Life Tributes
Samuel James Patterson
August 10, 2021
Samuel James Patterson, 65, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away on August 10, 2021. Born in Gaston, North Carolina he was the son of the late Ralph J. Patterson and Martha Sue Isles. Survivors include his children; Amy (Keith) Bolick, Jennifer (John) Patton, his siblings: Bo (Kim) Patterson, Josphine (Eddie) Willis, Magdalene (Dean) Deel, Sheila Williams, Pam (Scott) Boyd, Delois...
Samuel Anthony Lawrence
August 9, 2021
Samuel Anthony Lawrence, 62, of Easley, South Carolina passed away on August 9, 2021. Born in Greenville South Carolina he was the son of Joe Lawrence and Lena Campbell Lawrence. Survivors include his wife of the home, Traci Lawrence, his children: Zachary Lawrence, Skye Lawrence McClure, Dakota Lawrence, Ian Lawrence, and Fiona Lawrence, a grandson, Elijah Lawrence, two brothers; Rodney...
Loretta Harden Smith
August 9, 2021
Loretta Harden Smith, 75, of Walhalla, SC passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, August 9, 2021. Born on March 12, 1946, Loretta was a 1964 graduate of Walhalla High School. She was a retired Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Walhalla. Loretta loved God, her family, the beach, and relaxing...
Steven Thomas Vander Brink
August 8, 2021
Steven Thomas Vander Brink, aka Santa Steve, 64 of Pacolet, South Carolina, formerly of Hawthorne, New Jersey, passed away following a brief illness on August 8th, 2021. Steven was born in Savannah, Georgia to the late Jacob W. and Pamela Betty Vander Brink. Steven was a craftsman and servant to the Children with Disabilities and performed every year as a...
Dwayne Lester
August 8, 2021
Dwayne Lester, age 56, passed away peacefully at his home in Piedmont, SC, on August 8, 2021. He was born on September 16, 1964, to his late parents, Earnel and Adleen Lester. Dwayne was a 1982 graduate of Council High School. He was also a member of the Monaghan Lodge #251 Greenville, SC. He was employed by General Electric Turbine...
Gwendolyn Gosnell Fowler
August 8, 2021
Gwendolyn Gosnell Fowler, 83, of McIntyre, GA. passed away on August 8, 2021. Born in Greenville, SC she was the daughter of Troy Welborn Gosnell and Geraldine Ferrar Bowen. Survivors include her children; Julie Owens, Linda Legget, Rebecca Wong, and Bonnie Cumbo. Gwen was a Licensed Medical Social Worker in GA. and she enjoyed gardening. At this time no service...
Ralph Anthony Edwards
August 8, 2021
Ralph Anthony Edwards, 74, of Townville, South Carolina passed away on August 8, 2021. Born in Greenville, South Carolina he was the son of the late Clarence Lee Edwards and Hazel Ruth McDowell. Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Patricia Edwards, his former wife Marilyn Edwards, one son, Anthony Wayne Edwards, two daughters; Angela Faye Moody (Randy), Toni Lynn...
Robert "Bob" Richards
August 6, 2021
Robert H (Bob) Richards, of Easley, SC died peacefully at home on August 6, 2021. Mr. Richards was born August 11, 1940, in Syracuse, NY, son of Harold (Dick) Richards and Virginia Benn. Mr. Richards is survived by his wife Claire Button Richards, two daughters Tara Ann Richards (Chittenango, NY) and Robin Richards (Fort Myers, FL); beloved grandchildren Richard Shanahan...
James Clarence Duncan Jr.
August 6, 2021
On August 6th, 2021 our beloved husband, father friend and soldier left this earth to be with our Lord at the age of 79. James Clarence Duncan, Jr of Anderson, SC was the son of the late James Duncan, Sr and Charlotte Duncan. Survivors include his wife Glenice Dorothy Duncan, son Lester Weiss, Jr and wife Susan Weiss, son James...
