Obituaries
Linda R. Fleming
Dec 16, 2025
Mrs. Linda Rikard “Maw Maw” Fleming, age 77 of 609 Toney Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at the Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum.
Mrs. Fleming was born in Batesburg-Leesville, November 12, 1948, a daughter of the late Edward L. and Edna Carroll Rikard. She was a graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School and attended the University of South...
Clarence Odean Fowler
Dec 15, 2025
Mr. Clarence Odean Fowler, age 90, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2025. Mr. Fowler was born in Union County, SC September 12, 1935, to the late Pearl Lee Fowler and Paul Sterling Fowler. He was a graduate of Union High School. He was a barber for over 50 years in Union, retiring in 2017 as the owner and operator...
Mary Ann Murphy
Dec 15, 2025
Mrs. Mary Ann Medford Murphy, age 74, wife of Robert Paul Murphy of 3657 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, passed away Monday, December 15, 2025 at her home.
Mrs. Murphy was born in Clyde, NC, August 27, 1951, a daughter of the late Charles and Ruth Seay Medford. She retired from Sam’s Wholesale Club having worked in customer service. Mrs. Murphy was...
Derrek Cole Eaves
Dec 14, 2025
Mr. Derrek Cole Eaves, age 32, of 138 Edgewood Dr, Union, passed away, Sunday, December 14, 2025.
Mr. Eaves was born January 15, 1993, in Spartanburg, a son of James Eaves and the late Wendy Horne Eaves. He was a graduate of Union County High School and was a member of Oakbrook Community Church. Derrek loved spending time with family, watching...
Harold Bert Fowler
Dec 14, 2025
Harold Bert Fowler, age 81, of 203 Bogan Rd, Jonesville, SC passed peacefully on December 14, 2025, and entered into eternal rest with his Lord and Savior. A man of deep faith and steady character, Harold lived a life defined by devotion to God, love for his family, and humble service to others.
He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Matthew Marshall Mayhorn, Sr.
Dec 13, 2025
Matthew Marshall Mayhorn, Sr., sadly passed away Saturday December 13,2025 at Holmes Regional Medical Center, located in Melbourne Florida
Matthew was born in Logan, West Virginia On April 27,1965.to the late Larry Mayhorn and the late Arbutus Hendricks. Matthew was employed at Randolph Trucking for 29 years before his illness took him from doing the job he loved so much. While...
Joan Bishop Lawson
Dec 13, 2025
Joan Bishop Lawson, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend, passed away on December 13, 2025 at the age of 88. She was born in Union County, SC to the late Roy C. and Madge Hamrick Bishop.
She was raised in Buffalo, SC, with her four older brothers: the late Bob, Rodger, Jack, and Jerry Bishop. Joan graduated from Union High...
Janice Elaine Fowler
Dec 12, 2025
Mrs. Janice Elaine Fowler, age 84, formerly of Jonesville, passed away Friday, December 12, 2025 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home.
Mrs. Fowler was born in Union, November 9, 1941, a daughter of the late Gary Goings Trammell and Mattie Davis Trammell. She was employed as a sales clerk and had worked at Fast Phil’s in Jonesville.
She is survived by her husband...
Patsy Allen Littlejohn
Dec 8, 2025
Mrs. Patsy Allen Littlejohn, age 91, of 310 W. Hillcrest Ave., Union, widow of Donald G. Littlejohn, passed away, Monday, December 8, 2025 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Littlejohn was born October 31, 1934 in Pacolet, a daughter of the late Johnny Allen and Lorena Teaster Allen. She was a graduate of Pacolet High School, Cecil’s Business College, and the...
Ila Davis Johnson
Dec 7, 2025
Mrs. Ila Davis Johnson, age 87, of 164 Adams Lake Road, Union, widow of James F. Johnson, Sr., passed away, Sunday, December 7, 2025, at her home.
Mrs. Johnson was born August 12, 1938, in Lockhart, a daughter of the late Vester Davis and Ruth Sealy Davis. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School and Cecil’s Business College. Mrs. Johnson...
