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Spartanburg County
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Most of these records were transcribed from newspapers and posted to
the Spartanburg County Mailing List over a period of several years by
Nancie O'Sullivan and Lisa Burns. With their gracious permission I am
posting these for everyone to share. Note: Please also see
Spartanburg County Death Certificates
on this site. The
Spartanburg
Library has an index of obituaries and death certificates online
with information for ordering copies.
National Obituary Search
is also very useful for help in finding obituaries.
Ordering information for birth, marriage and death certificates is online
at South
Carolina Vital Records. If you have records
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ALBERT G.
IRBY
Laurensville Herald
Friday, Feb. 18, 1927
CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN PASSES AT 84
ALBERT G. IRBY, Confederate veteran and beloved citizen, died Monday night
shortly before ten o'clock at his home on South Harper street after an
illness of several weeks' duration from the infirmities of age.
Funeral services were held from the residence Tuesday afternoon, interment
following at Chestnut Ridge church... a large concourse of friends and
relatives attended and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.
MR. IRBY , who had just passed his 84th birthday, was a son of DR. WILLIAM
IRBY and was reared on the farm a few miles west of the city. He was
related to the well known IRBY family of Laurens and his wife, who
survives him before marriage, MISS SARAH HUDGENS, also a member of a
prominent Laurens family. Four daughters and three sons also survive-
MISSES FANNIE and NANNIE IRBY , of Laurens, MISSES LOUISE and MAYME IRBY
of Greenville; DR. W.H. IRBY of Enoree; the REV. GEO. W. IRBY of Richburg,
Chester Co., and J.B. IRBY of Chester.
During the War Between the States, MR. IRBY served with the Second South
Carolina Cavalry. For many years following the surrender he was engaged in
farming in the county. About 20 years ago he became a resident of Laurens,
living a quiet, retired life with his family, his books and his friends.
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Daisy Mize
Jackson
Contributed by Brooke Lundeen
JACKSON, DAISY MIZE
75, IL, 12–19–1963 p. 37 Spartanburg Herald
Mrs. Daisy Jackson, 75, died Monday in Chicago after a long illness.
Mrs. Jackson was a native of Woodruff and had spent all her life in
Spartanburg County until a few years ago when she went to Chicago to live
with a daughter, Mrs. Nettie Mae Clovis [Clobes].
Surviving in addition to Mrs. Clovis [Clobes] are: three sons, John of
Pauline, Leo of Whitmire and Roy Jackson of Pacolet; three other
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Riddle of Pauline, Mrs. Illar Graham of Forest City,
and Mrs. Flora Lee Abe [Abee] of Cedar Springs; two stepsons, Alex of
Greenville and Weiss Jackson of Woodruff; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Betty
Lanford of Woodruff; and one brother, Lewis Mize of Arcadia.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3 p.m. at the Friendship
Baptist Church by the Rev. Charlie Hardin. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
The body will be at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Riddle of Pauline
Route 1, after 6 p.m. today and will be taken to the church at 2 p.m.
Friday.
Grandsons are pallbearers.
J. F. Floyd Mortuary is in charge. |
John Jackson
Contributed by Brooke Lundeen
JACKSON, JOHN
60, Pauline, h/o St. Laurence Jackson, 7–22–1968 p. 11 Spartanburg Herald
John Jackson, 60, husband of Mrs. St. Lawrence Jackson of Pauline Route 1,
died 4:30 a.m. Sunday at General Hospital after brief illness.
Son of the late John and Daisy Fowler Jackson; retired auto mechanic;
member Friendship Baptist Church.
Also surviving; daughters, Mrs. Louise Anthony of Spartanburg, Mrs. Bobbie
[Barbara] Lundeen of Pauline; sons, James H. of Jonesville, Ernest of
Union, John L. of Buffalo, Roy Junior of Pauline, Vance and Bobby Joe of
Spartanburg; sisters, Mrs. Flora Abbie [Abee], Mrs. Nettie Mae Clobes,
Mrs. Ruth Riddle al of Pauline; half-sister, Mrs. Betty Lanford of
Woodruff; brothers, Leo of Whitmire and Roy of Pacolet; half-brothers,
Wish Jackson of Woodruff.
Services 3 Tuesday Friendship Baptist Church by the Rev. Charles Hardin;
burial in church cemetery.
Pallbearers: Clifford Clobes, Bobby Tucker, Jesse C. Riddle, Joney Lawson,
Dewey Graham and Malcolm Riddle.
Body at the home 3 today, in church 2 Tuesday.
