Obituaries
Helen Fowler Garner
Jul 30, 2014
July 30, 2014 Mrs. Helen Fowler Garner, widow of Edwin Grady Garner, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Skylyn Place in Spartanburg. Mrs. Garner was born in Union County, May 25, 1924, a daughter of the late Paul James Fowler and Lillie Mae Fowler Fowler. She was a graduate of Anderson School of Nursing. She retired from Cone Mill...
Hazel S. Gregory
Jul 25, 2014
July 25, 2014 While surrounded by her family, Mrs. Hazel Smith Gregory, widow of Joe Gregory, passed away peacefully at age 75, at her home, Thursday, July 24, 2014 after a struggle with cancer. Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, September 18, 1938, a daughter of the late Claude P. Smith and Annie Belle Palmer Smith. She graduated from Union...
William T. Beaty, Ii
Jul 24, 2014
Mr. William Thomas Beaty, II, age 91, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2014 at his home in Union, SC. Mr. Beaty was born in Union, June 21, 1923 the son of the late William Norman Beaty and Annie Janette Gore. He was the younger brother of three sisters, Cornelia (Neely) Meng Culp Beaty and her twin, Mary Norman Beaty Haynes,...
Kathy Marlene Lee
Jul 23, 2014
Ms. Kathy Marlene Gregory Fowler Lee, age 62 of 113 Partridge Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Ms. Lee was born in Union, SC January 7, 1952, a daughter of the late Ralph Henderson and Elizabeth Gregory. She was a graduate of Union High School and was employed with the US Postal Service...
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
