Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...