Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Etta Q. Holt
Apr 8, 2015
Mrs. Etta Pearlee Quinn Holt passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Mrs. Holt was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Quinn and was preceded in death by her loving husband Billy Ray Holt, her sisters Rose, Dimple, Ruth and Pauline, her brother Benny and her son Tommy. Pearlee was a lifelong resident of Buffalo and...
Melanie Burns Brewington
Apr 8, 2015
April 8, 2015 Mrs. Melanie Rae Burns Brewington, age 54 wife of Ray Brewington of 244 Lockhart Dr., Lockhart, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Brewington was born in Union, October 9, 1960, a daughter of the late LeBron and Billie Rae Cobb Burns. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and attended the University...
Jeanette Bradley Ivey
Apr 8, 2015
Mrs. Jeanette Bradley Ivey, age 87, of 352 Browns Creek Church Rd., Union, widow of Ben C. Ivey, Jr., passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Ivey was born in Whitmire, SC on April 25, 1927 a daughter of the late A.W. Bradley and Mattie Campbell Bradley. She was a graduate of Whitmire High School and had...
Inez Vanderford Cabaniss
Apr 7, 2015
Mrs. Inez Vanderford Cabaniss, age 87, formerly of Lockhart, widow of Ervin "Jack" Cabaniss, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Moultrie, GA. Mrs. Cabaniss was born in Lockhart, SC on November 27, 1927 a daughter of the late T.G. "Shine" Vanderford and Maud St. John Vanderford. She was a member of Lockhart Free Will Baptist Church and was retired...
Gem D. Mccutcheon
Apr 5, 2015
April 5, 2015 Mr. Gem Donald McCutcheon, age 85, husband of Louise McCloud McCutcheon of 4907 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2015, at his home. Mr. McCutcheon was born in Lockhart, July 2, 1929, a son of the late H.P. and Mamie Rogers McCutcheon. He was a 1946 graduate of Lockhart High School and the retired owner...
Peggy Jean Puckett
Apr 3, 2015
Mrs. Peggy Jean Puckett, age 80, of Stockbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Mrs. Peggy is survived by her son, Landy Puckett and wife, Michelle, of Powder Springs, GA. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Rosemont Cemetery. The family received friends Saturday,...
Betty Ruth Gibson Horton
Apr 3, 2015
April 3, 2015 Mrs. Betty Ruth Gibson Horton, age 82, of Lockhart, widow of John Osborne "Junior" Horton, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Horton was born in Lockhart, SC on March 1, 1933 a daughter of the late Roy Gibson and Elizabeth Gregory Gibson. She was formerly employed with Lockhart Mill. Surviving are three daughters,...
Tyler Thomas Sullivan
Apr 2, 2015
, age 17, of Colorado Springs, CO, son of Col. Elizabeth Anne West of Colorado Springs, CO and Lt. Col. Shane T. Sullivan of Champaign, IL, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015. Tyler was born in Cheyenne, WY, October 30, 1997, and was baptized at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in San Antonio, TX. He was an honor student at St....
Louie J. Dehart, Jr.
Mar 31, 2015
Mr. Louie Jacob "Mac" DeHart, Jr., age 70 of Lexington, SC, widower of Christina Neilson DeHart, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2015 at his home. Mr. DeHart was born in Columbia, December 31, 1944, a son of the late Louie Jacob DeHart, Sr. and Alberta Traylor DeHart. He was a graduate of Chester High School and was a retired auto...
Estelle Bullington Chastain
Mar 31, 2015
March 31, 2015 Estelle Bullington Chastain, age 82, widow of Arlin J. Chastain went home to be with the Lord on March 31, 2015. A native of Union, she was the daughter of the late Willie Mae Phillips Bullington and Claude H. Bullington, Sr. Mrs. Chastain was a faithful member of Mon-Aetna Baptist Church until her health declined. She was...
Billy Fredrick Rochester
Mar 28, 2015
March 28, 2015 Mr. Billy Fredrick Rochester, age 64 of 144 Linson Drive, Pacolet, peacefully passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015 at his home. Mr. Rochester was born in Spartanburg, SC on June 26, 1950, a son of the late Ted Rochester and Mildred Cash Rochester. He was born again, by placing his trust in Jesus Christ, in February...
Frances Vaughan Williams
Mar 27, 2015
March 27, 2015 Mrs. Frances Vaughan Williams, age 87, wife of Davis Herbert Williams of 2211 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy, Buffalo, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mrs. Williams was born in Union, SC February 2, 1928, a daughter of the late C.C. "Clum" Vaughan and Ella Mae Smith Vaughan. She retired from United Merchants in Buffalo...
Ann Gregory Randall
Mar 26, 2015
Mrs. Ann Gregory Randall, age 77, formerly of Monarch, widow of Willie E. Randall, Sr., passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Randall was born in Lockhart, February 17, 1938, a daughter of the late Elijah and Frances Cogdill Gregory. She was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith. Mrs. Randall was a loving and...
Dorothy S. Young
Mar 26, 2015
March 26, 2015 Mrs. Dorothy Stepp Young, age 83, formerly of Mt. Vernon Rd., Union, widow of William S. "Bowser" Young, passed away, Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Young was born in Union, April 30, 1931, a daughter of the late Robert G. Stepp and Louise Gadden Stepp. She was a homemaker and a member of...
Connie Lee Berry
Mar 25, 2015
March 25, 2015 Mrs. Connie Lee Berry, age 68 of 110 North 4th Street, Lockhart, widow of Albert Jennings, Sr., passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Spartanburg Hospital Restorative Care. Mrs. Berry was born in Union, SC November 27, 1946, a daughter of the late Carl Fuller Berry and Jessie Lee Sanders Berry. She retired from Milliken & Company...
Virginia R. Smith
Mar 24, 2015
March 24, 2015 Mrs. Virginia Louise Reid Smith, age 82, of 726 N. Duncan ByPass, Union, widow of Curtis Cecil Smith, Sr., passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born in Union, June 28, 1932, a daughter of the late Walter Alcie Reid and Anna Wilson Reid. She was a 1951 graduate of Union...
Nancy S. Keith
Mar 21, 2015
March 21, 2015 Mrs. Nancy Gail Smith Keith, age 58, wife of Michael Keith of 143 Proctor Rd., Jonesville, passed away Friday, March 20, 2015 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mrs. Keith was born in Spartanburg, November 22, 1956, a daughter of the late Horace and Thelma Poole Smith. She was a homemaker and a former textile worker. Surviving in addition...
Patricia Spoone Fortner
Mar 20, 2015
March 20, 2015 Mrs. Patricia (Ann) Spoone Fortner, age 62, of 3291 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, wife of Dan Fortner, passed away March 19, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Fortner was born in Union, May 9, 1952 a daughter of the late Billy Edward Spoone and Eveline Austin Spoone. She was a CNA having worked with Home Health...
Wanda C. Keith
Mar 18, 2015
March 18, 2015 Mrs. Wanda Cornelison Keith, age 61 of 909 Beltline Rd., passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mrs. Keith was born in Ringgold, GA, June 13, 1953, a daughter of Marie Queen Cornelison of Union and the late Roy Cornelison, Sr. She was retired from Duke Power, Catawba Plant and was a member of...
Sandra Greene Johnson
Mar 14, 2015
March 14, 2015 Mrs. Sandra Kay Greene "Mama Joker" Johnson, age 63 of 280 Cudd Lane, Union, widow of Randall Johnson, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in Spartanburg, SC December 2, 1951, a daughter of the late Carrol Greene and Blanch Greene. She was a graduate of Landrum High School...






