Jeremy Sailem
Sep 6, 2009
Jeremy Antonio Sailem, 16, of 113 Elderberry Drive, died suddenly on Sunday afternoon, September 6, 2009. Born February 10, 1993, in Valdosta, GA, he was the son of Calvin Antonio "Tony" and Alicia Montejano Sailem of the home. Moving to Spartanburg in 1998, he was currently a Junior at Spartanburg High School where he was active in basketball and track....
George Snyder
Sep 6, 2009
George William Snyder died on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born on May 9, 1918, he was a native of Greenwood, SC, and a resident for the past 12 years of Spartanburg, SC. He was the husband of Dorothy Holland Snyder and the son of the late Alfred Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Cork Snyder. Married to...
Henry Coggins
Sep 5, 2009
Henry Carl Coggins, 72, of 133 Maulden Street, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at his home. Born May 14, 1937, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Jonah and Ida Seals Coggins. He owned and operated Hillcrest. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of Clifton Masonic Lodge #215, and a member of First Baptist...
Thelma Hammett
Sep 5, 2009
Thelma King Hammett, 100, formerly of Spartanburg, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born July 26, 1909, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin T. and Maude Parris King. She attended Restoration Church. Survivors include a sister, Ruby Hand; three grand children, John W. Orvin, Clare M. Orvin, and Elisabeth J. Elrod;...
Sandra Mcabee
Sep 4, 2009
Sandra White McAbee, 65, of 320 Dobson Road, died Friday, September 4, 2009, at her home. Born January 22, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eugene "Gene" D. and Lee Mira Sherbert White. She was a cosmotologist. Survivors include a daughter, Kay Jackson of Moore; a son, Charles "Chuck" McAbee and his wife Robin of...
Cynthia Pruitt
Sep 4, 2009
Cynthia Knight Pruitt, 68, of 115 Fieldstone Road, died Friday, September 04, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born August 19, 1941 in Spartanburg a daughter of the late Odious and Lucille Sapoch Knight and was the wife of James R. "Jimmy" Pruitt, Jr., of Spartanburg. She retired this year from Dawkins Middle School after forty-two years of...
Beverly Anderson
Sep 2, 2009
Graveside services for Beverly Ballentine Anderson, 69, of Beaufort, and a longtime resident of Spartanburg, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 12, 2009, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Dr. Paul M. Petersen. The family will receive friends following the service at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 309 Fernwood Drive, Spartanburg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...
Ann Lewis
Sep 2, 2009
Ann Hatton Lewis, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at White Oak Estates Assisted Living. Born in Whitmire, SC, she was the daughter of the late William White and Ann Hatton Lewis. She lived for most of her adult life in Decatur and Atlanta, GA, first as an English teacher at Decatur High School and later as an administrative...
Iris Hammett
Sep 2, 2009
Iris Hammett, 91, of 63 Blackstock Road, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Magnolia Manor. Born April 6, 1918, in Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late John S. Hammitt and Mae Durham Hammitt Hodges. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two brothers, Jackie Hodges of Gray, TN, and Lawrence Hammitt of Spartanburg; two sisters,...
William Hardin
Sep 1, 2009
Bill Hardin, of Prosperity, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at Agape Senior Vista in Rock Hill, SC. Born August 31, 1933, in Clifton, SC, Bill was a longtime resident of Spartanburg; and although he retired to Lake Murray, he always had a great love for Spartanburg and his family and friends there. Survivors include his loving...
Lewis Cash
Sep 1, 2009
Lewis Lee Cash, 61, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Born November 13, 1947, in Mountain Rest, SC, he was the son of the late Elmer and Gertrude King Cash and the husband of the late Janice Blakely Cash. He was retired from Community Cash Stores after 16 years of service...
Helen Veverka
Aug 31, 2009
Helen Ann Staab Veverka, 79, of 237 Summerfield Road, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born October 18, 1929, in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Apolonia Edel Staab. A graduate of Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, NY, she was a retired executive secretary from Wofford College and Milliken Research...
Edith Osment
Aug 31, 2009
Edith Marcengill Osment, 86, of Boiling Springs, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 21, 1923, in Westminster, SC, she was the daughter of the late Julius Cecil and Grace Farmer Marcengill and the wife of the late James Wesley Osment. She was a retired secretary and of the Baptist faith. While living in Germany...
Ollie Jamison
Aug 30, 2009
Ollie Mae Dillard Jamison, 95, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Brunswick Cove Nursing Home in Winnabow. Born November 8, 1913, in Carrollton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Hamilton and Alice Elizabeth Hurt Dillard and the wife of the late Reeves Gamble Jamison. She was a member of Green Street Baptist Church...
Marie Hayes
Aug 30, 2009
Marie Gwinn Hayes, 92, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Fort Worth, TX. Born January 11, 1917, in the Walnut Grove community, she was the daughter of the late Mansel Bookter and Julia O'Shields Gwinn and the wife of the late Lucian Leroy Hayes. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and loved her flowers, garden, and...
John Lyles, Jr.
Aug 30, 2009
John Perry Lyles, Jr., 62, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 14, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Perry Lyles, Sr. and Frances Loyless Lyles. He was a Master Deputy at the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with 35 years of service, having risen to the rank...
Agnes Riddle
Aug 29, 2009
Agnes Hope Coates Riddle, 79, of Spartanburg, formerly of Gordon Drive, died Saturday, August 29, 2009, at her home. Born June 22, 1930, in Ahoskie, NC, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Daniel and Agnes Johnson Coates and the wife of the late John Manley Riddle. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Spartanburg where...
Willie Crain
Aug 29, 2009
Willie Elizabeth O'Shields Crain, 88, peacefully passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the home she built overlooking the Shoals of the North Tyger River and Anderson Grits Mill. With her was her son Stephen, her full time caregiver for seven years, and members of her Southern Care Hospice team. Born December 2, 1920 at home on the Foothills of...
Myrtle Cartee
Aug 27, 2009
Myrtle Alice Clayton Cartee, 85, of 8130 Rollins Street, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at her home. Born August 7, 1924, in Henderson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Hattie Belle Clayton and the wife of the late Boyce Lee Cartee. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Blake...
Ruby Vanpatton
Aug 26, 2009
Ruby Lancaster VanPatton, 93, of 675 Bushy Creek Road, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home. Born September 17, 1915, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Louvenia Belcher Lancaster and the wife of the late John T. VanPatton, Sr. She was a cosmetologist and a member of St. James United Methodist...
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