Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Bobby Ray "Pops" Winstead, Sr.
Aug 29, 2021
Mr. Bobby Ray "Pops" Winstead, Sr., age 76, of 246 Proctor Rd., Jonesville, widower of Brenda Ferguson Winstead, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mr. Winstead was born in Spartanburg Co., May 24, 1945, a son of the late Clay and Ruth Odell Winstead. He was retired from Roebuck Builders and a...
Allison Bearden Foster
Aug 28, 2021
Mrs. Allison Leigh Bearden Foster, age 46, wife of Dennis R. Foster of 3311 Jonesville-Lockhart Hwy., Union, passed away Friday, August 27, 2021, at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mrs. Foster was born in Greenwood, May 20, 1975, a daughter of Wayne A. and Linda Dickert Bearden of Greenwood. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and received...
Doris L. Addison
Aug 27, 2021
Mrs. Doris Lawson Addison, age 92, wife of Raymond L. Addison passed away Friday, August 27, 2021, at Peachtree Center in Gaffney.
Mrs. Addison was born in Union, July 7, 1929, and was reared in the home of Monroe and Ellen Lawson. She retired after 15 years from Belk Department store and had previously worked at Community...
Shelby Jean Helton
Aug 26, 2021
Mrs. Shelby Jean Helton, age 83, of Pacolet Mills, widow of Carroll "Ed" Helton, passed away August 26, 2021 at her home after a long illness with dementia.
Mrs. Helton was born in Spartanburg Co., February 4, 1938, a daughter of the late Lloyd and Jeanette Pettit Ellison. She was quiet, sweet, thoughtful, and generous. She loved...
Bryan Nicolas Belue
Aug 18, 2021
Mr. Bryan Nicolas Belue, age 23, of 322 Oakland Rd., Union, passed away, August 18, 2021.
Mr. Belue was born November 29, 1997 , in Spartanburg, a son of Shawn Nicholas Belue and the late Kristy Kirby. He was a 201 6 graduate of Union High School and co-owned and operated Express Hydraulics of Union...
Connie Hill Wynn
Aug 16, 2021
Mrs. Connie Hill Wynn, age 73, of 4205 Peachtree Rd., Inman, widow of Richard Gene Wynn, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021 at her home.
Mrs. Wynn was born December 9, 1947 in Pocahontas, VA, a daughter of the late Joseph Elwood Hill and Connie Edmondson Hill. She was a former school bus driver for Union County...
Buford Ben Brown
Aug 16, 2021
Mr. Buford Ben Brown, age 83, husband of Gladys Patterson Brown, of 151 Belvue Dr., Union, went to be with the Lord, Monday, August 16, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Brown was born October 24, 1937, in Woodruff, a son of the late William H. "Buck" Brown and Carrie Lee Hanna Brown. He owned and...
Sammie Ridgeway Hicks
Aug 14, 2021
Sammie Crystal Ridgeway Hicks, 77, passed away on Saturday, August,14, 2021 at her home in Irmo, SC. She was born in Union, SC, daughter of Miles Curtis Ridgeway and Sarah Elizabeth Hyatt Ridgeway.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Errol Hicks; and a brother, Curtis Ridgeway Jr. of Columbia - Myrtle Beach, SC. Sammie...
Peggy A Smith
Aug 14, 2021
Mrs. Peggy A. Smith, age 67, wife of Gene Rector, of 270 Oakland Rd., Union, passed away, Saturday, August 14, 2021 at Union Medical Center.
Mrs. Smith was born November 29, 1953 in Union, a daughter of the late Wilson Smith and Myrtle Greer Smith. She was a graduate of Union High School and USC Union. Mrs....
John Thomas (Jr.) Adams
Aug 12, 2021
Mr. John Thomas "Tommy" Adams, Jr., age 58, of 537 Old Pump Station Road, Union, SC, husband of Wanda Renae Vaughan Adams, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mr. Adams was born in Union, SC January 24, 1963, a son of the late John Thomas "JT" Adams, Sr. and the late Emily Horne...
