Jan 23, 2022

Mrs. Shirley Pickavant Patterson, age 82, of 332 River Ridge Rd., Pacolet, widow of Charles William Patterson, passed away, Sunday, January 23, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mrs. Patterson was born October 5, 1939, in Providence, RI, a daughter of the late Clifford Pickavant and Amy Johnson Pickavant.  She was a graduate of Toleman High School...

Jan 22, 2022

Mr. Dennis Wayne "Slack" Keisler, age 63, of 208 Quail Hallow Rd., Union, passed away, Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Lake Emory Post Acute Care.

Mr. Keisler was born December 6, 1958 in Union, a son of Judith Dawkins Green of Union and the late Henry Green and the late Alfred Keisler.  He was a retired business...

Jan 22, 2022

Ms. Catharine Magner Dawkins, age 60, of Union passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Ms. Dawkins was born October 18, 1961, in Fairfax, VA, a daughter of the late James Edward Magner and Pearl Rowland Magner.  She retired from Torrington Co.—Tyger River Plant.

Surviving is a son, Brad Dawkins of...

Jan 22, 2022

Mr. Arthur William "Bill" Craig, Jr., age 93, husband of Vivian Rochester Craig of 115 Forest St., Jonesville, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Craig was born March 3, 1928, in Jonesville, a son of the late Arthur W. Craig and Beula Ochiltree Craig.  He was a graduate of Jonesville High...

Jan 22, 2022

Mrs. Bobbie Joan Willard Ward, age 86, of 112 Woodhaven Dr., Union, widow of Ben Ward, Jr., passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Heartland of Union.

Mrs. Ward was born November 28, 1935 in Buffalo, a daughter of the late John B. "Red" Willard and Della Ford Willard.  She was a graduate of Union High School...

Jan 22, 2022

Mrs. Jimmie Bates Yount, age 74, wife of Cecil Yount, of 1127 Jonesville Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022, at home.

Mrs. Yount was born November 27, 1947, in Barnwell, SC, a daughter of the late Doc Bates and Alma Weaver Bates.  She was a graduate of Barnwell High School and was a certified...

Jan 22, 2022

Mr. Richard A. "Dick" Stalnaker, age 95, of 198 Frank Hill Loop Ext., Union, widower of Rosinelle Bobo "Tootsie" Stalnaker, passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Union Medical Center.

Mr. Stalnaker was born December 29, 1926 in Atlanta, a son of the late Alexander Stalnaker and Josie Whitman Stalnaker.  He was a graduate of Lockhart High...

Jan 20, 2022

Mr. Ernest Edward Jennings, III, age 41, of 1132 Clarkson Ave., Newberry, passed away, Thursday, January 20, 2022, at his home.

Mr. Jennings was born July 12, 1980, in Union, a son of Lois Alexander Jennings and the late Ernest Edward Jennings, Jr.

Surviving in addition to his mother are two brothers, Terry Willard and...

Jan 20, 2022

Mrs. Ruth Ham Dabbs, age 90, formerly of Foster Dr., Sharon, widow of James "Buster" Dabbs, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Heartland of Union.

Mrs. Dabbs was born in Chester, April 30, 1931, a daughter of the late William Lawrence Ham and Jessie Love Ham. She was retired from Milliken and Co., Lockhart Mill after...

Jan 18, 2022

Mrs. Maggie Trammell Howell, age 90, of 612 W. Main St., Union, widow of O'Neal Howell, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at Union Medical Center.

Mrs. Howell was born in Union, February 12, 1931, a daughter of the late Gary and Mattie Davis Trammell. She was a homemaker and a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mrs....

Jan 18, 2022

Mr. Michael Carl "Mike" Stevens, age 76, husband of Joan Caldwell Stevens of 105 Circle Dr., Union, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Stevens was born in Union, June 20, 1945, a son of the late Carl and Edna Hall Stevens. He was a graduate of the Camden Military Academy and...

Jan 16, 2022

Mrs. Arlene Fox Gregory, age 63, of 141 Hearthstone Lane, Boiling Springs, widow of Charles Gregory, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mrs. Gregory was born in Union, April 15, 1958, a daughter of the late Kenneth and Shirley Boulware Fox. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from the...

Jan 10, 2022

Mrs. Phyllis Crocker Stines, age 82, of 214 Old Shetley Place, Union, widow of Beverly Stines, Jr., passed away, Monday, January 10, 2022 at Union Medical Center.

Mrs. Stines was born November 6, 1939 in Spartanburg, a daughter of the late John Louie Crocker and Ruby Burgess Crocker.  She retired after 17 ½ years from Wallace Thomson...

Jan 9, 2022

The family of Sabrina Karen Mathis is left to grieve her passing on January 9, 2022.

Sabrina was a lover of nature and all God's creatures in it. No animal every went hungry or endured an injury that she could not remedy. She worked many years at Yerkes Primate Center, taking care of the many primates and...

Jan 9, 2022

Mrs. Nellie Ivey Steagall, age 95, of 106 James St., Union, widow of J.W. Steagall, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mrs. Steagall was born March 16, 1926 in Union, a daughter of the late Dorsey Douglas Ivey and Dora Horne Ivey.  She was a graduate of Union High School and attended...

Jan 8, 2022

Wayne was born to Marvin and Nora Lancaster Springs, September 21, 1938, in the Sulphur Springs community. Wayne had 4 siblings: Dale (Mildred) Springs (both deceased), Patricia Lawson, Buffalo, SC, Linda (Dan) Scott, Simpsonville, SC, and Judy Garner, Union, SC.

Wayne attended Knott Hill, a one room schoolhouse, in Sulphur Springs and graduated from Jonesville High School...

Jan 8, 2022

Mr. Ralph Eugene "Gene" (Cuz) Gregory, age 88, husband of Barbara Harris Gregory, of 707 E. Main St., Union, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 at his home.

Mr. Gregory was born March 10, 1933 in Union, a son of the late Will Gregory and Hilda Saunders Gregory.  In 1965, he founded Gene's Fine Foods.  Previously he...

Jan 7, 2022

Mr. Thomas Lee Coffer, age 92, passed away Friday, January 7, 2022.  He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 16, 1929, a son of the late Margaret James Coffer and Silas Coffer. He was a graduate of Rankin High School, and soon after began work at Cone Mills Textile Corporation. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara...

Jan 7, 2022

Mr. Kenneth Wayne Holcombe, age 81, of 125 Amber Dr., Union, widower of Sandra Littlejohn Holcombe, passed away, Friday, January 7, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Holcombe was born March 12, 1940, in Union, a son of the late Sidney Earl Holcombe and Margaret Gregory Holcombe.  Mr. Holcombe retired as a Pastor and had also...

Jan 6, 2022

Mrs. Pricilla Keasler Vess, age 79, widow of Melvin Vess, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2022, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center. Melvin and Pricilla enjoyed 55 years of marriage prior to his death in 2015.

Mrs. Vess was born in Chester, June 8, 1942, a daughter of the late John and Estelle Jackson Keasler. She was a...