Obituaries
Judy Barnes
Sep 17, 2024
Judy Ann Barnes, 76 years, loving wife of 58 years to Grover Marvin Barnes, passed away the morning of Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at Upstate Community Hospice House. Judy was born on July 30, 1948 in Spartanburg County, to the late Avery Hood and Rosalee Fowler Hood. She was a homemaker her adult life and loved her husband, children and...
Scottie Hicks
Sep 16, 2024
Scottie Hicks
Chesnee, SC.
Jeffery Scott “Scotte” Hicks, 58, widower of Eva Marie Fowler Hicks, passed away Monday, September 16, 2024 at Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum.
Born September 18, 1965 in Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late John Burton Hicks, Sr. and Bobbie Roe Hicks. He was formerly employed with Blue Ridge Log Homes and was of the...
Steve Scruggs
Sep 15, 2024
Steve Scruggs
Spartanburg, SC.
Steven O’Neal “Steve” Scruggs, 72, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Born September 21, 1951 in Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late T.J. Scruggs and Alma Willingham Scruggs Allen. He was formerly employed with Art Metal and was of the Baptist Faith.
Leaving Precious memories to three sisters, Brenda Cook (William) Linda Morris...
Claude Eugene "Gene" Henson
Sep 15, 2024
Gene Henson
Mooresboro, NC.
Claude Eugene “Gene” Henson, 81, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, September 15, 2024 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Born August 24, 1943 in Cherokee County, SC., he was a son of the late Buford L. Henson and Ruby Genevieve Hames Henson. He was retired after 30 years with Reeves Brothers Mill and a member of Hicks...
Nina Kate Byrd
Sep 9, 2024
Nina K. Byrd
Clemson, SC.
Nina Kate Byrd, 36, passed away, Monday, September 9, 2024 at her home.
Born March 28, 1988 in Florence, SC., she was a daughter of Audry Richardson Byrd of Mars Hill, NC and the late Cordie Hamilton Byrd Sr. and was a former hairdresser.
Surviving in addition to her parents, is her biological mother, Sherri Byrd of Mars Hill,...
David Childers
Sep 7, 2024
In Loving Memory of David Childers “Papa” of Kings Mountain NC
Mr. David Childers, 71, of 110 Carol Lyn Drive went home to be with the lord, his pride & joy - Toodles, his parents, & his children Mark, “Little David” & Chrissy. David passed peacefully alongside his family on September 7th 2024, at Carolinas Medical Center - Charlotte. Born on...
David W. Richardson
Aug 29, 2024
David W. Richardson
Chesnee, SC.
David Wayne Richardson, 66 years, husband of Jo Ann Sexton Richardson, passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2024, in his Chesnee home after a long illness. David was born on August 4, 1958, in Granite City, Illinois. He and Jo Ann were married 35 years and in his professional life, he was an over the road trucker.
Survivors...
Jack K. Robbins
Aug 29, 2024
Jack “Ken” Kenyon Robbins, 69 years of age, husband of Sheila Burnett Robbins, went home to be with the Lord after a long illness Thursday morning, August 29, 2024, in his Cowpens home. Ken was born in Spartanburg on February 16, 1955, to the late Charles Curtis Robbins, Jr., and Bonnie Lou Mullinax Robbins. He was an electrician with Hoechst...
Shirley Hames Cash
Aug 26, 2024
Shirley Hames Cash
Mayo, SC.
The family of Shirley Hames Cash, age 89, widow of Ted Hershel Cash, mourns the loss of their beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She passed away on August 26,2024 following a brief illness.
Born in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hollis Land and Emma Scruggs Hames. Shirley attended Central Wesleyan High School and Central...
Lucille Blake Thrift
Aug 26, 2024
Lucille B. Thrift
Chesnee, SC.
Lucille Blake Thrift, 96, widow of John M. Thrift, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, August 26, 2024 at White Oak at North Grove.
Born August 10, 1928 in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Garland Blake and Jeanette Batchelor Blake. She was retired as a Quality Control Specialist with Arrow Automotive and a...
Ernest B. Sprouse
Aug 22, 2024
Ernest B. Sprouse
Chesnee, SC.
