Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Amanda Lynn Dawkins
Dec 7, 2016
December 7, 2016 Ms. Amanda Lynn Dawkins, age 36, wife of Jonathan Hendrix of 135 Eubanks St., Union, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Ms. Dawkins was born in Union, September 13, 1980, a daughter of Catharine and Robert Dawkins and Victor Dawkins. She was formerly employed with Kangaroo Express in Monarch. Surviving in addition to...
James Michael “Doughboy” Lanier
Dec 2, 2016
December 2, 2016 Mr. James Michael "Doughboy" Lanier, age 51 husband of Leslie Watkins Lanier of 144 Pine St., Buffalo, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lanier was born in El Paso, TX June 9, 1965 a son of the late Bobbie Simpson Lanier and Lois Jean Bright Lanier. He was employed with Humphries...
Martha Sue Hogan
Dec 2, 2016
Mrs. Martha Sue Hogan, age 70, of 101 Fox Place Union, widow of Donnie Bruce Hogan, Sr., passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Hogan was born in Gaffney, SC on June 16, 1946 a daughter of the late John Claude Wright and Millie Virginia Peeler Wright. She was a retired textile worker and was formerly...
Ruth Lamb Gregory
Dec 2, 2016
Mrs. Ruth Lamb Gregory, age 96, formerly of Arthur Blvd., Union, widow of Sidney Harmon "Sid" Gregory, passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, May 17, 1920, a daughter of the late Joseph Layton Lamb and Mary Ellen Lee Lamb. She was a graduate of Union High School and was retired...
James Donald Brewington
Nov 30, 2016
November 30, 2016 Mr. James Donald "Pete" Brewington, age 79, husband of Lillie Mae Callicutt Brewington of 3985 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy, Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Brewington was born in Union, SC March 18, 1937, a son of the late Guy Brewington, Sr and Bertha Mae Duckett Brewington. He was a retired textile...
Grady Lee Stewart
Nov 29, 2016
November 29, 2016 Grady Lee Stewart, infant son of Brittany Jenkins and Daniel Lee Stewart of 1208 Linersville Rd., Buffalo went to heaven on November 24, 2016. Grady is survived by a sister, Sadie Owens of the home; a brother, Jeremy Stewart of Pacolet; his maternal grandmother, Judy Jenkins; his maternal grandfather, Ricky Jenkins both of Union; his paternal grandmother,...
Mary C. Smith
Nov 29, 2016
Mrs. Mary Crosby Smith, age 76, of 123 Wilkerson Rd., Whitmire, widow of James Kennedy "Jim" Smith, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Mrs. Smith was born in Union Co., August 8, 1940 a daughter of the late Arlon Wilson "Bill" Crosby and Clarice Brock Crosby. She was a graduate of Whitmire High School...
Joann Foster Cordell
Nov 28, 2016
November 28, 2016 Mrs. JoAnn Foster Cordell, age 85, wife of Maurice Cordell of Union, SC, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at Inverness Assisted Living in Spartanburg, SC. Mrs. Cordell was born in Atlanta, GA on January 13, 1931 a daughter of the late Jefferson Vannoy Foster and Lenna Mae Kerr Foster. She was a Registered Nurse and had...
Lewis D. Watts, Jr.
Nov 28, 2016
Mr. Lewis Dempsey "Dee" Watts, Jr., age 70, husband of Linda Faye Smith Watts of 511 Lockhart Dr., Lockhart, passed away Monday, November 28, 2016 at his home. Mr. Watts was born in Union, March 20, 1946, a son of the late Rev. Lewis D. Watts, Sr. and Gaynell Ochiltree Watts. He was retired from the U.S. Army and was...
Phyllis Jean Huggler
Nov 27, 2016
November 27, 2016 Mrs. Phyllis Jean Huggler age 76, wife of Richard L. Huggler of 4205 Furman L. Fendley Hwy., Pacolet, SC, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Huggler was born in Indianapolis, IN, August 26, 1940, a daughter of the late Herman Nelson and Ruby Nelson Pettijohn. She was a graduate of Arsenal...