J. F. Floyd Mortuary |
Roy Jackson
Contributed by Brooke Lundeen
JACKSON, ROY
78, Pacolet, h/o Edith Sprouse Jackson, 3-11-2000 B4 Herald-Journal
PACOLET - Roy Jackson, 78, of 191 Bryant St. died March 9, 2000, in
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
A native of Gray Court, he was son of the late John and Daisy Fowler
Jackson. He worked at Limestone Mill.
Surviving are his wife, Edith Sprouse Jackson; two daughters, Anna Lou
Belk and Brenda Motts, both of Pacolet; a sister, Ruth Riddle of Pauline;
six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Floyd's Pacolet
Chapel.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Pacolet Memorial
Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Dennis Tessnier.
The family is at the home of his daughter, Brenda Motts, 330 Hillbrook
Circle, Pacolet.
Memorials may be made to Pacolet Mills Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 545, Pacolet
Mills, 29373. |
Sandra Jackson
Contributed by Brooke Lundeen
JACKSON, SANDRA
2, Union, 7–29–1967 p. 8 Spartanburg Herald
Child Killed When She Ran Into Vehicle
UNION (Herald Bureau) - A two-year-old girl was killed when she darted
into the path of a pickup truck near her home Friday night about 8:15.
Sandra Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jackson of 303 Lybrand
Street, was dead on arrival at Wallace Thomson Hospital.
Also suviving: brothers; Timmie, Ricky, and Dennie [Dennis], all of the
home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. D. Williams, Union; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, Pauline; maternal
greatgrandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Williams, Union.
S. R. Holcombe Funeral Home.
City police say the 1950 model truck was driven by Coley B. Vanderford,
42, of 307 Woodlawn Ave.
Union County Coroner Fred Phillips empaneled a jury, but no inquest has
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LILLIAN CAROLINE JEFFERIES
Spartanburg Herald
March 16, 1943
Funeral services for MRS. LILLIAN CAROLINE JEFFERIES, 73, wife of DR.
JAMES L. JEFFERIES of Spartanburg who died at her home Sunday , will be
conducted this afternoon at the Floyd Mortuary by the REV.DAVID A.
CLYBURN. Interment will be in the Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Active pall bearers; RAYMOND PATTERSON, FRANK HODGES, FRANK KAMINER, J.G.
JONES, BEN O. JOHNSON and HARVEY W. JOHNSON.
Surviving are her husband, who for many years has been prominent in
medical circles of the community; three sons, Major JOHN N. JEFFERIES,
U.S. Army, Major JAMES S. JEFFERIES, army engineer corps, and T. EDWIN
JEFFERIES of the army medical corps; two daughters, MRS. FRANCES S.
THORNTON, Versailles, Ky., and MISS HARRIETT ELEANOR JEFFERIES of this
city.
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MRS. ANNIE
JENNINGS
Journal and Carolina Spartan
May 5, 1928
Funeral services for MRS. ANNIE JENNINGS, 24, wife of ALBERT JENNINGS of
the Carlisle school vicinity, who died at the Spartanburg hospital Friday
will be conducted from Fairview church today by the REV. H.C. GODFREY,
pastor assisted by the REV. B.L. WOOD of Whitney. Burial will be made in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be CLYDE POTEAT, CLINT POTEAT, HORACE POTEAT, PAUL
CHAPMAN, HOWARD COOK.
She is survived by her husband, W.A. JENNINGS and two small children, her
mother MRS. SALLIE JOHNSON, all of Spartanburg, two brothers, CARL POTEAT,
Spartanburg rt.1. and ALFRED POTEAT of Charlotte, N.C. and one halfbrother,
OTIS JOHNSON of Spartanburg, rt.1. |
LOUIS M.
JENNINGS
Journal and Carolina Spartan
April 24, 1926
The body of LOUIS M. JENNINGS, who lost his life in an accident at
Andover, Mass., several days ago arrived here today and was taken to Floyd
Funeral parlor.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
Friendship Church by REV. C.B. PRINCE and interment will be made in the
churchyard.
MR. JENNINGS , a sailor in the U.S. Navy , was fatally injured when his
motorcycle collided with an automobile. He was the son of MR. and MRS. J.W.
JENNINGS of Whitestone.
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MILL WORKER AND WIFE DIE DURING BLAZE IN
HOUSE
Joe Johns, 37, Apalache Mill employee,
and his wife, 32, were burned almost beyond recognition when fire of
undetermined origin destroyed their mill village home yesterday morning
shortly before 7 o'clock.
A jury impaneled by Spartanburg County Coroner A.M. Cash at the scene
returned a verdict that Joe Johns and his wife, Lonnie Hinson Johns,
came to their death by being in a burned house with the doors locked
while having domestic trouble. Apalache is about two and a half miles
from Greer in Spartanburg County.
