Obituaries

Nellene Hunter

Nellene Hunter

Apr 24, 2013

Nellene Sams Hunter, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at her home. Born May 15, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Everett Eugene and Willie Estelle McKinney Sams. A beautiful and loving wife, mother, and grandmother, Mrs. Hunter was a member of New Life Worship Center and loved teaching Children's Sunday School classes....

John Morrow

John Morrow

Apr 24, 2013

John Amick "Johnny" Morrow, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at his home. Born November 29, 1943, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Jones and Reba Amick Morrow. A resident of White Stone, he was also a graduate of Pacolet High School, Spartanburg Methodist College and Limestone College. He did graduate work...

Clara Collins

Clara Collins

Apr 20, 2013

Clara Kay Anderson Collins, 79, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 20, 2013 at The Presbyterian Home of South Carolina-Clinton. Born November 26, 1933 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Tom Brockman Anderson, II and Irene Geer Anderson and wife of the late Rev. Donald Royce Collins. Mrs. Collins was a graduate of Winthrop College with a Bachelor...

Dr. Dunson, Jr.

Dr. Dunson, Jr.

Apr 20, 2013

Dr. Linton Reese Dunson, Jr., 72, died on April 20, 2013 in Greer, SC. He was the son of the late Linton Reese and Margaret Shankle Dunson. A native of Athens, GA, he attended The University of Georgia and graduated summa cum laude. At Georgia he was elected to Blue Key, Gridiron, Sphinx, Phi Beta Kappa and served as the...

Don Coyle

Don Coyle

Apr 18, 2013

Don Edward Coyle, 73, of Cowpens, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Born October 27, 1939, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Edward and Pearl Jolly Coyle. Mr. Coyle was the co-owner of Coyle's Supermarket until it closed in 1976. He was a member of First Baptist Church...

Christine Alexander

Christine Alexander

Apr 18, 2013

Christine "Teena" Thompson Alexander, 89, of Glenn Springs, SC, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at The Clinton Presbyterian Community. Born January 7, 1924, in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Kilgore Thompson Sr. and Pauline Anderson Alexander. Mrs. Alexander was a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church, an Elder emeritus, member of the Cemetery Committee,...

Annie Sizemore

Annie Sizemore

Apr 17, 2013

Annie Lee Waldrop Sizemore, 81, of Chesnee, SC, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 16, 1932, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late William Amos and Josephine Moore Waldrop. Annie retired from Raycord Industries after 25 years of service. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters,...

Frances Hall

Frances Hall

Apr 17, 2013

Mrs. Frances Erna Lucas Hall, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Born October 3, 1933, in Middleport, OH, she was the daughter of the late Flora Dorothy Jesse Lucas and Roy Ernest Lucas. Mrs. Hall worked for sixteen years and then retired from Bank of America. She was a member of Lamb of God Lutheran Church where...

Nellie Kirby

Nellie Kirby

Apr 17, 2013

Nellie Sue Freeman Kirby, 81, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, April 17, 2013, at Rosecrest Healthcare Center-Inman, SC. Born February 14, 1932, in Cullman, AL, she was the daughter of the late John Richard and Clara Ruth Umphrey Freeman. On December 23, 1950, at the age of 18, she married Andrew Jackson Kirby. Nell is a child of God...

Catherine Lawrence

Catherine Lawrence

Apr 16, 2013

Catherine Moon Lawrence, 91, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at her home. Born February 24, 1922, in Whitney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mauldin Marion Moon and Laura Bennett Moon and widow of Paul Henry Lawrence. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mrs. Lawrence was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and retired...

Evelyn Swain

Evelyn Swain

Apr 16, 2013

Evelyn Mae Swain of Columbia, SC, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, SC. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Perrow E. and Ella Martin Swain. A 1951 graduate of the University of South Carolina, she was an administrative assistant at Moncrief Army Hospital at Fort Jackson with over 35 years of...

Mildred Cannon

Mildred Cannon

Apr 14, 2013

Mildred Patterson Cannon, 97, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born on January 17, 1916, in the community of Lykesland, SC, she was the fourth child of the late Mildred Long Patterson and Andrew Patterson. A graduate of Columbia High School in Columbia, SC, she worked in Spartanburg at the South...

Alice Taylor

Alice Taylor

Apr 13, 2013

Mrs. Alice Dawn Taylor, 58, of Garden Grove Court, Spartanburg, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Dawn was born on September 4, 1954, in Spartanburg, to Frances Bishop Gault of Union, SC and the late Sidney J. Gault. Dawn and her husband Bill were devoted to each other from the day they met...

Joseph Cook

Joseph Cook

Apr 12, 2013

Joseph Bennett Cook, 82, of Boiling Springs, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 28, 1930, in Union Grove, NC, he was the youngest child of Millard and Florence Cook and grew up working on the family farm with his five older siblings. He was first married to Jean Walton Cook who passed away in...

Ruby West

Ruby West

Apr 12, 2013

Ruby Myers West, 87, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place. Born November 13, 1925, in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Marie Creech Myers. Mrs. West formerly worked for Commercial Credit and Belk Department Stores. She was a member of Park Street Baptist Church in Columbia. Survivors include...

Charles Glenn

Charles Glenn

Apr 12, 2013

Charles Harrison "Pete" Glenn, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 7, 1924, in Greer, SC, he was the son of the late Harrison Perry Glenn and Ruth Hawkins Glenn. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II he served...

William Waldrep

William Waldrep

Apr 12, 2013

William Loran Waldrep, 94, of 13 Spring Street, Drayton, died Friday, April 12, 2013, at his home. Born July 28, 1918, in Enoree, SC, he was the son of the late James Guy and Minnie Campbell Waldrep. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served with Company A, 20th Engineer Combat Battalion in World War II, and retired...

Jeffery Rigsby

Jeffery Rigsby

Apr 11, 2013

Jeffery John Rigsby, infant son of Jeffery Allen Rigsby Jr. and Leah Elizabeth Bianchi Rigsby, was born and died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital, Greenville, SC. He was welcomed into the family of New Beginnings United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents, survivors include grandparents, Kimberly and Jeffery Rigsby Sr. of Inman, SC, and Karen and...

Brenda Williams

Brenda Williams

Apr 11, 2013

Brenda Jean Williams, 61, of Wellford, SC, died on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at her home. Born April 12, 1951, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Dewey Brown Sr. and Dorothy Jean Revels Brown. Known as "Gramsey", she loved playing with her grandchildren and enjoyed working in her yard. She retired from Spartanburg Regional Healthcare...

Mildred Fields

Mildred Fields

Apr 11, 2013

Mildred Ammons Fields, 78, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, April 11, 2013, at her home following an extended illness. Born January 26, 1935, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Grier Ammons and Ava Claude Epps "Teenie" Ammons. Mrs. Fields was a private piano teacher, organist, and a faithful Methodist minister's wife with 42 years of service...