Obituaries

Betty Joyce Holloway Elder, 82, died June 26, 2015, at Greer Memorial Hospital.

A native of Greenville County, daughter of the late Clifford and Sue Brown Holloway, she was a retired employee of Upstate Dialysis and a member of Brushy Creek Baptist Church.

Dorothy “Dot” Taylor Adams, 89, widow of David Claude Adams, died June 28, 2015, at Manning Place.

A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late Albert Columbus and Nammie Mae Hutchinson Taylor, she was a retired employee of Steel Heddle Corporation and a lifelong member of Victor Baptist Church.

Louise Anderson Waters, 90, widow of B.B. Waters, Jr., died peacefully, surrounded by her four children at The Cottages at Brushy Creek on Thursday, June 18, 2015.  She was the daughter of the late Louis and Lillian Drummond Anderson, of Laurens, SC.

Sara Gay Crain, 95, wife of the late George A. Crain, and daughter of the late William H. and Zadie Barton Gay, passed away on June 19, 2015.

Sara was a member of Greer First Baptist Church and a founding member of the Greer Garden Club.

Martin A. Alewine, Jr., Col., USAF Retired, passed from his life on June 17, 2015.  Martin had a long productive life in support of his country, but more importantly in support of his Lord.

H. Allen Tate, Jr., founder and chairman of the Allen Tate Company and Upstate native died at his home in Charlotte Monday evening. He was 84.
Tate had been in failing health for a number of years, but continued to work at his Southpark-headquartered real estate company.

Rev. Henry William Wright, 88, of Bendingwood Circle, Taylors, SC, passed away in the loving care of his family and the staff of Gentiva Hospice Care on Sunday, June 14, 2015, at 11:58 a.m.

Frances Virginia Thomason Vick Whitmire, age 96, of Travelers Rest, passed away on June 9, 2015, at The Cottages at Brushy Creek in Greer where she had resided for the past five years.

Born in Lexington, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Jesse James Thomason and Carlie Bell Harrison Thomason.