Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Pauline Marie Levesque
Apr 23, 2016
April 23, 2016 Mrs. Pauline Marie Levesque, age 55, wife of Kenneth Levesque of 105 Clifford Dr. Buffalo, passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Levesque was born in Middletown, Connecticut, April 20, 1961, a daughter of Stanley Pollander and the late Pauline Hesslman Pollander. She was a homemaker. Surviving in addition to her husband...
Sallie Fowler Sanders
Apr 18, 2016
Mrs. Sallie Ethel Fowler Sanders, age 90, widow of William Manning Sanders, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Sanders was born in Union, October 6, 1925, a daughter of the late Martha Fowler Belue. She attended Kelly Pinckney High School and was a member of Mt. Joy Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Martha S....
Ronald A. Henderson
Apr 18, 2016
Mr. Ronald A. Henderson, age 70, husband of Norma Kingsmore Henderson of 804 Riley Rd., Buffalo, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at his home. Mr. Henderson was born in Spartanburg, June 3, 1945, a son of the late M.Y. Henderson and Nina Cohen Henderson. He was a graduate of Union High School and the University of South Carolina. Mr....
Willie Thomas Bobo
Apr 18, 2016
April 18, 2016 Mr. Willie Thomas Bobo, age 84 of 778 Browns Creek Church Rd., husband of Shirley Vaughan Bobo passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Bobo was born in Union, SC on April 28, 1931 a son of the late Callie Brooks Bobo and Osie Shetley Bobo. He was a veteran of the United...
Laura Vanderford Farr
Apr 15, 2016
April 15, 2016 Laura Vanderford Farr, age 89, widow of Ned D. Farr and formerly of 100 Churchill St., Union, passed away on April 13, 2016, at Lakeland Regional Health in Florida. Mrs. Farr was born in Union County on March 29, 1927, daughter of the late Guy W. and Mary Ruth Vanderford. She was a graduate of Union High...
Catherine H. Compton
Apr 12, 2016
April 12, 2016 Mrs. Catherine Holcombe Compton, age 84, of 525 Bishop Rd., widow of Albert Compton, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Compton was born in Union, May 31, 1931, a daughter of the late Sidney and Alma Henderson Holcombe. She attended Union High School and was a retired textile worker. Mrs. Compton was a...
Louise Scales Gregory
Apr 11, 2016
April 11, 2016 Mrs. Louise Scales Gregory, age 95, formerly of Lockhart, widow of Miles R. Gregory, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Lexington Medical Extended Care, Lexington, SC. Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, SC December 30, 1920, a daughter of the late James M. Scales and Elizabeth Porter Scales. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School;...
James Bruce Lawson
Apr 8, 2016
April 8, 2016 Mr. James Bruce Lawson, age 65, husband of Diane Rodgers Lawson of 362 Putman Rd., Buffalo, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, April 8, 2016 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Lawson was born in Union, August 1, 1950, a son of the late James Sumner Lawson and Mary K. Lawson. He was a...
Frances R. Woods
Apr 8, 2016
Mrs. Frances Roark Woods, age 82, widow of James Arthur "Jim" Woods of Ellen Sagar Nursing Home, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016. Mrs. Woods was born in Clover, NC, April 21, 1933, a daughter of the late Russell and Estelle Ashe Roark. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired after 37 years from Conso Products. Mrs....
Elizabeth Gaile Guinn
Apr 5, 2016
April 5, 2016 Mrs. Elizabeth Gaile Guinn, age 77, wife of Lewis D. " L.D." Guinn of 206 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Guinn was born in Union, SC January 17, 1939, a daughter of the late Leroy Fowler and Sadie Mae Montgomery Fowler. She was a graduate of Lockhart...
Millus Childers
Apr 5, 2016
Mr. Millus Childers, age 87, formerly of Union, widower of Mabel Florice Deal Childers, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at Lake Emory Post Acute Care in Inman. Mr. Childers was born in Lockhart, May 17, 1927, a son of the late Charles Childers and Pearl Lee Watts Childers. He was a veteran of the US Army and was a...
Jane Lawter Valentine
Apr 3, 2016
April 3, 2016 Mrs. Jane Lawter Valentine, age 67, wife of Neil Valentine of 523 Lakeview Heights, Union, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Valentine was born in Union, April 17, 1948, a daughter of the late James Harry Lawter and Cornelia Smith Lawter. She was a graduate of Union High School and Cecil's...
Gerald T. “Jerry” Gregory
Apr 3, 2016
Mr. Gerald Thomas "Jerry" Gregory, Sr., of 111 Buckstone Lane in Spartanburg, passed on to God's glory on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. He had recently celebrated his 72nd birthday. A native of Union, SC, he was preceded by his parents James and Maude Christie Gregory. Mr. Gregory was a retired store owner who loved to...
Rose Thompson Chewning
Apr 1, 2016
April 1, 2016 Rose Thompson Chewning, 79, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 while resting comfortably at her home. She was born March 9, 1937 in Manning, SC to the late Lester and Daisy Brunson Thompson. She was a graduate of Manning High School and Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing. Mrs. Chewning was the wife of the late Reginald...
Cody A. Newton
Mar 30, 2016
March 30, 2016 Mr. Cody A. Newton, age 28, of 271 Meansville Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at his home. Mr. Newton was born in Union, SC on June 13, 1987 a son of Joe Edward Newton, Jr. and Sharon Wallace Newton. Cody enjoyed playing the guitar and entertaining by singing, dancing and acting. He was an...
David Harold Cookson
Mar 27, 2016
March 27, 2016 Mr. David Harold "Bud" Cookson, age 81, husband of Carol Lawson Cookson, of 529 Lakeview Heights., Union, went to be with the Lord, Easter Sunday morning, March 27, 2016 at his home. Mr. Cookson was born in Lockhart, SC., December 26, 1934, a son of the late Frank Cookson and Hazel Davis Cookson. He was an active...
Farrah Marie Wyatt
Mar 26, 2016
Farrah Marie Wyatt, age 28, of Spartanburg passed away on March 26, 2016. Farrah was the daughter of Rick and Becky Wyatt of Spartanburg. She is survived by her two wonderful daughters, Alexis and Brooklyn; a brother, Tyler Wyatt and a sister, Lauren Wyatt of the home. She was the granddaughter of Carol Faucett and the late James Faucett of...
Lila Faye Price
Mar 25, 2016
March 25, 2016 Mrs. Lila Faye Shetley Price, age 89, widow of Willie Wesley Price, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Union Medical Center after a period of declining health. Mrs. Price was born in Union, July 23, 1926, a daughter of the late Marvin Luther Shetley and Ollie Mae Crocker Shetley. She was retired from United Merchants, Buffalo...
Zora Johnson Vinson
Mar 23, 2016
March 23, 2016 Mrs. Zora Johnson Vinson, age 89, of 1817 Jonesville Hwy., Union, widow of Thomas Vinson passed away, Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mrs. Vinson was born in Union, May 29, 1926 a daughter of the late Thomas Johnson and Louella Robinson Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Brown's Creek Baptist...
Connie B. Burgess
Mar 22, 2016
March 22, 2016 Mrs. Connie Jean Boulware Burgess, age 64, wife of Rev. Johnny Burgess of 101 Mill St., Buffalo, went home to be with the Lord, March 22, 2016. Mrs. Burgess was born in Union, October 1, 1951, a daughter of the late Lewis Eugene Boulware and Betty Jean Roberts Boulware. She was a graduate of Union High School...





