Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Wesley Jenkins
Jul 19, 2023
Charles Wesley Jenkins, age 43, of 1025 W. Main St. Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home.
Wesley was born at the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejune, NC, December 23, 1979, a son of Joseph W. Jenkins of the home and the late Belinda Gregory Jenkins. Wesley graduated from Princess Ann High...
Richard Duane Ireton
Jul 16, 2023
Richard Duane Ireton, 79, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, and friend left us to be with his Lord Jesus on Sunday, July 16, 2023 in Guthrie. Richard was born on May 2, 1944, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Harry and Hallie Ireton.
Richard was a Hawthorne Gorilla, a Classen Comet, and graduated...
Daisy Onetta Moody
Jul 16, 2023
Mrs. Daisy Onetta Anderson Moody, age 82, widow of Willie Furman Moody, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2023 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home.
Mrs. Moody was born in Union, February 23, 1941, a daughter of the late Willie Jackson Anderson and Bessie Austin Anderson. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Cone Mill,...
Linda M. Cassels
Jul 16, 2023
Linda Melton Cassels passed away July 16, 2023, surrounded by family and friends. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clifford Melton of Chester, SC. Linda is survived by her husband of 54 years, Michael Donald Cassels of Union, SC.
A native of Chester, SC, she was a summa cum laude graduate of the University...
Randall Cody Free
Jul 14, 2023
Mr. Randall Cody Free, age 54, of Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Spartanburg, passed away, Friday, July 14, 2023 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mr. Free was born in Baltimore, MD, January 24, 1969, and was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Woodford Free of Union. He was formerly employed as a driver with Belue Trucking. He...
Mary Scales Murphy
Jul 14, 2023
Mrs. Mary Scales Murphy, age 99, widow of H.M "Maxie" Murphy, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023.
Mrs. Murphy was born in Union, April 8, 1924, a daughter of the late Clyde and Josie Faucett Scales. She was a 1941 graduate of Union High School where she was Valedictorian of her senior class. She then attended Myer's...
James Earl Howell
Jul 13, 2023
Mr. James Earl Howell, age 61, of 8868 Lockhart Hwy., Sharon, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mr. Howell was born in Union, March 14, 1962, a son of Virginia Ogle Howell of the home and the late Bergin Eugene Howell. He attended Lockhart Schools and was formerly employed in car sales. From...
Donna M. Queen
Jul 12, 2023
Mrs. Donna Michelle George Queen, age 70, wife of Bryan Keith Queen of 219 Hope Dr., Lockhart, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Queen was born in Sinclair, IL, April 18, 1953, a daughter of the late Marvin and Betty Kock Queen. She retired from Haemonetics Corporation in Union.
Surviving in...
Willie Dean "Deanie" Clark
Jul 12, 2023
Mrs. Willie Dean Clark, fondly known as Deanie, widow of James Bobo Clark of Union, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at Brookstone Terrace of Woodruff.
Mrs. Clark was born in Greer, May 23, 1930, a daughter of the late Genevieve Jenkins Parham and Fletcher B. Parham of Arcadia, Spartanburg, SC.
Deanie worked as an...
C. Larry "Luke" Jenkins
Jul 12, 2023
Mr. Childs Larry "Luke" Jenkins, age 75, of Estes Rd., Union, widower of Brenda Bryant Jenkins, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Brookstone Terrace in Woodruff.
Mr. Jenkins was born in Union, September 25, 1947, a son of the late C.W. Jenkins and Janie Lee Cudd Jenkins. He was a graduate of Lockhart High School and...
Ronald Aubrey Garner
Jul 8, 2023
Mr. Ronald Aubrey "Ronnie" Garner, age 67, of 443 Gist Bridge Rd., Buffalo, husband of Tammy Adams Garner, went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family Saturday, July 8, 2023 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care.
Mr. Garner was born in Union, June 26, 1956, a son of the late James Aubrey and...
Dorothy (Vaughan) Grant
Jul 8, 2023
Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan Grant, age 78, of 1210 South Pinckney St., Union, loving wife of Larry Grant went home to be with the Lord Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum.
Mrs. Grant was born in Union, November 17, 1944, a daughter of the late Aubrey James and Bertha Henderson Vaughan. She was...
Roger L. Knox
Jul 6, 2023
Mr. Roger Lee Knox, age 66 of 301 2nd St., Union, passed away Thursday, July 6, 2023 at Spartanburg Medical Center after an extended illness.
Mr. Knox was born in Union, October 3, 1956, a son of the late George Henry Knox and Christine Sweeze Knox. He was a graduate of Union High School and retired from...
Gene Palmer
Jul 5, 2023
Mr. Gene Palmer, age 74, of 220 Estes Rd., Union, widower of Robin Lanier Palmer, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at his home.
Mr. Palmer was born in Union, October 24, 1948, a son of the late Henry Palmer, Sr. and Susie Black Palmer. He was a graduate of Union High School and received a bachelor's...
Penne Ham Ellis
Jul 4, 2023
Mrs. Penne Ham Ellis, age 60, widow of Bud Ellis of 4730 Jonesville Lockhart Hwy, Union, passed away Tuesday July 4,2023 at her home.
Mrs. Ellis was born in Union, August 15, 1962, a daughter of the late Leon Ham and Dorothy Horton. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and formerly worked as an LPN....
Elizabeth F. Ivester
Jul 3, 2023
Mrs. Elizabeth Franklin Ivester, age 84, wife of William Robert "Bob" Ivester of 138 Park Dr., Jonesville, passed away Monday, July 3, 2023, surrounded by her family at the home of her granddaughter.
Mrs. Ivester was born in Jonesville, August 23, 1938, a daughter of the late Jimmie Lee Franklin and Lois Sanders Franklin. She was a...
Reba W. House
Jul 3, 2023
Mrs. Reba Wilburn House, age 73, wife of Ray B. House of 210 Morningside Dr., Pauline, passed away Monday, July 3, 2023 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mrs. House was born in Union, December 21, 1949, a daughter of the late Clarence Lamar Wilburn and Grace Brannon Wilburn. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist...
Lewis Johnson "Johnny" Turner, Jr.
Jun 25, 2023
Lewis Johnson "Johnny" Turner, Jr. husband of Carolyn Faglie Turner and loving father of 4 daughters, received his heavenly award on June 25, 2023. "Johnny", age 90 was born on October 9, 1932 in Spartanburg, SC to Alyne Grace Johnson and Lewis Johnson Turner, Sr. He spent his youth involved with Boy Scouts and was a cabinet member of...
Sherrie (Pendleton) Callahan
Jun 24, 2023
Mrs. Sherrie Pendleton Callahan, age 64, wife of Michael D. Callahan, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Mrs. Callahan was born in Chicopee Falls, MA, December 20, 1958, a daughter of the late Hal Waldo Pendleton and Mildred McCarley Pendleton. She was a graduate of...
David A. Martin
Jun 22, 2023
Mr. David Albert Martin, age 67, of 253 Suber Lane, Union, widower of Carol Jean Martin, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023 at his home.
Mr. Martin was born in Cowpens, November 19, 1955, a son of the late Albert Martin and Earline Fowler Golicher. Mr. Martin was retired from Standard Textiles and had previously worked at...





