Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Malinda Kay Vaughan
Apr 30, 2017
April 30, 2017 Mrs. Malinda "Kay" Gowan Vaughan, age 70 of Jonesville, SC passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017. Mrs. Vaughan was born and raised in Pacolet, SC, the daughter of the late Stewart and Johnnie Smith Gowan. Kay will be lovingly remembered by her husband of fifty-three years, Francis Earl "Buddy" Vaughan. Also surviving are a daughter, Angela and...
Stanley R. Alexander
Apr 26, 2017
April 26, 2017 Mr. Stanley R. Alexander, age 73, husband of Genelle Carter Alexander, of 300 Partridge Rd., Union, passed away, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at his home. Mr. Alexander was born May 14, 1943 in Union, SC a son of the late, Ralph Alexander and Jeanette Ivey Alexander. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from...
Anne Harmon Lipsey
Apr 25, 2017
Mrs. Anne Harmon Lipsey, age 83, of 205 Park Dr., Jonesville, widow of Harold Gene "Bud" Lipsey, Sr., passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lipsey was born in Jonesville, March 6, 1934 a daughter of the late Boyd Harmon and Julia Lawson Harmon. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and Cecil's Business...
Charles Vernon Davis
Apr 25, 2017
April 25, 2017 Mr. Charles Vernon Davis, age 78, husband of Frances Caldwell Davis of 226 McKanic Rd., Union, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home. Mr. Davis was born in Union, SC on June 4, 1938 a son of the late Lucius Washington Davis and Fannie Belle Brannon Davis. He was retired from Coleman Upholstery where he...
Suzanne W. Harris
Apr 23, 2017
April 23, 2017 Mrs. Susie Elizabeth Walker Harris, age 86 widow of Curtis Raymond Harris of 2066 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, SC. passed away April 21, 2017. Mrs. Harris was born in Lockhart, SC., November 3, 1930 a daughter of the late Curtis Eugene Walker and Susie Davis Walker. She was a homemaker and a member of Lockhart Freewill...
Billy Dean Gibson
Apr 20, 2017
April 20, 2017 Mr. Billy Dean Gibson, age 85, husband of Joanna Porter Gibson of 419 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at his home. Mr. Gibson was born in Lockhart, August 4, 1931, a son of the late Russell Sage Gibson and Sallie Childers Gibson. He was retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and...
Candee Darlene Mccall Silvers
Apr 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 Mrs. Candee Darlene McCall Silvers, age 53, wife of Derrick Scott "Scotty" Silvers of 200 Pineneedle Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 after a battle with metastatic breast cancer. Mrs. Silvers was born on January 27, 1964 a daughter of the late Jack McCall and Nadine Mease McCall. She was a 1981 graduate of Union...
Mary Nell O’Shields Baldwin
Apr 18, 2017
April 18, 2017 Mrs. Mary Nell O'Shields Baldwin, age 96, of 1014 Linersville Rd., Buffalo, widow of William Ned Baldwin passed away, Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Hospice Home of Carolina Foothills of Landrum. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Buffalo, SC May 24, 1920 a daughter of the late Deedie Clarence O'Shields and Nellie Frances Scarborough O'Shields. She was retired...
Velda Turner Haney
Apr 14, 2017
Mrs. Velda Turner Haney, age 78, of 912 Flat Dr., Buffalo, widow of Fred Edward Haney, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Haney was born in Union, SC on July 6, 1938 a daughter of the late Clarence Austin Turner and Juanita Faye Campbell Turner. She was a faithful member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah...
Esther S. Senn
Apr 14, 2017
April 14, 2017 Mrs. Esther Sturgis Senn, of 307 Catawba St., Union, widow of L. Emerson Senn, passed away Sunday April 9, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Senn was born in Rock Hill, a daughter of the late Harry Victor Sturgis and Mary Moser Sturgis. She was a graduate of Winthrop University where she also received her Master of Arts...
