Category Archives: Obituaries

Mrs. Kathy Oglesby Fitzpatrick

25p1.previewMrs. Kathy Oglesby Fitzpatrick, 66, entered in eternal rest on Monday, March 28, in NMS Healthcare, Silver Spring, MD.

Wife of James Fitzpartick, she was born in Cherokee County and was a daughter of the late Melton “Bub” Oglesby and the late Martha Wood Oglesby.

Kathy was a 1968 graduate of Granard High Class. She received a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, and a Masters Degree from Converse College, Spartanburg, SC.

She was a former member of Island Creek Baptist Church in Cowpens. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Landover, MD where she was a member of The Majestic Choir and a Deaconess.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers, Melton, Thomas Garfield, Wyatt Melton, Sr., Robert Jaye, and John Edward; two nephews, Wyatt Oglesby, Jr. and Ulysses Oglesby, Jr.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Darrell, daughter, Tiffany, both of the home; six brothers, James Robert (Sarah), Ulysses (Deloris), Kenneth Oglesby, all of High Point, NC; Michael (Audrey), Terry (Shiela), and Rev. Benjamin Oglesby, all of Cowpens, SC; 3 sisters-in-law, Mrs. Minnie Oglesby of Cowpens,

Mrs. Bernice Brunson (Von), Mrs. Gail Ivey (John); mother-in-law, Mrs. Elise Fitzpatrick of MD.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, 11 a.m., in Shiloh Baptist Church, Landover, MD. Interment will be in Maryland.

J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home, Landover, MD.

Courtesy of The Gilmore Mortuary, www.gilmoresmortuary.com>

Paul Jalkanen

Paul Jalkanen, 71, of 501 Holly St., entered eternal rest Monday, March 7th, in Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Husband of Kay Jalkanen, he was born in Minnesota and was a son of the late Ralph and Esther Trudgeon Jalkanen.

Mr. Jalkanen was of the Lutheran Faith. He was a former professor at Limestone College.

Private Services will be held.

The Gilmore Mortuary
www.gilmoresmortuary.com

Johnny Benjamin Littlejohn

J. LittlejohnJohnny Benjamin Littlejohn, 55, of 940 N. Limestone St., Apartment S-84, entered eternal rest on Monday, March 7th, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Husband of Rosheeda Crawford Littlejohn, he was born in White Plains, NY and was a son of the late Ernest and Earnestine Linder Baker. He was reared by his grandparents, Bunyon and Ruth Linder Littlejohn.

He was a member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a former employee of Springfield Mills.

Also surviving: one son, Arsenio Byars of Greenwood, SC; four daughters, Jashayla Sullivan of Gaffney, Jalysha Sullivan, Jamiyah Tucker, and Rhianna Crawford, all of the home; five sisters, Dorothy Hull (Danny) of Gaffney, Aretha Frierson (Charles) of Roebuck, SC, Renee Newson (Darryl) of Jonesboro, GA, Sharon Baker Seldon and Ardeana Byers (Roderick) of Ellenwood, GA; five grandchildren; aunts and uncles, Inez and Robert Littlejohn, Wilbert and Ruby Linder, of Gaffney, Robert and Lynn Jeter of Greenville, SC, Annie Jeter of Charlotte, Sheila and Ricky McElhaney of Belmont, NC, Jackie Jeter of Durham, NC; mother and father-in-law, Gwen Tate and Rev. Danny Tate, of Gaffney.

Graveside Services with Military Rites, will be Friday, March 11, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., in Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Richard Wood officiating.

The Gilmore Mortuary
www.gilmoresmortuary.com