Emma (Jean) Barnhill
Retired school food service supervisor for Cherokee County School District
      Emma Jane (Jean) Robbs Barnhill, 88, of 920 Wilkinsville Hwy., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of Paul D. Barnhill and daughter of the late M. Raymond Robbs and Lorena Perry Robbs.
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Geneva Wood
Retired from Abbott Labs
      Geneva Kate Wood, 84, of 208 Blalock Lane, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, at her home. Born in Cherokee County, she was the widow of William Lester Watterson Jr. and daughter of the late C.S. Wood and Sallie P. Wood. She was retired from Abbott Laboratories of Spartanburg and was of the Baptist faith.
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S. B. Phillips
Retired from Pride Masonry
      UNION - S. B. Phillips, 64, of 132 Monroe St., passed away Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at 7:37 a.m. in Spartan- burg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg. Son of the late Samuel Boyd Phillips Sr. and the late Aquilla Bonner Phillips, he was a native of Gaffney and a member of Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. He was a retired employee of Pride Masonry in Chesnee.
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Shandiria Bonner
      Shandiria Amere Bonner, 6 months, daughter of Marlana Dawkins and Shannon Bonner, both of Gaffney, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.
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Ruth G. Burke
Retired hairdresser
      Ruth Garland Burke, 58, of 1301 S. Petty St., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at her residence. Born in Gaffney, she was the wife of Michael Burke and daughter of Fannie Mullinax Garland and the late O.B. Garland. She was a retired hairdresser and was of the Baptist faith.
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Michael W. Dover
      BLACKSBURG - Michael William Dover, 45, of 906 Blacksburg Hwy., died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in York, he was the husband of Patricia Dover and son of Shirley Dover of Blacksburg and the late James William Dover. He was a textile employee and member of Kings Creek Church of God.
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Margie Wyatt Fowler
Retired from textile industry
      Martha Margie Wyatt Fowler, 85, of 517 Marietta St., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, N.C. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of Joe F. Fowler and daughter of the late Henry Wyatt and Mae Strickland Wyatt. She was retired from the textile industry and was of the Baptist faith.
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Ella W. Montgomery
Talented gospel singer
      SPARTANBURG - Ella Mae Wilkins Montgomery, daughter of the late Edward and Virgie Littlejohn Wilkins, was born in Cherokee County and was reared and educated in Spartanburg County. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School. A devoted Christian, she joined Cornerstone Baptist Church (then Thompson Street) as a young girl.
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