Dateline – Lanford Station, S.C. John Ernest Zell, 64, of 17 Old School House Road and husband of Norma Joyce Baker Zell, passed away Monday, April 16, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Born in Bremerton, Wa., he was a son of the late Roy Zell and the late Ferol Colamore Coiner and husband Gene Coiner.…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. William Earl “Steve” Stevenson, age 85, of 1352 Sandy Springs Road, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late T. V. Stevenson and Bessie Hazel Rodgers. Mr. Stevenson was a retired employee of Wilson’s Sporting Good…

Donna Marie Estes, 40, of 901 Skillet Road, Waterloo, S.C., and wife of Cletis Estes, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2018, at her home. Born in Laurens County, she was the daughter of Bonnie Lou Mack Whelchel of Clinton and the late John Edgar Harrison, Sr. Donna was a courier with The State Newspaper. Funeral…

Dr. Samuel Neil Workman, age 83, died Friday, April 13, 2018 at Springbrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Clayton, N.C. Born in Laurens, S.C., he graduated from Laurens High School, received his undergraduate degree from Presbyterian College, and his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina where he maintained a lifetime alumni membership…

Danny Ray Snow, 69, of Joanna, S.C., went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 6, 2018. Danny retired from BF Shaw, Laurens, S.C. A visitation and memorial service will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 765 E. Main Street, Laurens, SC at 2:00 p.m. The Palmetto Mortuary, Greenville,…

Mrs. Emma Deane Osteen Allen, age 90 of 817 Sardis Road, Union, S.C., widow of Claude Mills Allen ,passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Allen was born December 12, 1927 in Zirconia, N.C., a daughter of the late James Everette Osteen, Sr. and Della Mae Summey Osteen.  She was…

Marcie Bolton Summerlin, nee Martha Pinckney Bolton, died of primary brain cancer on April 5, 2018. Marcie was born in the Columbia Women’s Hospital, Washington D.C., on March 11, 1952. Marcie graduated from Laurens High School in 1970 and earned her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education in 1974 from Clemson University. She then earned her…

Phillip Eugene “Blues Man” Stephenson, 71, of Fountain Inn, S.C., passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, N.C. Born on August 13, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pa., he was a son of the late Jesse Stephenson and Marilyn Campbell. He proudly served in the U.S. Army during…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Nancy McMillan Sadler, beautiful widow of Edgar Sadler, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Self Regional Hospital surrounded by loving family. Daughter of Lee Stanford McMillan and Flora Bennett McMillan, she was born December 18, 1930 in Laurens, S.C. After graduating from Laurens High School, she attended Randolph Macon Women’s College…

Mary Cochran Herbert, age 93, of 1355 Cedar Valley Road, Laurens, S.C., and widow of Charles Carrington Herbert Sr., died on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at her home. Born in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of the late George Brockenbrough and Mary James Cochran. Mrs. Herbert was a graduate of St. Catherine’s School in…