Arthur Carl Nuttall
August 5, 2021
Arthur Carl Nuttall, 71, of 368 Pimlico Rd., Greenville, SC 29607, died after a recent illness at Prisma Health – Greenville Hospital on Wednesday, August 5, 2021. Born on March 6, 1950 in Seneca, South Carolina to parents Mary Ann Blackwell Nuttall and Arthur Nuttall, Jr. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Anne McCoy Nuttall, of the...
Sandra N. Wertz
August 5, 2021
Sandra N. Wertz, 71, of Glendale, South Carolina passed away on August 5, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional. Survivors include her mother, Betty Jo Nichols, a brother, Kent Nichols (Judy Nichols), a nephew, Chad Nichols, and his three children; Kenley Nichols, Pasley Nichols, and Rhett Nichols, a niece, Anna Garner (Jay Garner) and her son, Bryson Garner. She is also survived...
Fred W. Turner
August 4, 2021
Fred W. Turner, 57, beloved husband and father, went to be with the Lord on August 4, 2021. Born in Anderson, Fred was a son of the late Walter Berry and Edna Wood Turner. He was a supervisor with CMC Recycling for 32 years, and a member of Marietta First Baptist Church. Fred was a keen fisherman, enjoyed working on...
Gabriel Garcia Jr.
August 4, 2021
Gabriel Garcia, Jr., 47, of Greenville, SC passed away on August 4, 2021. Born in Texas he was the son of Gabriel Garcia and Roseanne Rathbum. Survivors include his father, Gabriel (June Elizabeth Garcia), two sons; Christian and Nathan Garcia, his siblings; Aimee Capuchina, Christopher Robert Garcia, Wesley (Danielle) Paul Stone, and Narciso (Zach) (Amanda) Garcia. He is also survived...
Melissa Darlene Hudson
August 4, 2021
Melissa Darlene Hudson born 4/8/92 passed 8/4/21 She was the daughter of Judy Massey, loving big sister to Shane Hudson (Logan) and Aunt to Shynia and Silas. She was the granddaughter of Mary Greer and Francis McGrew Melissa was a happy go lucky, the most cheerful and loving girl you would ever meet. She never met a stranger. She lived...
Charles Keith Mayfield
August 4, 2021
Charles Keith Mayfield, 42, of Norris, SC went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 4th, 2021. He leaves behind 3 sons: Cameron Mayfield, Kyle Mayfield and Ben Mayfield; his mother, Debbie Phillips and step-father, Heyward Phillips; and his sister Amy Mayfield. He loved sports fishing and the Gamecocks. But most of all he loved his sons. A Memorial...
Richard Dennis Gervase
August 3, 2021
Richard Dennis Gervase, "The Barber" 77, of Wellford, passed away on August 3, 2021. Born in Batavia, New York he was the son of Samuel Joseph and Jennie Germaine LaRussa. Richard was predeceased by his wife, Rosemarie (Rubino) Gervase. Survivors include his daughter, Renee (Robert) Price, two grandchildren, Edward and Richard Price, and one brother, Samuel (Anne Marie) Gervase. He...
Annemarie Reitz Howard
August 3, 2021
Annemarie Reitz Howard, Granny, passed away on August 3rd, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born in Germany on August 31, 1936, and as a new bride to an American soldier, moved to the United States in 1957. She proudly became a US citizen in 1991. She is predeceased by her husband of over 60 years,...
Joyce Brown
August 2, 2021
Mrs. Joyce Brown, age 79 went home to be with Jesus and her beloved husband Buddy on Monday, August 2, 2021. She was born on February 14, 1942, in Christiansburg, VA to the late Franklin "Hogue" and Mamie Ruth McPeak. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Donald "Buddy" Brown, two brothers, Charles "Tom" McPeak and Robert "Bobby" McPeak....
Patricia “Pat” Ann LaGore
August 1, 2021
Patricia “Pat” LaGore, 71, the beloved wife of 27 years of the late Robert W. LaGore, passed away on Sunday, August 1st, 2021. She was born on Monday, November 21st, 1949 in Anderson, SC to her parents, the late John Henry and Florence Nightingale Smith Fowler. Mrs. LaGore worked in management for “Rent to Own” and in the Financing Industry....