Obituaries

Local obituaries for Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.
Clara Spencer Holt
Nov 18, 2020
Mrs. Clara Spencer Holt, age 88, widow of Joel Holt of 408 C. Street, Jonesville, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Holt was born in Union Co., November 29, 1931, a daughter of the late Herbert and Lidia Tucker Spencer. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and retired from Milliken and...
Valerie Webber Medford
Nov 18, 2020
Mrs. Valerie Webber Medford, age 93, of 276 Vernon Foster Rd., Union, widow of Arville Ray Medford, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Medford was born in Florence, January 19, 1927, a daughter of the late Fontain Wilkes Webber and Marie Fowler Webber. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and retired...
Bobby Joe Hawkins
Nov 17, 2020
Mr. Bobby Joe Hawkins, age 74, of 259 Eaves Rd., Whitmire, widower of Mary Lou Matthews Hawkins passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.
Mr. Hawkins was born in Union, August 7, 1946, a son of the late Albert Hawkins and Willie Mae Peigler. He was retired from Earnhart...
Ned Stanley Howell
Nov 17, 2020
Mr. Ned Stanley Howell, age 76, husband of Rita Witt Howell, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.
Mr. Howell was born in Union, September 24, 1944, a son of the late Ned E. and Wilma Fowler Howell. He was a graduate of Swannanoa High School and attended Mars Hill College. He was retired...
States James Lawson, Jr.
Nov 16, 2020
Mr. States James Lawson, Jr., age 78 of 209 Davis St., Union, passed away Monday, November 16, 2020 at the home of his sister in Seneca.
Mr. Lawson was born in Union, September 6, 1942, a son of the late States James Lawson, Sr. and Gladys Bentley Lawson. He was a graduate of Union High School and...
Lillian Estelle Anderson Pettie
Nov 15, 2020
Mrs. Lillian Estelle Anderson Pettie, age 70 of 1517 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 at her home.
Mrs. Pettie was born in Union, December 14, 1949, a daughter of the late Willie Jackson Anderson and Bessie Austin Anderson. She was a graduate of Union High School and was a homemaker. Mrs. Pettie...
Ruth Smith Parks
Nov 14, 2020
Ruth Smith Parks ,98, died peacefully on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Ellen Sager Retirement Center in Union, SC.
She was predeceased by her parents Frank and Bessie Edwards Smith of Union, her husband of 59 years Thomas Bailey Parks, and her son William Mark Parks.
She is survived by her daughter Caroline Parks Crocker...
Betty Bates
Nov 14, 2020
Mrs. Betty Vanderford Bates, age 77, wife of George Bates of 110 Ralph Ridge Road, Union, SC 29379, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Bates was born June 10, 1943, a daughter of the late Malcombe Jack Vanderford and the late Bonnie Wilkie Vanderford. Mrs. Bates attended Union High School and...
Charles Aubrey Cabaniss, Jr.
Nov 13, 2020
Mr. Charles Aubrey "Chuck" Cabaniss, Jr., age 43, formally of Lockhart, husband of Gina Leigh Deal Cabaniss, passed away suddenly Friday, November 13, 2020 at his home in Bigfork, Montana.
Mr. Cabaniss was born August 26, 1977 in Union, SC, a son of the late Charles "Jimmy" Cabaniss and Beatrice Gregory Cabaniss. He attended Lockhart and Union...
Deborah Gail Pelham
Nov 13, 2020
Debra Gail Pelham, 67, of 315 Harris Street Jonesville, widow of Steven Brent Pelham, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Mary Black Hospital.
Mrs. Pelham was born February 12, 1953 in Union, a daughter of the late Neil Bailey and late Deannie Vaughan Bailey. Mrs. Pelham was retired from the textile industry.
Surviving family...
Terry Lee Mcneace
Nov 13, 2020
Mr. Terry Lee McNeace, age 71, husband of Debbie Blackwell McNeace of 202 Robinson Farm Road, Jonesville, SC passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 surrounded by family at his home.
Mr. McNeace was born February 19, 1949 in Union, SC, a son of the late Lester Greer (L.G.) McNeace and Ruth Williams McNeace. He was a 1969...
James "Cotton" Eaves
Nov 11, 2020
Mr. James "Cotton" Eaves, age 84, husband of Emily McBride Eaves, of 111 McBride Dr., Union, passed away, Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Eaves was born June 29, 1936 in Kelton, a son of the late Mardis Eaves and Pearl Gault Eaves. He was retired from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. ...
Wayne E Gregory
Nov 10, 2020
Mr. Wayne E. Gregory, Sr., age 68, husband of Susan Holseburg Gregory, of 116 Partridge Rd., Union, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Spartanburg Rehabilitation Hospital.
Mr. Gregory was born June 13, 1952 in Union, a son of the late States E. Gregory and Ouida Brewer Gregory. He was a graduate of...
Horace Randy Smith
Nov 10, 2020
Mr. Horace Randall "Randy" Smith, age 65, husband Cheryl Shetley Smith of 228 Shetley Rd., passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at his home.
Mr. Smith was born in Cowpens, March 12, 1955, a son of the late Horace Bomar Smith, Jr. and Thelma Poole Smith. He was retired from R.R. Donnelly Printers and was a member...
Walter Hope Garner
Nov 10, 2020
Mr. Walter Hope Garner, age 77, husband of Barbara Fowler Garner of 138 Woodhaven Dr., Union, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.
Mr. Garner was born October 21, 1943 in Union, a son of the late Archie Garner and Catherine Sanders Garner. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School and retired...
John Strong Kerr
Nov 8, 2020
John Strong Kerr went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 8, 2020.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Knox Kerr, his parents Edgar "Pa Kerr and Louise Strong Kerr, brothers Jim and Ernest "Shot" Kerr and a sister, Bernice Blackwell.
He proudly served his country in WWII at the...
Phyllis Farmer Ingle
Nov 8, 2020
Mrs. Phyllis Farmer Ingle, age 65, wife of Ronnie K. Ingle of 868 Tinker Creek Rd., Union, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020 at Mary Black Hospital.
Mrs. Ingle was born in Newberry, April 18, 1955, a daughter of the late Clyde and Margie Sanders Farmer. She worked as a teacher's aide at Buffalo Elementary School and...
Ralph C Smith
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...
Nathaniel Sumner, Jr.
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...
Theron Gettys Adams
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...





