Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Ricky Dean Baldwin
Nov 9, 2016
November 9, 2016 Mr. Ricky Dean Baldwin, age 56, of 241 South St., Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at his home. Mr. Baldwin was born in Union, SC October 26, 1960 a son of the late Roy Baldwin and Bobbie Jean Roark Pitt. He was retired from Webb Forging and formerly worked with United Merchants - Buffalo Plant....
Julia I. Greer
Nov 6, 2016
November 6, 2016 Mrs. Julia Switzer Ivey Greer, age 100 widow of Charles Manley Greer of 521 Hart St., Union, SC went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Greer was born in Union, SC., April 3, 1916 a daughter of the late Ettawiese Jolly and Charles W. Ivey. She worked at...
Elsie B. Eller
Nov 2, 2016
Mrs. Elsie Brewington Eller, age 86, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 1, 2016 at Baptist Medical Center in Fernandina Beach, FL. Born in Union, she was the eldest, only daughter and last living child born to the late Samuel Allen Gregory and Mamie Lou Netherton. Mrs. Brewington Eller had made Union her lifelong home until moving to Fernandina Beach...
Steve Kent Johnson
Nov 2, 2016
Mr. Steve Kent Johnson, age 67 of 200 Erwin Avenue, Union, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at his home. Mr. Johnson was born in Union, SC May 31, 1949, a son of the late Henry D. Johnson and Margaret Wilburn Johnson. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from P&C Mechanical. Mr. Johnson was a member...
Anna Ruth Roberts Harris
Nov 2, 2016
November 2, 2016 Mrs. Anna Ruth Roberts Harris, age 80, widow of Hunter S. Harris, Jr., of Union, passed away at the Presbyterian Village of Summerville on November 1, 2016. Anna passed peacefully surrounded by her family and having been visited by friends all the day. She was loved until the end. Mrs. Harris was born in Anderson, December 31,...
Sarah B. Tollison
Nov 1, 2016
November 1, 2016 Mrs. Sarah Beheler Tollison, age 78, of 1973 Jonesville Hwy., Union, widow of Gene Y. Tollison, passed away, Monday October 31, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Tollison was born in Union, January 7, 1938, a daughter of the late Alton and Verona Lawson Beheler. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Ace...
Mary M. Tucker
Oct 30, 2016
October 30, 2016 Mrs. Mary Miller Tucker, age 85, of Brown's Creek Rd., Union, widow of James Floyd Tucker, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospital for Restorative Care. Mrs. Tucker was born in Union, June 16, 1931, a daughter of the late Jesse and Josie Crocker Miller. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Richard ‘Dickie’ Chesnut
Oct 30, 2016
Buffalo, SC Mr. Richard Lee "Dickie" Chesnut, age 73, of 127 Fairforest Heights, Buffalo, widower of Terri Mitchell Chesnut, passed away, Saturday October 29, 2016 at his home. Mr. Chesnut was born in Tifton, GA, March 11, 1943, a son of the late Richard D. Chesnut and Sara Irene Wallen Boozer. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Marie J. Lawson
Oct 28, 2016
October 28, 2016 Mrs. Marie Jackson Lawson, age 83 of 923 Standard St., Rock Hill, widow of Robert W. Lawson, Sr., passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Lawson was born in Mayesville, SC, November 6, 1932, a daughter of the late Clarence E. Jackson and Matie Lee Jackson. She was a graduate of Ashwood High School...
Johnnie J. West
Oct 26, 2016
October 26, 2016 Mrs. Johnnie Jones West, age 86, formerly of Catawba St., Union, widow of Montague Madison West, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Mountain View Nursing Home in Spartanburg. Mrs. West was born in Union, April 24, 1930, a daughter of the late William "Bill" and Bertha Fowler Jones. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Hayward W. Baber, Jr.
