Alice Mae Tate was born in Cherokee County, South Carolina on January 19, 1969. She was a daughter of the late Walter and Alice Tate Long.

Wife of Paul Richmond Littlejohn, she was a 1987 graduate of Gaffney High School and a former employee of Brookview Nursing Home.

Alice was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church, Cowpens, SC, where she served as an usher and member of the choir.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her husband, Paul, of the home; a daughter, Lisa Tate, of Gaffney; aunts, Janie Davis and Marie Tate, both of Gaffney, Mary Dillard and Mary Long, both of Spartanburg, SC; two uncles, Dean Tate and Bill Tate, both of Gaffney; a great-aunt, Essie Bell Richardson, of Gaffney; other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Friday, August 18th, 2:00 p.m., in Piney Grove Baptist Church, Cowpens, with the Reverend Derrick Wood and the Rev. Dr. Derrick Wood. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery.

Cathy Michelle Banks Campbell, 54, of 609 Broad Street, Gaffney, passed away Thursday, August 10th, in Spartanburg, SC.

She was born in Cherokee County, SC, and was a daughter of Doris Banks Logan and the late Arnold Banks, Sr.

Cathy was a member of Metropolitan AM.E. Zion Church, a 1987 graduate of Gaffney High School.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: three daughters, Sabrina Campbell, of Gaffney, Dadrika Dewberry, of Spartanburg, and Dakeyla Dewberry, of Boiling Springs, SC; her mother, Doris (George), a brother, Arnold Ray Banks, Jr., of Gaffney; sisters, Sabrina Banks and Andrea Banks Logan (Darius “Gus”), all of Gaffney; two grandchildren, Ja’Keria Campbell, of Gaffney, Kingston Smith, of Spartanburg; aunts; uncles; other relatives and friends.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023, 1:00 p.m., in Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church with The Reverend Bryant Starnes officiating.

The family is receiving friends at the home daily from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Mrs. Stella Louise Palmer, 78, of 2902 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC, passed away, Friday, August 4, 2023, in Bevid Place, Spartanburg.

She was born in Cherokee County, SC to L.D. and Cora Jeffries Warren.

Stella was educated in the schools of Cherokee County and was a retired employee of Nestle.

She was a member of True Holiness Church of God where she served as a former Sunday School Teacher.  She was also a member of the Gospel Harmonettes.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and three sons, William Berry, John Earl, and Terry Lamar; a grandson, Rashaud Palmer.

She leaves to cherish loving memories; a daughter Lisa Renee Palmer, of Inman, SC; nine grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be Saturday, August 12^th, at 4:00 p.m. in Piney Grove Baptist Church in Cowpens with the Reverend Derrick Wood and the Reverend Dr. C. Dennis Rector, Interment will follow in Island Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.