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Nancy Jo Snyder Pregley

Nancy Jo Snyder Pregley

Jan 25, 2025

Nancy Jo Snyder Pregley, 84, of Moore, SC passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2025. She was born in Parsons, WV on September 11,1940 to the late Clarence and Mabel Arnold Snyder. She was the youngest of 5 children. Her sister, Kathryn Snyder Evans, and her brothers, Frederick Snyder, William Snyder, and Allen Snyder, have all passed from this life,...

Susan Jeanette Fleming

Susan Jeanette Fleming

Jan 25, 2025

Susan Jeanette Fleming, 66, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025. She was born on March 15, 1958 to the late Roland David and Florence Lee Schrimsher Fleming.

Susan retired from J-Rad Technical Services. She is survived by her brother, Jeff Fleming, and nephew, Lucas Fleming. She was predeceased by a brother, David Randall Fleming.

Graveside services will be 3:00pm...

Dorothy Velma Cammer Parker

Dorothy Velma Cammer Parker

Jan 23, 2025

Dorothy Velma Cammer Parker, 89, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Born on January 4, 1936, in Charlotte, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Richard William Cammer and Velma Mae Cammer.

A graduate of Central High School in Charlotte (Class of 1954), Dorothy attended Pfeiffer College. Dorothy married the love of her life,...

Sally Nicholson Myers Hayes

Sally Nicholson Myers Hayes

Jan 23, 2025

Sally (Sarah) Nicholson Myers Hayes, 70, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025. She was born in Spartanburg on September 18, 1954, daughter of the late Dr. John L. Myers, Sr. and Tillie Brice Myers.

A graduate of Spartanburg High School (Class of 1972), Sally went on to earn her master’s in education from the University of South...

Elisabeth Allen Smith

Elisabeth Allen Smith

Jan 23, 2025

On January 23, 2025 the final curtain fell on act 4 of the “Lib Smith Show”. She has danced her way to another existence.

Florence Elisabeth Allen (known as Lib) was born July 15, 1927 to the late Paul Mason and Ruth Christman Allen of Spartanburg, SC and has been causing mischief ever since.

Lib graduated from Spartanburg High School and from...

Ruby Lee McAbee

Ruby Lee McAbee

Jan 23, 2025

Ruby L. McAbee, 84, died Thursday, January 23, 2025, at her home. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of Nannie Lee McAbee Taylor and Virgil McAbee.

As a toddler, her birth father was tragically killed in an auto accident. She was lovingly raised by John C. "Babe" Taylor along with her mother. 

Ms. McAbee retired from S &...

Somsanuk Silavong

Somsanuk Silavong

Jan 21, 2025

Somsanuk Silavong, 55, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025. He was born January 1, 1970 in Laos.

Funeral services will be 2:00pm on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at J. M. Dunbar Funeral Home & Crematory, 690 Southport Rd, Roebuck, SC 29376.

Orvin Leon "Monk" Cavendish

Orvin Leon "Monk" Cavendish

Jan 21, 2025

Orvin Leon Cavendish, lovingly known as “Monk”, went to his eternal home on January 21,2025 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was born on October 12, 1939, in Gilboa, West Virginia to the late Lon Henderson and Elsie Gray Cavendish. 

A 1957 graduate of Nicholas County High School in Summersville, West Virginia, Monk dedicated 30 years of his professional life to the...

Peggy Murphy Barnette

Peggy Murphy Barnette

Jan 16, 2025

Peggy Murphy Barnette, age 64, died January 16, 2025, after battling cancer. Peggy was the daughter of the late Ellis and Kate Murphy, born in Atlanta, Georgia on July 9, 1960. She attended Spartanburg Day School and was a Converse College graduate.

Peggy is survived by two children, Kris Bell Humphreys (Preston) and Walter Richard Barnette; her partner, Russell Postal; five...

Carey Elizabeth "Beth" Petty Patterson

Carey Elizabeth "Beth" Petty Patterson

Jan 16, 2025

Carey Elizabeth “Beth” Petty Patterson, 72, of Inman, SC passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2024. She was born in Spartanburg, SC on January 24, 1952, the daughter of the late Roy Petty and Carey Henson Petty. 

A graduate of Pacolet High School, Beth went on to earn her bachelor’s in library science from Mars Hill University. She entered the public...

