Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Sandi Grady Ivey
Sep 14, 2014
Union, SC Mrs. Sandi Grady Ivey, age 59, of 646 Browns Creek Church Road, Union, widow of Johnny W. Ivey, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014. Mrs. Ivey was born in Union, SC on March 15, 1955 a daughter of Sally Grady Epps of Blair and the late Thomas Ray Grady. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
Elizabeth Vassy Whitmire Union, Sc
Sep 14, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth Vassy Whitmire, age 94, of 418 Jones Ford Road, Union, widow of William C. Whitmire, Sr. passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Whitmire was born in Cherokee Co., SC on January 31, 1920 a daughter of the late S. Barney Vassy and Anna Derrick Vassy. She was a graduate of Gaffney High...
Joyce W. Candler Union, Sc
Sep 13, 2014
Mrs. Joyce Williford Candler, age 75, wife of Denver Joe Candler of 406 Maple Street, Union went to be with the Lord, Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Candler was born in Union, April 13, 1939, a daughter of the late Paul A. Williford and Christine Robertson Bradford. She was a graduate of Union High School...
James E. Haney Union, Sc
Sep 12, 2014
Mr. James Earl Haney, age 85, husband of Polly Austin Dobbs Haney of 211 Linersville Rd., Buffalo, SC passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 at his home. Mr. Haney was born in Chester, SC April 21, 1929, a son of the late Eules and Mary Vinson Haney. Mr. Haney was first married to the late, Dorothy Russell Haney. He was...
John F. Smith Gaffney, Sc
Sep 11, 2014
Mr. John Fredrick Smith, age 66, husband of Alice Inman Smith of 703 Ballenger Rd., Gaffney, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health. Mr. Smith was born in Union, April 5, 1948, a son of the late Carl and Clara Mae Smith. He was a self-employed repairman and was a...
Elizabeth S. Rector Union, Sc
Sep 9, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet Rector, age 88, 120 Hill Top View, Union, widow of Thomas E. Rector, Jr., passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2014 at her home after a period of declining health. Mrs. Rector was born November 25, 1925 in Spittown, NY, a daughter of the late Herman and Maude Storm Sweet. She was retired from Milliken Co., Monarch Plant...
Nellie Jones Mclane Whitmire, Sc
Sep 4, 2014
Mrs. Nellie Jones McLane, age 94 of 111 Douglass Heights, Union, formerly of Whitmire, passed away Thursday, September 4, 2014 at her home. Mrs. McLane was born in White Rock, SC March 25, 1920, a daughter of the late John Stuart Jones and Mary Meetze Jones. She was a graduate of Dentsville High School in Columbia and was a member...
Christopher Rynnon Head Union, Sc
Sep 4, 2014
Christopher Rynnon Head infant son of Christopher Thomas Head and Mellisa Owens Head entered into heaven Thursday September 4, 2014. Surviving in addition to his parents are a sister, Jacelyn Head of the home; his paternal grandparents, Thomas and Lorie Head of Jonesville; maternal grandmother, Angie Jacks and husband Albert of Jonesville; maternal grandfather, Johnny Owens of Union; maternal great...
Jerry Dennis Trammell, Union, Sc Sr.
Sep 3, 2014
Mr. Jerry Dennis "Dink" Trammell, Sr., age 66, husband of Vickie Wicks Trammell, of 669 Sardis Road, Union passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at his home. Mr. Trammell was born in Union, SC June 17, 1948 a son of the late Frank Trammell and Mary Ellen Boulware Trammell. He was a US Army Veteran having served in Germany. Mr....
Arthur Lynn Phillips Union, Sc
Aug 30, 2014
Mr. Arthur Lynn Phillips, age 90, husband of Mary Cody Phillips of 311 Bruce O. Wilson Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014 at his home. Mr. Phillips was born in Union, SC March 9, 1924, a son of the late Herbert Phillips and Bessie Vincent Phillips. He was a 1947 graduate of Union High School and had attended...
