Obituaries
Douglas Austin
Jul 16, 2017
Mr. Douglas R. Austin, age 78 of 335 Meadow Woods Rd., Union, widower of Janice K. Austin, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 at the University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center. Mr. Austin was born October 23, 1938 in Union, SC a son of the late Nim Austin and Arzie Peahuff Austin. He was a retired textile worker. Surviving are...
Willie Sue Taylor
Jul 16, 2017
July 16, 2017 Mrs. Willie Sue Bradley Taylor, age 83 of 506 Old Union Rd. (Lockhart Community), Union, SC passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Taylor was the widow of Paul D. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was from Lockhart, SC, born June 26, 1934, a daughter of the late James R. Bradley and Peggy Ann Maxey...
Mary Ann French Greene
Jul 13, 2017
July 13, 2017 Mrs. Mary Ann French Greene, age 53, wife of Terry Greene of 3256 River Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Greene was born in Union, SC July 21, 1963, a daughter of the late Hoyt Earl "Tom" Fowler and Lois Manus Fowler. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
Robert G. Sprouse, Jr.
Jul 11, 2017
July 11, 2017 Mr. Robert Gordon Sprouse, Jr., age 68, husband of Joan Vinson Sprouse of 311 Maple St., Union, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017. Mr. Sprouse was born in Union, November 25, 1948, a son of Robert G. Sprouse, Sr. of Buffalo and the late Dorothy Thrift Sprouse. He was a 1967 graduate of Union High School and...
Harold Ray Osment
Jul 11, 2017
Mr. Harold Ray Osment, age 64 of 2640 Meansville Rd., Jonesville, passed away Monday, July 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. Osment was born in Jonesville, SC January 5, 1953 a son of the late Harold Osment and Sarah Harmon Osment. He was a 1971 graduate of Jonesville High School. Mr. Osment was employed with Total Collision and had previously...
Muriel Wade Mitchell
Jul 9, 2017
Mrs. Muriel Wade Mitchell, age 84, formerly of Hillcrest Dr., passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Heartland of Union Nursing Center. Mrs. Mitchell was the widow of Bobby G. Mitchell. Born in Union, April 24, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Linder and Gertrude Bryant Wade. She retired as a communication specialist with Anaconda in Lexington, SC...
Loree J. Robinson
Jul 9, 2017
July 9, 2017 Mrs. Loree James Robinson, age 104, formerly of Beltline Rd., Union, widow of Lewis R. "Diamond" Robinson, went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Mrs. Robinson was born in Union, May 9, 1913, a daughter of the late Wade Hampton James and Maggie Spillers James. She was a faithful member, as long as...
Richard G. Cocovich
Jul 7, 2017
July 7, 2017 Mr. Richard G. Cocovich, 71, of Rockport Way Pacolet, SC died Monday, July 3, 2017 in Spartanburg Medical Center. Rich was born on Oct. 28, 1945 in Iselin, Pa., the son of Mario R. Cocovich and Helen (Sobieray) Cocovich. He married Andrea Catania Cocovich on Sept. 2, 1967. They were residents of Indiana, Pa. for 31 years...
Nancy Ruth Bright Parris
Jul 7, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Ruth Bright Parris, age 69, wife of James Larry Parris of 151 Pine Creek Dr., Spartanburg, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Parris was born May 16, 1948 in Spartanburg, SC a daughter of Lola Hill Bright and the late Leroy Bright. She was a member of New Beginnings Church of Pacolet. Surviving in...
Jana Lawson Fleming
Jul 5, 2017
July 5, 2017 Mrs. Jana Lawson Fleming, age 55, of 3752 Buffalo-West Spring Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Fleming was born in Union, August 24, 1961 a daughter of Ronnie and Brenda Royster Lawson of the home. She was a 1979 graduate of Jonesville High School and was a member of...
James E. Dill
Jun 30, 2017
Mr. James Edward Dill, age 80, husband of Audry Evans Dill of 303 N. Mountain St., Union, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017 at his home. Mr. Dill was born in Gaffney, May 20, 1937, a son of the late Fred and Iva Knight Dill. He was retired from construction and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving...
Gerald Lee Lanier
Jun 30, 2017
June 30, 2017 Mr. Gerald Lee Lanier, age 59 of 211 N 1st Street, Lockhart, SC, widower of Mary Childers Lanier, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017. Mr. Lanier was born in Union, SC June 10, 1958, a son of the late Bobby Simpson Lanier and Louise Bright Lanier. Surviving are a son, Jackie Lee Lanier of Lockhart; three sisters:...
John David Canupp
Jun 27, 2017
June 27, 2017 Mr. John David Canupp, age 65, of 1923 Barnwell St., Columbia, widower of Kellie Canupp, passed away Monday, June 26, 2017 at the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center. Mr. Canupp was born in York Co., February 28, 1952 a son of the late Marion and Martha Inman Canupp. He was retired from textiles and was a veteran...
Rebecca A. Anglin
Jun 26, 2017
June 26, 2017 Mrs. Rebecca Ann Levister Anglin, age 60 of Spartanburg, passed away Monday June 26, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Woodruff. Mrs. Anglin was born in Chester SC, August 2, 1956, a daughter of the late Richard Carl and Rebecca Morris Levister Belue. She was retired from Action Builders as a wallpaper specialist and was...
William T. Howell, Sr.
Jun 22, 2017
Mr. William T. Howell, Sr., age 102 of 2170 Graystone Dr.,Sumter, SC , widower of Edith Kirby Howell, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Palmetto Health, Tuomey Hospital. Mr. Howell was born in Cherokee County, SC March 12, 1915, a son of the late Willie Howell and Bridgie Howell. He was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney High School and...
Katherine K. Crosser
Jun 22, 2017
June 22, 2017 Mrs. Katherine Jean Kirby "Kathy" Crosser, age 69, of 121 Dana Tara Lane, Buffalo, widow of Joe Lee Crosser, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Crosser was born in Tacoma, WA, January 30, 1948, a daughter of the late Nesbitt and Eva Pedersen Kirby. She retired from Epic Asset Management...
Matthew Douglas Meador
Jun 21, 2017
June 21, 2017 Matthew Douglas Meador, age 28, of 300 Wilson St., Union, passed away on June 18, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, after a 23-year battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Matthew was born in Spartanburg, December 20, 1988, a son of Richard Douglas Meador and Mitzi Gibson Meador. He attended Union High School and was a member of...
James M. Arthur, Jr.
Jun 19, 2017
June 19, 2017 Mr. James M. "Jimmy" Arthur, Jr., age 76, husband of Penny Hecht Arthur of 320 Westminister Circle, Union, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Woodruff Manor after an extended illness. Mr. Arthur was born in Union, February 20, 1941 a son of the late Ophelia McSwain Howell and the late James M. Arthur, Sr., and Jane...
Michael Lee “Mike” Wilson
Jun 13, 2017
June 13, 2017 Mr. Michael Lee "Mike" Wilson, age 48 of 316 Railroad Street, Union passed away Monday, June 12, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wilson was born in Sneedville, TN July 25, 1968 a son of the late Lewis Wilson and Pauline Wallen Wilson Brock and the stepson of Buddy Brock of Union. He was formerly employed...
Paul R. ‘Ricky’ White, Sr.
Jun 11, 2017
June 11, 2017 Mr. Paul Richard "Ricky" White, Sr., age 58 of 378 Beltline Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. White was born in Union, March 21, 1959, a son of Doris Garner White Burrell of Union and the late Paul White. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Triangle...
