Local Spartanburg, South Carolina Obituaries
Jeffrey Irvin Tolley
Aug 26, 2021
Jeffrey Irvin Tolley, loving husband and father passed away on August 26, 2021 at age 70. He was born on October 2, 1950 in West Chester, PA. He was a long-time resident of Spartanburg, SC. Jeff graduated with the class of 1968 from Dublin High School in Ohio. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University. He worked for State Industrial Products for...
Gerhard Grommer
Aug 26, 2021
Spartanburg, SC- Gerhard Grommer, 63, husband of Mary Vierbuchen Grommer, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021, peacefully at his home. Born September 13, 1957 in Saint Roman, Austria, he was a son of Anna Kieslinger Grommer and the late Josef Grommer. While in Austria, Gerhard graduated from the Hotel Austria Culinary School and earned the title of Master Chef....
Margery Coe McBride
Aug 25, 2021
Margery Coe McBride
Spartanburg – Margery Coe McBride, 92, wife of the late Donald L. McBride, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
Margery was born on May 3, 1929, to the late Howard and Hazel Rudgers Coe. She retired from the US Postal Service as the Postmaster of Arcadia Post Office, Arcadia, SC. Margery was a member of Arcadia United Methodist...
Paul Legree Finch
Aug 23, 2021
Paul Legree Finch, Sr., 92, of Roebuck, SC, went home to be with Jesus on Monday, August 23, 2021. He passed peacefully, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his children, Paul Legree Finch, Jr. (Sue) of Flintstone, GA, Joyce Harkinson (Will) of Greer, SC, Kathy Schultz (George) of Rutherfordton, SC, Sue Murphy (Steve) of Greenville, SC; eight grandchildren,...
Bobby Adair Smith
Aug 21, 2021
Boiling Springs, SC- Bobby Adair Smith, 86, entered his heavenly home on Saturday, August 21, 2021. Born April 8, 1935 in Roebuck, SC, he was a son of the late Henry Madison and Kate Gossett Smith. Mr. Smith was a master electrician and electrical designer. He was a graduate of Cohen Electrical School in Chicago, IL, and spent the bulk...
James Moore
Aug 20, 2021
James “Jim” Phillip Moore, 61, of Spartanburg, S.C. passed away peacefully at home comforted by his wife and friends on August 20, 2021. Jim was born on February 29, 1960, in Gastonia, N.C. and was a loving husband, father, and dog lover. He greatly enjoyed gardening, the outdoors, and exploring and cooking new foods. Jim was preceded in death by...
Mildred Hawkins Green
Aug 19, 2021
Mildred Hawkins Green Spartanburg – Mildred Hawkins Green of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, August 19, 2021. Born in Spartanburg County on March 3, 1937, she was the daughter of the late JT and Vera Mae Baynes Hawkins and the wife of Larry E. Green. Mildred was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class where she...
Sudesh Arora
Aug 18, 2021
Sudesh Arora, of Atlanta, Georgia and recently Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away peacefully at home with family at her side on August 18, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Durga Devi and Jagdish Agarwal of Chandausi, India. As a young woman, Sudesh was tasked with raising her four younger brothers when their father passed away unexpectedly. Despite her...
Nell Sexton Caldwell
Aug 13, 2021
Spartanburg SC - Nell Sexton Caldwell, 90, passed away Friday, August 13,2021 following a massive stroke. Born November 3, 1930 in Gainesville, Ga., she was one of six daughters of the late John Samuel Sexton and Mamie Ellet McNeal Sexton. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School, an excellent roller skater, a gifted seamstress, and was known for her...
Mildred Jenkins Shirley
Aug 12, 2021
Moore, SC- Mildred Juanita “Sally” Jenkins Shirley, 93, formerly of Anderson, SC, has peacefully joined Jesus in His Heavenly home on Thursday, August 12, 2021. Sally was an only child of Mamie C. Rowland Allison and Charles P. Jenkins. She graduated from T. L. Hanna High School (Girls High) in Anderson, SC where she played her favorite sport, basketball. Sally...
Dewey Allen Hazel
Aug 12, 2021
Spartanburg, SC- Dewey “Allen” Hazel, 82, husband of Linda Riser Hazel, died Thursday, August 12, 2021 at his home. Born December 27, 1938 in Saluda County, SC, Allen was a son of the late Strother B. and Emalyn Sample Hazel. He honorably served his country in the US Navy on the USS Intrepid from 1957 until 1959. After his discharge,...
John Myers Fulk
Aug 11, 2021
Greenville, SC- Myers Fulk, 19, beloved son of Thomas Wiley and Lea Bauknight Fulk, passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at his home. Born January 8, 2002, he lived his whole life in Greenville, SC. Myers attended First Presbyterian Academy, Christ Church Episcopal School, and graduated in May from the McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN. Myers honored his grandfather...
Doris Elizabeth Martin Gettys
Aug 10, 2021
Doris Elizabeth Martin Gettys Doris Martin Gettys, 84, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2021. She was born on November 20, 1936 in Troutman, NC, to the late Edwin Yates and Sadie Duckworth Martin. Doris graduated high school at 16 and went to Appalachian State Teachers College where she studied business. As a sophomore she was a cheerleader for the...
Helen M. Wiskow Nikolai
Aug 10, 2021
Helen M (Wiskow) Nikolai, age 100 years, Unity, Wi, died Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at the home of her daughter in Spartanburg, SC. She was born July 1921 in the Town of Seneca, Shawano County, WI, the daughter of the late William and Rose (Stillman) Wiskow. She graduated from Marion High School in 1940. Helen married Joseph W Nikolai on...
Roland David Fleming
Aug 10, 2021
Roland David Fleming
Spartanburg – Roland David Fleming, 88, husband of the late Florence Schrimsher Fleming, died Tuesday, August 10, 2021.
David was born on February 3, 1933 to the late Miles Roland and Lola Mae Bull Fleming. He faithfully served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. David retired from the SC Department of Highways and...
Donald Edwin Oldham
Aug 9, 2021
Donald Edwin Oldham, 97, husband of the late Genevieve Carlson Oldham, died peacefully August 9, 2021, at home. Don was born July 13, 1924 in Onawa, Iowa to the late Ralph Otho and Mabel Luellen Northrop Oldham. He is survived by his children, Sally Buss (Greg) of Clinton Township, MI and Bill Oldham (Susan) of Spartanburg, SC; his grandchildren, Brad...
Phyllis Ann Akert
Aug 8, 2021
Inman, SC- Phyllis Ann Akert, 75, wife of Daniel Lee Akert, died Sunday, August 8, 2021. Born December 30, 1945 in Lyndon Station, WI, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Szymanowski. Phyllis was a member of Jesus Our Risen Savior Catholic Church. She was a former member of St. Gabriel Catholic Parish, originally St. Hubert, in...
Christopher Hugh Harris
Aug 7, 2021
Pauline, SC- Christopher Hugh “Chris” Harris, Sr., 65, husband of Donna Rhodes Harris, died Saturday, August 7, 2021. Born November 14, 1955 in Spartanburg, SC, Chris was a son of the late Paul Harris and Lucille Queen Chavis. He loved fishing, NASCAR, and a good western. In addition to his wife of 43 years, Chris is survived by his son,...
Roberta Helms Ratterree
Aug 6, 2021
Tryon, NC- Roberta Helms Ratterree, 62, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends on Friday, August 6, 2021 at The Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Roberta, the daughter of the late Robert Everette Helms, Jr. and the late Leonora Redfearn Helms, was born on November 30, 1958 in Monroe, NC. Her family moved to Spartanburg in 1971....
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