Ernest Braxton Sprouse 84, loving husband of Gayle Henderson Sprouse, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 22, 2024 at Spartanburg Medical Center, Mary Black Campus surrounded by his family.
Born May 30, 1940 in Rutherford County, NC., he was a son of the late Hiram Sprouse and Elizabeth Bradshaw Sprouse. He was retired from Norfolk-Southern...
Donna Lynne "Suni" McMath
Aug 18, 2024
Donna Lynne "Suni" McMath
Hendersonville, NC.
Donna Lynne "Suni" McMath, 70, passed away from this life, Sunday, August 18, 2024, at Four Seasons, Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
She was born on January 27, 1954, to the late Dennis Jack Harron, US Army (Retired), and Marilyn Yvonne Jacques Harron. She had been a resident of Hendersonville since 2013 and professionally was an...
Richard Wells Buice
Aug 12, 2024
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Richard Wells Buice, 74 years old, passed away in the early hours of Monday, August 12, 2024, at Spartanburg Medical Center after a long illness. Richard was born on December 16, 1949, in Hickory Grove, South Carolina, to the late Robert David Buice and Rose Lanier Caveny. He was educated in the local area and received his bachelor's...
Cleo H. Helton
Aug 4, 2024
Cleo H. Helton
Chesnee, SC.
Cleo Heaton Helton, 83, widow of Otha Lee Helton, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2024 at Spartanburg Medical Center from complications from a fall.
Born March 9, 1941 in Marion, NC, she was the daughter of the late Albert Heaton and Fannie Calvert Heaton. She was the owner of Cleo’s Beauty Shop and...
Ronald "Ron" Gosnell
Aug 2, 2024
Ron Gosnell
Chesnee, SC.
Ronald “Ron” Gosnell, 72, husband of Peggy Hughey Gosnell, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, August 2, 2024 at his home surrounded by his family.
Born May 30, 1952 in Madison, NC., he was a son of the late Luna Gosnell and Betty Norton Gosnell of Madison, NC. He was the owner of Cherokee Pest Control, proudly...
Janice Marie Varela
Jul 27, 2024
Janice Marie Varela, 75, passed away peacefully at her home in Chesnee, South Carolina on July 27, 2024. She was surrounded by love and family.
Janice was born in Los Angeles, California to Marie and Ralph Sindelar. She moved to Clifton, Arizona where she met her husband, Johnny Varela. They were married for 56 wonderful years and together raised three children.
Janice...
William Larry Blackwell
Jul 20, 2024
William Larry “Ohio” Blackwell, beloved father, brother, cousin and friend passed away peacefully with family by his side on July 20, 2024, at Spartanburg General Hospital after battling several illnesses and covid. He was 76 years old.
Larry was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1948, to Bernice Morrow Blackwell and William Thurman Blackwell. He moved with his family to Hubbard,...
Mary Delilah Becknell
Jul 18, 2024
Spartanburg, South Carolian
Mary Delilah Becknell, 94 years old, widow of Douglas Becknell, (2016), passed away Thursday morning, July 18, 2024, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House after a brief illness. She was born on February 25, 1930, in Whitney, South Carolina, to the late Robert Gallman and Colleen Faucette Gallman. In her working years she was employed by Murphy Cadillac and...
Jake C. Elliotte
Jul 16, 2024
Jake Elliotte
Mayo, SC.
Jonathan Cebron “Jake” Elliotte, 76, husband of Sara Easler Elliotte, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at his home.
Born February 22, 1948 in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Reid Elliotte and Bertha Mull Elliotte. He served our Country proudly in the United States Marines and was the owner of Jake’s Body Shop.
Surviving...
Wendell Earl Quinn
Jul 11, 2024
Wendell E. Quinn
Chesnee, SC.
Wendell Earl Quinn, 62, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Peachtree Centre in Gaffney.
Born January 2, 1962 in Spartanburg, he was a son of Gladys Hamrick Quinn of Chesnee and the late Weldon Earl Quinn. He was a former roofer and of the Baptist faith.
Surviving in addition to his mother are his sisters, Karen Cathcart (Mike)...
