Obituaries

Jack Bogan

Jack Bogan

Apr 17, 2009

Jack N. Bogan, 80, of 753 North Liberty Street, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at his home. Born November 6, 1928, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of the late Herman and Rose Bogan and husband of the late Annie Duggins Bogan. He was employed by the Beacon Drive-in for 35 years and retired from Michelin after 15 years...

Alvin West

Alvin West

Apr 17, 2009

Alvin Dean West, 79, of 106 West Road, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 17, 1929, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Louise Duncan West. He was retired as a superintendent with Fiske-Carter Construction Company and also Union Water Works. He was a member of Bogansville United...

Betty Dalhouse

Betty Dalhouse

Apr 17, 2009

Betty Gesner Dalhouse, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at her home. Born October 26, 1926, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Reed and Mary Margaret Hodgens Gesner and the wife of the late Samuel Pollock Dalhouse. She was a 1948 graduate of Agnes Scott College in Decatur GA, with a B.A. degree. She...

R. Cooper

R. Cooper

Apr 16, 2009

Robert Cecil Cooper, 86, of 119 Park Street, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home. Born May 8, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late John and Kate Johnson Cooper. He was employed for many years at Arkwright Mill and retired from HealthTex. He was a member of Central Baptist Church and a U.S....

L. Blackwell

L. Blackwell

Apr 16, 2009

L. C. Blackwell, 93, of Boiling Springs, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at RoseCrest. Born March 6, 1916, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late L. C. Blackwell, Sr. and Sarah Cash Blackwell. He was retired from Arkwright Mills Cateswood Plant. He was a member of Buck Creek Baptist Church and attended Beaumont Baptist Church for...

Benjamin Bonner

Benjamin Bonner

Apr 16, 2009

Benjamin Calhoun Bonner, 83, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 14, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Clarence and Verna Calhoun Bonner. A graduate of Pacolet High School, he was retired from Sears Roebuck and Company after 30 years of service. He was a member...

Ted Sizemore

Ted Sizemore

Apr 16, 2009

Edward Earl "Ted" Sizemore, 76, of 220 Floyd Road, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home. Born November 30, 1932, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late William Boyd Sizemore, Sr. and Onteen Henderson Sizemore. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Zamora of Spartanburg, and Wanda...

Phillip Johnson, Jr.

Phillip Johnson, Jr.

Apr 15, 2009

Phillip Edwin Johnson, Jr., 46, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1962, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Phillip Edwin Johnson, Sr. of Inman and Sandra Gosnell Johnson of Spartanburg. He was employed with Phil Johnson Contracting Company and the SC Department of Transportation. He was of the Baptist...

Harold Pettit

Harold Pettit

Apr 15, 2009

Harold William Pettit, 85, of Louisville, KY, formerly of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at his home. Born September 13, 1923, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late William E. and Essie Chapman Pettit. He was retired from Duke Energy after 31+ years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg...

Judith Wheatley

Judith Wheatley

Apr 14, 2009

Judith Kay Greene Wheatley, 55, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at her home. Born October 29, 1953, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. and Lola Richards Greene and the wife of the late Sydney Lanier Wheatley. She was a graduate of Central Wesleyan College, a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, and...

Pat Keller

Pat Keller

Apr 14, 2009

Patricia Ann Snyder Keller, 63, of 1055 Barnwell Road, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at her home. Born August 13, 1945, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Harry Lee and Viola Medford Snyder. She was a retired home healthcare provider, a very active member of the VFW, and of the Pentecostal faith. She was a devoted...

Capt. Brown

Capt. Brown

Apr 14, 2009

Carroll Dean Brown, 69, husband, father, friend, and retired United States Navy Captain who served with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Columbia, SC. Dean Brown was born to Tyler Vandiver and Dollie King Brown in Spartanburg, SC, on November 16, 1939. He attended Spartanburg High School, Spartanburg, SC, and graduated from Wofford...

Ruth Hill

Ruth Hill

Apr 14, 2009

Ruth Bishop Hill, 90, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September 20, 1918, in Greenville County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Arthur and Sophie Neill Bishop and the wife of the late James Harry Hill. She was a former Executive Director of the Spartanburg Council on Aging and a...

Zora Waddell

Zora Waddell

Apr 13, 2009

Zora Elizabeth Brown Waddell, 86, of Spartanburg, formerly of Cowpens, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 28, 1923, in Laurens County, SC, she was the daughter of the late David and Teni Bradley Brown and was raised by an aunt and uncle, Francis and Posey Grubbs of Woodruff. She was the wife of the...

Weyman Greene

Weyman Greene

Apr 13, 2009

Weyman Earl Greene, 84, of 175 Shady Lane, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 6, 1924, in Sylvania, GA, he was the son of the late George and Ruth Rustin Greene. He was retired after 37 years of service with Southern Bell in South Florida. He was a member of Mountain View Baptist...

Matthias Lischerong

Matthias Lischerong

Apr 13, 2009

Matthias "Matz" Lischerong, 74, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 21, 1934, in Kleck, Germany, he was the son of the late Nikolaus and Katherina Jerch Lischerong. A graduate of Textile College of Reutlingen, Germany, he was the President of Primaknit, Inc. and Litex International Corporation. He was a member of...

Donald Parks

Donald Parks

Apr 12, 2009

Donald "Don" Ernest Parks, 77, of 1607 Springfield Road, died April 12, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 1, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Ernest and Inez Bailey Parks. He was a retired M/Sgt with the U.S. Air Force following twenty years of service, a Vietnam Veteran, and a recipient of...

Roy Vaughn

Roy Vaughn

Apr 11, 2009

Roy N. Vaughn, 66, of Port Charlotte, FL, went to be with the Lord at Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care on Saturday, April 11, 2009, surrounded by family. Roy was born in Spartanburg, SC, on September 2, 1942, the son of the late Rome G. and Allie V. Gowan. He was formerly married to Jean Lawter Robertson and Denise Coe...

Byron Morris

Byron Morris

Apr 11, 2009

Byron Leslie Morris, of Roebuck, died Saturday, April 11, 2009, at his home. Born April 28, 1941, in Williamson, WV, he was the son of the late Bert Wesley and Clara Thompson Morris. He was a retired purchasing agent for Koch Industries, Kosa Division, and a member of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg. Survivors include his wife of 47years,...

Barbara Mack

Barbara Mack

Apr 10, 2009

Barbara Thomas Mack, 76, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at Spring Arbor. Born September 16, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Langdon and Hester Holmes Thomas and the wife of 55 years to the late Jarrett David Mack. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Susan...