Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Mary Alice W. Ledford
Aug 8, 2018
August 8, 2018 Mrs. Mary Alice Wofford Ledford, age 85, formerly of Union and Gaffney, widow of G.T. Ledford, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at the Inverness at Spartanburg. Mrs. Ledford was born in Wilkinsville, Cherokee Co., SC, November 25, 1932, a daughter of the late Billy E. and Bessie Peeler Wofford. She the former owner and operator of...
Glenn Franklin Davis
Aug 8, 2018
Mr. Glenn Franklin "Frankie" Davis, age 56, husband of Norma Keisler Davis, of 104 Culbreath Heights, Union, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at his home. Mr. Davis was born January 20, 1962 in Union, a son of Paul Davis and the late Sandra Barber Davis. He was employed with Milliken & Co.-Cedar Hill Plant. Surviving in addition to his...
Larry W. Burgess, Sr.
Aug 8, 2018
Mr. Larry Woodrow Burgess, Sr., age 76, of the Iverness at Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord on August 8, 2018, while surrounded by his children. Mr. Burgess was widower of Elma Jean Bledsoe Burgess. Mr. Burgess was born in Union, February 9, 1942, a son of the late Woodrow Wilson Burgess and Bertha McCall Burgess. He was...
Rodney Earl “Kink” Alman
Aug 7, 2018
August 7, 2018 Mr. Rodney Earl "Kink" Alman, age 52, of 218 Old Pump Station Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 at his home. Mr. Alman was born July 22, 1966 in Union, a son of John Earl Alman and Evelyn Tindall Alman. He was formerly employed with Parris Automotive in Gaffney. Surviving in addition to his parents...
Davis Herbert Williams
Aug 6, 2018
Mr. Davis Herbert Williams, age 97, widower of Frances Vaughan Williams, formerly of 2211 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Williams was born in Union, June 17, 1921, a son of the late Danny and Mamie Alexander Williams. He was retired from United Merchants, Buffalo Plant and was a member...
Kaye Moss Chumley
Aug 6, 2018
August 6, 2018 Ms. Kaye Moss Chumley, age 69, of Jonesville, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 at her home. Ms. Chumley was born May 8, 1949 in Jonesville, a daughter of the late Bobby Gene Moss and Dorothy Lipsey Moss. She was a 1967 graduate of Jonesville High School and 1969 graduate of Spartanburg Technical College where she received...
Robert Steven Warr
Aug 6, 2018
Robert Steven "Boo" Warr, age 45, and his wife Loretta Tucker "Rudi" Warr, age 43, of 410 Springdale Dr., Union, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018. Robert and Loretta are survived by two son, Zack Warr and D.J. Warr both of the home. Loretta was born in Lockhart, June 30, 1975, a daughter of Marie Snapp Tucker of Pacolet and...
Samuel M. Bobo
Aug 5, 2018
August 5, 2018 Mr. Samuel Mosley Bobo, age 91 of 212 Davis St., Union, widower of Hazel Lawson Bobo, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Bobo was born in Union, April 1, 1927, a son of the late Wylie Bernard "W.B." Bobo and Bessie Sanders Bobo. He was retired from Torrington Co., Tyger...
Virginia J. Willard
Aug 5, 2018
Mrs. Virginia Jones "Jenny" Willard, age 70, wife of Kenneth Wayne Willard of 119 Teal Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Willard was born in Chesterfield Co., SC, January 6, 1948, a daughter of the late Rev. Henry Jones and Ruby Brock Jones. She was a graduate of Union High School and was retired...
Merrie Robbin Sanders Bailey
Aug 2, 2018
August 2, 2018 Ms. Merrie Robbin Sanders Bailey, age 59 of 450 Beattys Bridge Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at Regional Hospice Home. Ms. Bailey was born in Union, SC March 27, 1959, a daughter of J.B. Sanders and Ann Bailey Sanders of Union. Ms. Bailey was a graduate of Union High School and upon receiving her...