SAY HAD TROUBLE
Deputy Sheriff R.L. Lister of the staff of Sheriff B.B. Brockman of
Spartanburg, said neighbors testified that the two had been having
domestic difficulties and that the man had said he was going to kill his
wife, set the house afire and kill himself.
Neighbors arrived at the scene a short time before 7 a.m. to find the
doors of the Johns house locked and too much flame and smoke to effect a
rescue, Deputy Lister said.
SECOND HOUSE FIRED
Fire Chief R.B. Colvin of Greer said the Greer fire department was
called at about 7 o'clock when a house next to the Johns caught fire
and widespread damage was feared. The fire next door was extinguished
and when firemen were able to enter the Johns home they found him on a
bed and her lying in the kitchen in front of an oil stove.
Mr. Johns is survived by his Father, Furman Johns; four brothers,
Rubert, Mac, Jay and Jonah JOhns, and two sisters, Mrs. Guynell Inman
and Mrs. Essie Cannon. Mrs. Johns is survived by two brothers, Harrison
and John Howard, and her Mother, Mrs. Della Howard.
SOURCE: Greenville News, Page 10
DATE: Monday, August 20, 1945
RITES TODAY FOR MR. AND MRS. JOHNS
GREER, Aug 19 - Funeral services for Joe Johns, 37, and his wife,
Mrs. Lona Henson Johns, 32, will be held Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at the graveside in the Washington Baptist Church Cemetery, conducted by
Rev. Paul Kinnett, assisted by Rev. Walter Harrison. The bodies will be
laid to rest on the family plot.
The following were asked to meet at the cemetery at 4:45 o'clock to
serve as active pallbearers for Mr. Johns: Mose Foreman, John Powell,
Horace Medford, Earl Farmer, Lecial Evans and Turlen Wilson. For Mrs.
Johns: J.B. Howard, O'Dell Howard, Buford Lister, Walker Ballenger,
Walter Belue and John Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Johns were burned to death early Saturday morning when
their home was destroyed by fire. They lived at 35 Main Street, in the
Apalache Mill community.
The bodies will remain at the Wood Mortuary until the hour of the
service.
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GORDON
JOHNSON
Laurensville Herald
Feb. 1, 1901
Last Friday evening, 25th ult., the angel of death came into the house of
MR. and MRS. G.L. JOHNSON, now residing at Rapley and bore away the spirit
of little GORDON, a bright and promising little boy of only 4 years. The
remains were carried to Hopewell and interred in the family burial ground.
The heart-broken parents have the sympathies of both this and Rapley
community.
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MRS.
J.D. JOHNSON
Laurensville Herald
April 28, 1922
DEATH OF MRS. JOHNSON
MRS. J.D. JOHNSON died at her home at Lanford Tuesday after a short
illness with which she was stricken Saturday. Funeral services conducted
by her pastor, REV. GRAVES L. KNIGHT, were conducted Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was a fine type of Christian woman, and church worker. She is
survived by her husband and 2 sons: B.W. JOHNSON of Arcadia and J. VANCE
JOHNSON a traveling salesman. One brother , Capt. JOHN W. LANFORD and one
sister, MRS. LEWIS M. CANNON of Lanford Station, also survive along with a
large family and nieces and nephews and grandchildren.
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J.H. JOHNSON
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Jan. 6, 1951
J.H. JOHNSON , 68, of Cherokee Springs, died in a local hospital Friday
morning following a brief illness.
MR. JOHNSON was a son of the late ROBERT and ELIZABETH SOLESBEE JOHNSON
and was born in Spartanburg county July 19, 1882. He was a farmer and a
member of Cherokee Springs Bapt. church.
Surviving are one sister, MRS. MARY SPENCER of Rutherfordton; 2 brothers,
W.M. and E.B., both of Cherokee Springs and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held today at the church, conducted by the Rev.
RAYMOND WILSON, Rev. J.G. WOOD, and Rev. H.H. GREGORY. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Floyd Mortuary is in charge.
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MYRTLE B. JOHNSON
Generously contributed by Cathy Griffith
SOURCE: Greenville News, Page 9
DATE: Wednesday, February 22, 1933
MRS. MYRTLE B. JOHNSON
GREER, Feb. 21 - Mrs. Myrtle B. Johnson, 29, died at a Spartanburg
hospital late today after an illness of three months.
Mrs. Johnson was the wife of Pearce Johnson of the Holly Springs
section north of Greer. She had made her home here for some time and was
known to a wide circle of friends who will regret to learn of her death.
