Obituaries

W. Powell

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...

Charles Bishop

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...

Mary Horne

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...

Rowena Tessnier

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

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...

Stanley Lancaster, Jr.

Stanley Lancaster, Jr.

Mar 27, 2013

Stanley Lancaster Jr., 70, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 18, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Stanley Lancaster Sr. and Margaret Stroud Lancaster. Mr. Lancaster was self-employed as an Amway Distributor, he was an avid golfer, shagger, and life guard at Rainbow Lake for seven years....

Violet Green

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...

Mary Watson

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...

Elizabeth White

Elizabeth White

Mar 26, 2013

Elizabeth Catherine White, 13, of Moore, SC, went to heaven on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born April 28, 1999, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of Richard "Rick" and Patricia Swanson White of the home. Elizabeth was a loving and happy child whose smile could light up a room. She enjoyed watching her favorite PBS...

Eunice Brown

Eunice Brown

Mar 26, 2013

Eunice Melinda Chapman Brown, 91, of Madison, OH, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Madison Health Care with her granddaughter, Debbie, at her side. Born August 5, 1921, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Etta Smith Chapman. Surviving are her children, James Mitchell (Linda) of Indian Land, SC, Diane Yeary (Bruce) of...

Lynn Sellers

Lynn Sellers

Mar 25, 2013

Karen Lynn Hicks Sellers, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 25, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 17, 1948 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Edward Leonard and Betty Jo Bright Hicks. Mrs. Sellers was a charter member of The Rial B. Seay Chapter of the United Daughters of Confederacy, program director of...

Ann Thompson

Ann Thompson

Mar 24, 2013

Ann Sizemore Thompson, 70, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at her home. Born October 20, 1942, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Boyd and Onteen H. Sizemore. Ann was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, a devoted member of her Sunday School Class, loved helping others, and was an avid homemaker. She...

Kathryn Ezell

Kathryn Ezell

Mar 24, 2013

Kathryn Jolley Ezell, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Eden Terrace of Spartanburg. Born October 1, 1926 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Caldwell and Correll Cooley Jolley and wife of the late Dewitt Talmadge Ezell. Mrs. Ezell was a retired hostess and cashier with Shoney's Restaurant for 17 years where she...

William Moore, Sr.

William Moore, Sr.

Mar 23, 2013

The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. Proverbs 4:18 Mr. William Walter "Bill" Moore Sr., 91, of Spartanburg, passed peacefully into his Savior's arms on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 2, 1922, in York, SC, he was the son of the late John and Pearl...

Alice Bailey

Alice Bailey

Mar 23, 2013

Alice Durham Bailey, 63, of Arcadia, SC, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 17, 1949 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Bronson Durham, Sr., and Josie Ann Hilton Durham. She was a sales associate at J. C. Penny, a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church, and a graduate of Dorman...

Thomas Welch

Thomas Welch

Mar 23, 2013

Thomas James Welch, 68, of Moore, SC, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 9, 1944, in Morris, IL, he was the son of the late Thomas and Lorraine Monson Welch. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Welch was retired from R. R. Donnelley & Sons after 13 years of service. He was of the...

Olin Suttles

Olin Suttles

Mar 22, 2013

Olin D. Suttles, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at Dorn Veteran's Administration Hospital. Born April 21, 1937 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Thomas Claude and Annie Bradley Suttles. Mr. Suttles was a U.S. Army Veteran and a retired truck driver. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Vivian Bryant...

Harold Foster

Harold Foster

Mar 21, 2013

Harold Benjamin Foster, 87, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Skylyn Place-Spartanburg. Born March 9, 1926, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William Rice and Della Ramsey Foster. A veteran of the U. S. Army, Mr. Foster served with the Occupation Forces in Japan after World War II. He was the owner and operator...

Geraldine Simmons

Geraldine Simmons

Mar 20, 2013

Geraldine Simmons, 65, of Spartanburg, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at her home. Born December 26, 1947, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Dean and Laura Mae Hughes Simmons. She was a private duty home healthcare nursing assistant and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her son, Jeffrey Boyd Sizemore of Spartanburg, SC; brothers,...

Robert Gunter

Robert Gunter

Mar 20, 2013

Robert "Bobby" Arthur Gunter, 59, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at his home. Born August 1, 1953, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Arthur LeRoy and Ruby Millwood Gunter. Mr. Gunter was employed with Timken Bearing Company and a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include his loving wife, Robin Forbis Gunter; sons, Clay Gunter...