Oct 26, 2016
Mr. Hayward W. Baber, Jr., age 48 of 205 Partridge Rd., Union, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at the Union Medical Center. Mr. Baber was born in Union, May 23, 1968, a son of Wayne Baber of Union and the late Doris Wix. He was a graduate of Union High School and was formerly employed with Union Co. in...
Mary West Vinson
Oct 24, 2016
October 24, 2016 Mrs. Mary West Vinson, age 79, wife of Charles Ray "Charlie" Vinson, Sr., of 4658 Buffalo-West Springs Highway, Pauline, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Pelham Medical Center. Mrs. Vinson was born in Union, SC on May 15, 1937 a daughter of the late Luther West and Lillian Alexander West. She was a 1955 graduate of...
Donna L. Ele
Oct 22, 2016
Mrs. Donna Lee Ele, age 54, wife of Robert O. Ele of 1207 Sardis Rd., Union, passed away Friday, October 21, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Ele was born in Westerly, RI, January 30, 1962, a daughter of Glady Hayes Martell Lawrence of CT and the late William Martell. She was formerly employed with Conso Products and with Gene's Fine...
Shelvia Crocker Willard
Oct 22, 2016
Mrs. Shelvia Crocker Willard, age 78 of 2001 Bellamy Rd., Conway, SC, widow of Griffin Tally Willard, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Conway Medical Center. Mrs. Willard was born in Spartanburg County, SC July 6, 1938, a daughter of the late John Louie Crocker and Ruby Burgess Crocker. She was a retired textile worker. Surviving are two daughters:...
Mary Lee Parker
Oct 22, 2016
Mrs. Mary Lee Parker, age 96 of Irmo, widow of A. Leo Parker, passed away Friday, October 21, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC. Mrs. Parker was born in Chattanooga, TN December 17, 1919, a daughter of the late Thomas S. Elder and Lela Clarke Elder. She was a member of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church and had resided...
Paul J. Peahuff
Oct 22, 2016
October 22, 2016 Mr. Paul J. Peahuff, age 72, husband of Judy Holley Peahuff of 229 Pinegate Drive, Union, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at his home. Mr. Peahuff was born in Union, SC August 12, 1944, a son of the late William Calhoun Peahuff and Beulah Pearl Knox Peahuff. He was a retired contractor and was a former...
Kathy Diane Galloway
Oct 22, 2016
Mrs. Kathy Diane "Kass" Kirby Galloway, age 65, of 155 Lee Rd., Jonesville, widow of Alger Preston Galloway, Jr., passed away, Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Galloway was born in Whitmire on September 1, 1951 a daughter of the late Minnie Littlejohn Wix and step father Carl Wix of Jonesville. She was a member of...
Donald Earl Beheler, Sr.
Oct 18, 2016
Mr. Donald Earl Beheler, Sr., age 77, husband of Barbara Jean Turner Beheler, of 211 Carem Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Beheler was born October 3, 1939 in Union, SC he was reared in the home of his late grandmother, Nellie Beheler and mother, Alice B. O'Shields. He was a Veteran...
Shirley Long Robinson
Oct 18, 2016
October 18, 2016 Mrs. Shirley Long Robinson, age 81 of 150 Azeberry Lane, Jeffersonville, KY, formerly of Jonesville, passed away Monday, October 17, 2016 at Ridgeway Nursing Home in Owingsville, KY. Mrs. Robinson was the widow of William Robinson. Mrs. Robinson was born in Jonesville, SC November 3, 1934, a daughter of the late Sam Long and Grace Hodge Long....
Gertrude J. Valentine
Oct 18, 2016
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson Valentine, age 74 of 8104 Lockhart Rd., Sharon, passed away, Sunday October 16, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Valentine was born in Cincinnati, OH, October 23, 1941, a daughter of the late Troy and Bertice Johnson. Surviving are two sons, Jerry Valentine and wife Nikki and Sammy Valentine all of Sharon; a brother, Don Johnson and special...





