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Rudolph Atkinson

Rudolph Atkinson

Jul 30, 2009

Rudolph Edward "Rudy" Atkinson, 80, of 547 Ellsmere Way, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Born September 12, 1928, in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Edward Valentine and Myrtle Mae Henderson Atkinson. He formerly resided in Greer and was first married to the late Mevlyn L. Atkinson. He was a master...

Kenneth Smith

Kenneth Smith

Jul 30, 2009

Kenneth Ray "Ken" Smith, 83, of 110 Summit Hills Drive, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at his home. Born July 10, 1926, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late M. Dupre and Lillie Jones Smith. He was retired from Texaco Company. He was a member of Morningside Baptist Church where he was a Sunday School teacher, and...

Kim Mccraw

Kim Mccraw

Jul 30, 2009

Kim Nannette Fowler McCraw died peacefully and gracefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, surrounded by devoted members of her family. Mrs. McCraw was born March 29, 1956. She had suffered from cancer for a number of years. At the time of her passing, she was a resident of Smith Phayer Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills. Mrs. McCraw was the...

Joyce Wofford

Joyce Wofford

Jul 29, 2009

Joyce Whisenant Wofford, of 2780 East Main Street, formerly of Woodley Road, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Eden Terrace. Born November 22, 1938, in Startex, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Manley and Lillie Sexton Whisenant and the wife of the late Charlie Wofford. A graduate of Byrnes High School and Robinson Business College, she retired...

Mary Harvley

Mary Harvley

Jul 29, 2009

Mary Locke Harvley, 90, of 1105 Partridge Road, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at RoseCrest. Born February 14, 1919, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Maude Phaff Locke. She was a Greenville High School graduate and attended Limestone College, Spartanburg Methodist College, and Converse College. Mrs. Harvley was a member of Morningside Baptist...

Mary Hefner

Mary Hefner

Jul 29, 2009

Mary B. Hefner, 81, of Cowpens, a former resident of Whitney for 30 years, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at her home. Born December 17, 1927, in Anderson County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Lenora Shumaker Leopard and the wife of the late Joe Franklin Hefner, Sr. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

Harold Roberts

Harold Roberts

Jul 29, 2009

Harold Roberts, 91, of 110 Fernbrook Circle, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. A native of Asheville, NC, he was born June 13, 1918, to the late A. Lon Roberts and Addie Edwards Roberts. He attended Wake Forest University, was a member of Gamma Eta Gamma fraternity, and did his graduate study at the University of...

Jean Stewart

Jean Stewart

Jul 25, 2009

Jean Stewart, 71, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 7, 1937, in Centerville, IA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Helen Caldwell Stewart and widow of M. W. "Bud" Stewart. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Stephens and husband Geoff of Campobello; two sons, Matt Stewart and wife Kelly, and Stephen...

Edwin Marotte

Edwin Marotte

Jul 24, 2009

Edwin C. "Micky" Marotte, 90, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 2, 1919, in Orwigsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Floyd Karper and Elizabeth Campbell Marotte. A graduate of Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA, he was Regional Administrative Manager for Alcoa...

Jean High

Jean High

Jul 23, 2009

Jean Vassy High, 82, of 402 Fernwood Drive, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at her home. Born September 20, 1926, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Festus and Ora McCullough Vassy. She attended Limestone College, retired from Carolina Cash Stores, and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband of 61...

Nelda Barnes

Nelda Barnes

Jul 23, 2009

Nelda K. Barnes, 84, of 3150 Longbow Drive, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born October 12, 1924, in Jackson, WI, she was the daughter of the late Reinhold Otto Ferdinand and Emily Marie Wulff Kressin and the wife of the late Ralph Barnes. She was a retired teacher with the SC School for the...

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith

Jul 23, 2009

Sarah "Tommie" Pinson Smith, 87, of Boiling Springs, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 15, 1922, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eber and Eula Garrison Pinson and the wife of 57 years to the late Walter Preston Smith. She was a retired switchboard operator, having worked with...

Theodore Wright

Theodore Wright

Jul 22, 2009

Theodore "Ted" Wright, 83, of Eden Terrace, formerly of Webber Way, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 16, 1926, in Peru, NY, he was the son of the late William and Margaret Morris Wright and the husband of the late Katherine Lillian Lee Wright. He was a retired New York State prison guard, a...

Ruth Brady

Ruth Brady

Jul 21, 2009

Ruth Wardlaw Brady, 90, of Spartanburg, formerly of Arcadia, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Born December 28, 1918, in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Homer Lee and Stella Lou Newell Wardlaw and the wife of the late George W. Brady. She was a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church and formerly taught the Mother's Bible...

Horace Huntsinger, Sr.

Horace Huntsinger, Sr.

Jul 20, 2009

Horace Huntsinger, Sr., 80, of 104 Cypress Drive, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Edgar Columbus and Exey Tuck Huntsinger. A graduate of Robinson Business College, he was a retired salesman for Thomas and Howard Company with over 30 years of service....

Claire Salley

Claire Salley

Jul 20, 2009

Claire Elaine Pare Salley, 59, of 2720 Country Club Road, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 3, 1949, in Woonsocket, RI, she was the daughter of Jeannette Rattie Pare of Whitney and the late Hubert M. Pare. She was employed part-time at the Civitan Rehabilitation Workshop, Inc. and was a member of Whitney...

David Ochs

David Ochs

Jul 20, 2009

David Wayne Ochs, 61, of 501 Camelot Drive, Apartment 69, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at his home. Born May 30, 1948, in Acushnet, MA, he was the son of the late George and Harriett Meechum Ochs. He was a tire sales engineer and former retread plant manager with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He served in the Vietnam War....

Judith Whitehill

Judith Whitehill

Jul 20, 2009

Judith N. "Judy" Whitehill, 64, of Inman, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 10, 1945, in Charleston, SC, she was the daughter of Sarah Rebecca Epting Nunamaker and the late Cecil Young Nunamaker. She was of the Lutheran faith. Surviving in addition to her mother are three daughters, Debbie Bass and her husband Richard...

Margaret Wofford

Margaret Wofford

Jul 20, 2009

Margaret Louise Vaughn Wofford, 81, of 343 South Highpoint Road, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 22, 1927, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Maude Cox Vaughn and the wife of the late John Wallace Wofford. She was retired from Arrow Automotive and was a member of...

Viriginia Watson

Viriginia Watson

Jul 19, 2009

Virginia Bangle Watson, 100, of 400 Webber Road, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born December 19, 1908, in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Coit Watson and Blanche Wright Bangle and wife of the late Casper Lee Watson. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and a retired school teacher having taught in...

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