SPARTANBURG — Phyllis Jean Hubbard Davis, 76, of 2901 Cowpens Pacolet Road, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends on Monday, August 21, 2017, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Gordon Mortuary of Gaffney. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2017 at 3 p.m. in the Gordon Mortuary of […]
2017-08-21
Jerry Lewis, remembered for telethons, Nutty Professor, dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, 91, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. Lewis died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas […]
Dillie Parker
GAFFNEY— Dillie Inman Parker, 78, of 148 Tansi Trail, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at her residence. Born in Union, she was the wife of Larry J. Parker for 45 years and the daughter of the late Roy and Helen Inman. She was retired from textiles and a member of Goucher Baptist Church. […]
Eula Martin
GAFFNEY — Eula M. Martin, 92, of 126 Millwood Lane, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. The family will receive friends on Monday, August 21, 2017, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Gordon Mortuary. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Smyrna Baptist Church with Rev. Jamie Billings […]
Herbert Thornton
GAFFNEY — Herbert Lee Thornton of 313 Brookwood Drive, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete. Gordon Mortuary of Gaffney is serving the Thornton family.
Shirley Ellis
GAFFNEY — Shirley R. Ellis, 80, passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2017. Arrangements will be announced by Blakely Funeral Home. Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, S.C.
Elizabeth Wilson
GAFFNEY — Elizabeth Branom Wilson, 94, formerly of Mills Street, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 18, 2017, at Peachtree Centre. Born in Sheffield, Ala., she was the widow of the late Charles Winston Wilson and daughter of the late Harvey Terrell Branom and Pearl White Branom. She was a homemaker, loved her family, and was […]
Virginia Harris
BOILING SPRINGS — Virginia “Gin” Hogue Harris, age 80, died Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Funeral service was held Sunday, August 20, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Boiling Springs Baptist Church. The family received friends following the service in the Life Enrichment Center. Burial will be on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 10 a.m. at […]


Falling a few inches short
The Gaffney Indians racked up 432 yards of total offense, but needed at least a foot more in a 35-33 loss at T.L. Hanna on Friday night. With no time on the clock, Quez Smith was stopped just inches short of the goal line for the game-tying 2-point conversion that would have sent the game into overtime. Smith scored from […]


Rosa Dyke
COWPENS — Ms. Rosa Lee H. Dyke of Gaffney, S.C. left this world to be with her lord on August 18, 2017. Rosa was born on December 14, 1916, to John and Lula Parris Henderson in Gaffney. Rosa received her formal education through the SC Public School System, where she excelled in her studies and graduated from Gaffney High School […]