Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Thomas David Jenkins
Feb 8, 2018
February 8, 2018 Mr. Thomas David Jenkins, age 54 of 221 E. Main St., Union, passed away February 7, 2018 at his home. Mr. Jenkins was born in Union, November 13, 1963 a son of Nancy Knox Fleming of Union and the late William David Jenkins. He was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his mother,...
Alma Inman Valentine
Feb 6, 2018
February 6, 2018 Mrs. Alma Inman Valentine, age 82 of 200 E. Hillcrest Avenue, Union, widow of James E. "Pap" Valentine, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Valentine was born in Union, SC November 4, 1935, a daughter of the late Joseph Smith Inman and Clara Holcombe Inman. She was a graduate of Union High...
Jackie Dean Bailey
Feb 6, 2018
Mr. Jackie Dean Bailey, age 78, husband of Janice Guinn Bailey of 4706 Jonesville Lockhart Hwy, Union, SC passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Bailey was born in Lockhart, SC December 28, 1939, a son of the late Wilson Bailey and Eva Farr Bailey. He was a 1964 graduate of Wofford; retired from the Textile...
Charner T.S. Inabinet
Feb 5, 2018
February 5, 2018 Charner Thomas Scaife Inabinet, age 15, of Cross Keys Hwy., Union, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2018. Charner was born in Union, June 9, 2002 a son of Kacie Lawson of Union and Russell Inabinet of the home. He attended Union Co. High School and was enrolled in the S.C. Connections Academy. Charner worked last summer for...
Joyce Ann Cooper
Feb 4, 2018
February 4, 2018 Mrs. Joyce Ann Roberts Cooper age 58 of 218 Church St., Jonesville, widow of Carroll Wayne Cooper passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Cooper was born in Union, September 23, 1959, a daughter of the late Charles and Joann Lipsey Roberts. She attended Jonesville High School and retired after 23 years...
James Arledge Nichols, Jr.
Feb 2, 2018
February 2, 2018 Mr. James Arledge Nichols, Jr., age 58, died Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Woodward Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Hinson officiating. Interment will follow in Chester Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Woodward...
Julie Smith Robinson
Feb 1, 2018
February 1, 2018 Mrs. Julie Smith Robinson, age 88 formerly of Buffalo, widow of Lewis Edward "Cordwood" Robinson, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 at White Oak North Grove. Mrs. Robinson was born December 3, 1929 in Buffalo a daughter of the late James Boyd Smith and Fannie Harrison Smith. She was retired from Milliken & Co.-Monarch Plant. She was...
Joe Henry Burns
Feb 1, 2018
Mr. Joe Henry Burns, age 83 husband of Betty Roberts Burns, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Burns was born July 24, 1934 in Hickory Grove, SC a son of the late Rufus Marion Burns and Lucille Burns. He was retired from Milliken & Co-Lockhart Plant. Mr. Burns was a member of Lockhart Free...
H.M. Johnson, Jr.
Jan 30, 2018
January 30, 2018 Mr. Hammie Milton "H.M." Johnson, Jr., age 96, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018, at Union Medical Center after a lengthy illness. H.M. was born in Buffalo, December 25, 1921, a son to the late Hammie and Stella Reese Johnson. He grew up in Buffalo and spent many hours with his friends like C.D. Walker, Stokley Brooks,...
Travis Wayne Bright
Jan 30, 2018
Mr. Travis Wayne Bright, age 75, widower of Wanda Queen Bright of Union, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 in Greer at the home of his daughter. Mr. Bright was born in Gaffney, March 5, 1942, a son of the late Willie Travis Bright and Nellie Wylie Bright. He was a retired textiles worker and a former member of the...
Janice L. Carter
Jan 28, 2018
January 28, 2018 Mrs. Janice Langford Carter, age 80, wife of Charles Clay of 22435 South Carolina Hwy. 121, Whitmire, SC. passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. Mrs. Carter was born April 3, 1937 in Newberry, SC a daughter of the late Cecil B. Langford and Myrtle Smart Langford. She was first married to the late Jack C. Carter and...
Robert Donald “Don” Moore
Jan 28, 2018
Mr. Robert Donald "Don" Moore, age 85, husband of Ann Lawson Moore of 2127 Buffalo West Springs Hwy., Buffalo passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. Mr. Moore was born May 10, 1932 in Union, SC a son of the late James Ruey Moore and Minnie Sanders Moore. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired as manager from...
Margarette Crawford Greer
Jan 27, 2018
January 27, 2018 Mrs. Margarette Crawford Greer, age 94, of 505 Springdale Drive, widow of Paul Sarratt Greer, passed peacefully on January 26, 2018 at Heartland of Union. Born September 18, 1923, she was the daughter of Herrod Simpson Crawford and Ella Keisler Crawford. During her early childhood, Margarette suffered the unfortunate early death of her father, as well as...
David Ollie Lee
Jan 25, 2018
Mr. David Ollie Lee, age 58 of 222 S. Boyce Street Apt A4, Union, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Lee was born in Union, SC December 28, 1959, a son of the late William Dewey Lee and Ollie Coker Scaife. He was formerly employed as a surgical technician and was of the Methodist Faith....
Ruth Ann Howard Hughes
Jan 25, 2018
January 25, 2018 Mrs. Ruth Ann Howard Hughes, age 88 of 125 South St., Buffalo, widow of Kenneth Sherwood Hughes, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at her home. Mrs. Hughes was born in Cambridge, MD on July 10, 1929 a daughter of the late Phillip Colescott Howard and Ola Mae Shenton Dukes. She was a member of Grace United...
Alice Mize Gregory
Jan 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 Mrs. Alice Faye Mize Gregory, age 66, wife of Terry J. Gregory of 318 W. South St., Union, passed away suddenly, Sunday January 21, 2018 at the Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, July 7, 1951, a daughter of the late Harold and Dr. Doris Jean Clark Mize. She was a...
David Minton
Jan 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 Mr. David Minton, age 89, widower of Inez Patterson Minton of 251 E. Main St., Pacolet, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Minton was born in Union, December 12, 1928, a son of the late Henry Rastus Minton and Lila Kirby Minton. He was a 1947 graduate of Pacolet High School...
Rev. James O. Harper
Jan 21, 2018
January 21, 2018 Rev. James Otis Harper, age 60 of 4229 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away January 18, 2018 at his home. Rev. Harper was born in Charleston, April 14, 1957, a son of Lois Watts Harper Vaught of Conway and the late Rev. Dr. Claude Richard Harper. He was a graduate of A.C. Flora High School and continued his...
Reeder Albert Norman
Jan 20, 2018
January 20, 2018 Mr. Reeder Albert Norman, age 97, of 116 Hillcrest Dr., Union, widower of Allyne Teal Norman, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. Mr. Norman was born in Doniphan, MO, May 7, 1920, a son of the late James Albert Norman and Lena Moerlien Norman. He was retired from the US Postal Service with over...
Louise Baldwin Griffith
Jan 20, 2018
Mrs. Louise Baldwin Griffith, age 71 of 123 Woodlawn Ave., Union, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Griffith was born in Whitmire on November 19, 1946 a daughter of the late James Baldwin and Lottie Reed Baldwin. She was a graduate of Union High School and Tampa College where she received an Associate Degree...






