Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Nancy J. Mabry
Sep 14, 2015
September 14, 2015 Mrs. Nancy Jonas Mabry, age 68, of 4715 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Mabry was born in Cripple Creek, VA, August 2, 1947, a daughter of the late Gordon Tate Jonas and Peggy Whittaker Jonas. She was a graduate of Converse College and received her Masters of...
Dianne Knox
Sep 12, 2015
September 12, 2015 Mrs. Dianne P. Knox, age 70, wife of Tommy F. Knox of 184 Browns Creek Church Rd., Union, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Knox was born in Union, SC on March 4, 1945 a daughter of the late Joe W. Prince and Annie D. Morrow Prince. She...
Harold Bruce Vaughan
Sep 11, 2015
September 11, 2015 Mr. Harold Bruce Vaughan, age 77, husband of Paulette Williams Vaughan of 737 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015. Mr. Vaughan was born in Union, SC on August 10, 1938 a son of the late J. Frank Vaughan and Fannie "Katie" Vaughan. He was a 1957 graduate of Jonesville High School and...
Stanley D. Ketterman
Sep 10, 2015
Mr. Stanley D. Ketterman, age 67, husband of Ann Lawson Ketterman of 306 Meadow Woods Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ketterman was born in Union, SC on May 11, 1948 a son of the late Walter Ketterman and Beatrice Martin Ketterman. He was a graduate of Union High School and was...
Steve Mcbride
Sep 8, 2015
September 8, 2015 Mr. Steve McBride, age 55, of 180 Love Lane Pacolet, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House. Mr. McBride was born in Union, SC on January 5, 1960 a son of Mazel Vanderford McBride Owens and the late Richard Donald McBride, Sr. He worked in construction and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving...
Franklin Delano Brown
Sep 5, 2015
Mr. Franklin Delano Brown, age 78, husband of Frances Greer Brown of 200 Lover's Hill Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Brown was born in Charlotte, NC September 8, 1936, a son of the late Garfield Brown and Anna Mullen Brown. He was a graduate of North Carolina School for the Deaf in...
Mary Alice Stevenson
Sep 5, 2015
Mrs. Mary Alice Stevenson of Union, SC, widow of John William Stevenson, Sr., passed away Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2015. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Cleveland and Fannie Louise Traylor. Survivors include: three children: Judy Mahan and her husband Jack of Greenville, John William Stevenson, Jr of Union, and Jackie Chalk and her husband Rodney of Greenville;...
George Timothy Porter
Sep 5, 2015
September 5, 2015 Mr. George Timothy "Tim" Porter, age 52, husband of Amie Mashburn Porter of 2189 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015 at his home. Mr. Porter was born in Union, September 22, 1962, a son of the late Peggy Porter Ponder and William "Bubblegum" West of Union. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School...
Jerusha Frances Eldridge
Sep 2, 2015
Mrs. Jerusha Frances Small Eldridge, age 97 of Spencer, NC, widow of Oscar Franklin Eldridge, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 in at Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, NC. Mrs. Eldridge was born in Arkadelphia, AK, July 26, 1918, a daughter of the late W.B. and Emma Foster Small. Mrs. Eldridge was a homemaker and of the Church...
Edith Mary Jolly
Sep 2, 2015
September 2, 2015 Ms. Edith Mary Hughes Jolly, age 76, very devoted to her family, loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, of 191 Toal Rd., Enoree, passed away Monday, September 1, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Ms. Jolly was born in Spartanburg, SC April 24, 1939, a daughter of the late Jim Hughes and Edith C....
Benjamin Burnett, Jr.
Aug 30, 2015
August 30, 2015 Mr. Benjamin Burnett, Jr., age 53, husband of Althea Gilliam Burnett of 124 Bishop Place, Union, SC, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Self Regional in Greenwood. He was originally of Reidville, SC. Mr. Burnett was born in Greer, SC October 26, 1961, a son of the late Benjamin Burnett, Sr. and Kathleen Mitchem Burnett. He...
Franklin Delano Brown
Aug 30, 2015
Mr. Franklin Delano Brown, age 78, husband of Frances Greer Brown of 200 Lover's Hill Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mr. Brown was born in Charlotte, NC September 8, 1936, a son of the late Garfield Brown and Anna Mullen Brown. He was a graduate of North Carolina School for the Deaf in...
Rev. Richard Hal Pendleton
Aug 29, 2015
Reverend Richard Hal Pendleton, Pastor Rick, went to be with Jesus August 29, 2015. Rick was born in Union, SC to Hal and Mildred McCarley Pendleton. He graduated from Union High School in 1975, Furman University in 1979 with a BA in Religion and South Eastern Seminary in 1983 with a Masters of Divinity. Reverend Pendleton has pastored for churches...
Rose Mary O’Shields
Aug 28, 2015
August 28, 2015 Mrs. Rose Mary O'Shields, age 62 of 203 C Street, Jonesville, SC 29353, passed away Friday, August 28, 2015 at her home. Mrs. O'Shields was born in Union, SC June 6, 1953 a daughter of the late Oscar Bogan and Betty Lou Clark Bogan. She attended Jonesville High School and Jonesville Church of God. Surviving are a...
Geraldine Fleming Mitchell
Aug 28, 2015
Mrs. Geraldine Fleming Mitchell, age 84, wife of Frank Mitchell of 451 Zion Church Rd., Pacolet, SC, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, August 28, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Mitchell was born in Pacolet, SC October 19, 1930, a daughter of the late Vernon "Bunch" Fleming and Bertha Parker "Ma-Bert" Fleming. She was retired...
Robert Allen Jones
Aug 27, 2015
August 27, 2015 Mr. Robert Allen Jones CW3, PA-C (Ret.), born April 16, 1944, passed away after a long illness on August 26-2015 at Open Arms in Greenville, SC. Mr. Jones gave his time and service to the Army as a Green Beret, Medical Officer and served as a Physician's Assistant. He had been actively involved with the Girl and...
Evelyn B. Lawson
Aug 25, 2015
August 25, 2015 Mrs. Evelyn Burgess Lawson, age 92, of 1809 Main St., Buffalo, widow of Manning Lawson, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, August 24, 2015. Mrs. Lawson was born in Spartanburg, December 28, 1922, a daughter of the late Forest Manuel Burgess and Emeline Self Burgess. She was a retired textile worker and was formerly employed...
Joe Ann Holladaye
Aug 23, 2015
August 23, 2015 Mrs. Joe Ann Holladaye, age 83, of 1201 Old Buncombe Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Holladaye was born in Columbiana, AL, July 27, 1932, a daughter of the late Joseph and Clinie Lowery Holladaye. She was retired from textiles having worked at both Inman and Enoree Mills and...
Mary S. Scales
Aug 22, 2015
Mrs. Mary Stepp Scales, age 83, of 1132 Meansville Rd., Union, widow of William J. Scales, Sr. passed away Saturday, August 22, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Scales was born in Union, March 30, 1932, a daughter of the late Ray Dewey Stepp and Pauline Willard Stepp. She was retired from Torrington Co., and was formerly employed with Her Majesty...
Joyce H. Abee
Aug 21, 2015
Mrs. Joyce Haney Abee, age 77 of 516 Toluca St., Union, widow of Vernon V. Abee Jr., passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Abee was born in Buffalo, March 16, 1938, a daughter of the late Milas McKinley Haney and Martha Dyer Haney. She was a seamstress, formerly employed with Her Majesty and with...





