Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
William Donald “Don” Fowler
Nov 10, 2017
November 10, 2017 Mr. William Donald "Don" Fowler, age 70, husband of Rickie Grant Fowler of Union, SC was welcomed to Heaven Thursday, November 9, 2017. Mr. Fowler was born in Union, November 24, 1946 a son of the late James H., Sr. and Katherine Fowler. Don worked in the family owned business Dixie Curb Market for many years. He...
Leonard Larry Blair
Nov 9, 2017
Mr. Leonard Larry Blair, age 70, husband of Rita Stepp Blair of 640 Howell Road, Jonesville, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Spartanburg Restorative Care. Mr. Blair was born September 20, 1947 in Springfield, OH a son of the late Homer Blair, Jr. and Reba Mulls Blair. Due to the early death of his parents, Mr. Blair was raised...
Stephen Vance “Sonny” Dye, Sr.
Nov 7, 2017
November 7, 2017 Mr. Stephen Vance "Sonny" Dye, Sr., age 72, of 117 Ellis St., Union widower of Rebecca Ann LeMaster Dye, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dye was born in Union on April 17, 1945 a son of the late Mary Lucille Dye. He was reared in the home of his maternal...
Michael W. Wells
Nov 6, 2017
Mr. Michael W. Wells, age 67, widower of Linnie Posey Wells, of 330 Johns St., Union, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wells was born in Union, July 14, 1950, a son of the late John Isaac Wells and Julia Mae Linder Wells. He retired from Gestamp and had previously worked in the textile...
Joseph Paul Heatherly, Jr.
Nov 6, 2017
November 6, 2017 Mr. Joseph Paul Heatherly, Jr, age 84 of 116 Heatherly Drive Buffalo, widower of Juanita Duncan Heatherly, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017 at his home. Mr. Heatherly was born in Buffalo, SC December 23, 1932, a son of the late Joseph Paul Heatherly, Sr and Sunie Henson Heatherly. He retired from United Metchants Buffalo Plant and...
Dale Sprouse Kingsmore
Nov 5, 2017
November 5, 2017 Mrs. Dale Sprouse Kingsmore, age 87, formally of 101 Beverly Drive, widow of Earl Kingsmore passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mrs. Kingsmore was born November 18, 1929 in Union, SC a daughter of the late Harry J. Sprouse and Marguerite S. Sprouse. She was the owner of Dale's Ladies Fashion and...
Kenneth Edward Roark
Nov 3, 2017
November 3, 2017 Mr. Kenneth Edward Roark, 57, of Union, SC, passed away on November 2, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Kenneth was born on November 14, 1959 in Union, SC. He was the son of Miriam Wilson Roark and the late Leonard Roark Jr. Kenneth spent the early years of his life delivering newspapers for Palmetto Drug Store and...
Edith H. Proctor
Nov 3, 2017
Mrs. Mary Edith Hodge Proctor, age 95 of Sonoco Rd., Union, widow of Wells Proctor, passed away Friday, November 3, 2017 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Proctor was born in Union, November 3, 1922 a daughter of the late Samuel Hodge and the late Bertha Susan Fowler Hodge Jones; her step-father was the late William Jennings Jones. She was retired...
Ellis E. Langley
Nov 3, 2017
Mr. Ellis E. Langley, age 87 passed away early Friday morning at Heartland of Union. He and his wife Peggy Harmon Langley had been married for 67 years. Mr. Langley was born in Cross Keys on March 14, 1930 a son of the late Ernest E. Langley and Ruth Bailey Langley. He was a 1947 graduate of Union High School....
Mae Gossett Bailey
Nov 2, 2017
November 2, 2017 Mrs. Mae Gossett Bailey, age 82, of 618 New Hope Church Road, Jonesville, widow of Marion Eugene Bailey, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bailey was born in Jonesville, SC on March 10, 1935, a daughter of the late Albert Eugene Gossett and Lillie Foster Gossett. She was a 1953 graduate...
Bernice J. Falls
Nov 1, 2017
November 1, 2017 Mrs. Bernice Justice Falls, age 92, widow of William R. Falls, Sr., formerly of Malone Ave., Union, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Falls was born in Union, May 21, 1925, a daughter of the late Milas Bryant Justice and Mary Elizabeth Franklin Justice. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Lucille Rice Byars
Oct 31, 2017
October 31, 2017 Mrs. Lucille Rice Byars, age 91, of 1124 Meadow Woods Rd., Buffalo, widow of William "Bill" Byars, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Byars was born on January 11, 1926 in Cross Keys, SC a daughter of the late William Clough Rice and Lona Mae Humphries Rice. She was a graduate of Cross...
Ruby Viola Bragg
Oct 31, 2017
Mrs. Ruby Viola Bragg, age 88, of 605 Toney Rd., Union, widow of Paul E. Bragg, passed away October 30, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bragg was born August 1, 1929 in Rockyford, GA a daughter of the late Reginald Brunson and Viola Daughtry. She was retired from Union County Schools having worked at Buffalo Elementary School. Mrs....
Eugene Lawrence “Butterbean” Sprouse
Oct 30, 2017
October 30, 2017 Mr. Eugene Lawrence "Butterbean" Sprouse, age 76, of 279 Sprouse Rd., Jonesville, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sprouse was born November 10, 1940 in Jonesville, SC a son of the late Oatzel and Ethel Sprouse. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and attended USC-Union and Spartanburg Technical College....
Marvin C. Babb
Oct 30, 2017
Mr. Marvin Carl Babb, age 59 of 401 Monarch Hwy., Union, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the Union Medical Center. Mr. Babb was born in Union, February 26, 1958, a son of Carolyn Vinson Austin and James Carl Babb both of Union. He was retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and was a member of Tanglewood Baptist Church....
Jimmy L. Moss
Oct 28, 2017
October 28, 2017 Mr. Jimmy L. Moss, age 79, husband of Harriette Brandon Moss of 137 Fairbanks St., Jonesville, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Moss was born in Union Co., July 14, 1938, a son of the late Rufus and Lula Mae Reynolds Moss. He was retired from textiles and was a graduate...
Ruby Heatherly Fowler
Oct 27, 2017
October 27, 2017 Mrs. Ruby Heatherly Fowler, age 81, wife of Clarence Odean Fowler of 118 East Forest Drive, Union, passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Fowler was born in West Springs, SC August 14, 1936, a daughter of the late Harley D. Heatherly and Geneva Henson Heatherly. She retired from Milliken & Company -...
Sandra B. Palmer
Oct 25, 2017
October 25, 2017 Ms. Sandra Barnes Palmer, age 79 of 294 Robin Hood Circle, Union, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Ms. Palmer was born December 12, 1937, a daughter of the late William Robert Barnes and Nadine Moore Goings. She was a 1955 graduate of Union High School and retired from Milliken Cedar Hill...
Ruth Varner Lawson
Oct 20, 2017
On October 19, 2017, Ruth Varner Lawson, 97, awoke in the arms of Jesus. Mrs. Lawson, widow of H. Richard Lawson, was a lifelong resident of Buffalo, SC. Born May 3, 1920, to the late Franklin Tate and Elsie Robinson Varner, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A lifelong member of Buffalo Baptist Church, Mrs. Lawson...
Harley A. Lee, Sr.
Oct 20, 2017
October 20, 2017 Mr. Harley Andrew Lee, Sr., age 72 of Buffalo, widower of Cindy Bolin Lee, passed away Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Union Medical Center. Mr. Lee was born in Union, January 21, 1945, a son of the late Woodrow and Virginia Whitmire Lee. He was retired from Burnsed Monument Co. and was of the Baptist faith....





