Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Patrick Dennis Russell
Jul 15, 2024
Mr. Patrick Dennis Russell age 51, husband of Emily Smith Russell of 103 Brookside Dr., Union, passed away Monday, July 15, 2024.
Mr. Russell was born in Toccoa, GA, April 3, 1973, a son of Dennis C. Russell and Barbara Barnett Russell of Union. He was a 1991 graduate of Union High School and had recently retired...
James Alvin Lancaster
Jul 14, 2024
Mr. James Alvin Lancaster, age 93, of 1812 Main St., Buffalo, widower of Frances Gregory Lancaster, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, July 14, 2024.
Mr. Lancaster was born in Union, April 1, 1931, a son of the late Robert Theodore Lancaster and Willie Mae Lamb Lancaster. He was a 1949 graduate of West Springs...
Wallace R. Russell
Jul 13, 2024
Mr. Wallace Reid Russell, age 86, of Jonesville, went home to be with our Lord, Saturday, July 13, 2024 at Union Medical Center. He leaves behind the love of his life for 63 years, Shirley Giles Russell.
Mr. Russell was born in Blackwater, VA, July 12, 1938, a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Russell and Leona...
Raymond "Eddie" Duncan, Jr.
Jul 13, 2024
Mr. Raymond E. "Eddie" Duncan, Jr., age 66, husband of Rhonda Nave Duncan of 134 Duncan Circle, Union, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024 at his home.
Mr. Duncan was born in Union, January 25, 1958, a son of the late Raymond E. Duncan, Sr. and Bessie Jennings Duncan. He was a 1975 graduate of Union High...
James Edgar Whitehead
Jul 11, 2024
Mr. James Edgar Whitehead, age 75, husband of Marlene Eller Whitehead, of 334 Riley Road, Buffalo, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 11, 2024 at his home.
Mr. Whitehead was born December 29, 1948 in Union, a son of the late Benjamin Murray Whitehead and Kate Smith Whitehead. He was a graduate of Union High...
Terri G. Foster
Jul 11, 2024
Mrs. Terri Garner Foster, age 68 of 420 Bailey Rd., Buffalo, widow of Charles Richard Foster, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Spartanburg Medical Center
Mrs. Foster was born in Union, November 30, 1956, a daughter of the late Heyward and Lucille Vaughn Garner. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Earl "Gator" Hudson, Iii
Jul 10, 2024
Mr. Earl E. "Gator" Hudson, III, age 55, husband of Leila Betsy Sherbert Hudson of Union, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
Mr. Hudson was born in Washington, GA, August 18, 1968, a son of Donna Perdue Hudson of Thomson, GA and the late Earl E. "Junebug" Hudson, Jr. He was a graduate of Briarwood Academy and...
Vernon Sprouse, Jr.
Jul 10, 2024
Mr. Vernon Sprouse, Jr., age 54, of 3233 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at Union Medical Center.
Mr. Sprouse was born December 3, 1969 a son of Vernon Gene Sprouse, Sr. and Barbara Feemster Sprouse. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and the University of South Carolina Columbia. Mr. Sprouse...
Roy G. Davis
Jul 10, 2024
Mr. Roy G. Davis, age 78, husband of Alice Price Davis of 1012 S. Pinckney St., Union, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
Mr. Davis was born in Buffalo, May 9, 1946, a son of the late Fred J. Davis, Sr. and Darnell Deputy Davis. He retired from Timken and Co. where...
Betty Jean (Barnett) Alexander
Jul 9, 2024
Mrs. Betty Jean Barnett Alexander, age 88 of 103 N Evans St., Union, SC, passed away on July 9th, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born January 29th, 1936 to the late Boyce Barnett and Lettie Campbell Barnett and was raised in Inman, SC, alongside one brother, the late Bill Barnett. She graduated from Gramling...
Billy Jack Wentz
Jul 9, 2024
Mr. William Jack "Billy Jack" Wentz, age 59 of Graystone Rd. Jonesville went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
Mr. Wentz was born in Union, September 20, 1964, a son of Dr. Robert M. Wentz of Union and the late Jacqueline Frances Wentz. He was a 1983 graduate of Union Academy and received...
Virginia F. Haney
Jul 8, 2024
Mrs. Virginia "Babe" Fowler Haney, age 95, of 136 Seigler Rd., Union, passed away Monday, July 8, 2024 at her home.
Mrs. Haney was born in Union, April 8, 1929, a daughter of the late William T. Fowler and Hettie Gregory Fowler. A loving and devoted mother and grandmother, she had also worked in sales with different...
Shirley M. Farr
Jul 2, 2024
Mrs. Shirley Ann McDaniel Farr, age 79, of Union, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center.
Mrs. Farr was born February 24, 1945, in Union, a daughter of the late Nellie Mae McDaniel Smith. She was a 1965 graduate of Union High School. Mrs. Farr retired from Union Dry Cleaners and had previously...
Olin Keith Dabbs
Jul 1, 2024
Mr. Olin Keith Dabbs, age 85, of 203 S. Second St., Lockhart, widower of Laura Latham Dabbs, passed away, Monday, July 1, 2024, at his home.
Mr. Dabbs was born in Lockhart on October 2, 1938, a son of the late L.J. Dabbs and Mary Justice Dabbs. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and retired...
Larry Oates, Jr.
Jun 30, 2024
Mr. Norman Lawrence "Larry" Oates, Jr., age 59, of Union, passed away, Sunday, June 30, 2024, at home.
Mr. Oates was born September 29, 1964, in Cumberland, Maryland, a son of the late Norman Lawrence Oates, Sr. and Gloria Hardesty Collins of Maryland. He was an alumni of Milton Hershey School and received a Bachelor Degree from...
Mary Bechtel Chorpenning
Jun 29, 2024
Mrs. Mary Bechtel Chorpenning, age 90 of Fredrick, Maryland passed away June 29, 2024.
She was the mother of four children including a daughter, Terry Harris of Union. She was greatly loved by her family and will be truly missed.
Services were held in Maryland.
Announcement courtesy of the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home....
Linda Gale Kingsmore
Jun 28, 2024
Ms. Linda Gale Kingsmore, age 82, of Murrells Inlet, SC passed away peacefully on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Ms. Kingsmore was born in Union, March 14, 1942, a daughter of the late Archie Herrell Kingsmore and Sue Hyatt Kingsmore of Buffalo. Linda was a 1960 graduate of Union High School and a 1964 graduate of Winthrop University...
Judy Babb
Jun 28, 2024
Mrs. Judy Posey Babb, age 83, of 136 Pinewood Acres Rd, Union, widow of Curtis Lewis Babb, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024 at Union Post Acute Care.
Mrs. Babb was born in Union, April 4, 1941, a daughter of the late William David Posey and Louise Knox Posey. She was a graduate of Union High School...
Cornelia Gaye (Smart) Copeland
Jun 28, 2024
Mrs. Cornelia Gaye Smart Copeland, age 77, wife of Michael Scott Copeland, of 151 Bailey Rd., Buffalo, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024 at her home.
Mrs. Copeland was born February 16, 1947 in York, a daughter of the late William Roy Smart and Ocie Ovella Huskins Smart. She was a graduate of Pearson School of Cosmetology...
James Carl Babb
Jun 24, 2024
Mr. James Carl Babb, age 86, husband of Lynn Camby Babb, passed away Monday, June 24, 2024 at Oakmont/Union Post Acute.
Mr. Babb was born in Union, November 18, 1937 a son of the late Herbert and Lily Mae Varner Babb. He retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and was a member of Faith Community Church (Union...






