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Jack Rhodehamel

Jack Rhodehamel

Sep 2, 2013

Jack L. Rhodehamel, 79 of 254 Holmes Drive, died September 2, 2013 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born February 4, 1934, in Troy, Ohio, he was the son of the late Leroy and Leora (Dull) Corwin Rhodehamel. A resident of Spartanburg since 1959, he located to South Carolina in 1951 to attend Bob Jones University where he completed his last...

Susan Tennyson

Susan Tennyson

Sep 1, 2013

Susan Lynn Hall Tennyson, 55, of Chesnee, SC, died Sunday, September 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 26, 1958, in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of Marjorie Waugh Hall of Greenville, SC, and the late Charles David Hall. A loving daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Mrs. Tennyson was a member of Mayo First Baptist Church and...

Martha Wingo

Martha Wingo

Aug 31, 2013

Martha Rebecca Peck Wingo, of Spartanburg, SC, left her earthly home to join Hugh, her beloved husband of 48 years, in heaven on Saturday, August 31, 2013. Born October 16, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Lowell and Thursa Taylor Peck. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, and servant of Christ, Martha was...

Lynn Jackson

Lynn Jackson

Aug 30, 2013

Lynn Hope Reed Jackson, 89, of Emeritus at Skylyn Place, Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Greenville, SC died Friday, August 30, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 8, 1924 in Sterling, CO, she was the daughter of the late Howard Almeron and Myrtle Maud Redfern Reed and was married 48 years to Laurence Steuart Jackson, MD whom she...

Alda Gordon

Alda Gordon

Aug 30, 2013

Alda Gordon, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at her home. Born June 1, 1929, in Forsyth County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Hattie Norman. Alda was retired from Continental Insurance in Charlotte, NC, and a member of Sharon United Methodist Church in Lewisville, NC. Survivors include her brother, Henry S. Norman...

Eleanor Phillips

Eleanor Phillips

Aug 30, 2013

Eleanor Craig Fielder Phillips, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at Eden Terrace of Spartanburg. Born May 24, 1936 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Franklin and Rosa Elvira Jackson Fielder, and the wife of the late C. B. Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was a retired registered nurse, a former member of the...

Hazel Rollins

Hazel Rollins

Aug 28, 2013

Hazel Powell Rollins, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 28, 1921, in Easley, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wade McFall and Essie Jane Holtzclaw Powell, and widow of Hubert Rollins. She was of the Baptist faith and formerly employed in the textile industry. Survivors include her children,...

Carolyn Huckaby

Carolyn Huckaby

Aug 28, 2013

Carolyn Watson Huckaby, of Spartanburg, SC, formerly of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 30, 1921, in Cross Anchor, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Herbert and Emma Watson Huckaby. Carolyn was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Roebuck, SC, and a graduate of Anderson College. Survivors include her sister-in-law,...

Louise Jones

Louise Jones

Aug 26, 2013

Louise Margaret Kelly Jones, 88, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 26, 2013, at National HealthCare, Murrells Inlet, SC. Born September 24, 1924, in Hastings, PA, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Margaret Gearhart Kelly, and widow of Charlie William Jones. She was a retired registered nurse and of the Catholic faith. Survivors include her...

Augustus Shoolbred, Jr.

Augustus Shoolbred, Jr.

Aug 25, 2013

Augustus Waite Shoolbred, Jr. died on Sunday, August 25, 2013, at Summit Hills in Spartanburg, SC. Born in Columbia, SC on December 29, 1926, he was the son of the late Augustus Waite Shoolbred, Sr. and the late Margaret Fowler Shoolbred. He was married to the late Mary Chesnut Britton Shoolbred. He was also predeceased by a brother, Richard Fowler...

Ruby Thompson

Ruby Thompson

Aug 24, 2013

Ruby Margie Brown Thompson, 85, formerly of Spartanburg, died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Golden Age Nursing Home in Inman, SC. Born April 2, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Ira Oscar and Annie Marie Bonner Brown and was the widow of H. H. Tommy Thompson. She was retired from Butte Knit, was a personal caregiver...

Mildred Lydia

Mildred Lydia

Aug 22, 2013

Mildred Madie Bailey Lydia, 80, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, August 22, 2013, at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born December 1, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Madie Viola Honbarger Bailey, and widow of Edward Eugene Lyda. She was of the Freewill Baptist faith. Survivors include her children, Virginia Kreuzer (Roger), Gerald...

Grace Jennings

Grace Jennings

Aug 22, 2013

Grace Louise Cribb Jennings, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 22, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born August 15, 1917, in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of the late Richard Noah and Margaret Boyd Cribb, and widow of Lonnie Guy Jennings. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Jennings was a member of First...

Jean Mcabee

Jean Mcabee

Aug 21, 2013

Jean Miller McAbee, 82, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 26, 1931, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Esther Miles Miller. Mrs. McAbee was co-founder of Roebuck Greenhouses and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. A graduate of Spartanburg County District 6 Schools and Robinson...

Doris Caldwell

Doris Caldwell

Aug 21, 2013

Doris Loraine White Caldwell, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at RoseCrest Nursing Home-Inman. Born June 3, 1924, in Dyersburg, TN, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Jessie McClain White, and widow of Malcolm Boyd Caldwell. Mrs. Caldwell was an avid traveler and active member of The Republican Women's Organization. She was the co-owner...

David Seay

David Seay

Aug 20, 2013

David Wayne Seay, 45, of Wellford, SC, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at his home after a long illness. Born February 10, 1968, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Ronald R. Seay of Wellford, SC, and the late Teresa Martin Seay. A loving father, brother, and son, David was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church,...

Bessie Ball

Bessie Ball

Aug 17, 2013

Bessie Rice Ball, 89, a longtime resident of Spartanburg, passed away late on Saturday, August 17, 2013. An acclaimed pianist, church leader, and South Carolina native, she and her late husband, Dr. William L. Ball, Jr., were instrumental in the growth and development of three church congregations, numerous community support groups and church affiliated associations across the Upstate over five...

Jimmy Brackins

Jimmy Brackins

Aug 16, 2013

Jimmy Edward "Chunga" Brackins, 64, of Cowpens, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 16, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 10, 1949, he was the son of the late Edward Curtis and Alice Sprouse Brackins. He was a truck driver for Consolidated Freightways and was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Chunga was a...

Faye Brown

Faye Brown

Aug 16, 2013

Faye Bryant Howell Brown, 83, of Pacolet, SC, died Friday, August 16, 2013, at her home. Born June 30, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Furman and Mae Belle Whiting Bryant. Mrs. Brown was retired from Spartanburg Eye Clinic and was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. Surviving are her loving husband of 10...

Norah Smith

Norah Smith

Aug 16, 2013

Norah M. Smith, 91, of Moore, SC, died Friday, August 16, 2013, at her home. Born September 22, 1921, in Dundee, Scotland, she was the daughter of the late William Brownlee and Jean Saunders Matthewson. She was a former government employee, a radio operator for the British Air Force in World War II, and a member of St. Matthews Episcopal...

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