Henry Tezza Obituary

TEZZA, Henry SPARTANBURG, SC Henry Hank Marco Tezza, age 79, husband of Ruth Johnson Tezza of 139 Country Club Court, passed away Tuesday morning, January 8, 2008. Born in Spartanburg on November 22, 1928, he was the son of the late Guido John Tezza and Helen Ortman Tezza. Mr. Tezza was a graduate of Spartanburg High School, Class of 1946 and attended Furman University on a football scholarship. He was the founder and President of Tezza Tile Company. Mr. Tezza was past president of The South Carolina Tile Association, a past member of the Spartanburg Country Club and the Spartanburg Sertoma Club. He was a life long member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Henry will always be remembered as a loving husband, father, and Poppi. In addition to his wife of 56 years, Mr. Tezza is survived by three daughters, Kem Tezza Hunt and husband Taft, and Dana Tezza Halliday and husband Stan both of Spartanburg, and Margo Tezza Orlandini and husband Mark of Columbia, South Carolina; one son, John Marco Tezza and wife Angie of Boiling Springs; a sister, Mary Len Tezza Davis of Jackson, Georgia; grandchildren, Karyn Lemon, Rainer Brittain, Taft Hunt, III, Quincy Halliday, IV, Margo Halliday, John Louis Orlandini, Anna Orlandini, Marco and Hogan Tezza; and one niece, Tina Tezza Champion. He was predeceased by two brothers, Guido John Jack Tezza, Jr. and Thomas Hugo Tezza. The family will receive friends at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stan Halliday, 126 Marlin Drive, Spartanburg, on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church with Pastor R. E. Lybrand, Jr. and Pastor Everette L. Lineberger presiding. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Bearden-Josey Breast Health Center, 101 E. Wood Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 or the Alzheimer's Association, 901 S. Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.jmdunbar.com. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.