Barbara Lee Wilburn
Nov 25, 2016
November 25, 2016 Miss Barbara Lee Wilburn, age 81, of 221 Harwood Heights, Union passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 at her home. Miss Wilburn was born in Union, September 17, 1935, a daughter of the late Robert Lee Wilburn and Gertrude Lehman Wilburn. She was a graduate of Union High School, a 1957 graduate of the University of South...
Virginia H. Toney
Nov 24, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Hutcherson Toney, age 86, of 105 Barron St., Union, widow of Robert Virgil Toney passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at the Union Medical Center after a brief illness. Mrs. Toney was born in Union, March 9, 1930 a daughter of the late Oscar and Mae Howell Hutcherson. She was retired from United Merchants and was a member...
Louise W. Kingsmore
Nov 24, 2016
November 24, 2016 Mrs. Louise West Kingsmore, age 89, widow of Willis Franklin Kingsmore, formerly of Union, passed away Wednesday, Thursday, November 23, 2016 at Brookdale Place in Rock Hill. Mrs. Kingsmore was born in Union Co., January 24, 1927, a daughter of the late Frank Charles West and Ruby Lowe West. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Betty Jo Bailey Wages
Nov 21, 2016
Ms. Betty Jo Bailey Wages, age 85, a long time resident of Inman, SC, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ at Lake Emory Post Acute Care on November 19, 2016. Ms. Wages was born August 31, 1931 in Union, SC to Robert Howard and Cora Lee Jolly Bailey. She was a member of Inman First Free Will...
Thomas N. “Tom” Williams
Nov 21, 2016
November 21, 2016 Mr. Thomas N. "Tom" Williams age 75, husband of Inez Hill Williams, of 639 Fairview Church Circle, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Williams was born in Union, SC April 21, 1941 a son of the late Adolphus Williams and Emma Alverson Williams. He was first married to the late Carol...
Dorothy Sanders Gault
Nov 20, 2016
November 20 ,2016 Mrs. Dorothy Sanders Gault, age 91 of 200 Bennett Street, Union passed away peacefully Saturday, November 19, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Mrs. Gault was the widow of George Ned Gault and was lovingly known as "Aunt Dot". Mrs. Gault was born in Cherokee County, SC February 14, 1925, a daughter of...
Normalee Summer
Nov 20, 2016
Mrs. Normalee McLaughlin Summer, age 85 of 2383 Buffalo West Springs Hwy, Buffalo, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. She was married to the late Charles O. Summer for sixty-one years. Mrs. Summer was born in Ohio January 15, 1931, a daughter of the late Earl Watson and Nancy Bell McLaughlin. She retired from Her...
Henry H. Jenkins, Jr.
Nov 18, 2016
November 18, 2016 Mr. Henry Howard Jenkins, Jr., age 65, of 111 Keenan Ave., Union, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Jenkins was born in Union, December 13, 1950, a son of the late Henry Howard Jenkins, Sr. and Nancy Louise Gregory Jenkins. He was retired after 30 years with the S.C. Dept. of...
Monte Sprouse Lancaster
Nov 14, 2016
Mrs. Monte Sprouse Lancaster, age 77, formerly of N. Mountain St., widow of Francis Lancaster, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Lancaster was born in Union, SC on September 3, 1939 a daughter of the late Herman L. Sprouse and Louise O'Shields Sprouse. She was a 1957 graduate of Union High School, one of her...
Donald W. Gossett
Nov 13, 2016
Mr. Donald William Gossett, age 85, passed away Sunday November 13, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Gossett was born in Union, June 28, 1931, a son of the late John Reid Gossett and Lillie Belle Lavender Gossett. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Surviving are several nieces and nephews including, Brenda Foster and husband...