Ellen Delilah Brown

Ellen Delilah Brown

Jan 16, 2025

Ellen Delilah “Del” Bennett Brown, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2025. Born on October 24, 1946, to the late Hazel Lamb and Glancy Mack Bennett, Del lived a life devoted to family, service, and creativity.

A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Cecil’s Business College, Del built a remarkable career in public service. She worked as...

Michael Terry West

Michael Terry West

Jan 11, 2025

Mr. Michael Terry West, 74, of Roebuck, South Carolina, passed from this life into Glory, peacefully on Saturday, January 11, 2025. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints” Psalm 116:15 

Michael was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on May 2, 1950. He was the son of the late Thomas Harvey West and the late Estelle...

Vincent Joseph Krydynski, Jr.

Vincent Joseph Krydynski, Jr.

Jan 10, 2025

Vincent Joseph Krydynski, Jr, 87, of Spartanburg, SC died peacefully on Friday, January 10, 2025 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. 

Born in Chicago, IL, on September 20, 1937, Mr. Krydynski was the son of the late Vincent Joseph Krydynski, Sr. and Rita Carroll Krydynski. At age seventeen, after graduating from Gage Park High School, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps...

Robert Glenn and Kathleen Smith McGee

Robert Glenn and Kathleen Smith McGee

Jan 9, 2025

Robert Glenn and Kathleen Smith McGee passed away in Spartanburg, SC, after 66 years of marriage. Kathleen, 88, died on August 24, 2024, and Glenn, 90, followed on January 9, 2025.

Glenn was born on September 8, 1934, in Belton, SC, to Edna Campbell and Robert Henry McGee. He graduated from Clinton High School and Clemson University. Kathleen was born on...

Hermie Davis Coley

Hermie Davis Coley

Jan 9, 2025

Hermie Davis Coley, 95, wife of the late Fred Clinton Coley, passed away on January 9, 2025. Hermie was born on April 8, 1929 in Marion, NC, to the late Isabel Gibson and Harvey Davis. 

She was a devoted wife and mother. Traveling with her husband was a highlight of her life. Hermie loved the world around her. Gardening and fishing...

Carol Ann Klinker

Carol Ann Klinker

Jan 8, 2025

Carol Ann Phillips Klinker 1944-2025

 Carol Ann Phillips Klinker, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away in her sleep on January 8th, 2025. 

 Carol was born in Logansport, Indiana on June 4th, 1944 to Mary Ann Phillips. She attended Logansport High School and Ball State University. She was a resident of Lafayette, Indiana and Hickory, North Carolina before moving to Spartanburg.

 In her twenties,...

Eleanor Elizabeth "Libby" Armstrong

Eleanor Elizabeth "Libby" Armstrong

Jan 8, 2025

Eleanor Elizabeth “Libby” Armstrong, 75, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. She was born August 8, 1949, in Spartanburg, daughter of the late Marian Sellers Armstrong and Thomas B. Armstrong, Sr.

Libby, nicknamed Sister as well, graduated from Spartanburg High School (Class of 1969) and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Libby was born with cerebral...

Edna Ruth Parker Webb Jernigan

Edna Ruth Parker Webb Jernigan

Jan 8, 2025

Edna Ruth Parker Webb Jernigan, 98, of Johnston County, North Carolina passed away peacefully on January 8, 2025 at Eden Terrace, Spartanburg, SC.

Edna was born on December 27, 1926, to Wilbur E. and Esther L. Parker in Johnston County, North Carolina. Her English and Scottish ancestors migrated to the Americas in the early 1600s, settling in Isle of Wight and...

Albert Farmer "Bud" Aiken, Jr.

Albert Farmer "Bud" Aiken, Jr.

Jan 7, 2025

Albert Farmer “Bud” Aiken, Jr. of Spartanburg, SC passed away on January 7, 2024 at the age of 62. 

Visitation will be 1:00pm on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at J. M. Dunbar Funeral Home, 690 Southport Road, Roebuck, SC 29376. Memorial services will follow at 2:00pm, conducted by Rev. Mike Vandiver.

Also in lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to...

Dana Elizabeth Beville

Dana Elizabeth Beville

Jan 7, 2025

Dana Elizabeth Beville, 65, of Anderson, SC passed away January 7, 2025. She was born to the late Thomas Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Thomas Beville on March 9, 1959 in Spartanburg, SC.

Dana was a devoted Christian woman. She loved all kinds of music and singing karaoke. 

She is survived by her siblings, Stephen Wayne “Steve” Beville (Meatrice), Thomas Anthony “Tony” Beville...

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