Ricky Lynn Malpass
Dec 2, 2025
Mr. Ricky Lynn Malpass, age 67, of Buffalo, SC, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House.
Rick, as his friends called him, was born November 21, 1958 to the late Charles and Bebe Malpass.
Surviving are his children, James Malpass, Jenna Vaughan (Brian), and Keenan Malpass. Ricky also had three beautiful grandchildren, Henry,...
Nellie Eppley Loftis
Nov 30, 2025
Mrs. Nellie Eppley Loftis, age 85, wife of Larry Loftis, of 114 Deepwater Road, Union, went to be with the Lord, Sunday November 30, 2025 with her precious husband by her side.
Mrs. Loftis was born November 8, 1940, in Campobello, a daughter of the late Roy O’Dell Eppley and Sarah Louise Lance Eppley Holzman. She moved from Duncan to Greenwood...
Rosamarie Marker Shipley
Nov 29, 2025
Mrs. Rosamarie Marker Shipley, age 75, wife of Richard Shipley, of 302 Buffalo West Springs Highway, Union, passed away, Saturday, November 29, 2025 at her home.
Mrs. Shipley was born in Aston, Pennsylvania on December 15, 1949, daughter of the late James Achuff and Mary Taylor Achuff. She worked as a school bus driver. Mrs. Shipley was a member of Emma...
June Jeter Smith
Nov 29, 2025
June Jeter Smith of Santuck passed away on November 29, 2025, at the age of 102.
She was born November 17, 1923, in Santuck, a daughter of the late James Ryan Jeter, Sr., and Cornelia Caveny Jeter.
Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her beloved husband Wilbur Frasier Smith, Jr.
She graduated from Union High School and attended Limestone College. During World War II,...
George Howard Weltman
Nov 28, 2025
In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral service or calling hours for George H. Weltman, age 85, of Frazeysburg, Ohio, who died on November 28, 2025 at home. He was born December 21, 1939 in Toledo, Ohio, to the late George L. and Delores (Nemree) Weltman, and was raised by his step-mother, the late Georgiana (Ritz) Weltman.
George...
Barham (Bannie) Foster Kennedy
Nov 28, 2025
Barham Foster (Bannie) Kennedy, II entered eternal rest on November 28, 2025, at the age of 96.
Bannie Kennedy was born in Union, South Carolina where he attended High School. He completed a degree in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1950, and, in the same year, was employed by E. I. DuPont de Nemours in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In January 1951,...
Michael L Lovelace
Nov 27, 2025
Mr. Michael L. “Mike” Lovelace, age 75, husband of Ponnee Grady Lovelace, of 127 Southwood Dr., Union, passed away, Thursday, November 27, 2025 at his home.
Mr. Lovelace was born in Spartanburg on December 28, 1949, of son of the late Everette Thurber Lovelace and Frances Davis Blalock. He was a graduate of Gaffney High School and retired from the South...
Peggy S. Bullard
Nov 27, 2025
Mrs. Peggy S. Bullard, age 77, of 224 Leaman Avenue, Whitmire, widow of John L. Bullard, passed away, Thursday, November 27, 2025 at her home.
Mrs. Bullard was born December 9, 1947, in Whitmire, a daughter of the late Earl Prince and Helen Sinclair Prince. She was a graduate of Whitmire High School and retired from the SC Department of Motor...
Davy Lee Peahuff
Nov 26, 2025
Mr. Davy Lee Peahuff, age 60, of 1201 Pineland Road, Union, passed away, Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Union Medical Center.
Mr. Peahuff was born May 2, 1965, in Union, a son of the late Ernest Peahuff and Gloria Spencer Peahuff. He worked at Milliken & Co for 40 years.
Surviving is a sister, Tracy Garner of Union; a nephew, Shane Peahuff...
Mary Joan Howell New
Nov 25, 2025
Mrs. Mary Joan Howell New, age 75, wife of Jacob Leroy New of 116 Sprouse Rd., Jonesville, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Mrs. New was born in Union, May 19, 1950, a daughter of the late Wade Howell and Helen Turner Howell. She retired from Dollar General as an assistant manager and was a member...
