Obituaries

Feb 14, 2009

Mr. Robert Franklin Stacks Sr., 82, of Perry Dr. passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Piedmont Medical Center. Born in Lancaster, SC on September 20, 1926 to the late Frank and Estelle Sowell Stacks, he was retired from Rock Hill Printing and Finishing after 47 years. Mr. Stacks was a member of First Baptist Church, lifetime member of Masonic...

Feb 8, 2009

Dang Van Nguyen, 55, of Rock Hill, SC, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. A native of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen was born May 15, 1953 a son of the late Dac Van Nguyen and the late Hoa Thi Hoang. He was employed by Asko as a machinist and was a member of St. Anne's...

Feb 7, 2009

Dorothy Pauline Nies, 87, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. Pauline was born on May 2, 1921 in Cumberland, MD. In 1941, she married William H. "Bill" Nies, Sr., an employee of the Celanese Corporation in Cumberland. Bill accepted a transfer to the new Celanese plant in Rock Hill, SC and in 1949,...

Feb 7, 2009

Lena Reid Miller Dunlap, 91, of 300 Kildaire Woods Drive, formerly of 261 Country Club Drive in Rock Hill, passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Woodland Terrace Nursing Home. A native of Jefferson, SC, Mrs. Dunlap was born May 12, 1917 a daughter of the late Walter W. and Lena Stultz Miller. She was a graduate of Rock Hill...

Jan 12, 2009

Beatrice L. Trent Hayes, 68, of 1104 Williams Street, passed away Monday, January 12, 2009 at Agape Rehab of Rock Hill after several years of failing health. A native of Spray, NC, she was born May 30, 1940 a daughter of the late Hampton Trent and the late Pauline Rebecca Murphy Trent Dudley. Mrs. Hayes was retired from Celanese and...

Jan 5, 2009

Mr. Lester Wallace Neely, 78, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at his residence. A native of Van Wyck, SC, Mr. Neely was born December 12, 1930 a son of the late John Lester Neely, Sr. and the late Maude McGuire Neely. He retired from Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company in 1990, served in the US Army during the...

Dec 27, 2008

Wylene McLurkin Wylie, 80, of 1925 Wellborn Street, passed away Saturday December 27, 2008 at Piedmont Medical Center. Born in _Chester,South Carolina on October 20, 1928, to the late Samuel William and Eloise Wylie McLurkin, she was a Quality Manager retired from Celanese after 42 years of service. She was raised in Chester and was a member of Oakland Avenue...

Dec 16, 2008

David Nelson Vance, 71, of 1225 Dunlap Roddey Road, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at his residence. A native of Blount County, Tennessee, Mr. Vance was born August 24, 1937 a son of the late James H. and Effie Moles Vance. He was retired from Engineering, a member of Second Baptist Church and was a US Navy veteran. He...

Dec 16, 2008

Mrs. Shirley Williams Wilson, 81, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Mrs. Wilson was born in Anniston, AL, a daughter of the late Lewis James and Shirley Mae Higgins Williams. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 45 years Alvin Royce Wilson and her son Ross Wilson, a sister Olice Dorman and...

Dec 16, 2008

Miss Mary Elizabeth Sturgis, 59, of Palmetto Village, passed away Tuesday December 16, 2008 at her residence. A native of Rock Hill, she was born March 12, 1949 a daughter of Ruth Hoke Sturgis of Rock Hill and the late Jesse Sturgis. Miss. Sturgis was a very devoted member of St. John' United Methodist Church and loved her family. She...

Dec 4, 2008

Robert Ellis "Bob" Lesslie, 77, of 1098 Woodshire Ct. passed away December 4, 2008 at Piedmont Medical Center. Mr. Lesslie was born in York County, August 23, 1931 a son of the late Arnette and Martha Oates Lesslie. He was retired from Rock Hill Printing and Finishing, Springs Industries, was a longtime member of the Elks Lodge, past member of...

Dec 2, 2008

Kevin Tyrone Booker, 31, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at his residence. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Booker was born August 15, 1977 a son of Reginald Tyrone Booker of Clinton, TN and Saundra Tapp Booker of Rock Hill. He was employed by Dell as a Computer Technician. Surviving with his parents are a brother Marcus Caldwell of...

Dec 2, 2008

Alma Wells Thompson, 89, of 1098 Woodshire Ct., passed away Tuesday December 2, 2008 at her residence. A native of Gastonia, NC, she was born October 31, 1919 a daughter of the late Jackson and Annie Wells Wells and was the widower of the late Benjamin Franklin Thompson. She was a member of the former White Street Baptist Church and...

Nov 28, 2008

Wilburn William Fincher, 80, of 2047 Ridgecrest Road, passed away, Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. Mr. Fincher was born July 4, 1928 in Woodruff, SC a son of the late Clarence and Mary Jackson Fincher. He was a retired textile employee having worked for J.P. Stevens and Springs Industries and volunteered at the Salvation...

Nov 24, 2008

James Edward Gray, 57, of 1823 Suttonspring Road, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008 at Piedmont Medical Center. Surviving are his wife Roxie Harrison Gray; two sons James R. Gray and James Allen Gray both of York, a brother Ralph Gray of Raleigh, NC, sister Dorothy Devalleo of Rock Hill and one grandson and several other relatives. Mr. Gray was...

Nov 21, 2008

Mr. James Robert West 68, of 1287 Springwood Lane passed away November 21, 2008 at Piedmont Medical Center. Born in Guilford County NC to the late Z.O. and Virginia Harrell West, Mr. West was a retired mechanic for Duke Power and Hot Rod enthusiast. He is survived by his wife Mary Lee Plummer West of the home, daughters Sandra L....

Nov 20, 2008

George William Lake, 65, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2008 at Piedmont Medical Center. Surviving are his wife Loretta Kay Lake; two daughters Monica Toomey of New York, Veronica Sasso of NJ; three stepsons Kirk Grobels and wife Teresa of Rock Hill, Chad Grobels and wife Holly of Robbinsville, NJ, Doug Grobels and fiance Jennifer of Hamilton Square, NJ; two...

Nov 18, 2008

Nov 14, 2008

Jon T. Gregory, born April 11, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN died suddenly while swimming at the Rock Hill YMCA Nov. 13, 2008. He led an exemplary life for 70 years. In his youth he became an Eagle Scout, excelled in Track and Cross Country in High School and College. After graduating from Wabash Collage, Crawfordsville, IN he completed a master...

Nov 14, 2008

Dusan Petrovic, 62, of Rock Hill, passed away November 14, 2008 at Carolinas Medical Center Pineville. He was born in Yugoslavia, in 1946. He was a member of the Yugo Army and in 1968 he and his wife Ana immigrated to The United States. He was actively involved in the community. In years past he was a member of the...