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Ruth Cohen

Ruth Cohen

Jul 15, 2010

Annie Ruth Brown Cohen, 91, of 310 Londonberry Drive, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at RoseCrest. For 42 years, she was the wife of the late Jacob Cohen who died in 1986. Mrs. Cohen was born January 7, 1919 in Spartanburg County to the late Samuel H. and Amelia Myers Brown. She was the last surviving member of her immediate...

Doris Thompson

Doris Thompson

Jul 15, 2010

Doris Evelyn Keefe Thompson, 80, of 122 Unity Road, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at her home. Born March 10, 1930 in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Curtis and Leona Dorothy Evans Keefe and the wife of the late Elick Howard Thompson. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and the Bertie Anthony...

Robert Pierce, Sr.

Robert Pierce, Sr.

Jul 12, 2010

Robert M. Pierce, Sr., 81, of 260 Redwood Avenue, died Monday, July 12, 2010 at Lexington Medical Center in Columbia. Born September 23, 1928 in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Lester Lee and Bessie Horne Pierce. He retired from American Hoechst Corporation and was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where he was...

Pauline Kalangis

Pauline Kalangis

Jul 11, 2010

Pauline "Polly" Kalangis, 94, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Buena Vida Continuing Care Nursing Home in Brooklyn, NY. Born August 28, 1915, in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Stavroula Kakogiannis Variaktaris and the widow of Andrew Kalangis who died in 1979. She was a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox...

Ellena Fowler

Ellena Fowler

Jul 11, 2010

Ellena Marion Wall Fowler, 73, of 8346 Valley Falls Road, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 22, 1936 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert and Annie Ruth Wall and the wife of the late Howard Leroy Fowler. She retired from Springs Industries and was a member of...

Charlotte Redding

Charlotte Redding

Jul 11, 2010

Charlotte Hopkins Redding, passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at age 93. She was born in Lubbock, Texas, February 27, 1917, the daughter of the late Bion Pleasant Hopkins and Mollie Powell Hopkins. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 1936 with a degree in music, teaching for one year in a Texas public school. She married Russel F....

Orville Early

Orville Early

Jul 10, 2010

Orville Early, 76, of 104 Hickory Hill Drive, died Friday, July 10, 2010 at his home. Born April 26, 1934 in Persia, TN, he was the son of the late Raymond Lee and Jessie Lee Spears Early. He retired from Kohler Company after 36 years of service, was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, an amateur radio...

Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood

Jul 10, 2010

Ethel Elizabeth Crow Wood, 86, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Skylyn Place. Born September 28, 1923 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Smith and Ethel Belcher Crow. Mrs. Wood was a retired Librarian at Dorman High School and was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church where she was the Church Librarian and a...

Bobby Scruggs

Bobby Scruggs

Jul 9, 2010

Bobby N. Scruggs, 73, formerly of 147 Dover Road, graduated to Eternal Life with his Lord Jesus on Friday, July 9, 2010 at White Oak Manor Nursing Home. Born October 9, 1936, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William Carl and Blondine Pettit Scruggs. He was a retired customer service representative with Northwest Airlines, a member...

Iris Pierce

Iris Pierce

Jul 8, 2010

Iris Bagwell Pierce, 74, of Spartanburg, formerly of Mason Road in Inman, died Thursday, July 8, 2010 at White Oak Manor. Knowing she is in the presence of Jesus and reunited with her children is of much comfort to her family. Born August 24, 1935, she was the youngest of nine children born to the late Fletcher and Jessie Allen...

Olin Mintz, Sr.

Olin Mintz, Sr.

Jul 8, 2010

Olin "Pa" Dewitt Mintz, Sr., 77, of 151 Mintz Road, died Thursday, July 8, 2010 at his home. Born December 13, 1932 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Roy V. and Lettie Hall Mintz. He retired from Spartanburg County Parks and Recreation after 21 years of service, was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and...

Marion Griffin

Marion Griffin

Jul 7, 2010

Marion R. Griffin, 83, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Summit Hills. A native of Anderson, SC and resident of Spartanburg for over 60 years, he was born September 9, 1926 to the late Blair and Lillie Mae Banks Griffin and was the husband of the late Jeannette McKay Griffin. A graduate of the University of South Carolina,...

Rev. Melton

Rev. Melton

Jul 7, 2010

Rev. Dr. Gerald Melton, 78, of Cowpens, went home to be with his Lord Wednesday, July 7, 2010. He was born in Gaffney, SC to the late Floyd and Eugenia Melton. He graduated from Cowpens High School and then served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He later attended and graduated from Baylor University and Southwestern...

John Cranford, Sr.

John Cranford, Sr.

Jul 7, 2010

John W. Cranford, Sr., 72, of Spartanburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 15, 1938 in Clinton, SC, he was the son of the late Thomas Buford and Hazel Carrie Strickland Cranford. He retired from Flowers Bakery, was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, a member of Glendale Masonic Lodge #...

Fannie Melton

Fannie Melton

Jul 7, 2010

Fannie Lou Kirby Melton, 71, of Spartanburg, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in Myrtle Beach while on vacation and surrounded by family. Born February 8, 1939 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edwin and Eutha Chaffin Kirby She retired from Mayfair Mills after 20 years of service and was a member of Eastside Baptist...

Dora Duggins

Dora Duggins

Jul 6, 2010

Dora Faye Duggins, 80, of 129 Loche Adele Drive, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 13, 1929 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elbert Roy and Elva Wood Duggins. She retired from Duke Power Company after more than 25 years of service and was a member of Drayton Baptist Church...

Rose Cantrell

Rose Cantrell

Jul 6, 2010

Rose C. Sellers Cantrell, 88, formerly of Osage Street, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 6, 1922 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Powell and Fannie Iola Walker Sellers and the wife of the late Albert Venda Cantrell. Mrs. Cantrell was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Spartanburg....

Thomas Norris

Thomas Norris

Jul 6, 2010

Thomas H. "Bob" Norris, 67, of Cowpens, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Born January 4, 1943 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Franklin and Hulda Bradley Norris. He was a former truck driver, a U. S. Air Force veteran, and a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors...

Frank Dillard

Frank Dillard

Jul 4, 2010

Frank Edwin Dillard, 80, of Twin Lakes, died Sunday, July 4, 2010 at his home. Born April 24, 1930 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Edwin and Sue Cobb Dillard. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Patricia Slemons Dillard; a son, the Rev. Britt Dillard and wife Canella of Spartanburg; a daughter, Terri Gowdy...

Bob Flintom

Bob Flintom

Jul 4, 2010

Charles Robert "Bob" Flintom, 61, of 150 Riveroak Lane, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, July 4, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 10, 1949 in Winston-Salem, NC, he was the son of the late George William and Francis McSwain Flintom. He was a 1967 graduate of R. J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, NC and...

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