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Doris Smith

Doris Smith

Feb 22, 2012

Doris Elvina Campbell Smith, 95, of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at her home. Born November 26, 1916, in Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late William S. and Elvina Leader Chew Campbell, and wife of the late Roland Campbell Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Second Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and a graduate of...

John Batten

John Batten

Feb 21, 2012

John P. Batten, 77, of Goose Creek, SC, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Trident Medical Center, Charleston, SC. Born May 5, 1934, in Gaston County, NC, he was the son of the late Harry Clifton and Jennie Nina Bess Batten. Mr. Batten was a U. S. Army veteran and former employee of Lever Brothers. Survivors include his loving wife,...

John Young, Sr.

John Young, Sr.

Feb 21, 2012

John Thomas Young, Sr., 72, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Spartanburg Hospital Restorative Care. Born May 2, 1939, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late George Dewey and Lula Mae Simmons Young. Tommy was retired from Vic Bailey Family Ford, he was an auto mechanic for 40 years, and a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist...

Zedekiah Cassell

Zedekiah Cassell

Feb 20, 2012

Zedekiah Cassell, 94, of Pacolet, died Monday, February 20, 2012, at his home. Born January 22, 1918, in Landisburg, WV, he was the son of the late Zed and Ida Terry Cassell, and husband of the late Ruth Helen Williams Cassell. Zedekiah Cassell, Sergeant Major (ret.) was a 30-year veteran of the U. S. Army. He served in World War...

Hugh Ratterree

Hugh Ratterree

Feb 19, 2012

Hugh Bryson Ratterree, of Moore, died Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Albert Janet Garrison Ratterree and Thomas Lee Ratterree. He graduated from Rock Hill High School and served in the U. S. Navy during the Korean Conflict on the USS Antietam and the...

Pauline Jenks

Pauline Jenks

Feb 19, 2012

Pauline Calvert Jenks, 85, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Fair Haven Home, Bostic, NC. Born October 14, 1926, in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Vaughn H. and Zoar Ridings Calvert, and wife of the late Edward Jenks. Mrs. Jenks was a member of Whitney United Methodist Church, a longtime textiles...

Leroy Brewington

Leroy Brewington

Feb 19, 2012

LeRoy Brewington, 79, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 19, 2012, at his home. Born December 24, 1932, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Luther and Lillie Pressley Brewington and reared by his grandparents, Clarence and Millie Brewington. Mr. Brewington was the former owner of Brewington Ambulance Company and employed later with Brewington Plumbing Company. Survivors include his...

Miriam Steadman

Miriam Steadman

Feb 19, 2012

Miriam Patrick Steadman, 64, died Sunday, February 19, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Albert J. Steadman and Miriam Patrick Steadman. She is survived by a sister, Foye Napier and her husband Bob; and a nephew, Robert Barron Napier. At her request, no funeral services are planned. Floyd's North Church Street Chapel To send flowers or a memorial...

Mildred Vaughn

Mildred Vaughn

Feb 18, 2012

Mildred Hendrix Goodson Vaughn. 78, of 226 Preston Drive, Moore, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at her home. Born August 8, 1933 in the Woods Chapel Community of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Will Irby and Clara Jackson Hendrix. She was first married to the late W. E. (Jack) Goodson. Mildred was retired from State Auto...

Lena Lawson

Lena Lawson

Feb 17, 2012

Lena Sue Palmer Lawson, 86, of Pauline, died Friday, February 17, 2012, at her home. Born November 24, 1925, in Pauline, she was the widow of Robert Elvin Lawson, and daughter of the late B. R. T. Palmer and Frances Gertrude Shands Palmer. Mrs. Lawson loved her Lord, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church...

C. Parrish, Sr.

C. Parrish, Sr.

Feb 17, 2012

Charles Wayne "Curly" Parrish, Sr., 77, of Roebuck, died Friday, February 17, 2012 at his home. Born January 22, 1935 in Enoree, he was the son of the late Franz Osborn and Margaret Blanch Owens Parrish and husband of the late Laura Leticia "Bates" Parrish. Charles was retired from Sargent's Barber Shop after 44 years of service, a member of...

Eckel Burger

Eckel Burger

Feb 15, 2012

Eckel Peggy Burger, 94, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Valley Falls Terrace Nursing Home. Born June 15, 1917, in Asheville, NC, she was the widow of Floyd L. Burger, Sr., and daughter of the late William E. and Alice Epley Simpson. She was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church and retired from Abbott Laboratories. She was...

Christine Baytes

Christine Baytes

Feb 15, 2012

Christine Jarrett Baytes, 75, formerly of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born April 5, 1936, in Adairsville, GA, she was the widow of Herschel Howard Baytes, and daughter of the late William A. and Alma Carroll Jarrett. Mrs. Baytes was a member of Adairsville Methodist Church, a former Sunday School teacher, and former employee of...

Corinne Donnahoo

Corinne Donnahoo

Feb 15, 2012

Corinne Donnahoo, 95, of Inman, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 5, 1917, in Gramling, SC, she was the widow of Jim Donnahoo, and daughter of the late Melvin and Ruth Foster Fisher. She was a member of Gramling United Methodist Church. Left to cherish her memory are her...

Gladys Quinn

Gladys Quinn

Feb 14, 2012

Gladys Lawson Quinn, 85, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday February 14, 2012. Born January 17, 1927, in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Victor and Mary Farmer Lawson, and wife of the late Oliver H. Quinn. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Buffalo, SC. Survivors include her son, Phillip M. Quinn and wife...

Mildred Painter

Mildred Painter

Feb 13, 2012

Mildred Cleo Harris Painter, 83, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 13, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 12, 1928, in Polk County, White Oak Township, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Jade Hicks Harris and Mamie Fowler Harris, and wife, for 57 years, of the late John Eugene Painter. Mrs. Painter was a member of...

Dorothy Poole

Dorothy Poole

Feb 13, 2012

Dorothy "Granny" Poole, 74, of Spartanburg, beloved widow of C. E. "Papa" Poole, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at home with family. Granny grew her wings and flew into her husbands waiting arms beside Jesus. With their love for each other they had never missed a Valentine's Day together for 56 years and weren't going to stop now. She...

Jerald Garner

Jerald Garner

Feb 12, 2012

Jerald Nelson Garner, 56, of Seneca, SC, died Sunday, February 12, 2012. He was the son of Marie Garrett Garner of Spartanburg and the late Nelson Garner. Mr. Garner was a graduate of UNC in Chapel Hill and employed with Duke Energy, Oconee Nuclear Plant, for 30 years. He was a longtime purveyor of classic comic books and of the...

Lona Blake

Lona Blake

Feb 12, 2012

Lona Jones Blake, 90, died Sunday, February 12, 2012. Mrs. Blake was born and lived her entire life in Spartanburg, SC. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Joseph J. Blake, and her son-in-law, Dr. James W. Pinkney. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy B. Pinkney of Greenville, North Carolina; her son, Joseph J. Blake Jr. and...

Mildred Copelton

Mildred Copelton

Feb 11, 2012

Mildred Pauline Thomas Copelton, 94, of Roebuck, SC, formerly of 316 Beech Street, Stanhope, NJ, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 23, 1917, in Fayette County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Orval and Mary Elizabeth Bolen Thomas, and wife of the late John Edward Copelton. Mrs. Copelton was a member...

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