Dec 2, 2020

Mrs. Katherine Lavon Seay, age 72, of 904 Flat Dr., Buffalo, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mrs. Seay was born in Waynesville, NC, October 6, 1948, a daughter of the late Harmon and Ollie Ruth Quinn Seay. She retired as Manager with Lil Cricket in Buffalo and was a member of the...

Dec 1, 2020

Mrs. Mary Michelle Attaway Roark, age 61, of 210 Kissy Creek Circle, Union, widow of Ricky James Roark, passed away, Sunday, November 29, 2020 at her home.

Mrs. Roark was born June 4, 1959 in Riverside, CA, a daughter of June Alice Caldwell Attaway and the late Wallace Attaway.  She was first married to the late Bobby...

Nov 29, 2020

Mrs. Carolyn Young Binkley, age 80, of 460 E. Georgia St., Woodruff, widow of Alvin K. Binkley, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mrs. Binkley was born in Newberry Co., November 23, 1940 a daughter of the late Doris Davis Hogue. She was a homemaker and formerly employed with Milliken Co., Cedar Hill...

Nov 29, 2020

Mr. Michael Loyd "Mike" Kirby, age 66, husband of April Deaton Kirby of 1111 Lakeside Dr., Apt. C-18, Union, passed away Sunday at his home.

Mr. Kirby was born in Polk Co., NC, July 23, 1954, a son of the late Loyd Kirby and Dixie Irene Fisher. He retired as owner of Mike's Auto Sales and was...

Nov 28, 2020

Mr. Michael Douglas Sumner, age 69, of 1817 Jonesville Hwy., Union passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020.

Mr. Sumner was born July 31, 1951 in Union, SC, a son of the late Herbert Lee "JR" Sumner, Jr. and Lula "Ophelia" Stepp Sumner. He was a graduate of Union High School and a veteran of the United States...

Nov 25, 2020

Miss Caeli Lea Ann Ratcliffe, 6 year-old daughter of John Daniel Ratcliffe and Carlene Julie Ann Clark Ratcliffe, of 207 Second Ave., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at her home.

Caeli was a kindergarten student at Foster Park Elementary School. She was an energetic  and bright child who was enjoying her first year of school....

Nov 25, 2020

Mrs. Ruby Arlene Edens, age 83, of 1817 Jonesville Hwy., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mrs. Edens was born December 2, 1936 in Holly Ridge, NC, a daughter of the late John Isaac Edens and Iona Ettra Guganus Edens.  She was retired from Wal-Mart of Union.  Mrs. Edens was a...

Nov 25, 2020

Mr. Ernest B. "Fuzzy" Wood, age 78 of 153 Redbud Ln., Jonesville, widower of Headie Ruth Thompson Wood, passed away, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center due to medical complications.

Mr. Wood was born September 4, 1942 in Lockhart, a son of the late James Boyd and Mable Allen Wood.  He attended Lockhart Schools...

Nov 25, 2020

Mrs. Betty Joan Martin, age 76, wife of A.C. Martin of 104 W. South St., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at her home.

Mrs. Martin was born in Chicago, IL, January 22, 1944, a daughter of the late Ralph and Mary Leona Eldridge House. She attended Ohlone College in Freemont, CA where she became a...

Nov 24, 2020

Mr. Wallace Dean Lanier, age 70 of 107 Lanier Lane, Union, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Lanier was born in Union, July 25, 1950, a son of the late Jake and Maggie Burgess Lanier. He was a retired auto mechanic and had previously own a landscaping company. Mr. Lanier had also done...

Nov 23, 2020

Mr. Burley Hawkins, age 86, husband of Margie Lawson Hawkins of 208 Seigler Rd., Union, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at Mary Black Hospital.

Mr. Hawkins was born in Union, July 31, 1934, a son of the late Henry and Lizzie Enlow Hawkins. He was a graduate of Union High School and Jones Business College. Mr....

Nov 18, 2020

Miss Bobbie Lee Moore, age 87, of Lovers Lane Rd., Union, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Miss Moore was born in Union, June 26, 1933, a daughter of the Dewey Lee Moore and Gladys Williams Moore. She was a graduate of Union High School and Retired from Milliken and Co., Cedar...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...