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Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.

Mary  Jo Lancaster

Mary Jo Lancaster

Jul 23, 2014

July 22, 2014 Buffalo, SC Mrs. Mary Jo Parks Lancaster, age 80, wife of Randolph Lancaster of 1157 Mudbridge Rd., Buffalo, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 at Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg. Mrs. Lancaster was born in Union, SC April 11, 1934, a daughter of the late Harold Noland Parks and Pauline Nelson Parks. She was a graduate of Union...

Frances  Garner Farmer

Frances Garner Farmer

Jul 23, 2014

Frances Garner Farmer, age 83, widow of J.B. Farmer, formerly of Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Farmer was born in Buffalo, SC, February 19, 1931, a daughter of the late Hettie Willard Garner. She retired from Her Majesty and was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Terry Farmer...

Eugenia  Gregory Morgan

Eugenia Gregory Morgan

Jul 23, 2014

July 23, 2014 Mrs. Eugenia Gregory Morgan, age 88, of 112 Mission Drive, Union, widow of Charles E. Morgan, passed away on July 23, 2014. She is survived by a daughter, Margaret Sue Morgan, of the home; a niece, Deidre Gregory, of Appling, GA; a nephew, Wade Johnson and wife P.J. of Versailles, KY, and a niece Sandi McDowell and...

Jack  R. Blalock,  Sr.

Jack R. Blalock, Sr.

Jul 20, 2014

July 20, 2014 Union, SC Mr. Jack Randoph Blalock, Sr., age 84, of 129 5th St., Ottaray, SC. widower of Lillie Mae Jennings Blalock passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mr. Blalock was born in Columbia SC., February 18, 1930, a son of the late Manning Earl Blalock and Minnie Lou Scruggs Blalock. He was a...

Donald  L. Millwood

Donald L. Millwood

Jul 19, 2014

July 19, 2014 Mr. Donald Lewis Millwood, age 68, of 1355 Monarch Hwy., Union, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mr. Millwood was born in Rock Hill, SC July 18, 1946, a son of the late Albert Millwood and Nellie Frisbee Millwood. He worked for Milliken and Company-Gillspie plant and Monarch plant. Surviving are three nieces,...

Fredrick  Roger Inman

Fredrick Roger Inman

Jul 18, 2014

Mr. Fredrick Roger Inman, age 81, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at his home in Statesboro, Georgia after an extended illness. The Buffalo, SC (Union County) native graduated from Union High School in 1952 and was a veteran of the US Army having served during the Korean War. After returning from the military he graduated from Wofford College and...

Margaret  Riddle Gowan

Margaret Riddle Gowan

Jul 16, 2014

July 16, 2014 Mrs. Margaret Riddle Gowan, age 94, formerly of 206 Hillcrest Drive, Union, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Emeritus at Skylyn Place, Spartanburg. Mrs. Gowan was born in Spartanburg, SC August 6, 1919, a daughter of the late Faber Riddle and Milllie Smith Riddle. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from the...

Judy Aman

Judy Aman

Jul 15, 2014

July 15, 2014 Sunday, July 12, 2014, we lost the physical presence of, Judy Crocker Schlagenhauf Aman, a loving Mother, Sister, Sister-in-law, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and steadfast Friend. She was born May 24, 1940 in Union, SC, to Raymond Heyward Crocker Sr. and Margret Ola Nichols Crocker. Judy grew up in Union where she graduated from Union High School and...

Joel  F. Frost,  Sr.

Joel F. Frost, Sr.

Jul 15, 2014

Buffalo, SC Mr. , age 74, of 250 Gin Circle, Buffalo, widower of Patricia Willard Frost, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Frost was born in Union Co., August 23, 1939, a son of the late Luther Franklin Frost and Ora Parham Frost. He was a retired textile worker and was of the Baptist...

Kelly  Mckeown Siltzer

Kelly Mckeown Siltzer

Jul 14, 2014

July 14, 2014 Kelly McKeown Siltzer, 45, of Hendersonville, NC died Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Duke Medical Pavilion in Durham following a three-year battle with leukemia. Born in Union, SC, Kelly graduated from Union High School in 1986 and completed the culinary arts program at South Seattle Community College in 1994. She most recently worked as a dental assistant...

