Obituaries

Stephen Blackwell

Stephen Blackwell

Jan 25, 2012

Stephen Scott Blackwell, 54, of 123 Bobcat Trail, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Born December 13, 1957, in Spartanburg, he was a son of Mitchell A. Blackwell and the late Miriam King Blackwell. He was a 1976 graduate of Spartanburg High School and attended Spartanburg Methodist College. Steve was an employee of Faurecia and was the longtime owner/operator of Blackwell...

Lucille Marynor

Lucille Marynor

Jan 25, 2012

Lucille Neomi Waddell Maynor, 87, of Inman, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at her home. Born June 26, 1924, in Woodruff, she was the daughter of the late Levi Perry and Leila Foster Waddell, and wife of the late Emmett Lewis Maynor. Mrs. Maynor was a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church and a former member of Hayne Baptist Church,...

Pearl Floyd

Pearl Floyd

Jan 25, 2012

Pearl Warlick Floyd, 81, of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born July 21, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles S. Warlick, Sr., and Pearl Gaines Warlick, and wife of the late Eugene Pressley Floyd, Jr. Mrs. Floyd was a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church and retired...

Ruth Fletcher

Ruth Fletcher

Jan 24, 2012

Ruth C. Fletcher, 70, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born June 18, 1941, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Webb and Hannah Belle Hollifield Colley, and wife of the late William Calvin Fletcher. Ruth was a member of Fairview Baptist Church and retired from Mayfair Mills. Survivors...

Tula Cothran

Tula Cothran

Jan 23, 2012

Tula Hughes Cothran, of Spartanburg, died Monday, January 23, 2012, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Erskine and Lala Duncan Hughes, and wife of the late Harry Lee Cothran. Mrs. Cothran was an interior designer for HBJ Home Furnishings and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include her son,...

Elsie Henderson

Elsie Henderson

Jan 22, 2012

Elsie White Henderson, 91, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Magnolia Place. Born December 18, 1920, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry H. and Annie Lee Bridges White, and wife of the late Grady Lee Henderson. Mrs. Henderson was employed for 30 years with Converse Mill, she retired from Hoechst Fibers, and following...

Marvin Parham

Marvin Parham

Jan 22, 2012

Marvin Larry Parham, 65, of Spartanburg died Sunday, January 22, 2012 at his home. Born December 12 1946, he was the son of the late Thomas Parham and Laura Brady and husband of Linda Gail Moore Parham. Butch was a former employee of Spartan Mills and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are a daughter,...

Evelyn Culbreth

Evelyn Culbreth

Jan 22, 2012

Evelyn Fowler Culbreth, 64, of Cowpens died Sunday, January 22, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 6, 1947, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Floyd "Shorty" and Ruby Thrift Fowler and wife of William Boyd Culbreth. Evelyn was a former employee at Pentex and a member of Orchard Street Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition...

Gertrude Foster

Gertrude Foster

Jan 22, 2012

Gertrude Fortune Foster, 98, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born November 2, 1913, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Eugene and Isabel Dickson Fortune, and wife of the late James Jennings Foster. Mrs. Foster was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Roebuck and retired from Spartanburg...

Rachel Hobbs

Rachel Hobbs

Jan 22, 2012

Rachel Rodine Bogle Hobbs, 93, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Windsor House. Born July 5, 1918, in Carlisle County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Blanch Ellis Bogle, and wife of the late Cloys Arnold Hobbs. Mrs. Hobbs was an active member of Highpoint Baptist Church, Mayfield, KY. She traveled with her church...

Larry Sellars

Larry Sellars

Jan 21, 2012

Larry Roscoe Sellars, 69, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at his home. Born August 31, 1942 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Robert O. and Aleen Christopher Sellars, and husband of Lelia Reebenaker Sellars. Larry was a former truck driver, a member of Woodsmen Sportsman Club, and a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors, in addition to...

Johnny Davis

Johnny Davis

Jan 21, 2012

Johnny D. Davis, 68, of Spartanburg died Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Eden Terrace. Born April 12 1943 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Mamie Cooksey Davis and the late Claude L. Davis, Sr. and husband of Nancy Thompson Davis. He was retired from Lockwood-Greene, a member of White Stone United Methodist Church, a life member of both the...

Ernest Davis

Ernest Davis

Jan 21, 2012

Ernest T. Davis, 81, of 2711 Hanging Rock Road, Inman, SC died peacefully at home on January 21, 2012 after an extended illness. He was retired from Community Cash Stores Warehouse after 45 years of service and was the son of the late William Henry Davis and Mattie Worley Davis. He attended Spartanburg High School, was an active member of...

Roy Goodwin, Jr.

Roy Goodwin, Jr.

Jan 20, 2012

Roy Earl Goodwin, Jr., 87, of Spartanburg, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at Skylyn Place. Born March 26, 1924, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Roy Earl Goodwin, Sr. and Ethel Ailene Hudson Goodwin. He was co-owner of Goodwin Auto Parts, a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Wofford...

Hilda Mcwhorter

Hilda Mcwhorter

Jan 17, 2012

Hilda King McWhorter, 89, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Presbyterian Home in Summerville, SC. Mrs. McWhorter was born February 5, 1922, in Abbevile, SC, daughter of the late Charles Thompson and Sallie Woodhurst King. Mrs. McWhorter was a graduate of Winthrop University. She was a kindergarten teacher at Westminster Presbyterian Church and taught second grade...

Walter Lanford, Jr.

Walter Lanford, Jr.

Jan 17, 2012

Walter Gates Lanford, Jr., 85, of 3215 Keatly St., Spartanburg, SC, son of the late Walter Gates Lanford, Sr., and Rosalie Rampley Lanford, passed from this earthly home to dwell in his heavenly home on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. He is survived by his loving wife, Betty Walker Lanford; daughters, Terrilee (Phil) Miller of Columbia, SC, Cynthia (Jimmy) Tobias of...

Margaret Cannon

Margaret Cannon

Jan 16, 2012

Margaret Duncan Hart Cannon, 101, formerly of 311 Sunridge Drive, Spartanburg, and recently of White Oak Estates, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 16, 1910, in Ridge Spring, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert William and Rebecca Margaret Jones Hart, and wife of the late John B. Cannon, Jr. (CPA). Mrs....

Juanita Cooper

Juanita Cooper

Jan 16, 2012

Juanita Bishop Cooper, 74, of Spartanburg, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born April 27, 1937, in Spartanburg County, she was the youngest of twelve children, a daughter of the late Charles Oliver and Annie Lillian Cabiness Bishop, and wife of the late William Howard Cooper. She was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church....

Ruthadele Biegger

Ruthadele Biegger

Jan 15, 2012

Ruthadele Lowhon Biegger, 88, of Inman, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born June 4, 1923, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joel Emory and Jenny Louise Hallman Lowhon, and wife of the late Francis Joseph Biegger. She was the last surviving member of her family. Mrs. Biegger was a lifelong member of St. John's...

Robert Lawson

Robert Lawson

Jan 15, 2012

Robert Elvin Lawson, 85, of Pauline, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at his home. Born July 17, 1926, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Robert Clyde and Bonnie Nichols Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and a lifelong farmer with Lawson...