Obituaries

Robert Lynch, Sr.

Robert Lynch, Sr.

Mar 5, 2012

Robert H. "Bobby" Lynch, Sr., 58, of Inman, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at his home. Born November 7, 1953, in Akron, OH, he was the son of Nettie Mae Smith Lynch Hawkins of Woodruff, SC, and the late Beverly Ernest Lynch. Mr. Lynch was a member of Gaffney Free Will Baptist Church and attended Parkway Free Will Baptist Church....

Marvin Jones

Marvin Jones

Mar 3, 2012

Marvin Jack Jones, 91, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 26, 1920 in Norton, VA, he was the son of the Emmett Monroe and Myrtle Frazer Jones and husband of the late Ival Mae Wheatley Jones. Mr. Jones was retired from Meadow Gold Dairy, a member of First Church of God, a...

Betty Padgett

Betty Padgett

Mar 2, 2012

Betty Aiken Padgett, 83, of Boiling Springs, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at RoseCrest. Born September 28, 1928 in Spartanburg County, she was the widow of the late Glenn Hicks Padgett and daughter of the late Tommy Dee Aiken and Annie Mason Aiken Hayes. Mrs. Padgett retired from Boiling Springs High School after 28 years of service, a member of...

Elizabeth Gossett

Elizabeth Gossett

Mar 2, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Miller Gossett, 81, of Cross Anchor, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born November 9, 1930 in Pauline, she was the daughter of the late Stewart and Virginia Morrow Miller and wife of the late Lecil Gossett. Mrs. Gossett was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, a volunteer with the Cross Anchor Shriner's...

Margaret Jones

Margaret Jones

Mar 2, 2012

Margaret Oglesby Jones, 89, of Cowpens, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 4, 1922 in Cowpens, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Timmie Gibbs Oglesby and wife of the late Claude O. Jones, Jr. Mrs. Jones was retired from Clifton Manufacturing Company and a member of Salem United Methodist Church...

Harry Taylor

Harry Taylor

Mar 1, 2012

Harry L. "Buddy" Taylor, 65, passed away Thursday March 1, 2012 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, SC, with Alzheimer's disease. Born July 10, 1946, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Harry and Elsa Taylor. Buddy served in the National Guard, graduated from Wofford College, and was a past president of the Spartanburg...

Ethelrene Brooks

Ethelrene Brooks

Mar 1, 2012

Ethelrene Hogg Brooks, 87, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 12, 1924, in Barnwwell County, SC, she was the widow of Stephen A. Brooks, Jr., and daughter of the late George M. and Banner Brant Hogg. Mrs. Brooks was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church where she was active in the...

Stuart Montague

Stuart Montague

Mar 1, 2012

Stuart Bedford Montague, 60, of Aiken, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at his home. Born June 29, 1951, in Alton, IL, he was the son of the late Jamey Wortley and Alice Louise Montague. Surviving are wife, Diana Johnson, of Aiken; two sons, Stuart Allen Montague of Boiling Springs and James Coffee of Windsor; brother, Jamey...

Donaleen Snow

Donaleen Snow

Feb 29, 2012

Donaleen Trent Snow, 79, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Windsor House West-Spartanburg. Born June 24, 1932, in Spartanburg County, she was the widow of Marvin Jerome Snow, and daughter of the late Henry and Edna Craine Trent. Mrs. Snow retired from Metromont Materials after 45 years of service. She volunteered for 10 years delivering meals for Mobile...

Eunice Wall

Eunice Wall

Feb 29, 2012

Eunice Wilson Wall, 87, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Windsor House West-Spartanburg. Born August 30, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas G. and Rosa Bell Blanton Wilson. Mrs. Wall was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Waterloo Baptist Church. She was very active in children's ministries and...

Ronald Waddell

Ronald Waddell

Feb 29, 2012

Ronald "Ron" Douglas Waddell, 68, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 16, 1943, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson and Zora Elizabeth Brown Waddell. Mr. Waddell retired from Union Camp with over 30 years of service. He was a member of Central Baptist Church of Cowpens. He...

Pedro Acosta Sr.

Pedro Acosta Sr.

Feb 29, 2012

Mr. Pedro Nel Acosta, 65, of Inman, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 1, 1946, in Bogota, Colombia, he was the son of Luis Ramon Acosta of Bogota, Colombia, and the late Cecilia Ardila Acosta. Mr. Acosta was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Spartanburg. He was employed for 25 years...

Jimmy Thornton

Jimmy Thornton

Feb 28, 2012

Jimmy Mike Thornton, 70, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 17, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Oren and Ruby Green Cannon. He was formerly employed by Fairforest Fence Company. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Louise Goforth Thornton; children, Michael James Thornton (Trudy) of Spartanburg, Billy Wayne Thornton...

Beulah Patterson

Beulah Patterson

Feb 27, 2012

Beulah Lee Pearson Patterson, 93, of Roebuck, died Monday, February 27, 2012, at Windsor House West-Spartanburg. Born January 29, 1919, in Woodruff, she was the daughter of the late Faber M. and Beulah Cox Pearson. She was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, John "Jack" M. Patterson, Jr. Beulah and Jack lived for many years in Greenville, SC, before...

Edwin Griffin

Edwin Griffin

Feb 27, 2012

Edwin Motte Griffin, 88, died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Belle Darden Griffin of Spartanburg; his two sons, Edwin Motte Griffin, Jr. and his wife Molly and John Darden Griffin and his wife Margaret, all of Mt. Pleasant, SC; and his six grandchildren, Jeffrey Motte Griffin,...

Ethel Hughes

Ethel Hughes

Feb 25, 2012

Ethel Henson Hughes, 89, of 532 Pierpont Avenue Extension, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 22, 1922, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late William Alexander and Zora Lee Donnahoo Henson and widow of James Naubert Hughes. She was retired from Butte Knit...

Robert Foster

Robert Foster

Feb 25, 2012

Robert Foster, 59, of 1180 Campton Road, Inman, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2012, at his home. Born December 10, 1952, in Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late Carl and Emmie Elmer Tucker Foster. He retired from Ray Walker Trucking Company and was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Robert loved his Lord, his family, and all...

Marina Bitzas

Marina Bitzas

Feb 24, 2012

Marina "Presbytera" Stolakis Bitzas, 98, died Friday, February 24, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 14, 1913, in Tsamanta, Greece, she was a daughter of the late Stavros and Eleny Kirky Stolakis and widow of the Rev. Constantine John Bitzas. She was a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the Philoptochos Society and a recipient of the...

Janie Gray

Janie Gray

Feb 24, 2012

Janie F. Gray, 85, formerly of Woodruff, died Friday, February 24, 2012, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Clayton Jackson and Louvenia Christopher Fortenberry. She was a homemaker, caregiver, and member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors are a son, Ray Gray and daughter-in-law Joy of Jonesville; daughter, Trudy Leiderman of...

Cynthia Debus

Cynthia Debus

Feb 23, 2012

Cynthia Merrill Debus, 65, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 23, 2012, at her home. Born December 29, 1946, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Clara Ruth Tiner Merrill. Survivors include her husband Richard G. Debus; daughter, Leigh Sweeney (Troy) of Kingston, TN, and Brooke Reed (David) of Columbia, SC; seven grandchildren; sister, Charmayne...