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J. Hayes

J. Hayes

Jan 6, 2010

J. M. "Hoover" Hayes, 77, of 109 Shoally Park Drive, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 22, 1931, in Chesnee, SC, he was the son of the late Claude J. and Nellie Cabiness Hayes. A graduate of Chesnee High School, he attended Spartanburg Junior College and was the owner of Hayes Dry Cleaners in...

John Derosa

John Derosa

Jan 6, 2010

John James DeRosa, 84, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 21, 1925, in Chelsea, MA, he was the son of the late Alfonso James and Josephine Scoppa DeRosa. Mr. DeRosa was retired from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal after 45 years of service. He began work at the Spartanburg Herald and Journal newspapers as...

Nancy Shelton

Nancy Shelton

Jan 6, 2010

Nancy Violetta Ballenger Shelton, 78, of 691 Archer Road, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 17, 1931, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Algie Richard and Betty Hayes Ballenger. A graduate of Cecil's Business College, she was retired from the office of Dr. Benny Allen at the Children's Clinic...

Gwin Pierce, Sr.

Gwin Pierce, Sr.

Jan 5, 2010

Gwin Adam Pierce, Sr., 87, formerly of 108 Thunderbird Place, Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Born July 29, 1922, in Laurens, SC, he was the son of the late D. J. and Maidia Belle Reese Pierce. He was a charter member of Morningside Baptist Church and remained in the Baptist faith throughout his life. Mr. Pierce was a Veteran...

Benjamin Galloway

Benjamin Galloway

Jan 4, 2010

Benjamin F. Galloway, 74, of Spartanburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, January 4, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family and close friends. Born February 8, 1935, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late James L. and Bessie McKinney Galloway. He is survived by his loving wife, Patricia A. Galloway...

George Pryor, Jr.

George Pryor, Jr.

Jan 3, 2010

George Pinckney Pryor, Jr., 82, of 241 West Wood Street, died Sunday, January 3, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 23, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late George P. Pryor, Sr. and Inez Vera Beheler Pryor, and the husband of the late Betty Jean Porter Pryor. He was a self-employed painter, a...

Helen Hines

Helen Hines

Jan 3, 2010

Helen Louise Hines, 84, of 141 Anita Drive, formerly of 102 Maxine Street, died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 10, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late M. Broadus Hines, Sr. and Leona McCarter Hines. Prior to her retirement, she worked at Hope Reed and then Nancy Fashions. Mrs. Hines...

F. Painter

F. Painter

Jan 2, 2010

F. Edward Painter, 61, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Born, May 22, 1948 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Roberta Taylor Painter and the late G. F. Painter and the husband of the late Elsie Swygert Painter. He was a partner of Painter Wholesale and retired from Central Locater Services LTD. He...

Elizabeth Green

Elizabeth Green

Jan 2, 2010

Elizabeth Lake "Betsy" Green, 78, of 297 Bethesda Drive, died Saturday, January 2, 2010, at Magnolia Manor. Born April 25, 1931 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jennings Lewis and Elizabeth Lake Thompson and the widow of Jack Darwin Green. Mrs. Green was a medical transcriptionist for the three local hospitals and secretary for many local...

James Mason

James Mason

Jan 1, 2010

James "Alan" Mason, 61, of Moore, SC, died Friday, January 1, 2010 at his home. Born April, 20, 1948, he was the son of the late James Thomas and Thelma Jean Wilkie Mason. Alan retired after 28 years with the Spartanburg Public Safety Department. He was a former investigator for the Spartanburg County Coroner's Office and a current Commissioner of...

Marie Lindsey

Marie Lindsey

Jan 1, 2010

Marie L. "Punkin" Lindsey, 49, of 110 Michael Gage Court, Lot 3, Pacolet, died January 1, 2010 at her home. Born October 10, 1960 in Winder, GA, she was the daughter of late Harold Gene Lawter Sr. and Rose Nell Lee Inman. She was a member of Silica Springs Baptist Church and was employed at Reeves Bros. Survivors include her...

Betty Anderson

Betty Anderson

Dec 30, 2009

Betty Jean Finch Anderson, 79, formerly of Jackson Street, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at White Oak Manor. Born December 6, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Crayton and Alice Aileen Gwinn Finch and the former wife of the late C. Howard Anderson. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a daughter, Andrea...

Thomas Cannon, Jr.

Thomas Cannon, Jr.

Dec 30, 2009

Thomas Evans Cannon, Jr., 70, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 9, 1939, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of the late Thomas Evans Cannon, Sr. and Nell McLellan Cannon. He was a short-order cook and a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Vietnam War. He is survived by a sister,...

Winona Vernberg

Winona Vernberg

Dec 29, 2009

Winona B. Vernberg passed away on December 29, 2008. After retiring from USC, Columbia, SC, in 1996, she moved to Saluda, NC. Winona was born in Kansas on January 9, 1924. She received a B.S. degree from Kansas State College of Pittsburg in 1944, an M.S. degree from DePauw University in 1947, and a Ph.D. degree in Zoology from Purdue...

Carolyn Hall

Carolyn Hall

Dec 29, 2009

Carolyn Cantrell Hall, 85, beloved wife of Roy Hall of 63 years, died December 29, 2009, at RoseCrest after three years of declining health. Born October 23, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Forest H. and Annie Mae White Cantrell. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School and Cecil's Business College, she was a secretary...

Jack Knight, Jr.

Jack Knight, Jr.

Dec 29, 2009

Jack Knight, Jr., 57, of Boiling Springs, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 31, 1952, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of Jack Knight, Sr. of Boiling Springs and the late Elizabeth Ellene Owenby Knight. He was a graduate of Spartanburg Technical College, a former employee of Arkwright Mill, and a...

Margaret Morrow

Margaret Morrow

Dec 28, 2009

Margaret Starnes Morrow, 72, of Moore, died Monday, December 28, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 29, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late LeRoy and Lois Thornton Starnes. A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Spartanburg General Hospital for Clinical Laboratory Technicians, she was a laboratory technician with Spartanburg General Hospital for a...

Norma Newman

Norma Newman

Dec 28, 2009

Norma Jean Rogers Newman, 73, of 34 Angler Drive, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 28, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 15, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William A. Rogers, Sr. and Ibby Marie Halliday Rogers. She was retired and an active member of Milestones Church....

Douglas Cohen

Douglas Cohen

Dec 27, 2009

Douglas, "Doug" Cohen, 56, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, at his home. Born February 23, 1953, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Sonia Robbins Cohen of Coventry, RI, and the late Herbert Cohen. He was the former president of Glenco Hosiery Mill and a retired sales representative with Adam International. Surviving in addition to his mother...

Catherine Bailey

Catherine Bailey

Dec 26, 2009

Catherine "Cat" Bailey, 76, of 4713 Worden Drive, Spartanburg, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 10, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late David and Lillie Lawson Hayes and wife of the late Harold Vernon Bailey. She was a former supervisor at Butte Knit and a member of Fairforest...

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