Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Lucille Davis Burnett
Oct 2, 2015
Mrs. Lucille Davis Burnett, age 84, widow of Jack F. Burnett, Jr., formerly of 395 Old Buncombe Rd., Union, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Mrs. Burnett was born in Union, SC on June 15, 1931 a daughter of the late Norman V. Davis and Gertrude Estes Davis. She was first married to the late...
Carolyn Hayes Culbreath
Oct 2, 2015
Mrs. Carolyn Hayes Culbreath, age 80 formerly of Woodruff, residing at White Oak Estates, Spartanburg, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at Regional Hospice Home. She was the widow of William Theodore Culbreath. Mrs. Culbreath was born in Mayo, SC July 30, 1935, a daughter of the late Hosea Hayes and Mary Price Hayes. She was a graduate of Chesnee...
Charles L. Malpass
Oct 1, 2015
Mr. Charles Lawrence Malpass, age 79, of 158 Haney Rd., Buffalo, widower of Bebe Lawson Malpass, passed away, Thursday, October 1, 2015 at his home. Mr. Malpass was born in Union Co., July 22, 1936, a son of the late Charles Franklin Malpass and Ruby Epps Malpass. He was retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and was a former member...
Peggy Lou Crawford Vaughan
Sep 30, 2015
Mrs. Peggy Lou Crawford Vaughan, age 86, widow of Biron B. "Jake" Vaughan passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Union, SC on April 12, 1929 a daughter of the late Herod Simpson Crawford and Ella Keisler Crawford. She was raised in Thornwell Orphanage from childhood until she graduated from Thornwell High...
Edgar Larry Tyler
Sep 29, 2015
September 29, 2015 Mr. Edgar Larry Tyler, age 66, husband of Rebecca Whitehead "Wally" Tyler of 1303 River Rd., Union, went home to be with his Lord, Monday, September 28, 2015 at his home. Mr. Tyler was born in Kingsport, TN August 5, 1949, a son of the late Edgar George Tyler and Sara Adams Tyler. He was retired from...
Tammy Marie Haney
Sep 28, 2015
September 28, 2015 Mrs. Tammy Marie Haney, age 53, wife of Gerald G. Haney of 125 Hill St., Buffalo passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Haney was born in Elk Horn, Canada on August 18, 1962 a daughter of Marjorie Mullen Moore of Union and the late John F. Moore. She was formerly employed...
Joe Edward Newton, Sr.
Sep 27, 2015
Mr. Joe Edward "Buddy" Newton, Sr, age 77, husband of Joyce Wright Newton, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home. Mr. Newton was born in Buffalo, SC October 11, 1937, a son of the late James A. Newton and Loree Phillips Newton. He retired from Cone Mill-Carlisle Finishing Plant and also retired from...
Gerald Dexter Fielder, Md
Sep 27, 2015
Dr. Gerald Dexter Fielder, age 89, husband of Lora D. Fielder of 3870 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home. Dr. Fielder was born in Paragould, Ark., on July 2, 1926 a son of the late Alvin Fielder and Vera Beasley Fielder. He graduated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1943 at...
Carl Smith
Sep 26, 2015
Mr. Carl Lewis Smith, age 79, husband of Thelma Crocker Smith of 820 Meansville Rd., Union, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born in Union, SC June 1, 1936, a son of the late Claude P. Smith and Annie Belle Palmer Smith. He had worked for Milliken &...
Marli Granger Sumner
Sep 26, 2015
Marli Granger Sumner, 4 weeks old infant daughter of Robbie Sumner and Julie Coleman of 631 Bethany Church R., Moore, SC went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 26, 2015 at her home. Marli was born in Spartanburg, SC August 28, 2015. Surviving in addition to her parents are two sisters, Graci Sumner and Lilli Sumner; three brothers,...
Barth Scott “Trick” Willard
Sep 26, 2015
September 26, 2015 Mr. Barth Scott "Trick" Willard, age 80, husband of Martha Ann Gregory Willard of 215 Wilbur Street, Union, went home to be with the Lord Friday, September 25, 2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mr. Willard was born in Union, SC May 18, 1935, a son of the late Joe Barth Willard and Maggie Scott Willard. He was...
Ruby Boulware
Sep 25, 2015
September 25, 2015 Mrs. Ruby Jenkins Lane Boulware, age 76, wife of Joseph Edward Boulware of 1347 Neal Shoals Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Boulware was born in Union, SC November 26, 1938, a daughter of the late Robert Jenkins and Laura Pettit Jenkins. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Danny Ray Malpass
Sep 23, 2015
September 23, 2015 Mr. Danny Ray Malpass, age 59, husband of Sherree Parkins Malpass of 158 Haney Rd., Buffalo, passed away suddenly Tuesday, September 22, 2015. Mr. Malpass was born in Union, SC January 6, 1956, a son of Charles L. Malpass of the home and the late Bebe Lawson Malpass. He was formerly employed with Contec in Spartanburg and...
Edna Sumner Knox
Sep 21, 2015
September 21, 2015 Mrs. Edna Sumner Knox, age 88, of 2046 Jonesville Hwy, Union, widow of Claude Knox, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. Knox was born in Union, SC July 15, 1927, a daughter of the late Herbert Sumner and Eva Spelts Sumner. She was retired from Union Mill and was a member of...
Robert W. Brown, Sr.
Sep 20, 2015
September 20, 2015 Robert White "Bobby" Brown, Sr., 88, of 414 East Main St., husband of Eugenia Adams Brown, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was born in Spartanburg County on Oct. 23, 1926 and grew up in Pacolet, a son of the late B.F. and Ruth White Brown. He was a...
William G. “Bill” Prince
Sep 19, 2015
September 19, 2015 Mr. William Gist "Bill" Prince, age 83, of 723 Old Pump Station Rd. Union, widower of Carol Ivey Prince, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Prince was born in Union, October 6, 1931 a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Prince. He was retired from Torrington Co. and was...
Harry Preston Mccutcheon, Jr.
Sep 18, 2015
Mr. Harry Preston McCutcheon, Jr., age 91, of 141 Wildwood Lane, Union, widower of Nellie Bennett McCutcheon, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at his home. Mr. McCutcheon was born in Union, June 13, 1924, a son of the late Harry Preston McCutcheon, Sr. and Mamie Hull McCutcheon. He was retired from Roper Chevrolet and was a veteran of the...
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...





