Oct 4, 2020

Mr. Raymond "Papa" Douglas Addis, age 71, husband of Jo Ellen Holcombe Addis of 49 years, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday at his home.

Mr. Addis was born in Union, October 23, 1948, a son of the late W.S. and Joyce Mae White Addis. He was a 1969 graduate of Union High School and...

Oct 3, 2020

Mr. Joel Anthony "Tony" Cameron, age 62 of Union, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2020.

Mr. Cameron was born April 4, 1958 in Union, a son of Mary Queen Cameron and the late Hennis Cameron, and brother of Tracy Cameron and Charles Cameron.

Mr. Cameron worked in the textile industry for many years until the...

Oct 3, 2020

Mrs. Mary Jo Rogers, 86, resident at Heartland Assisted Living, Union, passed away, October 3, 2020, at the Union Medical Center, of complications due to COVID-19.

Mrs. Rogers was born in Union, August 10, 1934, a daughter of the late Cleveland Earl Brooks and Blanche Geneva Thompson Brooks, and sister of the late Carol Ann Young. She...

Sep 29, 2020

Mr. James William "Pete" Judy, age 69, husband of Mary Lee West Judy of 247 Putman Rd., Buffalo, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Judy was born in Union, September 10, 1951, a son of the late James Watts and Ollie Mae West Brock. He retired from Renfro Brothers Construction in Spartanburg and...

Sep 27, 2020

Mr. David Michael Arnold "Papa Dave", age 68, husband of Mary Estes Arnold of 1932 Whitmire Hwy., Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Arnold was born in Laurens, March 4, 1952, a son of the late Hugh and Zonie Burke Boyter. He was a 1971 graduate of Union High School, earned an...

Sep 26, 2020

Mr. Gerald Wayne Brock, age 79, husband of Betty Osborne Brock of 423 Colonial Dr., Whitmire passed away, Saturday, September 26, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Brock was born in Newberry Co., August 31, 1941, a son of the late J.B. and Elberta Morris Brock. He was a graduate of Whitmire High School and retired from Torrington...

Sep 25, 2020

Mr. Joel Dean Morris, age 62, husband of Pamela Tutterrow Morris of 434 Morris Farm Rd., Jonesville passed away, Friday, September 25, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Morris was born in Union, November 23, 1957, a son of the late Harold Dean and Betty Joyce Carter Morris. He was a graduate of Jonesville High School...

Sep 25, 2020

Mrs. Dorris Thomas Moss, age 94, formerly of Westview Dr., Union, widow of Abraham Lincoln Moss passed away, Friday, September 25, 2020 at Heartland of Union.

Mrs. Moss was born in Greer, April 8, 1926, a daughter of the late Edward A. and Ella Gregory Thomas. She was formerly employed with Milliken and Co., Monarch Plant and...

Sep 23, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Ann Evans Land, age 89, of 174 Shiloh Church Rd., Pauline, widow of Col. Joe E. Land, Jr., went to be with the Lord, September 23, 2020.

Mrs. Land was born in Union, August 23, 1931, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Annie Willard Evans. Barbara loved to sew and garden. She was a...

Sep 22, 2020

Beverly Denise Morris, age 57, of 206 3rd St., Union, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at her home.

Ms. Morris was born February 19, 1963 in Union, a daughter of the late Mozelle Palmer Morris and the late Wayne Morris, and his wife Sharon Morris of Union.  She had previously worked in the food industry having...

Sep 20, 2020

Mr. James Thomas Black, age 82, of 201 Lybrand St., Union, widower of Patricia Mitchell Black, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Black was born in Union, January 13, 1938, a son of the late Ed and Maude Smith Black. He was retired from Timken Co. and was previously employed with United Merchants...

Sep 19, 2020

Mr. Clarkson Boyce "C.B." Blackwell, age 76 of 1005 Deepwater Rd., Union, widower of Kathy Poole Blackwell, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Blackwell was born February 28, 1944 in Jonesville, a son of the late B.H. Blackwell and Marie Bradley Blackwell.  He was a graduate of Union High School.  Mr....

Sep 19, 2020

James Robert Tesner, age 76, beloved husband, father and papa, passed away peacefully after a short illness, September 19, 2020.  He was born August 1, 1944 to Sammy Tesner, Sarah and Bud Gault and a bonus mother, Vera Boulware.  In 1966, he married the love of his life, Louise Brewington Tesner, and they were blessed with a son, Jimmy...

Sep 18, 2020

Mrs. Lola Virginia Hill Bright, age 93, of 295 Hill Rd. Spartanburg, widow of Leroy Bright, passed away at the home of her daughter.

Mrs. Bright was born November 11, 1926 in Spartanburg, a daughter of the late Henry Hill and Sally Ingram Hill.  She was a member of Hammett Grove Baptist Church where she taught the...

Sep 18, 2020

Mr. Lessie David "Ike" Weathers, age 75 of 181 Church St., Pacolet, passed away Friday, September 18, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Weathers was born in Spartanburg Co., April 27, 1945, a son of the late Alvis Weathers and Grace Lee Weathers Kirby. He was a retired truck driver with Smith Drug Co. in Spartanburg and attended...

Sep 18, 2020

Mr. Richardo Tavares, age 61, husband of Anna Morais Tavares, of 1337 Peach Orchard Rd., Union, passed away, Friday, September 18, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Tavares was born January 26, 1959 in New Bedford, MA, a son of the late Edward Tavares and Mary Ann Galiano Tavares.  He was retired from Benny's Inc.  Mr. Tavares was...

Sep 14, 2020

Mr. John Raymond Flynn, Jr., age 84, formerly of W. South St. Union, passed away, Monday, September 14, 2020 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Mr. Flynn was born in Union, August 14, 1936, a son of the late John Raymond Flynn and Mary Dillard Flynn. John was raised by wonderful parents and led a life full...

Sep 14, 2020

Mr. Jacob C. "J.C." Benfield, age 80, husband of Juanita Silver Benfield, of 231 Mt. Vernon Rd., Union, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Mr. Benfield was born March 23, 1940 in Morganton, NC, a son of the late Noah Jacob Benfield and Margaret Louise Whisenant Benfield.  He was a 1958 graduate of...

Sep 13, 2020

Mrs. Karen Freeman Cook, age 73, of 113 College St., Union, widow of Samuel Meneffe, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2020 at her home.

Mrs. Cook was born in Maryland, April 20, 1947, a daughter of the late John Dunlap Freeman and Mina Marie Graves Freeman.

Surviving are two daughters, Cheryl Cook of the home...

Sep 10, 2020

Mrs. Barbara Walton Crisp, age 83, of 500 Wilson St., Union, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2020.

Mrs. Crisp was born June 4, 1937 in Union, a daughter of the late Burleigh F. Walton and Blanche Trantham Walton.  She was a graduate of Union High School and Columbia Nursing School. Mrs. Crisp was retired from Monsanto Electronics...