Obituaries
Carl Hennis Lewis
Feb 17, 2016
Mr. Carl Hennis Lewis, age 90 of 114 Boyd Street (Monarch Community), Union, SC, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at his home after an extended illness. Mr. Lewis was the widower of Sara Eaves Lewis. Mr. Lewis was born in Woodruff, SC December 7, 1925, a son of the late Carl R. Lewis and Pearl Wells Lewis. He retired...
Samuel K. Cooke
Feb 17, 2016
Mr. Samuel Keith "Sammy" Cooke, age 65, husband of Cynthia Hogan Cooke of 405 Lakeview Heights, Union, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Cooke was born in Spartanburg, June 8, 1950, a son of Johnnie Jones West of Union and the late Montague West. He was retired from Gestamp in Union and was a member...
Robert L. Svedlund
Feb 17, 2016
February 17, 2016 Mr. Robert Lee Svedlund, age 78 of 210 Hillcrest Dr., Union, widower of Carolyn Svedlund, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at his home. Mr. Svedlund was born in Paxton, IL, June 18, 1937, a son of the late Oscar Wilhelm Svedlund and Mary Johanna Jensen Svedlund. He was a graduate of Gibson City High School and...
Darrell B. Knox
Feb 16, 2016
February 16, 2016 Mr. Darrell Brent Knox, age 61 of 1161 Jonesville Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Mr. Knox was born in Union, March 1, 1954, a son of the late Boyd and Grace Ingle Knox. He was retired from United Merchants, Union Plant and was a member of Bethlehem United...
Kenneth Lewis Lawson
Feb 15, 2016
February 15, 2016 Mr. Kenneth Lewis Lawson, age 74, husband of Jo Ann Sprouse Lawson of 1325 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Pauline, SC passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at his home. Mr. Lawson was born in Spartanburg County, SC May 18, 1941, a son of the late George Lawson and Maybell Simmons Lawson. He retired from Arrow Automotive after twenty-three...
Nina Sinclair Greer
Feb 14, 2016
February 14, 2016 Mrs. Nina Sinclair Greer, age 74, wife of Willie "Ed" Greer, Jr of 611 Sardis Rd., Union, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by her family and friends, Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Greer was born in Union, SC February 24, 1941, a daughter of the late Johnny Albert Sinclair and...
Elizabeth Ray Ruff
Feb 14, 2016
Mrs. Elizabeth Ray Ruff of 133 Clairmont Rd., Union, passed away February 14, 2016, following a long illness. She was predeceased in 2003 by her husband of over 50 years, George S. Ruff, Jr.; a brother Charles L. Ray, and a sister, Margaret K. Ray. Mrs. Ruff was born December 13, 1924, a native of Union, she was also predeceased...
Chad Stephen Truitt
Feb 12, 2016
Mr. Chad Stephen Truitt, age 39, husband of Holly Swofford Truitt of 1901 Mudbridge Rd., Jonesville, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Truitt was born in Spartanburg, SC October 15, 1976, a son of Jim Truitt of the home and Sandra Duckett Hinson of Rock Hill. He was employed with Auriga Polymers in Spartanburg and...
Leonard Carl “Bud” Broom
Feb 12, 2016
February 13, 2016 Mr. Leonard Carl "Bud" Broom, age 61, husband of Beth Wilkins Broom of 202 Hart Street, Union, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2016 at his home. Mr. Broom was born in Camden, SC on August 3, 1954 to the late LC and Mary Laughridge Broom. He retired from J.P. Stevens and as Department Manager at Renfro...
Frances Tucker Addison
Feb 9, 2016
February 9, 2016 Mrs. Frances Tucker Addison, age 92, of 421 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, widow of John G. Addison, Sr. passed away Monday, February 8, 2016. Mrs. Addison was born in Union, SC on October 9, 1923 the daughter of the late Barksdale Tucker and Lillian Shirley Tucker. She was a graduate of Union High School and a Charter...
Geraldine Hogan Burnette
Feb 8, 2016
Ms. Geraldine Hogan Burnette, age 63, 272 Sweet Water Dr., Buffalo, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Ms. Burnette was born in Union, SC on May 31, 1952 a daughter of the late Willie Lee Hogan and Frances McDaniel Hogan. She was formerly employed at Union Medical Center. Ms. Burnette was of the Church of...
Hazel S. Suttles
Feb 8, 2016
Mrs. Hazel Sprouse Suttles, age 83, of 7053 S. Pine St., Pacolet, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Suttles was born in Spartanburg Co., June 25, 1932, a daughter of the late Thomas Albert Sprouse and Mary Ivey Lee Sprouse. She was a graduate of Pacolet High School and was retired from the textile...
Fred W. Cooksey, Jr.
Feb 8, 2016
February 8, 2016 Mr. Fred W. Cooksey, Jr., age 71, husband of Judy Shetley Cooksey, of 110 Bates Avenue Ext., Union, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Cooksey was born in Union, SC on January 1, 1945 a son of the late Fred William Cooksey, Sr. and Mary Craft Cooksey. He was retired from...
James E. Jordan
Feb 6, 2016
February 6, 2016 Mr. James E. "Jimmy" Jordan, age 73, of 244 Walker St., Pacolet, widower of Linda Shehan Jordan, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Jordan was born in Union Co., January 25, 1943, a son of the late Eugene William Jordan and Elsie Ward Jordan. He was a retired mechanic and...
Roy Lee Smith
Feb 5, 2016
February 5, 2016 Mr. Roy Lee "Snake" Smith, age 88, husband of Peninnah Hopkins Smith, of Buffalo, passed away on February 4, 2016 at his home surrounded by family after a long illness. Mr. Smith was born in Buffalo on December 23, 1927 a son of the late JB and Fannie Smith. He served in the US Army, in the...
Ronnie Elbert Knox
Feb 4, 2016
February 4, 2016 Mr. Ronnie Elbert Knox, age 74, husband of Revonda Walker Knox of 209 Spruce Street, Union, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Knox was born in Union, March 25, 1941, a son of the late John "Smiley" Knox and Sibbie Eaves Knox. He was a graduate of Union High School and was...
James A. Woods, Sr.
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. James Arthur "Jim" Woods, Sr., age 81, husband of Frances Roark Woods of 1707 Union Blvd., Union, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Woods was born in Newberry, March 18, 1934, a son of the late James Booth Woods, Jr. and Maxie Hawkins Woods. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Louis Revis Smith
Feb 1, 2016
Mrs. Louis Revis Smith, age 87, of Ellen Sagar Nursing Home, widow of Sam J. Smith passed away Monday, February 1, 2016. Mrs. Smith was born in Union, SC on January 3, 1929 a daughter of the late Rev. L.D. Revis and Eula Pack Revis. She was retired from Wallace Thomson Hospital where she worked in food services. Mrs. Smith...
Pearl S. Kirby
Feb 1, 2016
February 1, 2016 Mrs. Pearl Smith Kirby age 86, of 100 Hidden Hill Rd., Union, widow of Harold W. Kirby, Sr., passed away Monday, February 1, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Kirby was born in Union, October 31, 1929. She was a 1947 graduate of Union High School and was Valedictorian of her class. Mrs. Kirby retired as the...
James A. “Jim” Woods
Jan 31, 2016
January 31, 2016 Mr. James A. "Jim" Woods, age 81, husband of Francis Roark Woods, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by SR Holcombe Funeral Home.
