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Juanita Johnson

Juanita Johnson

Dec 10, 2010

Juanita Emory Shropshier Johnson died Friday, December 10, 2010, at her home. Born May 3, 1933, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee and Dollie Mae Willis Emory. She was first married to the late Charles B. Shropshier and then to the late Ned L. Johnson. She was a past state and local president of the...

Dorthy Harris

Dorthy Harris

Dec 7, 2010

Dorthy Glee Phillips Harris, 83, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at her home. Born May 5, 1927 in Spirit Lake, IA, she was the daughter of the late George Anderson and Elsie Jane Maloney Phillips. She was a member of White Stone United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, E.W. Harris; three daughters, Ruth Bagwell and husband Frank,...

Frances Mccallister

Frances Mccallister

Dec 6, 2010

Frances G. McCallister, 75, of 3 Beech Street, died Monday, December 6, 2010 at her home. Born March 28, 1935 in Lynn, NC, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Alta Pack Gosnell and wife of the late Tim Ray McCallister. She was retired from Spartan Undies and a member of Whitney Free Will Baptist. Survivors include four...

Frank Goran

Frank Goran

Dec 6, 2010

Frank Goran, 96, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, died Monday, December 6, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was born March 18, 1914 in Cakovic, Croatia and was husband of the late Wilma Haskins Goran. He was a retired Vice President of Butte Knit. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Harmony Haskins and a stepson, Tim Haskins both of Spartanburg. Burial will...

Dr. Hudgens

Dr. Hudgens

Dec 5, 2010

Dr. William Robert "Bob" Hudgens, 79, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 31, 1931 in Laurens, he was the son of the late Roy and Ruth Couch Hudgens. He was a pediatrician for 41 years and was retired from Pediatric Associates. He graduated from Laurens High School, Furman University in 1953, and...

Christine Shook

Christine Shook

Dec 4, 2010

Christine Elizabeth Blackwood Shook, 87, died December 4, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center with her family by her side from lung disease and other complications following a hip fracture in August. She was born May 24, 1923, in Cherokee County, SC and was the daughter of the late Fred and Lillian Morris Blackwood. She graduated from Boiling Springs High...

Delaine Rush

Delaine Rush

Dec 4, 2010

Delaine Willis "Lainey" Rush, 49, of 891 Beverly Drive, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 after a long battle with cancer, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by her family and friends. Born June 3, 1961 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Joe Earl and Sarah Davis Willis. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School, a long time employee...

Benjamin Utley

Benjamin Utley

Dec 4, 2010

Benjamin Tyler Utley, 38, of Inman, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 at his home. Born March 24, 1972 in Oakland, CA, he was the son of Dr. Joella Jordan Utley of Campobello and the late Dr. Joe R. Utley. He lived in California and Kentucky before the family moved to Spartanburg, SC in 1983. He was a member of First...

Joseph Matuza

Joseph Matuza

Dec 4, 2010

Joseph Peter Matuza, 96, of Chesnee, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foot Hills. Born March 1, 1914 in Hanover Township, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph Peter Matuza, Sr. and Mary Bublis Matuza and husband of the late Anna Helen Semanek Matuza. He was retired from Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company in Newark,...

Jerry Kirby, Sr.

Jerry Kirby, Sr.

Dec 4, 2010

Jerry Wayne Kirby, Sr., 55, of 214 Dana Drive, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 5, 1955 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Oren Lee Kirby and Carrie Emily Franklin Kirby Jones. He was formerly employed as a supervisor with Pentex Corporation, attended Buck Creek Baptist Church, and was an avid...

Kate Ballanger

Kate Ballanger

Dec 3, 2010

Kate Ridings Ballenger, 86 of 542 Houston Street, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Born June 10, 1924 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Bessie Kiser Ridings and the wife of the late Jesse Crawford Ballenger. A 1942 graduate of Fairforest High School, she worked for Artex Cleaners. She was a...

Pauline Mcfall

Pauline Mcfall

Dec 3, 2010

Pauline Burnett McFall, 84, wife of the late Fred Franklin "Booby" McFall, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2010. She is survived by a son, Fred R. McFall; two daughters, Frieda O'Shields and Connie Damron; eight grandchildren, Candice Bright, Daniel, April, and Stacey O'Shields, Summer Demsdale, Fred R. McFalls, Jr., Heath Nix and Todd Wilson; eleven great-grandchildren, Kristy O'Sullivan, Amber,...

Steven Baer

Steven Baer

Dec 2, 2010

Steven Abbott Baer, 64, of Spartanburg, formerly of Howell, NJ, died peacefully at his home Thursday, December 2, 2010. Born April 10, 1946 in Yonkers, NY, he was the son of the late Betty White Baer and Emil Baer and wife Shirley of Stuart, FL. He was the President and owner of Apexical, Inc., a business member of the South...

V. Brannon

V. Brannon

Dec 1, 2010

Volney Robert Brannon, 79, of 2137 Boiling Springs Road, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at his residence. Born January 28, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was a son of the late James Volney and Myrtle Jackson Brannon and the husband of Dr. Virginia Hines Brannon. Mr. Brannon was a television and electronics technician, was a U. S. Army veteran, and...

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Dec 1, 2010

Woodrow Wilson, 98, of Boiling Springs, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at his home. He was born April 24, 1912 in Marion, NC. Mr. Wilson was the loving husband of Katherine Dean Wilson for 66 years and was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was the son of the late L. Peru and Bettie Stone Wilson....

Juanita Nuckols

Juanita Nuckols

Nov 30, 2010

Juanita Prince Nuckols, 93, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at White Oak Manor. Born May 6, 1917 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joe Richard and Wilma Frances Turner Prince. She married Richard T. Nuckols March 15, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC. Juanita lived most of her life in Gastonia, NC and Cocoa, FL, and returned...

Warren Sanders

Warren Sanders

Nov 29, 2010

Warren H. "Bill" Sanders, 87, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 1, 1923 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Banks and Elizabeth Sanders and the husband of the late Jo Ellen Aiken Sanders. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School, he retired in 1985 from Southern Railroad, Haynes Shop after 40...

Geneva Alman

Geneva Alman

Nov 29, 2010

Geneva Reno Goforth Alman, 94, of Spartanburg, died Monday, November 29, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1916 in Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Roten and Nancy Anzaline Gann Reno. She was first married to the late William C. Goforth and then to the late Judson Alman. She was the oldest...

John Edwards

John Edwards

Nov 29, 2010

John James Edwards, 79, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born December 29, 1930, in Canton, Ohio, he was a son of the late John Henry and Ina Rattray Edwards. He was a retired salesman for Hordis Brothers Glass Inc. in Atlanta, GA, a graduate of Ohio State University and was a member...

Bobby Dill

Bobby Dill

Nov 29, 2010

Bobby Dill, 79, of Inman, died Monday, November 29, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. A native of Spartanburg, he was born April 18, 1931 to the late Hugh Vance and Sarah Hodge Dill. A graduate of Cecil's Business College, he was the former president and owner of Dill Well and Supply Company, Inc. He attended Boiling Springs First Baptist...

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