Obituaries
Carolyn “Lyn” Murphy
May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016 Mrs. Carolyn "Lyn" Crawford Murphy, age 71, wife of Maxie "Gene" Murphy, Sr., of 112 Culbreath Heights, Union, SC., passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Murphy was born in Blacksburg, SC on November 18, 1944 a daughter of the late Marion Lafon Crawford, Sr. and Carolyn Stafford Crawford. She was a 1966...
Mary Jenell Knox
May 15, 2016
May 14, 2016 Ms. Mary Jenell Knox, age 78, of 2610 Lockhart Hwy, Union, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, SC. Ms. Knox was born in Union, SC on March 14, 1938 a daughter of the late Cecil T. Knox and Mattie Clary Knox. She was retired from Medical Records at Wallace Thomson...
Thomas V. Wade, Sr
May 14, 2016
Mr. Thomas Vernon "Bun" Wade, Sr., age 87, husband of Gaynelle Hooper Callahan Wade, of 201 Hidden Hill Rd., Union, SC., went to be with the Lord, Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wade was born in Union, SC., on November 9, 1928 a son of the late Frank T. Wade and Janie Shirley Wade. He...
Glenn Edward Smith
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016 Mr. Glenn Edward Smith, age 94, of 191 Short St., Union, widower of Ruth Bumgarner Smith, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his home. Mr. Smith was born in Tennessee on October 15, 1921 a son of the late Joseph Alexander Smith and Jane Green Smith. He was retired from J.P. Stevens in Jonesville and was...
Stephen Ratchford Kurtz
May 13, 2016
Mr. Stephen Ratchford Kurtz, age 34, loving husband of Beverly Wilkins Kurtz, of 145 Putman Rd., Buffalo, passed peacefully surrounded by his family, Friday, May 13, 2016. Stephen was born in Anderson, SC on July 22, 1981 a son of Audrea Holcombe Douglass and husband Chuck and Dwight Stephen Kurtz and wife Sally. He was a graduate of Union High...
Donald “Sed” Addis
May 12, 2016
Mr. Donald "Sed" Addis, age 85 of 325 B St., Jonesville passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at his home. Mr. Addis was born in Jonesville, SC on April 4, 1931, a son of the late Eugene "Man" Addis and Evelyn Foster Addis. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and was retired from the U.S. Air Force and...
Harold Dean Beard
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016 Mr. Harold Dean Beard, age 77, husband of Mae Frances Collins Beard of 88 Abby Lane, Clyde, NC, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Mr. Beard was born in Union, SC January 23, 1939, a son of the late James Morgan Beard and Helen Morris Beard Sanford. He was a musician and attended the Church of God....
Mary Jane Wilson Stanford
May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 Ms. Mary Jane Wilson Stanford, age 50, of 296 Meansville Rd., passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Ms. Stanford was born in Union, SC on July 22, 1965 a daughter of James A. Wilson and the late Ella Mae Smith Wilson. She was a member of New Life Baptist Church. Surviving in addition...
Shellie Marie Blalock
May 10, 2016
Ms. Shellie Marie Blalock, age 39, of 102 Spring Street, Union, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016. Ms. Blalock was born in Union, SC on July 6, 1976 a daughter of Patsy Millwood Boulware and the late Charles Dennis Blalock. Surviving in addition to her mother and stepfather, Donald Boulware of Buffalo are a daughter, Haley Rhinehart of Union; a...
Ira Eugene “Gene” Matthews
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 As dawn broke Monday morning, May 9, 2016, the Lord said "My Son, you have fought the good fight, you have suffered enough, come be with me". Ira Eugene "Gene" Matthews left this world at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Beaufort, South Carolina, surrounded by his wife and children. Gene was born on January...
Patricia Pauline James Watkins
May 10, 2016
Mrs. Patricia Pauline James Watkins, age 74 of 114 Union Lane, Lockhart, widow of Raymond D. Watkins, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Watkins was born in Union, SC on July 20, 1941 a daughter of the late Ashley Fred James and Janie Patrick James. She was a member of Lockhart First Baptist Church....
Jennie Viola O’Dell
May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016 Mrs. Jennie Viola O'Dell, age 94, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of 105 Reed Street, Union, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, May 7, 2016. Mrs. O'Dell was the widow of James Cecil O'Dell, Sr. Mrs. O'Dell was born in Union, SC February 12, 1922, a daughter of the late A.L. Garner and Sarah...
Gay T. Logan
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 Mrs. Gay Tippen Logan, age 82, wife of Gene E. Logan of 513 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, passed away peacefully, Friday, May 6, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Logan was born in Cleveland, OH, May 25, 1933, a daughter of the late Robert S. Tippen and Jolantha Patechell Tippen. She was formerly employed with the Union...
Rebecca B. Hagan
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 Buffalo, S.C. Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" Billings Hagan, age 70, of 116 Meadow Lane, Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hagan was born in Union, September 24, 1945, a daughter of the late Walter L. and Eva Pruitt Billings. She was a graduate of Union High School and was retired from the Union...
Albert “Dick” Kitchens, Jr.
Apr 29, 2016
April 29, 2016 Mr. Albert G. "Dick" Kitchens, Jr. age 80, loving and devoted husband of Barbara Belk Kitchens for 62 years, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at his home. Mr. Kitchens was born in Lockhart, August 14, 1935, a son of the late Albert G. Kitchens, Sr., and Flora Mae Hawkins Kitchens. He retired from the Maintenance Department...
Ritchie Van Tucker
Apr 28, 2016
April 28, 2016 Mr. Ritchie Van Tucker, age 58 of 173 Riley Rd., Buffalo, passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at the Union Medical Center. Mr. Tucker was born in Union, July 13, 1957, a son of the late William Rion Tucker and Iva Lee Brewington Tucker. He was a 1975 graduate of Union High School and was retired from...
Sara B. Nickles
Apr 27, 2016
April 27, 2016 Mrs. Sara Jo Balchin Nickles, age 94, of 442 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, widow of William Wallace Nickles, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Nickles was born in Elbert Co., GA, November 12, 1921, a daughter of the late William Edgar and Jewel Frost Balchin. She was a graduate of the Nancy...
Wanda M. Sturgill
Apr 26, 2016
Mrs. Wanda Marie Meade Sturgill of Jonesville, passed away April 25, 2016 after a brief illness. Mrs. Sturgill left this world to be with God and her husband with her loving family by her side. She was 88 years old at the time of her passing. A memorial service and celebration of her rich and fruitful life will be held...
Rachel Virginia Hardin
Apr 26, 2016
April 26, 2016 Mrs. Rachel Virginia Hughes Hardin, age 88 of 117 Spruce Street, Union, widow of Ralph Memory Hardin, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Hardin was born in Ellenboro, NC, May 22, 1927, a daughter of the late James Richard Hughes and Flossie Flazor Hawkins Hughes. She retired from McClellans Dime Store...
Robert W. “Bob” Gist
Apr 24, 2016
April 24, 2016 Mr. Robert Wylie "Bob" Gist, age 92, husband of Helen Foster Gist of 305 Springdale Drive, Union, SC., passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Gist was born in West Springs on September 21, 1923, a son of the late David Christopher Gist and Claudia Wylie Gist. He was Graduate of West...
