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Doris Byars

Doris Byars

Jun 27, 2009

Doris Ruth Holcombe Byars of Spartanburg passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Ruth Holcombe. A 1951 graduate of Fairforest High School, she was an avid basketball player and cheerleader. She was one of the first YMCA women lifeguards at the Cleveland Park swimming pool...

Dr. Seastrunk

Dr. Seastrunk

Jun 26, 2009

Dr. James Samuel "Sam" Seastrunk, 71, of Inman, husband of Gail Clayton Seastrunk, died Friday morning, June 26, 2009, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born June 4, 1938, in Lexington County, SC, he was the son of Lucille Davis Nunnery of Parkton, NC, and the late James Acker Seastrunk. He grew up...

Carolyn Hooper

Carolyn Hooper

Jun 26, 2009

Carolyn Sue Scartz Hooper, 71, of 109 Sherbert Court, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 1, 1938, in Clarksburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Harold Scartz and Clara Margaret Miller. She was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband, James Edward Hooper; two daughters, Debbie Hooper...

Eulaine Vannoy

Eulaine Vannoy

Jun 26, 2009

Eulaine Church Dockery Vannoy, 77, of 27 Forest Oaks Way, died Friday, June 26, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 20, 1932, in North Wilkesboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ruff H. and Ella Church Dockery and step-daughter of the late Edith Dockery. She was a 1950 graduate of Millers Creek High School and...

Colonel Abernathy

Colonel Abernathy

Jun 22, 2009

Colonel Warren H. Abernathy, 85, of 111 Hillbrook Drive, died Monday, June 22, 2009. A native of Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late George and Effie Hines Abernathy and the husband of the late Margaretta Scruggs Abernathy. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, he attended Wofford College and graduated from Spartanburg Methodist College and the University of...

Jacob Sayko

Jacob Sayko

Jun 21, 2009

Jacob Sergeyevich Sayko, two week old son of Sergey Pavlovich and Olga Vladimirovna Ilyuchik Sayko, died Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born June 2, 2009 in Spartanburg. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 P.M. Sunday, June 21, 2009 and at 10:00 A.M. Monday, June 22, 2009 at Floyd's Boiling Springs Chapel, conducted by...

John Morrow

John Morrow

Jun 21, 2009

John Charles Morrow, 83, of 4835 North Blackstock Road, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 26, 1925, in Greer, SC, he was the son of the late Robert T. and Ocie Messer Morrow. He was retired from Phillips Petroleum, a Mason and member of Arcadia Masonic Lodge #285, member of Powell Presbyterian Church,...

John Crews

John Crews

Jun 21, 2009

John William Crews, 52, of 4331 Conrad Drive, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at his home. Born July 20, 1956, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Walter and Nancy Crews. He was employed at The Beacon Drive-In and attended First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. Survivors include his wife, Tricia Blanton Crews; two sons and two daughters,...

Jesse Whitlock

Jesse Whitlock

Jun 19, 2009

Jesse Harold Whitlock, 89, of 1049 Knollwood Acres Road, Boiling Springs, died Friday, June 19, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 27, 1920 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Andrew Jess and Hattie Creola Senn Whitlock. He attended Spartanburg Technical College and retired from the U.S. Air Force after 33 years of service during...

Albert Jones, Sr.

Albert Jones, Sr.

Jun 19, 2009

Albert Pierce Jones, Sr., 90, of White Stone, died Friday, June 19, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 13, 1918, in the Mountainview community of Greenville County, SC, he was the son of the late Pierce Harper and Nannie Taylor Jones and the husband of the late Guynell Murph Jones. He attended North Greenville College and the University...

Shirley Wood

Shirley Wood

Jun 19, 2009

Shirley Wood of Spartanburg died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at her home. Born October 7, 1942, in Rutherfordton County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Howard Richard and Leona Ledbetter Lee and wife of the late Bobby E. Wood. She was a private duty nursing assistant. Survivors include three daughters, Sherrie Nelson and Angie Brooks, both of Spartanburg,...

William Clippard

William Clippard

Jun 18, 2009

William Calvin Clippard, 84, of 124 Swain Avenue, died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at his home. Born February 10, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Millard and Elsie Lowe Clippard and was raised by his grandmother, the late Mattie Lowe. He was retired from Whitney Mill after 40 years of service. He was a member...

Rutledge Morris

Rutledge Morris

Jun 17, 2009

Rutledge S. Morris, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at his home. Born August 6, 1922, in Talbottom, GA, he was the son of the late Gretchen Alvin and Minnie Jane Gore Morris. A graduate of Fairforest High School, North Greenville Junior College, and Furman University, he was retired from Draper Corporation, a division of North American Rockwell....

Jean Arnam

Jean Arnam

Jun 17, 2009

Jean H. Van Arnam, formerly of Beaufort and Clinton, SC, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born December 9, 1920, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Russel M. and Edith M. Fordham Herrick and the wife of the late William Donaldson Van Arnam, Jr. She was of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors include a...

Gayle Bolton

Gayle Bolton

Jun 17, 2009

Cydee Gayle Pettit Bolton, 70, of Pauline, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, June 17, 2009, surrounded by her family in the comfort of her home. Born May 6, 1939, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Allen Wakefield Pettit and Grace Morrow Marquis. A graduate of Roebuck High School, she was retired from Bolton-James Alignment, Inc....

Gladys Lyles

Gladys Lyles

Jun 16, 2009

Gladys "Pete" Ward Lyles, 93, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in New York City following a brief illness. Born August 16, 1915, in Foochow, China, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Ansel and Mildred Worley Ward. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she later received a MAT degree from Converse College. She lived in Spartanburg for over...

J. Simmons, Jr.

J. Simmons, Jr.

Jun 16, 2009

Jesse Dean "J. D." Simmons, Jr., 80, of 150 Simmons Drive, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at his home. Born September 25, 1928, in Fairforest, SC, he was the son of the late Jesse Dean Simmons, Sr. and Vivyer Cooke Simmons. He retired after 30 years of service with Duke Power Company where he was presented the Edison...

John Capps

John Capps

Jun 16, 2009

John Russell "Russ" Capps, 28, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, June 14, 2009. Born March 27, 1981, in Pensacola, FL, he was the son of W. P. "Pete" Capps, Jr. of Milton, FL, and Juanita "Nita" Carden DuRocher of Spartanburg. He attended Broome High School and Spartanburg Community College and was a computer technical writer with Du All Controls. Surviving in...

Ida Jackson

Ida Jackson

Jun 15, 2009

Ida Lee Floyd Jackson, 89, of Spartanburg, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1920, in Buffalo, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eugene P. Floyd, Sr. and Nannie Riddle Floyd and the wife of the late Fred E. Jackson. She was a retired textile employee and of the Baptist faith. Survivors...

Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray

Jun 15, 2009

Sarah Renee Gray, 48, of Inman, died Monday, June 15, 2009, at her home. Born March 21, 1961, in St. Louis, MO, she was the daughter of the late Gary Gene and Jean Ann Norris. She was the wife of Doug Gray and was first married to the late Bobby Joe Adams, Sr. She was a business woman. Surviving in...

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