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Obituaries August 26, 2009  RSS feed


Brian R. Linder
      SHELBY, N.C. - Brian Russell Linder, 35, of Shelby, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, in Kings Mountain, N.C., as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born March 30, 1974, in Kinston, N.C., he was the son and stepson of Keith and Frances Linder of Chesnee and J.P. and Marcelle Crocker Elm of Gaffney.
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Jimmy Moore
      SPARTANBURG - James "Jimmy" Gaylon Moore Jr., 35, of 821 Patterson Road, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Jimmy was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 1973, to the late James Gaylon Moore Sr. and Wanda Blankenship Moore Vernon. He was employed by MRB.
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John Crafton Timmerman III
      John Crafton Timmerman III (Crafton), 46, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Crafton was the beloved son of John and Anna Timmerman.
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Beulah Blanton
      Beulah Marie Spencer Blanton, 94, of 135 Stacy Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at her home. Born in Cherokee County, she was the widow of Raymond Henry Blanton Sr. and daughter of the late Ellie Spencer and Annie Mahaffey Spencer. She was retired from Oxford Industries and a member of Draytonville Baptist Church.
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Kathy Kirby
      Kathy Lynn Prevatte Kirby, 54, of 225 Brittany Road, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at her home. Born in Fresno, Calif., she was the wife of Phillip W. Kirby and daughter of Robert E. (Bob) Prevatte and Helen Ostergard Prevatte.
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Donald McKittrick
      ROEBUCK - Donald Ray McKittrick, 67, of 5220 Hwy. 221, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, at his home. Born Sept. 9, 1941, in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late James and Rozelle Oakes McKittrick.
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Calvin "Ed" Jones
      INMAN - Calvin "Ed" Jones, 74, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, at Smith-Phayer Hospice House in Landrum. He was born Feb. 9, 1935, in Gaston County, N.C., a son of the late Love Benjamin and Hattie Mae Harrill Jones. Mr.
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Elizabeth Ann Davidson
      EDGEFIELD - Elizabeth Ann Davidson, 75, of 201 W.A. Reel Drive, formerly of Gaffney, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Arrangements will be announced by Blakely Funeral Home.
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Ruby McHam
      SPARTANBURG - Ruby Mae Brown McHam, 73, of 121 McHam Road, wife of the Rev. Mills McHam, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, at 9:14 a.m. at her residence. Daughter of the late John Lee Brown and the late Maggie Smith Brown, she was born July 5, 1936, in Cherokee County.
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Boyd A. Mullinax
      Boyd A. Mullinax, 68, 103 Kentwood Road, passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital for Restorative Care in Spartanburg after a lengthy illness. Mr. Mullinax was the husband of Lillie Mullinax and son of Pearl Peeler Mullinax of Gaffney and the late Reynolds Mullinax. A native of Cherokee County, he was a tree cutter by trade.
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Nathaniel Valentine
      Services for Nathaniel Valentine, 47, of 266 Goldmine Springs Road, Apt. D-20, will be held Thursday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. at Buck Shoals Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. T. E. McDowell, the Rev. Benjamin Gaffney, Elder Mark Lattimore and the Rev. L J. Valentine officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.
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O'Neil Farish Jr.
      O'Neil Charles Farish, Jr., 57, of Morganton, N.C., died Monday Aug. 17, 2009, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Mr. Farish was born July 3, 1952, in Gaffney to Barbara Daniel Farish and O.C. Farish Sr. of Gaffney. He was an active member of Buford Street United Methodist Church, a member of Boy Scout Troop 145, where he became an Eagle Scout.
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