Category Archives: 2016

Mrs. Willie Mae Studyvance Good

Willie-Mae-GoodMrs. Willie Mae Studyvance Good, 50, of 816 South Johnson Street, entered eternal rest on Saturday, July 16th, in her home.

Wife of Paul Good, she was born in Cherokee County and was a daughter of Johnny Frank Byers and Mary Studyvance Byers.

She was a graduate of Gaffney High School, Class of 1983, and was a former employee of Burger King.

Willie was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by: her children, Franchesca Studyvance (Scott Conley) of Gaffney and Quenzetta Sarratt (Darrell Richburgh) of North Charleston, SC, Alisa Conley and Franchon Cunningham, reared in the home; 4 grandchildren, Marcus and Frantaysha Dewberry, Kwentasia and Delaina Richburg; 4 sisters, Mary Studyvance, Johnnie Woodson, Frances A. Byers, and Lillie Hughes (Russell), all of Gaffney; 4 brothers, James Byers (Ruby) of Gaffney, Warren Byers of Spartanburg, Melvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison (Rachel) of Boston, MA; aunts, Patricia Sarratt (Darwin) Rosa Studyvance (Furman), Shirley Dover (Charles), Annie Tate, Corrine McCoy, Barbara Littlejohn, Carrie Valentine, Parniece Hughes, Mary Nichols, Vergie Cord, and Liza Howell; uncles, James, Rolen, Billy, Larry, Paul, Donnie (Debra), and Ronnie; great-aunts, Helen Butler, Helen Camp, Billie Sue McFadden, Hazel Allen, and Daisy Logan; mother-in-law, Sarah Stuckes (Willie); sisters-in-law, Sallie Good and Kimberly Brown(Grady); brothers-in-law, Otha Nichols and Julius Good.

Memorial Services will be Saturday, July 23rd at 3:00 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel with Brother Earl Buckson officiating.

She may be viewed in The Gilmore Mortuary Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm.

The Gilmore Mortuary
www.gilmoresmortuary.com

Alexander “Bubbason” Gardner, Jr.

Mr. Alexander “Bubbason” Gardner, Jr., 80, of 711 Bramble Lane, Orangeburg, SC, entered eternal rest on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at his residence.

Husband of Sarah Gardner, he was a former teacher and Assistant Football Coach at Granard High School in Gaffney during the 1960s.

Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2016, in Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Belleville Memorial Gardens in Orangeburg. The Reverend Gregory Young will officiate. Mr. Gardner will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.

Visitation is from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Simmons Funeral Home of Orangeburg.
Courtesy of The Gilmore Mortuary www.gilmoresmortuary.com

Mary Littlejohn Gaffney

photo_001238_326702_1_22p1.preview_20160622.jpgxMrs. Mary Littlejohn Gaffney, of Cincinnati, Ohio, entered eternal rest on Sunday, June 19, in Ohio.
Widow of Herbert Gaffney, she was born in Cincinnati and was a daughter of former Gaffney residents, the late John and Juanita Logan Littlejohn.

Surviving are: a daughter, Bonnie Gaffney Rone; two brothers, Ronnie and Roland Littlejohn; a grandson, Eric Wagner; 3 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild, all of Cincinnati.
Memorial Services will be Thursday, 11 a.m., in Stewart Funeral Home, Cincinnati, OH.
Courtesy of The Gilmore Mortuary www.gilmoresmortuary.com

Published in The Gaffney Ledger on June 22, 2016