MSGT Simon Henry Derrick, Jr., 85, formerly of Indian Mound Road, Laurens, S.C., and husband of the late Daisy Nelson Derrick, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018. Born in Saluda County, S.C., he was the son of the late Simon Henry Derrick, Sr. and Alberta Miller Chambers. Retired from the U.S. Air Force, MSGT Derrick…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Doyle Leonard Owens, 76, of the Hickory Tavern Community and husband of Sandra Stansell Owens, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018, at his home. Born in Seneca, S.C., he was a son of the late Dock Wilson and Mary Adams Owens. A veteran of the S.C. Army National Guard, Mr. Owens…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Charlotte Floyd Bolt, age 54, of Laurens, S.C., passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018. She was born in Joanna, S.C., and was the daughter of Gene Floyd and the late Elizabeth Lyons Floyd. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at the Pinelawn Memory Gardens Mausoleum.…

Edith Brewington Langston, age 77, of 1365 Bull Hill Road, Gray Court, S.C., and wife of the late Jimmie Rufus Langston, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Laurens County Hospice House in Clinton. Born in Laurens County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Tommy and Laura Tucker Brewington. A homemaker, Mrs.…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Ruby Smith Leopard, 86, of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community and wife of the late James Henry Leopard, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Born in Gray Court, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Mack Smith and Ina Melle Vinson Smith Campbell. Funeral services will be held at…

DATELINE:   Laurens, S.C. Larry Lawson, age 72, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Spartanburg County, S.C., on August 8, 1945 to parents Roy and Onnie Harvey Lawson. He was a retired shop employee with Byers Machines and a member of Gray Court Church of God. Memorial services will…

Laurens, S.C. Beulah Hill Tinsley, age 93, wife of the late William ”Earl” Tinsley, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Ware Shoals, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Fred Hixon and Jennie Pearson Hill.  A Mars Hill College graduate, she was a lifelong nurse, serving…

Mary JoAnne Holliday Fultz, 78, of 321 Grey Road, Pelzer, S.C., and wife of the late Cecil Ralph Fultz, Jr., passed away at her home on Friday, March 2, 2018. Born in Eutawville, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Joe and Iva Brooks Holliday. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mrs. Fultz was…

Nancy Carolyn Curtis Babb, 95, of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community, Laurens, S.C., and wife of the late Thomas Adams “Buck” Babb, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018. Born in Providence, R.I., she was a daughter of the late Harold Redwood and Ona Hansen Curtis. A graduate of Edgewood Junior College in Providence, R.I., Mrs.…

Willie Faye Gwinn Jones, 84, of Holmes Street, Laurens, S.C., and wife of the late Roy Raymond Jones, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of the late Roy “Bootie” and Kate Varner Gwinn. Mrs. Jones was a member of Todd Memorial Presbyterian Church.…