Robert Keith Davis
Aug 2, 2018
Robert Keith Davis, age 56 of Orange, Texas, passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018 in Vinton, Texas. Keith was born in Union, South Carolina on May 14, 1962 to Sara Bobo Davis and Robert F. Davis. Keith had been a long time electrician and enjoyed traveling with his wife, Lori. He was all about spending time with his loving...
Wallace Thomas Alexander
Aug 1, 2018
August 1, 2018 Jesus came and took Mr. Wallace Thomas Alexander home Wednesday, August 1, 2018. He was the widower of Barbara W. Alexander. Mr. Alexander was born in Union, SC April 30, 1931, a son of the late Wallace Tiny Alexander and Jessie Fowler Alexander. He was a graduate of Union High School and Columbia Bible College. Mr. Alexander...
Thomas David Simmons
Aug 1, 2018
Mr. Thomas David "Tommy" Simmons, age 68, husband of Suzette Lancaster Simmons of 179 Pinedale Court, Prosperity, passed away at his home, July 31, 2018. Mr. Simmons was born in Union, January 16, 1950, a son of the late George Edward Simmons, Sr. and Daisy O'Shields Simmons Maness. He was a self-employed entrepreneur and owner of Simmons Properties. Over the...
Richard Douglas Eaves
Aug 1, 2018
Mr. Richard Douglas Eaves, age 62, husband of Patricia Cole Eaves of 493 Bruce O. Wilson Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Eaves was born in Union, SC February 16, 1956, a son of the late James Douglas Eaves, Jr. and Grace West Eaves. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
William “Buddy” Brock
Jul 31, 2018
Mr. William Webb "Buddy" Brock, age 81 of 228 Bobo Street, Union, widower of Pauline Wilson Brock, passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at his home. Mr. Brock was born in Union, SC January 3, 1937, a son of the late Jesse Leo Brock and Rena Parton Bonham. He retired from Holcombe Funeral Home and was an avid fisherman. Mr....
Rev. Ronald Jay Humes
Jul 31, 2018
July 31, 2018 Rev. Ronald Jay Humes, age 86, of 138 Bombing Range Rd., Union, husband of Joan M Stephens Humes of twelve years, went to be with the Lord on Monday July 30, 2018. Rev. Humes was born in Knox, Indiana, September 27, 1931, a son of the late Eljay B Humes and Mildred Eskridge Humes. He was a...
Lena Dockery Lancaster
Jul 30, 2018
July 30, 2018 Mrs. Lena Dockery Lancaster, age 85, of 225 S. Boyce St., Union, passed away Monday July 30, 2018 at the one year anniversary of the passing of her husband Melvin "Buck" Lancaster. Mrs. Lancaster was born in Union, July 25, 1933, a daughter of the late Houston and Ruth Knox Dockery. She was retired from Conso Products...
Bobby Morris West Pauline, Sc
Jul 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 Mr. Bobby Morris West, age 77, of 1506 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Pauline, widower of Brenda Dean Varner West, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. West was born March 14, 1941 in Spartanburg, a son of the late Hartsell West and Lucille Lawson West. He was a graduate of Union High School...
Barbara Woolen Alexander
Jul 24, 2018
July 24, 2018 Mrs. Barbara Woolen Alexander, age 85, wife of Thomas Alexander, of 106 Wingfield Dr., Union, passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Alexander was born February 14, 1933 in Union, a daughter of the late Oren Woolen and Edna Morgan Woolen. She was a graduate of Union High School and attended Columbia...
Gladys Virginia Gault Rhymer
Jul 23, 2018
Mrs. Gladys Virginia Gault Rhymer, age 94, widow of Gay Rhymer, formerly of 146 East Forest Dr. Union, passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Rhymer was born in Union, January 30, 1924 a daughter of the late Jessie Warren Gault and Mattie Scales Gault. She was a graduate of Kelly-Pinckney High School and was retired...





