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Earl Gowan

Earl Gowan

Feb 24, 2010

Thomas Earl Gowan, 85, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at White Oak Estates. Born May 14, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Charlie Alberry and Annie Maude O'Shields Gowan. He was retired from Arkwright Mill and was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the Layman Sunday School Class. Survivors include a sister,...

Dorothy Woollen

Dorothy Woollen

Feb 23, 2010

Dorothy Ballard Woollen, 87, of Spartanburg, formerly of Greenville, died Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at her home. Born June 30, 1922, in Polk County, NC, and reared in Hope Mills, NC, she was the daughter of the late Gentry and Nina Keese Ballard. She was retired from Meyers Arnold Department Store in Greenville. She was a member of Buncombe Street...

Betty Powell

Betty Powell

Feb 21, 2010

Betty Lou Powell, 79, of Boiling Springs, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 15, 1930, in Boiling Springs, NC, she was the daughter of the late Gideon Lee and Beryrl Ledford Powell. Survivors include two daughters, Linda Karen Davis and Jackie L. Whiteside, both of Spartanburg; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Graveside services will...

Donald Smith, Sr.

Donald Smith, Sr.

Feb 21, 2010

Donald E. Smith, Sr., 78, of Clifton, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 13, 1931, in Poplar Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Odell O. and Pearlie Edge Smith. He was retired from Musgrove Mills and a member of Clifton First Baptist Church. He was past master and life member...

J. Taylor

J. Taylor

Feb 21, 2010

James Thomas Taylor, 76, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 21, 2010, at his home. Born July 24, 1933, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Howard and Sally Steadman Taylor. He was retired from Southern Bell Telephone after 42 years of service and was a U.S. Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include his...

Elizabeth Owens

Elizabeth Owens

Feb 20, 2010

Elizabeth Brannon Owens, 91, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 27, 1918, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Sally Page Brannon and the wife of sixty-four years to the late Grady Ezell Owens. A graduate of Inman High School, she was retired from Spartan Undies....

Joe Boyd

Joe Boyd

Feb 20, 2010

Joe Turner Boyd, 72, of 240 Stone Street, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at his home. Born Mach 13, 1937, in Lupton City, TN, he was the son of the late Johnie L. and Mildred Dalton Boyd and the husband of the late Mary Pettit Boyd. He was a 1955 graduate of Cherryville High School, Cherryville, NC, and Western Carolina...

S. Thrift

S. Thrift

Feb 19, 2010

S. B. "Coot" Thrift, 85, a resident of Richard M. Campbell Veteran's Nursing Home, Anderson, SC, formerly of Cowpens, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 3, 1924, in Fingerville, SC, he was the son of the late Lettie Thrift Miller and reared by his grandparents, the late Durham and Mary Ella Thrift. He...

Patricia Simmons

Patricia Simmons

Feb 19, 2010

Patricia (Pat) Wilson Simmons, 85, of Spartanburg, and formerly of Jacksonville, FL, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 4, 1924, in Parkersburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Raymond and Ethel Beatrice Tannahall Wilson. She was a nurse with St. Luke's Hospital and retired from Blue Cross-Blue Shield in Jacksonville, FL,...

Frank Teodori

Frank Teodori

Feb 18, 2010

Frank Domenick Teodori, 82, of Moore, died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 3, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Domenico and Mary Abiuso Teodori. He was retired from the New York Police Department after 22 years of service and then worked for 911 Communications in Spartanburg County. He was...

John Mitchell

John Mitchell

Feb 17, 2010

John Mitchell, 87, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 2, 1922, in Roebuck, SC, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Daisy Weir Mitchell. He was a retired electrician and a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Jennie Randall Mitchell, and was...

Gertrude Thompson

Gertrude Thompson

Feb 17, 2010

Gertrude Knight Thompson, 87, of 225 Old Detour Road, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 23, 1922, in Florence County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph D. and Louise Jordan Knight and the wife of the late Cecil Preston Thompson. She was a graduate...

Joe Turley, Jr.

Joe Turley, Jr.

Feb 16, 2010

Joe Elmer Turley, Jr., 74, of Jonesville, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC. Born January 4, 1936, in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Joe Elmer Turley, Sr. and Hilda Paulene Guthrie Turley and the husband of the late Barbara Lee Barker Turley. He was a retired supervisor after 29...

Marteele Brown

Marteele Brown

Feb 16, 2010

Marteele Cravey Brown, 87, formerly of Pershing Street, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born September 18, 1922, in Tifton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Silas and Cora Ross Cravey and the wife of the late James Clayton Brown. She was a retired executive secretary at Spartanburg Insulation, a member of Glendale Baptist...

Thong Lee

Thong Lee

Feb 16, 2010

Thong Lee, 42, of Chesnee, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, NC. Born October 10, 1967, in Laos, he was the son of Soua Lor Lee of Salisbury, NC, and the late Chong Toua Lee. Surviving in addition to his mother are two daughters, Shoua Lee and Li Lee, both of the home; and a...

Maxine Peters

Maxine Peters

Feb 15, 2010

Iola Maxine Feikers Peters, 91, formerly of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center in Shelby, NC. Born November 24, 1918, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Bernard and Cordelia Daisy Dean Nelson Feikers and the wife of the late William Joseph Peters. A graduate of Spartanburg General Hospital School...

Anne Vleet

Anne Vleet

Feb 15, 2010

Anne Bruce Cartwright Van Vleet, 87, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at Summit Hills. Born April 28, 1922, in Chattanooga, TN, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Green and Ruby Hickey Cartwright. A graduate of City High School in Chattanooga, TN, and Ohio State University, she served as church secretary for churches in Savannah, GA, and...

Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt

Feb 14, 2010

Robert Tatlow Hunt, 86, passed away into eternal rest on Sunday, February 14, 2010, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's. He was at home surrounded by his family. Bob was born in St. Augustine, FL, to the late Robert Bruce and Alberta Tatlow Hunt. He attended Riverside Military Academy and graduated from Ketterlinus High School in St. Augustine where he...

Hugh Hayes

Hugh Hayes

Feb 14, 2010

Hugh Leroy Hayes, 65, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 14, 2010. Born April 28, 1944 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Lucian Leroy and Annie Marie Gwinn Hayes. He attended Spartanburg High School and Wofford College where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966-1968. He was the...

Henry Bright

Henry Bright

Feb 13, 2010

Henry Greyson Bright, infant son of Christopher Bright and Crystal Ames of Moore, died Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. Surviving in addition to his parents is his brother, Tyler Ames of the home; maternal grandmother, Cynthia Ames, and paternal grandparents, Floyd and Marilynn Bright, all of Spartanburg. Visitation will be 10:00-11:45 a.m. Saturday, February...

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