Obituaries

Feb 3, 2022

Nancy Oxley London, 84, of Boiling Springs, SC died Thursday, February 3, 2022 at Wesley Court Assisted Living Community. Born July 5, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Rosa Lea Lyles Oxley and was the wife of the late Marvin L. London, Jr.

Nancy was a member of Milestones...

Feb 3, 2022

Geri Cooke Bogan, 84, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, February 3, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 2, 1938 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lola Aretta Revis.

Geri was a homemaker. She loved her Lord and her family.

Survivors include her husband of 34 years, John Eric...

Feb 1, 2022

Willie Mae Lyda Gregory, 92, wife of the late John William Gregory, died Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House.  Born October 8, 1929, in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late George Nathan and Melinda Pool Lyda.  She was a member of Pacolet Mills Church of God and retired from Clifton Mills.

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Feb 1, 2022

Linda Frady Allen, 76 of Pendleton, SC passed away Tuesday February 1, 2022. Born March 24, 1945 she was the daughter of the late Thomas Floyd Frady and Mildred Blanche Gowens Frady. She was predeceased by a sister Mary Ellen Frady Perry, and a brother Kenneth Floyd Frady. As a stay at home mother with young children she was...

Jan 31, 2022

Gregory Kevin Gilliam, 59, of Moore, SC, died Monday, January 31, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 1, 1962 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Robert Wofford and Bobbie Jean Dobbins Gilliam.

Gregg was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg. He loved NASCAR, and was a huge sports fanatic. He never...

Jan 31, 2022

Joe Nesbitt Elmore, 89 of Lake Bowen, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022 at Spartanburg Restorative Care after over a month’s long battle with COVID. Born April 24, 1932 in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Charles Monroe and Clara Kirby Elmore.

Mr. Elmore served in the US Air Force, enlisting in 1951...

Jan 31, 2022

Timothy Victor Calvert, 51, of Boiling Springs, SC died Monday, January 31, 2022. Born July 3, 1970 in Charleston, SC, he was the son of Timothy Ashmer and Janice Hitner Calvert of Moore, SC.

Timothy was the owner of Carolina Classic Restoration Automobile Restoration. He was a member of Hope Church – Spartanburg, where he was very...

Jan 30, 2022

Joyce Ann Cantor, 81, wife of the late Donald Bruce Cantor, died Sunday, January 30, 2022, at her home.  Born April 27, 1940, in Monroe, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Brady and Myrtle Wallen Hargett.

Joyce was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, gardening, wildlife on her property and loved her family.

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Jan 29, 2022

Rev. William Carey “Bill” Adams, of Spartanburg, SC, husband of the late Shirley Hicks Adams, went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 29th, at the age of 84.

Born in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Ethel Johns Adams and Ernest Eugene Adams. He was a loving Pastor, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and...

Jan 28, 2022

Laura Elizabeth McConnell Taylor, 48, of Spartanburg, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, January 28, 2022.  She was born on April 23, 1973 in Spartanburg, SC, a daughter of Butch and Ann Martin McConnell of Cowpens.

Laura graduated from Broome High School and attended Spartanburg Methodist College.  She was a longtime employee of Broome High School and...

Jan 27, 2022

Kathleen “Kathy” Montgomery McArthur Smith, 70, wife of the late Lawrence Wayne Smith, died Thursday, January 27, 2022, at her home.  Born September 14, 1951, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Margie West McArthur of Glenn Springs and the late Joe McArthur.

Kathy was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church and loved to fish, sew...

Jan 27, 2022

Stephen Maurice Bingman, 72, died on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.  Born June 29, 1949, in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Clyde M. and Rhoda Hammill Bingman.

Mr. Bingman started his military career in the U. S. Marines and then served in the North Carolina Air National Guard.  He was a...

Jan 27, 2022

Arlene Steward Hahn, 89, of Greer, SC died Thursday, January 27, 2022 at her home. Born July 25, 1932 in Trenton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Martin Robert and Jennie Rose Stahl Steward and was the wife of the late Irving Daniel Hahn, Jr. for 55 years.

Arlene was a member of Reidville Road...

Jan 26, 2022

Louvenia “Lucy” Emory Hood, 81, of Enoree, SC, passed away January 26, 2022 at her home. Born June 3, 1940 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William and Rosa Lee Humphries Emory.

Louvenia was a member of Enoree First Freewill Baptist Church. She enjoyed her flowers and loved her family.

Survivors...

Jan 25, 2022

Diane Marie Reininger, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Upstate Community Hospice House. Born October 12, 1946 in McKeesport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Regis Benedict and Ada Marie Leonatti Snyder.

Diane was Department Manager at Walmart for 25 years. She was a member of Old St. Paul the Apostle...

Jan 24, 2022

Virgil Price “Jim” Bennett, 88, formerly of 121 Derrick Road, Pauline, SC, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Born November 26, 1933, in Union County, he was a son of the late Sterling Price and Mildred Lunette Lancaster Bennett. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Phyllis Cunningham Bennett.

Mr....

Jan 23, 2022

Mildred Everhart Whisnant, 97, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. Born March 6, 1924 in Lexington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Baxter O. and Mary Hedrick Everhart and the wife of the late Hermon D. Whisnant.

Mildred was a substitute teacher at the Charles Lea Center and was a...

Jan 23, 2022

Patricia Adele Hackworth, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. Born April 3, 1936 in Marquette Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Richard Raphael and Ellen Martha Rago Adams and was the wife of the late James Calvin Hackworth.

Patricia was of the Catholic faith.

Survivors include her...

Jan 22, 2022

Leonard H. Reece, Jr. 93, of Taylors, SC, died Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Terra Bella Summit of Greenville, SC. born September 26, 1928 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Leonard Harrison Reece, Sr. and Elizabeth Shigley Reece.

A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Bob Jones University, Leonard was retired from...

Jan 22, 2022

Maude Hicks Baytes, 96, a resident of Inverness Community of Union Springs, AL, went to heaven on Saturday, January 22, 2022. She formerly lived in Roebuck, SC.

A native of Portsmouth, VA, she was born the daughter of the late James Elgee Hicks and Maude White Hicks. She was the wife of the late William Burton Baytes,...