Obituaries
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...
Edna Frances Brasington
Jan 6, 2017
January 6, 2017 Mrs. Edna Frances Mitchell Brasington, age 88, formerly of Meansville Rd., Union, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mrs. Brasington was the widow of Malcolm Ray "Mickey" Brasington. Mrs. Brasington was born in Lockhart, SC July 23, 1928, a daughter of the late Sam Mitchell and Mildred Cookson Mitchell. Mrs. Brasington was...
Victor Eugene Horne, Jr.
Jan 4, 2017
Mr. Victor Eugene "Buggy" Horne, Jr, age 49 of 172 Rocky Knoll Rd., Pacolet, SC passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Mary Black Hospital in Gaffney. Mr. Horne was born in Union August 4, 1967, a son of the late Victor Eugene Horne, Sr. and Elizabeth Knox Horne Davis. He was formerly employed with John M. Robinson Logging and...
Rhonda G. Dehaai
Jan 3, 2017
Ms. Rhonda G. Rothrock Dehaai, age 54 of 534 Kelly Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at her home. Ms. Dehaai was born in Savannah, GA October 20, 1961, a daughter of Gerri Rothrock Roark of Union and the late Theodore Richard Rothrock. She was a graduate of Lugoff-Elgin High School and was formerly employed with Florida Hospital....
Juanita Black Cooper
Jan 3, 2017
January 3, 2017 Ms. Juanita Black Cooper, age 63, of 437 Bill Black Rd., Union, passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 at her home after a battle with breast cancer. Ms. Cooper was born in Union, SC September 11, 1953 a daughter of Elizabeth Foster Black and the late William Black. She was a retired Registered Nurse. Surviving are one...
Stanley Michael Palmer
Jan 1, 2017
January 1, 2017 Mr. Stanley Michael Palmer, age 68 of 121 Hogpen Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at his home. Mr. Palmer was born in Union, SC on January 21, 1948 a son of the late Willie Oliver Palmer and Ruby Vaughan Palmer. He retired from Milliken and Company and was a Veteran of the S.C. National...
Charles Ray Vinson, Sr.
Dec 30, 2016
December 30, 2016 Mr. Charles Ray Vinson, Sr., age 81, of 4658 Buffalo West Springs Hwy., Pauline, widower of Mary West Vinson, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 at his home. Mr. Vinson was born in Union, SC November 25, 1935 a son of the late Ernest Vinson and Ola Hyatt Vinson. He was a graduate of West Springs High...
Larry Lee Cheatham
Dec 30, 2016
Mr. Larry Lee Cheatham, age 65, husband of Darlene Kirby Cheatham of 451 Bob Little Rd., Jonesville passed away Friday, December 30, 2016. Mr. Cheatham was born in Union, SC October 21, 1951, a son of the late Hayden Cheatham and Suzie Gist Ashe. He was employed with Enoree Mill and was the last surviving member of his immediate family....
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...