Thomas Jay Elston Union, Sc
Aug 29, 2014
September 3, 2014 Mr. Thomas Jay "T.J" Elston (Austin), age 23 of 231 Hancock St., Union, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014. Mr. Elston was born in Union, February 28, 1991. He was the son of Joel Elston of Mechanicsville, VA, Ava Gail Moss Hendrix and her husband Donnie and Thomas B. Austin and fiancée Angela Kelly all of Union....
Helen Louise Gowan Union, Sc
Aug 29, 2014
Mrs. Helen Louise Tucker Gowan, age 82 of 1023 Meansville Rd., Union, widow of Charles Richard Gowan, Sr, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Gowan was born July 31, 1932, a daughter of the late Rev. Jonas Thomas Tucker and Annie Mae Gibson Tucker. She retired from Milliken & Co - Monarch Plant and was a...
Thomas “Tj” Elson
Aug 29, 2014
Thomas "TJ" Elston, age 23, formerly of Union, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2014. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by SR Holcombe Funeral Home. The family is at the home of his grandmother, Sherry Austin, 231 Hancock Street, Union.
Judy Lynne Cameron Gill Union, Sc
Aug 26, 2014
Mrs. Judy Lynne Cameron Gill, age 50, wife of Charles Norman "Charlie" Gill, of 140 Longview Dr., Lockhart, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Gill was born in Chester, May 9, 1964, a daughter of Brenda Miller Cameron of Union and the late Bobby Joe Cameron. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School...
Manual Grady “Preach” Harris Union, Sc
Aug 24, 2014
Mr. Manual Grady "Preach" Harris, age 90, of 208 Pasture Dr., Union, widower of Helen Bentley Harris, passed away, Sunday, August 24, 2014 at his home. Mr. Harris was born in Union on July 29, 1924 a son of the late James Wallace Harris and Nan Gault Harris. He was formerly employed with Cone Mill - Carlisle Finishing Plant and...
Harold Dean Lane, Union, Sc Sr.
Aug 24, 2014
Mr. Harold Dean Lane, Sr., age 75, of 161 Lane Rd., Union, widower of Rebecca Williford Lane, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Mr. Lane was born in Union, May 4, 1939, a son of the late Bert and Annie Belle Hyder Lane. He was retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and was a...
Douglas Ned Farr
Aug 23, 2014
Mr. Douglas Ned Farr, 90, of 100 Churchill St., Union, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Wallace Thomson Hospital. A lifelong resident of Union County, he is survived by his wife of 69 years, Laura Vanderford Farr. He is also survived by his son Donald Ned Farr and wife Pamela, granddaughter Lauren F. Daggett and husband Brett, grandson...
Ben Clifford Ivey, Union, Sc Jr.
Aug 16, 2014
Mr. Ben Clifford "June" Ivey, Jr., husband of Jeanette Bradley Ivey of 352 Browns Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away, Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Ivey was born in Union, SC., June 8, 1928, a son of the late Ben Clifford Ivey, Sr. and Anna Harris Ivey. He attended Kelly-Pinckney High School and was a...
Paul Elliott White Orangeburg, Sc
Aug 13, 2014
Mr. Paul Elliott White, age 95, of Methodist Oaks Nursing Home, Orangeburg, SC, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Mr. White was born in Jonesville, SC on December 16, 1918 a son of the late Isaac W. White, Sr. and Bess Johnson White. He was a former member of Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church. Surviving are a niece Mary Barteet...
Ruby Lee Woolen Palmer
Aug 11, 2014
August 11, 2014 Mrs. Ruby Lee Woolen Palmer, age 90, of 1742 Santuc-Carlisle Highway, Union, widow of Will Hames Palmer, passed away, Sunday, August 10, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Palmer was born in Union, SC on October 3, 1923 a daughter of the late Sandy Alexander Woolen and Willie Pearl Crocker Woolen. She was a graduate of Union High...