Lucy  B. Eaves

Lucy B. Eaves

Jul 13, 2014

July 13, 2014 Mrs. Lucy Bumgarner Eaves, age 87 of 353 Eaves Rd. Whitmire, SC., widow of Archie Eaves, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Eaves was born in NC, April 14, 1927, a daughter of the late Grover Bumgarner and Annie Lee Keller Bumgarner. Mrs. Eaves attended God's Healing Springs Baptist Church. Surviving are a...

Carol  Johns Crawford

Carol Johns Crawford

Jul 11, 2014

Mrs. Carol Johns Crawford, age 68, wife of Marion Crawford of 466 Happy Valley Rd., Union, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Hospice Care of Laurens County. Mrs. Crawford was born in Union, SC December 5, 1945, a daughter of the late Sims Johns and Madora Cudd Johns. She was a graduate of Union High...

Berry “Big Chew” Stepp

Berry “Big Chew” Stepp

Jul 11, 2014

July 11, 2014 Mr. Berry " Big Chew" Stepp, age 73, husband of Betty Lawson Stepp of 325 Askew Circle, Lockhart, SC, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Stepp was born in Lockhart March 4, 1941, a son of the late Roy Stepp and Mary Walker Stepp. He retired from Spartan Mills - Rosemont...

William  Dennis Humphries

William Dennis Humphries

Jul 8, 2014

July 8, 2014 Union, SC Mr. William Dennis Humphries, age 83, widower of Judy French Humphries, formerly of Barnado Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Richard Campbell VA Nursing Home. Mr. Humphries was born in Shelby, NC August 8, 1930, a son of the late Willie Lee Humphries and Vernie Horne Humphries. He was a graduate of...

Bessie  Silvers Whitlock

Bessie Silvers Whitlock

Jul 7, 2014

July 7, 2014 Mrs. Bessie Silvers Whitlock, age 75, of 112 Wilkerson Road, Whitmire, widow of Gordan S. Whitlock, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Whitlock was born in Whitmire, SC on August 19, 1938 a daughter of the late Earl E. Silvers and Avvie Gibson Silvers. She was the former owner of Whitmire Truck Stop...

Ruby Lucille Owens Johnson

Ruby Lucille Owens Johnson

Jul 7, 2014

July 3, 2014 Ruby Lucille Owens Johnson, age 83, of 2307 Buffalo-West Springs Highway, Buffalo, widow of Robert Luther Johnson, passed away, Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Palmetto Health Baptist - Parkridge Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in Union, SC on October 5, 1930 a daughter of the late Boyce Bobo Owens and Addie Pruitt Owens. She was formerly...

Wilma  Chalk Rymer

Wilma Chalk Rymer

Jul 2, 2014

July 2, 2014 Mrs. Wilma Chalk Rhymer, age 92 of 1707 Whitmire Hwy., passed Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina. Mrs. Rhymer was born in Union, July 11, 1921 a daughter of the late W.H. Chalk and Maggie Woods Chalk. She was the retired owner of City View Beauty Shop and City View Fashions...

Eugenia  B. Stinnett

Eugenia B. Stinnett

Jul 1, 2014

July 1, 2014 Buffalo, SC Ms. Eugenia Boulware Stinnett, age 78 of 208 Mill Street, Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at McCall Hospice House, Simpsonville, SC. Ms. Stinnett was born in Union, SC June 4, 1936, a daughter of the late Charlie Boulware and Lillie Lawson Boulware. She was a 1956 graduate of Union High School and retired...

George  Kelly Blanton

George Kelly Blanton

Jul 1, 2014

Mr. George Kelly Blanton, age 93, husband of Betty Clippard Blanton, of 1113 Old Ferry Rd, Union, SC, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at Park Place Assisted Living. Mr. Blanton was born in Cliffside, NC a son of the late William Franklin Blanton and Margaret Sudie Moore Blanton. He was a graduate of North Carolina State University and, before...

Shirley  W. Fleming

Shirley W. Fleming

Jul 1, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Westmoreland Fleming, age 72, wife of Robert Stanley "Bobby" Fleming, Sr. of 125 Fleming Hill Rd., Jonesville, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Fleming was born in Gainesville, GA May 19, 1942, a daughter of the late Phillip Deward Westmoreland and Eva Belle Elrod Westmoreland. She was a graduate of Union High...

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