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Bertha Mcarthur

Bertha Mcarthur

May 14, 2010

Bertha Ezell McArthur, 93, of Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 14, 2010, at her home. Born August 6, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter Orlando and Nora Pettit Ezell. She is survived by her beloved husband of 74 years, Emmett Lyle McArthur. Bertha worked alongside her husband, Emmett,...

Cecil Chastain

Cecil Chastain

May 14, 2010

Cecil Edward Chastain, 79, of Spartanburg, died Friday morning, May 14, 2010, at White Oak Estates. Born August 15, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Marty and Minnie Chastain. He was married to his loving wife, Nancy Shropshire, for 57 years. He was retired from Hoechst Celanese with 20 years of service, a U.S. Navy...

Bobby Noblitt

Bobby Noblitt

May 14, 2010

Bobby Joe Noblitt, 66, of Spartanburg, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at a local nursing home. Born April 19, 1944, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late Lewis Miles Harvey and Stella Magdalene Noblitt. Survivors include two brothers, Gerald Noblitt of Huston, TX, and Lewis Miles Noblitt of Spartanburg. Visitation will be 7:00-8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16,...

Tony Cothran

Tony Cothran

May 14, 2010

Tony Paul Cothran, 62, of Spartanburg, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at Magnolia Place. Born March 15, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Hubert Paul and Lucille Wood Cothran. A 1966 graduate of Dorman High School, he was a buyer in the Drum Division for McKesson Chemical Company until 1983 when he became disabled due...

John Gray

John Gray

May 12, 2010

John Riley Gray, 83, formerly of 444 Keltner Avenue, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at White Oak Estates. Born March 10, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Alexander and Alma Horn Gray. He was first married to the late Margie Faust Gray and then to the late Ethel Deming Gray. He was retired from...

Marie Fleming

Marie Fleming

May 12, 2010

Marie Jeanette Williams Fleming, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in Chattanooga, TN. She was born December 15, 1915, in Rutherfordton, NC, the daughter of the late James Knox and Frances Candace McMillan Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cranford Harold Fleming, and her son, Dr. Harold E. Fleming, Sr. After graduating...

Barbara Clem

Barbara Clem

May 12, 2010

Barbara Ann Gosnell Clem, 70, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 17, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Cling and Annie Hyder Gosnell and the wife of the late Jack Kenneth Clem. She was an employee of Flowers/Mrs. Smith's Bakery for 50 years and a member of...

Robert Threadgill

Robert Threadgill

May 11, 2010

Robert Dennis Threadgill, 69, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September, 24, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Gary and Ella Murph Threadgill. He was the owner of Threadgill's True Value Hardware in Cowpens and of the Baptist faith. He was a loving father and grandfather. Survivors...

Lucille Mcfarlin

Lucille Mcfarlin

May 11, 2010

Edna Lucille Bradley McFarlin, 83, of 522 Pennwood Drive, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at her home. Born August 6, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Glenn and Alice Lucy Thornton Bradley and the wife of the late Robert L. McFarlin. She was retired from the textile industry and a member of the former...

Billy Painter

Billy Painter

May 9, 2010

Billy Sunday Painter, 86, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 27, 1923, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late John Claude Painter, Sr. and Lola Garrett Painter. Mr. Painter was known for his musical skills, his radio program with the "Shorty Painter Band" in the 1940's, and his...

Thomas Gaulden

Thomas Gaulden

May 9, 2010

Thomas W. Gaulden, 86, of 207 North Pinelake Drive, Spartanburg, passed away May 9, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 27, 1924, he was the son of the late William Hall and Sarah Parrish Gaulden of Rock Hill, SC. He was a World War II Army Air Corps Veteran of the China-Burma-India theatre, a member of St. James...

Katherine Barnett

Katherine Barnett

May 8, 2010

Katherine Fowler Barnett, 91, formerly of 512 Amelia Avenue, Spartanburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at White Oak Manor. Born April 23, 1919, in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Davis and Annie Huggins Fowler and wife of the late Norman Lee Barnett. She was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church. Survivors include two...

Isaac Mccracken

Isaac Mccracken

May 8, 2010

Isaac McCracken, 87, of Boiling Springs, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Magnolia Place. Born May 15, 1922, he was the son of the late Alton and Frances Marion McCravy McCracken and the husband of the late Betty Pearson McCracken. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Class of 1942, he was retired from Drayton Mill. He was a member of...

J. Wilson

J. Wilson

May 8, 2010

James LeRoy Wilson, 86, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010 ,at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 11, 1923, in Woodruff, SC, he was the son of the late James and Viola Wilson. A retired pharmacist of Craft's Drug Store, he was a member of Morningside Baptist Church where he was a member of the Royal Sunday School class...

Kathleen Pennington

Kathleen Pennington

May 7, 2010

Kathleen Cox Pennington, 85, of 225 North Lanford Road, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 3, 1924, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Glenn and Marie Jamieson Cox. Kathleen was the wife of the late Elbert W. Pennington who passed away August 2003. A graduate of Parker...

Leta Clement

Leta Clement

May 7, 2010

Leta Rice Clement, 89, of 102 Sunnydale Circle, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. Born August 1, 1920, in Drayton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ervin M. and Addie Martha Vaughan Rice and the wife of 44 years to the late Cecil James Clement. She was retired from Raycord and...

Barbara Humphries

Barbara Humphries

May 7, 2010

Barbara Roddy Humphries, 76, of Spartanburg, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born January 28, 1934, in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Robert Roddy and Leila Gowan Roddy Pack and the wife of the late Thurman Hoover Humphries. She was retired from Beaumont Mills and was a member of Beaumont Baptist...

Carolyn Mccall

Carolyn Mccall

May 6, 2010

Carolyn Elizabeth Heriot McCall, 88, widow of Lemuel Allsobrook McCall, died Thursday, May 6, 2010. Born March 29, 1922, in Bishopville, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Kirkpatrick Heriot and Annie Righton Richards Heriot. Mrs. McCall was a graduate of Winthrop College. She taught school for several years in Florence, SC, before marrying Lemuel Allsobrook McCall (Brooks)...

Holly Broadwell

Holly Broadwell

May 6, 2010

Holly DuBose Beck Broadwell, 82, widow of William Edwin Broadwell, died Thursday, May 6, 2010. She was the daughter of Frederick Baggs Beck and Holly Brown Beck. Born April 23, 1928, in Indianapolis, IN, she grew up in Sumter, SC. She attended St. Mary's College in Raleigh, NC, graduated from the University of South Carolina, and attended graduate school at...

Marvin Melton

Marvin Melton

May 6, 2010

Marvin Lee Melton, 78, of 171 Hidden Lake Drive, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 17, 1931, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Lee and Sarah Louise Smith Melton. He was a retired supervisor with Thomas and Howard Warehouse after 30 years of service and a member of United...

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