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Carolyn Horne

Carolyn Horne

Feb 12, 2010

Carolyn Dinning Horne, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at her home. Born March 15, 1938, in Ashdown, AR, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Bates Dinning, Sr. and Mattie Hough Lilly Dinning and the wife of the late Furman Horne. She attended Ashdown public schools. Mrs. Horne had been a resident of Spartanburg, SC,...

Leslie Gossett

Leslie Gossett

Feb 12, 2010

Leslie M. Gossett, 70, of Glenn Springs, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at his home. Born April 13, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Everie Gossett Sr. and Elsie Mae Jones Gossett. He was retired from Fiske Carter Construction after 33 years of service. He was a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church and...

Beatrice Riley

Beatrice Riley

Feb 11, 2010

Beatrice Wiebenga Riley, 102, of 21 Angela Circle, Inman, and White Oak Manor, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 21, 1907, in Morrison, IL, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Rena Kooi Wiebenga. A graduate of Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, IL, in the area of nursing, she worked...

Ada Blackwell

Ada Blackwell

Feb 10, 2010

Ada Reba Baker Blackwell, 81, of Boiling Springs, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 12, 1928, in Lee County, VA, and raised in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Andy J. and Lillie Sizemore Baker and the wife of the late Frank M. Blackwell....

Julia Rockwood

Julia Rockwood

Feb 10, 2010

Julia Lee Smith Rockwood, 70, of 226 Hagood Road, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born July 16, 1939, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grady T. and Lucille Looper Smith. She was a graduate of Queen's University with a degree in Sociology and Mathematics and a member of Westminster Presbyterian...

Mrs. Patricia Lamar

Mrs. Patricia Lamar

Feb 10, 2010

Patricia Dobson Lamar of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, after a brief illness. Born in Spartanburg, SC, on September 18, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Eoline West Dobson and the late William Powell Dobson. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Brenau College in Gainesville, GA. At Brenau, and she was the...

Opal Riddle

Opal Riddle

Feb 9, 2010

Opal Diane Lane Riddle, 63, of Cowpens, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 31, 1947, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of Clyde Lane of Texas and the late Louise Garrett Lane. She was a member of Gospel Baptist Church in Cowpens. Surviving in addition to her father is her husband of...

Frances Fargis

Frances Fargis

Feb 9, 2010

Frances Wright Fargis, 95, of 400 Webber Road, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at White Oak Estates. Born June 29, 1914, in Scotland Neck, NC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Junius and Hilda Steptoe Wright and the wife of the late Edgar Allen Fargis, Sr. She was retired from the Aug W. Smith Company and was a...

Robert Lee

Robert Lee

Feb 9, 2010

Robert Brooks Lee, 92, of Autumn Care Nursing Home, Saluda, NC, and formerly of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 20, 1917, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Benny Tillman and Elvira Thompson Lee and the husband of the late Lucille Burgess Lee. He was employed at Raycord...

Merah Bailey

Merah Bailey

Feb 8, 2010

Merah "Mike" Bailey, 86, of 205 Arrowhead Circle, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 5, 1923, in Haughton, LA, she was the daughter of the late John Travis and Josephine Allen Powell and the wife of the late William "Bill" Joseph Bailey for 50 years. She was a graduate of Friendship High School...

Ray Berry

Ray Berry

Feb 8, 2010

Ray Edward Berry, 50, of 118 Branch Street, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at his home. Born May 6, 1959, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Mary Frances Swofford Berry of Spartanburg and the late William J. Berry. He was a welder and of the Baptist faith. Surviving, in addition to his mother, is his wife, Sheila Lynn...

Ruth Pike

Ruth Pike

Feb 7, 2010

Ruth Mahaffey Pike, 77, of 400 Webber Road, died Sunday, February 7, 2010, at White Oak Estates after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Born April 11, 1932, in the Fairmont community of Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Harry Joseph and Virginia Riddle McAbee and the wife of the late James Donald Pike. A...

Danny Powell

Danny Powell

Feb 7, 2010

Danny C. Powell, 65, of 612 East Harbour Crest Drive, died Sunday, February 7, 2010, at his home after a courageous two year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born July 18, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Edward Cecil and Virginia Horton Powell of Boiling Springs and the husband of Laine Lawson Powell. A graduate of Boiling Springs...

Brenda Sprouse

Brenda Sprouse

Feb 7, 2010

Brenda Mary Hicks Sprouse, 67, of Cowpens, died Sunday, February 7, 2010, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born May 1, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wilburn and Vola Powell Hicks. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a daughter, Cathy Skates and husband Bennie of Cowpens; a son, Paul Stephens and wife...

Lucille Holmes

Lucille Holmes

Feb 6, 2010

Lucille Holland Holmes, 98, of Spartanburg, and formerly of Pacolet Mills, died Saturday, February 6, 2010. Born April 15, 1911, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Plato and Carrie George Holland and wife of the late Jerry Harold Holmes. She was retired from Pacolet Manufacturing Company, a member of Morningside Baptist Church, a former longtime...

Mary Brannon

Mary Brannon

Feb 5, 2010

Mary Marcengill Brannon, 76, of 203 Kenneth Drive, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 17, 1933, in Westminster, SC, she was the daughter of the late Julius Cecil and Grace Farmer Marcengill. She was first married to the late Daris E. Houston. She was retired from S&S Manufacturing and a member of Northbrook Baptist...

Doris Sanders

Doris Sanders

Feb 5, 2010

Doris Rodgers Sanders, 84, of 355 Briarwood Road, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at Skylyn Place. Born November 17, 1925, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin and Lola Roddy Rodgers and wife of Ralph S. Sanders, Jr. She was retired from the South Carolina Highway Department and a member of Inman Mills Baptist Church....

Jack Banks

Jack Banks

Feb 5, 2010

Jack Edward Banks, 80, of 1948 Bonner Road, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 25, 1929, in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Auburn and Hattie Banks. He was first married to the late Charlotte Reid Banks. He was retired from Kentucky Fried Chicken and attended Orchard Street Baptist Church....

George Haynes

George Haynes

Feb 5, 2010

George McKendree Haynes (Mac), 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at his home. Born November 28, 1926, in Cross Anchor, SC, he was the son of the late Barney Smith and Irene Lucus Haynes. He was first married to the late Sue Cook Haynes. He was a graduate of Spartanburg High School in the Class of 1944...

Troy Ledford

Troy Ledford

Feb 5, 2010

Troy Lawson Ledford, 90, of 640 Archer Road, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at his home. Born July 17, 1919, in Glendale, SC, he was the son of the late William and Eleanor Black Ledford and the husband of the late Virginia Stacey Ledford. He was retired from the South Carolina Highway Department, a charter member of Davis Memorial Baptist...

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