Obituaries
Jonathan Edward Tessnear
Aug 17, 2017
August 17, 2017 Mr. Jonathan Edward Tessnear, age 32, husband of Sara Hamman Tessnear of 305 Gage Avenue, Union, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Tessnear was born in Orlando, FL April 6, 1985, a son of Pam Harker of Rhode Island and Rev. Paul William Tessnear and wife Loretta of Union. He was self-employed...
Dennis Ray Longshore
Aug 17, 2017
Mr. Dennis Ray Longshore, age 68 of Inman, passed away at his home August 14, 2017. Mr. Longshore was born in Union, October 24 1948 a son of Mabel Bailey Longshore Campbell of Union and the late Floyd Longshore. He graduated from Union High School and attended USC-Spartanburg. Mr. Longshore was retired from Daniel Construction and was an avid musician...
Weldon Knox, Jr.
Aug 12, 2017
August 12, 2017 Mr. Weldon "Dunnie" Knox, Jr., age 72, widower of Donnis Eaves Knox of 334 Pea Ridge Hwy., Jonesville passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Eden Terrace in Spartanburg, SC. Mr. Knox was born in Union, SC on May 20, 1945 a son of the late Weldon Knox Sr. and Margaret Horne Knox. He was a graduate...
Faye Harris Davis
Aug 11, 2017
August 11, 2017 Mrs. Alice Faye Harris Davis, age 75 of 127 Seigler Rd., Union, widow of Harold Dean Davis passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Davis was born in Union, SC November 20, 1941, a daughter of the late Gene Carroll Harris and Alice Treecy Holden Harris. She was a graduate of Union High...
Kirsten R. Smith
Aug 8, 2017
Kirsten R. Smith, age 27, of 301 Culp St., Union, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017. Kirsten was born April 11, 1990 a daughter of Donna Phillips Smith of the home and the late Mark Smith. She was a graduate of Union County High School and was in her senior year at Spartanburg Community College. Kirsten had previously worked with...
Warren Douglass Upton
Aug 8, 2017
August 8, 2017 Mr. Warren Douglass Upton, age 63, of 140 Ligon St., Pacolet, passed away August 8, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Upton was born September 17, 1953 in Spartanburg County a son of the late Walter Upton and Juanita Burrell Upton. He was retired from Milliken Research in Spartanburg and was a member of Bryant Memorial...
Carey Murray Mckinney, Jr
Aug 7, 2017
August 7, 2017 Mr. Carey Murray McKinney, Jr, age 48, husband of Laura Lakhansingh McKinney of 452 Beltline Rd., Union, passed away Monday, August 7, 2017 at Regional Hospice Home. Mr. McKinney was borfn in Eufaula, AL December 7, 1968, a son of Mary Dene Jones Cohen of Buffalo. He received his Bachlor of Science while livening in Texas and...
Toccoa Switzer
Aug 5, 2017
August 5, 2017 Mrs. Toccoa Bailey Wise Switzer of Union, SC passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017. She was born on December 14, 1930 in Clinton, SC to the late Hercules Milledge Wise and Mercer Bailey Vance Wise. She was a loving and beloved wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who brought joy to all who knew...
Debra Jane “Debbie” Lawson West
Aug 2, 2017
August 2, 2017 Mrs. Debra Jane "Debbie" Lawson West, age 60 of 387 Putman Rd., Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Mrs. West was born June 26, 1957 in Spartanburg, SC a daughter of the late John David Lawson and Geraldine Hughes Lawson. She was retired from Lil Cricket as manager in Buffalo. She was a member of Putman...
Melvin ‘Buck’ Lancaster
Aug 2, 2017
Mr. Melvin "Buck" Lancaster, age 83, husband of Lena Dockery Lancaster of 225 S. Boyce St., Union, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lancaster was born in Union, September 14, 1933, a son of the late Ellis Lancaster and Virginia Varner Lancaster Lawson. He was a member of Fairview Baptist Church, where until his...
Louise M. Baldwin
Aug 2, 2017
Mrs. Louise McKellar Baldwin, age 71, wife of Freddie Baldwin of 4038 Parkins Rd., Sharon, passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Bessemer City, NC, October 17, 1945, a daughter of the late Emory Johnson McKellar and Dessie White McKellar. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and retired from textiles. Mrs....
Oliver Clay “O.C.” Brown
Aug 1, 2017
Mr. Oliver Clay "O.C." Brown, age 91, of 180 Anderson Ave., Pacolet, SC, widow of Faye "Bryant" Howell Brown passed away Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at his home. Mr. Brown was born in Spartanburg, SC a son of the late Graham Brown and Elizabeth Brown. He retired as a Supervisor from Milliken & Co. and was a Veteran of the...
Teresa Yount Culver
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Teresa Yount Culver, age 46 of Edgefield, SC, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at the home of her parents on Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union. Mrs. Culver was born in Augusta, GA, October 11, 1970, a daughter of Cecil and Jimmie Bates Yount. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and attended Spartanburg Technical College and USC-Aiken. She was...
Gladys Tucker Lawson
Jul 31, 2017
July 31, 2017 Mrs. Gladys Tucker Lawson, age 95 of 1125 Fields Rd., Pauline, widow of Lamar Lawson, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Landrum Hospice House. Mrs. Lawson was born in Union, SC a daughter of the late Barry Tucker and Janie Sherbert Tucker. She was a graduate of West Springs High School and was retired from Conso...
Jacob Taylor Wade
Jul 29, 2017
Jacob Taylor Wade, age 23, of 1961 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Pauline, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Taylor was born October 1, 1993 in Union, a son of Eric Wade of Union and Youie Mopin of Ohio. He was a graduate of Union County High School and attended Spartanburg Community College. Taylor was employed with Cone...
Bonita Joan Medford Turner
Jul 29, 2017
Mrs. Bonita Joan Medford Turner, age 68, wife of William Turner of 102 Blue Bird Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Turner was born in Waynesville NC September 11, 1948, a daughter of the late Charles Medford and Ruth Seay Medford. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Milliken &...
Betty Bragg Howell
Jul 29, 2017
July 29, 2017 Mrs. Betty Jean Bragg Howell, age 56, of 605 Toney Rd., Union, SC passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Howell was born in Aiken, SC., June 9, 1961 a daughter of Ruby Brunson Bragg and the late Paul Bragg. She was formerly employed with United Merchants Buffalo Plant and a member...
Mitchell Wayne Benton
Jul 25, 2017
July 25, 2017 Mr. Mitchell Wayne Benton, age 55 of 123 Fant St., Union, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his home. Mr. Benton was born in Cherokee Co., December 17, 1961 a son of the late Kenneth and Kathleen Painter Benton. He was a former construction worker. Surviving are two sons, Mitchell Benton of the home and Derrick...
Kalee Elisabeth Selim
Jul 18, 2017
July 18, 2017 Kalee Elisabeth Selim, age 22, of 127 South St., Buffalo, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at her home. Kalee was born February 25, 1995 in Spartanburg, SC a daughter of Janie Bright and husband John and the late Kenneth A. Selim. She was a graduate of Union County High School and was a manager at Jimmy's...
Sally Thomson Parker
Jul 18, 2017
Sally Thomson Parker passed away peacefully at home in Union, Monday July 17, 2017. She was born August 26, 1927 in Arden, North Carolina, the daughter of John Herndon and Dorothy Harris Thomson. She grew up in New Orleans attending her beloved Country Day School and then attending Newcomb College. The family spent every summer in Union with family and...
