Aug 6, 2022

Mr. Isaac "Ike" Smith Sr., age 95, of 186 Wedgewood Rd., Jonesville, husband of Marcella Burgess Smith passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022, at his home.

Mr. Smith was born August 26, 1926, a son of the late Roscoe and Martha Smith. He worked as a carpenter until his retirement. Mr. Smith served the United States Navy...

Aug 6, 2022

Mr. Cecil Gerald "Butch" Smith, age 70, of 3253 Whitmire Hwy., Union, husband of Linda Bennett Smith passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mr. Smith was born in Union, March 14, 1952 a son of the late Cecil and Della Faye Lovings Smith.  He worked as an automobile technician until he retired.

Aug 3, 2022

Mr. Dallas Michael "Micky" Cranford, age 79, of 400 S. Boyce St., Union, widower of Alice Abee Cranford, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at his home.

Mr. Cranford was born in Union, April 10, 1943, a son of the late Dallas L. Cranford and Elvie Treadway Cranford. He was a 1961 graduate of Union High School...

Aug 3, 2022

Mrs. Susan Vess McAbee, age 63 of 213 Keenan Ave., Union, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at Heartland of Union.

Mrs. McAbee was born in Union, October 26, 1958, a daughter of the late Arthur and Georgia Inman Vess. She was a 1976 graduate of Union High School and received her nursing degree from USC-Upstate. Mrs....

Aug 2, 2022

Zachary Douglas Raines, age 30, of 334 Pea Ridge Hwy., Jonesville, passed away suddenly Tuesday, August 2, 2022.

Zachary was born in Spartanburg, February 7, 1992, and is the son of Amanda Lancaster England and husband Jamison of Jonesville and Allen Lee Raines and wife Lee of Fayetteville, NC. He graduated from Union County High School in...

Aug 1, 2022

Brandon Gage Ward, age 20, of 7780 S. Pine St., Pacolet, passed away at his home on Monday, August 1, 2022.

Gage was born in Spartanburg, December 19, 2001, a son of the late Jessica Ashmore and Wesley Ward of Union. He was a graduate of Broome High School and worked in the logging industry. He was...

Jul 31, 2022

Mrs. Betty Horn Belue, age 87, widow of William Frank Belue of 121 Gault St., Jonesville, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home.

Mrs. Belue was born in High Shoals, NC, November 21, 1934, a daughter of the late Simon William "Bill" Horn and Lula Bridges Horn. She was retired from the Union...

Jul 31, 2022

Mr. Edward Ray Roberts, age 74, husband of Janice Wilson Roberts of Spartanburg, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Amy Roberts House and husband Craig of Spartanburg; a granddaughter, Jessica Cook and husband Ben of Chesnee; a great-granddaughter, Leia Cook; a sister,...

Jul 31, 2022

Mr. Davie Gaston Bledsoe, Jr., age 78, of 3231 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy., Buffalo, widower of Thelma Davis Bledsoe, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022 at his home.

Mr. Bledsoe was born in Blackwater, VA, March 6, 1944, a son of the late Davie G. Bledsoe, Sr. and Virgie Rhoton Bledsoe. He was retired from the Textile industry...

Jul 30, 2022

Mr. Albert Jerry Moore, Sr., age 80, of Riverview FL, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Life Path Hospice Home in Ruskin, FL.

Mr. was born in Union, September 14, 1941 a son of the late Jasper Jones Moore, Jr. and Sarah Margaret Furr Moore. He was retired from the US Navy having served as a...

Jul 28, 2022

Mrs. Nellie Austin Alexander, age 81, of 569 Morris Bridge Rd., Roebuck, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mrs. Alexander was born in Union Co., July 19, 1941, a daughter of the late Roy and Alice Peahuff Austin. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Hoechst Fiber. Mrs. Alexander...

Jul 27, 2022

Mrs. Mary Kay Motts Dillard, age 73, of 360 Spring St., Pacolet, widow of Hugh Carter Dillard, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at Mary Black Hospital.

Mrs. Dillard was born in Spartanburg Co., February 21, 1949, a daughter of the late Sam and Mary Elizabeth Weathers Motts. She was a homemaker and a member of Pacolet...

Jul 25, 2022

Mr. Tony Scott Trakas, age 64, of 148 Springdale Drive, Union, widower of Betsy Rector Trakas, passed away, Monday, July 25, 2022 at his home.

Mr. Trakas was born September 12, 1957 in Union, a son of the late James and Vivian Smith Trakas.  He was a 1976 graduate of Union High School where he was a...

Jul 24, 2022

Mrs. Jeanette Elizabeth Robinson Johnson, age 91, passed away at Rosecrest Senior Living in Inman, Saturday, July 23, 2022 after an extended illness.

Mrs. Johnson was born in Union on October 21, 1930, a daughter of the late Lewis Robert Robinson "Diamond" and Loree James Robinson. She attended Union High School and was a retired textile employee....

Jul 23, 2022

Mrs. Ruby Maness Ford, age 96, widow of James Walter Ford to whom she was married for more than 66 years, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Born June 7, 1926, in Nora, VA, she was a daughter of the late Sterling S. and Charity Minor Maness. A graduate of Union High School,...

Jul 19, 2022

Mr. Jimmy Dean Edwards, age 69 of 502 Blassingame St., Union, passed away July 19, 2022 at his home.

Mr. Edwards was born in Union, November 4, 1953, a son of the late Emmette L. Edwards and Daisy Belle Roark Edwards. He was employed with Advanced Auto and had retired from Milliken and Co.

Surviving...

Jul 18, 2022

Mr. Jimmy M. Smith, age 86, of 1816 Whitmire Hwy., Union, widower of Norma Turner Smith, passed away, Monday, July 18, 2022 at his son's home.

Mr. Smith was born December 3, 1935 in Duluth, GA, a son of the late Jimmy Claude Smith and Mabel Martin Smith.  He was a graduate of Duluth High School and...

Jul 17, 2022

It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of Margaret Palmer Scarborough, our loving mother, grandmother, and friend to many.  Margaret was a devoted wife of her late husband, Lee Scarborough a well-known businessman in the community, for 44 years.

Mrs. Scarborough was born June 5, 1937, in Union, a daughter of the late Sidney and...

Jul 15, 2022

Mr. Roger Lee Hackler, 81 of Union, SC joined his Lord and Savior in Paradise on July 15, 2022.  He was born to Walter McKemic and Elzie Lee Bourne Hackler in Galax, VA on Thanksgiving Day in 1940.

Mr. Hackler began his career with Wamsutta Mills at the age of 14.  An acquisition by Lowenstein Textiles relocated...

Jul 14, 2022

Mr. Francis Pavia "Moose" Borga, Jr., age 59, husband of Rhoda Ellen Borga of 125 South St., Buffalo, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, July 14, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville.

Mr. Borga was born in Cambridge, MD, August 29, 1962, a son of the late Francis P. Borga, Sr. and Margaret Louise Weber Borga. He was...