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Virginia <I>Blackwell</I> Horton

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Virginia Blackwell Horton

Birth
Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA
Death
4 Oct 2016 (aged 94)
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Virginia Blackwell Horton, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Summit Hills Skilled Nursing. Born November 30, 1921, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Fred Blackwell and Bernice Green Blackwell and the widow of Henry Melvin Horton.

Mrs. Horton retired from the United States Postal Service as a rural mail carrier in Cowpens. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School and a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church.

Surviving are her children, Kathy Horton Dickson of Cowpens, SC and Melvin Clyde Horton of Cayce, SC; grandchildren, Clyde Jr., Dawn, Alyson, and Lauren; and great-granddaughter, Caroline. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by four brothers and three sisters.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 6, 2016, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, 1300 Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Spartanburg, SC 29307, by the Rev. Ralph Jett. Visitation will follow at the graveside.

Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel
Virginia Blackwell Horton, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Summit Hills Skilled Nursing. Born November 30, 1921, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Fred Blackwell and Bernice Green Blackwell and the widow of Henry Melvin Horton.

Mrs. Horton retired from the United States Postal Service as a rural mail carrier in Cowpens. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School and a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church.

Surviving are her children, Kathy Horton Dickson of Cowpens, SC and Melvin Clyde Horton of Cayce, SC; grandchildren, Clyde Jr., Dawn, Alyson, and Lauren; and great-granddaughter, Caroline. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by four brothers and three sisters.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 6, 2016, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, 1300 Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Spartanburg, SC 29307, by the Rev. Ralph Jett. Visitation will follow at the graveside.

Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel


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  • Maintained by: Cheryl Horton
  • Originally Created by: wndwlker
  • Added: Oct 5, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170892788/virginia-horton: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia Blackwell Horton (30 Nov 1921–4 Oct 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 170892788, citing Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Cheryl Horton (contributor 50514031).