Sam Guy
Feb 28, 2011
Buddy Guy, 51, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 28, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 1, 1960, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Frank Major Guy of Spartanburg and the late Jewel Freida Wall, and the stepson of Mike Wall of Chesnee. Buddy was a member of Chesnee First Baptist Church and a pipe fitter for Clarkson...
Granville Elliott
Feb 28, 2011
Granville Elliott, 71, of 70 Skyland Drive Extension, Clinton, SC, passed away at his home on February 28, 2011. Born August 9, 1939 in Converse, SC, he was the son of the late J.C. "Jack" Elliott and Irene Thrift Elliott Campbell. He was an instructor of the Laurens County Life Long Learning Center. A lover and collector of music for...
George Spencer, Jr.
Feb 27, 2011
George Thomas Spencer, Jr., 87, of Cowpens, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born May 31, 1923, in Cowpens, he was the son of the late George Thomas, Sr. and Lorene Smith Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a U. S. Marine veteran of WWII and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a member of Mountain View Baptist...
Margaret Lynch
Feb 27, 2011
Margaret Kathryn Lynch, 86, of Boiling Springs, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born January 9, 1925, in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Fannie Parker Whitaker and wife of the late Johnny W. Lynch, Sr. Margaret was a loving, wonderful mother, and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her sons, Johnny...
Brandon Lanford
Feb 27, 2011
Brandon Allen Lanford, 19, of Woodruff, SC, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011. Born April 5, 1991 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Caroline Ogston Roberts and the late Timothy "Tim" Allen Lanford. Brandon graduated in 2009 from Woodruff High School and attended Spartanburg Community College. He was employed as a loader at UPS and awarded "Employee of the...
James Foster
Feb 26, 2011
James David "Jimmy" Foster, 66, of Spartanburg, entered into the eternal presence of his Lord and Savior Saturday, February 26, 2011. Born November 27, 1944, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Oland A. and Helen Vinson Foster. He served his Lord and those he loved with faithfulness and diligence using his many talents of woodworking, mechanizing, and...
Archie Deaton
Feb 24, 2011
Archie Scott Deaton, 80, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a short battle of cancer. Born July 14, 1930, in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Carl and Lelia Childers Deaton and husband of the late Janice Carnell Morgan Deaton. Mr. Deaton was a surveyor in Spartanburg for 54 years...
Rita Colley
Feb 24, 2011
Rita Diane Robinson Colley, 53, of Arcadia, went to live with her Lord on Thursday, February 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 8, 1958, she was the daughter of James Grover Robinson, of Arcadia, and the late Wilma Louise Cooper Robinson. Rita was a member of Wellford Baptist Church. In addition to her father, survivors include her...
Jesse Cleveland
Feb 24, 2011
Jesse Patterson Cleveland passed away at his family's farm in Spartanburg, South Carolina on February 24, 2011. Born in Spartanburg on October 6, 1950 to the late Giles Patterson and Ginevra Marxmiller Cleveland, Jesse spent most of his life growing up between Spartanburg, SC and San Diego, California. From swimming in the lakes of North Carolina to surfing the Pacific,...
Ruth Cleveland
Feb 24, 2011
Ruth Helen Ballenger Cleveland, 82, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born September 17, 1928, in Inman, she was the daughter of the late Joe W., Sr. and Bessie Tallant Ballenger. Mrs. Cleveland was a member of Drayton Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg County School District 7. Survivors include her husband, Homer Melvin...
Enid Dunn
Feb 24, 2011
Ms. Enid E. Dunn, 85, formerly of Cowpens, went peacefully home to the Lord on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Gaffney. Born August 25, 1925, in Walden, NY, she was the daughter of the late George and Elsie VanLueven Dunn. She made Poughkeepsie, NY her home for over 75 years. Enid graduated from Poughkeeepsie High School and attended Holy Trinity...
Emma Mcbride
Feb 23, 2011
Emma Foster McBride, 94, of Greenwood, formerly of Pacolet, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Magnolia Manor. Born May 3, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Columbus and Florence Rook Foster, and wife of the late Creed McBride. Mrs. McBride attended Pacolet Mills Church of God. Survivors include two daughters, Myrtle Guyton and her husband Penny of Pacolet,...
Marshall Fain
Feb 23, 2011
Marshall Deree "Mutt" Fain, 76, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born May 31, 1934, he was the son of the late Ernest Creed and Maude Elizabeth White Fain. Mr. Fain was a U. S. Army veteran, a supervisor at Pentex-Alkan Woven Labels for 36 years, and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
Virgil Pruitt, Jr.
Feb 22, 2011
Virgil Pruitt, Jr., 82, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 10, 1928, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Virgil, Sr. and Ollie Pearl Tillotson Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt was a retired sheet metal worker with B&L Mechanical Co. of Greenville. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and...
Dennis Bruce
Feb 22, 2011
Loved by many and a true gentleman, Dennis Luther Bruce, 67, of Spartanburg, died peacefully February 22, 2011. Mr. Bruce was a native of North Carolina; born in Elizabeth City and raised in Winston-Salem, Siler City, and Raleigh, NC. He was the son of the late Luther Columbus, Jr. and Mary Miller Bruce, and grandson of the late William Gray...
Rev. Long
Feb 22, 2011
The Rev. Robert H. Long, 67, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 6, 1944, in Washington DC, he was the son of the late Rev. James and Grace Lenz Long. Rev. Long was ordained in 1979 as an Episcopal Priest and served as Vicar of Calvary Episcopal Church, Glenn Springs, and The Episcopal Church...
Diane Tolleson
Feb 21, 2011
Norma Diane Tolleson, 58, of Pacolet, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 10, 1952, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Fay and Margaret Smith English and wife of the late Randy Tolleson. Diane was of the Baptist faith and a production worker in the textiles industry. Survivors include a daughter,...
Jeanne Burwell
Feb 21, 2011
Jeanne Crane Burwell, 88, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at Windsor House. Born April 14, 1922, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William S. and Ellie Howey Crane. She was first married to the late Elgin Reid and then to the late Captain Frank H. Burwell, Jr. Jeanne retired as a librarian from Pine Street...
Helen Smith
Feb 20, 2011
Helen Knox Smith, 90, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Somerby Memory Care in Charleston. Born in White Stone, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur and Ammie Smith Knox and the cherished and beloved wife of the late Jesse Edward Smith. Helen graduated from Pacolet High School. She was a charter member of Morningside Baptist...
Rudy Lee
Feb 19, 2011
Rudy Shawn Lee, 44, of Inman, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 12, 1966, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Larry M. and Judy Ward Lee both of Inman. Shawn was a member of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg. He was a finance manager for twenty years and the owner/operator of Property...
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