Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Betty Jane Clewis Wilkins
Dec 16, 2014
December 16, 2014 Betty Jane Clewis Wilkins, age 88, passed away Friday December 12, 2014, at home at Clairmont Place, Decatur, GA. She was born on May 7, 1926 in Grapeland, Texas to Lillian McMurrey Clewis and Arnold Stephen Clewis. She graduated from Grapeland High School and then went on to earn a BBA from Sam Houston State University in...
Freddie L. Shirley Union, Sc
Dec 16, 2014
Mr. Freddie L. Shirley, age 85, husband of Leila Jones Shirley of 205 Lakeview Heights, Union, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mr. Shirley was born in Union, May 4, 1929, a son of the late John Frazier Shirley and Ruth Middlebrooks Shirley. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Milliken. After...
Harold E. Harris
Dec 13, 2014
Greenville, SC Harold E. Harris, husband of Sandra Turner Harris, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Mr. Harris was born in Union, SC, to Mabel R. Harris and the late Roy S. Harris. He was a graduate of Union High School, Class of 1961. He served in the US Navy and retired from the US Naval Reserves after 20...
Mattie Sue H. Kingsmore Buffalo, Sc
Dec 13, 2014
Mrs. Mattie Sue Hyatt Kingsmore, age 93, of 960 Main St., Buffalo, widow of Archie Herrel Kingsmore, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Kingsmore was born in Union Co., April 3, 1921, a daughter of the late Jesse and Lizzie Lamb Hyatt. She was a graduate of West Springs High School and the Arthur School of...
Ruby V. Harris Union, Sc
Dec 12, 2014
Mrs. Rudy Vinson Harris, age 93, of 1510 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, widow of Robert Marshall Harris, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, December 12, 2014. Mrs. Harris was born in Union, June 6, 1921, a daughter of the late Joseph "Tiny" Vinson and Mamie Vinson. She was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church where she was...
Daisy Leatha B. Martinez Pacolet, Sc
Dec 10, 2014
Mrs. Daisy Leatha Buice Martinez, age 71, widow of Daniel Martinez, of 1130 Cleveland St., Pacolet, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg. Mrs. Martinez was born in Union, January 10, 1943, a daughter of the late William Albert Buice and Daisy Belle Fowler Buice. She was previously employed with Milliken and Co., Monarch...
Minnie L. Wix Jonesville, Sc
Dec 10, 2014
Mrs. Minnie Littlejohn Wix, age 82, wife of Carl Wix of 155 Lee Rd., passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Wix was born in Spartanburg Co., June 20, 1932, a daughter of the late Gus and Ella Foster Littlejohn. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her...
Doris D. Prince Union, Sc
Dec 6, 2014
Mrs. Doris Elaine Deaton Prince, age 77, widow of Richard Charles Prince, Sr., passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Prince was born in Union, SC June 4, 1937, a daughter of the late Willie Deaton, Sr. and Hattie Deaton. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a daughter: Kandy Bobo and husband...
Donald Leon Dover, Great Falls, Sc Jr.
Dec 4, 2014
Mr. Donald Leon "Junior" Dover, Jr., age 56 of 1540 Hinton Rd., Great Falls, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. Mr. Dover was born in Union, SC September 10, 1958, a son of Doris Haney Dover of Union and the late Donald Leon Dover, Sr. He was formerly employed with Laurens Electric and...
Harold Gene Vaughn Jonesville, Sc
Dec 3, 2014
Mr. Harold Gene Vaughn, age 76 of 308 Alman Street, Apt 14S, Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the home of his brother, Cook Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn was born in Union, SC August 31, 1938, a son of the late William Paul Vaughn and Mamie Jeanette Gault Vaughn Boughman. He was a 1957 graduate of Jonesville High School...
Bonnie Ivey Earley Gaffney, Sc
Dec 2, 2014
Mrs. Bonnie Ivey Earley, age 54, wife of Henry Earley of 127 Bessies Rd., Gaffney, passed away Tuesday morning, December 2, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Earley was born in Spartanburg Co., July 3, 1960, a daughter of the late Cecil and Elsie West Ivey. She was a member of Sulpher Springs Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving in...
Roy Wilton Tiller Chester, Sc
Nov 28, 2014
Mr. Roy Wilton "Will" Tiller, age 73, husband of Brenda Hamm Tiller of 1333 West End Rd., Chester, passed away Friday, November 28, 2014 at the Carolina's Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Tiller was born in Comer, GA, April 2, 1941, a son of the late Tommy and Nancy Booth Tiller. He graduated from Harding High School in Charlotte...
James T. Patrick, Sharon, Sc Sr.
Nov 26, 2014
Mr. James T. "Rooney" Patrick, Sr., age 76, husband of Alice Lee Patrick of 3950 Vandy Rd., Sharon, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at his home. Mr. Patrick was born in Chester, January 11, 1938, a son of the later Roy B. Patrick, Sr. and Maggie Thompson Patrick. He was a retired truck driver and was of the Baptist...
Edith Price Crisp
Nov 24, 2014
Edith Price Crisp, 91, of Orangeburg, SC, died Monday, November 24, 2014 at Calhoun Convalescent Center in St. Matthews, SC. Mrs. Crisp was born August 7, 1923 in Buffalo, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Ethel Price Lawson and Jesse J. Price. She was married for 59 years to Thomas James Crisp. She was a life long member of...
Bobby M. Davis Union, Sc
Nov 22, 2014
Mr. Bobby M. Davis, age 82, husband of Jackie Orr Davis of 106 Corn St., Union, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital surrounded by his family. Mr. Davis was born March 17, 1932 in Union, SC. the son of the late Elbert Davis and Bertie DeBrull Davis. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Lana M. Fowler Jonesville, Sc
Nov 21, 2014
Ms. Lana Michelle Fowler, age 42 of 1758 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Jonesville, SC., passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 at her home. Ms. Fowler was born in Spartanburg, SC. October 31, 1972 a daughter of Charles McCraw and Lana Scoggins McCraw. She was a graduate of Dorman High School. Surviving in addition to her parents are a daughter: Lana...
Brenda B. Wood Union, Sc
Nov 21, 2014
Mrs. Brenda Becknell Wood, age 68, wife of Bobby Joe Wood of 277 Webber Lake Rd., Union, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Mrs. Wood was born in Union, SC September 21, 1946 a daughter of the late T.C. Becknell and Marie Burgess Becknell. She was a graduate of Union High School and a member of...
Emry D. Roberts Union, Sc
Nov 19, 2014
Mr. Emry D. Roberts, age 77, of 203 South 1st Street, Lockhart, widower of Laura Howell Roberts, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at his home. Mr. Roberts was born in Chester County on June 26, 1937 a son of the late Frank Lee Roberts and Lois George Roberts. He was retired supervisor from Milliken & Co.-Lockhart Plant. Mr. Roberts...
Paul James Lunsford Union, Sc
Nov 18, 2014
Mr. Paul James Lunsford, age 50 of 1300 S. Pinckney Street, Apt 104, Union, SC passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lunsford was born in Union, SC May 26, 1964, a son of Eliza Lunsford Bright of Union and the late Carl Dean Bright. He was a textile worker and was a member of...
Hazel O’Shields Babb Buffalo, Sc
Nov 16, 2014
Hazel O'Shields Babb, 86, former resident of Buffalo, SC passed away peacefully and entered into eternal rest November 16, 2014 at Magnolia Manor of Greenwood, SC. Mrs. Babb was the widow of Curtis W. "Bill" Babb. She was born, May 30, 1928 in Union County to the late John Webster and Helen Smith O'Shields and was the last surviving member...






