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Peggy Cordell

Peggy Cordell

Aug 30, 2012

Peggy Jean Cudd Cordell, 81, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 23, 1931 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Judge Crawford and Pearl Whisenant Cudd and wife of the late Harold E. Cordell. She retired from Phillips Fibers and was a member of Croft Baptist Church for over...

Rachel Turner

Rachel Turner

Aug 29, 2012

Rachel Elizabeth Bennett Turner, 95, of Greenville, formerly of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Born December 3, 1916, in Florence, SC, she was the widow of Dr. James Lee Turner, who taught at Converse College, and daughter of the late King David Bennett and Mottie Septor Purvis Bennett of Bennettsville. Mrs. Turner received her B.A. from Coker College. Her...

Jane Haynes

Jane Haynes

Aug 29, 2012

Jane Culcleasure Haynes, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at White Oak Estates. Born January 3, 1926, in Concord, NC, she was the widow of Frederick Eugene Haynes Jr. and daughter of the late James and Helen Talbert Culcleasure. Mrs. Haynes retired from teaching at E. P. Todd Elementary School. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church,...

Evelyn Burts

Evelyn Burts

Aug 29, 2012

Evelyn S. Burts, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at home. Born February 11, 1920, in Cumberland County, NC, she was the widow of Sam N. Burts, Jr., and daughter of the late Henry O. Shell and May Benson Langston and stepfather Lawton P. Langston. Mrs. Burts was a very active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in...

Frances Martin

Frances Martin

Aug 29, 2012

Frances Elizabeth Dearybury Martin, 92, of Cowpens, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 2, 1919, in Spartanburg County, she was the widow of Arthur M. "Buddy" Martin, and daughter of the late Overton Franklin and Elizabeth Waldrop Dearybury. Mrs. Martin was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, The United Methodist Women, 55...

Inez Walker

Inez Walker

Aug 28, 2012

Inez Jolley Walker, of Cross Hill, SC, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Cherokee County, SC, she was the widow of Samuel Walker and the daughter of the late Bay Jolley Sr. and the late Martha Michaels Jolley. She was a member of North Spartanburg First Baptist Church and retired, after 27 years of...

Willard George

Willard George

Aug 28, 2012

Willard G. George, 68, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at his home. Born September 2, 1943, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late William Starling and Virginia Lucille Horne George. A veteran of the United States Marine Corp, he was also the founder of Crawford Associates Incorporated in Sarasota, Florida. Surviving are his beloved wife,...

Margie O'Shields

Margie O'Shields

Aug 28, 2012

Margie Faye Graham O'Shields, 80, of Roebuck, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 7, 1932, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Dillard "Jake" and Mary Bogan Graham. Mrs. O'Shields was a member of Mt. Calvary Presbyterian Church and formerly employed by Monsanto/MEMC Industries. Surviving are her husband, Donald...

Marianne Bagwell

Marianne Bagwell

Aug 27, 2012

Marianne Smith Bagwell, 82, of Spartanburg, died Monday, August 27, 2012, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born January 15, 1930, in Union, SC, she was the widow of James Edward Bagwell, and daughter of the late Ralph Edward and Louise Sumner Smith. Mrs. Bagwell retired from Wachovia Bank after 45 years of service. She was a member of Fairforest Baptist Church,...

Eugenia Fowler

Eugenia Fowler

Aug 26, 2012

Eugenia "Jean" Scruggs Fowler, 86, of Greenville, formerly of 718 Southern Street, Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Magnolia Place-Greenville. Born October 5, 1925, in Caroleen, NC, she was widow of Walter B. Fowler, and daughter of the late Roy Lee and Sara Evelyn Roberts Scruggs. Mrs. Fowler was a fashion coordinator/buyer for Belks and Dillards Department Stores, a...

Ruth Mckinney

Ruth Mckinney

Aug 25, 2012

Ruth Shelton McKinney of Spartanburg, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at White Oak Estates. She was the widow of James L. McKinney and daughter of the late Moody S. and Mila Ballenger Shelton. Mrs. McKinney was a member of Reidville Presbyterian Church, Reidville, SC. Survivors are daughter, Becky Nesbitt and husband David of Moore; granddaughter, Leigh N. Nichelson of...

Rev. Mcgee

Rev. Mcgee

Aug 25, 2012

Rev. Michael Lewis McGee, 82, passed away unexpectedly on August 25, 2012. He was born in Walhalla, SC, on August 23, 1930, to the late Lewis Arthur McGee and Lillian Pitchford McGee. He was preceded in death by Jo Rice McGee, his wife of 60 years, who died on June 3, 2012. Mike grew up in Asheville, NC, and was...

Donald Wood

Donald Wood

Aug 25, 2012

Donald Lee Wood, 75, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 2, 1937 in Woodruff, he was the husband of the late Ann Lister Wood and son of the late Anglo Saxon and Mary Sara Pearson Wood. He was retired from Fairforest Finishing Plant, a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and a...

Brenda Bell

Brenda Bell

Aug 25, 2012

Brenda Ann Dobbins Bell, 59, of Inman, died Saturday, August 25, 12012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 20, 1952 in Spartanburg, she is the daughter of Blanche Wilson Schramm of Spartanburg and the late Hollis Lee Dobbins. Mrs. Bell was a purchasing agent at Spartanburg Steel Products, a member of Dove Assembly of Inman, volunteered with Mobile Meals...

Carolyn Hunt

Carolyn Hunt

Aug 23, 2012

Carolyn Sweeney Hunt, of White Oak Estates, Spartanburg, quietly passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Born in Spartanburg, she was the widow of Eugene F. Hunt, and the daughter of the late George W. Sweeney and Pauline "Polly" Nelson Sweeney. Mrs. Hunt was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, graduated from Spartanburg High...

Shirley Poteat

Shirley Poteat

Aug 23, 2012

Shirley Marian Belcher Poteat, 81, of Inman, died Thursday, August 23, 2012, at her home. Born July 20, 1931, in Spartanburg County, she was the widow of Marvin Claude Poteat, and daughter of the late Posey and Eleanor Brown Belcher. Mrs. Poteat was a member of Lake Cooley Baptist Church and was formerly employed in the Media Center at Dorman...

Ervin Webb

Ervin Webb

Aug 22, 2012

Ervin Billy Webb, 74, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at his home. Born January 6, 1938, in Spartanburg, he was husband of the late Carolyn Webb, and son of the late Harmon W. and Susie Byars Webb. He was retired as an auto mechanic and of the Methodist faith. Survivors include his sisters, Helen W. Lancaster, Jeanette Frady,...

Gary Dunagin

Gary Dunagin

Aug 21, 2012

Gary Alvin Dunagin, 64, of Inman, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 2, 1948, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Betty Jo Hardin Taylor of Spartanburg and the late Alvin Uriah Dunagin, Jr. Mr. Dunagin was a U. S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, retired from the U. S. Postal Service, and...

Charlotte Boggs

Charlotte Boggs

Aug 21, 2012

Charlotte Jennings Boggs, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edgar Boggs, Jr. and Martha Glen Barksdale Boggs, and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Downs Barksdale of Spartanburg, SC. For many years Miss Boggs was the owner...

Edith Hayes

Edith Hayes

Aug 21, 2012

Edith Roland Hayes, 79, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 31, 1933, in Spartanburg, she was married for 54 years to the late James M. Hayes Sr., and was the daughter of the late Wilford Lee and Nellie Chandler Roland. Mrs. Hayes retired after 35 years of service working for the J....

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