She is survived by her husband and an infant daughter, Myrtle, and
the following brothers and sisters: Alex Bowers, Arcadia; Rome Bowers,
Hendersonville; Wade Bowers, Campobello; Malcomb Bowers, Taylors; Holly
Bowers, Campobello; Mrs. Nellie Pittman, Taylors; Mrs. Edna Hart, Greer;
Mrs. Hattie Edmonds, North Carolina; Mrs. Bessie Babb, Greer; Mrs.
Tessie Howell, Miss Ida Bowers, Mrs. Annie Babb and Miss Julia Babb, all
of Campobello.
Funeral services will be held from Holly Springs Baptist Church
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. Walter Harrison and the Rev. Ed
Harrison, officiating. Interment will be in the Churchyard
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MRS.
ROSA HICKS JOHNSON
Spartanburg Herald
May 6, 1943
MRS. ROSA HICKS JOHNSON, 77, died at her home at Roebuck last night after
an illness of one week.
Surviving are her husband, OSCAR JOHNSON; a son, TOM JOHNSON of Roebuck;
three daughters, MRS. NORA BRIDWELL, Tucapau, and MRS. MINNIE KIRBY and
MRS. ADA ROACH of Roebuck; a sister, MRS. ANNA BURNETT of Spartanburg,
rt.1.; 17 grandchildren and six gt.
Floyd Mortuary in charge.
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LILLIE BURGESS JOLLY
Dec. 10, 1953
Gaffney- MRS. LILLIE BURGESS JOLLY, 73, died Wednesday night at Cherokee
Co. Hospital after several years of declining health.
A lifelong resident of Cherokee Co., she was a daughter of the late J.M.
and JANE VAUGHN BURGESS and wife of the late JULIUS JOLLY.
Surviving are 2 daughters, MRS. R.E. CARSON, Tucker, Ga., and MRS. LOUIE
HARRISON, Havelock, N.C.; 2 sons, BURGESS Polkville, N.C. and LYLES JOLLY
of Sacramento, Calif; 2 sisters, MRS. W.E. HARMON and MRS. ED BYARS, both
of Gaffney; 4 brothers, R.C. and PAUL, Gaffney, GUY, Chesnee and W.E.
BURGESS of Greer.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shuford- Hatcher Funeral Home.
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ROBERT
JOLLY, JR.
Journal and Carolina Spartan
COLUMBIA MAN WHO SUICIDED IS BURIED
Columbia, May 14, 1924 - ROBERT JOLLY, JR., young Columbian, who died
early Monday as a result of a pistol wound, inflicted by himself, was
buried yesterday at Elmwood cemetery.
MR. JOLLY , who for several years was connected with a wholesale cigar
business is survived by his widow, and small son, his father, R.M. JOLLY
of Camden; seven brothers and two sisters.
Shortly after he was found , a note was discovered which suggested that
financial difficulties led to the suicide.
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JOHN MOSE
JONES
Journal and Carolina Spartan
Oct. 22, 1919
AGED MAN DROPPED DEAD
JOHN MOSE JONES, 74, a resident of the county side of Greer, and a man who
was well known in Spartanburg dropped dead while at work at Camp Sevier
yesterday according to the report received .
Heart failure was the cause of the sudden death.
MR. JONES was acting as brakesman for a wagon on which a small structure
had been loaded and which was being taken from the camp to Greer. He was
walking a few steps behind the wagon, holding the rope which controlled
the brake, when he fell. The negro driver, his view obstructed by the
wooden structure on the vehicle, did not know MR. JONES had fallen until a
passerby shouted to him.
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J.J. Jordan
8-4-1944
Generously contributed by Nancie O'Sullivan
Duncan, Aug.
4 – J. J. (Jim) Jordan 85, one of the oldest residents of this section
died at his home on route 1 this morning at 12:15 o’clock following
several years of declining health and a serious of three days. Mrs. Jordan
was born and reared in the Duncan community and was the oldest living
member of the Duncan church, having been a member of that church of 55
years. He was a son of the late John and Polly Anna Davis Jordan.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. W.T. Boiter of Duncan, Mrs. A.L.
Carman and Mrs. W.H. Echols of Spartanburg, route 6; two sons, J.J. Jordan
of Iva and A. J. Jordan of Wellford; one granddaughter (sic), Miss Marie
Jordan; one half-brother, George Hill of Wellford; 34 grandchildren and 25
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Duncan Methodist
church conducted by the Rev. L.J. Keeler assisted by the Rev. Paul Mabry
and the Rev. James Stroud. Interment will be in the Duncan cemetery.
The following grandsons are asked to meet at the church at 3:45 o’clock
and serve as active pallbearers: Charles and Ray Boiter; Loyd, Brodus,
Hartwell and Clyde Jordan.
After 4 pm. Saturday the body will be at the home to remain there until
2p.m. Sunday when it will be carried to the church to lie in state until
the hour of services.
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