James Franklin Adair
Dateline – Fort Mill, South Carolina James Franklin Adair, 54, husband of Melissa Broadwell Adair, passed away on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Novant Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Jim was born on January 12, 1967, at the American Air Force Base in Ruislip, England. He was the son of the late Duckett “Mac”…
Read MoreCalvin Thompson Robertson, Sr.
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Calvin Thompson Robertson, Sr., 75, of 1441 Ghost Creek Road and husband of 56 years to Diane Dover Robertson, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Brookstone Terrace in Woodruff. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Raymond Earl Robertson, Sr. and Mary Alice Smith Robertson. Mr.…
Read MoreJames Harold Snider
Dateline-Waterloo, South Carolina James Harold Snider, age 88 passed away Monday, November 8, 2021, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton, SC on May 3, 1933 and was a son of the late Roy and Alice McCravy Snider. Mr. Snider was a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was proud…
Read MoreCLNTA Men’s Tennis Team Captures State Title
A group of avid tennis players from Laurens and Greenwood won the USTA 18u 6.5 combo state tennis tournament in Florence, South Carolina, this past weekend. The men defeated teams from Lexington, Florence and Mount Pleasant in Group 2 and then defeated the winner of Group 1 from Greenville in the finals on Monday. The…
Read MoreOrien Vance Clark
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Orien Vance Clark, age 85, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Spartanburg Medical Center. He was born February 2, 1936 in Gaffney, SC and was a son of the late Arthur Carroll Clark and Bessie Lee Price Clark. He was a loving and devoted husband, father…
Read MoreRaylan Garner crowned Lander’s Homecoming Queen.
Lander University’s recent Homecoming Week culminated with the crowning of a new King and Queen. Raylan Garner, of Laurens, a senior interdisciplinary major, is Queen and Chase Maxwell, of Anderson, a senior elementary education major, is the new King. They were crowned during the soccer game at Van Taylor Stadium. Photo by Dawn Lewis
Read MoreJanice Setzer Cunningham
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Janice Setzer Cunningham, affectionately known as Bam-Ma, age 69, of Clinton, SC, wife of Gary Cunningham, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at her home. She was born July 14, 1952, in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late J. Freddie Setzer and Margaret Wilson Setzer. Janice worked…
Read MoreDonny Wilder
Clinton, South Carolina Donny Wilder, born March 9, 1932, was the son of the late Shadie S. Wilder and Robert P. Wilder. He peacefully passed away on November 2, 2021 with his family by his side. Donny Wilder, once a promising football player, contracted polio at the age of 13, cutting his athletic aspirations short.…
Read MoreDavid Sage Veneklasen
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina David Sage Veneklasen, 77, of Clinton and husband of Rosemary Mathews Veneklasen, passed away at his home, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Born in Chicago, IL, he was a son of the late Dudley Ralph and Jean Sage Veneklasen, a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL, and…
Read MoreTimothy Ed “Tim” Heaton
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Timothy Ed “Tim” Heaton, age 71, of 1597 Sandy Springs Road, and husband of Marie Heaton, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021, at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late James Edgar and Katherine Louise Butler Heaton. Tim was a US Army Veteran,…
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