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...
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...
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...
Gene Mcbee
Mar 7, 2011
Gene McBee, 74, of Union, died Monday, March 7, 2011, at J. F. Hawkins Healthcare. Born December 28, 1936 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Earl "Squirrel" and Reatha Josephine Henderson McBee. A 1955 graduate of Spartanburg High School, he retired as a mechanic from Big-O-Dodge, and was a Stock Car driver from 1954 to 1972....
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...
Nettie Read
Mar 6, 2011
Nettie Lou Read, 85, formerly of Heritage Courts went to be with her Lord on March 6, 2011 at Woodruff Manor in Woodruff, SC. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Watson and Bretta Worley Read. Affectionately known as "Nettie Buddy", many families entrusted her to care for their children. She was a former volunteer serving in the flower...
Margie Heafner
Mar 5, 2011
Margie C. Heafner, 82, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 2, 1928, in Cherryville, NC, she was a daughter of the late John Franklin and Lille Esther Ballard Chapman and the widow of George Dewey Heafner, Jr. She was retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was a charter member of Reidville Road United...
Mary Morrow
Mar 5, 2011
Mary Louise Morrow, 103, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the home of her niece. Born December 8, 1907, in Pauline, SC, she was a daughter of the late William Shands and Mamie Miller Morrow. She was retired from Flowers Bakery and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where she was Sunday School secretary for many years. She is...
Betty Martin
Mar 4, 2011
Betty Carter Martin, 87, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at Eden Terrace. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 12, 2011 in the First Presbyterian Church Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Clyde McCants. The family requests no flowers please. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 131 Tanya Rd. NE,...
James Sizemore, Sr.
Mar 4, 2011
James Richard Sizemore, Sr., 70, of Spartanburg, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 31, 1940 in Converse, SC, he was the son of the late Carroll C. and Ruby Estelle Crossley Sizemore. He was a commercial construction superintendent, of the Baptist faith, a 35-year Mason, a member of the Builders Association, and a U.S....
Robert Phillips
Mar 4, 2011
Robert V. Phillips, of 105 Phillips Road, entered into eternal rest on March 4, 2011, at White Oak Estates with his family by his side. A life-long resident of Spartanburg County, he was the youngest child of the late James J. and Bessie Gregory Phillips. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Jean Ratliff Phillips; and two loving...
Robert Mccraw
Mar 4, 2011
Robert K. "Sonny" McCraw (Pason), 74, Spartanburg, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at his home. Born December 11, 1936 in Chesnee, he was the son of the late Charles Huggins and Leila Mae Parris McCraw. He was owner and operator of McCraw's Barber Shop, a graduate of Moler Barber School, a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Spartanburg where he...
Luther Mcelveen
Mar 3, 2011
Luther Ray Wright McElveen, 92, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Skylyn Place. Born July 19, 1918 in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dogan Humphrey and Sarah Kelly Wright and wife of the late Harry Lamar McElveen. A graduate of Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing, she was a nurse at the Veterans Hospital...
Jerry Henderson
Mar 3, 2011
Jerry Nicholas Henderson, 73, of 4803 Stone Station Road, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at his home. Born June 29, 1937, in Woodruff, he was the son of Ophelia Wright and husband of the late Amelia Sandra Varner Henderson. He was a former fabricator with Art Metal Corporation and co-owner of C & J Pest Control and a member of...
Virginia Hughes
Mar 2, 2011
Virginia Lussardi Hughes, 87, of Spartanburg, formerly of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born June 30, 1923 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Lionel and Myrtle Aycock Lussardi and wife of the late Brent H. Hughes. She was a graduate of Winthrop College. Survivors include a son, Richard L. (Nancy)...
Merritt Githens
Mar 2, 2011
Merritt Harding Githens, 87, of Spartanburg, died March 2, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long illness. He was the husband of Sara Jo Ray Githens. Mr. Githens was born August 8, 1923, to the late Harold and Nellie Branson Githens in Vincentown, NJ. He graduated from Pemberton High School in Pemberton, NJ and was a retired safety...
Durant Strickland
Mar 2, 2011
Durant James Strickland, 90, of Spartanburg died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at his home. Born January 23, 1921 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Otis and Mary Gosnell Strickland and husband of the late Hazel Lee Wilson Strickland. He was a retired technician with Willard Oil Company and a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors...
Dr. Smith
Mar 1, 2011
Jane Stuart Smith, PhD, Inman, died March 1, 2011 at RoseCrest Retirement Community, at the age of 96. She was born in Norton, VA to Leland and Cora Smith. She was educated at Virginia Intermont College, Carson-Newman College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which she earned her doctorate in Germanic studies. Jane taught...
Howard Varner
Mar 1, 2011
Howard Lee Varner, 91, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Magnolia Place. Born April 12, 1919 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Herbert Lee and Dora Stephens Varner and husband of the late Doris Christine McFee Varner. He retired after 40 years of service from Arkwright Mills and was a member of Arkwright First...
Faye Collins
Feb 28, 2011
Faye B. Collins, 92, of 115 Pinewood Drive, Woodruff, SC, formerly of 101 Hillbrook Drive, Spartanburg, went home to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, Monday, February 28, 2011 at her home. Born March 14, 1918, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Pickney and Laura Horton Blanton and wife of the late James Collins....
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