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Edna Mccraw

Edna Mccraw

Oct 21, 2011

Edna Rorick McCraw, 87, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 21, 2011, at St. Francis East Hospital, Greenville, SC. Born July 3, 1924, in Fort Wayne, IN, she was a daughter of the late Nathan James and Liliosa Mary Sorg Rorick and the widow of Earl C. McCraw, Sr. She was a former secretary at Reeves Bros. and a member of...

Wilma Hester

Wilma Hester

Oct 21, 2011

Wilma Wood Hester, 82, of Spartanburg, rejoiced as she joined hands with her husband and son at the gate with Jesus on Friday, October 21, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 14, 1929, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late John Clarence and Clarice Gore Wood, and wife of the late Gerald M. Hester. Mrs....

June Cureton

June Cureton

Oct 19, 2011

Alice June Cannon Cureton, age 89, passed away peacefully in her home under hospice care on Wednesday, the 19th of October, 2011 surrounded by her family and caregivers. June is survived by William McDow "Mac" Cureton, her loving husband of 62 years. Also surviving are her daughter, Nancy Ogletree (Ron); her son, Richard Cureton (Laura); four grandchildren, Kelly Ogletree Turner...

Jack Davis

Jack Davis

Oct 19, 2011

Jack Davis, 81, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 24, 1930, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Floyd Eugene and Suelene Prather Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the U. S. Marines and U. S. Air Force. He served 10 years in the U. S. Marines and received...

Charles Duemmling

Charles Duemmling

Oct 17, 2011

Charles Walter Duemmling, 83, of Spartanburg, passed into God's hands Monday, October 17, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home leaving behind his loving wife of 62 years, Dottie (Dorothy) C. Duemmling. Born in Methuen, MA, May 16, 1928, he was the only child of the late C. W. and Mary Duemmling and was a U. S. Air Force veteran. A...

Minnie Smith

Minnie Smith

Oct 17, 2011

Minnie Sprouse Smith, 81, of Spartanburg, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 7, 1930 in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late William and Gertrude Blanton Sprouse and wife of the late William Jessie Smith. Mrs. Smith was retired from Mayfair Mills and a member of North Spartanburg Free Will Baptist...

Mary Shoolbred

Mary Shoolbred

Oct 16, 2011

Mary Ann Elliot Shoolbred, 84, of Lexington passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Lexington Medical Center Extended Care, Lexington, SC. Born July 4, 1927, in Bradenton, FL, she was the daughter of the late George Leonard Elliot and Mary Louise Enloe Elliot. Mrs. Shoolbred was a charter member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church and a graduate of Brenau College,...

Taylor Watson, Jr.

Taylor Watson, Jr.

Oct 15, 2011

Taylor Forest Watson, Jr. 54, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011 at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. Born August 25, 1957, he was the son of Flora James Watson of Wellford and the late Taylor Forest Watson, Sr. He was a retired textile employee, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a member of Bethany Baptist Church....

Beatrice Harris

Beatrice Harris

Oct 15, 2011

Beatrice Burns Harris, 98, of Wesley Court Assisted Living, Boiling Springs, SC, formally of Chesnee, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011. She was born in Gainsville, GA, the daughter of the late John H. and Pearl Margarite Hayes Wood and widow of the late Darcy Duncan Harris. She was first married to the late Russell Graham Burns. Mrs. Harris, better...

Rita Cox

Rita Cox

Oct 14, 2011

Rita Welsh Cox, 92, of Spartanburg, and a long time resident of Florence, SC, died Friday, October 14, 2011 at Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born August 8, 1919 in Dover, NH, she was the daughter of the late John Patrick and Elizabeth Bernadette Grimshaw Welsh and wife of the late Hugo Lesesne Cox. Mrs. Cox was employed at the Boston...

Carmine Squatriglia

Carmine Squatriglia

Oct 12, 2011

Carmine Charles Squatriglia, 63, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 28, 1948, in Waterbury, CT, he was the son of the late Charles Squatriglia and is survived by his mother, Rose Tasca Squatriglia of Brooklyn, CT. Mr. Squatriglia worked for Sanders Brothers as a safety engineer and was an avid motorcyclist. He...

Betty Sheridan

Betty Sheridan

Oct 12, 2011

Betty Mooneyham Sheridan, 81, of 448 Royal Oak Drive, Spartanburg, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 30, 1930, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Nell Worley Mooneyham. Mrs. Sheridan was married to the late Michael John Sheridan for 35 years. They successfully ran Sheridan's Restaurant on Union...

Joy Hodge

Joy Hodge

Oct 11, 2011

Joy Ann Wilson Hodge, 79, of Pacolet, wife of the late Olin T. Hodge, died Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Born May 8, 1932, in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late L. D. and Sue Land Wilson. Joy graduated from Greenwood High School, Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1954, and later attended USC-Columbia to receive her Bachelor...

Frances Hines

Frances Hines

Oct 11, 2011

Frances Webb Bumpass Henricksen Hines, 97, of Spartanburg, formerly of Cedar Springs, died Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born April 30, 1914, in Greensboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Sydney and Martha Pleasant Bumpass. She was predeceased by her first husband, Oscar T. Henricksen, and her second husband, Wilbert S. Hines....

Jacob Sill

Jacob Sill

Oct 10, 2011

Jacob Thornwell "Thorny" Sill, 89, of Spartanburg, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011. Thorny was a World War II Navy veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Gambier Bay in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was a recipient of a Purple Heart. After Thorny's military services, he worked as a telegraph operator with the C &...

Corran Gossett

Corran Gossett

Oct 10, 2011

Corran "Pete" Morgan Gossett, 91, of Shelby, NC, died Monday, October 10, 2011, at Peak Resources in Shelby. Born June 28, 1920, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Johnny and Elsie Cash Morgan, and wife of the late John Walter Gossett, Jr. Mrs. Gossett was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Spartanburg and retired from...

Carmie Fisher

Carmie Fisher

Oct 9, 2011

Carmie Gregg Fisher, 80, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 23, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Rena Elizabeth Hicks Gregg, and wife of the late Carrol James Fisher. She was a founding member of St. Luke United Methodist Church and an avid golfer. Survivors include...

Max Newton

Max Newton

Oct 9, 2011

Max Wayne Newton, 76, of 109 Fairway Drive, died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Summit Hills. Born September 22, 1935, in Chesnee, SC, he was the son of the late George D. and Mavis Parris Newton. He attended Syracuse University and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from Arrow Automotive Industry after 39 years of...

Walter Ballard

Walter Ballard

Oct 9, 2011

Walter Daniel "Dub" Ballard, 85, of 104 Whitener Avenue, Spartanburg, died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 13, 1925, in Pendleton, SC, he was a son of the late Walter David and Merly Moore Ballard. He was a graduate of Wofford College and was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy and the...

Robert Mccullough Jr.

Robert Mccullough Jr.

Oct 8, 2011

Bob was born February 4, 1922, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in and around Washington. He graduated from George Washington University and got his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force 1946-47. He moved to South Carolina in 1950 with the Deering Milliken Research Trust, and retired from...

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