Evangelist Frances Smith Wilkie

Evangelist Frances Smith Wilkie, 74, of 1434 N. Limestone Street, Gaffney, passed away Friday, August 18th, in the Peachtree Centre.

She was born in Gaffney and was a daughter of the late Whitworth and Ola Mae Roberts Smith.

Frances was a 1967 graduate of Granard High School and a former employee of Hardees Bojangles.  She was a member of Limestone Missionary Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Leola Manning, Martha Dawkins, Rev. Nettie McCluney Camp, Thomas, John, and Horace Smith.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: a son, Darren L. Wilkie, of Pickens, SC; two daughters, Rhonda M Cleveland (Billy, “BC”), and Hanson Means, of Spartanburg; sisters, Rev. Modestine Manning and Mae Thomas; brothers, Eddie Smith (Wanda), and Willie Ellis; grandchildren, Damaris Gaffney, Frantasia Mullins, and Jeff Young, Jr.; great grandchildren, Elijah Antonio and Da’Moni Gaffney; a host of nieces; nephews; cousins; aunts; uncles; and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Friday, August 25th, 2:00 p.m., in Limestone Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Golden officiating.  Interment will follow in Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Alice Mae Tate

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Alice Mae Tate was born in Cherokee County, South Carolina on January 19, 1969. She was a daughter of the late Walter and Alice Tate Long.

Wife of Paul Richmond Littlejohn, she was a 1987 graduate of Gaffney High School and a former employee of Brookview Nursing Home.

Alice was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church, Cowpens, SC, where she served as an usher and member of the choir.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her husband, Paul, of the home; a daughter, Lisa Tate, of Gaffney; aunts, Janie Davis and Marie Tate, both of Gaffney, Mary Dillard and Mary Long, both of Spartanburg, SC; two uncles, Dean Tate and Bill Tate, both of Gaffney; a great-aunt, Essie Bell Richardson, of Gaffney; other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Friday, August 18th, 2:00 p.m., in Piney Grove Baptist Church, Cowpens, with the Reverend Derrick Wood and the Rev. Dr. Derrick Wood. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery.

Cathy Michelle Banks Campbell

Cathy Michelle Banks Campbell, 54, of 609 Broad Street, Gaffney, passed away Thursday, August 10th, in Spartanburg, SC.

She was born in Cherokee County, SC, and was a daughter of Doris Banks Logan and the late Arnold Banks, Sr.

Cathy was a member of Metropolitan AM.E. Zion Church, a 1987 graduate of Gaffney High School.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: three daughters, Sabrina Campbell, of Gaffney, Dadrika Dewberry, of Spartanburg, and Dakeyla Dewberry, of Boiling Springs, SC; her mother, Doris (George), a brother, Arnold Ray Banks, Jr., of Gaffney; sisters, Sabrina Banks and Andrea Banks Logan (Darius “Gus”), all of Gaffney; two grandchildren, Ja’Keria Campbell, of Gaffney, Kingston Smith, of Spartanburg; aunts; uncles; other relatives and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023, 1:00 p.m., in Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church with The Reverend Bryant Starnes officiating.

The family is receiving friends at the home daily from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.