Obituaries
Martha K. Chamberlin
Mar 7, 2016
Mrs. Martha Kerstetter Chamberlin, age 88 of Gibert St. Union, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mrs. Chamberlin was born in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1927, a daughter of the late Thomas and Ruth Grove Kerstetter. She was retired from Her Majesty in Union and was predeceased by her longtime companion, Delmar L....
Joseph H. Greene
Mar 2, 2016
Mr. Joseph Harrison "Joe" Greene, age 64 of Boiling Springs, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Mr. Greene was born in Spartanburg, December 9, 1951 a son of the late Ralph L. and Catherine Harrison Greene. He was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School and received his Bachelor Degree from...
Jeffery Preston Fleming
Mar 1, 2016
March 1, 2016 Mr. Jeffery Preston Fleming, age 52, of 1292 Old Canaan Rd., Spartanburg, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016. Mr. Fleming was born in Union, SC on October 19, 1963 a son of Arthur Fleming and Mary Ann Fleming. He was a graduate of Dorman High School and was a Truck Driver. Mr. Fleming was of the Baptist...
Ada H. Adams
Mar 1, 2016
Mrs. Ada Harris Adams, age 97 of 273 Dave Adams Rd., Union, widow of David T. Adams, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Adams was born in Union, July 21, 1918, a daughter of the late James Wallace Harris and Nannie Gault Harris. She was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney High School and retired as...
Gayle Turner
Feb 28, 2016
February 28, 2016 Mrs. Gayle Turner, age 79, widow of Henry A. Turner of 206 South Seventh St., Lockhart, SC passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Turner was born in Lockhart, SC., on October 9, 1936 a daughter of the late Frank Cookson and Hazel Davis Cookson. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School...
Thomas “Scott” Ham
Feb 28, 2016
Mr. Thomas Scott Ham, age 56, of 1131 Martin Rd., Fairforest, SC 29336 passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ham was born in Union, SC., on September 19, 1959 a son of Shirley Hendrix Ham and the late Paul Ham, Jr. He was a graduate of Union High School and formerly worked at Webb...
William H. “Bill” Mccall, Jr.
Feb 28, 2016
Mr. William Harvey "Bill" McCall, Jr., age 89, of 152 Springdale Drive, Union, widower of Elizabeth (Betsy) Long McCall, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Cheraw Health Care. Mr. McCall was born in Whitmire, SC on February 9, 1927 a son of the late William Harvey McCall, Sr. and Lois Ruth Propes McCall. He attended the University of South...
Frances Erlene Lawson Gowen
Feb 28, 2016
Mrs. Frances Erlene Lawson Gowan, age 80, of 1124 Gowan Rd., Pauline, SC widow of Donald Mansel Gowan, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016. Mrs. Gowan was born in Union, SC a daughter of the late Paul A. Lawson and Christine Billings Lawson. She was retired from Cato Corporation. Mrs. Gowan was a member of West Springs Baptist Church and...
Dr. George Truett Hollis
Feb 26, 2016
February 26, 2016 Dr. George Truett Hollis, known from birth as Truett, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Pasadena, CA, Thursday, January 28, 2016. He was born May 22, 1928 in Union, SC, the sixth of eight children born to the late Mary Elizabeth Alverson Hollis and Orin Bomar Hollis, Sr. From early in life, Truett...
Thesis Ivey Tillison
Feb 26, 2016
Mrs. Thesis Ivey Tollison, age 77, of 761 Barnado Rd., Union, widow of Charles D. Tollison, Sr., passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Tollison was born in Union, SC on September 22, 1938 a daughter of the late Emmett Ivey and Thelma Ivey Morris. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and a...
Julia Mae Easterling Guess
Feb 25, 2016
Mrs. Julia Mae Easterling Guess, age 97, of 114 Park Drive, Union, widow of Dr. Joseph H. Guess, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Guess was born on Douglas Heights in Union, SC on August 22, 1918 a daughter of the late Robert A. Easterling and May Cullen Easterling. She grew up in Denmark, SC and...
Lillian R. Shetley
Feb 25, 2016
Mrs. Lillian Faye Rose Shetley, age 79, husband of Don Shetley of 105 Benjamin St., Union, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Union Medical Center. Mrs. Shetley was born in Cherokee, NC, April 29, 1936, a daughter of Elsie Rodger Rose Kimsey of Cherokee and the late Wayne Rose. She was a graduate of the University of South Carolina,...
Frances Lunsford Williams
Feb 24, 2016
Mrs. Frances Lunsford Williams, age 89, of 2299 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Buffalo, widow of John Henry Williams passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at her brother's home. Mrs. Williams was born in North Carolina on July 14, 1926 a daughter of the late Curtis Franklin Lunsford and Annie Belle Navy Lunsford. She was devoted to her late husband, whom she...
William L. “Bill” Mcswain
Feb 20, 2016
Mr. William L. "Bill" McSwain age 77, husband of Pasty Foster McSwain of 406 Bentley Town Rd., passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. McSwain was born in Lockhart, July 10, 1938, a son of the late Buford and Mildred Bentley McSwain. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and was retired Chief Petty...
Vernal L. “Steve” Stephenson, Jr.
Feb 20, 2016
February 20, 2016 Mr. Vernal Lee "Steve" Stephenson, Jr., age 68, husband of Dianne Stephenson of Union, passed away Friday, February 19, 2016 at Magnolia Manor in Spartanburg. Mr. Stephenson was born in Rock Hill, October 21, 1947, a son of the late Vernal Lee Stephenson, Sr. and Ruby Nance Stephenson. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
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...
