Nov 7, 2020

Mr. Ralph Clifton Smith, age 83, husband of Barbara Gibbs Smith, of 531 Sugar Creek Rd., Buffalo, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Union Medical Center.

Mr. Smith was born in Union Co., September 16, 1937, a son of the late Hollis and Belva Messer Smith. He was retired from Milliken and Co. after 49 years...

Nov 6, 2020

Mr. Nathaniel Sumner, Jr., age 73, husband of Patricia Mosier Sumner of 188 Canna Lane, Jonesville, went home to be with his Lord, Friday, November 6, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Sumner was born in Union, January 23, 1947 a son of the late Nathaniel Sumner, Sr. and Artie Mae Inman Hall. Mr. Sumner was...

Nov 6, 2020

Mr. Theron Gettys Adams, age 80, of 1115 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, widower of Beverly Moore Adams, passed away Friday, November 6, 2020 at Heartland of Union.

Mr. Adams was born in the Pea Ridge community of Union Co., July 1, 1940, a son of the late Robert Gettys Adams and Mittie Sanders Adams. He was...

Nov 5, 2020

Mrs. Julie Ann Engles Fullbright, age 65, wife of John Marvin Fullbright of 373 Police Club Rd., Union, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mrs. Fullbright was born in Pineville, LA, November 10, 1954, a daughter of the late Ellis and Mary Reynolds Engles. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist...

Nov 3, 2020

Mr. Bryan Franklin "Rip" Gruver, age 76, 306 Wilson St., Union, widower of Susie Davis Gruver, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Union Medical Center.

Mr. Gruver was born March 25, 1944 in Union, a son of the late Bryan Gruver and Sadie Vaughan Gruver.  He was a graduate of Frankfurt American High School in Germany...

Nov 3, 2020

Mr. Glenn Palmer Caldwell, II, age 93, widower of Hazel Smith Caldwell, loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Mr. Caldwell was born in Buffalo, July 1, 1927, a son of the late David and Florence Lawson Caldwell. He was a retired State Farm agent of 42 years...

Nov 2, 2020

Mr. Forrest Jackson Crocker, Sr., age 95, of 105 Churchill St., Union, widower of Mildred A. Ford Crocker, passed away, Monday, November 2, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Crocker was born May 14, 1926 in Charlotte, a son of the late Lewis Crocker and Etolia Craig Crocker.  As a child he lived with his family on their...

Nov 2, 2020

Mr. William Hugh Shetley, Sr., age 83, husband of Laverne Franklin Shetley, of 100 Pinewood Acres Rd., Union, passed away, Monday, November 2, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Shetley was born July 14, 1937 in Del Rio, TN, a son of the late Americus Jones Shetley and Maude Rowland Shetley.  He was first married to...

Nov 1, 2020

Mr. James Robert Edmonds, age 75, husband of Patricia Brown Edmonds of 819 Deepwater Rd., Union, SC., went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, November 1, 2020.

Mr. Edmonds was born July 7, 1945 in Spartanburg, a son of the late Willard E. and Roxie Messer Edmonds. He was a graduate of Woodruff High School and...

Oct 30, 2020

Eric Lee Lawson (54) joined his Heavenly Father on October 30, 2020 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Born on December 27, 1965 in Union, SC, he was the youngest son of Joan Bishop Lawson and the late Donald R. Lawson, Sr.

Eric is survived by his daughters, Maya Rainwater Lawson and Maria Bishop Lawson of Lexington,...

Oct 30, 2020

Mrs. Betty Jo Hodge Stepp, age 90, formerly of the Meansville Rd. Union, widow of Willie Ralph "Papa" Stepp, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, October 30, 2020.

Mrs. Stepp was born December 13, 1929 in Pacolet, a daughter of the late Lloyd "Roy" and Tilda Ann Lovings Hodge. She was a graduate of Pacolet...

Oct 30, 2020

On Friday, October 30, 2020, Dareleen S. Roberts went to be with the Lord, while she was a patient at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.  Mrs. Roberts had been a resident of Buffalo since early childhood.  She was a member of the Union Church of God for over seventy years.  Mrs. Roberts retired from United Merchants—Buffalo Mill where she had...

Oct 28, 2020

Mr. Timothy Warren Justice, age 57, husband of Nancy B. Justice of 1902 Mudbridge Rd., Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Justice was born in Spartanburg, April 18, 1963, a son of the late Wylie Robert Justice and Robbie Cody Justice. He was a 1982 graduate of Union High School and attended...

Oct 27, 2020

Mary Irene Orique Jolly passed away on Tuesday, October 27,2020 at the age of 92. She was born on March 26, 1928 in Stratford, California to the late Joseph C. and Josephina Orique.

She is preceded in death by her husband W. Darrell (Bud) Jolly, and her sibling, Pearl Bertao, Seraphina Cassella, Josephine Serafine, Joe Orique, Jr.,...

Oct 27, 2020

Mrs. Judy Billings Cathcart, age 78 of 140 Buffalo Creek Ranch Rd., Buffalo, widow of Broadus Carol Cathcart, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Cathcart was born in Buffalo, October 23, 1942, a daughter of the late Howard and Martha Johnson Billings. She was a graduate of Union High School and...

Oct 26, 2020

Mrs. Stephanie Gurski Dillard, age 42, wife of Anthony Dale Dillard of 558 Mt. Tabor Church Rd., Union, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Dillard was born October 7, 1978 in Akron, OH, a daughter of Stephen James Gurski and Rebecca Tuel Gurski of Cuyahoga Falls, OH.  She was a graduate...

Oct 25, 2020

Dameon Shane Lawson, age 18 of 3822 Hwy. 11 West, Chesnee, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident.

Dameon was born in Union, June 22, 2002, a son of Melanie Weigant Wolf and husband Nathan Wolf of the home and Richard Shane Lawson and friend Bernadett...

Oct 24, 2020

Mr. John Ronald "Lightning" Gregory, Sr., age 66, husband of Barbara Jeanette Clary Gregory of 3504 Cowpens-Pacolet Hwy., Pacolet, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mr. Gregory was born in Spartanburg Co., June 6, 1954, a son of Willie Mae Lyda Gregory of Pacolet and the late John William Gregory. He was a...

Oct 23, 2020

Mr. Timothy Wayne Howell, age 61, of 612 W. Main St., Union, passed away Friday, October 23, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Howell was born in Union, January 25, 1959, a son of Maggie Trammell Howell of the home and the late O'Neal Howell. He was formerly employed with Milliken and Co. and was of the Baptist...

Oct 22, 2020

Brenda Faye Brown, age 73, of 204 Cambridge Dr., Union, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 at her home.

Miss Brown was born November 2, 1946 in Union, a daughter of the late Roy Christopher Brown and Mary Ruth Tweed Brown.  She was a graduate of Union High School and Greenwood College of Commerce.  Miss Brown was...