H. Maxie Murphy
Apr 14, 2017
Mr. H. Maxie Murphy, age 93, husband of Mary Scales Murphy of 1120 Meansville Rd., Union, passed away Friday April 14, 2017 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Murphy was born in Cross Keys, October 19, 1923, a son of the late John P. and Lottie Wilburn Murphy. He was a graduate of Cross Keys High School and retired from the...
Marlene Gibson Daniel
Apr 13, 2017
April 13, 2017 Mrs. Marlene Gibson Daniel, age 67, wife of Oscar McDade Daniel, Sr., passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Daniel was born in Union, SC March 13, 1950, a daughter of the late Roy B. Gibson and Evelyn Fox Gibson. She was a homemaker. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons: Mark...
Winston Andrew Quinn
Apr 11, 2017
April 11, 2017 Mr. Winston Andrew Quinn, age 91, husband of Dorothy Gambrell Quinn, of 902 Arthur Blvd., Union, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Quinn was born in Greenville, SC January 24, 1926 a son of the late Dewey Quinn and Christine Williams Quinn. He was a graduate of Pelzer High School. Mr....
Arville Ray Medford
Apr 10, 2017
April 10, 2017 Mr. Arville Ray Medford, age 89, husband of Valeria Webber Medford of 276 Vernon Foster Rd., Union, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Medford was born in Clyde, NC, March 7, 1928 a son of the late M.L. and Lula Jane Green Medford. He retired from Milliken and Co., Monarch Plant...
Ruth Franklin Moss Fowler
Apr 9, 2017
April 9, 2017 Mrs. Ruth Franklin Moss Fowler, age 93, of 308 Alman St., Apt. 30 widower of both Edward Lewis Moss and Thomas G. Fowler passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Fowler was born in Woodruff, SC November 13, 1923 a daughter of the late Lidith "Lotie" Franklin Carpenter. She was a member of Hammett...
Eugene R. Johnson, Jr.
Apr 8, 2017
Mr. Eugene Russell "Gene" Johnson, Jr., age 77, of 412 Bogan Rd., Jonesville, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by his wife of 39 years, Phoebe. Gene struggled through several years of declining health from pulmonary fibrosis and congestive heart failure. Gene was born in Greenville, July 8, 1939, a son of the late Ossie Miller and Eugene Russell...
James F. Barfield
Apr 7, 2017
April 7, 2017 Mr. James F. "Freddie" Barfield, age 68 of 401 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at his home. Mr. Barfield was born in Union, February 25, 1949, a son of the late Jack Hawkins Barfield and Mamie Albert Barfield. He was a retired conductor after 38 years with Norfolk-Southern Railway. Mr. Barfield...
J.C. Matthews, Jr.
Apr 5, 2017
April 5, 2017 Mr. J.C. "Jay" Matthews, Jr., age 65 of 225 Eaves Rd., Whitmire, passed away, Monday April 3, 2017 at his home. Mr. Matthews was born in Union, SC on May 12, 1951 a son of Betty Ruth McAbee Matthews and the late J.C. Matthews, Sr. He was a retired fork lift operator. Surviving in addition to his...
Leslie Nicole Smith
Apr 3, 2017
April 3, 2017 Ms. Leslie Nicole "Nikki" Hollingsworth Smith, age 45, wife of Mike Wilson of 316 Railroad Street, Union, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at her home. Ms. Smith was born in Union, SC December 14, 1971, a daughter of the late James W. Hollingsworth, Jr. and Rosella Jeanette Henderson Surviving in addition to her husband are a...
Dianne H. Hill
Mar 31, 2017
Mrs. Dianne Hart Hill, age 72, widow of Bobby Dean "Bo" Hill, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Ellen Sager Nursing Center. Mrs. Hill was born September 15, 1944, a daughter of the late Paul Hart and Willie Webb Hart. She was the owner and operator of Dianne's Day Care. Mrs. Hill was a member of Ottaray Baptist Church....






