Obituaries
Jacob Taylor Wade
Jul 29, 2017
Jacob Taylor Wade, age 23, of 1961 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Pauline, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at Union Medical Center. Taylor was born October 1, 1993 in Union, a son of Eric Wade of Union and Youie Mopin of Ohio. He was a graduate of Union County High School and attended Spartanburg Community College. Taylor was employed with Cone...
Bonita Joan Medford Turner
Jul 29, 2017
Mrs. Bonita Joan Medford Turner, age 68, wife of William Turner of 102 Blue Bird Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Turner was born in Waynesville NC September 11, 1948, a daughter of the late Charles Medford and Ruth Seay Medford. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Milliken &...
Betty Bragg Howell
Jul 29, 2017
July 29, 2017 Mrs. Betty Jean Bragg Howell, age 56, of 605 Toney Rd., Union, SC passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Howell was born in Aiken, SC., June 9, 1961 a daughter of Ruby Brunson Bragg and the late Paul Bragg. She was formerly employed with United Merchants Buffalo Plant and a member...
Mitchell Wayne Benton
Jul 25, 2017
July 25, 2017 Mr. Mitchell Wayne Benton, age 55 of 123 Fant St., Union, passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his home. Mr. Benton was born in Cherokee Co., December 17, 1961 a son of the late Kenneth and Kathleen Painter Benton. He was a former construction worker. Surviving are two sons, Mitchell Benton of the home and Derrick...
Kalee Elisabeth Selim
Jul 18, 2017
July 18, 2017 Kalee Elisabeth Selim, age 22, of 127 South St., Buffalo, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at her home. Kalee was born February 25, 1995 in Spartanburg, SC a daughter of Janie Bright and husband John and the late Kenneth A. Selim. She was a graduate of Union County High School and was a manager at Jimmy's...
Sally Thomson Parker
Jul 18, 2017
Sally Thomson Parker passed away peacefully at home in Union, Monday July 17, 2017. She was born August 26, 1927 in Arden, North Carolina, the daughter of John Herndon and Dorothy Harris Thomson. She grew up in New Orleans attending her beloved Country Day School and then attending Newcomb College. The family spent every summer in Union with family and...
Douglas Austin
Jul 16, 2017
Mr. Douglas R. Austin, age 78 of 335 Meadow Woods Rd., Union, widower of Janice K. Austin, passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 at the University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center. Mr. Austin was born October 23, 1938 in Union, SC a son of the late Nim Austin and Arzie Peahuff Austin. He was a retired textile worker. Surviving are...
Willie Sue Taylor
Jul 16, 2017
July 16, 2017 Mrs. Willie Sue Bradley Taylor, age 83 of 506 Old Union Rd. (Lockhart Community), Union, SC passed away Sunday, July 16, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Taylor was the widow of Paul D. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was from Lockhart, SC, born June 26, 1934, a daughter of the late James R. Bradley and Peggy Ann Maxey...
Mary Ann French Greene
Jul 13, 2017
July 13, 2017 Mrs. Mary Ann French Greene, age 53, wife of Terry Greene of 3256 River Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Greene was born in Union, SC July 21, 1963, a daughter of the late Hoyt Earl "Tom" Fowler and Lois Manus Fowler. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
Robert G. Sprouse, Jr.
Jul 11, 2017
July 11, 2017 Mr. Robert Gordon Sprouse, Jr., age 68, husband of Joan Vinson Sprouse of 311 Maple St., Union, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017. Mr. Sprouse was born in Union, November 25, 1948, a son of Robert G. Sprouse, Sr. of Buffalo and the late Dorothy Thrift Sprouse. He was a 1967 graduate of Union High School and...
Harold Ray Osment
Jul 11, 2017
Mr. Harold Ray Osment, age 64 of 2640 Meansville Rd., Jonesville, passed away Monday, July 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. Osment was born in Jonesville, SC January 5, 1953 a son of the late Harold Osment and Sarah Harmon Osment. He was a 1971 graduate of Jonesville High School. Mr. Osment was employed with Total Collision and had previously...
Muriel Wade Mitchell
Jul 9, 2017
Mrs. Muriel Wade Mitchell, age 84, formerly of Hillcrest Dr., passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Heartland of Union Nursing Center. Mrs. Mitchell was the widow of Bobby G. Mitchell. Born in Union, April 24, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Linder and Gertrude Bryant Wade. She retired as a communication specialist with Anaconda in Lexington, SC...
Loree J. Robinson
Jul 9, 2017
July 9, 2017 Mrs. Loree James Robinson, age 104, formerly of Beltline Rd., Union, widow of Lewis R. "Diamond" Robinson, went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Mrs. Robinson was born in Union, May 9, 1913, a daughter of the late Wade Hampton James and Maggie Spillers James. She was a faithful member, as long as...
Richard G. Cocovich
Jul 7, 2017
July 7, 2017 Mr. Richard G. Cocovich, 71, of Rockport Way Pacolet, SC died Monday, July 3, 2017 in Spartanburg Medical Center. Rich was born on Oct. 28, 1945 in Iselin, Pa., the son of Mario R. Cocovich and Helen (Sobieray) Cocovich. He married Andrea Catania Cocovich on Sept. 2, 1967. They were residents of Indiana, Pa. for 31 years...
Nancy Ruth Bright Parris
Jul 7, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Ruth Bright Parris, age 69, wife of James Larry Parris of 151 Pine Creek Dr., Spartanburg, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Parris was born May 16, 1948 in Spartanburg, SC a daughter of Lola Hill Bright and the late Leroy Bright. She was a member of New Beginnings Church of Pacolet. Surviving in...
Jana Lawson Fleming
Jul 5, 2017
July 5, 2017 Mrs. Jana Lawson Fleming, age 55, of 3752 Buffalo-West Spring Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Fleming was born in Union, August 24, 1961 a daughter of Ronnie and Brenda Royster Lawson of the home. She was a 1979 graduate of Jonesville High School and was a member of...
James E. Dill
Jun 30, 2017
Mr. James Edward Dill, age 80, husband of Audry Evans Dill of 303 N. Mountain St., Union, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017 at his home. Mr. Dill was born in Gaffney, May 20, 1937, a son of the late Fred and Iva Knight Dill. He was retired from construction and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving...
Gerald Lee Lanier
Jun 30, 2017
June 30, 2017 Mr. Gerald Lee Lanier, age 59 of 211 N 1st Street, Lockhart, SC, widower of Mary Childers Lanier, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017. Mr. Lanier was born in Union, SC June 10, 1958, a son of the late Bobby Simpson Lanier and Louise Bright Lanier. Surviving are a son, Jackie Lee Lanier of Lockhart; three sisters:...
John David Canupp
Jun 27, 2017
June 27, 2017 Mr. John David Canupp, age 65, of 1923 Barnwell St., Columbia, widower of Kellie Canupp, passed away Monday, June 26, 2017 at the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center. Mr. Canupp was born in York Co., February 28, 1952 a son of the late Marion and Martha Inman Canupp. He was retired from textiles and was a veteran...
Rebecca A. Anglin
Jun 26, 2017
June 26, 2017 Mrs. Rebecca Ann Levister Anglin, age 60 of Spartanburg, passed away Monday June 26, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Woodruff. Mrs. Anglin was born in Chester SC, August 2, 1956, a daughter of the late Richard Carl and Rebecca Morris Levister Belue. She was retired from Action Builders as a wallpaper specialist and was...
