Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

Mildred Horne

Mildred Horne

Aug 20, 2012

Mildred Millwood Horne, 88, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born December 9, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the widow of Jess Willard Horne, and daughter of the late Neal A. and Era Mullinax Millwood. Mrs. Horne was retired from John H. Montgomery Mill, Chesnee, SC, and a member of Mt. Olive...

Thelma Hand

Thelma Hand

Aug 18, 2012

Thelma Louise Henderson Hand, 93, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, August 18, 2012, at Magnolia Place. Born August 14, 1919, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence L. and Nadine Henderson Henderson and was married to the late Clyde M. Hand for 64 years. She was retired from Beaumont Mills and was of the Baptist faith, attending Bethel...

Mary Fedalei

Mary Fedalei

Aug 18, 2012

Mary Grace Fedalei (nee Williamson), 78, of Spartanburg, SC died August 18, 2012 in her home. Born in Philadelphia, PA, on November 5, 1933, Mary Grace graduated from West Catholic High School and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She married Col. Albert F. Fedalei (U.S. Army) in 1957. He preceded her in death in 1981. Prior to moving to SC,...

Rev. Covington

Rev. Covington

Aug 17, 2012

Rev. James "Jim" Wakefield Covington, 76, of Moore, SC, went home to be with the Lord he loved on Friday, August 17, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, after several years of declining health. Born September 25, 1935, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Kirby Stokes and Kathleen Wakefield Covington. Rev. Covington was a retired United Methodist...

Edith Stanley

Edith Stanley

Aug 17, 2012

Edith Burns Stanley, 87, of Spartanburg, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC. Born April 20, 1925, in Campobello, SC, she was a daughter of the late V. S. and Mattie Sue Bruce Burns and the widow of Harvey C. Stanley. She was retired from Reeves Brothers, Inc. after 43 years...

Alice Hastings

Alice Hastings

Aug 16, 2012

Alice Louise Coleman Hastings, 90, resident of Windsor House, Spartanburg, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Born February 11, 1922, in Spartanburg, she was the widow of Jake Reid Hastings, Jr., and daughter of the late Shufford Buttons and Lucille Thomason Coleman. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family....

Richard Harris

Richard Harris

Aug 16, 2012

Richard Ballenger Harris, 87, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 18, 1925, in Greenville, SC, he was the husband of Carolyn Martin Harris, and the son of the late Kline Edison Harris and Mamie Rose Ballenger Harris, and brother of Joseph Andrew Harris. Richard attended Clemson where he was initiated into the...

Marion Solesbee

Marion Solesbee

Aug 16, 2012

Marion F. Solesbee, 75, of Wellford, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 9, 1936, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Joe C. and Myrtle Walden Solesbee. A U. S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Solesbee was also a real estate owner. Surviving are his daughters, Nancy Lewis and...

James Raman

James Raman

Aug 15, 2012

James John Raman, Attorney at Law, 91, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, after a brief illness. Born May 17, 1921, in Spartanburg, he was the husband, for 55 years, of Mary Fagan Raman of Spartanburg, and son of the late John Ramantanin and Evantheia Macropoulos Ramantanin. A graduate of Wofford College and the...