Obituaries
Frances “Hankie” Gist
Mar 29, 2019
March 29, 2019 Ms. Margaret Frances "Hankie" Gist, age 91, of Drugstore St., Buffalo, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019, at Heartland of Union. Ms. Gist was born in West Springs, September 3, 1927, a daughter of the late John Rogers Gist and Maggie Lancaster Gist. She was retired from United Merchants, Buffalo Plant and was a member of West...
Sidney Hope “Danny” Sanders, Jr.
Mar 29, 2019
Mr. Sidney Hope "Danny" Sanders, Jr., age 79, of 1420 Lockhart Hwy., widower of Johanna Watts Sanders, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Sanders was born April 26, 1939 in Union, a son of the late Sidney Hope Sanders, Sr. and Nina Pearl Cogdell Sanders. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Elizabeth Gail Blalock
Mar 27, 2019
March 27, 2019 Mrs. Elizabeth Gail Blalock, age 66, wife of Herman Blalock of 213 Fourth St., Union, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Blalock was born December 12, 1952 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late William "Bill" Cauthen and Vader Harris Cauthen. She was retired from Sonoco Products and was a member of Ottaray...
Roy Bernard Rector
Mar 25, 2019
Mr. Roy Bernard Rector, age 88, of 111 Fairbanks St., Jonesville, widower of Iris June Rector, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at his home. Mr. Rector was born November 11, 1930 in Jonesville, a son of the late Thomas E. Rector, Sr. and Hattie Pauline Gault Rector. He was retired from J.P. Stevens as a Supervisor. Mr. Rector was...
Judith S. Cooksey
Mar 21, 2019
March 21, 2019 Mrs. Judith Diane Shetley Cooksey, age 70, of 110 Bates Ave., Union, widow of Fred Cooksey, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Valley Falls Terrace in Spartanburg. Mrs. Cooksey was born in Union, December 30, 1948, a daughter of the late William Lydge Shetley and Viola Sanders Shetley. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Nora T. Ingle
Mar 18, 2019
March 18, 2019 Mrs. Nora Norma Teague Ingle, age 94, of 307 Seigler Rd., Union, widow of Aubrey Leonard "Buck" Ingle, passed away Monday, March 18, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Ingle was born in Union, July 1, 1924, a daughter of the late Newland Teague and Emma Willard Teague. She was formerly employed with Milliken & Co....
David Robin Betenbaugh
Mar 16, 2019
March 16, 2019 Mr. David Robin Betenbaugh, age 65, of 306 Deepwater Rd., Union, widower of Debbie Revis Betenbaugh, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Betenbaugh was born in Union, August 22, 1953, a son of the late Herman Douglas Betenbaugh and Lillie Linderman Betenbaugh. Mr. Betenbaugh was retired after 33 years of...
Ruth Matthews Lee
Mar 15, 2019
March 15, 2019 Mrs. Ruth Matthews Lee, age 92, of 238 Sardis School House Rd., Union, widow of J.K. Lee, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Lee was born April 16, 1926 in Greenville, a daughter of the late Ernest Elmer Matthews and Mae Fields Matthews. She was...
Virginia Marcelle Galloway Douglas
Mar 15, 2019
Mrs. Virginia Marcelle Galloway Douglas, age 87, of 296 Meansville Rd., went to be with the Lord Friday, March 15, 2019 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Douglas was born December 2, 1931 in Easley, a daughter of the late Retired Major E. Lloyd Galloway and Ruth Ledford Tollison. She was retired as Property Manager from Meadow Wood Property Management...
Jeri Lynn Raymond Stein
Mar 14, 2019
March 14, 2019 Ms. Jeri Lynn Raymond Stein, age 59, of 1227 Arthur Blvd., Union, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Ms. Stein was born February 22, 1960 in East Chicago, IN, a daughter of Mary Ingold Geurin Leininger and husband William Ray Leininger of Bolivar, MO and the late Jack Geurin. She was a...
Bobbie Fowler Roberts
Mar 13, 2019
March 13, 2019 Mrs. Bobbie Fowler Roberts, age 84, of Mill St., Lockhart, widow of Johnny Roberts, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Roberts was predeceased by a son, Phil Roberts. In keeping with Mrs. Roberts wishes, a private burial will be held at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Audrey Parkins Tidwell
Mar 13, 2019
Mrs. Audrey Elizabeth Parkins Tidwell, age 54, wife of James Lewis Tidwell of 6020 Edmond Hwy., Lot 8, Lexington, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Prisma Health-Richland. Mrs. Tidwell was born in Union, December 25, 1964, a daughter of the late Franklin D. and Grace Humphries Parkins. Surviving in addition to her husband is a brother, Dale Parkins of...
Dianne M. Reynolds
Mar 8, 2019
Mattie Dianne Reynolds "Fly Mama", 71, of Union, SC, went home to be with the Lord Friday, March 8, 2019, surrounded by those she loved. Born January 2, 1948, in Abbeville, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Nelson "Jack" and Mattie Lou (Tollison) McClain. For Dianne, family and friends were everything. Having both a heart of gold...
Eugenia Adams Brown
Mar 8, 2019
Eugenia Anne Adams Brown, 87, of Union, widow of Robert W. "Bobby" Brown, Sr., passed away Friday, March 8, 2019 at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens. Mrs. Brown was born on March 3, 1932, a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Adams, Sr., and Hetty Vanderford Adams. She grew up in the Adamsburg Community where she was affectionately...
Margaret Ann Chapman
Mar 8, 2019
Margaret Ann Chapman of Newberry went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, March 8, 2019. Born in Whitmire on December 9, 1959, she was a daughter of Ruth Tankersley McKee and the late Lionel McKee. Ann graduated the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy in December 1982 and worked for a while as a...
Donald M. O’Dell
Mar 8, 2019
March 8, 2019 Mr. Donald Murray O'Dell, age 60, husband of Peggy Gault O'Dell of 3048 Gilchrist Rd., Sharon, passed away at his home, Thursday, March 7, 2019. Mr. O'Dell was born in Chester, March 3, 1959, a son of Betty Gilchrist O'Dell of Chester and the late Walter Murray O'Dell. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and...
Danny Clint Vinson
Mar 7, 2019
Mr. Danny Clint Vinson, age 46 of 117 Red Road, Union, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019 at his home. Mr. Vinson was born in Union, SC May 18, 1972, a son of the late John Thomas "JT" Vinson and Kathy Walker Vinson. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and was a member of Lockhart Free Will Baptist...
Haskell O’Neil “Neil” Howell
Mar 6, 2019
March 6, 2019 Mr. Haskell O'Neil "Neil" Howell, age 72, husband of Janice "Jan" Howell, of 226 Woodhaven Dr., Union, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Howell was born November 13, 1946 in Union, a son of the late Albert Maurice Howell and Lena Margaret Vaughan Howell. He was a graduate of Lockhart High...
Charlie R. Gregory
Mar 5, 2019
March 5, 2019 Mr. Charlie Ruben Gregory, age 73, formerly of 2nd Ave. Union, widower of Virginia Cargill Gregory, passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Gregory was born in Jonesville, October 24, 1945, a son of the late Johnny Sharp Gregory and Mary Azalee Proctor Gregory. He retired from Haemonetics Corp. in Union and...
Larry Douglas Morris
Mar 4, 2019
March 4, 2019 Mr. Larry Douglas Morris, age 75 of 419 Pineneedle Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019. Mr. Morris was born in Union, SC December 30, 1943, a son of the late Boyd Morris and Inez Knox Morris Howell. He was a graduate of Union High School and was an insurance agent with Atlantic Coast and Pilot...
