John Freeman
Mar 19, 2011
John Grady Freeman, 78, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at his home. Born February 20, 1933, in White County, GA, he was a son of the late Albert Montgomery and Amanda Caroline Parker Freeman. He was owner of Freeman Metals, Inc., a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife of 26...
Margaret Strom
Mar 18, 2011
Margaret Louise Pidgeon Strom, 82, of 3249 Keatly Street, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at Windsor House. Born August 11, 1928, in Framingham, MA, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Alma Bolduc Pidgeon. She moved to Spartanburg in 1953 and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was active with Brownies of the Girl Scouts and...
Mildred Miller
Mar 18, 2011
Mildred Reeder Miller, 96, formerly of the Westview community of Spartanburg, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at White Oak Manor. Born March 25, 1914, in Campobello, SC, she was a daughter of the late Landon Edgar and Margaret Cornelia "Daisy" Hemminger Reeder and the widow of Carl C. Miller. Mildred attended several Spartanburg County schools where her father taught -...
Peggy Bain
Mar 16, 2011
Peggy Burnett Bain, 57, of Lake Bowen, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 11, 1954, in Charleston, SC, she was predeceased by her father A. E. (Al) Burnett and is survived by her mother, Alice Burnett of Spartanburg, SC. Peggy was an employee of Southern Bell/AT&T and a member of the AT&T Pioneers. She...
Myrtle Gregory
Mar 16, 2011
Myrtle Taylor Gregory, 90, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Spartanburg, July 14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Gertrude Snow Taylor; and wife, for forty years, of the late Claude Joseph Gregory. Myrtle was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Gregory was a member...
Margaret Holt
Mar 14, 2011
Margaret Louise Dedmond Holt, 90, died Monday, March 14, 2011, at White Oak Manor in Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Holt was born April 23, 1920, in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, NC. She was one of twelve children of the late Thomas Watson Dedmond and Susan Cantrell Dedmond. Survivors include a daughter, Jill H. Gilpatrick of Chesnee; a son, Thomas R....
Edward Bright
Mar 14, 2011
Edward H. Bright, 85, of Spartanburg, died Monday, March 14, 2011 at Dillon Pointe. Born May 30, 1925, in Tucapa, SC, he was the son of the late Leonard and Minnie Smith Bright and husband of the late Juanita Bright. Mr. Bright was a retired U. S. Postal worker, a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, and a...
Lawrence Davis
Mar 13, 2011
Lawrence Jefferson Davis, 97, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Summit Hills. Born, May 12, 1913, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Lawrence T. and Mattie Wood Davis and husband, of 58 years, to the late Ann Rebecca "Becky" McDowell Davis. He was retired, after 42 years of service, as a telegraph operator/night manager with...
Mary Hamrick
Mar 13, 2011
Mary Gail Mabry Hamrick, 67, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born, February 25, 1944, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James I. and Lois Grace Miller Mabry. Gail was a member of Carolina Baptist Church and a former employee of Spartan Mills. Survivors include a son, David Hamrick and wife...
"Betty Steadings
Mar 13, 2011
"Betty Boop" Betty Lou West Steadings, 63, of 7986 Asheville Hwy, Spartanburg, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at her home. Born February 8, 1948, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Roper and Mary Ellen Lane West and wife of the late Marion Edward "Dink" Steadings. Betty was a member of the Pentecostals of Spartanburg church. Survivors...
Anika Salas
Mar 13, 2011
Anika Amor Salas, infant daughter of Misael Salas and Leah Renee Jolley, was born and passed away at 4:23 PM on Sunday, March 13, 2011. In addition to her parents, Anika is survived by two grandmothers, Tomasa Cornejo and Vickie Jolley, both of Wellford; and a grandfather, Cecil Jolley, also of Wellford. Visitation will be 1:00-1:45 PM Tuesday, March 22,...
Frank Bailey
Mar 12, 2011
Frank Steven Bailey, 66, of Drayton, died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at his home. Born October 31, 1944 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Frank T. Bailey, Jr. and Eddie Sue Clardy Bailey. He was a security officer for Carolina Security at Dorman High School. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the...
Lt. Nix
Mar 12, 2011
Lt. Colonel Charles Edward Nix, 87, of 150 Nix Hamlet Drive died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at his home. Born May 23, 1923 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late George Washington and Stella Nix. Lt. Colonel Nix was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He patriotically served his country from 1945 until his retirement in 1969. He...
Ann Karam
Mar 11, 2011
Ann "Georgette" Karam, 70, of Spartanburg, died Friday March 11, 2011 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 21, 1940, in Gaza, Palestine, she was the daughter of the late Jamil and Sophie Manier Karam. She worked for Simpsonville and Mayfair Mills and was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Survivors include a daughter, Diana Fleifel...
Bobby Keenan
Mar 10, 2011
Bobby Gene Keenan, 60, of Gaffney, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his home. Born April 2, 1950, he was the son of the late William Robert and Frances Mae Jones Keenan and husband of the late Carolyn Ogle Keenan. Mr. Keenan was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Gaffney, and a retired truck driver for Yellow Freight. Survivors include...
Fred Marr
Mar 10, 2011
Fred Boyd Marr, 84, beloved husband of Elizabeth "Lib" Brown Marr, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011. Born August 22, 1926, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late James William and Rosie Irene Stoltz Marr. He was the last surviving member of a family of eight children. Mr. Marr honorably served his country in the United States Navy...
Bernard Donnerstag
Mar 9, 2011
Bernard Fred Donnerstag, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 25, 1937 in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Karl and Esther Hoffman Donnerstag. He is survived by his wife Linda Burgess Sawyer Donnerstag. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Bernie was also a former...
Mary Hodge
Mar 7, 2011
Mary W. Hodge, 92, of 252 Walker Street, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at her home. Born September 4, 1918 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James and Wavie Wyatt Woodring and the wife of the late Wilson Arthur Hodge. She retired from Pacolet Mills and was a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church. Survivors include...
William Wood
Mar 7, 2011
Fulton Wood, 88, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 7, 2011, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born November 7, 1922 in Laurens, SC, he was the son of the late William McKinley and Melvie Landers Wood and husband of the late Mrs. Lois Ellen Petty Wood. Mr. Wood was a 1940 graduate of Spartanburg High School. He...
Terry Devendorf
Mar 7, 2011
Terry Lee Devendorf, 55, of 909 Belcher Road, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born September 26, 1955 in Danbury, CT, he was the son of James N. Devendorf of Horseheads, NY and the late Alice vanNordstrand Devendorf. He was the owner of Ironclad Custom Spray-On Linings and a retired captain with the Bethel Volunteer...
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