Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Bennie Gregory Crisp
Mar 2, 2019
Mrs. Bennie Gregory Crisp, age 79, of 2717 Lockhart Hwy., Union, widow of Glenn Crisp, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019 at Inman Healthcare. Mrs. Crisp was born May 8, 1939 in Union, a daughter of the late Ben Gregory and Lavern Moore Gregory. She was retired as a South Carolina State Constable having worked most of her career as...
Gilbert Smith
Mar 2, 2019
March 2, 2019 Mr. Gilbert Smith, age 92, husband of Lucile Fowler Smith of 201 Forest St., Jonesville, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019 at his home. Mr. Smith was born in Jonesville, November 23, 1926, a son of the late William Edward Smith and Dela Smith. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and retired from Spartan Mills....
Harold David West
Feb 28, 2019
Mr. Harold David West, age 59 of 509 Drugstore St., Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Mr. West was born in Union, October 24, 1959, a son of the late Elbert Sumner West and Barbara Etta Brock West. He worked construction along side his father at West Construction Co. and was a member of...
Mary Peigler Barnwell
Feb 28, 2019
February 28, 2019 Mrs. Mary Peigler Barnwell, age 83, formerly of Union, widow of Jerry Barnwell, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at Valley Falls Terrace. Mrs. Barnwell was born July 6, 1935 in Union, a daughter of the late Leonard and Viola Gibson Peigler. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Sonoco. Mrs. Barnwell was...
Evelyn B. Connelly
Feb 26, 2019
February 26, 2019 Mrs. Evelyn Bernice Wilburn Connelly, age 96, widow of Leo Connelly, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at NHC-Clinton. Mrs. Connelly was born in Del Reo, TN, September 27, 1922, a daughter of Austin John Wilburn and Stella Baker Wilburn. She was a graduate of Clinton High School and retired as a secretary with the A.B. Dick...
Beuna C. Inman
Feb 26, 2019
Mrs. Beuna Chambers Inman, age 87, of 106 Fant Lane, widow of James Hay Fant "Hady" Inman, passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Inman was born March 28, 1931 in Union, a daughter of the late James Norman Chambers and Anna Mitchell Chambers. She attended Union High School and retired from the Union County Council on...
Phillip Jefferson “Jeff” Lambert
Feb 26, 2019
January 20, 1942 - February 25, 2019 Mr. Phillip Jefferson "Jeff" Lambert, age 77, husband of Patsy Lambert of 6330 Whitmire Hwy., Whitmire, passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at his home. God blessed us with the best husband and daddy anyone could ever ask for. Jeff and Patsy Lambert were best friends and married for 58 years. They were...
Donald R. Sprouse
Feb 22, 2019
February 22, 2019 Mr. Donald Ralph Sprouse age 80, of North First St., Lockhart, widower of Judy Mincey Sprouse, passed away Friday, February 22, 2019 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Sprouse was born in Lockhart, March 30, 1938, a son of the late Ralph and Violet Garner Sprouse. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and retired...
Harold Dean Hammett
Feb 19, 2019
Mr. Harold Dean Hammett, age 84, of 295 Limestone St., Pacolet, widower of Ethel Jane Carroll Hammett, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019 at his home. Mr. Hammett was born in Kings Mountain, NC, May 23, 1934, a son of the late Oscar and Estelle Parker Hammett. He was retired from Milliken and Co., Magnolia Finishing Plant and was a...
Sara Ann Inabinett Settle
Feb 19, 2019
February 19, 2019 Mrs. Sara Ann Inabinett Settle, age 81, formerly of Bermuda Dr., Union, widower of Harold Dean Settle passed away Monday, February 18, 2019. Mrs. Settle was born in Union, December 19, 1937, a daughter of the late Archie Thomas Inabinett and Frances Allen Inabinett. She was a 1955 graduate of Union High School and a graduate of...
