Category Archives: Obituaries

Aubrey Jonquil Fernanders

Aubrey Jonquil Fernanders was born January 18, 1992, in Cherokee County to Kelvin Bonner and Quintina Yolanda Harris.

She was formerly employed as a Sales Clerk for City Trends. After graduating Gaffney High School, she continued her education at Spartanburg Community College.

Aubrey entered eternal rest on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in Spartanburg Medical Center.

In addition to her parents, Kelvin and Quintina she leaves to cherish loving memories: her grandmother who raised her in the home, Peggy Wood; two sisters, Jamia Fernanders and Tiara Tanner (Brian), both of Spartanburg, SC; a brother, Raheim Harris, of Spartanburg, SC; a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel, with the Reverend Dr. Timothy L. Hunter officiating.

Dianne Bonner

Miss Dianne Bonner, 70, of 110 Clearfield Drive,Gaffney, passed away Sunday, January 16th, in her home.

She was born in Gaffney and was a daughter of the late Joe Cephus and Ola Mae Simuel Bonner.

She was a member of Mikes Creek Baptist Church.

Dianne was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents, Kenneth and Creola Mack Bonner; sisters, Mae Ola Reid and Wyzoina Bonner; brothers, Joe Lee Bonner and Larry Bonner. 

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her children: Flake Bonner, Russell Bonner, Tangi Bonner, Leslie Bonner, Claudette Bonner, and Travis Bonner; sisters, Betty Littlejohn, Eva Bonner (John), and Linda Kay Bonner, of Gaffney; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Monday, 2:00 p.m., in Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with The Reverend C.A. Wallace, The Reverend Betty Bonner Hopper; The Reverend Robert Dover.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Lessie Mae Curtis Pugh

Mrs. Lessie Curtis Pugh, 68, of 119 Clyde Street, Spindale, NC, passed away Thursday, January 13th, in Rutherford Regional Medical Center, Rutherfordton, NC.

She was born in in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Louis William and Lula Mae Fernanders Curtis.

She was a member of Friends In Christ Church in Chesnee.

She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Billy J. Curtis, Virginia Surratt, Martha Twitty;

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her husband, Sidney Pugh, of Maryland; a son, Kim Curtis (Icolyn), of Salt Lake City, UT; siblings, Lewis Curtis, Jr. (Morine), of Spindale, Dan Curtis (Minister Barbara), of Chesnee, Carson L. Curtis, of Shelby, NC; Lucy Twitty, of Forest City; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, 2:00 p.m., in Fernanders Acres Cemetery, in Chesnee with The Reverend Horace Wilson officiating.