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Harry Coward

Harry Coward

Dec 7, 2009

Harry Nathan Coward, 90, of 400 Webber Road, died Monday, December 7, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 11, 1919, in Hendersonville, NC, he was the son of the late John Clark and Anna Sue Epps Coward. He was first married to the late Mary McSwain Coward. He was a retired sheet metal worker and retired from Southern...

Roy Martin

Roy Martin

Dec 6, 2009

George Roy Martin, 80, of Moore, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at Life Care of Columbia. Born September 22, 1929, in Ninety Six, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Guy and Minnie Patton Martin. He was a disabled World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army-Air Corp. Survivors include a daughter, Marcell Messer and her husband Kenneth...

Samuel Collins

Samuel Collins

Dec 6, 2009

Samuel Moore Collins, 87, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at his home. Born July 16, 1922, and a native of Louisville, KY, he was raised in Shelbyville, KY, and was a son of the late Wallace Crittenden and Lucile Hitt Collins and the husband of the late Evelyn Cox Collins. He was a retired vice-president and senior trust...

Ruby Hammett

Ruby Hammett

Dec 4, 2009

Ruby Parris Hammett, 94, of Cowpens, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at The Laurels of Hendersonville. Born June 30, 1915, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Carrie Mosley Parris and the wife of the late John Earl Hammett. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church of Cowpens where she served on...

William Robertson

William Robertson

Dec 4, 2009

William Britt "Dub" Robertson, 80, of 192 South Blackstock Road, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at his home. Born March 14, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William and Cassie Seay Robertson. He was retired from Phillips Fibers, was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, the Westview Masonic Lodge, and a Veteran of the...

Mrs. Cleo Phillips

Mrs. Cleo Phillips

Dec 3, 2009

Mrs. Cleo Hattie Pannell Phillips, 94, of 319 East Main Street, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday afternoon, December 3, 2009, at her home with her loving family by her side. Born September 26, 1915, in Bakersville, NC, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Lida Blevins Pannell. She married the love of her...

Eleanor White

Eleanor White

Dec 2, 2009

Eleanor Stanley White, 92, formerly of 649 Palmetto Street, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born March 15, 1917, in Hampton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm James and Mary Rivers Stanley. She was a graduate of Furman University and, after graduation, received a fellowship at Furman for advanced study in piano. Mrs. White...

B. Humphries

B. Humphries

Dec 2, 2009

Burton Wayne Humphries, 55, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at his home. Born August 26, 1954, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Burton Almarine and Hazel Beatrice Hedden Humphries. He was the head of all machine operators at General Electric, a former member of Ben Avon Baptist Church, a member of the National Rifle...

Cecil Moore

Cecil Moore

Dec 1, 2009

Cecil Greene Moore, 81, of 121 Old Canaan Road, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at his home. Born July 16, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Walter and Myrtle Mooneyham Moore and the husband of the late Mary Harmon Moore. He was the former owner of Cecil Moore Repair Service on Southport Road and a...

Mary Harrison

Mary Harrison

Dec 1, 2009

Mary Burrell Harrison, 93, formerly of Collins Avenue, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 23, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Martha Mae Luker Burrell and the wife of the late Joseph Wilson Harrison. She was retired from the Spartanburg Housing Authority with 40 years of...

Donnie Proctor

Donnie Proctor

Nov 30, 2009

Donnie Gray Proctor, 73, of 31 Sweetbriar Lane, died Monday, November 30, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 26, 1936, in Wilson, NC, he was the son of Virginia Owens Proctor of Wilson, NC, and the late Joshua Hicks Proctor. He was the parts and service director for Vic Bailey Ford and co-owner of Prostitch Upholstery. He was...

Harling Tucker

Harling Tucker

Nov 30, 2009

Harling Lee Tucker, 87, of Chesnee, died Monday, November 30, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 26, 1922, in Union County, SC, he was the son of the late Louis and Fannie Smith Tucker and the husband of the late Eveline Haydock Tucker. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force after 26 years of service. He...

Rev. Crews

Rev. Crews

Nov 29, 2009

Rev. Dr. William R. Crews, 75, died Sunday, November 29, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital in Spartanburg, South Carolina, following a severe brain injury as a result of a fall. He leaves his wife of 55 years, Dr. Freda V. Green-Crews; his daughter, Terrie L. Moyer, his son, Williams Crews, Jr., and daughter, Rachel Greene, his grandchildren, Robert Jared Wilkins,...

Anne Lopshire

Anne Lopshire

Nov 29, 2009

Anne Taft Lopshire, 74, of Spartanburg, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2009, at her home after an extended illness surrounded by her family and friends. Born November 1, 1935, in Crawford County, WI, she was the daughter of Hazel Copus Taft of Davenport, IA, and the late Harley Taft. In 1944, the family moved from their farm to Madison,...

David Overton

David Overton

Nov 28, 2009

David A. Overton, 87, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, November 28, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Knoxville, TN. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 3, 2009, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Marines Toys for Tots Foundation, P. O. Box 1947, Quantico, VA 22134. Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel...

James Ward

James Ward

Nov 26, 2009

James Lee Ward, 68, of 160 Pine Creek Drive, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at his home. He was born August 28, 1941 in Woodruff, SC a son of the late John S. Ward Sr., and Carrie Greene Ward. He was a retired officer with the Spartanburg City Police Department. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and a member...

Jill Williams

Jill Williams

Nov 26, 2009

Jill Williams, 74, of 400 Weber Road, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at her home. Born January 15, 1935 in London, England, Jill was the daughter of the late Jack and Doris Pullen. A graduate of the University of Manchester, Jill will be remembered for her lifelong commitment to her family and to her students during 20 years teaching Latin...

Mary Gentry

Mary Gentry

Nov 26, 2009

Mary F. Gentry, 83, of 340 Cedar Springs Road, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born May 9, 1926 in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Bernice Gossett Fowler. She was first married to the late Fontaine W. Webber and then to the late William D. Gentry. She was retired...

Lucia Williams

Lucia Williams

Nov 25, 2009

Lucia Moir Williams, 69, of 409 South Pine Street, died Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 7, 1940, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Douglas Counsell and Katherine Smith Moir. A 1962 graduate of Converse College, she was a legal secretary with John C. Williams, Jr., Attorney. She was a member...

Christine Hope

Christine Hope

Nov 25, 2009

Christine Justice Hope, 79, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at her home. Born July 30, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wilburn Phillip and Mae Abbott Justice and the wife of the late Harry Glenn Hope. She attended Spartanburg Junior College and was a retired Business Manager from Spartanburg Technical College. She was...

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