CHEROKEE SPRINGS — Helen Georgia “Nannie” Yarborough Ware, 68, of 219 Ware Road, died Feb. 17, 1998, at her home.

A native of Enoree, she was the daughter of the late Lester and Lucinda Moore Yarborough and adopted daughter of the late Joseph M. and Ethel Gossett Rodgers. She was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, William J. “Bill” Ware; a son, Ronnie Ware of Cherokee Springs; a daughter, Charlene W. Robertson of Gaffney; a sister, Annie Mae Broirllard of Havelock, N.C.; two brothers, Clyde Yarborough of Moore and Russell Yarborough of Woodruff; three grandsons, two stepgrandchildren, and one stepgreat-grandchild.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Cherokee Springs Baptist Church, conducted by the Revs. Bill Lark and J. Edward Bullington. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Special Needs Fund, 120 Heywood Ave., Spartanburg, 29302.

The family is at the home.

Source:  Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC) – Wednesday, February 18, 1998