Obituaries
Nellie Loree Lawson
Dec 29, 2016
Mrs. Nellie Loree Boulware Lawson, of Buffalo, widow of William R. Lawson, passed away Wednesday December 28, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lawson was born in Winnsboro, on June 26, 1931 a daughter of the late Belton and Lula Fee Boulware. She was retired from United Merchants. Mrs. Lawson was a devoted wife and mother. Surviving are one...
Shannon Lee Austin
Dec 29, 2016
December 29, 2016 Mr. Shannon Lee Austin, age 42, husband of Michelle Harris Austin of 226 Hancock St., Union, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a sudden illness. Mr. Austin was born in Union, April 18, 1974, a son of the late George and Sherry Knox Austin. He was employed by Dollar General Distribution...
James H. ‘Jim’ Hart, Jr.
Dec 28, 2016
December 28, 2016 Mr. James Hoyle "Jim" Hart, Jr., age 53, husband of Julie Robinson Hart of 810 Bishop Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at his home. Mr. Hart was born in Union, December 25, 1963, a son of Buddy Gillespie of Moore and the late Trudy Harris Gillespie and James Hoyle Hart, Sr. He was a...
Gaynelle H. Wade
Dec 28, 2016
Mrs. Gaynelle Hooper Callahan Wade, age 77, of 201 Hidden Hill Rd., Union, widow of Thomas Vernon Wade, Sr., passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Wade was born in Union, August 8, 1939, a daughter of the late Lotus Odell Hooper and Agnes Gunning Hooper. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
James Thomas Tracy
Dec 27, 2016
December 27, 2016 Mr. James Thomas Tracy, age 89, husband of Eva Cabaniss Burgess Tracy, of 111 Sunline Place, Spartanburg, passed away Sunday December 25, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Tracy was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on October 19, 1927. At age three, he and his older brothers were placed in the Catholic Orphanage of...
Barbara Jean Hughes
Dec 26, 2016
December 24, 2016 Miss Barbara Jean Hughes, age 84 of 107 W. South St., Union, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Miss Hughes was born in Union, April 7, 1932, a daughter of the late Everett Holmes Hughes and Jean Sanders Hughes. She was a graduate of Union High School and received a bachelor's degree from...
Jackie Wilburn Cody
Dec 26, 2016
Mrs. Jackie Wilburn Cody, age 79, of 312 Catawba St., Union, widow of Frank D. Cody, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Cody was born in Union, SC on October 27, 1937 a daughter of the late Fred Wilburn and Juanita Phillips Wilburn. She was a graduate of Union High School and Cecil's Business College. Mrs....
Mildred Irene Sanders Crocker
Dec 26, 2016
December 26, 2016 Mrs. Mildred Irene Sanders Crocker, age 93, of 220 Lawson Ave., Union, widow of Albert Crocker, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2016 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Crocker was born April 19, 1923 in Bessemer, NC a daughter of the late Roy C. Sanders and Viola Barber Sanders. She retired from United Merchants after over...
Woodrow Wilson Waldrop, Jr.
Dec 26, 2016
Mr. Woodrow Wilson Waldrop, Jr., age 71, husband of Marlene Boulware Waldrop of 214 Old English Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his home. Mr. Waldrop was born in Union, SC on December 3, 1945 a son of the late Woodrow Wilson Waldrop, Sr. and Mildred Browning Waldrop. He was graduate of Union High School and was...
Alvin L. “Doc” Young
Dec 22, 2016
Mr. Alvin L. "Doc" Young, age 76, husband of Myrtis Vanderford Young of 118 S. 2nd St., Lockhart, passed away Thursday December 22, 2016 at his home. Mr. Young was born in Chester, on May 19, 1940 a son of the late Sam and Bertha Gaston Young. He was a graduate of Chester High School and retired from Milliken &...
Charles W. Lee, Sr.
