Obituaries
William M. Turner
Jan 24, 2020
January 24, 2020 Mr. William Miles "Bill" Turner, age 73 of Bluebird Rd., Union, widower of Bonita Medford Turner, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020 at the Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Mr. Turner was born February 26, 1946, a son of the late Claude and Jessie Knighton Turner. He retired as a long-haul truck driver and was a member...
William Thomas
Jan 21, 2020
Mr. William "Billy" Thomas, age 65, of 220 Buffalo St., Buffalo, widower of Carolyn Thomas, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his home. Mr. Thomas was born in Union, March 25, 1954, a son of the late Charles and Geraldine Sanders Thomas. He was a retired textile worker and enjoyed music. Surviving are a sister, JoAnn T. Millwood of...
Brenda Howell Mcmillan
Jan 21, 2020
Mrs. Brenda Howell McMillian, age 69, of 113 Silver Rd., Union, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. McMillian was born July 29, 1950 in Union, a daughter of the late Van William "Bill" Howell and Etta Pridmore "Ruby" Howell. She was retired from Spring City Knits in Gaffney. Mrs. McMillian was a member of...
Clydie Mae Lindler
Jan 21, 2020
January 21, 2020 Mrs. Clydie Mae Lindler, age 82, of 402 Culp Court, Union, widow of Jimmy Olin Lindler, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Lindler was born January 9, 1938 in Rossville, GA, a daughter of the late Ivey Lacey Callie and Oleta Haswell. She retired as a CNA from Wallace Thomson Hospital after 37...
Mary Ann Ham Sanders
Jan 20, 2020
Mrs. Mary Ann Ham Sanders, age 85, widow of Heyward "Buck" Sanders of 134 Mt. Joy Church Road, Jonesville, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Sanders was born in Kelton, October 16, 1934, a daughter of the late Forrest and Stella Gault Ham. She was a graduate of Kelly Pinckney High School and had retired as...
Kathleen Bailey Tesner
Jan 20, 2020
January 20, 2020 Mrs. Kathleen Bailey Tesner, age 91, of 201 Pine St., Union, widow of Sam Tesner, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 in Spartanburg. Mrs. Tesner was born in Union, August 15, 1928, a daughter of the late Charlie Olin Bailey and Allie Mae Bailey. She was a retired textile worker and was of the Baptist faith. She...
Sara Mclendon Sutherland
Jan 20, 2020
Mrs. Sara McLendon Sutherland of Union, SC, died Friday, January 20 at her home. Mrs. Sutherland, 94, was the wife of the late H. Lloyd Sutherland, DVM. She was born in Bishopville, SC on April 9, 1922. She was the daughter of the late Louine McLure McLendon and Robert Eugene McLendon of Bishopville. She graduated from Winthrop University with a...
Louvenia S. West
Jan 18, 2020
Mrs. Louvenia Smith West, age 86, of 1416 Santuc-Carlisle Hwy., Union, widow of Walter C. "Buck" West, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Mrs. West was born in Anderson, August 13, 1933, a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Bessie Smith. She retired from Torrington Co., Tyger River Plant and was a member of Philippi...
Dennis L. ‘Hilltop’ Crisp
Jan 18, 2020
January 18, 2020 Mr. Dennis Lynn "Hilltop" Crisp, age 65 of 825 S. Duncan ByPass, Union, passed away, Friday, January 17, 2020 at his home. Dennis was born in Union, October 9, 1954, a son of the late Sam and Sara McGowan Crisp. He worked with the Union Co. Senior Citizens and Meals on Wheels. Dennis was very active with...
Winnie Belle Sanders
Jan 17, 2020
January 17, 2020 Major (Ret.) Winnie Belle Sanders, age 103 formerly of Lenoir, NC, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. Miss Sanders was born in Union, November 10, 1916, a daughter of the late Fred and Lula Ogles Sanders. She was a graduate of Union High School, Cecil's Business College and...
