William “Sammy” Moore, 75, of 102 Cottage Court, Laurens, S.C., and husband of the late Rebecca Thompson Moore, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenville, S.C., he was a son of the late Bill and Mildred Taylor Moore. A veteran of the National Guard, Mr. Moore retired as a…

Dateline – Laurens, SC Peggy Pennington Templeton, age 76, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017, at NHC of Laurens. She was born in Union, S.C., and was a daughter of the late Wade H. and Ethel Franklin Pennington. A graveside memorial service will be held Friday, December 29, at 2 p.m. at Holly Grove Baptist…

Elizabeth Blair “Rudy” Griffin, 29, of 2119 Milam Road, Laurens, S.C., passed away Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of Roger Joe and Haley Ann Cromer Griffin of Laurens. A member of New Horizon Freewill Baptist Church, Rudy was a loving mother, daughter, and sister. As…

Princeton, S.C. – Gentry Lee Crane, 81, husband of Margaret Ann Porter Crane, of Princeton, died Saturday, December 23, 2017 at AnMed Health. Born in Stony Fork, N.C., he was a son of the late Thomas Gentry and Frances Eleanor Adkins Crane. He was a member of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, and was retired…

Lunsford Benjamin Orcutt “Ben” A “Celebration of Life” gathering for family and friends will take place on Saturday, December 30th, 2-17, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Orcutt, 603 Parkview Drive, Laurens, SC. Please join us as we fellowship together in memory of Ben.

DeAnna Mauney Waddell, age 43, of 178 Cothran Road, Ware Shoals, S.C., went home to be with the Lord on December 22, 2017, at the Laurens County Hospice House, after fighting a long hard battle with breast cancer. She was born in Gastonia, N.C., and was a daughter of Harold Mauney of Bessemer City, N.C.,…

Dateline-Clinton, S.C. Doris Lovette Gar, age 80, and widow of Larry Gar, passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Wilkesboro, N.C., and was a daughter of the late Vaughn and Grace Minton Lovette. Doris was a woman of strong faith and a devoted wife, mother and friend…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Betty Dunaway Webb, age 89, widow of Louie Albert Webb, Sr., passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton, S.C., and was a daughter of the late James Arthur and Alice Whitmire Dunaway. Mrs. Webb was a former employee of Clinton Mills, a…

Lloyd W. Jones, age 68, of 1025 W. Georgia Road, Woodruff, S.C., passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2017, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Greenville County and was a son of the late Harold J. Jones Sr. and the late Rosa Lee Coker Jones. Mr. Jones retired from Homelite of Greer…

Mr. Willie “Big John” Wheeler, age 61, of 8 Leah Lane, Belton, S.C., passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017 at his home. He is survived by his soul mate Ms. Cora Jackson; three daughters, April Wallace, Mya Jackson, Sharon (Howard) Suber; one brother, John F.(Essie) Sullivan; six sisters, Peggy (Arno) Adams, Linder Davis, Phyllis…