LDHS senior receives prestigious Joseph C. Gilliam Award
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina The Joseph C. Gilliam Award Winner for this school year is Cadet Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Richard Rush of Laurens High School. The Gilliam Award recognizes student leaders actively involved with NJROTC, and the winner is almost always in the top 5% of their class. Gilliam applicants must have a superb…
Read MoreSarah Mildred Rhodes Lynch
Laurens, South Carolina Sarah Mildred Rhodes Lynch, 101 years old and wife of the late Lloyd Earl Lynch, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Laurens, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Leona Adams Rhodes. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist…
Read MorePauline Nicely
Waterloo, South Carolina Pauline Nicely, 91, of Waterloo and wife of the late Roy Carson Nicely, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. Born in Grainger County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Ulrey and Carrie Loop Nicely. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Baptist…
Read MoreRev. Tony Ellis Crouch
Laurens, South Carolina Rev. Tony Ellis Crouch, 73, of 435 Hood Creek Road and husband of Mary Ann Phillips Crouch, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Joseph Ellis and Myrtis Nell Brewington Crouch. Tony pastored for over thirty-two years…
Read MoreSelma Thorn Jones
Selma Thorn Jones lived each of her 65 years with the curiosity, wonder, generosity, and easy humor typically found only in children. On the morning of March 9, 2021, after a brief illness, she fittingly died peacefully in her four-poster bed from childhood, surrounded by her family. Born in Greenwood, SC, on June 21st, 1955,…
Read MoreKevin Ernest Boiter
Dateline – Gray Court, South Carolina Kevin Ernest Boiter, 66, of Gray Court, husband of Anne Griffin Boiter, died Monday, March 8, 2021 at Hospice of Laurens County. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Frederick Ernest and Emma Izora Elledge Boiter. Kevin attended Anderson College, received a degree in Industrial Electronics…
Read MoreJames “Jamie” Kenneth Hamilton
Dateline – Columbia, South Carolina James “Jamie” Kenneth Hamilton, II, 48, of Columbia, formerly of Laurens County, died Monday, March 8, 2021. Born September 01, 1972, in Clinton, SC, he was the son of the Rev. James (Jim) Kenneth Hamilton, Sr. and Christine (Lane) Holcombe Hamilton. Jamie was a charismatic and loving person. When you…
Read MoreRalph Edsel “Sport” Culbertson, Jr.
Laurens, South Carolina Ralph Edsel “Sport” Culbertson, Jr., age 72, of 284 Colonial Acres Road, passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Ralph “Edsel” Culbertson, Sr. and Annie Brownlee Culbertson. A U.S. Army National Guard Veteran, he was a member of…
Read MoreLenice Greenway Thompson
Laurens, South Carolina Lenice Greenway Thompson, age 99, wife of the late James Edwin Thompson and resident of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community, passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2021, after sharing a lifetime of devotion and love with family and friends. Born in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and…
Read MoreBroad Street Antiques and Vintage Finds ribbon cutting
The City of Clinton showed their support and excitement by attending a Laurens County Chamber of Commerce celebratory ribbon cutting for the Broad Street Antiques and Vintage Finds ribbon cutting on March 3, 2021. Business owner, Stewart Owens, and his partners (Janice Long, Freddie Pinson, Kim Spangler, Heather Tiller, and Diane Hardin) were joined by…
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