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Lee Pearson

Lee Pearson

Jul 12, 2013

Lee Ila Pearson, 84, of Pacolet went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 12, 2013. Born October 19, 1928 in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late T. C. White, Sr. and Eva Gregory White and wife of the late H. Mauldin Pearson. She was retired from Mayfair Mills and an active member of Tate...

Lewis Noblitt

Lewis Noblitt

Jul 11, 2013

Lewis Noblitt, 70, of Spartanburg died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 16, 1942 in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Lewis Miles Harvey and Stella Magdalene Noblitt and husband of the late Juanita Bogan Noblitt. Mr. Noblitt was formerly employed with Pet Dairy and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy....

Linda Shirley

Linda Shirley

Jul 11, 2013

Linda Paulette Shirley died peacefully Thursday, July 11, 2013, surrounded by her immediate family at her home in LaGrange, Ga., At 64 years old, she lived a blessed and unexpectedly productive life, all the while proudly carrying her Down syndrome banner. A native of Spartanburg, S.C., and former resident of West Point, Ga., and Morgan City, La., she was gainfully...

Donald Blackwell

Donald Blackwell

Jul 11, 2013

Donald Glenn "Donnie" Blackwell, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 12, 1959, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of Irene Foster Blackwell of Boiling Springs, SC, and the late Ray Blackwell. Donnie was retired from Pike Electric. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Teresa...

Obert Army

Obert Army

Jul 9, 2013

Robert "Bob" Dix Jones, MSgt. U. S. Army (Retired), 91, formerly of Rainbow Lake Rd, Inman, SC, passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born, December 22, 1921, in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late James Jefferson Jones, Jr. and Reba Wilhelmina Kelly Jones Locke, and husband of the late Avenelle M. Noland Jones. A...

Dr. Jakubchak

Dr. Jakubchak

Jul 8, 2013

Dr. James Joseph Jakubchak, a.k.a. Dr. J, Jim, Dad, Peepaw, was grateful for every minute of his 66 years, especially the last eleven. Born in the steel mill town of Johnstown, PA, he had a sharp-as-a-tack mind and an incredible work ethic. He attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and went to medical school at Temple University. He liked...

"Papa" Arthur

"Papa" Arthur

Jul 5, 2013

Horace Benjamin Arthur, 95, of Spartanburg, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at his home. Born December 22, 1917, in Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Horace Clifton and Nell Gaffney Arthur and husband of the late Elizabeth "Lib" Moss Arthur. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was a member of the Spartanburg...

Ronald Cole

Ronald Cole

Jul 5, 2013

Ronald "Ron" Glenn Cole, 53, of 734 Foster Mill Road, Spartanburg, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at his home. Born July 4, 1960, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Lemuel Burton Cole, Jr. and Bonnie Jean Thorne Cole. He was a supervisor at Exopak, an avid Dallas Cowboy and Gamecock fan, loved horses, and was of the...

Ethel Colyer

Ethel Colyer

Jul 5, 2013

Ethel Mae Harrison Colyer, born August 21, 1920, in Bluffton, GA, to the late William E. Harrison and Mary Belle Forrest Harrison, moved to Spartanburg in 1937, where she met and was married to the late John W. Colyer for 49 years. She is survived by two sons, Stephen William Colyer, whom she adopted in 1952, and Dr. Peter A....

Nina Fisher

Nina Fisher

Jul 4, 2013

Nina Mae Jones Fisher, 100, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Widow of August Fisher, she was born August 29, 1912, in Eastman, GA, to the late Monroe Martin Jones and Alma Ruth Nixon Jones of Cramerton, NC and Eastman, GA. Mrs. Fisher loved caring for her family and enjoyed cooking and crafts....

Doris Knox

Doris Knox

Jul 4, 2013

Doris Annette Lands Knox, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Autumn Care of Saluda, NC. Born November 25, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late W. W. Lands and Thelma Millwood Lands, and wife of the late Thurman G. Knox. Mrs. Knox loved baking cakes. She was a member of First...

Calvin Dill

Calvin Dill

Jul 4, 2013

Calvin H. Dill, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Eden Terrace. Born April 10, 1929, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late William Seymour and Corrie Bell French Dill. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Dill was retired from Bell South, a member of Pioneers of America, and also...

Wolfgang Osswald

Wolfgang Osswald

Jul 4, 2013

__"Heaven got a little brighter and the angels danced today"__ Wolfgang Clemens Osswald, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to our Lord on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at his home. Born January 29, 1941, in Albstadt Lautlingen, Germany, he was the youngest son of the late Daniel and Maria Osswald of Germany. Mr. Osswald was a member of St. Paul...

Warner Littlejohn

Warner Littlejohn

Jul 1, 2013

Warner Richard Littlejohn, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 13, 1934, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late George Franklin and Shirley Petteus Littlejohn. A member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, Mr. Littlejohn also served in the South Carolina National Guard. He was employed by Draper...

William Walker

William Walker

Jul 1, 2013

William "Bill" Adkins Walker, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, husband and sweetheart of Martha Foster Walker, passed away into his long awaited new life on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 1, 1943, in Gastonia, NC, he was the beloved son of the late Rebbeca Lynch Ellison and step-son of the late Claude Ellison. During the...

Marie Dickerson

Marie Dickerson

Jul 1, 2013

Marie Pierce Dickerson, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born January 26, 1924, in Mt. Holly, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Issac and Dora Marie Pierce, and wife of the late Eugene Hess Dickerson, Sr. Mrs. Dickerson was a homemaker and...

Joseph Harris

Joseph Harris

Jul 1, 2013

Joseph Charles Russell Harris, 41, of Moore, SC died July 1, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 7, 1972 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Barbara L. Harris of Pauline and the late Charles Michael Harris. He was the husband of Alicia Coble Harris. Joe was a 1990 graduate of Dorman High School, attended Gardner-Webb University, and...

Jean Blalock

Jean Blalock

Jun 30, 2013

Jean H. Blalock, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 5, 1934, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Kate Talley Henderson. Mrs. Blalock was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church and formerly employed with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She was a member of Spartanburg...

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Jun 30, 2013

Michael "Mike" Raymond Williams, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital after battling a long illness. Born October 21, 1943, in St. Louis, MO, he was the son of the late Raymond Evans and Kathleen Anne Paulson Williams of Minneapolis, MN. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mike was employed with Spartan Mills Corp. in...

Stephen Guilfoyle, Sr.

Stephen Guilfoyle, Sr.

Jun 29, 2013

Stephen Christopher Patrick Guilfoyle, 82, passed away June 29, 2013, at his home, surrounded by family. Born December 5, 1930, in New York, NY, Mr. Guilfoyle worked as a credit manager in the textile industry for Springs Mills in New York City, then with Reeves Brothers in Spartanburg. He was a veteran, first serving in the 165th Division of the...

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