Obituaries

Mary Bauss

Mary Bauss

Jul 13, 2013

Mary Robb Thomson Bauss, 90, of Inman, SC, died Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 25, 1923, in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Donald Duncan and Margaret Ross Thomson, and wife, for 66 years, of Elliott Bradford Bauss. A veteran of the U. S. Navy, Mrs. Bauss was a member of...

Sandra Wilson

Sandra Wilson

Jul 13, 2013

Sandra Jean Calvert Wilson, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away after a long illness on Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Willow Ridge Rehabilitation, Rutherfordton, NC. Born January 3, 1941, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Archie Lee Calvert Sr. and Allene Floyd Calvert. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her daughters, Donna Kay Wilson...

Donald Petty, Jr.

Donald Petty, Jr.

Jul 13, 2013

Donald "Donnie" E. Petty, Jr., 44, a native of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, July 13, 2013, at his home. Born September 9, 1968, he was the son of Donald E. Petty, Sr. of Ashlan Village of Lyman and the late Cassandra Waldrop Petty. Donnie was an electrician, a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, and he loved his dog, and...

Mildred Brown

Mildred Brown

Jul 13, 2013

Mildred Ezell Brown, 84, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, July 13, 2013, at the home of her daughter. Born July 25, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Osier Frederick and Sina Delina Vandiver Ezell, and the widow of Charles L. Brown. Mrs. Brown retired from C & S National Bank in Columbia after 12...

Herbert Brewington

Herbert Brewington

Jul 12, 2013

Herbert Smith Brewington, 92, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, July 12, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 8, 1921 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Clarence and Millie Millwood Brewington and husband of the late Agnes Young Brewington. Mr. Brewington was retired from Beaumont Mills, of the Baptist faith and a WWII veteran of the...

Robert Dellinger

Robert Dellinger

Jul 12, 2013

Robert Ernest Troy Dellinger, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 12, 2013. Born September 1, 1924, in Boiling Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Robert Ernest and Zora Thompson Dellinger. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Dellinger was retired from Duke Energy and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Surviving are...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...