Obituaries
Wanda P. Holcombe
Jul 12, 2015
Wanda "Gaga" Putnam Holcombe, 84, of 107 Lindy Lane, Buffalo, widow of Carl Lindbergh Holcombe, went home to be with the Lord at her home on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Mrs. Holcombe was born in Marion, N.C., on Feb. 8, 1931, a daughter of the late John R. Putnam, Sr., and Pearl Meadows Putnam. She was a graduate of Union...
Henry M. Hollingsworth
Jul 9, 2015
July 9, 2015 Henry Millus "Tank" Hollingsworth, 86, 850 Beltline Road, Union went home to be with the Lord July 8, 2015. He was the son of Cuspert and Lillian Hollingsworth. Married for 62 years to the love of his life, Patricia Eubanks Hollingsworth and loving her, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, he set an example of how a man...
Mary Arthur Sims Powers
Jul 5, 2015
July 5, 2015 Mrs. Mary Arthur Sims Powers, age 85 of 420 Santuck Drive, Union, widow of Don W. Powers, passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Powers was born in Goshen Hill section of Union County April 27, 1930, a daughter of the late Ernest Sims and Anna Lee Bailey Sims. She was a graduate...
Lillie Mae H. Frost
Jul 3, 2015
Mrs. Lillie Mae Harris Frost, age 88, wife of Leroy "Hank" Frost of 937 Main St., Buffalo, passed away Friday, July 3, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Frost was born in Union, SC June 7, 1927, a daughter of the late Bryan Harris and Lois Gault Harris. She retired from United Merchants - Union Plant and was a...
George Russell Carpenter
Jul 3, 2015
July 3, 2015 Mr. George Russell Carpenter, age 81, widower of Ruby Mae Cartee Carpenter of 125 River St., Drayton, SC, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Carpenter was born May 26, 1934, a son of the late Otis T. and Lidith Franklin Carpenter. He was a retired auto mechanic and was a veteran...
Virginia Elizabeth Kirby
Jun 28, 2015
Ms. Virginia Elizabeth "Beth" Kirby, age 54 of 100 Hidden Hill Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Ms. Kirby was born in Union, February 6, 1961, a daughter of Pearl Smith Kirby of the home and the late Harold W. Kirby, Sr. She was a graduate of Union High School and attended Winthrop...
James Kenneth Fowler
Jun 27, 2015
June 27, 2015 Mr. James Kenneth "Knotty" Fowler, age 74, husband of Kathy Knox Fowler of 1077 Pineland Rd., Union, passed away Friday June 26, 2014 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Fowler was born in Pacolet, December 5, 1940, a son of the late Leon and Louise Freeman Fowler. He was retired from Milliken Co., White Stone Packaging...
Lewis Smith Hembree
Jun 26, 2015
Mr. Lewis Smith Hembree age 77 of 1310 Watson Rd., Enoree, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hembree was born in Enoree, October 11, 1937, a son of the late W.C. and Beulah Smith Hembree. He was a retired auto mechanic and a veteran of the US Army. Mr. Hembree was of the Baptist...
Dennis Hugh Sherbert
Jun 25, 2015
June 25, 2015 Mr. Dennis H. Sherbert, age 71, husband of Johnnie Colson Sherbert of 153 Justice Rd., Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at his home. Mr. Sherbert was born in Union, SC December 17, 1943, a son of the late Dansel Sherbert and Gertrude Lawson Sherbert. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from...
Darrell Dean Fowler
Jun 25, 2015
Mr. Darrell Dean Fowler, age 58, husband of Karen Marvin Fowler of 3296 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Buffalo, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Mr. Fowler was born in Union, SC December 10, 1956, the only son of C. O'Dean Fowler and Ruby Heatherly Fowler of Union. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Linda Gayle Gallman Dotson
Jun 23, 2015
Mrs. Linda Gayle Gallman Dotson, age 58, of 206 S. Sixth St., Lockhart, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Dotson was born in York, SC on November 8, 1956 a daughter of the late Robert and Sandra Gallman. She was a graduate of Rock Hill High School. Surviving are a daughter, Nicole Dotson Rice and husband...
Harold G. Moss
Jun 23, 2015
June 23, 2015 Mr. Harold G. Moss, age 79, husband of Frances McCoy Moss of 125 Gregory Street, Union, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Moss was born in Union, SC October 6, 1935, a son of the late Luther Henry Moss and Agnes Elizabeth Foster Moss. He retired from Conso Products and was...
Barbara Dabbs Vanderford
Jun 23, 2015
Mrs. Barbara Dabbs Vanderford, age 79, of 4226 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., widow of Charles Vanderford, Sr. passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at her home after a period of declining health. Mrs. Vanderford was born in Lockhart, August 7, 1935, a daughter of the late Hazel Dabbs and Addie Manis Dabbs Burgess. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and...
Carol Ellison Dawley
Jun 18, 2015
June 18, 2015 Mrs. Carol Ellison Dawley, age 67, of 1110 Highway 66, Whitmire, widow of Alan Dawley, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Dawley was born in Whitmire, on April 27, 1948 a daughter of the late Quillen and Margaret Connor Brotherton. She was a graduate of Whitmire High School and retired from Cone Mill-Carlisle...
Mark T. Pettit, Sr.
Jun 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 Mr. Mark Thomas Pettit, Sr., age 59 of 143 Old English Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday June 16, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mr. Pettit was born in Kalamazoo, MI, January 11, 1956, a son of the late Robert Cleveland Pettit and Rose Adeline Allen Pettit. He was a 1974 graduate of Parchment High School in Kalamazoo...
Ramoth Austin O’Shields
Jun 17, 2015
Mrs. Ramoth Austin O'Shields, age 75, wife of Frank O'Shields, of 625 Old Pump Station Rd., Union, passed away, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at her home. Mrs. O'Shields was born in Union, SC on September 24, 1939 a daughter of the late Eddie and Jeanette Humphries Austin. She was a graduate of Union High School and owned and operated Ramoth's...
Iris Waldrep Walker
Jun 16, 2015
Iris Waldrep Walker died Tuesday June 16, 2015. She was born April 24, 1925 in Enoree, S.C., to Niles Franklin and Anna Bobo Waldrep. A graduate of Lander College in 1945, she moved to Union to teach English and Music. It was in Union at Grace United Methodist Church at her first Sunday as pianist that she met the love...
James G. Mosley
Jun 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 Mr. James Glenn "Buddy" Mosley, age 81, husband of Matrel Bobo Mosley of 138 49 Loop, Union, passed away Monday June 15, 2015 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mr. Mosley was born in Union, April 9, 1934, a son of the late Coley Livingston Mosley and Elminor Hipps Mosley Greene. He was a graduate of Union High...
Vickie Diane Curtis
Jun 14, 2015
Ms. Vickie Diane Curtis, age 54, of 206 Youngblood St., Jonesville, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015. Ms. Curtis was born in Pasadena, TX, April 12, 1961, a daughter of the late Franklin D. Wood and Wanda Morrow Wood. She is survived by her children; a daughter, Brittni Curtis of Union, two sons, Jason Jones of Florida and James; a...
Rubye G. Howell
Jun 14, 2015
June 14, 2015 Mrs. Rubye Gist Heatherly Howell, age 97, wife of William H. "Bill" Howell of 711 Pea Ridge Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Ellen Sagar Nusing Home. Mrs. Howell was born in Union, March 18, 1918, a daughter of the late J.R. and Maggie Lancaster Gist. She had worked in textiles and in the...