Floyd Ray Lunsford
Aug 12, 2021
Mr. Floyd Ray Lunsford, age 87, husband of Joyce DeHart Lunsford, of 124 Dutchman Creek Rd., Buffalo, passed away, Thursday, August 12, 2021 at Union Medical Center.
Mr. Lunsford was born May 1, 1934 in Fairfield, a son of the late Curtis Franklin Lunsford and Annie Belle Navy Lunsford. He retired after 38 years from Cone Mill—Carlisle...
Ola Eugenia (Jean) Kelly
Aug 12, 2021
Ola Eugenia (Jean) Moore Kelly, widow of the late Thomas H. Kelly, Sr., formerly of 117 Fant Lane Union, South Carolina, passed away after an extended illness at the Martha Franks Retirement Center in Laurens, SC.
Mrs. Kelly was born February 27, 1938 to the late Charles Lee Moore, Sr. and Inez Foster Moore on Francis Street...
Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Lillard
Aug 11, 2021
Mrs. Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Lillard, age 48, wife of Crystal Lawson, of 1055 Main St., Buffalo, passed away, Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Lillard was born April 7, 1973 in Virginia, a daughter of Dorothy Magner Mackey of Union and the late Jeff Lillard, Jr. She was retired from the United States...
Kenneth "Can Man" Arthur Becknell
Aug 11, 2021
Mr. Kenneth Arthur "Can Man" Becknell, age 58, of 253 Webber Lake Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at his home.
Mr. Becknell was born July 13, 1963, in Union, a son of Arthur Thomas Becknell and the late Betty Mosley Becknell. He was a graduate of the Charles Lee Center. He faithfully attended Mon...
Paul Kent Garner
Aug 10, 2021
Mr. Paul Kent Garner, age 72, husband of Doris Lawson Garner, of 1906 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away, Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Garner was born May 8, 1949, in Union, a son of the late Walter Mace Garner and Katie Palmer Garner. He was graduate of Jonesville High School. ...
Donald Wayne "Beaver" Mitchell
Aug 7, 2021
Mr. Donald Wayne "Beaver" Mitchell, age 57, husband of Jackie Blalock Mitchell, of 538 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2021.
Mr. Mitchell was born May 12, 1964, in Union, a son of the late Paul Mitchell and Judith Gardin Mitchell. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and had owned and operated...
George Kerr
Aug 7, 2021
Mr. George M. (Ricey) Kerr Jr., age 65, of 102 Red Barn Road, Enoree, husband of Christy Duncan Kerr, passed away, Saturday August 7, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg.
Mr. Kerr was born July 1, 1956 in Union, a son of the late George Maurice Kerr, Sr. and Sally Shaw Kerr. He was last...
Ehtel "Judy" Bobo
Aug 3, 2021
Mrs. Ethel "Judy" Bobo, age 81, of 101 Sprouse St., Union, widow of Rufus Talmage Bobo, passed away, Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at Heartland of Union.
Mrs. Bobo was born April 19, 1940, in Union, a daughter of the late John Sprouse and Alma Price Sprouse Wix and husband Forest Wix. She was retired from Conso Manufacturing...
James Henry Canupp
Aug 2, 2021
Mr. James Henry Canupp, age 91, of 3924 Miller Rd., Sharon, widower of Marjorie Hamm Canupp, passed away, Monday, August 2, 2021 at the home of his daughter.
Mr. Canupp was born November 13, 1929 in Lockhart, a son of the late William T. Canupp and Lula Miller Canupp. He was retired from Milliken & Co.—Lockhart Plant. ...
Shirley Black Smith
Jul 27, 2021
Mrs. Shirley Black Smith, age 62, wife of Michael Wayne Smith of 142 Woodside Dr., Union, (Lockhart) passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mrs. Smith was born in Union Co., February 22, 1959, a daughter of the late Tommie Allen Black and Barbara Terry Black. She was a graduate of Lockhart High School...






