Obituaries
Betty Lou Wall
May 2, 2020
Betty L. Wall Chesnee, SC. Betty Lou Bonham Wall, 95, entered peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior at her home on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Born March 12, 1925 in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Vance Bonham and Mary Sue Blackwell Bonham and was a member of Arrowwood Baptist Church. She is survived...
Johnny Alvin Hostetler
Apr 26, 2020
Johnny Hostetler Chesnee, SC. Johnny Alvin Hostetler, 81 of Fairfield Road, husband of Ruth Hostetler passed away April 26, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 7, 1939 in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Millard Hostetler and Ostell Ballard Hostetler. He was a member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. Surviving...
Beulah Mae Arledge
Apr 22, 2020
Beulah M. Arledge Chesnee, SC. Beulah Mae Arledge, 90, widow of Harlan Arledge passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at her home. Born May 14, 1929 in Rutherfordton, NC., she was a daughter of the late Fred Blackwell and Dovie Hutchins Blackwell. She was a retired textiles worker and a member of Alverson Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters,...
Walter Lee Elrod
Apr 10, 2020
Walter L. Elrod Inman, SC. Walter Lee Elrod, 36, of Jolley Road passed away suddenly Friday, April 10, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. March 4, 1984 in Greenville County, he was the son of Patricia Hopkins Elrod (Paul Moody) of Inman and Jerry Walter Elrod (Fredda Duncan) of Anderson. Surviving in addition to his parents is his brother, Ryan Elrod...
George Donald Wall
Apr 6, 2020
George D. Wall Spartanburg, SC. George Donald Wall, 66, husband of 28 years to Evangelin Chapman Wall, formerly of Chesnee passed away Monday, April 7, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 24, 1953 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Janes N. Wall and Lois Chapman Wall. He was a retired Industrial Production Engineer with Bommer Industries...
Betty Carol Neel
Apr 3, 2020
Betty Carol Neel, 72 years, passed away this past Friday, April 3, 2020, in her Spartanburg home. She was born on September 30, 1947, in Tazewell, Virginia, to the late Hallie Minues and Carrie Frances Brewster Wilson. Mrs. Neel was a high school graduate, lived in Spartanburg 45 years and had been employed as a line assistant for 15 years...
Robert "RG" Scruggs
Mar 29, 2020
R.G. Scruggs Chesnee, SC. Robert “R.G.” Scruggs, 76, husband of June Scruggs of Dillon Street passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 at his home. Born February 19, 1944 in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Robert G. “Beecher” Scruggs and Ruth Hazel Pruitt Taylor. He was retired from John H. Montgomery Mill and an avid farmer who loved...
Tim Churchill
Mar 28, 2020
Tim G. Churchill Chesnee, SC. Timothy Gregg “Tim” Churchill, 58, loving husband of Lisa Vickers Churchill, passed away suddenly Saturday, March 28, 2020. Born January 16, 1962 in Michigan, he was a son of the late Harry Churchill and Sandra Churchill. He was employed with LSC Communications and attended Chesnee First Baptist Church. Tim loved being on the lake as...
Andrew Stanga
Mar 28, 2020
Andrew Stanga Andrew Stanga, 56, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Andrew was born on December 19, 1963, in the State of Washington, to the late Ernest Benjamin and Dixie Lee Collins Stanga. He was a resident of Spartanburg the past 10 years. In his working years, he was a self employed diesel mechanic when he...
Ned Gary Blackwood
Mar 25, 2020
Ned G. Blackwood Spartanburg, SC. Ned Gary Blackwood, 66, husband of Frankie Blackwood passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at Henderson County Community Hospital in Lexington, TN. Born June 8, 1953 in Gastonia, NC., he was the son of the late Gary Albert Blackwood and Barbara Ann Morrison Ray. He was employed by Turner Trucking Company, of the Baptist faith...
Clayton Perry Powell
Mar 20, 2020
Clayton P. Powell Lake Murray, SC. Clayton Perry Powell, 88, of Lake Murray, formerly of Spartanburg passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 at his home. Born June 26, 1931 in Rutherford County, NC, he was a son of the late Jesse M. Powell and Bertie Marie Stacy Powell. Mr. Powell graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree from Southwestern State University in...
Mary Walker Mahaffey
Mar 5, 2020
Mary W. Mahaffey Chesnee, SC. Mary Walker Mahaffey, 83, widow of Eugene Mahaffey passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Regional Hospice Home. Born August 10, 1936 in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Clark Walker and Nellie Humphries Walker. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and a homemaker. Surviving are daughters, Barbara Hames and...
Linda Smith Lamb
Feb 23, 2020
Linda S. Lamb Rutherfordton, NC. Linda Smith Lamb, 72, wife of Werner Lamb, formerly of Chesnee, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, February 23, 2020 at her residence. Born November 14, 1947 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late James Willis Smith and Guynema Cudd Smith. She was a member of New Vision Baptist Church...
Buster Junior Hall
Feb 22, 2020
Buster J. Hall Inman, SC. Buster Junior Hall, 52, of Island Ford Road passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 5, 1967 in Spartanburg, he was a son of Daisy McKelvey Hall of Inman and the late Eulas Hall Jr. He was a former construction worker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to...
Hans Rudolph Roellin
Feb 16, 2020
Hans Roellin Boiling Springs, SC. Hans Rudolph Roellin, 86, husband of Gertrud Roellin, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020, at his Boiling Springs Home. He was born April 9, 1933, in Switzerland, to the late Johann Leo and Barbara Elsener Roellin. In his working years, Hans had been a mechanical engineer working for various companies specializing in plastics. Survivors include...
Elisey Mikhailovich Tarasenko
Feb 11, 2020
Elisey Mikhailovich Tarasenko Woodruff, SC. Elisey Mikhailovich Tarasenko, 38, husband of Tatyana and father of Matthew, Daniel, Eric, Ronan and Izabella, all of Woodruff, passed away on Tuesday, February 11th, from injuries sustained in a single car collision. Elisey was born on June 3, 1981, in the Ukraine, to Michail and Tatyana Pronyakina Tarasenko. He was a high school graduate,...
Hazel Marie Emory
Feb 9, 2020
Hazel Emory Mayo, SC. Hazel Emory, 77, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at her home. Born October 15, 1942 in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Thad D. Emory and Irene Champion Emory. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Mayo. Surviving are her sisters, Kay Emory, Nellie Emory all of Mayo; brother, Donald...
Iris M. Collins
Feb 3, 2020
Iris Collins Chesnee, SC. Iris M. Collins, 87, passed away Monday, February 3, 2020 in her Chesnee home surrounded by her family. Iris was born on July 10, 1932, in Alpena, Michigan, to Edward and Ada Lemster Precour. She resided in Chesnee the past 30 years and was employed as a cook at the Bantam Chef restaurant. She was also...
Iris Martines
Jan 31, 2020
Iris F. Martines Columbus, NC. Iris Freida Martines, 95, of Johnson Road passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 at her home. Born May 12, 1924 in Drayton, SC., she was a daughter of the late Benjamin A. Martines and Clara Lewis Martines and was a member of Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren. Surviving are her children, Deborah Martines-Cates of...
Mary Helen Berry
Jan 29, 2020
Mary H. Berry Chesnee, SC. Mary Helen Berry, 82, wife of 42 years to Carl Wayne Berry passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Regional Hospice Home. Born March 25, 1937 in Rutherfordton, NC., she was a daughter of the late Charlie Ruff and Nettie West Ruff. She was a retired Seamstress and a member of Broad River Baptist Church....
