Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Lewis L. Clayton
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017 Mr. Lewis Lee Clayton, age 84, husband of Annie Belue Clayton of 4242 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at his home. Mr. Clayton was born in Greer, September 23, 1932, a son of the late Lester Lee Clayton and Helen Ford Clayton Gregory. He retired after 21 years with the US Navy having...
Roger Dale Ford
May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017 Mr. Roger Dale Ford, age 62, husband of Donna Harris Ford of 259 Kelly Rd., Union, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ford was born in Union, January 9, 1955 a son of the late Robert E. Ford, Sr. and Frances Reynolds Ford. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School...
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May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 Elsie B. Russell Union, S.C. Mrs. Elsie Blackmon Russell, age 88, of 549 Pineland Rd., Union, widow of Elijah Paul Russell passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Russell was born in Lancaster, SC, January 5, 1929, a daughter of the late Fred and Clara Baker Blackmon. She was a graduate of Lancaster High...
Lloyd Mclendon Sutherland
May 11, 2017
Lloyd McLendon Sutherland of Spartanburg died Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at his home. Mr. Sutherland, 67, was born in Union, SC on June 17, 1949. He was the son of the late Sara McLendon Sutherland and H. Lloyd Sutherland, DVM. Lloyd was a graduate of Union High School, class of 1967, a graduate of Auburn University where he was a...
Melinda I. Wages
May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017 Mrs. Melinda Inabinett Wages, age 65, wife of Benjamin Wages of 2105 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wages was born in Union, December 8, 1951, a daughter of the late Ronald L. and Agnes Tucker Inabinett. She was a graduate of Union High School and had...
Bobbie Ruth Cudd
May 7, 2017
May 7, 2017 Mrs. Bobbie Ruth Greer Cudd, age 90, entered her heavenly home, while resting at Regional Hospice Home surrounded by her loving family, Saturday, May 6, 2017. She was the widow of J.T Cudd. Mrs. Cudd was born in Union, SC, on July 14, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Walter Jack Greer and Lillian Bailey...
Pamela Simmons Lawson
May 6, 2017
Mrs. Pamela Simmons Lawson, age 56, of 207 Osborne St., Union, widow of Terry Lawson passed away Thursday May 4, 2017. Mrs. Lawson was born in Jonesville, SC a daughter of the late Tommy Simmons and Elaine McBride Simmons. She retired as a secretary from A-1 Auto Sales in Jonesville. Mrs. Lawson was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church....
John D. “John Boy” Garner, Jr.
May 6, 2017
May 6, 2017 John "John Boy" Garner, Jr., age 54, husband of Sherill Peeler Garner of 164 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Jonesville, beloved son of David and Jean Garner passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Friday, May 5, 2017 at his home. John was born in Union, SC September 16, 1962 a son of John David Garner, Sr. and Jean...
Chad Anthony Bridges
May 6, 2017
Mr. Chad Anthony Bridges, age 37, husband of Angela Bradburn Bridges of 116 Woodlawn Avenue, Union, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Carolina's Medical Center, Charlotte, NC. Mr. Bridges was born in Union, SC December 6, 1979, a son of Doug and Joan Bridges of NC and the late Sue Ann Monroe Bridges. He was a graduate of Union...
Malinda Kay Vaughan
Apr 30, 2017
April 30, 2017 Mrs. Malinda "Kay" Gowan Vaughan, age 70 of Jonesville, SC passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017. Mrs. Vaughan was born and raised in Pacolet, SC, the daughter of the late Stewart and Johnnie Smith Gowan. Kay will be lovingly remembered by her husband of fifty-three years, Francis Earl "Buddy" Vaughan. Also surviving are a daughter, Angela and...
Stanley R. Alexander
Apr 26, 2017
April 26, 2017 Mr. Stanley R. Alexander, age 73, husband of Genelle Carter Alexander, of 300 Partridge Rd., Union, passed away, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at his home. Mr. Alexander was born May 14, 1943 in Union, SC a son of the late, Ralph Alexander and Jeanette Ivey Alexander. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from...
Anne Harmon Lipsey
Apr 25, 2017
Mrs. Anne Harmon Lipsey, age 83, of 205 Park Dr., Jonesville, widow of Harold Gene "Bud" Lipsey, Sr., passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lipsey was born in Jonesville, March 6, 1934 a daughter of the late Boyd Harmon and Julia Lawson Harmon. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and Cecil's Business...
Charles Vernon Davis
Apr 25, 2017
April 25, 2017 Mr. Charles Vernon Davis, age 78, husband of Frances Caldwell Davis of 226 McKanic Rd., Union, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home. Mr. Davis was born in Union, SC on June 4, 1938 a son of the late Lucius Washington Davis and Fannie Belle Brannon Davis. He was retired from Coleman Upholstery where he...
Suzanne W. Harris
Apr 23, 2017
April 23, 2017 Mrs. Susie Elizabeth Walker Harris, age 86 widow of Curtis Raymond Harris of 2066 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, SC. passed away April 21, 2017. Mrs. Harris was born in Lockhart, SC., November 3, 1930 a daughter of the late Curtis Eugene Walker and Susie Davis Walker. She was a homemaker and a member of Lockhart Freewill...
Billy Dean Gibson
Apr 20, 2017
April 20, 2017 Mr. Billy Dean Gibson, age 85, husband of Joanna Porter Gibson of 419 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at his home. Mr. Gibson was born in Lockhart, August 4, 1931, a son of the late Russell Sage Gibson and Sallie Childers Gibson. He was retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and...
Candee Darlene Mccall Silvers
Apr 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 Mrs. Candee Darlene McCall Silvers, age 53, wife of Derrick Scott "Scotty" Silvers of 200 Pineneedle Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 after a battle with metastatic breast cancer. Mrs. Silvers was born on January 27, 1964 a daughter of the late Jack McCall and Nadine Mease McCall. She was a 1981 graduate of Union...
Mary Nell O’Shields Baldwin
Apr 18, 2017
April 18, 2017 Mrs. Mary Nell O'Shields Baldwin, age 96, of 1014 Linersville Rd., Buffalo, widow of William Ned Baldwin passed away, Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Hospice Home of Carolina Foothills of Landrum. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Buffalo, SC May 24, 1920 a daughter of the late Deedie Clarence O'Shields and Nellie Frances Scarborough O'Shields. She was retired...
Velda Turner Haney
Apr 14, 2017
Mrs. Velda Turner Haney, age 78, of 912 Flat Dr., Buffalo, widow of Fred Edward Haney, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Haney was born in Union, SC on July 6, 1938 a daughter of the late Clarence Austin Turner and Juanita Faye Campbell Turner. She was a faithful member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah...
Esther S. Senn
Apr 14, 2017
April 14, 2017 Mrs. Esther Sturgis Senn, of 307 Catawba St., Union, widow of L. Emerson Senn, passed away Sunday April 9, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Senn was born in Rock Hill, a daughter of the late Harry Victor Sturgis and Mary Moser Sturgis. She was a graduate of Winthrop University where she also received her Master of Arts...
H. Maxie Murphy
Apr 14, 2017
Mr. H. Maxie Murphy, age 93, husband of Mary Scales Murphy of 1120 Meansville Rd., Union, passed away Friday April 14, 2017 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Murphy was born in Cross Keys, October 19, 1923, a son of the late John P. and Lottie Wilburn Murphy. He was a graduate of Cross Keys High School and retired from the...





