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Lana Dunham

Lana Dunham

Dec 25, 2009

Lana Evelyn Johnson Dunham, 60, of 512 Magnolia Blossom Court, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 4, 1949, in Springfield, OH, she was the daughter of Dennie E. and Evelyn Zick Johnson of Springfield, OH. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. In addition to her parents, she is survived by...

Mary Holcombe

Mary Holcombe

Dec 24, 2009

Mary Louise Henderson Holcombe, 86, formerly of Woodvale Drive, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at White Oak Manor. Born October 30, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde William and Beulah Bell Henderson and the wife of the late Aubrey E. Holcombe. She was retired from Whitney Mill and was a member of Fairview Free...

Heather Panther

Heather Panther

Dec 24, 2009

Heather Denise Panther, 35, of 618 Stewart Road, Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1974, in Smithville, MO, and reared in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of William Daniel and Sandra Pettit West of Roebuck. She was a clinical manager at Interim Hospice, a graduate of USC-Spartanburg, and a member of Southside...

Evelyn Hutchins

Evelyn Hutchins

Dec 24, 2009

Evelyn Allen "Nanny: Hutchins, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 24, 2009, after a brief illness. She was born May 21, 1928, in Spartanburg County, SC. She was a daughter of the late Herbert Lee and Minnie Lou Stacey Allen and the wife of the late William Henry Hutchins. She attended United Baptist Church on...

Ralph Shinta

Ralph Shinta

Dec 23, 2009

Ralph Campbell Shinta, 78, of Scruggs Avenue, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 24, 1931, in Piedmont, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Ella Ree Miller Shinta. He was a retired maintenance supervisor at Converse College, a member of St. Matthews Episcopal Church, and a U.S. Navy Veteran of...

Dewey Pressley

Dewey Pressley

Dec 23, 2009

Dewey Pressley, 89, of Pacolet Mills, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Autumn Care Nursing Home of Forest City, NC. Born October 2, 1920, in Tucapau, SC, he was the son of the late Dallas J. and Minnie Collins Pressley and husband to his beloved wife, the late Rosell Suttles Pressley. He was retired from the textile industry, was a...

Charles Whitlock

Charles Whitlock

Dec 22, 2009

Charles R. Whitlock, 88, of 400 Webber Road, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born August 11, 1921, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Dudley Jean and Jennille Graham Whitlock and the husband of the late Sara McMillan Whitlock. A 1939 graduate of Union High School and a 1943 graduate of The Citadel,...

Frances Greene

Frances Greene

Dec 22, 2009

Frances D. Greene, 61, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 9, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Wendell and Mary Louise Blanton Prayther. She was formerly employed with Thomas and Betts. Survivors include her husband, Ronnie Jack Greene; a daughter, Tonya Lynn Smith of Inman; a...

Ernestine White

Ernestine White

Dec 22, 2009

Ernestine Holland White, 93, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at her home. Born May 30, 1916, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Holland, Sr. and Patra Bearden Holland and the wife of 56 years to the late James Nelson White, Sr. A 1936 graduate of Converse College, she was a teacher...

John Sheppard

John Sheppard

Dec 21, 2009

Johnathan Ray Sheppard, 50, of Cowpens, died Monday, December 21, 2009, in Gaffney. Born November 28, 1959, in Lancaster, SC, he was the son of Peggy Joyce Bowers Blackman of Kershaw and the late Rev. Johnny Ray Sheppard. He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cowpens, the former owner and operator of Faith Small Engine in Cowpens,...

Evelyn Vieth

Evelyn Vieth

Dec 21, 2009

Evelyn Lenz Vieth, 89, of Spartanburg, beloved wife of Walter Richard Vieth, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 1, 1920, in West New York, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Florence Clark Lenz. She graduated from Jamaica High School, Long Island, New York. She met her future...

Marianne Burfete

Marianne Burfete

Dec 21, 2009

Marianne Landers Burfete, 56, of Spartanburg, died Monday, December 21, 2009, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born February 2, 1953, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Judson and Margaret Moser Landers of Pensacola, FL. A graduate of the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, she was an exemplary elementary school teacher with Spartanburg School District 7, having taught at...

Nancy Singleton

Nancy Singleton

Dec 19, 2009

Nancy Stone Singleton, 77, of 79 West Ridge Drive, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Born December 20, 1931, in Pelzer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Maude Stone. A graduate of Pelzer High School, she spent her professional career with First Baptist Church in Aberdeen, NC,...

Loris Zuercher

Loris Zuercher

Dec 19, 2009

Loris William Zuercher, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died December 19, 2009 at his home surrounded by family. Born February 11, 1925, in Canton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harrison William and Blanche Rice Zuercher. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He graduated from Toledo University with a pharmacy degree. He was a pharmaceutical...

John Varner, Jr.

John Varner, Jr.

Dec 19, 2009

John Taylor Varner, Jr., 89, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born November, 14, 1920, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late John Taylor and Eugenie McCombs Varner. He was first married to the late Sarah Quinn Varner and then to the late Earnestine "Teany" White Varner. He was employed as...

Rozella Millwood

Rozella Millwood

Dec 19, 2009

Rozella Snapp Millwood, 94, formerly of Maple Street, Pacolet, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was a resident of White Oak Manor in Spartanburg. Born January 22, 1915, in Alumwell, TN., she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Minnie Jones Snapp and the wife of...

Wofford Lawson, Jr.

Wofford Lawson, Jr.

Dec 18, 2009

Wofford Lawson, Jr., 69, of Spartanburg, died Friday, December 18, 2009. Born December 3, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Rupord Wofford Lawson, Sr. and Martha Jane Wall Lawson. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves and was plant manager for Alkahn (formerly Pentex) in Cowpens. He was a member of Eastside Baptist Church where...

Fidelis Hendricks

Fidelis Hendricks

Dec 18, 2009

Mrs. Hendricks, 80, formerly of Leechburg, PA, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was a resident of Windsor House West. Fidelis loved playing bingo, her computer, and spending time with her family, friends, and beloved grandchildren. Survivors include her children: William (Marilyn) Hendricks and Dorothy Stadterman of Boiling Springs, Monica (Edwin) Duris of...

Hank Weaver

Hank Weaver

Dec 17, 2009

Hank Thomas Weaver, 56, of 158 Thelma Drive, died Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 31, 1953, in Hart County, GA, he was the son of Katherine Joanne Cherry Weaver and the late George Thomas Weaver. He was an auto mechanic with Dill's Garage and was of the Presbyterian faith. Surviving in addition to his...

Manie Buckner

Manie Buckner

Dec 17, 2009

Manie Jackson Buckner, 92, of 6 Beverly Hills Drive, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2009, at her home. A native of Spartanburg, SC, Mrs. Buckner was born on September 16, 1917, to Grover Cleveland Jackson, Sr. and Elvena Read Jackson. She was a 1936 graduate of Spartanburg High School and married to the late Arthur Chris Buckner, Sr. for...

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