Local Spartanburg, South Carolina Obituaries
Kitty Lee Nottingham Keith
Jan 1, 2024
Kitty Lee Nottingham Keith died January 1, 2024. She was the wife of the late Dr. John Edmond Keith. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Mary Lee and Aubrey Nottingham on October 31, 1929. She grew up in Eastern Shore, Maryland. She was a graduate of Stuart Hall School in Staunton, Va. And The College of William and Mary....
William Elwood Creek
Dec 31, 2023
William Elwood Creek, 83, of Moore, SC passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at home. Born April 7, 1940 in Maryland, he was son of the late Homer Elwood and Mildred Fay Smith Creek. He leaves behind his wife, Barbara Ann Creek; son, William Michael Creek; and daughter, Cynthia Ann Creek Thorne. Bill was predeceased by a daughter, Machele...
Richard Michael Mitchell
Dec 28, 2023
Richard Michael Mitchell, 81, of Inman, SC passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023. Born in Coal Junction, PA on January 15, 1942, he was a son of the late John and Bertha Mitchell. Richard was a hard-working Christian man. After graduating from Boswell School, he became a long-haul trucker. He then entered the field of coal mining as an...
Sarah Ann Crenshaw
Dec 28, 2023
Sarah Ann Crenshaw, 84, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Thursday, December 28, 2023. Born in Charleston, SC on May 24, 1939, she is the daughter of the late Rev Cellis Lester and Josephine Cottingham Woodard. Sarah graduated from Columbia College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught first grade for 25 years in Spartanburg school district seven. She enjoyed...
Doris Jean Layton Clayton
Dec 26, 2023
Doris Jean Layton Clayton, 72, of Pauline, SC passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Born in Spartanburg, SC on November 8, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Oliver Mansel and Doris Watts Layton. A graduate of Dorman High School, Jean went on to work with Westgate Family Physicians for 38 years. She was a vibrant woman; she...
Lisa Cogdill Barnwell
Dec 25, 2023
Lisa Cogdill Barnwell, 65, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2023. Born on July 29, 1958, she was the daughter of Talmadge and Amelia Splawn (Pete) and Norman Greene. Lisa was employed by District 7 Schools until retirement. She is survived by her husband, Byron Barnwell; daughter, Maddie Cogdill; and ex-daughter-in-law, Miranda. She also leaves behind two sisters, Donna Greene...
Doris Greene Thompson
Dec 24, 2023
Doris Greene Thompson, 66, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023. Born in Spartanburg, SC on November 13, 1957, she was a daughter of the late William Eugene and Doris Picard Greene. A graduate of Dorman High School, Doris Ann went on to attend Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing. She retired after many years with the...
Charlotte Ann Gillespie
Dec 20, 2023
Charlotte Ann Wines Gillespie, born on November 8, 1937, peacefully departed this life on December 20, 2023. Born in Spencer, WV, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Beatrice McGlothin Wines. Charlotte was the beloved wife of Glenn Allen Gillespie. A proud graduate of Barboursville High School, Charlotte pursued higher education at Marshall University, Austin Peay University, and...
Theresa "Terry" Scott
Dec 19, 2023
Theresa “Terry” Scott, 61, of Moore, SC passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Born January 12, 1962 in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of Alfred Campbell and the late Lois Holbrook Campbell. Terry graduated from Berea High School in 1980 and attended Greenville Technical College. She worked with Michelin for 22 years as a valued Zone Business Development...
Edythe Craig Hendrix
Dec 18, 2023
Edythe Craig Hendrix, 91, widow of Thomas Martin Hendrix, of Spartanburg, SC died on Monday, December 18, 2023. Born in Gastonia, NC on September 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Margaret Pritchard Craig and Charles Erwin Craig. Mrs. Hendrix was a graduate of Sacred Heart College. She retired from S.C. School for the Blind. She is survived...
Dian Shaylor Hammett
Dec 17, 2023
Dian Shaylor Hammett, 85, wife of the late Lamar G. Hammett, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023. Born February 11, 1938 in Camden, SC she was the daughter of the late Edward and Sadie Shaylor. She graduated from Camden High School and then Columbia College in 1960. Dian was crowned Miss Columbia College in 1958. After earning her Bachelor of...
Joe Randall Lee
Dec 17, 2023
Joe Randall Lee, 77, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. Born in Charlotte, NC on May 14, 1946, he was the son of the late Dorothy and Joe Lee. After graduating from Myers Park High School, Joe joined the United States Navy. He retired from the quality control department with Siemens in Roebuck, SC. Joe was...
Douglas Raymond Curry
Dec 16, 2023
Douglas Raymond Curry who was born on January 7, 1936 passed away on December 16, 2023. He was predeceased by his wife Arminda. He leaves behind his children Kim, Raymond, Herbert, Ivan, and Terence Curry; his daughters-in-law, Donna and Tiffany; and his grandchildren, Charles and Samuel Curry, and Alaina, Bailey and Mya Curry; and family from Northern Ireland and family...
Arthur Wayne Messick
Dec 14, 2023
Arthur Wayne Messick, 79, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 14, 2023, surrounded by his family at his home. Born on March 27, 1944, to the late Daniel Ray Messick and Nettie Yarborough Messick. Wayne, “King Arthur on Good Days, and King Arthuritis on Bad Days,” as he was affectionately known by...
Robert "Bob" Peter Bechdol
Dec 12, 2023
Robert "Bob" Peter Bechdol, 78, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on December 12, 2023. Born November 20, 1945 in New York, he was son to the late Herbert and Kathryn Bechdol. Visitation will be 11:00-11:45am on Friday, April 26, 2024 in Dunbar Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow in the Chapel at 12:00pm. Interment in M.J. Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery will...
Emily Frances Littlefield Lovett
Dec 11, 2023
Emily Frances Littlefield Lovett, 77, of Moore, SC passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023. Born on November 25, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Henry Albert and Blanche Scott Littlefield. A graduate of Roebuck High School class of 1964, Emily went on to own her own screen printing business. She was part of a group that met...
Judith Johnson McLyea
Dec 10, 2023
Judith "Judy" Johnson McLyea, 79, of Woodruff, SC passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023. Born in Spartanburg on October 21, 1944, she was a daughter of the late Levi Newton and Florence Campbell Cromer. A graduate of Spartan High School, Judith went on to work with her brother, Calvin Cromer, renovating houses. She was a meticulous worker who loved...
Rudy Dean Blanton
Dec 9, 2023
Rudy Dean Blanton, 70, of Roebuck, SC passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Born February 17, 1953, he was the son of the late Dean Crane and Mae Ellen Blanton. A true craftsman, Rudy discovered his passion for woodworking as an apprentice cabinet maker in high school. He later built homes he and his family lived in and finally...
Evelyn O'Guin Sorensen
Dec 8, 2023
Roebuck, SC - On Friday, December 8, 2023, Evelyn Sorensen - our loving and most amazing mom went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and was reunited with her husband of 64 years, Carl, who passed away three years earlier. Mom was an amazing mom to us - her three children who loved her beyond what...
Eugene Glenn Stribling
Dec 6, 2023
Eugene Glenn Stribling, 74, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Born February 24, 1949, he was son of the late Eugene Patton and Margaret Lancaster Stribling and devoted husband of Kathy Carter Stribling. Visitation will be 12:00-12:45pm on Monday, December 11, 2023 at First Baptist Spartanburg, 250 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306. A funeral service...