Mary Starosto
Feb 18, 2013
Mary Edith Combs Starosto, 88, of Spartanburg, entered into life eternal with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, February 18, 2013. Born in Jackson, Kentucky, on February 10, 1925, to Thomas and Mary Combs, she was the youngest of 10 children. Her family moved to Akron, OH when her father went to work for Goodrich Rubber Company. It...
Margaret Dunn
Feb 17, 2013
Margaret Worden Dunn, 69, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at her home. Born May 20, 1943, in Walled Lake, MI, she was the daughter of Lila Torres Worden of Moore, SC and the late Louis Bernard Worden. Mrs. Dunn, a retired English teacher at Dorman High School for 38 years, was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Educator's...
Peggy Crock
Feb 16, 2013
Peggy Johnson Crock, 90, of Hendersonville, NC, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville. Born November 2, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Eugene and Pauline Stanford Johnson. Mrs. Crock was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and attended Converse College majoring...
Harold Upton
Feb 16, 2013
Carl Harold Upton, 73, of 3773 Highway 150, Pacolet, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born June 27, 1939, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Leon and Annie Fowler Upton. He was retired from Kirkland Mechanical, was of the Baptist faith, and was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in...
Rita Smith
Feb 16, 2013
Rita Cecelia O'Leary Smith, 71, of 422 Crepe Myrtle Drive, Greer, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at the Village at Pelham Hospital. Born November 1, 1941, in Zaleski, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles "Mike" and Dorothea Frances Allberry O'Leary and widow of William E. "Bill" Smith. She was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, an...
Virginia Orr
Feb 15, 2013
Virginia Scruggs Orr, 87, of Spartanburg, died Friday, February 15, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 8, 1925, in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Houston D. and Margie Bradley Scruggs. She was retired from Drayton Mills and a member of Jesus Reigns Ministries. Virginia is survived by her husband of 60 years, William...
Mary Smith
Feb 15, 2013
Mary Frances Cox Smith, 82, of Spartanburg, died Friday, February 15, 2013, at White Oak Estates. Born March 20, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late W. B. and Mary Ola Burnett Cox and widow of Fred Dexter Smith. She was a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Rosemary Blankenship and husband Randy of...
Robert Bungarz
Feb 14, 2013
Robert Charles Bungarz, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Summit Hills. Born May 18, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Charles A. and Frances Maurer Bungarz. A U. S. Army veteran who served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and received the Purple Heart, Mr. Bungarz retired from Abraham-Straus in Brooklyn, NY...
Alice Grizzle
Feb 14, 2013
Alice Foster Grizzle, 69, Moore, SC, died Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. She was born January 25, 1944 in Spartanburg County a daughter of the late Chester L. and Ila Wood Foster. Mrs. Grizzle was a graduate of Roebuck High School, Winthrop College and received her masters from Converse College. She was a retired public...
Donald Dyer
Feb 13, 2013
Donald Robert Dyer, 79, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, SC. Born June 7, 1933, in Enoree, SC, he was the son of the late Frank Esley and Carrie Beryl Westmoreland Dyer. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Dyer was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church and...
Mildred Holland
Feb 13, 2013
Mildred Waldrep Holland, 91, of 2 Spring Street, Drayton, SC, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at her home. Born December 15, 1921, in Watts Mill, Laurens County, SC, she was the widow of Franklin Herbert Holland and daughter of the late William Guy and Minnie Campbell Waldrep. Mrs. Holland was a member of Skylyn United Methodist Church, taught the kindergarten...
Joseph Smith
Feb 13, 2013
Joseph (Joe) Jackson Smith, 74, of Spartanburg SC died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born October 20, 1938 in Spartanburg SC, he was the son of the late David Smith and Grace Hanley. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Spartanburg High School class of 1956 and was in the SC National Guard. He was retired from...
Audrey Koon
Feb 11, 2013
Audrey Laughter Koon, 83, of Tuba Street, Chatsworth, CA, died Monday, February 11, 2013, at Kaiser Permanente-Woodland Hills Hospital. Born May 19, 1929, in Campobello, SC, she was the widow of Colie Benjamin Koon and daughter of the late Marion Bryson and Jane Bradley Laughter. Mrs. Koon was formerly a member of Westgate Baptist Church in Spartanburg, then of Bible...
Kenneth Helms
Feb 11, 2013
Kenneth Carlius "Mule" Helms, 47, of Una, SC, died Monday, February 11, 2013, at his home. Born April 6, 1965, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Evelyn Lucille Bailey Helms of Una, SC and the late Carlius Wilbur Helms. He was married to his beloved wife of 29 years, Mary Jane Moore Helms of Una, SC. He was...
Dorothy Wilkins
Feb 8, 2013
Dorothy Hammett "Dot" Wilkins, 86, of Gaffney, SC died Friday, February 8, 2013 at Magnolias Assisted Living, Gaffney, SC. Born June 29, 1926 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Ruth Garrett Hammett. She was retired from The Leader and was a member of Cannon's Campground United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband...
Willard Outz, Sr.
Feb 7, 2013
Willard Rhett Outz Sr., 90, of Roebuck, SC, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 5, 1922, in Greenwood County, SC, he was the son of the late Elzie Victor and Allene Lowry Outz. Mr. Outz was the retired owner and operator of W. R. Outz Plumbing Company for 48 years. A U. S. Navy...
Mary Spence
Feb 7, 2013
Mary Viola Jarvis Spence, 101, of Moore, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-ER. Born December 5, 1911, in Carlinville, IL, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Agatha Pfaff Jarvis and the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was widowed by her first husband, Elma Ray Hurt, and second husband, Clarence Spence....
Myrtle Cartee
Feb 7, 2013
Myrtle Fowler Cartee, 80, of Cowpens, SC died Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-ER. Born February 20, 1932 in Pauline, SC. She was the wife of the late Sid Cartee and daughter of the late Jesse and Lillie Belle Fowler. Mrs. Cartee was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and retired from Glenco Manufacturing. Survivors include her...
Anita Tam
Feb 6, 2013
Anita S. Tam, 65, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 2, 1947, in China, she was the wife, for 43 years, of Alan Tam of Spartanburg, SC, and daughter of the late Hip-Lung Tang and Kit-Hing Chan. Sitting at the helm of New China Restaurant from May 1974 to July 2000, Anita...
Ruth Ferguson
Feb 6, 2013
Ruth L. Ferguson, 83, of Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord, on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 17, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the owner/manager of Ferguson's Package Store and a member of Arkwright Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Jack Harrison Ferguson of Spartanburg; nieces, Ann Lee and Kay...
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