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William Holcombe

William Holcombe

Jul 3, 2011

William Evan Holcombe, 85, of Spartanburg - known as Hawkeye by his Navy and high school friends - died Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 27, 1925, in Greenville County, he was the son of the late Loten LeVant and Elsie Lee Omey Case Holcombe. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Julia...

Roy Edge

Roy Edge

Jul 2, 2011

Roy Cecil Edge, 74, of 160 Allen Street, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born December 21, 1936 in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Troy Webster and Bessie Bonner Edge. He was retired from General Electric, of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the U. S....

Sybil Pugh

Sybil Pugh

Jun 29, 2011

Sybil Enola Powell Pugh, 93, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at Magnolia Manor-Spartanburg. Born October 9, 1917, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William J. and Elizabeth Jane Crocker Powell, and wife of the late Hugh Richard Pugh, Jr. Sybil was the last surviving member of her immediate family and the youngest of thirteen children....

Norman Horne

Norman Horne

Jun 28, 2011

Norman Denny Horne, 83, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 26, 1927, in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Fred and Pauline Whiteside Horne. Mr. Horne loved to farm and garden. He was a member of Drayton Baptist Church and retired from Drayton Mills after 30 years of...

James Eubanks, Sr.

James Eubanks, Sr.

Jun 27, 2011

James Leroy Eubanks, Sr., 93, of Spartanburg, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at White Oak Manor. Born July 27, 1917, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Emmitt and Lila Cathcart Eubanks, and husband of the late Evelyn Velma Eubanks. Mr. Eubanks was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. He fought in the Battle of...

Florence Hill

Florence Hill

Jun 24, 2011

Florence Bledsoe Hill, 84, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at White Oak Manor. Born September 8, 1926, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Bledsoe and Maggie Jones Bledsoe Schultz, stepdaughter of the late Benjamin Shultz, and widow of Durward F. Hill. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Hill was retired from...

Julia Varner

Julia Varner

Jun 24, 2011

Julia West Varner, 91, of 150 Pepperidge Drive, Spartanburg, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born October 23, 1919, in Campobello, SC, she was a daughter of the late Sorrels Franklin and Mary Alice Durham West and widow of Ralph Smith Varner. She was retired after 44 years of service as manager of Fairforest Remnant Store/Reeves Brothers...

Ophelia Hamrick

Ophelia Hamrick

Jun 23, 2011

Ophelia Williams Hamrick, 90, of Cowpens, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 24, 1921, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joe A. Williams, Sr. and Annie Brumbalow Williams, and wife of the late Virgil P. Hamrick, Sr. Mrs. Hamrick was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church and retired from Hamrick's Grocery....

Patsy Hammett

Patsy Hammett

Jun 23, 2011

Patsy Jo Kirby Hammett, 63, of Cowpens, died Thursday, June 23, 2011 at her home. Born August 16, 1947, in Cowpens, she was the daughter of the late Charles Loel and Rosa Maynor Kirby. Patsy was a member of Goucher Baptist Church, Gaffney, and retired from Hoechst Fibers. Survivors include her son, Timothy Dean Wood of Cowpens; a granddaughter, Roxxy...

Barbara Hall

Barbara Hall

Jun 23, 2011

Barbara Ann "Babs" Gunter Hall, 62, of Madison, TN, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Centennial Medical Center. Born February 14, 1949, in Auburn, AL, she was the daughter of the late Robert Burke and Jeanne Reitz Gunter, and wife of the late John Robert Hall. Mrs. Hall graduated from Spartanburg High School, attended Clemson University, and graduated from Medical...

Stanley Willard

Stanley Willard

Jun 23, 2011

Stanley "Stan" Allen Willard, 68, of Spartanburg, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 30, 1942, he was the son of the late James Harrison and Mabel Allen Willard. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force, Mr. Willard served during the Vietnam era. He was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church and...

Rev. Mcgaha

Rev. Mcgaha

Jun 23, 2011

Rev. Michael Philip McGaha, 61, of Pacolet, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 28, 1950, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Harry O. McGaha and is survived by his mother, Ruby Phillips McGaha, of Pacolet, and husband of the late Deborah Lee McGaha. Rev. McGaha was a member of Pacolet Mills...

Sylvia Owens

Sylvia Owens

Jun 22, 2011

Sylvia Elaine Crowe Owens, 67, of Campobello, went home to be with Jesus, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Born December 20, 1943, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Brank and Jessie Johnson Crowe, and wife of her beloved husband, Charles Owens, of the home. Mrs. Owens was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Cowpens. In addition to her...

Robert Mason

Robert Mason

Jun 22, 2011

Robert Glenn Mason, 85, of Concord, NC. Born March 7, 1926, he was the son of the late John B. and Etta Gosnell Mason, and husband of the late Virginia Geraldine "Charlie" Hamrick Mason. Mr. Mason was a 1944 graduate of Tri High School. He was called into the U.S. Air Force one month prior to graduation and his diploma...

Clarence Poole, Jr.

Clarence Poole, Jr.

Jun 22, 2011

Clarence "Junior" Edgar Poole, Jr., 79, of Spartanburg, also known as "Papa" to his grand and great-grandchildren, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 29, 1931, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Clarence Edgar Poole, Sr. and Nettie Blackwell Poole. He is survived by his loving wife, Dorothy Genelle Weathers Poole, of...

Dorothy Stephens

Dorothy Stephens

Jun 22, 2011

Dorothy Golden Stephens, 84, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at her home. Born November 2, 1926, in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Landon Smith and Annie Mae McCary Golden, and wife of the late Chester H. Stephens. Dorothy raised five wonderful children, volunteered for Mobile Meals Service, and was a member of St. Paul United...

Dorothy Cochran

Dorothy Cochran

Jun 21, 2011

Dorothy "Dotsie" A. Millwood Cochran, 70, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at Magnolia Place-Spartanburg. Born May 12, 1941, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Furman and Lydia Cash Millwood, and is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nonley Cochran. In addition to her husband, survivors include her daughter, Lisa Cochran; sons, Dale Millwood, Randy,...

Emmett Mcarthur

Emmett Mcarthur

Jun 21, 2011

Mr. Emmett Lyle McArthur, 96, of Spartanburg, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Born May 15, 1915, in Chester, SC, he was the son of the late David Lyle and Mattie Locke McArthur, and husband of the late Bertha Ezell McArthur. Emmett served in the Pacific with the 5th Air Force during World War II...

John Reagan

John Reagan

Jun 20, 2011

John Arthur Reagan III, 64, of Spartanburg, died Monday, June 20, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 20, 1947, in Hartsville, he was the son of the late John Arthur Reagan Jr. and Katherine Tillotson Reagan. He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Betty Hudson Reagan, of the home. Mr. Reagan was a member of...

Catherine Peck

Catherine Peck

Jun 19, 2011

Catherine "Kit" Hale Peck, 86, died at her own home in Charlotte, on June 19, 2011, where she had lived for 49 years. She was born in Spartanburg, SC, on December 4, 1924, to Dr. Walter Keith Hale and Katherine Fitzgerald Hale, and was one of four children. Kit graduated from Spartanburg High School, where she served as Class President,...

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