Shawn Groce
Jan 12, 2012
Shawn Avery Groce, 40, of Jonesville, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Born January 19, 1971, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of Charlotte Lyda Groce of Spartanburg and the late James Groce. He was a former employee of Bagwell Fence Company and was of the Christian faith. Shawn was a true friend to all, generous...
Thelma Garrett
Jan 12, 2012
Thelma Ann Westmoreland Garrett, 71, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 8, 1940, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Hovie Jeff and Nell Thompson Westmoreland. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family of eight. Mrs. Garrett was a member of Cannons Camp Ground United Methodist Church...
George Lancaster
Jan 12, 2012
George Martin Lancaster, 92, of Hwy 215, Pauline, SC, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 4, 1920, in the West Springs community of Union County, SC, he was the son of the late Jesse Right and Rhoda Gown Lancaster, and husband for 60 years to the late Anna Mary Posey Lancaster. Mr. Lancaster was...
Bobbie Caldwell
Jan 12, 2012
Bobbie Dearybury Caldwell, 85, of Cowpens, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 18, 1926, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Overton Franklin and Elizabeth Waldrop Dearybury. Bobbie retired from Draper Corp. after 37 years of service. She was a charter member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, a member of United...
Agnes Curry
Jan 12, 2012
Agnes Parris Curry, 93, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 3, 1919, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Mason Parris. Agnes was retired from Spartanburg Technical College and taught sewing to many women in Spartanburg. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her son,...
Marvin Wortman, Sr.
Jan 12, 2012
Marvin Gary Wortman, Sr., 70, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 28, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Walter and Victoria Elizabeth Bates Wortman, and husband of the late Elaine Childers Wortman. Mr. Wortman was a veteran of the U. S. Army, formerly employed with Bulkmatic Transport Company,...
Martha Lawter
Jan 11, 2012
Martha Jean Gosnell Lawter, 63, of Pauline, died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at her home. Born August 22, 1948, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Ollie Mae Gosnell. She was of the Baptist faith and employed with Merit Group for 15 years. Survivors include her husband of 23 years, Ellis Wayne Belue; sons, Ted Lawter and wife...
Raymond Waters, Jr.
Jan 11, 2012
Raymond Fredrick Waters, Jr., died Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at his home. Born July 9, 1932, in Palatka, Florida, he was the son of the late Ruby Mae Norman Waters and Raymond Fredrick Waters, Sr. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and was retired from U. S. Airways. He was a member of Mountain...
Margaret Rhinehart
Jan 10, 2012
Margaret Virginia Smith Rhinehart, 86, of Lexington, SC, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, after a long battle with dementia. Born October 27, 1925, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oliver G. Smith, Sr., and Margaret Strain Smith. She was of the Christian faith. She dearly loved her entire family and is survived by her...
Samuel Shackelford, Jr.
Jan 9, 2012
Samuel Baylis Shackelford, Jr., 66, of 301 Dunbarton Court, Spartanburg, died Monday, January 9, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center-ER. Born August 25, 1945, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Samuel Baylis and Bruce Harley Shackelford. Sam was the co-owner and vice president of Master Machine Works, Inc. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a...
Hershel Cobb
Jan 8, 2012
Hershel W. Cobb, 59, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 8, 2012, at his home. Born August 30, 1952, in Gaffney, he was the son of the late A. B. and Edith Bible Cobb. Mr. Cobb was retired from Snyder Electric as a licensed electrician. A graduate of Gaffney High School, he was of the Baptist faith, loved fishing, football, and...
Balubhai Patel
Jan 8, 2012
Balubhai Motibhai Patel, 78, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center-ER. Born October 8, 1933, in Sinhooj, India, he was the son of the late Motibhai and Maniben Patel. Mr. Patel was a general contractor in the farming irrigation industry and a member of Baps Swaminarayan. Survivors include his wife, Manjulaben Patel; sons, Kiran Patel...
Shirley Dodd
Jan 6, 2012
Shirley Hoover Dodd, 86, of Spartanburg, devoted wife of 64 years to Dr. Louis Josselin Dodd, died Friday, January 6, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 31, 1925, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, she was the daughter of the late Orton William and Charlotte Miller Hoover. Mrs. Dodd was a former employee of the American Consulate in Sao Paulo,...
Esther Ethridge
Jan 5, 2012
Esther Lou Ellen Ethridge Wilson, 76, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at her home. Born April 21, 1935, in Georgetown, SC, she was the daughter of the late Creel and Gina Myrtle Langston Ethridge. Mrs. Wilson was a faithful member of Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church. She was a published author, "Josiah - A Story for Children", and retired...
Florene Hyatt
Jan 2, 2012
Florene Harris Hyatt, 91, of Roebuck, died Monday, January 2, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 30, 1920, in the Friendship Community of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Hobson and Pearl Adair Harris, and wife of the late William Charles Hyatt. Mrs. Hyatt was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church since 1938, she was...
Betty Schrimpf
Jan 2, 2012
Betty Ellis Schrimpf, 82, of Spartanburg, entered into rest on Monday, January 2, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Evans, GA. The wife of the late R. Homer Schrimpf, a daughter of the late W. R. and Ruth Ellis, she was born July 10, 1929, a native and life long resident of Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Schrimpf was an...
William Lyles
Jan 2, 2012
William Crews Lyles, 94, died Monday, January 2, 2012, at his home in Spartanburg, SC. Born May 1, 1917, he was the son of the late Thomas Minter and Madeline Crews Lyles. Bill was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Mary Dodd Lyles, who died April 5, 2011; and also by brothers John Lyles of Sanford, NC...
Robert Taylor
Jan 2, 2012
Robert Anthony Taylor, 76, of Spartanburg, died Monday, January 2, 2012, at White Oak Estates. Born April 4, 1935, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Roscoe Arthur and Dora Pearson Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a U. S. Army veteran, a member of Morningside Baptist Church, a longtime member of The Creek Golf Club, and retired from Arkwright...
Frances Quinn
Jan 1, 2012
Frances Williams Quinn, 68, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 1, 2012. A native of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Leila Williams. She was the wife of Charles D. Quinn. She was a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church. Also surviving are two sons, Eric W. Quinn and David A. Quinn and wife Cathy...
Jeffrey Pruitt
Jan 1, 2012
Jeffrey Mitchel Pruitt, 48, of 218 Ferndale Drive, died Sunday, January 1, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 24, 1963 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Agonda Stacey Crowe of Boiling Springs and the late Arthur J. "Bo" Pruitt. He was the owner/operator of J & R Flooring, a member of Casey Creek Baptist Church and FLW...
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