Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Shirby Gentry Duckett
Mar 18, 2023
Mrs. Shirby Gentry Duckett, age 78, of 728 Webber Lake Rd., Union, widow of James E. Duckett, passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Duckett was born September 21, 1944 in Union, a daughter of the late Ruby Smith Morris. She was a graduate of Union High School and was a retired textile worker. ...
Shirley (Lipsey) Moss
Mar 18, 2023
Mrs. Shirley Lipsey Moss, age 88, of 115 Joe Eubanks Rd., Buffalo, widow of Ralph L. Moss, Sr., passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Union Medical Center.
Mrs. Moss was born October 1, 1934 in Jonesville, a daughter of the late Willie Austin Lipsey, Sr. and Mary Pearl Baldwin Lipsey. She was retired from Conso Products. ...
Jeannine (Gregory) Elliott
Mar 16, 2023
Mrs. Jeannine Gregory Elliott, age 89, wife of Samuel V. "Sam" Elliott, Sr., of 445 Riley Rd., Buffalo, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 16, 2023, at her home.
Mrs. Elliott was born February 4, 1934 in Union, a daughter of the late Ross Gregory and Wirt Roberts Gregory. She was a graduate of Union...
Amy A. Wood
Mar 15, 2023
Mrs. Amy Adams Wood, age 57, of Chesnee, formerly of Lockhart, passed away suddenly March 15, 2023.
Mrs. Wood was born in Union, November 23, 1965, a daughter of the late Fowler and Frances Bishop Adams. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and Mary Black School of Nursing. She was employed with Interim Home Health....
Bert Dwayne Gibson
Mar 15, 2023
Mr. Bert Dwayne Gibson, age 51, of 607 Gaffney Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at his home.
Mr. Gibson was born in Gaffney, December 3, 1971 a son of Peggy Horne Hammett and Jerry Wayne Gibson both of Pacolet. He had worked as an auto mechanic until his health declined.
Surviving in...
Hilda Ruth Osborne
Mar 12, 2023
Mrs. Hilda Ruth Haney Osborne, age 100, widow of Edward Lee Osborne of Buffalo, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023, at her daughter's home in Virginia.
Mrs. Osborne was born in Buffalo, February 17, 1923, a daughter of the late James Rowe Haney and Clarine Ratcliff Haney. She was a member of Buffalo United Methodist Church and...
Addie Mae Lawson
Mar 8, 2023
Mrs. Addie Mae Smith Lawson, age 89, of 2320 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Buffalo, widow of Lloyd Lawson, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Lawson was born in Union Co., October 11, 1933, a daughter of the late Browning and Lillie Smith. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother...
Belinda G. Jenkins
Mar 6, 2023
Mrs. Belinda Gregory Jenkins, age 71, wife of Joseph Jenkins of 1025 Main St., Buffalo, passed away Monday, March 6, 2023 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mrs. Jenkins was born in Union, May 14, 1951, a daughter of the late Ray Spencer Gregory and Betty Lawson Gregory Kirby and her step-father, Bill Kirby. She was a...
Shirley B. Taylor
Mar 5, 2023
Mrs. Shirley Belue Taylor, age 85, widow of Jack Wix Taylor, Sr., of 210 Sweet Water Dr., Buffalo, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Union, September 22, 1937, a daughter of the late Jorden Henry Belue and Sarah Allen Belue. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
William "Billy" Lafayette Edwards
Mar 4, 2023
Mr. William Lafayette "Billy" Edwards age73, formerly of Union, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Carlyle Senior Care in Aiken.
Mr. Edwards was born in Union, SC March 2, 1950, a son of the late Emmett Lafayette Edwards and Daisy Belle Roark Edwards. He was retired from the United Merchants-Union Mill plant.
Surviving are...
Margie D. Burgess
Mar 4, 2023
Mrs. Margie Donnels Burgess, age 65 wife of Terry Burgess, Sr. of 496 Putman Rd., Buffalo, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, March 4, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Burgess was born in Spartanburg, SC January 21, 1958, a daughter of the late George Grimm Donnels and Grace Adams Donnels. She attended Putman Baptist Church...
Waleanor E. Kirby
Mar 2, 2023
Mrs. Waleanor Eaves Kirby, age 91, of 217 City View Circle, Union, widow of William Walter "Bill" Kirby, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 2, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Kirby was born in Kelton, November 4, 1931, a daughter of the late Mardis Eaves and Pearl Gault Eaves Ford....
Haskell Donald "Don" Mitchell, Jr.
Mar 1, 2023
Mr. Haskell Donald "Don" Mitchell, Jr., age 64, of 304 Buffalo West Springs Highway, Union, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Don was born October 10, 1958 in Union, a son of the late Haskell Donald "Hack" Mitchell, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth Vaughan Mitchell. He was a 1976 graduate of Union High...
Jimmy Rochelle Brock
Feb 28, 2023
Mr. Jimmy Rochelle Brock, age 69, of 151 Mudbridge Road, Buffalo, widower of Wanda Davis Brock, passed away, Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at his home.
Mr. Brock was born April 21, 1953, in Union, a son of the late Jesse Leo Brock and Rena Mae Parton Brock. He was retired from the South Carolina Department of Transportation....
Debbie P. Rector
Feb 26, 2023
Mrs. Debbie Rene' Pendleton Rector, age 68, wife of Tommy Rector of 204 Will Palmer Rd., Union, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 26, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Rector was born in San Antonio, TX, February 26, 1955, a daughter of the late Hal Waldo Pendleton and Mildred McCarley Pendleton. She was a...
Lois G. Sanders
Feb 25, 2023
Mrs. Lois Louise Gregory Sanders, age 96, of 117 Partridge Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Lee Sanders for 71 years, and Grandmother not only to her family but to all who knew her.
Mrs. Sanders was born in...
Mary V. Fleming
Feb 24, 2023
Mrs. Mary Christine Varner Fleming age 80, of 133 Fleming Hill Rd., Jonesville, widow of Bennie Ronald "Buddy" Fleming, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023 at her home.
Mrs. Fleming was born in Jonesville, January 8, 1943, a daughter of the late Lewis Dixon Varner, Jr. and Christine Foster Varner. She was a graduate of Jonesville High...
Donald P. Crisp
Feb 23, 2023
Mr. Donald Pendleton Crisp, age 89, husband of Emma Jean Osborne O'Shields Crisp of Aiken, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023 at the Aiken Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Crisp was born in Dorsey, NC, April 4, 1933, a son of the late Harry and Hettie Buckner Crisp. A native of Union Co., Mr. Crisp was retired from...
James T. Shetley
Feb 23, 2023
Mr. James Thomas Shetley, age 79, husband of Helen Motte Shetley of 1441 West Springs Hwy., Jonesville, passed away, Wednesday, February 23, 2023 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home.
Mr. Shetley was born in Union Co., February 17, 1944, a son of the late Woodrow W. Shetley and Dorothy Johnson Smith. He was a retired plumber having operated...
Daniel L. Martin
Feb 22, 2023
Mr. Daniel Lee Martin, age 89, husband of Frances Sumner Martin of 2718 Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mr. Martin was born in Union, July 11, 1933, a son of the late Fred Lee Martin and Ora Sutton Martin. He was a graduate of Union High School...





