Mae Hester Houey, 79, of 240 Holmes Rd., passed away March 17th , in Spartanburg. She was the widow of James Howard Houey and daughter of the late John Freeman McGill and Jessie Luvenia Wood McGill.

She was a member of Concord Baptist Church and Senior Choir.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Eddie; a brother, Homer; and a grandchild, Tyran.

Surviving: sons, Howard Evans (Debra) Houey and Thomas Eric (Denise) Houey of Gaffney, Douglas Eugene Houey of Spartanburg; daughters, Mary Jane Houey and Amanda Houey Guerrero of Gaffney; brothers, Charles (Mary) McGill, Frank McGill, James (Nita) McGill, Bobby McGill, William (Louise) McGill, and Billy Wayne McGill, all of Gaffney; sisters, Ruth Horton (Sam) of Lexington, N.C., Betty Houey and Dorothy Boyd of Gaffney, Carolyn (Earl) Posey of Spartanburg; 13 grandchildren, including Ronté, Cherelle, and Brandon Houey and Lakesha Clyburn raised in the home; 23 great-grandchildren.

Services will be Thursday, 3 p.m., in Concord Baptist Church with Dr. Michael A. Bridges officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She will be in state in the church Thursday at 2 p.m.

The family is at the home of her daughter Amanda Guerrero, 513 Stone Crest Lane.

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Charles Rubeno Petty, 59, of 409 Browning Road, entered into eternity on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in New Jersey.

Husband of Jeanette Pearson Petty, he was born in Shelby, N.C. and was a son of Lester Petty, Sr. of the home and the late Troy Viola Littlejohn Petty.

He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church, a retired Patients Advocate of Greystone State Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey, and past president of C.W.A. Local Union 1040.

In addition to his wife and father, he is survived by a sister, Shirley Petty Roberson of Gaffney; 3 brothers, Larry Littlejohn (Chloette), Roy Petty (Patricia), and Elliott Petty (Deon), other relatives and friends.

Services will be Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 12 noon, in Philadelphia Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Burnside officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He will be in state in the church Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Mrs. June Adams Johnson, 73, of 113 Dawkins Street, Cowpens, passed away on March 2, 2017 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of John Johnson and mother of Paige Adams of the home and Troy Adams of Atlanta, Georgia.

Widow of John Carl Johnson, she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and was a daughter of the late Benny and Callie Adams.

She was a member of Brownsville Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn and a retired telephone operator.
Funeral Service will be Friday, March 10, 2017 at 2 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel with Minister Paige Adams and Rev. Timothy L. Hunter.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary.

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