Dec 22, 2016
December 22, 2016 Mr. Charles W. Lee, Sr., age 70 of 3439 Buffalo West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, widow of Darlene Brown Lee passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016 at his home. Mr. Lee was born in Union, SC on March 27, 1946 a son of the late Woodrow Lee and Ida Virginia Whitmire Lee. He was of the Baptist Faith....
Melvina Ruth Bates Ellison
Dec 21, 2016
December 21, 2016 Mrs. Melvina Ruth Bates "Bebe" Ellison, age 82 of 296 Meansville Rd., Union, formerly of Pacolet, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at the Union Medical Center. Mrs. Ellison was the widow of Ernest "Yokum" Ellison and was first married to the late William Coleman. She was born in Union, September 9, 1934, a daughter of the...
Shirley Vinson Adams
Dec 20, 2016
December 20, 2016 Mrs. Shirley Vinson Adams, age 67, wife of Richard E. Adams of 660 Pea Ridge Highway, Jonesville, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Adams was born in Union, SC December 28, 1948, a daughter of the late Frank E. Vinson and Frances James Vinson. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Mabel Fowler Hyder
Dec 18, 2016
December 18, 2016 Mrs. Mabel Fowler Hyder, age 88, widow of Claude Thomas Hyder, formerly of 142 Lake Dr., Union, SC., went to be with the lord, Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Hyder was born in Union, SC., October 21, 1928, a daughter of the late James David Fowler and Amanda Jones Fowler. She was a...
Carolyn Brown Mcbee
Dec 18, 2016
Mrs. Carolyn Brown McBee, age 93, of 119 Highland Dr., Union, SC., passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at her home. She was the widow of William deBohun McBee. Mrs. McBee was born in Greenville, SC., on November 8, 1923, a daughter of the late Archie Eugene Brown and Grace Williams Brown. She was attended of Sullens College, Bristol, VA...
Emma Jean West Babb
Dec 17, 2016
December 17, 2016 Mrs. Emma Jean West Babb, age 83, of 312 Putman, Buffalo, widow of James H. Babb went to be with the Lord Friday, December 16, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Babb was born in Union, SC, June 28, 1933 a daughter of the late James Hayward West and Pallie Bledsoe West. She was a member of Putman...
Barbara Lashley Bell
Dec 16, 2016
Mrs. Barbara Lashley Bell, age 81, wife of Thomas Vance Bell of 344 River Rock Run, Union, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Bell was born in Greensboro, NC May 5, 1935, a daughter of the late Eddie Garrett Lashley and Edna Sawyer Lashley. She was co-owner of The Totem Pole and was a member...
Bobbie Ruth Adams Ford Snyder
Dec 16, 2016
December 16, 2016 Mrs. Bobbie Ruth Adams Ford Snyder of 537 Bailey Rd., Buffalo, widow of Robert W. Ford and Harold J. Snyder went to her Heavenly home on December 15, 2016, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Snyder was born in Adamsburg, SC on June 9, 1931 a daughter of the late Robert S. and Thelma L. Adams. She was...
John Patrick “Pat” Slaughter
Dec 14, 2016
December 14, 2016 Mr. John Patrick "Pat" Slaughter, age 70 of 109A Cogdill Plaza, Union, widower of Sara Ellen Solomon Slaughter, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at his home. Mr. Slaughter was born in Bethesda, Maryland, March 15, 1946, a son of the late George and Elizabeth Dunn Slaughter. He was a graduate of Florida State University receiving a...
Mack “Maxie” Reynolds
Dec 14, 2016
Mr. Mack Columbus "Maxie" Reynolds, age 47 of Buffalo passed away. Mr. Reynolds was born in Birmingham, AL August 13, 1969, a son of the late Ronald Mack Reynolds and Sylvia "Peepsi" Chambers Reynolds. He was a construction worker. Surviving are two daughters: Karli A. Reynolds of Buffalo and Anna V. Reynolds of Jonesville; an ex-wife, Melissa Ramsey of Buffalo;...
