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Jeanne Y. Bunn

02 February 2014, 2014, Obituaries

Bunn023ObitJeanne Y. Cowsen Bunn was born on February 16, 1940 in Birmingham, AL. She was the first of four children born to Gladys Blakley and Henry Cowsen. The family moved to New York in 1942. Jeanne was raised and attended catholic school in Brooklyn, NY.

Jeanne met and married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, Warren J. Bunn, Jr. From this union, two sons were born, Michael Anthony and David Wayne. Jeanne and Warren lived in Queens, NY for fifty-five years until his death in 2011. Not wanting to remain in NY, Jeanne relocated to Gaffney, SC in 2012 to be near her sister.

After a short illness, Jeanne was called home to heaven on February 7, 2014 in Gaffney, SC. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Michael Anthony Bunn.

Left to cherish loving memories are her son, David Bunn; a sister, Gladys Shuff (John); a brother, Henry Cowsen, Jr.; a grandson, Justin Bunn; a granddaughter, Amanda Bunn; a grandson, Jaden Bunn; nieces, Joanne Taylor, Lena Johnson, and Shantá Boyce; and a host of great nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
May Jeanne rest in peace with her loved ones.

Rev. Marvin Alexander Tate

01 January 2014, 2014, Obituaries

Rev TateThe Rev. Marvin Alexander Tate, 68, of 125 Henry Drive, was called to eternal rest on Saturday, Jan. 25 , 2014, in Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

He was born in Hickory Grove and was a son of the late George and Lois Reid Tate. Marvin was a graduate of Jefferson High School in York and Cleveland Technical College in Shelby, N.C. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an Associate Pastor of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by five siblings, Georgianna Logan, Betty Knight, Bonnie Fludd, George “Ray” Jr and Grady Tate.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Jo Jamison Tate of the home; sons, Maurice (Tarsha) Tate and Lee (Angie) Green, all of York; a daughter, Alicia Tate of Blacksburg; two brothers, J. Walter (Gloria) Tate of Gaffney and Luther Tate of Blacksburg; a sister, Ida McCaw of Sharon; six grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; and motherand father-in-law, Dorothy and Jesse Jamison of Sharon.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 30, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrell W. Smith officiating. Military rites and interment will follow in the church cemetery. He will be instate in the church Thursday at 2 p.m.

Arrangements by The Gilmore Mortuary.

Mary Bonner Powell

01 January 2014, 2014, Obituaries

PowellMary Bonner Powell of Lynn, Mass., entered eternal rest on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Massachusetts.

She was born in Cherokee County and was a daughter of the late Welton and Ara Scott Bonner.

Surviving are three sons, Warren, Timothy and Stephen Powell, all of Lynn, Mass.; a brother, Ernest Bonner of Gaffney, Juanita Bonner of Bronx, N.Y., and Gwen B. Lipscomb of Lynn; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Saugus, Mass.

Arrangements by Goodrich Funeral Home of Lynn.
(Courtesy of The Gilmore Mortuary.)