Obituaries
Billy Joe Hamrick, Sr.
Dec 10, 2018
Mr. Billy Joe Hamrick, Sr., passed away on December 10, 2018 after a brief period of declining health. He was born in Landrum, SC on March 7, 1927 to Mrs. Vera Hamrick. Mr. Hamrick was a 1944 graduate of Union High School, where he lettered in football. Upon, graduation he worked briefly at Buffalo Mill. He then joined the Navy...
Rev. Dr. Joseph W. Smith, Jr.
Dec 7, 2018
December 7, 2018 Rev. Dr. Joseph Wilson Smith, Jr., husband of 60 years to June Hawkins Smith, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, December 7, 2018 at his home. Dr. Smith was born in Union, May 28, 1938, a son of the late J. Wilson and Myrtle Greer Smith. He was a graduate of Union High School, North...
Phillip S. Miller
Dec 7, 2018
Mr. Phillip Saye Miller, age 76, of 3867 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, widower of Margie Slack Miller, passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at his home. Mr. Miller was born in Hartsville, SC, June 17, 1942, a son of the late James Samuel Miller and Ora Worley Miller. He was a retired textile worker and a member of First Free Will...
Linda Smith Parks
Dec 5, 2018
Mrs. Linda Smith Parks, age 65, wife of Jackie E. Parks of 759 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Parks was born in Union, July 28, 1953, a daughter of the late Paul and Rachel Sanders Smith. She was a graduate of Union High School and attended...
Donald Wilburn Lowe
Dec 5, 2018
Mr. Donald Wilburn Lowe, age 71, of 201 Bryant Rd., Pacolet, passed away, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lowe was born July 9, 1947 in Transylvania, NC, a son of the late Lun Lowe and Alma Chappell Lowe. He was retired from Milliken & Co-Cedar Hill Plant. Mr. Lowe was a Veteran of the United...
Darlene Price Black
Dec 5, 2018
December 5, 2018 Mrs. Darlene Price Black, age 61, of 175 Poplar Rd., Jonesville, widow of David P. Black, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Black was born August 4, 1957 in Union, a daughter of the late Robert E. Lee Price, Jr. and Martha Reid Price. She was a 1975 graduate of Union...
Irma Wallace Wilson Bradburn
Dec 3, 2018
December 3, 2018 Mrs. Irma Wallace Wilson Bradburn, age 69, wife of Harold Dean Bradburn, of 842 Webber Lake Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Bradburn was born July 8, 1949 in Chester, a daughter of the late Wallace Wilson and Inez Comer Wilson. She was a member of Fairforest Baptist Church....
Dr. Wayne A (Poppa) Stevens
Dec 2, 2018
December 2, 2018 Dr. Wayne A Stevens, 78, of Jacksonville, Alabama went home to be with his Lord on December 1, 2018, after a short stay at RMC. He is survived by his four children: Art (Becky) Stevens of Ridgeland, MS, Beth (Bill) Meehan of Jacksonville AL, Chip (Sandra) Stevens of Starkville, MS, and Charlie (Autumn) Stevens of Stanton, Texas,...
Virginia C. Foster
Nov 30, 2018
November 30, 2018 Mrs. Virginia C. Foster, age 85, of 130 Stepp Rd., Union, widow of Grady Lee Foster, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Foster was born February 24, 1933 in Union a daughter of the late Marion Crocker and Viola Mabry Crocker. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Milliken...
Richard Lee Phillips
Nov 30, 2018
Mr. Richard Lee "Rick" Phillips passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, GA after a brief illness. Rick was born in Union on June 16, 1954, a son of Margie Phillips Hawkins of Union and the late Judson C. Phillips. Surviving in addition to his mother are two brothers, Michael "Mike" Phillips and wife Harriet of...
Kenneth E. Garrett
Nov 30, 2018
Mr. Kenneth Edward Garrett, age 87, husband of Rebecca Dale Floyd Garrett of 322 Chapman Rd., Pacolet, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Garrett was born in Spartanburg, November 5, 1931, a son of the late Theodore Monroe Garrett and Ellie Ward Garrett. He attended Jonesville High School and was retired from Spartan Hydraulics...
Virgie B. Osborne
Nov 29, 2018
November 29, 2018 Ms. Virgie B. Osborne, age 88 of 2024 Whitmire Hwy, Union, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018 at her home. Ms. Osborne was born in Buffalo, SC June 14, 1930, a daughter of the late Hampton B. Osborne and Eliza Maness Osborne. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Ms. Osborne was...
Frankie Nell Gregg
Nov 29, 2018
Miss Frankie Nell Gregg, age 79, formerly of Jonesville, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Union Medical Center. Miss Gregg was born in Del Rio, TN, April 25, 1939, a daughter of the late William Franklin "Frank" Gregg and Amelia Turner "Millie" Gregg. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Miss Gregg is survived by numerous...
Janet Christine Hogan
Nov 28, 2018
November 28, 2018 Ms. Janet Christine Hogan, age 50 of Fairforest Apts, Union, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018 at her home. Ms. Hogan was born in Union, SC May 21, 1968, a daughter of the late Donnie Hogan, Sr and Martha Sue Wright Hogan. She was formerly employed with United Merchants- Union Mill. Ms. Hogan is survived by her...
Catherine B. Williamson
Nov 26, 2018
November 26, 2018 Mrs. Catherine Bailey Williamson, age 96, formerly of Vaughn St. Union, passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at the home of her niece, Kay and Randy Wilburn with whom she had made her home for the past year. Mrs. Williamson was the widow of Thomas Burton Williamson, Sr. Mrs. Williamson was born in Union, May 15, 1922,...
Roy Eugene Aiken
Nov 25, 2018
November 25, 2018 Mr. Roy Eugene Aiken, age 93, widower of Mary Nell Whitfield Aiken, of 105 McPherson St., Union, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Aiken was born in Anderson, December 6, 1924, a son of the late Henry Neal Aiken and Minnie Orr Aiken. He retired as plant engineer with United Merchants...
Warren Veldee Keisler
Nov 25, 2018
Mr. Warren Veldee Keisler, age 79, of 102 Culbreath Heights, Union, widower of Nancy Fisher Keisler, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018 at his home. Mr. Keisler was born in Union, April 14, 1939, a son of the late John Norman Keisler and Mary Bessie Blakely Keisler. He was retired from the S.C. Dept. of Correction, Tyger River Facility and...
Emily G. Martin
Nov 24, 2018
November 24, 2018 Mrs. Emily Gore Martin, age 87, formerly of Jonesville, widow of James Wilford Martin, Jr., passed away Friday, November 23, 2018 at Dillon Pointe of Spartanburg. Mrs. Martin was born in Spartanburg, July 25, 1931, a daughter of the late James D. and Pauline Willis Gore. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and a member...
Gail Smith Cobb
Nov 22, 2018
November 22, 2018 Mrs. Gail Smith Cobb, age 84, of 109 Carter St., Union, widow of Raymond Edward Cobb, Sr., passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Cobb was born in Ware Shoals, November 8, 1934, a daughter of the late Roy Cleveland Smith and Mary Elizabeth Shumpert Smith. She was a graduate...
Polly Ann Lawson Smith
Nov 17, 2018
Mrs. Polly Ann Lawson Smith, age 81, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on November 17th, 2018 surrounded by her family. Polly, born May 10, 1937, was a daughter of the late Robert Floyd Lawson and Lola Brooks Lawson. She was proud to have been born and raised in Buffalo, SC. She attended Buffalo Baptist Church for...
