Obituaries

Loree Lawrence

Loree Lawrence

Oct 24, 2011

Loree Thomas Lawrence, 87, formerly of Fairmont, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 3, 1924, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Brooks G. and Mattie Sanders Thomas, and wife of the late Claude Howe Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence was retired from Startex Mills and was a member of Fairmont United Methodist...

Lizzie Hayes

Lizzie Hayes

Oct 24, 2011

Lizzie Belle Dillard Hayes, 92, of Pacolet, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 28, 1919, in Pacolet, she was the daughter of the late Perry Lester and Fannie Belle Kirby Dillard, and loving wife, for over 60 years, of the late Harold Wallace Hayes. Mrs. Hayes was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church...

Mary Dillard

Mary Dillard

Oct 23, 2011

Mary Rogers Dillard, 75, of Pacolet, and former resident of Charleston from 1947-1996, entered eternal rest Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 28, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late George and Grace Perkins Rogers, and wife of the late Sam Walker Dillard, Sr. She was a member of Pacolet United Methodist...

Ken Temple

Ken Temple

Oct 23, 2011

Kenny L. Temple, 74, of Wellford, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 18, 1937, in Maryland, he was the son of the late Ruel Swigett and Nellie Mae Sherman Wheeler. Mr. Temple retired as a machinist after 36 years at Union Camp Co. He was a member of North Spartanburg Church of God. Survivors...

Louise Giles

Louise Giles

Oct 22, 2011

Louise Clary Giles, 86, of 400 Webber Road, Spartanburg, died Saturday, October 22, 2011, at McCall Hospice House of Greenville, SC. Born August 15, 1925, in Cherokee County, she was a daughter of the late Alonzo and Elsie Ward Clary and the wife of the late Talmadge Scott Giles. She was retired after 33 years of employment with the South...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...