Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
James Donald "Don" Shetley
Aug 23, 2022
Mr. James Donald "Don" Shetley, age 85, of 105 Benjamin St., Union, widower of Lillian Rose Shetley, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Union Medical Center.
Mr. Shetley was born in Union, October 25, 1936, a son of the late Joseph A. Shetley and Marie Self Shetley. He was a 1955 graduate of Union High School,...
Jerri Roberts Sanders
Aug 22, 2022
Mrs. Jeraldyn Roberts "Jerri" Sanders, age 81, of Jonesville, passed away Monday August 22, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mrs. Sanders was born in Pageland, SC, January 28, 1941, a daughter of the late E.H. Roberts and Cora Gathings Roberts. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and received her Master's degree in education from the University...
Thomas C. Hamilton
Aug 21, 2022
Thomas C. Hamilton, 90, of Anniston, Alabama passed away on the morning of August 21, 2022 at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living in Kernersville, NC.
Tom was born on July 28, 1932 in McAllister, Oklahoma to Jim and Anna Mae Hamilton. In June 1953, he married his first love, Ruth James. They raised two children, Nancy Wilburn and...
Mary Lancaster
Aug 21, 2022
Mary Hackler Lancaster, age 66 of Union, SC, wife of Dean Lancaster, joined her Lord and Savior in Paradise on August 21, 2022. She was born to Bruce Martin and Reba Sawyer in Conway SC on May 14, 1956. After her father's passing, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Roy Sawyer.
She was a devout...
Clara Nelle Hance
Aug 20, 2022
Mrs. Clara Nelle Gulley Hance, 95, widow of Eugene E Hance, formerly of Union, passed away Saturday, August 20,2022, at JF Hawkins in Newberry.
Mrs. Hance was born in Calhoun Falls, January 29,1927, to the late Marvin Warren and Bertha Moss Gulley. She grew up in Duncan and graduated from Duncan High school and Cecil's Business college....
Frances Carol Jenkins
Aug 19, 2022
Ms. Frances Carol Jenkins, age 67, of 202 Porter St., Union, passed away Friday, August 19, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Ms. Jenkins was born in Union, August 20, 1954, a daughter of the late Thomas Graham Jenkins, Sr. and Doris Hazel Knox Jenkins Kirby. She was a member of Glory Baptist Church.
Surviving...
Patricia Ann Smith
Aug 18, 2022
Mrs. Patricia Ann Smith, age 67, wife of Boyd William Smith, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mrs. Smith was born in Fort Campbell, KY, September 8, 1954, a daughter of the late Lee and Katie Sumner Foster. She was a former employee of Disney and was a member...
Linda S. Williams
Aug 18, 2022
Mrs. Linda Shetley Williams, age 72, wife of Claudie H. Williams, Jr., of 627 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022, at Union Medical Center.
Mrs. Williams was born in Union, November 27, 1949, a daughter of the late Lester L. "Bud" Shetley and Ada Ellis Shetley. She had retired from Conso Products...
Bernard Lamar Bishop
Aug 15, 2022
Mr. Bernard Lamar Bishop, 92, widower of Jane Hutton Sims Bishop of 507 West South Street (corner of Malone Ave.), Union, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center.
Mr. Bishop was born in Converse, SC, August 19, 1929, a son of the late Horace Earl and Allie Venia Barnett Bishop and a grandson...
Nicholas Sprouse "Nick" Gregory
Aug 12, 2022
Mr. Nicholas "Nick" Sprouse Gregory, age 37, of 213 Aberdeen Lane, Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away Friday, August 12, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Gregory was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 9, 1984, a son of Joey and Sara Beth Gregory. He was a 2002 graduate of Union County High School, and a 2006...
Michael Andrew Rhinehart
Aug 12, 2022
Mr. Michael Andrew "Bauldy" Rhinehart, age 53 of 323 Meadow Woods Rd., Union, passed away Friday, August 12, 2022 at Union Medical Center.
Mr. Rhinehart was born in Union, April 14, 1969, a son of Shirley Green Rhinehart of Union and the late Troy William "PeeWee" Rhinehart. He was employed as a construction worker and was a...
Homer Lee Solesbee
Aug 11, 2022
Mr. Homer Lee Solesbee, age 83, husband of Nancy Elizabeth Haney Solesbee, of 48 Mill Run, N. Augusta, passed away, Thursday, August 11, 2022 at his home.
Mr. Solesbee was born April 15, 1939 in Landrum, a son of the late Grover Lee Solesbee and Eva I. Lawson Solesbee. He was a graduate of Union High School...
Cathy Todd Brewington
Aug 9, 2022
Mrs. Cathy Todd Brewington, age 72, wife of Thomas Brewington, of 129 Buffalo St., Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at her home.
Mrs. Brewington was born June 22, 1950 in Union, a daughter of the late Donnie James Todd and Inez Todd. She was a retired textile worker and a member of Full Gospel Tabernacle...
Vyral Porter Bogan
Aug 9, 2022
Mrs. Vyral Porter Bogan, age 87, widow of David W. Bogan, Sr., of 1059 Gaffney Hwy., Jonesville, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at her home.
Mrs. Bogan was born in Spartanburg, October 15, 1934, a daughter of the late Ralph and Grace Tuck Porter. She retired from Physicians Billing Services in Spartanburg and was formerly employed...
Juanita W. Mccullough
Aug 8, 2022
Mrs. Juanita Wages McCullough, age 81,wife of Marvin Eugene McCullough Sr., went to be with the Lord, Monday August 8, 2022.
Mrs. McCullough was born in Union, SC, July 6, 1941, the daughter of the late James B. Wages, Sr. and Eula Varner Wages. She was a graduate of North Greenville Jr. College, and Blue MT College...
Barbara P. Holcombe
Aug 8, 2022
Mrs. Barbara Marlene Phipps Holcombe, age 74, of Spartanburg, went home to be with her Lord and Savior after a long illness on Monday, August 8, 2022 at Magnolia Manor, Spartanburg.
Mrs. Holcombe was born March 8, 1948, in Sampson Co., NC. She was the daughter of the late Jimmie Phipps and Lois Vanderford Phipps West. Barbara...
William Danny Horlacher
Aug 7, 2022
Mr. William Danny Horlacher, age 75, of 125 Fairbanks St., Jonesville, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney.
Mr. Horlacher was born in Gaffney, November 6, 1946, a son of the late William Lee Horlacher and Mildred Wallace Horlacher. He was a retired trooper with the SC Highway Patrol and was a...
Rickie Don Brewington
Aug 7, 2022
Mr. Rickie Don Brewington, age 64, of 137 Hilltop View, Union, widower of Nancy West Brewington, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022 at his home.
Mr. Brewington was born in Laurens Co., March 18, 1958, a son of the late Jimmy William and Elmer McAbee Brewington. He was a retired electrician having worked with Martin House Electrics....
John Franklin James
Aug 6, 2022
Mr. John Franklin James, Sr., age 57, husband of Michelle Moore James of 101 Woodhaven Place, Union, South Carolina passed away August 6, 2022 at Saint Francis Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina.
Mr. James was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, October 10, 1964, a son of Doctor Stanford and Mary Huggins James. He was a 1982...
Joyce Lemaster Pierce
Aug 6, 2022
Mrs. Joyce LeMaster Pierce, age 80, of 291 Cambridge Dr., Union, wife of Gene Pierce passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022.
Mrs. Pierce was born in Union, July 3, 1942 a daughter of the late Roy LeMaster and Lillie Mae Sinclair LeMaster. She was a graduate of Union High School and University of South Carolina-Union. She was...






