Retired Judge Raymond C. Eubanks Jr., 88, a longtime civic leader from Spartanburg and advocate for those needing drug and alcohol treatment method, died Wednesday.

The J. F. Floyd Mortuary, Spartanburg, is managing the preparations.

Most just lately, Eubanks served as drug courtroom choose for Spartanburg County from 2001 to 2018, in which very first-time offenders can receive a lessened sentence in exchange for looking for remedy.

In 2018, the United Way of the Piedmont, Department of Psychological Overall health and Spartanburg Regional Health care Program, celebrated the grand opening of the Eubanks Peer-Assist Living Area in the vicinity of Spartanburg Clinical Center, named in honor of the retired decide.

The Peer Residing Place is developed to be a secure house where individuals can locate support and methods in purchase to prevent a behavioral well being crisis. 

Eubanks was instrumental in the creation of the former Eubanks Detox Centre, as an alternative for people battling with behavioral overall health problems like psychological well being and addiction. 

Roger Williams, director of the Spartanburg Area Mental Health and fitness Centre, said Eubanks firmly believed that initial-time offenders could be rehabilitated.

“I’m saddened to listen to of Decide Eubanks passing,” Williams mentioned. “He was a potent voice in creating options to incarceration for so a lot of various teams. He was a really tall gentleman who stood out at conferences. He was much extra than just a judge in his work with social organizations advocating for community-dependent remedy. 

“We named the Eubanks Centre in his honor to mirror that life span of service outside the courtroom. He constantly wished to make positive that if an individual wanted enable, there was a resource to meet that have to have.”