Obituaries
William Martin Lindler
Feb 1, 2017
Mr. William Martin Lindler, age 86, husband of Betty Vinson Stokes, of 121 Hillcrest Dr., Union, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at his home. Mr. Lindler was born in Whitmire, SC on January 23, 1931 a son of the late William Lindler and Lily Young Lindler. He retired from the United States Navy as a Chief Petty Officer after...
Charles Marvin “Chuck” Bettis, Jr.
Feb 1, 2017
February 1, 2017 Mr. Charles Marvin "Chuck" Bettis, Jr., age 58 died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Landrum Hospice Home. Mr. Bettis was born in Union, SC on May 19, 1958 a son of Charles Marvin Bettis formerly of Union and the late Peggy Lee Bettis. He was graduate of Union High School and a member of First Presbyterian Church...
Helen Thompson Lewis
Jan 27, 2017
God has blessed us with a wonderful Mama, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, and sister for 93 years. On January 26, 2017, He decided it's time for her to be with Him. Mrs. Helen Thompson Lewis was born on December 14, 1923 in Union County a daughter of the late Clyde and Florence Thompson. She was the widow of Claude Oscar Lewis. Mrs....
Russ Johnson
Jan 27, 2017
January 27, 2017 Mr. Eugene Russell "Russ" Johnson, III, age 52, husband of Jenny Rankin Johnson of 707 Fernwood Dr., Spartanburg, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Mr. Johnson was born in Spartanburg, May 7, 1964 a son of Kay Layton White of Wilmington, NC and Eugene Russell Johnson, Jr. and wife Pheobe of West Springs. He was a graduate...
Alice Hyatt Sanders
Jan 26, 2017
January 26, 2017 Mrs. Alice Hyatt Sanders, age 95, of 317 Brookside Dr., Union, widow of Jack B. Sanders, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Sanders was born September 24, 1921 a daughter of the late Lonnie Hyatt and Ola West Hyatt. She was a graduate of West Springs High School and Spartanburg Beauty School. Mrs....
Harold D. Watson
Jan 24, 2017
Mr. Harold D. Watson, age 80 formerly of Union, husband of Margaret Josephine Reynolds Watson, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Brighton, CO. Mr. Watson was born in Union, SC on March 21, 1936 a son of the late Hugh Watson and Hurley Pruitt Watson. He was a graduate of Union High School and a Veteran of the United...
Reuben Lindsey Bishop
Jan 24, 2017
January 24, 2017 Mr. Reuben Lindsey Bishop, age 75, husband of Linda Varner Bishop of 283 Varner Rd., Union, went home to be with the Lord Monday, January 23, 2017 at his home. Mr. Bishop was born in Union, SC June 18, 1941, a son of the late John "J.T." Bishop and Kathryn Greer Bishop. He was a graduate of...
Horace Lee Porter, Jr.
Jan 22, 2017
Mr. Horace Lee Porter, Jr., age 73, husband of Betty Brandon Porter of 4498 Mt. Pleasant Church Rd., Chester, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Chester Medical Center. Mr. Porter was born in Chester, August 19, 1943, a son of the late Horace Lee Porter, Sr. and Edna Robbins Porter. He was retired from textiles and attended Mt....
Valice Maness
Jan 22, 2017
January 22, 2017 Miss Valice Maness, age 97, of Pine St., Buffalo, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Born October 28, 1919, in Nora, VA, she was a daughter of the late Sterling S. and Charity Minor Maness. A graduate of Union High School, Miss Maness was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church and...
Lewis Lesesne Scott
Jan 19, 2017
January 19, 2017 Mr. Lewis Lesesne Scott, age 86, husband of Joyce Garner Scott of Moore, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Scott was born in Union, SC on March 10, 1930 a son of the late E. Dean Scott and Colleen Fowler Scott. He was a graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College and retired...
Darrell Eugene Justice
Jan 18, 2017
January 18, 2017 Mr. Darrell Eugene Justice, age 55, husband of Candice Davis Justice of 113 Silver Rd., Union, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Justice was born in Spartanburg, SC April 30, 1961, a son of the late Wylie Robert Justice and Robbie Cody Justice. He was a 1980...
Mabel Adams Hollingsworth
Jan 16, 2017
January 16, 2017 Mrs. Mabel Adams Hollingsworth, age 90 of 106 Crestview Drive, Union, widow of J.C. Hollingsworth, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Hollingsworth was born in Union, SC October 30, 1926, a daughter of the late James Talmadge Adams and Lelia Irene Gallman Adams. She attended Kelly Pinckney...
Emmett Hudson Braddock
Jan 13, 2017
Mr. Emmett Hudson Braddock, age 87, husband of Margaret E. Braddock of Lockhart, went home to be with the Lord, Jesus Christ Friday, January 13, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Braddock was born November 11, 1929 in Oveida, FL a son of the late Herman Braddock and Mary Betenbaugh Braddock. He was first married to Sue Hagerty of Monroe,...
Harold Dean Youngblood
Jan 13, 2017
Mr. Harold Dean Youngblood, age 82, husband of Eleanor Scott Youngblood, of 3387 Buffalo West Springs Hwy., Union, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mr. Youngblood was born in Union, September 29, 1934 a son of the late Theodore and Ruby L. Youngblood. He was first married to the late Natalie Youngblood. Mr. Youngblood was...
Bobby Ray Bright
Jan 13, 2017
January 13, 2017 Mr. Bobby Ray "Bouncer" Bright, age 79, walked through the Pearly Gates of his Eternal Heavenly Home, Thursday, January 12, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Bright was born in Buffalo, September 4, 1937, a son of the late John Thomas Bright and Birdia Pearl Dobbins Bright. He was retired from the construction industry and...
Rebecca W. Prince
Jan 13, 2017
Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" Wilson Prince, age 78, wife of David Prince of 205 Canterbury Rd., Union, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Prince was born in Union, October 2, 1938, a daughter of the late George Edmond Wilson and Eloise Ward Wilson. Mrs. Prince was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Surviving in addition...
David W. Cohen
Jan 13, 2017
Mr. David Wayne Cohen, age 55 of Union, passed away at his home Friday, January 13, 2017. Mr. Cohen was born in Union, December 5, 1961, a son of the late Floyd Eugene Cohen and Nancy Scales Cohen. He attended Union High School and was retired from retail grocery having worked in management. Surviving are two brothers, Jimmy Cohen and...
Jimmy Dean Williams
Jan 11, 2017
Mr. Jimmy Dean Williams, age 73, husband of Diane Alexander Williams of 823 Linersville Rd., Buffalo, passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at his home. Mr. Williams was born in Union, August 11, 1943, a son of Rev. Boyd Henry Williams of Union and the late Gertrude Harrison Grant. Mr. Williams was a veteran of the US Navy and a...
Nancy Gayle Davis Matthews
Jan 11, 2017
January 11, 2017 Mrs. Nancy Gayle Davis Matthews, age 73, wife of John "Pat" Matthews formerly of Union, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at White Oak Manor. Mrs. Matthews was born in Union, SC on April 23, 1943 a daughter of the late Carl Leroy Davis and Hazel Baldwin Davis. She was a member of Philippi Baptist Church where...
Charles Bryan Medford, Jr.
Jan 11, 2017
Mr. Charles Bryan Medford, Jr., age 67 formerly of Union, passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at his home in Stedman, NC. Mr. Medford was born and raised in Haywood County, NC a son of the late Charles Bryan Medford, Sr. and Ruth Marie Seay Medford. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served two tours in...
