Robert B. Blackmon

Mar 9, 2014

Robert B. BlackmonSix Mile, SCRobert B. Blackmon, 80, passed away, Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Rainey Hospice House.Mr. Blackmon was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, a son of the late Roy Frank and Marion Elizabeth Eastlack Blackmon, and husband of the late Betty Lewallen "Lew" Blackmon.He was a Civil Engineer with the US Army Corp of Engineers with 35 years of...

Betty Jane Kelly

Mar 9, 2014

Betty K. KellyEasleyBetty K. Kelly, 80, longtime resident of Easley, wife of the late John W. Kelly, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Rainey Hospice House.Born September 26, 1933 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late James and May Lady Kelly. Mrs. Kelly moved to the upstate with her husband of over fifty years and began a...

J. C. Owens

Mar 8, 2014

J.C. OwensEasleyMr. J.C. Owens, 79, husband of Grace Cisson Owens, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Rainey Hospice House.Born in Pickens County, a son of the late Frank Thomas and Myrtie Boyd Owens, Mr. Owens retired from Alice Manufacturing Co. with forty-nine years of service and attended Elljean Baptist Church.J.C. was well known for playing his fiddle having played...

Julia Alexander

Mar 8, 2014

Julia M. AlexanderPickensMs. Julia McKenzie Alexander, 87, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Rose Hill Retirement Community in Marion, NC.A lifelong resident of Pickens County, Ms. Alexander was born a daughter of the late Ernest Franklin and Frederica McDaniel Alexander. Julia was a graduate of Pickens High School and attended Draughon's Business College in Greenville. She retired from Duke...

Vicky Ann Craig

Mar 7, 2014

Vicky H. CraigCentral, SCVicky Ann Hughes Craig, 62, of 108 Eaton Street and wife of Tony H. Craig, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, SC.Born in Oconee County, Vicky was a daughter of the late Wade D. and Mary Smith Hughes. She was a graduate of Seneca High School and the Alpha Beauty School....

Larry Gene Chastain

Mar 7, 2014

L. Gene ChastainCentral, SCLarry Gene Chastain, 68, of Central died Friday, March 7, 2014 at Easley Baptist Hospital.Born in Central he was a son of the late Rev. Lonnie Calhoun and Corrie Adelaide Henson Chastain. Gene was a Daniel High School graduate and a retired production manager with the Defore Plant of Milliken Company.Surviving are sons, Timothy J. (Katherine) Chastain...

Janet Settles Trively

Mar 7, 2014

Janet S. TrivelySeneca, SCJanet Settles Trively, 86, of Seneca and widow of Thomas H. Trively, Sr., died Friday, March 7, 2014 at her home.Born in Seneca, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Minnie Hall Settles. She was a graduate of Winthrop University and was a homemaker.Surviving are a son, Thomas (Tom) H. Trively, Jr. and his...

David LaFayette Burdette

Mar 7, 2014

David Burdette, Jr.EasleyDavid LaFayette Burdette, Jr., 75, husband of the late Nora Farrell Burdette, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014 at Baptist Easley Hospital.Born in Spartanburg, to the late David L. and Catherine Bogan Burdette, he worked as a truck driver and in the machine shop at Red Arrow Products for twelve years but retired from CapsCo. David was a...

James O. Spearman

Mar 6, 2014

James O. SpearmanEasleyMr. James Oliver "Jimbo" Spearman, 65, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014 at McCall Hospice House.Born in Anderson County, a son of Hazel Sentell Spearman and the late David Franklin Spearman, Mr. Spearman attended Carolina Community Church.Surviving, in addition to his mother, are three brothers, Roy Spearman of Simpsonville, Kenneth Spearman of Pickens, and Terry Spearman of Easley;...

Carolyn Newell Cole

Mar 6, 2014

Carolyn N. Cole - Easley, SCCarolyn Newell Cole, 78, of Easley and wife of James "Jim" Edward Cole, Sr., went to be with the Lord Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Country Side Park.Mrs. Cole was born in Seneca, SC, a daughter of the late Clarence George and Maggie Belle Sanders Newell. She worked at Alexander Drugs in Easley from 1984...