Kathleen Leverette
Jul 6, 2011
Kathleen Traylor Leverette, 85, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Skylyn Place Health Center. Born February 24, 1926, in Hickory Grove, York County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Richard Hobson and Irene Montgomery Traylor. Mrs. Leverette was a member of Drayton Baptist Church. She was a former choir member and very active in many church...
Eugene "Cato"
Jul 6, 2011
Eugene Earl Cato, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born, July 16, 1924, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Oscar Cauthen and Verna Angel Cato, and husband of the late Flora Stacey Seals Cato. "Cato" was a Navy veteran of World War II and retired from Duke Energy after 34...
Mary Scruggs
Jul 5, 2011
Mary Gallman Scruggs, 91, of 270 Woodgate Road, formerly of 179 Brown Street, Cowpens, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at her home. Born September 12, 1919, in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late King David and Etta Waddell Gallman, and wife of the late Dover Scruggs. Mrs. Scruggs was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Cowpens....
Ethel Burnett
Jul 4, 2011
Ethel Marie Stroud Burnett, 92, of Spartanburg, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at Windsor House-Spartanburg. Born October 27, 1918, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Mohan and Kate Ward Stroud, and wife of the late Conley Burnett. Mrs. Burnett was a charter member of Abner Baptist Church and a 27 year employee of Sears & Roebuck, retiring...
Gladys Easler
Jul 4, 2011
Gladys Millwood Holland Easler, of Spartanburg, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at her home. Born January 28, 1920, in White Stone, SC, she was the daughter of the late Boyce Lee and Carrie Fowler Millwood. Gladys was a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn H. Scruggs; a grandson, Barry Scruggs, who was raised in her home;...
Lottie Rakestraw
Jul 4, 2011
Lottie Hughes Rakestraw, 87, of Inman, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at Inman Healthcare. Born September 14, 1923, in Cherokee, NC, she was the daughter of the late William and Aida McAbee Hughes. Lottie was of the Baptist faith and a former employee of Enoree Mills. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Friday, July 8, 2011, at Floyd's North...
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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