Nov 26, 2021

Mrs. Avonell Johnson Zimmerman of Buffalo passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021, at the age of 91 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. The widow of James Lester Zimmerman, she was a daughter of the late Ernell and Connie Johnson. She is survived by her daughter, Sondra and son-in-law, Earl Black; grandson Adam Black and his wife Catherine of Summerville,...

Nov 26, 2021

Mr. James Malcomb "Bogan" Fowler, age 91, widower of Betty F. Fowler of Brookside Dr., Jonesville, passed away Friday, November 26, 2021, at Union Medical Center.

Mr. Fowler was born in Jonesville, April 17, 1930, a son of the late James Harrison Fowler and Bessie Arnold Fowler. Mr. Fower was a retired deputy with the Union Co....

Nov 25, 2021

Mr. Paul Jerry Whitehead, Sr., age 69, widower of Judy Ellen Sizemore Whitehead of 202 Mill St., Union, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2021, at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mr. Whitehead was born in Union, January 2, 1952, a son of the late Ernest Eugene Whitehead, Sr. and Mason Greer Whitehead. He retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing...

Nov 25, 2021

Mrs. Martha Ann Greer Rogers, age 71, of Police Club Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, November 25, 2021, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness.

Mrs. Rogers was born in Union, March 5, 1950, a daughter of the late Charles Greer and Catherine Holcombe Greer Compton. She was a 1968 graduate of Union High...

Nov 24, 2021

Mr. James Elzie Newton, age 77, of 245 Gin Circle, Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at his home.

Mr. Newton was born in Buffalo, March 20, 1944, a son of the late James and Loree Phillips Newton. He was retired from MEMC in Moore and was the last surviving member of his immediate family.

Nov 21, 2021

Mr. William "Bill" West, age 103, of 701 Forest St., Jonesville, widower of Macie Dorman West passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021, at his home.

Mr. West was born August 26, 1918, in Jonesville, a son of the late Mitchell West and Sally Fowler West Barnett.  He retired after 52 years from J.P. Stevens and was a...

Nov 21, 2021

Mrs. Linda Johnson Chastain, age 63, wife of Mike Chastain of 657 Brown's Creek Rd., Union, passed away Sunday November 21, 2021, at her home after a battle with cancer.

Mrs. Chastain was born in Spartanburg County, November 18, 1958, a daughter of the late John T. Johnson and Nina Sherbert Johnson. She was a 1977 graduate...

Nov 21, 2021

Mr. James Cecil Barrett, age 90, husband of Flossie Stamper Barrett of 204 Meansville Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Heartland of Union.

Mr. Barrett was born in Beattyville, KY, April 27, 1931, a son of the late Ballard and Gertrude Gibson Barrett. He was a graduate of Henryville High School in Indiana and...

Nov 18, 2021

Mrs. Margaret Turner Culbertson, age 85, widow of Harold Culbertson, was called to Heaven on November 18, 2021. Born in Chester County, she was a daughter of the late Roland Monk Turner and Mary Pearson Turner. Mrs. Culbertson was preceded in death by two brothers, Henry "Squeaky" Turner of Lockhart and Charles Turner of Union. She was a graduate...

Nov 18, 2021

Mrs. Marilyn Riggs Sanders, age 73, wife of James Sanders, of 115 Malone Ave., Union, passed away Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Mary Black Campus.

Mrs. Sanders was born December 14, 1947, in Union, a daughter of the late Ellis Riggs and Sarah Hutcherson Riggs.  She was a 1966 graduate of Union High...

Nov 17, 2021

A celebration of life service will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday December 18, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 322 Veterans Dr., Union, for Mrs. Leslie Marie Lanier.

Mrs. Lanier, age 51 of 144 Pine Street, Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of Mike Lanier.

Nov 16, 2021

Mr. David Wayne Turner, age 87, husband of Juanita Haney Turner of 909 Flat Dr., Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Mary Black Hospital.

Mr. Turner was born in Morristown, TN, January 31, 1934, a son of the late Clarence A. Turner and Juanita Faye Campbell Turner. He retired from Cone Mill, Carlisle Finishing and...

Nov 15, 2021

Mrs. Lois Ellen Queen "Nanny" Garner, age 62, wife of Gerald Garner, of 125 S. 3rd St., Lockhart, passed away, Monday, November 15, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mrs. Garner was born January 18, 1959, in Union, a daughter of the late George Robert Queen and Loretta Cookson Queen.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...

Nov 14, 2021

Kenneth James "KJ" Lee, infant son of Kelly Lancaster and Katherine Lee, passed away, November 14, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Surviving in addition to his parents are two sisters, Samara and Saniya Lancaster; his maternal grandparents Kenneth Lee and girlfriend Amanda Young of Jonesville; and his paternal grandparents, Jennifer Dillingham and boyfriend Travis Byars of...

Nov 11, 2021

Rev. Roger Jewayne Byrd, age 76, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 11, 2021. "Call Me Gone"

Rev. Byrd was born in Seneca, SC., a son of the late Claude Thomas Byrd and Ruby Lee Bagwell Byrd McCall.  He retired after 35 years of service with the Church of God. Then, after his retirement...

Nov 10, 2021

Mr. Thomas Edward "Eddie" Puckett, age 77, husband of Susan Lee Puckett of 415 Townsel Rd., Chesnee, went home to be with his Lord, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at his home.

Mr. Puckett was born in Union, January 13,1944, a son of the late James and Corrie Bevis Puckett. He retired from the R.R. Donnelly Company and...

Nov 10, 2021

Mrs. Ruby Sprouse Weathers, age 79, wife of William Weathers, Jr., of 127 Lemonade Rd., Pacolet, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, November 10, 2021.

Mrs. Weathers was born in Spartanburg Co., May 15, 1942, a daughter of the late George Wilson and Maebell Hill Sprouse. She was a homemaker and a member of Friends...

Nov 10, 2021

Mr. Stephen F. "Steve" Blackwell, age 74, husband of Deena Stroud Blackwell of 131 Highland Dr., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Blackwell was born in Union, August 8, 1947, the only son of the late Elmer Clinton Blackwell and Sue Senn Blackwell. He was a graduate of the...

Nov 9, 2021

Mrs. Ann Medley Littlejohn, age 86 of 703 S. Boyce St., Union, widow of Darrell Brent Littlejohn, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at her home.

Mrs. Littlejohn was born in Polk Co., NC, June 4, 1935, a daughter of the late James Albert Medley and Pearl Gilbert Medley. She was a graduate of Spartanburg Regional School...

Nov 8, 2021

Mrs. Mary Frances Slack Knox, age 74, husband of James Albert "Pete" Knox, of 119 North 3rd St., Lockhart, passed away, Monday, November 8, 2021, at her home.

Mrs. Knox was born September 9, 1947, in Chester, a daughter of the late Henry T. Slack, II and Ruby Knighton Slack.  She delivered newspapers for the Spartanburg Herald...