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Deborah Johnson

Deborah Johnson

Apr 4, 2011

Deborah Lee Blackwelder Johnson, 41, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 4, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1969, in Spartanburg, she is survived by her parents, Donald Gerald and Annie Scruggs Blackwelder. Deborah was of the Freewill Baptist faith and a loan officer with Navy Federal Credit Union, Charleston, SC. She was a graduate of Westgate Christian...

Ed Layne

Ed Layne

Apr 3, 2011

Ed Layne, 58, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at his home. Born August 15, 1952, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Robert Louis Layne Sr. and Dorothy Hon Layne. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Rita Ann Huskey Layne. Mr. Layne was a member of Ben Avon Baptist Church. In addition to...

"Bobby" Mccarley

"Bobby" Mccarley

Apr 3, 2011

James R. "Bobby" McCarley, 79, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 9, 1931, in Moore, he was the son of the late John James and Frances McAbee McCarley. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Louise Holt McCarley. Mr. McCarley was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict....

Justin Blanton

Justin Blanton

Apr 3, 2011

Justin Darrell Blanton, age 31, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 3, 2011, at his home in Greenville, SC. Justin was born on April 17, 1979, and raised in Spartanburg, SC. He graduated from Dorman High School (1997), and the University of South Carolina (2006). He was self-employed. He had a love for life and enjoyed cooking, trying new cuisines,...

Kirk Neely

Kirk Neely

Apr 3, 2011

Kirk (Bebop) Neely, 90, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 14, 1920, in Greenville, and reared in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Mamie Willingham Lawton and Kreswell Edward Neely, Sr. Mr. Neely was the past-president of Neely's Building Supplies and a member of Morningside Baptist Church. He was predeceased...

Patricia Hughey

Patricia Hughey

Apr 3, 2011

Pat Hughey, 69, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Born April 17, 1941, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of Elizabeth Reagan Gilliam and the late George Washington Gilliam. She was a former employee of Siemens and a member of Harvest Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Oscar Eugene Hughey; two daughters, Debbie...

Correll Gardner-Crenshaw

Correll Gardner-Crenshaw

Apr 2, 2011

Correll Gilbert Gardner-Crenshaw, 85, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 2, 2011. Born March 1, 1926 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas L. and Mable Robbins Gilbert and wife of the late Billy R. Gardner and secondly to the late William L. Crenshaw. She was also the mother of the late Sylvia G. Greer and Mark...

Mary Cribb

Mary Cribb

Apr 1, 2011

Mary "Geri" Cribb, 78, of Chester died Friday, April 1, 2011 at her home. Born May 19, 1932 in Camden, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Edward and Emmie Mae Player Poston and wife of the late Joseph Edward Cribb, Sr. She was a member of Wilkesburg Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Otis Edwards, Jr. of...

Steven Carter

Steven Carter

Apr 1, 2011

Steven Andrew Carter, 57, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 1, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 14, 1953, in El Paso, TX, he was the son of the late John Alfred Carter and is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Shores Carter. Steve was of the Methodist faith and an employee of Best Buy. In addition to his mother,...

Edward Andreassen

Edward Andreassen

Mar 31, 2011

Edward Carl Andreassen, 59, of Inman, died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at his home. Born January 19, 1952, in Hazleton, PA, he was the son of the late Kjell Norman and Marit Tjersland Andreassen. He is survived by his wife, Eileen Catherine Dempsey Andreassen. Mr. Andreassen was a teacher and assistant principal for Spartanburg School Districts 2 and 7. He...

Iris Fincher

Iris Fincher

Mar 31, 2011

Iris Rose Houston Fincher, 82, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born July 1, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Herbert and Pearl Arlo Tucker Houston and wife of the late Clarence Edward Fincher. She owned and operated European Beauty Care in Spartanburg for 32 years and was a member...

Betty Lawson

Betty Lawson

Mar 30, 2011

Betty Guy Lawson, 80, of 151 Love Lane, Pacolet, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. Born March 3, 1931, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph William and Lillie Blanken Guy and wife of the late Earl S. Lawson. Mrs. Lawson was retired from Mountain View Nursing Home, after 17...

Boyd Horton

Boyd Horton

Mar 30, 2011

Boyd Ray Horton, 68, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 15, 1942 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William T. "Bill" and Ina Cox Ramsey Horton. He was a retired truck driver for Southeastern Paper Group and a U. S. Army veteran. Mr. Horton was a member of...

Annie Goldie

Annie Goldie

Mar 30, 2011

Annie Elizabeth "Betty" Foster Goldie, 87, a native of Fairforest, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Eden Terrace, Spartanburg, SC, after a brief illness. She had resided in Columbia, SC since the 1950's until she became a resident of Eden Terrace a few years ago. She was born September 1, 1923 in Fairforest, in the Foster family home...

Delores Stockman

Delores Stockman

Mar 30, 2011

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Delores Shepard Stockman, 80, of Spartanburg, joined many family members and friends in the presence of her Heavenly Father. Delores was born on May 11, 1930, in Knoxville, TN, to the late Hugh Cawood and Myrtle Miller Shepard. In 1941, Delores and her family moved to Spartanburg and soon joined Hayne Baptist Church (now United...

Dorothy Kelley

Dorothy Kelley

Mar 29, 2011

Dorothy Lucille Acker Martin Kelley, 78, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, in Landrum. Born January 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Veronica Haas Acker. She was first married to the late Roland Martin and then to the late Joseph Kelley. Dorothy was an active member of...

Evelyn Burrell

Evelyn Burrell

Mar 29, 2011

Evelyn Jeannie Everett Burrell, 57, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 29, 1953, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Betty Everett of Spartanburg and the late Raymond Lee Everett. She was a member of New Life Worship Center. In addition to her mother, she is survived by a son, Christopher Burrell...

Helen Clark

Helen Clark

Mar 28, 2011

Helen Virginia James Clark, 92, of Spartanburg, died Monday, March 28, 2011. Born November 25, 1918, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Annie Mae Edgens James and the wife of the late Harry Jennings Clark. Mrs. Clark was a former employee of Spartan Mills and a member of First Wesleyan Church. She was a...

Annie Porter

Annie Porter

Mar 28, 2011

Annie Maude Gowan Porter, 94, of Spartanburg, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born August 13, 1916, in Walnut Grove, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Alberry and Annie Maude O'Sheilds Gowan and wife of the late Odette Porter. Mrs. Porter was the retired assistant to the president of Spartanburg Technical College, a member of...

Dustin Harvey

Dustin Harvey

Mar 27, 2011

Dustin "Dusty" Harvey, 30, of 255 Limestone Street, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at home. He was born October 1, 1980, in Spartanburg and attended Spartanburg Technical College. Dusty was a volunteer for the Pacolet Mills Rescue Squad and Fire Department, a lifelong USC Gamecock fan, and a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his father and stepmother,...

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