Robert Earl Lane, age 68, of 203 Lincoln Dr., passed away Tuesday, November 9th, in Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg.

He was born in Union County and was a son of the late Layzell Lane, Sr. and the late Rothena Johnson Lane. He was the widower of Mary Helen Conley Lane.

Robert was a graduate of Boys High School in Brooklyn, NY. He was a former employee of Brown’s Market and Brown’s Packing Company in Gaffney.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, The Reverend William Lane and Anthony Lane; Robert leaves to cherish loving memories: three daughters, Tara Lane, Patreana Lane, and Laquanda Lane, all of Gaffney; a sister, Earnestine Davis (Eddie Dean), of Gaffney; two brothers, Layzell Lane, Jr. and Brian Buckson, of Gaffney; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

Funeral Service will be Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 2:00 p.m., in New Mount Zion Baptist Church with The Reverend Don Manning and The Reverend Jeff Dawkins. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He will be in state in the church Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. The family is at the home of Laquanda Lane, 130 McCluney Drive.