Obituaries

Ethel Guest

Ethel Guest

Jan 17, 2011

Ethel S. Guest, 90, of Cowpens, died Monday, January 17, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 24, 1920, in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Addie Gossett Spencer and wife of the late Ernest Ray "Thad" Guest. Mrs. Guest was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and retired from Spartan Mills. Survivors...

Dr. Tillotson

Dr. Tillotson

Jan 16, 2011

Dr. John Howard Tillotson, 78, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born, July 8, 1932 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Howard Fitzgerald and Bernice Cole Tillotson and was reared and adopted by his uncle and aunt, the late Lawson Olander and Georgia Parks Tillotson. He was first married to the...

Beatrice Hipps

Beatrice Hipps

Jan 16, 2011

Beatrice Mae Sizemore Hipps, 86, of Pacolet, died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at White Oak Manor. Born August 14, 1924 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Francis Boyd and Beulah Mae Fleming Sizemore and was wife of the late Mason General Hipps. She retired from Beaumont Mills and was a member of Pacolet First Baptist Church. Survivors...

Sarah Franklin

Sarah Franklin

Jan 15, 2011

Sarah West Franklin, 84, of Magnolia Manor in Inman, formerly of Pauline, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 3, 1926 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Leon and Katherine Lancaster West and wife of the late F. Erskine Franklin. She worked at Raycord Manufacturing and Lancaster's Grocery in Pauline and...

Leo West

Leo West

Jan 15, 2011

Leo Hatchette West, 88, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Skylyn Place. Born September 10, 1922 in Moore, SC, he was the son of the late Horace Greeley and Maude Lanford West and husband of the late Lillian Chandler West. He was retired from INA Bearing Company, a member of Cleveland Park Bible Church, a U.S. Army...

Olin Richards

Olin Richards

Jan 14, 2011

Olin D. Richards, 76, 564 Owens Drive, Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at his home. Born November 21, 1934, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Talmadge Richards. Mr. Richards was of the Baptist faith and a retired Staff Sergeant with the United States Air Force after 21 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Shirley...

Dorothy Mccracken

Dorothy Mccracken

Jan 14, 2011

Dorothy Koshinski McCracken, 93, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 14, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 28, 1917, in Decatur, IL, she was the daughter of the late August and Augusta Morenz Koshinski and wife of the late Harold Franklin McCracken. She was of the Lutheran faith. Survivors include a daughter, Judy DeWerth and husband John of...

Rody Arthur

Rody Arthur

Jan 14, 2011

Rody Donald Arthur, 90, of 400 Webber Road, Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 14, 2011 at White Oak Estates.. Born October 29, 1920 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Luther Alverson and Minnie Reynolds Donald and wife of the late Paul E. Arthur. She worked in child care for many years; was a member of Crossroads...

Joseph Blake

Joseph Blake

Jan 14, 2011

Joseph J. Blake, 91, of Spartanburg and the Isle of Palms, SC , died Friday, January 14, 2011, at Summit Hills Retirement Community in Spartanburg. Born October 5, 1919 in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph A. and Elizabeth Catterson Blake. Mr. Blake was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, serving...

Grover Johnson

Grover Johnson

Jan 14, 2011

Grover Lee Johnson, 83, of Pauline, SC died Friday, January 14, 2011 at his home. Born August 5, 1927 in Marshall, NC, he was the son of the late Carl and Minnie Randall Johnson. He was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Martha Ann West Johnson: three sons, Michael Johnson of the home, Darrel Johnson...

Myrtle Jolly

Myrtle Jolly

Jan 13, 2011

Myrtle Gossett Jolly, 88, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born, November 20, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Ezra and Ella Solesby Gossett. She was first married to the late James Claude Lee and then to the late Raymond Jolly. Mrs. Jolly attended Bible Tabernacle in Cowpens and was retired...

James Ferguson

James Ferguson

Jan 13, 2011

James Derrell Ferguson, 95, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Kings Mountain Hospice House. Born June 26, 1915 in Due West, SC, he was the son of the late Luicius Hampton and Eudora Branyon Ferguson and husband of the late Mildred Webb Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He was a member of...

Don Wall

Don Wall

Jan 13, 2011

Don Wall, 67, of Moore, SC died Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 6, 1943 in Tellico Plains, TN, he was the son of the late Claude and Dorothy Powers Wall and husband of the late Lynda McFarland Wall. He was retired from Milliken & Company, Judson Plant, as a Quality Improvement Specialist and was...

Lloyd Quinn

Lloyd Quinn

Jan 12, 2011

Lloyd "Rosie" Monroe Quinn, 80, of Pauline, SC died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Inman Health Care. Born August 8, 1930, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Otto Anderson and Cora Fant Quinn. A veteran of the U. S. Army in the Korean War, Mr. Quinn was of the Baptist faith, a Mason, and a member of...

Ronnie Powell

Ronnie Powell

Jan 12, 2011

Ronnie S. Powell, 56, of Spartanburg, died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Born March 14, 1954, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Buffard Sam and Pantha Skipper Powell and husband of his beloved wife of 21 years, the late "Libby" Johnson. Ronnie, known as Ron, was of the Baptist faith and worked...

James Rogers

James Rogers

Jan 12, 2011

James A. ‘Buddy' Rogers, 90, of Inman, SC died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born April 10, 1920 in Oneonta, AL, he was the son of the late James Farmer and Myrtie Jane Fore Rogers. He was predeceased by his first wife, Maxine Malone Rogers and his second wife, Iva Mae Heatherington Evatt Rogers. Buddy was...

Mary Bramlette

Mary Bramlette

Jan 11, 2011

Mary Lois Bramlette Patterson, 77, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at White Oak Manor. Born July 2, 1933 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Mamie Patterson. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include three sons, Michael L. Ravan and Johnny Ravan, both of Spartanburg, and Roger Ravan of...

Ruby Adams

Ruby Adams

Jan 11, 2011

Ruby Lee Adams, 84, of Spartanburg, entered into eternal heaven and her final resting place on January 11, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 21, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Bonnie McAbee and wife of the late Mr. William D. (Chick) Adams. Mrs. Adams was employed by Spartan Mills for...

Donald Barrett

Donald Barrett

Jan 11, 2011

Donald Talmadge Barrett, 77, of 250 S. Hudson Barksdale Boulevard, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Born November 22, 1933 in Murrayville, GA, he was the son of the late Horace G. and Edna Long Barrett, and was reared in Greenville, SC and in Kings Mountain, NC....

Dr. Martin, Sr.

Dr. Martin, Sr.

Jan 11, 2011

Dr. George Brantley Martin, Sr. who inspired countless students in his 36 years as a professor, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at his home in Spartanburg, SC at the age of 72. George was born in Bamberg, South Carolina on July 21, 1938 to the late Wick and Bonnie Martin. Dr. George Martin is a graduate of Carlisle Military Academy...