Ashton Drake Clark
Jan 15, 2020
Ashton Drake Clark, six-month-old son of Samuel and Kylie Kelley of 305 Toney Road, Union, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Drake was born in Spartanburg, July 15, 2019 to Monica Peyton Keisler and Andrew Clark. In addition to his parents he is survived by two sisters, Paisley Brannon and Emily Wishert; three brothers, Liam...
Patsy L. Bobo
Jan 15, 2020
alt="" height="125" src="Images/Patsy%20Bobo%20photo.jpeg" width="118" /> Mrs. Patsy Leonhardt Bobo, age 87, widow of Donald "Sonny" Bobo formerly of Stutts Ave., Union, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Mrs. Bobo was born in Union, March 29, 1932, a daughter of the late Ernest and Ruth Wade Leonhardt. She was a graduate of Union High School and...
Frank Bruce Sparks
Jan 14, 2020
January 14, 2020 Mr. Bruce Sparks, age 77, husband of Candace Kay Davis Sparks of 712 Brown's Creek Church Rd., Union, passed away at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Monday, January 13, 2020 after an extended illness. Mr. Sparks was born in Union, July 27, 1942, a son of the late Hay Fant Sparks, Sr. and Josephine Hall Sparks. He was...
Edward Maurice “Kit” Cordell
Jan 13, 2020
alt="" height="132" src="Images/Maurice%20Cordell%20-%20Copy.PNG" width="117" /> Mr. Edward Maurice "Kit" Cordell, age 89, of Union, widower of Joann Foster Cordell passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Cordell was born February 22, 1930 in Ottaray, a son of the late Carl Eugene Cordell and Louise Elsmore Cordell. He was a 1948 graduate of Union High School and...
Jennifer Denice Wade
Jan 12, 2020
January 12, 2020 Ms. Jennifer Denice Alexander Wade, age 49 of 503 C Street, Jonesville, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at her home. Ms. Wade was born in Union, SC July 7, 1970, a daughter of Kenneth Dean Alexander of Waco, TX and the late Vicky Rector Alexander. She was a graduate of Jonesville High School and had formerly...
Donald Eugene Smith
Jan 11, 2020
Mr. Donald Eugene Smith, age 62, husband of Phyllis Dover Smith of 1211 Arthur Blvd, Union, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Union Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born in Union, SC April 26, 1957, a son of the late Gideon Vance Smith, Jr. and Carol Moss Smith. He had attended Union High School and was formerly employed in...
Richard Charles Bailey
Jan 10, 2020
January 10, 2020 Mr. Richard Charles Bailey, age 59 of 410 Lakeview Heights, Union, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Mr. Bailey was born in Union, December 4, 1960, a son of Charles H. Bailey of the home and the late Carolyn Baker Bailey. He was a 1980 graduate of Union High School and was formerly a self-employed vinyl siding...
Virginia Moss Thompson
Jan 10, 2020
alt="" height="117" src="Images/Virginia%20Thompson.JPG" width="117" /> Mrs. Virginia Moss Thompson, age 83, wife of Paul Herbert Thompson of 613 Howell Rd., Jonesville, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at her home, surrounded by loved ones. Mrs. Thompson was born in Union on June 22, 1936, a daughter of the late Rufus Moss and Myrtle Palmer Moss. She was a graduate of...
Jessica Nichole Ashmore
Jan 8, 2020
alt="" class="auto-style53" height="117" src="Images/Jessica%20Ashmore.jpeg" width="117" /> A celebration of life service for Jessica Nichole Ashmore will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Holcombe's Jonesville Chapel conducted by the Rev. Johnny Hodges and Rev. Michael Bradley. Jessica's nieces, nephews, and cousins are asked to sit in a group and form the honorary escort. Visitation will be held...
Edna K. Davis
Jan 7, 2020
Mrs. Edna Rebecca Ann "Gaga" Kingsmore Davis, age 77, wife of Harl Leon Davis, Sr. of Buffalo, went peacefully to her Heavenly home Monday, January 6, 2020 surrounded by her family and friends. Edna was born the daughter of the late Carrie and Ella Kingsmore. A lifelong resident of the Buffalo Mill Village, she loved the people of Buffalo, and...
