Robert Chapman
Aug 8, 2012
Robert Luther Chapman, 85, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at Eden Terrace. Born June 20, 1927, in Spartanburg, Cannons Campground Community, he was the son of the late Luther Grady and Sara Hughes Chapman. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Chapman participated in two atomic bomb tests. He founded Chapman Grading & Concrete Co....
Loyd Teaster
Aug 6, 2012
Loyd "Honey Hush" Teaster, 80, of Pacolet, died Monday, August 6, 2012, at his home. Born April 25, 1932, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William Otis and Nettie Beatrice Reynolds Teaster. Mr. Teaster was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from Hoechst Fibers with 17 years of service and...
Maizie Worrock
Aug 6, 2012
Maizie Poteat Worrock, 86, of Boiling Springs, died Monday, August 6, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 25, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the widow of Lindley Payson "L. P." Worrock, and daughter of the late William Jesse Poteat, Sr. and Girtha Bradley Poteat. Mrs. Worrock was retired from Mayfair Mills and also worked at Burlington Industries in...
James Davis
Aug 6, 2012
James Wood "Doc" Davis, 90, of Spartanburg, died Monday, August 6, 2012, at his home. Born April 3, 1922, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Lawrence Thomas and Mattie Wood Davis. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr. Davis was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II in the European theatre....
Isaac Wofford
Aug 5, 2012
Isaac Jasper Wofford, 82, of Wellford, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, August 5, 2012. Born September 11, 1929, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Charlie G. Wofford Sr. and Evie Eleanor Allen Wofford. Mr. Wofford was the oldest member of Una First Baptist Church, having formerly served as deacon and treasurer. In...
Orlando Zoglio
Aug 5, 2012
Orlando Anthony "Lonni" Zoglio, 85, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 5, 2012, at his home. Born April 26, 1927, in Providence, RI, he was the husband of the late Viola Mary Folaros Zoglio, and son of the late Antonio Zoglio of Naples, Italy and Sylvia Migone Zoglio of Rome, Italy. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II in...
Roy Easler
Aug 5, 2012
Roy A. "Bud" Easler, 93, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 5, 2012, at RoseCrest Retirement Center-Inman. Born December 21, 1918, in Spartanburg, he was the husband of the late Alma Juanita Israel Easler, and son of the late Rev. Jerry W. and Ina Arthur Easler. Mr. Easler was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Army and a...
John Folden
Aug 3, 2012
John McKnight Folden, 97, of Spartanburg, died August 3, 2012 at his home. Born January 26, 1915 in Wellsville, Ohio, he was the son of the late Elmer George and Lillian McKnight Folden. Mr. Folden came to Spartanburg in May 1962, to assist transferring Firestone Steel Stamping Plant from Akron, Ohio. While in Spartanburg, he served as the production manager...
Freddie Cohen
Aug 3, 2012
Freddie D. "Nana" Cohen, 100, of 3577 Brampton Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of 606 Mesa Lane, Moore, SC, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Friday, August 3, 2012, at Myrtle Beach, SC. Born September 5, 1911, in Lando, SC, she was the widow of Woodrow W. Cohen and daughter of the late Cora Jackson and William "Bill"...
Roselyn Thomas
Aug 2, 2012
Roselyn Bundy Thomas, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, August 2, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 1, 1926, in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, NC, she was the widow of William Benfield Thomas, and daughter of the late Thomas Otis and Dixie Anna Swindell Bundy. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, "Rose" attended, and was a member, of First...
Charles Prestipino
Aug 2, 2012
Charles Bartolo Prestipino, 90, of Spartanburg, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. The eldest of six children, Charlie was born in Milford, NH, on August 12, 1921, to the late Anthony Charles and Virginia Patti Prestipino. He was preceded in death by Suoma, who was his high school sweetheart and wife of 62...
Jessie Poteat
Aug 1, 2012
Jessie "Nanny" M. Poteat, 88, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Golden Age Nursing Home-Inman. Born April 22, 1924, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clem and Ella Gilliam Mabry. She was retired from Pinewood Cafeteria and was a member of Sunlight Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Linda Brown and husband Lawrence...
Ted Shaw
Aug 1, 2012
Ted Anthony Shaw, 52, of Cloverdale, CA, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. He died unexpectedly in California, where he lived since 1988. Born October 23, 1959, in Greenwood, SC, he was the son of W. A. "Tony" and Flonnie Shaw of Spartanburg, SC. Ted had an entrepreneurial spirit and was part of various...
Rachel Mcleod
Jul 30, 2012
Rachel Lillian Crutchfield McLeod, 72, of Spartanburg, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at her home. Born March 12, 1940, in Durham, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Nathan and Anna Ridgeway Miller Crutchfield. Rachel graduated Durham High School Class of 1958. She was a beloved wife and mother, a longtime devoted member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, an...
Don Gilliam
Jul 30, 2012
Don M. Gilliam, 79, of Spartanburg, died Monday, July 30, 2012, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born June 28, 1933, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late George Washington and Sarah Ann Wilson Gilliam. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Gilliam retired from Beverage Air after 45 years of service. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his loving...
Marion Repokis
Jul 30, 2012
Marion Long Repokis, of Spartanburg, passed away Monday, July 30, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 16, 1925, in Roxboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Hassell and Inez Harris Long. Mrs. Repokis graduated from Watts Hospital School of Nursing in Durham, NC. She was a licensed registered nurse, but her true passion was that...
Carol Hogan
Jul 29, 2012
Carol Wilson McGuire Hogan, 82, of Spartanburg, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born October 1, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter D. Wilson, Sr. and Nellie Ruth McGuinn Wilson. A devout Christian and member of Clifton First Baptist Church, Carol was devoted to her family, loved yard sales and...
Chester Storie
Jul 29, 2012
Chester Ray Storie, 69, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 12, 1942, in Beech Mountain, NC, he was a son of the late Ivey Wilburn and Floy Ethel Jones Storie. He was formerly employed by Clarkson Industries and a member of Arcadia Masonic Lodge #285. He was a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church...
James Brantley
Jul 29, 2012
James "Jim" Cary Brantley, 91, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, July 29, 2012. Born April 24, 1921, in Scotland Neck, NC, he was the son of the late George Linwood and Pearl Marks Brantley. Mr. Brantley was a very kind and loving person. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II in the North Africa campaign and received...
Ernest Mcgraw
Jul 27, 2012
Ernest Eugene "Ernie" McGraw, 77, of Spartanburg, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 12, 1934, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Marie Mabry McGraw. He retired from Union Camp (now International Paper) with over 30 years of service and was a member of El Bethel United Methodist...
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