Obituaries

Lewis O'Ree

Lewis O'Ree

May 17, 2011

Lewis E. O'Ree, 48, of 151 Magnolia Street, Pacolet, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 18, 1962, in Syracuse, NY, he was the son of his late foster parent's, James C. Trent Jr. and Hazel Ellison Trent. Lewis was a member of Pacolet Mills Church of God. Survivors include his mother; three brothers; a...

"Danny" Lynch

"Danny" Lynch

May 16, 2011

George Daniel "Danny" Lynch, 50, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home. Born May 6, 1961, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Olin D. Lynch of Fairforest and Betty J. Steadings of Boiling Springs. Danny was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church, a welder, mechanical engineer, draftsman, and accomplished woodworker. Survivors include his three...

Nancy Mcfarlin

Nancy Mcfarlin

May 16, 2011

Nancy Crenshaw McFarlin, 64, of Boiling Springs, died Monday, May 16, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 7, 1947, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charlie M. and Ida Mae Moss Crenshaw and wife of the late Tommy McFarlin. Nancy was a member of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg and a data processor for...

Louvenia Seay

Louvenia Seay

May 15, 2011

Louvenia Seay, 86, of Inman, died Monday, May 16, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 23, 1924, in Columbus, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Ranson and Ollie Edwards Splawn. She was first married to the late Harold B. Metcalf and then to the late Leathco C. Seay. Louvenia was a member of Bethany Baptist...

Irvin Foster, Jr.

Irvin Foster, Jr.

May 14, 2011

Irvin John Foster, Jr., 65, of Clinton, died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Whitten Center. Born January 22, 1946, in Marion County, SC, he was the son of the late Irvin John Foster, Sr. and Gladys Shelley Foster. Johnny grew up in York, SC and moved at the age of 11 to Whitten Center where he spent the remainder of...

Mary Ondrus

Mary Ondrus

May 14, 2011

Mary Ann Fayak Ondrus, 83, of Boiling Springs, died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at her home. Born August 21, 1927, in Czechoslovakia, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Palis Fayak. Mrs. Ondrus was a member of the Catholic Church of Jesus Our Risen Savior and a volunteer at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. She was from North...

Margaret Easler

Margaret Easler

May 14, 2011

Margaret Parris Easler, 76, of Chesnee went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The last member of her immediate family, she was the daughter of the late Alex C. and Ruby H. Parris of Spartanburg and wife of the late Johnny Gaskin Easler. She is survived by two daughters, Amelia E. Wall "Megie" and husband...

Reece Daniel

Reece Daniel

May 13, 2011

Reece Henson Daniel, 72, of Spartanburg, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 3, 1938, in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of the late Leonard Finley and Vera Henson Daniel. Reece was a Mason and retired diesel mechanic with Diesel Truck Parts. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Ann Gossett Daniel; daughters,...

Thomas Layton, Sr.

Thomas Layton, Sr.

May 13, 2011

Thomas J. Layton, Sr., 72, of Pauline, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 22, 1938, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Webb Herman and Keifer Thacker Layton. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Thomas was owner and operator of Layton Upholstery for 35-plus years. He was...

Diane Austin

Diane Austin

May 12, 2011

Diane Nesser Austin, 70, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Skylyn Health Center. Born September 18, 1940, in Sayre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Col. Kenneth Blake Stark Sr. and Eleanor Verguson Stark, and wife of her first husband, the late Edward John Nesser, and second husband, the late James Edward Austin. Diane was a...

Robert Hight, Jr.

Robert Hight, Jr.

May 12, 2011

Robert A. Hight, Jr., 81, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long illness. He was the son of Robert A. Hight, Sr. and Pauline Roberts Hight. He was born in Hancock County Georgia on April 22, 1930. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Willaminta Norris Hight,; daughter, Deborah Harris and her...

Roy Tracy

Roy Tracy

May 12, 2011

Roy Layne Tracy, 84, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his home. Born September 23, 1926, in Cheyenne, OK, he was the son of the late Daniel Waterson Tracy and Mamie Snowden Tracy Beringer. He was first married to the late Anita Brewton Tracy. Roy was retired as a right-of-way agent for Duke Power Company, a veteran of...

Roy Lowe, Sr.

Roy Lowe, Sr.

May 12, 2011

Roy Carson Lowe, Sr. "Pop", 73, of Boiling Springs, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born May 30, 1937, in Fingerville, SC, he was the son of the late William and Nancy McAbee Lowe. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Roy was a veteran of the U....

Rachel Ruff

Rachel Ruff

May 12, 2011

Frances Rachel Ruff, 63, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at her home. Born March 17, 1948, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Pierpont and Ada Smith Lancaster Ruff. Rachel was employed by Milliken & Company after thirty-eight years of service she retired as a horticulturist. Rachel had also worked at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and most...

Bernice Simms

Bernice Simms

May 12, 2011

Bernice Dolores McLeod Johnston Simms, 87, of Greenville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born, July 14, 1923, in Jacksonville, FL, she was the daughter of the late Ozzie Dewitt and Leone Moss McLeod. Bernice graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL. She spent much of her time as a secretary-clerk in Camp Blanding,...

Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

May 11, 2011

Ethel Joy Dempsey Clayton, 82, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at her home. Born July 23, 1928, in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Broadus and Emma Hart Dempsey. Joy was of the Methodist faith and a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Ginny Gilbert and husband Howard of LaGrange, GA; three sons, Les Clayton...

Wade Norton, Sr.

Wade Norton, Sr.

May 11, 2011

Wade Roy Norton, Sr., of 290 Beacon Light Road, Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 12, 1943, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Roy and Marie Robbins Norton. Wade was a retired master electrician, a member of Clifton Masonic Lodge, a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of...

Maryanne Hayes

Maryanne Hayes

May 11, 2011

Maryanne Hayes, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 22, 1925, in Bedford, OH, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Ruth Alexander Bromley and wife of the late Dale Edward Hayes. Maryanne was an active member of Salem United Methodist Church, an enthusiastic member of the Walk to Emmaus...

Juanita Cappo

Juanita Cappo

May 10, 2011

Juanita White Cappo, 100, of Garden House Retirement Home, 201 Edgewood Dr., Anderson, and formerly of Bonita Springs, FL, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Born February 8, 1911, in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Walter E. White and Emma Louise Dipple White Russell and wife of the late W. Erminio Joseph Cappo. She was predeceased by...

Teresa Millwood

Teresa Millwood

May 10, 2011

Teresa Ann Fleming Millwood, 51, of Easley, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Born December 23, 1959, in Greenville, she was the daughter of Cecil Lee Fleming Sr. (Wanelle) of Lakeland, FL; and Mary Ann Jordan Stoudemire (Martin) of Easley. Teresa was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley where she served as...