Obituaries

James Johannigman

James Johannigman

Feb 22, 2013

James B. Johannigman, 73, of Spartanburg, died on Friday, February 22, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A native of Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of the late Clarence and Julia Berning Johannigman. Before retiring to Spartanburg eight years ago, he was employed in manufacturing management at General Electric and Tecumseh Products. He is survived by his wife of...

Glen Dalton

Glen Dalton

Feb 21, 2013

Glen Earl Dalton, 80, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 13, 1932, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Boyce Lee and Nannie Lee Quinn Dalton. Mr. Dalton was a retired foreman with Best Machinery in Spartanburg and a member of Central Baptist Church in Cowpens. Surviving are...

Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Feb 20, 2013

Phillip Larry Jones, 58, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at his home. Born August 6, 1954, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of Betty Smalley Brigman of Cowpens, SC, and the late George Arthur Jones. A veteran of the U. S. Army, Larry was also a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, a volunteer fireman and paramedic with...

Lynn Solesby

Lynn Solesby

Feb 20, 2013

Lynn Kirby Solesby, 60, of Spartanburg, SC died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at her home. Born May23, 1952 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Joyce Henson Kirby and wife of the late Wesley Joseph Solesby. Mrs. Solesby was employed at QS1 and was formerly with 911 Communications. She was a 1971 graduate of...

Virginia Hafen

Virginia Hafen

Feb 20, 2013

Virginia Thornton Hafen, 89, of Spartanburg, died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 19, 1923, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Edna Lee Thornton. Virginia retired from the Office of Register of Mesne Conveyance (RMC) for Spartanburg County after 46 years and eight months of service. Before...

Charles Bohrer

Charles Bohrer

Feb 19, 2013

Charles "Chuck" Richard Bohrer, 76, of Lyman, SC, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 24, 1936, in Berkeley Springs, WV, he was the son of the late Charles E. Bohrer and Evelyn Manley Shaw. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force, Mr. Bohrer retired after 24 years of military service and received the...

William Mcdowell

William Mcdowell

Feb 19, 2013

William "Franklin" McDowell, 71, of Chesnee, SC, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 30, 1941, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Virgil "Soapy" and Maggie Bishop McDowell. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Mr. McDowell was a peach farmer, member of Cooley Springs Baptist Church, and one of the...

Gayla Pridmore

Gayla Pridmore

Feb 19, 2013

Gayla Mixon Pridmore, 65, of Spartanburg, formerly of Columbus, MS, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Born September 10, 1947, in Haleyville, AL, she was a daughter of the late James Webster and Jessica Northington Mixon and the widow of T. U. Pridmore, Jr. She attended First Baptist Church of Columbus, was a member of First Baptist Church...

William West

William West

Feb 18, 2013

William D. "Bill" West, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 18, 2013. Born May 21, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Alfred Henry and Margie Ann Springs West. Mr. West was the retired owner of Bill's Lawn Care and a member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Pettit West of Roebuck,...

Mary Starosto

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

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...

Harold Upton

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...

Peggy Crock

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...

Rita Smith

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...

Mary Smith

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...

Virginia Orr

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...

Alice Grizzle

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...

Robert Bungarz

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...

Mildred Holland

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...

Donald Dyer

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...