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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...

Mary Padgett

Mary Padgett

Aug 14, 2013

A loving mother and grandmother, Mary Burch Padgett, 85, of Campobello, SC, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born March 29, 1928, in Duncan, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Winfield "Jack" and Lily Arms Burch, and widow of Lawrence Lee Padgett. She was a member of Riverside Freewill Baptist...

Dorothy Burris

Dorothy Burris

Aug 13, 2013

Dorothy Bates Burris, 89, of Landrum, SC, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 28, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Horace Andrew and Lula Mae Stone Bates, and widow of Daniel M. Burris, Jr. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mrs. Burris played in many bridge tournaments in Atlanta,...

Jack Harris

Jack Harris

Aug 13, 2013

Jack Dempsey Harris, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center-ER. Born March 24, 1925, in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late James and Leala Bostic Harris, and foster parents, Adrian and Grace Everets. A graduate of Houghton College, Rev. Harris retired after 44 years of ministry with the United Methodist...

Thelma Dunn

Thelma Dunn

Aug 12, 2013

Thelma Henderson Dunn, known to everyone as the sweetest and most loving "Ma-Ma" Dunn, passed away Monday, August 12, 2013. Born April 16, 1916 in Tucapau, SC, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie Lee Ballenger and Robert Bennett Henderson. She met and married the love of her life, George Leonard Dunn and started a family in the Valley...

Charles White

Charles White

Aug 12, 2013

Charles Wayne White, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Monday, August 12, 2013, at Mountainview Nursing Home. Wayne was born in Jonesville, SC, July 5, 1949 to parents Thomas C. and Leoma B. White of Spartanburg, SC. He was a member of Gravely Memorial United Methodist Church and a 1968 graduate of Dorman High School. Surviving, in addition to his...

Annie Ross

Annie Ross

Aug 11, 2013

Annie Ruth Ross of Spartanburg, SC, peacefully entered into eternal rest on August 11, 2013 at the age of ninety. Annie Ruth was born on October 23, 1922 in Thomson, GA to the late Delvin and Mattie Kennedy. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. She was a Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church and a volunteer for...

Dr. Mann Iii

Dr. Mann Iii

Aug 10, 2013

Dr. Carroll Lamb Mann III, 79, of Moore, SC, died peacefully on Saturday, August 10, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 29, 1934, in Raleigh, NC, he was the son of the late Professor Carroll L. Mann, Jr. and Mary Jayne Hutchins Mann. He is survived by his beloved wife of over 33 years, Dawn Neal Mann; a...

Jack Knight, Sr.

Jack Knight, Sr.

Aug 10, 2013

Jack Knight, Sr., 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 17, 1923 in Pickens, SC and reared in Woodruff, SC, he was the son of the late Harry W. and Vera Cantrell Knight and husband of Ellene Owenby Knight after 55 years. Mr. Knight was retired from Arkwright Mill. He was...

Gene Pridgen

Gene Pridgen

Aug 10, 2013

Gene Russell Pridgen, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 28, 1938 in Rocky Mount, NC, he was the son of the late Russell and Mary Rachel Parker Pridgen. Mr. Pridgen was a retired Corporate Risk Manager from Spartan Foods and was currently employed with Car Quest Auto Parts. He was...

Evelyn Gardner

Evelyn Gardner

Aug 9, 2013

Evelyn Cobb Gardner passed away on Friday, August 9, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy Edward and Sally Porter Cobb. She was predeceased by her loving husband of 64 years, Lloyd Edwin Gardner. She was a longtime employee of Aug W. Smith Company, where she worked in the accounting...

Mr. Robert Mcguire, Sr.

Mr. Robert Mcguire, Sr.

Aug 9, 2013

Robert Eugene McGuire, Sr., 67, died Friday, August 9, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born on May 19, 1946, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Carol Wilson Hogan McGuire and the husband of Brenda Butterworth McGuire. Mr. McGuire was the owner of McGuire Insurance Agency, a member and past president of the NAIFA and served...

Mr. Brandon Wall

Mr. Brandon Wall

Aug 8, 2013

Brandon Mitchell Wall, 20, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born on July 25, 1993, in Spartanburg, SC. He was the son of Mitchell Eugene Wall and the late Sheri Annette Robertson Wall. He was a manager at Boiling Springs Bi-Lo and was baptized at Mountain View Baptist Church. Brandon was an avid fisherman and loved to...

Mrs. Nelleen Deaton

Mrs. Nelleen Deaton

Aug 8, 2013

Nelleen Humphries Deaton, 79, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Humphries and Annie Barbara Towery and the wife of the late Fred Forest Deaton. Mrs. Deaton retired from Playschool Manufacturing where she was a seamstress. She loved and enjoyed visiting with her neighbors and...

Mrs. Faye Burgess

Mrs. Faye Burgess

Aug 7, 2013

Faye Riddle Burgess, 87, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at Camp Care Nursing Home in Inman, SC. Born August 13, 1925 in the Fairmont Community in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wister Guy and Edna McAbee Riddle and wife of the late Samson John "S. J." Burgess. Mrs. Burgess was a former employee of Lyman Printing...

Anthony Herring

Anthony Herring

Aug 7, 2013

Anthony Daryl Herring, 56, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at his home. Born September 10, 1956 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of Ben Herring and his wife Betty, and the late Barbara Ann Cook Herring. Surviving is his wife, Rhonda F. Herring; daughter Christy Marshall and husband Jerrod; grandchildren, Caleb, Noah, and Katelyn Marshall; and brother,...

Miss Braylee Phillips

Miss Braylee Phillips

Aug 6, 2013

Little Miss Braylee Rayne Phillips, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at Mary Black Hospital. She was the daughter of Brad and Kelly Mabry Phillips. Braylee is survived by her sisters, Jessica and Kinsley Patty and Karlie Cochran, brother, Brayden Patty, maternal grandparents, Kenneth and Jonie Mabry, paternal grandmother, Lynn Satterfield, and great-grandmothers, Bobbie Dalton,...

Mr. Cleveland Harley

Mr. Cleveland Harley

Aug 5, 2013

Cleveland Sylvanus "Bubba" Harley, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 5, 2013, at his home, after a lengthy period of stalwart resistance to several powerful forces. Born June 15, 1924 in Spartanburg, SC he was the son of the late Cleveland Sylvanus Harley, Sr. and Lochie Bates Harley. A 1950 graduate of Wofford College, Mr. Harley served in the...

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