Obituaries
H.M. Johnson, Jr.
Jan 30, 2018
January 30, 2018 Mr. Hammie Milton "H.M." Johnson, Jr., age 96, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018, at Union Medical Center after a lengthy illness. H.M. was born in Buffalo, December 25, 1921, a son to the late Hammie and Stella Reese Johnson. He grew up in Buffalo and spent many hours with his friends like C.D. Walker, Stokley Brooks,...
Travis Wayne Bright
Jan 30, 2018
Mr. Travis Wayne Bright, age 75, widower of Wanda Queen Bright of Union, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 in Greer at the home of his daughter. Mr. Bright was born in Gaffney, March 5, 1942, a son of the late Willie Travis Bright and Nellie Wylie Bright. He was a retired textiles worker and a former member of the...
Janice L. Carter
Jan 28, 2018
January 28, 2018 Mrs. Janice Langford Carter, age 80, wife of Charles Clay of 22435 South Carolina Hwy. 121, Whitmire, SC. passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. Mrs. Carter was born April 3, 1937 in Newberry, SC a daughter of the late Cecil B. Langford and Myrtle Smart Langford. She was first married to the late Jack C. Carter and...
Robert Donald “Don” Moore
Jan 28, 2018
Mr. Robert Donald "Don" Moore, age 85, husband of Ann Lawson Moore of 2127 Buffalo West Springs Hwy., Buffalo passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. Mr. Moore was born May 10, 1932 in Union, SC a son of the late James Ruey Moore and Minnie Sanders Moore. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired as manager from...
Margarette Crawford Greer
Jan 27, 2018
January 27, 2018 Mrs. Margarette Crawford Greer, age 94, of 505 Springdale Drive, widow of Paul Sarratt Greer, passed peacefully on January 26, 2018 at Heartland of Union. Born September 18, 1923, she was the daughter of Herrod Simpson Crawford and Ella Keisler Crawford. During her early childhood, Margarette suffered the unfortunate early death of her father, as well as...
David Ollie Lee
Jan 25, 2018
Mr. David Ollie Lee, age 58 of 222 S. Boyce Street Apt A4, Union, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Lee was born in Union, SC December 28, 1959, a son of the late William Dewey Lee and Ollie Coker Scaife. He was formerly employed as a surgical technician and was of the Methodist Faith....
Ruth Ann Howard Hughes
Jan 25, 2018
January 25, 2018 Mrs. Ruth Ann Howard Hughes, age 88 of 125 South St., Buffalo, widow of Kenneth Sherwood Hughes, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Hughes was born in Cambridge, MD on July 10, 1929 a daughter of the late Phillip Colescott Howard and Ola Mae Shenton Dukes. She was a member of Grace United...
Alice Mize Gregory
Jan 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 Mrs. Alice Faye Mize Gregory, age 66, wife of Terry J. Gregory of 318 W. South St., Union, passed away suddenly, Sunday January 21, 2018 at the Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, July 7, 1951, a daughter of the late Harold and Dr. Doris Jean Clark Mize. She was a...
David Minton
Jan 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 Mr. David Minton, age 89, widower of Inez Patterson Minton of 251 E. Main St., Pacolet, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Minton was born in Union, December 12, 1928, a son of the late Henry Rastus Minton and Lila Kirby Minton. He was a 1947 graduate of Pacolet High School...
Rev. James O. Harper
Jan 21, 2018
January 21, 2018 Rev. James Otis Harper, age 60 of 4229 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away January 18, 2018 at his home. Rev. Harper was born in Charleston, April 14, 1957, a son of Lois Watts Harper Vaught of Conway and the late Rev. Dr. Claude Richard Harper. He was a graduate of A.C. Flora High School and continued his...
Reeder Albert Norman
Jan 20, 2018
January 20, 2018 Mr. Reeder Albert Norman, age 97, of 116 Hillcrest Dr., Union, widower of Allyne Teal Norman, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. Mr. Norman was born in Doniphan, MO, May 7, 1920, a son of the late James Albert Norman and Lena Moerlien Norman. He was retired from the US Postal Service with over...
Louise Baldwin Griffith
Jan 20, 2018
Mrs. Louise Baldwin Griffith, age 71 of 123 Woodlawn Ave., Union, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Griffith was born in Whitmire on November 19, 1946 a daughter of the late James Baldwin and Lottie Reed Baldwin. She was a graduate of Union High School and Tampa College where she received an Associate Degree...
Alice Lee Patrick
Jan 18, 2018
January 18, 2018 Mrs. Alice Lee Patrick, age 83 of 133 Pumpkin Drive, Union, widow of James Patrick, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Patrick was born in Union, SC May 30, 1934, a daughter of the late John Lee and Willie Estes Lee. She was retired from the textile industry and was of the...
William Terry Lawson
Jan 18, 2018
Mr. William Terry Lawson, age 67 of 1303 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Pauline, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. Terry was born in Spartanburg on October 21, 1950 a son of the late Garland Lawson and Katherine Jett Lawson. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and retired from MEMC in Moore. Mr. Lawson was a member...
Dewitt Frank Garner
Jan 18, 2018
Mr. DeWitt Frank Garner, age 88 of 146 Oakland Rd., widower of Edith Vivian Oliver Garner, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Garner was born in Union, SC on July 30, 1929 a son of the late DeWitt Garner and Annie Fincher Garner. He was a 1948 graduate of Union High School and retired...
Jack Edwardvaughn
Jan 18, 2018
Mr. Jack Edward Vaughn, age 89 husband of Doris T. Vaughn of 209 Bennett St., Union, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. Mr. Vaughn was born in Greensboro, NC a son of the late Gideon Arthur Vaughn and Mary Hedderick Vaughn. He was retired from Cone Mill-Carlisle Finishing Plant. Mr. Vaughn was a member of Tabernacle Baptist...
Doris Ann Painter Hogan
Jan 17, 2018
January 17, 2018 Mrs. Doris Ann Painter Hogan, age 65, wife of Paul William "Bill" Hogan of 1202 Kelly Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hogan was born in Charlotte, NC on December 26, 1952 a daughter of the late Walter Woodrow Painter and Edna Earl Pace Painter. She was a member...
Charles F. Walker
Jan 16, 2018
Mr. Charles F. Walker, age 79, husband of Betty Stewart Walker of 104 Birchwood Dr., Union, passed away Monday, January 15, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family and friends. Mr. Walker was born in Tryon, NC on March 26, 1938 a son of the late James Otis Walker and Edna Mae Metcalf Walker. He was a...
Boyd E. Mcabee
Jan 16, 2018
January 16, 2018 Mr. Boyd E. McAbee, age 80, of 2252 Lockhart Highway, widower of Teenie McAbee passed away Monday, January 15, 2018 at his home. Mr. McAbee was born in Union, SC on April 22, 1937 a son of the late Griffith McAbee and Ella Mae Harris McAbee. He retired from John Cheeseman Trucking and had previously driven for...
Wilma Faye Bells
Jan 16, 2018
Mrs. Wilma Faye Shrewsberry Bells, age 92 of 3472 Lockhart Hwy., Union, widow of Rev. Charlie Edward Bells, passed away Monday January 15, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bells was born in Beeson, W. Va, October 26, 1925, a daughter of the late Granville and Mary Etta Mills Shewsberry. She was a homemaker and attended Brown's Creek Baptist...
