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Margaret Jennings

Margaret Jennings

Oct 11, 2009

Margaret Elizabeth Gregg Jennings, 83, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 5, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Dewey and Elizabeth Hicks Gregg and the wife of the late Clyde Curtis Jennings. She was formerly employed with the Spartanburg Herald Journal and was a member of...

Ruth Vinson

Ruth Vinson

Oct 11, 2009

Sara Ruth Lowe Vinson, 92, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, October 11, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 21, 1917, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late T. B. and Elizabeth Lowe and the wife of the late Richard Vinson. She was retired from Butte Knit and was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Survivors...

Hilda Brown

Hilda Brown

Oct 10, 2009

Hilda Frederick Brown, 87, died on Saturday, October 10, 2009 in Spartanburg, SC. Born August 28, 1922, in Hackleburg, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Charles Walker and Francis Kirkpatrick Frederick. She was a Phi Kappa Phi graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Home Economics. Before marriage she worked with the Alabama Extension Service as a...

Phyllis Bennett

Phyllis Bennett

Oct 10, 2009

Phyllis Cunningham Bennett, 72, of 121 Derrick Road, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 7, 1937, in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Maggie West Cunningham. She was employed with Spartanburg County School District Six Food Service and was formerly employed with Carolina Cash Company. She was...

Beamon Parker

Beamon Parker

Oct 10, 2009

Beamon "Dave" Parker, 61, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 7, 1948, he was the son of Elizabeth Stapleton and the late Beamon Davis Parker Sr.. He was the District Sales Manager for the Spartanburg Herald Journal and a member of Thompson Chapel Baptist Church. He was a Veteran of the U.S....

David Blackwell

David Blackwell

Oct 9, 2009

David Mark Blackwell, 47, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 9, 2009. Born November 10, 1961, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of John B. and Elaine D. Blackwell of Spartanburg. He was the president of CBA, Inc. and a graduate of USC-Spartanburg. Also surviving is a brother, John M. Blackwell and his wife Robin, a niece, Aften M....

Raymond Hanson

Raymond Hanson

Oct 8, 2009

Raymond Clarion Hanson, 83, of 630 Holston Creek Church Road, died Thursday, October 8, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 10, 1926, in Sioux City, IA, he was the son of the late Hans P. and Hanna Madson Hanson. He retired from Hormel Meats Company after 33 years of service and was of the Lutheran faith. Survivors include...

Ann Johnston

Ann Johnston

Oct 8, 2009

Anne Morrill Johnston, 75, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, October 8, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 11, 1934, in High Point, NC, she was the daughter of the late Fred Walter and Mildred N. Morrill and lived with her grandparents in Hertford, NC, before moving to the Panama Canal Zone for high school and college. She was married...

Jackson Turpin

Jackson Turpin

Oct 7, 2009

Jackson Gray Turpin, 4 month old son of Derek Anthony Turpin and Victoria Patricia Ann Darwin of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born May 27, 2009, in Spartanburg, SC, and was of the Christian faith. Also surviving is a sister, Lauren Turpin of Easley; grandparents, Mike and Debbie Turpin of Easley, and...

Tyrus Wood

Tyrus Wood

Oct 5, 2009

Tyrus Raymond Wood, 87, of Spartanburg, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Jesse Landrum and Minnie Moss Kaiser Wood. Ty enjoyed a long retirement after 31 years service with the U.S. Postal Service. He attended Spartanburg High School, Spartanburg Methodist College...

H. Alley

H. Alley

Oct 5, 2009

Henry Edward "Bill" Alley, 74, of Spartanburg, died Monday, October 5, 2009, at his home. Born February 2, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Floyd A. and Bertha Davis Alley. A 1954 graduate of Spartanburg High School, he attended Clemson University, retired from Spartanburg County School District 7 after 28 years of service, and was...

Michael Dellinger

Michael Dellinger

Oct 3, 2009

Michael Wayne Dellinger, 53, of 11 Angler Drive, died October 3, 2009. Born January 31, 1956 in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of Barbara Boyd Dellinger of Spartanburg and the late Elmer Harold Dellinger. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sons, Michael Brandon Dellinger and Justin Wayne Dellinger, both of Spartanburg; three brothers, Kenneth R....

Robin Blanton

Robin Blanton

Oct 3, 2009

Robin Burns Blanton, 52, of Pacolet, died Saturday, October 3, 2009, at her home. Born June 20, 1957, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of R. S. Burns of Pacolet Mills and the late Faye Worthy Burns. She was a former secretary at the Spartanburg City Fire Department and a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church where she was...

Allison Garner

Allison Garner

Oct 2, 2009

Allison Garner, 90, of 129 Petras Way, died Friday, October 2, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 2, 1919, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Albert O. and Lenora "Nonie" Easler Garner. He was a music teacher and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II,...

Harry Ford

Harry Ford

Oct 2, 2009

Harry A. Ford, 80, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 2, 2009, at Woodruff Manor. Born February 9, 1929, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late William Bascom Ford, Sr. and Coddie Allen Ford. He was retired from Mayfair Mills after 45 years of service. Survivors include a sister, Kathryn F. Brininger of Allegan, MI; a brother,...

Lois Thorpe

Lois Thorpe

Oct 2, 2009

Lois Seeley Thorpe, 90, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 2, 2009, at RoseCrest Nursing Home. Born May 11, 1919, in Waterbury, CT, she was the wife of the late Richard Allyn Thorpe, Sr. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, the Garden Club of Spartanburg, and the original group who delivered meals for Mobile Meals. She...

Judith Greene

Judith Greene

Oct 1, 2009

Judith Lessey Greene, 84, of Chesnee, died Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 16, 1925, in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Morcaldi Lessey and the wife of 62 years to the late Weyman Earl Greene. She was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church,...

Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson

Sep 30, 2009

Lonnie Baxter Johnson, 73, of 109 Derrick Road, died Wednesday, September 30, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 7, 1936, in Marshall, NC, he was the son of the late Carl and Minnie Randall Johnson. He was a carpenter with Fiske-Carter Construction and Roebuck Buildings Company and a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife,...

Margaret West

Margaret West

Sep 29, 2009

Margaret Read "Nana" West, 90, a lifelong resident of Spartanburg, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at White Oak Manor. Born November 3, 1918, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas W. Read, Sr. and Bretta Worley Read and the wife of the late Horace Palmer West who died November...

Paula Toon

Paula Toon

Sep 29, 2009

Paula Raie Smith Toon, 39, of 2 Avenel Court, formerly of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at St. Frances Hospital in Greenville. Born December 30, 1969, in New Orleans, LA, she was the daughter of Carol Moore Smith of Spartanburg and the late Donald J. Smith. She was a member of Advent United Methodist Church of Greenville. Surviving in...

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