Obituaries

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Mrs. Ruth Mobley

Mrs. Ruth Mobley

Aug 5, 2013

Ruth F. Mobley passed away Monday, August 05, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the daughter of the late S. Carl and Leola Zimmerman Foster, and the wife of the late Charles P. Mobley. Mrs. Mobley was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Sue Mobley, and a son, Mike Mobley and...

Mr. Edsel Harrison

Mr. Edsel Harrison

Aug 5, 2013

Edsel Eugene Harrison, 91, died August 5, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was a resident of Windsor House in Spartanburg. Services will be conducted on Saturday, August 10, 2013, in Tiffin, OH. A local service will be announced at a later date. Memorials may be made to Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, 686 Jeff Davis Dr., Spartanburg, SC 29303....

Mrs. Marie Weathers

Mrs. Marie Weathers

Aug 5, 2013

Marie L. Weathers, 60, was suddenly called home on Monday, August 5, 2013. Marie was born on January 1, 1953 in Spartanburg, SC, to Shirley and Jerome Laws. She grew up in Spartanburg with two older sisters, Lynn and Brenda and her younger brother Bill. Marie met Robert Weathers in church as a teenager and they were married three years...

Mrs. Barbara Skinner

Mrs. Barbara Skinner

Aug 3, 2013

Barbara "Bobbie" Poore Skinner, 81, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Autumn Care Nursing Home in Saluda, NC. Born December 7, 1931, in Westminster, SC and reared in Drayton, she was the daughter of the late F. Holland and Icie Lee Poore and the widow of Jamie Lee Skinner. She was a member of Inman First Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Margaret Burns

Margaret Burns

Aug 3, 2013

Margaret Johnson Burns, 84, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Montgomery Hospice Casey House, Rockville, MD. Born February 25, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Eugene and Pauline Stanford Johnson. Survivors include a niece, Elayne Vasi Kendle, and nephews, Chip Vasi, Steve Johnson and Frank Johnson. Graveside services will be conducted at 1:00 PM...

James Brackins

James Brackins

Aug 2, 2013

James Dennis "Bill" Brackins, 74, of Pacolet, died Friday, August 2, 2013, at his home. Born September 11, 1938, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William Kelly and Evelyn Revels Brackins. He was retired from Milliken after 45 years of service and was a member of Pacolet First Baptist Church. Bill is survived by his wife,...

Mrs. Shantaben Patel

Mrs. Shantaben Patel

Aug 1, 2013

Shantaben Parshottam Patel, 81, died Thursday, August 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 8, 1932 in Changa, India she was the daughter of the late Shankarbhai and Diwaliben Patel. Mrs. Patel was a homemaker and a member of BAPS church in Atlanta, GA. Survivors include her husband, Parshottam Patel; sons, Rohit, Bhupendra, Narendra and Raju Patel and...

Pamela Mcarthur

Pamela Mcarthur

Jul 31, 2013

Pamela DeFore McArthur, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday July 31, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a courageous battle with squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. Born Pamela Lillian Pinkney on February 4, 1937, in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Julian Myers Pinkney and Mary Elizabeth MacDonald Pinkney. Her parents later moved...

Howard Charles

Howard Charles

Jul 31, 2013

Howard Lemuel Charles, 96, of Greenville, SC, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Shepherd's Care Center. Born April 16, 1917, in Arcadia, SC, he was the son of the late Toy F. and Patience Black Charles. A World War II veteran of the U. S. Navy, Mr. Charles retired from Lyman Printing-Finishing. He attended Northside United Methodist Church in Greenville...

Talmadge Smith, Jr.

Talmadge Smith, Jr.

Jul 31, 2013

Talmadge Dewitt "Dee" Smith, Jr., 87, of Greenville, SC, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital. Born December 7, 1925, in Union County, SC, he was the son of the late Talmadge D. Smith and Emma Nichols Smith. Dee was a 1942 graduate of Union High School. He enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on his eighteenth...

Alexa Parris

Alexa Parris

Jul 30, 2013

Alexa Price Parris, 97, of LaFayette, GA, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at her son's home in Boiling Springs, SC. Born November 2, 1915, in Trans, GA, she was the daughter of the late W. Frank and Callie Clements Price. She was preceded in death by one brother, Clement Price. Mrs. Parris is survived by her son Billy F. Parris...

Mrs. Faye Clinton

Mrs. Faye Clinton

Jul 30, 2013

Lena Faye Pack Clinton, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, went to be with the Lord on July 30, 2013 at Inman Health Care. A native of Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Peter Chesterfield and Lou Etta Easterly Pack and the wife of the late Hubert Knox Clinton, Sr. She graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1943, Spartanburg General...

David Shaffer

David Shaffer

Jul 29, 2013

David Michael "Wimp" Shaffer, 56, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 14, 1957, in Ft. Bragg, NC, he was the son of Margaret Puckett Shaffer of Spartanburg, SC, and the late Andrew Lee Shaffer. He was a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he is...

James Gerber

James Gerber

Jul 29, 2013

James Robert Gerber, 61, of Moore, SC, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at his home. Born June 14, 1952, in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late William Lawrence and Mary Sarah Cantwell Gerber. A graduate of Michigan State University "Spartans", Mr. Gerber was a member of the Catholic Church of Jesus Our Risen Savior, and employed as...

William Adair

William Adair

Jul 29, 2013

William B. "Bill" Adair, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 12, 1930, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late George B. and Ruth Dobbins Adair. Bill retired from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, now Williams, after 37 years of faithful service. He served his country faithfully and honorably...