reared in the home of her relative, Mary Sue Keith, whom she loved as a sister. Lottie was married to...

Peter Postal, Sr.

Peter Postal, Sr.

Jan 8, 2014

Peter "Pete" William Postal Sr., 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 5, 1926, in Yonkers, NY, he was the son of the late William and Despina Bobotes Apostalakos, and husband of the late Bessie Diamantakos Postal. Pete was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and uncle. He was a member of...

Frances Boheler

Frances Boheler

Jan 8, 2014

Frances Earlene Strickland Boheler, 68, of Chesnee, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 20, 1945, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the wife of the late Dalton Rochester and daughter of the late Howard Earl Strickland Sr. and Frances Lancaster Strickland. She was a member of Chesnee...

Bobby Hodge

Bobby Hodge

Jan 8, 2014

Bobby Eugene Hodge, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 14, 1932, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late John Wright and Nell Moss Hodge. A U. S. Army veteran, Bobby was a graduate of Cowpens High School and Cecil's Business College, and was retired from Hersey Measurements....

Betty Glover

Betty Glover

Jan 7, 2014

Betty Jean Israel Glover, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Hospice Atlanta. Born April 30, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was a daughter of the late Karl Tillman Israel and Ada Teal Israel, and one of nine children. Betty met her husband, Ray Glover, at Spartanburg High School. They were married for 64 years...

Helen Dill

Helen Dill

Jan 7, 2014

Helen N. Dill, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 13, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Willie S. Nelson and Emma Wyatt Nelson, and widow of the late Calvin Hoover Dill. Mrs. Dill was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church, retired from AT&T, and was formerly...

Norma Sanders

Norma Sanders

Jan 7, 2014

Norma Jean "Chigger" Sanders, 56, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Born May 2, 1957, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward Sanders and Annie Grace Thomas Hayes. She was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School. Miss Sanders is survived by her brothers, Will Sanders of Nebo, NC, Ronnie Sanders of Kernersville,...

Reina Fernandez

Reina Fernandez

Jan 7, 2014

Reina R. Fernandez, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 4, 1935, in Matanzas, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Juan Rodriguez and Vicenta Nodarce Rodriguez. Mrs. Fernandez was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. She retired from S&S Manufacturing after 20 years of service. Surviving...

John Sellars

John Sellars

Jan 6, 2014

John Calvin Sellars, 86, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Rosecrest Retirement Community-Inman. Born March 2, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Howard and Faye Sue Spencer Sellars. A U. S. Marine veteran of World War II, Mr. Sellars was the owner/operator of Sellars' Electric and Hardware, and a member of Arcadia...

Bonnie Petty

Bonnie Petty

Jan 6, 2014

Bonnie Webb Petty, 81, formerly of East Main Street, Pacolet, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Village Hospital-Greer, SC. Born September 30, 1932, in the Goucher Community of Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late John Dillard and Bessie Mathis Webb, and widow of Charlie Walter Petty. A 1950 graduate of Pacolet High School, Mrs. Petty was...

Barbara Gresham

Barbara Gresham

Jan 6, 2014

Barbara Kay Massey Gresham, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-ER. Born December 31, 1944, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Geraldine Williams Massey. Mrs. Gresham was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. She was retired from Dillard's Department Store and formerly employed with TJ Maxx...

Edith Farmer

Edith Farmer

Jan 6, 2014

Edith Boling Farmer, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Valley Falls Terrace-Spartanburg. Born January 5, 1917, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late James Carter and Eva Gossett Leister. Mrs. Farmer was a member of United Baptist Church of Spartanburg and a former member of Fairmont Baptist Church and Care Baptist Church. She...

Stuart Jones

Stuart Jones

Jan 5, 2014

Stuart Gethin Jones, 70, of Dataw Island, SC, went to heaven on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston. Born May 20, 1943, in Richmond Burrough, Staten Island, NY, he was the son of the late Gethin Leonard and Irene Robb Jones. A member of the varsity football team and graduate of Curtis High School in Staten...

Thelma Thomason

Thelma Thomason

Jan 5, 2014

Thelma Hill Thomason, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 5, 2014. Born January 18, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clody Brasco and Docia Hill, and widow of Harold Lee Thomason. Mrs. Thomason was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, the Women's Bible Class, and the Golden Circle. She was a graduate of Cecil's...

Phyllis Bemelmans

Phyllis Bemelmans

Jan 5, 2014

Phyllis P. Bemelmans, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 3, 1925, in Dallas, TX, she was the daughter of the late Cullen Thomas and Beulah Pearl Stapleton Pennington, and wife of the late Norman Lee Bemelmans. Mrs. Bemelmans was a member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church and retired from the...

Flora Flores

Flora Flores

Jan 4, 2014

Flora Giron Flores, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born January 30, 1933, in San Miguel, El Salvador, she was the daughter of the late Juan Miguel Giron and Emma Natividad Flores and wife of the late Jose Arturo Turcios. Mrs. Flores loved to walk, read, her flowers and people. She was...

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