Obituaries

Garland 'Garth' Ray Sweatt

Aug 6, 2014

Rock Hill, SC Garland "Garth" Ray Sweatt, 48, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at home. He was born to Sharon Sweatt and Donald Sweatt in Rock Hill, SC on December 1st of 1965. He attended Rock Hill High School, and after graduation signed up to join the Navy. In military service, he served aboard the...

Steve Alvin Sisk

Aug 5, 2014

Greenville, SC - Mr. Steve Alvin Sisk, 61, died Tuesday August 5, 2014, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 9,2014, at Woodside Cemetery, Clover, SC. A native of York County, Mr. Sisk was a son of Ruth Carpenter Sisk Stokes and the late Jacob Herman Sisk. Surviving in addition to his mother are...

Rachel "Kay" Herbold

Aug 4, 2014

Rachel "Kay" Herbold, 67, a 15 year resident of Rock Hill, died Monday, August 4, 2014. She was from Cleveland, Ohio and then Brook Park, Ohio before moving to Rock Hill. She was the daughter of the late Roosevelt (Rose) and Bernice (Nee Tucker) Ayers. And was also preceded in death by a sister: Virginia Hembree; and 4 brothers: Newman...

David Dewayne Saunders

Aug 4, 2014

David DeWayne Saunders It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I must inform everyone that my husband, friend and the other half of my soul left this earth on Monday, August 4th of 2014 and has moved on to a better place. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He...

Billy Fay Blackwood, Jr.

Aug 2, 2014

ROCK HILL - William "Billy" Fay Blackwood Jr., 47, of 1126 Sturgis Street died Saturday, August 3, 2014, at Piedmont Medical Center. Memorial services will be 7:00 PM Thursday at Whitesell Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home. A native of Rock Hill, Billy was a son of Cecilia Blackwood...

Elizabeth Louise Dunlap Patrick

Aug 1, 2014

Elizabeth Louise Dunlap Patrick, 78, died at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House on August 1, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Inez Collins Dunlap and Marion Crawford Dunlap, Jr. Lib was born on Feb 24, 1936 in Rock Hill. She graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1954 and from Winthrop College in 1958. Lib worked her way...

Lorissa P. Matthew

Jul 31, 2014

Lorissa Matthew ROCK HILL - Lorissa Matthew, 66, of Rock Hill, S.C., died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Unihealth Center of Rock Hill. Services will be at a later date.

Cara Lee Ann Shoaf

Jul 30, 2014

ROCK HILL - Cara Lee Ann Shoaf, 49, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Magnolia Manor. Funeral services will be 4:00 PM Sunday, August 3, 2014, at Whitesell Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour before at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date at Rainsville Cemetery, Rainsville Indiana. A native of Montgomery County,...

Florence Powers Adkins

Jul 30, 2014

Florence P. Adkins, 88, of Rock Hill, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014. She was born in Warrenton, England to the late John and Margaret Powers. She was also preceded in death by he husband, James Walker Adkins. She is survived by: 5 children: John Adkins, Thomas Adkins, Billy Adkins, Margaret Gomes, Linda Cook; 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren....

Michel Garcia

Jul 29, 2014

Services for Michel Garcia are Friday, August 1, 2014 at 11 am at Palmetto Funeral Home, 2049 Carolina Place Dr, Fort Mill, SC The family of Michel Garcia is being served by TH Robertson Funeral Service of Charlotte, NC To plant a tree in memory of Michel Garcia, visit the Tribute Store .

Leroy Vernon Fellows

Jul 28, 2014

LeRoy Vernon Fellows, 77, of Rock Hill, SC passed away Monday, July 28, 2014. A memorial service will be held 10am Saturday, August 2, 2014 at St. Anne Catholic Church. Service Information

Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 10:00am, St. Anne Catholic Church

Darrell Leroy Bruce

Jul 25, 2014

ROCK HILL - Darrell Leroy Bruce, 59, of 573 Karen Drive died Friday, July 25, 2014 at WJB Dorn Veterans Hospital. Mr. Bruce was born May 23, 1955, and was a son of Walter T. Bruce and Nancy Simmons Bruce Carter. He is survived by his son, Damon Earle Bruce of Albuquerque, New Mexico; his sisters, Deborahlee Adams of...

Shirley H Anderson

Jul 24, 2014

Shirley Hampton Anderson, 95, of Rock Hill, died Thursday, July 24, 2014. She was born in Cherokee Falls, SC to the late James D and Myrtle W. Hampton. She was a member of West End Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years. She is survived by: 2 children: C. James Anderson II and wife Cynthia, of Rock...

William 'Buddy' Wylie Mahaffey

Jul 22, 2014

William "Buddy" Wylie Mahaffey of Indian Land, SC passed away Tuesday, July 22nd at CMC Main in Charlotte, NC. Born in Indian Land, SC, son of Clarence and Pauline Mahaffey. He loved to work in his yard, loved to hunt and fish, loved his dog, LuLu, a member of Center Grove Freewill Baptist Church of Waxhaw,...

Saundra Faye Rabon

Jul 21, 2014

Saundra Faye Pittman Rabon, aged 56, claimed her angel wings on Monday, July 21, 2014, surrounded by her friends and family. Saundra was born on May 12, 1958 and grew up in Fort Mill, SC. She spent many happy years in Waycross, GA before returning to the Charlotte area. She worked in the service industry for most of her...

Mary Gaulden Curtis

Jul 20, 2014

Mary Curtis Chester - Mary Gaulden Curtis, 94, of 1208 Lowrys Hwy, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at her home. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, at Forest Hills Cemetery. Born in Rock Hill, she is the daughter of the late William Robert and Sarah Anne Parrish Guaulden, and the wife of the late Joseph Curtis. She was...

Olimpio R. Martinez

Jul 12, 2014

Tega Cay, SC Mr. Olimpio R. Martinez 87 of Tega Cay, SC passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Magnolia Manor in Rock Hill, SC. A memorial service will be held at 11:00am Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Palmetto Funeral Home Chapel with Father Agustin Guzman officiating. On-line condolences to the family may be made at...

Betty Ann Spurlin

Jul 11, 2014

ROCK HILL - Betty Ann Hanes Spurlin, 80, of Rock Hill, died July 11, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Monday, July 14, 2014, at Whitesell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service. A native of Chattanooga, Tenn., Mrs. Spurlin is a daughter...

Clarence H. Baldwin

Jul 11, 2014

Tega Cay, SC Clarence H. Baldwin, 90, a born again Christian went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 11, 2014. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio on August 17th 1923 to Homer and Bertha Thompson Baldwin. After receiving a Bachelor's degree from Youngstown University, he served in the Army Air Corps during WW II....

Robert Stephen Rayle

Jul 9, 2014

Robert Stephen Rayle, 62, of Rock Hill, SC departed this life Wednesday, July 9, 2014 and has joined his sister, Holly Diane and brother, Henry Kelvin. Together they are in the presence of their Lord Jesus Christ. Steve was born on January 21, 1952 in Greensboro, NC, oldest son of William Henry and Estelene Patterson Rayle....