Ruby Bishop
May 26, 2013
Ruby Hardin Bishop, 86, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place. Born September 18, 1926, in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Furman Hilton and Leona Cash Hardin and widow of William (Bill) W. Bishop. She was retired from the recordkeeping department at Spartanburg County Courthouse, a volunteer at Mary Black Memorial Hospital, a...
Hazel Szwapa
May 26, 2013
Hazel Theresa Brady Szwapa, 73, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at her home. Born December 27, 1939, in Toccoa, GA, she was a daughter of the late Rudolf and Mary Hall Brady and wife of the late Frank Thomas Szwapa for 43 years. She graduated from Stephens County High School in 1957 and was a veteran of the U.S. Army....
Mr. James Hughes, Sr
May 26, 2013
James Earl Hughes, Sr., 81, of Cowpens, beloved husband of Alpha Linder Hughes for 62 years, died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at his residence. He was the son of the late Wade Avery and Hazel Chastain Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a retired machinist with 42 years of service with the Draper Corporation. He was a member of the Cowpens First...
Fred George
May 25, 2013
Fred David George, 87, of Spartanburg, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013, at his home after a long illness. Born July 28, 1925, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Brodus D. and Maybelle Marler George. He was owner of George's Welding & Wrecker Service and also a U.S. Navy veteran. He was a member of Powell...
Elizabeth Seebert
May 24, 2013
Elizabeth "Lib" Darden Seebert, 84, of Spartanburg, widow of Dr. Calbert Trent Seebert, died Friday, May 24, 2013, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, following a battle with cancer. Born August 6, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Parker Darden, Jr. and Ruth Ledbetter Darden. Lib was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...
James Hamrick
May 23, 2013
James Lehman Hamrick, 89, died May 23, 2013 at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Hamrick was a long-time resident of Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina, before moving to Raleigh in January 2012. Mr. Hamrick was born in Shelby, North Carolina, on January 12, 1924, to the late Marks Quinn and Etta Price Hamrick. He attended Shelby High School...
Master Slaten, Sr.
May 23, 2013
Master Sgt. Edward Thorne Slaten, Sr., U. S. Air Force Retired, 79, of Pacolet, SC, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 10, 1933, in Long Beach, CA, he was the son of the late Virgil Emanuel and Ruby Williams Slaten. A retired U. S. Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, he...
Douglas Powers
May 23, 2013
Douglas Edgar Powers, 77, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 8, 1936, in Reidville, SC, he was the son of the late Raymond Berry and Flora Cornelia Davis Powers. Mr. Powers was the owner of Powers Printing Company, Inc., for 35 years. He was a member of Spartanburg Seventh-Day Adventist Church....
John Link, Jr.
May 22, 2013
John Wesley Link, Jr., 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at his home. Born September 5, 1943, in Decatur, GA, he was the son of John Wesley Link, Sr. of Spartanburg, SC, and the late Guynema Hill Link. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Link served on the carrier USS Independence. He retired...
Rebecca Stikeleather
May 22, 2013
Rebecca "Becky" Wood Stikeleather, 66, of Boiling Springs, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 26, 1947, in Greenville and raised in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Inez Burgess Wood. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Mrs. Stikeleather was...
Frances Metz
May 21, 2013
Frances Juanita Koon Metz, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born April 2, 1922, in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Edwin Koon, Sr. and Ida Mae Ringer Koon, and widow of Bright Lee "B. L." Metz, Sr. A wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, neighbor, sister, and servant extraordinaire, Mrs. Metz was a...
Thomas Matthews
May 20, 2013
Thomas Mack Matthews, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place. He was born September 12, 1931, at his grandparent's farm home near Taloga, OK, to the late William Thomas "Tom" Matthews and Audrey Steers Matthews. Mack was raised in Taloga and completed his school days there where he was the valedictorian of...
Lewis Campbell
May 20, 2013
Lewis Marshall Campbell, 86, of Pauline, SC, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home. Born September 20, 1926, in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Crawford Lee and Ida Lockhart Campbell and husband of the late Dorma Lowe Campbell. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Campbell was a member of Morningside Baptist...
Patricia Weeks
May 20, 2013
Patricia Dianne Weeks, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at White Oak Manor. Born January 26, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Agnes Caroline Layton Weeks of Spartanburg, SC, and the late James Robert Weeks Sr. Miss Weeks was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and formerly employed with J. M....
Sue Putman
May 19, 2013
Sue Lytle Putman, 85, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, May 19, 2013. Born October 10, 1927 in Caroleen, NC, she was the daughter of the late George and Agnes Frazier Lytle. Sue was reared in Spartanburg, never missed a day in school, and was a retired secretary for W. N. Willis Engineers for 37 years. She was a member of...
Bonnie Cash
May 19, 2013
Bonnie Georgia Cash, 31, was unexpectedly called away from her earthly home on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Bonnie lived with and is survived by her mother, Susan Cash of 331 Bellhaven Lane, Spartanburg. She also had a residence in a Charles Lea home at 103 Ridgewood Drive, Spartanburg. Bonnie was predeceased by her father, Roy E. Cash Jr.; her maternal...
Flora Mclaughlin
May 18, 2013
Flora Alverson McLaughlin, 90, of Cowpens, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at her home. Born April 14, 1923, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Lemmer Morrow Alverson and wife of the late Warren K. "Mac" McLaughlin. Mrs. McLaughlin was the owner and operator of Adorable Beauty Shop, a member of Eastern Star, and of...
Bonnie Ruff
May 17, 2013
Bonnie Louise Ruff, 94, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 5, 1918, in Polk County, NC, she was a daughter of the late John Hampton and Maude Lou Williams Ruff. Bonnie was a member of Caroleen Baptist Church and attended First Baptist Church of Valley Falls. She was formerly employed...
Barbara Strickler
May 15, 2013
Barbara Baxley Strickler, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 9, 1940, in Charleston, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence S. and Dorothy Elizabeth Rollins Baxley, and widow of James Howard Strickler. Mrs. Strickler was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church for 46 years, the Elsie...
Brian Hilburn
May 15, 2013
Brian A. Hilburn, 67, of Spartanburg, SC died May 15, 2013 at his home. Born May 22, 1945 in Miami, Fla., he was the son of Edith Hudspeth Waters and the late Fernie Alton Hilburn. Mr. Hilburn was a retired Marketing Analyst for Milliken & Company and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He received his Bachelor and...
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