Obituaries
Louise N. Patrick
May 16, 2015
May 16, 2015 Mrs. Louise Nesbit Patrick, age 96, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born October 23, 1918, in Albemarle, NC, a daughter of the late Dr. Taylor and Loma Niven Nisbet. She lived in North Carolina until 1959, when she moved with her husband and children to Jonesville, SC. A graduate...
Elbert Ezell Phillips, Sr.
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 Mr. Elbert Ezell Phillips, Sr, age 72 of 150 Mandy Lane, Cowpens, SC, passed away Wednesday May 13, 2015 at his home. Mr. Phillips was born in Union, SC October 29, 1942, a son of the late Douglas Ezell Phillips and Annie Belle Phillips. He was a retired textile worker. Surviving are three sons: Elbert Ezell "Sam"...
Ruby B. Mccall
May 13, 2015
Mrs. Ruby Bagwell Byrd McCall, age 89, widow of Hershal McCall, went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Mrs. McCall was born September 24, 1925, a daughter of the late Homer and Mentoir Worley Bagwell. She graduated Tri-County Technical College, receiving her LP degree and retired from the Pickens Co. Health Dept. and was formerly a...
Elaine H. Kerr
May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015 Mrs. Grace Elaine Hughes Kerr, age 87, widow of Charles L. Kerr, Jr., of 1510 West Springs Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Kerr was born in Graniteville, SC, February 3, 1928, a daughter of the late Everett and Grace Eargle Hughes. She was a graduate of Jonesville High...
Robert Wayne Sinclair, Sr.
May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 Mr. Robert Wayne "Rat" Sinclair, Sr., age 67, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Mr. Sinclair was a resident of Heartland of Union. Born in Union, November 12, 1947, he was the son of the late Will L. Sinclair and Iris Lancaster Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair was a self-employed roofer. Surviving are...
Betty Ross Pope Jolly
May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015 Betty Ross Pope Jolly, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend joined her Lord and Savior on Saturday May 9, 2015. Betty was born on August 6, 1925 in Union, SC to Dr. Robert Ross Pope and Mary Sellers Pope. She graduated from Union High School in 1942 and from Furman University in 1945. She was married in...
James Cleveland Harvey
May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015 Mr. James Cleveland Harvey, age 75 of 405 Lemonade Rd., Pacolet, SC, widower of Mary Crocker Harvey, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at the home. Mr. Harvey was born in York, SC March 28, 1940, a son of the late L.J. Harvey and Beatrice Haire Harvey. He was a graduate of Pacolet High School and had...
Ray T. Robinson
May 8, 2015
Mr. Ray Robinson, age 88, husband of Catherine Kirby Robinson of 879 East Main Street, Pacolet, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015 at his home. Mr. Robinson was born in Union, SC March 20, 1927, a son of the late A.R. Robinson and Bessie Pennington Robinson. He retired from Kohler & Company and was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist...
Jamie Nicole Palmer
May 7, 2015
Ms. Jamie Nicole Palmer, age 40, of 457 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Ms. Palmer was born in Union, SC on July 26, 1974 a daughter of Robert and Sue Bentley Palmer. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and York Technical College. Ms. Palmer was an X-Ray...
Joe G. Hill
May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 Mr. Joe Gratton Hill, age 73, husband of Cecelia Newcomb Hill of 419 S. Pinckney St., Union, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at his home. Mr. Hill was born in Pocahontas, VA, September 9, 1941, a son of the late Joseph Elwood Hill and Constance Geraldine Edmondson "Connie" Hill. He was retired from Westing House Electric...
Frances Lawson
May 4, 2015
Mrs. Frances S. Lawson, age 80, of 697 Vanderford Rd., wife of the late Lloyd F. Lawson for 54 years, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Lawson was born in Union on April 21, 1935, a daughter of the late Inez Grady. She was formerly employed with Milliken and Co., Excelsior Plant and later...
Mrs. Merle Gault Harvey
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 Mrs. Merle Gault Harvey, age 89, of 203 Davis Street Union, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Mrs. Harvey was born in Union, SC on April 23, 1926 a daughter of the late George Hoyle Gault and Hattie Estelle Gault Gault. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and was...
Susie G. Gregory
May 3, 2015
Mrs. Susie Ann Gaston Gregory, age 90, widow of Neely Francis Gregory, of Mt. Tabor Church Rd., passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Gregory was born in Chester Co., September 15, 1924, a daughter of the late George Alexander Gaston and Violet Ann Love Gaston. She attended Sharon High School...
William W. ‘Billy’ Kirby, Jr.
May 1, 2015
Mr. William Woodrow "Billy" Kirby, Jr., age 70, husband of Sara C. Kirby of 300 Reese Mill Rd., Pickens, passed away May 1, 2015 at his home. Mr. Kirby was born in Union, February 26, 1945, a son of the late William Woodrow Kirby, Sr. and Lynette May Kirby. He retired from Regional Finance in Union as an assistant manager...
Mae Heatherly Tucker
Apr 30, 2015
April 30, 2015 Mrs. Mae Heatherly Tucker, age 96 of 1456 Mudbridge Rd., Buffalo, widow of Smith L. Tucker, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Tucker was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt to many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Tucker was born in Spartanburg SC February 6, 1919, a...
Margaret C. Morris
Apr 28, 2015
Mrs. Margaret Crocker Morris, age 90, of 521 Lakeview Heights, Union, widow of Charles B. Morris, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Heartland of Union. Mrs. Morris was born in Union, March 4, 1925, a daughter of the late Arthur and Mattie Jolly Crocker. She was a graduate of Union High School and was retired from Harry From's Dept....
Johnnie Lewis Owenby, Sr.
Apr 28, 2015
Mr. Johnnie Lewis Owenby, Sr., of 328 Pineland Rd., Union, widower of Mable Vanderford Owenby, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Mr. Owenby was born in Blairsville, GA February 28, 1928, a son of the late Grady D. Owenby and Flora Cope Owenby. He had attended Union County Schools and retired from Excelsior Mills and...
Patricia Duncan Crumbacher
Apr 28, 2015
April 28, 2015 Mrs. Patricia Duncan Crumbacher, age 66 of 102 Red Barn Rd., Enoree, widow of Charles Crumbacher, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Crumbacher was born in Cisco, TX July 7, 1948, a daughter of the late Robert E. Moon, Jr. and Wilma Jethra Naylor. She was a homemaker. Surviving are a daughter, Christy...
Ellaree Patterson Upton
Apr 27, 2015
Mrs. Ellaree Patterson Upton, age 79 of 419 Ford Rd., Gaffney widow of Wofford Upton, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Upton was born in Union, SC on December 1, 1935 a daughter of the late Fred and Plummie Franklin Patterson. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Upton was of the...
Mollie Heath Jolly
Apr 25, 2015
Mollie Heath Jolly, 94, of Peletier,NC passed away, Saturday, April 25, 2015 at her home. The family will have a graveside memorial service on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Grace United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. David Bauknight. The family will receive friends following the services at the church. She was born September 27, 1920 in...
