Spencer Bronwell Leach, age 68, of 126 Rev. Booker T Sears St., Apt- A, Spartanburg, SC, passed away Thursday, February, 23^rd, in Spartanburg Regional Hospice House.

Husband of Andrea Sarratt Leach, he was born in Gaffney and was a son of the late John and Shirley Leach Mickles and the late James and Hester Houey.

Spencer was predeceased by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mickles, Mr. and Mrs. Houey; grandparents, Deacon and Mrs. Leach, Shadrach and Gertrude Houey; and a brother, Eddie Houey, (Alberta). He was of the Baptist Faith.

He leaves to cherish loving memories: his wife, Andrea; three sons, Spencer Leach, Antwan Sarratt (Shareika), Sherman Sarratt,; two daughters, Emaya Leach and Tamica Sarratt; brothers, John Mickles, Jr. (Ruby), Jerry Mickles, Sr.. (Dagmar), Jeremy Peeler, Howard Houey (Debra), Douglas Houey, and Thomas Houey (Carol); three sisters, Mary Houey, Amanda Guerrero, and Debra Jefferies (Bobby); four grandchildren, Sha’Meria Adams, Janae and Skyla

Sarratt, and Jordan Johnson; a host of aunts; uncles; nieces; nephews; brothers-in-law, Joe Sarratt and Willie Dean Sarratt; sisters-in-law, Erma Jean Sarratt, Sandra Waddell (Napoleon), Rosalind Camp (Avery), and Carolyn Byars; a host of other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, March 4^th, 3:00 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel with The Rev. Dr. Michael A. Bridges and The Rev. John Daniel Jefferies. The family is at the home of Debra and Robert Jefferies, 113 Wilkinsville Highway.

Gloria Gaston Tate, 88, of 105 Ashley Street, Gaffney, SC, passed away Thursday, February 23^rd, in her home.

Wife of Jay Walter Tate, she was born in Cherokee County, SC to James Campfield Gaston and Annie Mae Spears Gaston.

She was a member of Limestone Missionary Baptist Church.  She was a 1951 graduate of Granard High School and a retiree of the Cherokee County School System.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Tate, and a grandchild, Miranda Latoya Tate.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her husband, Jay Walter Tate, of the home; two sons, Harold Tate, of Gaffney, SC and Jay Walter Tate, Jr., of Simpsonville, SC; a brother, James “June” Campfield Gaston, Jr., of Gaffney, SC; six grandchildren; fourteen great- grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; a host of other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, March 1^st, 2:00 p.m., in Mt. Tabor Baptist Church with The Rev. Darrell Smith officiating.  Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Margaret Wilson Evans, 85, of 1911 Martin Luther King Drive, Vicksburg, MS, passed away Sunday, February 19th, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Robbin and Notton Jones, 1001 South Petty Street, Gaffney.

She was born in Vicksburg and was a daughter of the late Jim and Clara Woods Wilson.

Mrs. Evans was a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Vicksburg.

She was predeceased b her parents and two of her children. She leaves to cherish loving memories: nine children; 30 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; nine siblings, other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held on March 4th, in Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church by C J Williams Mortuary Services, Vicksburg MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.