Carolyn Pierson
Apr 8, 2013
Carolyn Kennedy Pierson, 72, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 8, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 1, 1941, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Benjamin Kennedy and Laura Epps Kennedy. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Carolyn and her family lived in Snohomish, Washington for 31 years, a total of 47 years in...
Marvin Charles
Apr 7, 2013
Marvin W. Charles, 87, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at his home. Born August 7, 1925, in Boiling Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Fred Eli and Cassie Mae Seay Charles. A veteran of the U. S. Army, Mr. Charles retired from WSPA-TV, attended Southside Baptist Church in Spartanburg and was a member of Boiling...
David Wright
Apr 6, 2013
David Earl Wright, 62, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born June 14, 1950, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Frankie Norris Wright of Boiling Springs, SC and the late Thomas Spencer Wright. A veteran of the U. S. Navy, Mr. Wright retired from School District 7 and was a member of...
Bessie Skinner
Apr 5, 2013
Bessie Barnett Skinner, 103, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 5, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Robert and Margaret Alice Turner Barnett and wife of the late Lloyd Skinner. She was previously married to the late Grady Skinner and Rev. W. Y. Henderson. Mrs. Skinner was member of...
Julia Carter
Apr 5, 2013
Julia Lake Carter, 64, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, April 5, 2013 at her home. Born October 31, 1948, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of Sarah Lee Hughes Lake and the late Edwin (Ed) Schroder Lake. Mrs. Carter was retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and also worked at Sam's Wholesale Club. She was a member of St....
James Gardner
Apr 4, 2013
James Fuller Gardner, 81, of Inman, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Rosecrest-Inman. Born February 25, 1932, in Florence, SC, he was the son of the late George and Myrtle Rose Gardner. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Gardner was retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was an avid fisherman who loved hiking and photography....
Hugh Huggins
Apr 3, 2013
Hugh Thomas Huggins, 70, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 30, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Cortsworth and Margaret Anne McCord Huggins. He was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include his sisters, Anne Byce, Evelyn Shirley, and Mary Bremer; sister-in-law, Barbara Huggins; numerous nieces and...
Kate Mitchell
Apr 3, 2013
Kate Melton Mitchell, 86, of Stanley, NC, died on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Stanley Total Living Center. Born May 9, 1926, in Gaston County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Zack and Mae Edwards Melton and widow of Furman Charles "Jack" Mitchell. Survivors include nephews and nieces, Doug Smith (Cindy) of Tucker, GA, Tim Smith (Nancy) of...
William Walker
Apr 3, 2013
William "Bill" N. Walker, 76, of Inman, SC, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Bill was born in Bristol, VA, to the late Roy Walker and Ida Belle Bowers on June 13, 1936. He grew up on the banks of the South Holston River in Bristol, TN. After high school, Bill...
Lois Parton
Apr 2, 2013
Lois Ann Ayers Parton, 72, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1940, in Caroleen, NC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Francis Ayers and Emma Lucille Gooden Ayers, and widow of Robert Lester Parton. Mrs. Parton was formerly employed by Hoechst Fibers. She was of the Freewill Baptist faith....
Frances Fleming
Apr 1, 2013
Frances Lenora Mae Fleming, 86, formerly of the Golightly Community of Pauline, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at Park Place Assisted Living-Spartanburg. Born January 18, 1927, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Miles Roland and Lola Mae Bull Fleming. Frances was valedictorian of Glenn Springs School and graduated with "A's" from Pauline High School. She joined...
Georgie Dickerson
Apr 1, 2013
Georgie Sue Julian Dickerson, 79, of Pacolet, died peacefully at her home on Monday, April 1, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Born March 17, 1934 in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mamie Sue Reeves Julian and The Reverend George Washington Julian III. After graduating from White Plains High School in Pelzer, SC, she married the...
W. Powell
Mar 31, 2013
W. Harold Powell, 79, of 104 Hilldale Drive, Boiling Springs, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 24, 1933, in Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late Wade and Marie Grigg Powell. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was retired from Hess Oil Co., was a member...
Samuel Witz
Mar 31, 2013
Samuel B. Witz, 89, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 7, 1923, in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Sigmund and Becky Shmain Witz, and husband for 59 years of the late Sally Cohen Witz. Mr. Witz was a northerner by birth but quickly came to love the south....
Mary Horne
Mar 30, 2013
Mary Lucy Horne, 84, of 225 Walker Avenue, Pacolet Mills, died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 28, 1928, in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late George Oliver and Docia Duncan Tessner and the widow of Buel Edward Horne. She was retired from Milliken Co. in Pacolet after 45 years of service...
Charles Bishop
Mar 30, 2013
Charles Jeffrey "Jeff" Bishop, 46, of 113 Morgan Street, Cowpens, died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 2, 1967, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Charles Berlin and Mary Lou Threadgill Bishop. Jeff was a graduate of Broome High School and attended Clemson University. He loved communicating with his Facebook friends and was a...
Rowena Tessnier
Mar 29, 2013
Rowena Tessnier, 88, formerly of Pacolet, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 9, 1924, in Pacolet, she was a daughter of the late John and Elvira Weathers Kirby and the widow of Willie (Bill) Tessnier. She was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church. Survivors include sons, the Rev. Dennis E. Tessnier (Ellen), Danny...
Mrs. Martha Berry
Mar 28, 2013
Martha Lee Davis Berry, 84, of Inman, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the wife of the late Harold Augustus Berry. Mrs. Berry was a native of Spartanburg and a daughter of the late Abe Jefferson Davis, Sr. and Lillie Lee Splawn Davis. She was retired from...
Mary Watson
Mar 27, 2013
Mary Ellen "Mazie" Watson, 84, of Spartanburg, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Windsor House-Spartanburg. Born October 3, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late W. Lloyd and Ellie Spake Murph and widow of George Tom Watson. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Watson was a member of Gravely Memorial Church...
Violet Green
Mar 27, 2013
Violet Lee Thomas Green, 84, formerly of 196 Riverview St., Converse, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013. She was born December 22, 1928, in Spartanburg, the youngest daughter of the late John Henry and Fannie Hembree Thomas. She was the widow of Johnny Sephas "Sebo" Green, to whom she was married for 54 years. She was of the Presbyterian...
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