Rachel Lemaster Mitchell
Feb 16, 2019
Mrs. Rachel LeMaster Mitchell, 82, widow of Claude M. Mitchell, Jr., was granted her angel's wings February 14, 2019 at Carrington Place in Matthews NC. Mrs. Mitchell was born May 3, 1936 in Spartanburg. She attended Union High School but graduated from Spartanburg High School. In May of 1954 she married Claude M Mitchell Jr. of Union. As a young...
Debra Ann “Debbie” Gwinn
Feb 16, 2019
February 16, 2019 Friends of Debra Ann Gwinn (Debbie) are invited to celebrate her life with her family on Monday, February 18, 2019 at 6:30 PM at the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Chapel led by Rev. Dr. Randy Pettit and Mr. Shon Morris. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Debbie, a loving daughter, sister, aunt, and friend went...
Richard David “Rick” Gregory
Feb 13, 2019
February 13, 2019 Mr. Richard David "Rick" Gregory, age 55, of 680 Browns Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Gregory was born July 30, 1963 in Tampa, Florida a son of Shirllene Meggs Gregory of Jonesville and the late Harold Thomas Gregory. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School...
Dorothy Owensby Crocker
Feb 10, 2019
February 10, 2019 Mrs. Dorothy Owensby "Dot" Crocker, age 83 of 201 Westville Street, Buffalo, widow of Leroy Crocker, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Crocker was born in Union, SC April 11, 1935, a daughter of the late Grady D. Owensby and Flora Cope Owensby. She was a faithful member of Buffalo Baptist Church where...
Phillip Ray Long
Feb 10, 2019
Mr. Phillip Ray "PR" Long, 60, of Rock Hill, SC passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019. Mr. Long was born in Lee County, NC to the late Joseph Ray Long and Evelyn McLawhorn Long. PR was veteran serving in the US Navy as a Machinist Mate 1st Class. Mr. Long was employed with Estes Trucking in South Carolina, was an...
Margaret Sprouse Wade
Feb 8, 2019
February 8, 2019 Mrs. Margaret Sprouse Wade, age 89, widow of Charles Darrell Wade passed away, Friday, February 8, 2019, at her home after years of declining health. Mrs. Wade was born July 14, 1929, a daughter of the late John Thomas Sprouse and Alma Price Sprouse Wix. She was a member of Mon-Aetna Baptist Church where she taught children's...
Oliver Grant Cullum
Feb 4, 2019
Oliver Grant "Ollie" Cullum, age 6 days, infant son of Robert William Cullum and Elise Collins Cullum of 111 New Hope Church Rd., Jonesville, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Olllie was born January 28, 2019. Surviving in addition to his parents are: two brothers, William Cullum and Noah Grimes; maternal grandparents, Charles and Melony Medford...
Cecil O’Neil Shetley
Feb 4, 2019
February 4, 2019 Mr. Cecil O' Neil Shetley, age 59, husband of Cheryl McBee Shetley, of 3101 Whitmire Hwy., Union, passed away, Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Advent Health Orlando. Neil was born September 2, 1959 in Union, a son of Shirley Campbell Fowler of Chesnee and the late Cecil Eugene Shetley. He was a 1977 graduate of Union High...
Jewel V. Lee Blakely
Feb 2, 2019
February 2, 2019 Our beloved Jewel Vinson Lee Blakely passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus, February 1, 2019. Jewel was the much beloved wife of Bobby F. Blakely, Sr. of four years. Mrs. Blakely was born in Union, September 17, 1931, a daughter of the late Adams B. Vinson and Racine Allred Vinson. She was retired from Boyd...
Jean Buice Evans
Feb 1, 2019
Mrs. Jean Buice Evans, age 76, wife of Henry Robert Evans, of 959 Gaffney Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Evans was born October 12, 1942 in Jonesville, a daughter of the late Herbert Buice and Margaret Robinson Buice. She was a graduate of Pacolet High School and was retired as secretary from Jonesville...






