ADELE PIHLAK STRICKLAND May 31, 1919 – February 7, 2018 Adele Pihlak Strickland passed from this life on Tuesday, February 7, 2018. She was born in Gillette, Wyo.., on May 31, 1919, to John M. Pihlak and Elena Weikmann Pihlak. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall C. Strickland on May 10, 1999,…

Mrs. Ella C. Williams, age 80, of Laurens S.C., went home to be with her Heavenly Father on February 6, 2018. Mrs. Williams was educated in the Laurens County schools and worked at the Whitten Center for over 20 years until retirement. The funeral services for Mrs. Williams were held on Saturday, February 10, at…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Martha Lucille Childress, age 94, the widow of Frank Childress, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at the Nation Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Chester, S.C., and was the daughter of the late William and Daisy Rogers. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 2…

William Luther “Bill” Wasson, 79, of Laurens, S.C., was called to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 4, 2018. He was the husband of his beloved late wife, Nancy Price Wasson and the son of the late Julia Fuller Wasson and Luther Joseph Wasson. The owner of BW Express, Inc., Mr. Wasson was a…

Agatha Q. Todd, age 95, of 106 Arrowood Lane, Laurens, S.C., passed away Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at her home in Laurens. She was the widow of John Wells Todd III. Born in Holly, N.Y., Agatha was the daughter of the late Joseph Quette and Anna Troupo Hurry. She spent her youth in Pittsfield, Mass.,…

Sue Gilliam Hill, age 68, of 119 N. Livingston St., Clinton, S.C., and widow of Harry C. Hill, went to be with the Lord on February 3, 2018. She was born and raised in Clinton. She was the daughter of the late Leonard M. and Myrtle Nix Gilliam. Mrs. Hill was an Avon Representative for…

Roy Cain, age 102, of Laurens, S.C., passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community.  He was married to the late Drucilla Pinson Cain for 67 years. Born September 19, 1915, in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Samuel and Esther Ramsey Cain. He retired from his job…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Julian Clayton Hairston, age 81, of 2552 Hwy. 308 went home to be with our Lord on February 2, 2018. He was born in Clinton, S.C., and was the son of the late Robert G. Hairston and Edna Stroud Hairston. Mr. Hairston retired from the United States Navy after 22 years…

Jessie Burns Cooley, 88, of 1308 Cooley Road, Gray Court, S.C., and wife of the late Pellam Blakely Cooley, passed away Friday, February 2, 2018, at Presbyterian Community of SC in Clinton. Born in Laurens, S.C., she was the daughter of Willis A. Burns and Lula Ballard Burns Taylor. Mrs. Cooley retired from Torrington and…

Lana Terry Mars Tumblin, age 70, of 292 Ridge Drive, Laurens, S.C., of the Hickory Tavern Community, and wife of Merle Keith Tumblin, passed away on January 31, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Whitmire, S.C.,  she was the daughter of the late Allen and Sara Lanier Mars. Mrs. Tumblin retired from Cryovac and…