Obituaries

Jesse Parris

Jesse Parris

Jan 4, 2011

Jesse Willard Parris, 87, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 28, 1923 in Chesnee, he was the son of the late John Wadus Parris and Martha Stancil Coveney. Mr. Parris was a member of Calvary Baptist Church where he was a former dedicated Sunday School Teacher and Deacon. He retired from Milliken...

Minnie Mcabee

Minnie Mcabee

Jan 4, 2011

Minnie Rogers McAbee, 93, of Pacolet, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 1, 1917 in Stone Station, SC she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Rosa Foster Rogers. She was first married to the late Aubrey Lee and then to the late Hugh McAbee. Minnie was a member of the Pacolet First...

Milbra Higgins

Milbra Higgins

Jan 4, 2011

Milbra Dixon Higgins, 91, of Fairforest, SC died Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Born March 27, 1919 in Fairforest, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Eunice Fain Dixon and the stepdaughter of the late Grace Pierce Dixon. She was the wife of the late Andrew C. Higgins, Sr. Mrs. Higgins was a member of the Fairforest Baptist Church...

Martha Faux

Martha Faux

Jan 3, 2011

Martha Jean Cook Faux, 65, of Inman, SC went home to be with the Lord on Monday, January 3, 2011. She was born September 1, 1945 in Spartanburg the daughter of the late Howard G. Cook and Olive Cook Fowler and the stepdaughter of the late Joe Fowler. She was a member of Canaan Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Ruby Davis

Ruby Davis

Jan 3, 2011

Ruby Wood Davis, 83, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, January 3, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 4, 1927 in Spartanburg, she is the daughter of the late Walter T. and Ena Branton Wood. Mrs. Davis was a member of Fairview Baptist Church where she was a former pianist and assistant organist for 15 years. She was also...

Margaret Kennedy

Margaret Kennedy

Jan 2, 2011

Margaret (Marty) Pansey Bradley Kennedy, 63, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 27, 1947 in Rutherfordton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Louise Dillinger Bradley. Marty was a proud veteran of the U. S. Navy and Army Reserve. She was employed by the Hanover Title Service and...

Arleene Watson

Arleene Watson

Jan 2, 2011

Arleene Williams Watson, 71, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, January 2, 2011. Born February 19, 1939 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Carey Arden and Mazie Middie Amos Williams and wife of fifty years, of the late Claud Dee Watson, Jr. She was a retired dietician with the Greenville Hospital System after 29 years of serv ice and...

Donna Perry

Donna Perry

Jan 2, 2011

Donna Kay Perry, 55, of 1112 Springdale Circle, Boiling Springs, SC, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center following a long illness and is now celebrating with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was born March 9, 1955. Donna was a born-again Christian who was an active member of the Turning Point Free Will Baptist...

Lou Wilson

Lou Wilson

Jan 1, 2011

Lou Sarah Bishop Wilson, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 1, 2011, at her home. Born January 31, 1932 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Buford Gibson and Ora Cook Bishop and wife of the late Allen B. Wilson. She was retired from Belk Hudson after many years of service, was of the Presbyterian faith,...

Tammy Stone

Tammy Stone

Dec 31, 2010

Tammy Lee Jacqueline Mack Stone, 47, of Moore, SC died Friday, December 31, 2010 at her home. Born December 30, 1963 in Kreuznach-Passau, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Victor Albert and Ingeborge Dallmaier Mack. She was a teacher's assistant at Anderson Mill Elementary School where she was known as "Ms. Tammy" and a member of Roebuck Baptist...

Grace Riddle

Grace Riddle

Dec 31, 2010

Grace Cochran Riddle, 94, formerly of the Arkwright Community, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 15, 1916, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dock Marion and Susie Smith Cochran and wife of the late Charlie Thomas Riddle. She was a member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church. Survivors include Shirly Welborn...

Rev. Cooper

Rev. Cooper

Dec 31, 2010

The Rev. Dr. Robert Sydney Cooper, 93 of Spartanburg, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at Martha Franks Retirement Home in Laurens, SC. He was the husband of the late Irene Nunn Cooper. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Martha Franks Retirement Home Chapel in Laurens. Visitation will be 9:00-10:15 a.m....

Betty Waldrop

Betty Waldrop

Dec 30, 2010

Betty Radcliff Posey Mulligan Waldrop, 80, of Pauline, SC, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 9, 1930 in Pauline, SC, she is the daughter of the late Tom and Rhoda Lancaster Posey. A graduate of West Springs High School and Columbia Commercial College, she retired from Colonial Finance as a Secretary. Mrs. Waldrop was...

Jack Gowan

Jack Gowan

Dec 30, 2010

Jack Donald Gowan, 81, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2010 at his home surrounded by his wife and children. Born June 27, 1929 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late W. T. and Lois Willard Gowan and the loving husband of Sylvia Smith Gowan for 60 years. He was a 1946 graduate of Spartanburg High School and...

Paul Parker, Sr.

Paul Parker, Sr.

Dec 30, 2010

Paul W. "Pa" Parker, Sr., 93, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at White Oak Estates. Born July 7, 1917 in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Albert Lee and Mary E. Bonds Parker and the husband of the late Flossie Louise Johnson Parker. He retired from Arkwright Mill after 47 years of service and was...

Roger Milliken

Roger Milliken

Dec 30, 2010

Roger Milliken, 95, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 24, 1915 in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Gerrish Hill and Agnes Gayley Milliken and was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Justine "Nita" Van Rensselaer Hooper. Survivors include two daughters, Jan and Nancy; three sons,...

Opal Dickerson

Opal Dickerson

Dec 30, 2010

Opal Fleming Wilkerson Dickerson, 90, of Greenville, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 30, 2010 at her home. Born November 7, 1920 in Hickory Grove, SC, she was the daughter of the late Morgan Jefferson and Sarah Lillian Goforth Wilkerson and the wife of the late George L. Dickerson, Sr. A graduate of Spartanburg Methodist Jr. College and Limestone...

Elsa Payne

Elsa Payne

Dec 29, 2010

Elsa Mae Spivey Payne, 83, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at RoseCrest . She was the widow of Kenneth H. Payne, who predeceased her in 2004 after 55 years of marriage. Born April 2, 1927, in High Point, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ervin M. Spivey and Omie Mae Cagle Deaton. Elsa was predeceased by...

Floree Greene

Floree Greene

Dec 27, 2010

Floree "Bo" Hitt Greene, 83, of Inman, died Monday, December 27, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 13, 1927, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Ola Brown Hitt and wife of the late Albert Clinton Greene, Sr. Mrs. Greene worked for the Standard Clothing Store as a Manager for twenty years. She...

Marjorie Mcgowan

Marjorie Mcgowan

Dec 27, 2010

Marjorie L. Garner McGowan, 79, died Monday, December 27, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 6, 1931, in Spartanburg, to the late Benjamin Ryan and Annie Rachel Foster Garner. She was the wife of Bobby E. Sellars and was formerly married to the late John H. McGowan. She was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church and was retired...