Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Bobby Dennis Varner
Dec 25, 2017
Mr. Bobby Dennis Varner, age 79, of 208 Hames Ave., Jonesville, widower of Patricia Long Varner, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Varner was born January 14, 1938, a son of the late L.D. and Christine Foster Varner. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and received his bachelor degree from Wofford College....
James E. "Pap" Valentine
Dec 25, 2017
December 25, 2017 Mr. James E. "Pap" Valentine, age 84, husband of Alma I. Valentine of 200 E. Hillcrest Ave., Union, passed away, Monday, December 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Valentine was born on April 27, 1933 in Union a son of the late Kelly and Bertie Lawson Valentine. He was a graduate of Union High School...
Sara Henrietta Sistrunk
Dec 23, 2017
December 23, 2017 Mrs. Sara Henrietta Bass Sistrunk, age 84, of 205 Oakdale Ave., Carlisle, widow of William M. Sistrunk, Sr., passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sistrunk was born in Chester, October 8, 1933, a daughter of the late John Joe Bass and Carry Lou Feaster Bass. She was a graduate of the S.C....
Mabel Bailey Longshore Campbell
Dec 23, 2017
Mrs. Mabel Bailey Longshore Campbell, age 85, of 450 Beatty's Bridge Rd., Union, formerly of 136 Burmaster St., Inman, passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Campbell was the widow of Clifford J. Campbell and was first marred to the late Floyd L. Longshore. She was born in the Sardis community of Union Co., May...
William G. ‘Bill’ Gregory
Dec 21, 2017
Mr. William Gilbert "Bill" Gregory, age 83, husband of Lillie Keisler Gregory of 108 Fourth St., Union, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Gregory was born in Gaffney, June 27, 1934, a son of the late Robert Vance Gregory and Bertha Bruce Gregory. He was a veteran of the US Marine Corp and was...
Dennis Harold “Stretch” Black
Dec 21, 2017
December 21, 2017 Mr. Dennis Harold "Stretch" Black, age 71 husband of Sadie Pryor Black of 790 Gaffney Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 at his home. Mr. Black was born June 19, 1946 in Union, SC a son of the late Agnes Belue Black. He was a 1964 graduate of Jonesville High School and retired after 30...
Peggy Joan Henderson
Dec 20, 2017
December 20, 2017 Mrs. Peggy Joan Lipsey Henderson, age 84, formerly of Jonesville, widow of Dennis Charles Henderson, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Henderson was born in Union Co., April 27, 1933, a daughter of the late Willie Austin Lipsey and Mary Pearl Baldwin Lipsey. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School...
Martha I. Shaw
Dec 18, 2017
December 18, 2017 Mrs. Martha Lucille Ivey Shaw, joined her husband, James William Shaw and her son, James William "Billy" Shaw, Jr. in heaven Saturday, December 16, 2017. Mrs. Shaw was born in Union, June 15, 1923 a daughter of the late Charles and Ettiwese Ivey. She was retired from Conso in Adamsburg and was a life long member of...
Rev. Boyd Henry Williams
Dec 15, 2017
Rev. Boyd Henry Williams, age 95, of 228 Walker Heights, Union, widower of Louise Cooper Williams passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Rev. Williams was born January 27, 1922 in Clinton, SC a son of the late John Baxter Williams and Inez Murphy Williams. Rev. Williams served and retired as Pastor of Sumner Memorial Baptist Church...
Anne Little Adams
Dec 15, 2017
December 15, 2017 Mrs. Anne Little Adams, age 86, of 320 Santuc Dr., Union, widow of Joe F. "Babe" Adams, Sr., passed away Friday, December 15, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mrs. Adams was born June 7, 1931 in Kelton a daughter of the late W.J. Little and Grace Kitchens Little. She was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney High...
Charles Robin Massey
Dec 14, 2017
December 14, 2017 Mr. Charles Robin Massey, age 56 of 326 Wesley Chapel Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at his home. Mr. Massey was born in Union, March 9, 1961, a son of the late James Ervin "Buddy" Massey and Nora Bradley Massey. He was a 1979 graduate of Lockhart High School and was employed as a...
Samuel Joseph Millwood
Dec 12, 2017
Mr. Samuel Joseph "Jody" Millwood, age 66, husband of Patti Warren Millwood, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Millwood was born in Union, SC April 12, 1951, a son of the late Ray Rufus Millwood, Sr and Bessie D. Austin Millwood. He retired from Conso Products and has recently worked with Capstone. Mr. Millwood was...
Mary Cody Phillips
Dec 12, 2017
December 12, 2017 Mrs. Mary Cody Phillips, age 89, of 311 Bruce O. Wilson Rd., Union, widow of Arthur Lynn Phillips, passed away Monday, December 12, 2017 at White Oak at North Grove. Mrs. Phillips was born November 29, 1928 in Union, SC a daughter of the late John J. Cody, Sr. and Janie N. Cody. She was a graduate...
Beverly Jean G. Mcintire
Dec 11, 2017
December 11, 2017 Mrs. Beverly Jean Guthrie McIntire, age 75, wife of Arvel W. "Mac" McIntire of 524 Savanna Plains Dr., Spartanburg, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. McIntire was born, March 9, 1942, a daughter of the late Clarence V. Guthrie and Gloria June Holland Guthrie. She was a graduate of North Kansas City...
Carlisle Freeman “Red Dog” Reardon
Dec 11, 2017
Mr. Carlisle Freeman "Red Dog" Reardon, age 63, husband of Betty Strickland Reardon, of 1332 Lovers Lane, Whitmire, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mr. Reardon was born October 16, 1954 in Union a son of Betty Ashe Steen of Lockhart and the late Carl Reardon. He was a 1972 graduate of Lockhart High School and...
William Ellis Rochester
Dec 4, 2017
Mr. William Ellis Rochester, age 70 of 401 East Main Street, Apt. 211, Pacolet, SC passed Sunday, December 3, 2017 at his home. Mr. Rochester was born in Cherokee County, SC September 20, 1947, a son of the late Ralph Ellis Rochester and Estelle Patterson Rochester. He was a member of Hammett Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Brenda...
Jack Wayne Bowman
Dec 4, 2017
December 4, 2017 Mr. Jack Wayne Bowman, age 68, husband of Barbara Lovelace Bowman of 431 Old English Rd., Union, went home to be with his Savior and Lord on December 4, 2017 after a long illness. Mr. Bowman was born in Lovelady Township, Caldwell Co., NC, June 18, 1949 a son of the late Robert Arnold Bowman and Viola...
Charles Lee Thomason
Nov 29, 2017
November 29 ,2017 Mr. Charles Lee Thomason, age 44, husband of Heather Marie Sthal Thomason, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. Mr. Thomason was born in Waynesville, NC, October 18, 1973, a son of Charles Lynnwood Thomason and Marshall Messer Thomason of the home. He was a graduate of Union High...
Perry Dean Rogers
Nov 26, 2017
Mr. Perry Dean Rogers, age 64, of 210 Wesley Chapel Church Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at his home. Mr. Rogers was born in Union, March 20, 1953 a son of the late Sara Horne Rogers. He was retired from Timken Co. after 33 years and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Rogers was the last surviving...
Herbert E. Smith
Nov 26, 2017
November 26, 2017 Mr. Herbert Eugene "Herbie" Smith, age 69, husband of Penny Whiting Smith of 407 Richard St., Union, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at his home. Mr. Smith was born in Union, June 13, 1948, a son of the late Henry Olin Smith and Doris Parks Smith. He was a 1967 graduate of Union High School and...






