Obituaries
Jerry Von “Pancake” Plemons, Sr.
Jun 9, 2017
June 9, 2017 Mr. Jerry Von "Pancake" Plemons, Sr., age 76, of 110 Poppy Lane, Union, widower of Ruby Lee Plemons, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Plemons was born in Union, SC April 1, 1941 a son of the late Alphonzo "Fido" Plemons and Aileen Guyton Plemons. He was retired from Union County...
Howard Eugene Goins
Jun 6, 2017
Mr. Howard Eugene "Cooter" Goins, age 75, husband of Margie Boulware Goins of 2190 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Goins was born in Union, April 27, 1942, a son of the late David Jackson Goins, Sr. and Lona Esther Johnson Goins. He was a retired textile worker and a veteran...
William Larkin “Billy” Trantham
Jun 6, 2017
June 6, 2017 Mr. William Larkin "Billy"Trantham, age 70, of 1817 Jonesville Hwy., Union widower of Melinda Ann Fleming Trantham, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Trantham was born in Union, SC October 29, 1946 a son of the late William Thomas Trantham and Effie Gaynelle Franklin Trantham. He was a graduate of Union...
Heather B. Parks
Jun 6, 2017
Heather Jane Bennett Parks left this earth to be with her lord and savior June 4th 2017, she was 48 years old. Heather was born 7-27-1968 to Sheldon Lee Bennett and Helen Patterson Bennett. Heather leaves behind her husband Joey Parks, her Father, a sister (Shannon McGee) a brother (Oren Bennett) a special grandson Ty, a nephew David and niece...
Alfred Emmanuel “Al” Smith
Jun 4, 2017
Mr. Alfred Emmanuel "Al" Smith, age 88, of 207 Spruce St., widower of Elizabeth Morris "Lib" Smith, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born in Union, SC April 14, 1929 a son of the late Russell Sam Smith and Alma Lawson Smith. He was a graduate of Union High School, Wofford College...
Sarah Lawson Childers
Jun 4, 2017
June 4, 2017 Mrs. Sarah Lawson Childers, age 77, wife of Rev. Paul Thomas Childers of 109 South 4th Street, Lockhart, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Childers was born in Union, SC September 9, 1939, a daughter of the late James Vernon Lawson and Sarah Vaughan Lawson. She was a member of Calvary Free...
Lucille Stewart Craig
Jun 3, 2017
Mrs. Lucille Stewart Craig, age 93 formerly of Sedalia, widow of John Edward Craig, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Waterford @ Dillon Point, Spartanburg. Mrs. Craig was born in Union, SC December 31, 1923, a daughter of the late Walker Poole Stewart and Bessie Kate Stewart. She was a graduate of Sedalia School House and was formerly employed...
Norma Kingsmore Henderson
Jun 2, 2017
June 2, 2017 Mrs. Norma Kingsmore Henderson, age 70, of 804 Riley Rd., Buffalo, widow of Ronald A. Henderson passed away, Thursday, June 1, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Henderson was born in Buffalo, SC a daughter of the late Harold and Betty Lancaster. She was a graduate of Union High School and Kings College in Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Henderson...
Helen Smith West
Jun 1, 2017
Mrs. Helen Smith West, age 74, wife of John H. West, Jr., of 445 Bishop Rd., Union passed away, Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca. Mrs. West was born in Union, SC September 10, 1942 a daughter of the late Joseph Wilson Smith and Myrtle Greer Smith. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
George A. Gardin, Sr.
Jun 1, 2017
June 1, 2017 Mr. George Alvin Gardin, Sr, age 66 of 443 Tinsley Rd., Pacolet, widower of Elizabeth "Libby" Gardin, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at his home. Mr. Gardin was born in Spartanburg, SC December 2, 1950, a son of the late James Richard Gardin and Annie Lee Birch Gardin. He retired from J.P. Stevens Plant in Jonesville...
Alvin Theodore Gillian
Jun 1, 2017
Mr. Alvin Theodore Gillian, age 73, widower of Lois Brewington Gillian, formerly of Buffalo, passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Gillian was born in Union, SC October 26, 1943, a son of the late James Henry Gillian, Sr and Bonnie Lovelace Gillian. He retired from Cone Mill and was a Veteran of the S.C. National...
Dorothy Elaine Waldrop Crocker
May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017 Mrs. Dorothy Elaine Waldrop Crocker, age 64, wife of Danny R. Crocker, Sr., of 236 Deepwater Rd., Union, passed away, Monday, May 29, 2017 at Mary Black Hospital. Mrs. Crocker was born in Union, SC February 4, 1953 a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Waldrop, Sr. and Mildred Browning Waldrop. She was retired as an associate...
Robert Kenneth Howell
May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017 Mr. Robert Kenneth Howell, age 74 of 607 Gaffney Hwy, Jonesville, passed away Saturday, May 27, 2017 at his home. Mr. Howell was born in Union, SC March 2, 1943, a son of the late Robert Lee Howell and Margaret Garner Howell. He retired from Bilo-Hillcrest Spartanburg and had previously worked at Harris Teeter and Community Cash...
Edward Gerald Burwell
May 29, 2017
Mr. Edward Gerald Burwell, age 69 of 102 W. South Street, Union, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Burwell was born in Michigan, September 23, 1947, a son of Virginia Lee Burwell of FL and the late Gerald Burwell. He was a graduate of Bloomfield High School, Oakland University and received his Master's Degree from...
Brad Lee Lawson
May 28, 2017
May 28, 2017 Mr. Brad Lee Lawson, age 38, husband of Jennifer Ivey Lawson of 801 Meadow Woods Rd., Buffalo passed away suddenly at his home, Saturday May 27, 2017. Mr. Lawson was born in Spartanburg, June 1, 1978 a son of the late Bruce Lawson and Linda Ford Lawson. He was a 1996 graduate of Union High School and...
Patricia Mae Palmer
May 24, 2017
Mrs. Patricia Mae Crocker Palmer, age 75, wife of Robert "R.D." Palmer of 112 S. 2nd Street, Lockhart, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Regional Hospice House, Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Palmer was born in Lockhart, SC February 17, 1942, a daughter of the late Ralph L. Crocker and Frances Dill Crocker. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School...
Etta T. Smith
May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017 Mrs. Etta Tucker Smith, age 88, formerly of Union, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, SC. Mrs. Smith was born in Union, January 16, 1929, a daughter of the late Louis Lee and Fannie "Dolly" Tucker. She was a graduate of West Springs High School and the Isothermal Community College in...
Donald F. Scott
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 Mr. Donald F. Scott, age 81, husband of Margaret Lewis Scott of 4311 Cabal Road, Sharon, SC passed away, Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Mary Black Hospital. Mr. Scott was born in Manlius, New York, April 13, 1936 a son of the late Joseph Scott Thomas and Marion Ina Briggs Thomas. He was a graduate of Fayetteville...
Larry Eugene Duckett
May 19, 2017
Mr. Larry Eugene Duckett, age 60, husband of Janice Kingsmore Duckett of 3528 Cross Keys Highway, Union, passed away, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Duckett was born in Union, July 18, 1956 a son of the late Raymond Duckett and Ruby Eaves Duckett. He retired from Bilo having worked at both the Union and Clinton Stores...
Sylvia Snowden Knighton
May 19, 2017
May 19, 2017 Mrs. Sylvia Snowden Knighton, age 94 of 730 N. Duncan Bypass, widow of Jay B. Knighton, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Knighton was born in Cabarrus, NC June 30, 1922 a daughter of the Allie Snowden and Lena Reagan Snowden Garner. She was a member of the Union Church of God. Surviving...
