Area Obituaries
Marie Buffington
Dateline – Gainesville, Georgia Willie Marie Buffington, 93, of Smoky Springs Retirement Community in Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after suffering a heart attack while being treated for other issues. Marie was born on October 10, 1927, in Marble Hill, Georgia to Henry Marion and Julia Ann…
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Clinton, South Carolina Renowned Southern watercolor artist Betty Koty Walker passed away peacefully on January 4, 2021 at the age of 93. Much loved wife of physician Jim Walker and active mother of four sons, she died at the Presbyterian Community in Clinton, SC, surrounded by them all. Betty was born Elizabeth Marie Koty on…
Read MoreJimmy Mitchell Mattison
Gray Court, South Carolina Jimmy Mitchell Mattison, age 86, and husband of the late Elizabeth Woodward Mattison went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 2, 2021, at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton. Born on February 9, 1934, in Laurens, he was a son of the late Clifton Wyatt…
Read MoreMary Ann Chance Bailey
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Mary Ann Chance Bailey, widow of William “Bill” Bailey, passed away January 1, 2021 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Annapolis, MD and was a daughter of the late Trovilla T. Chance and Annie Naomi Welsh Chance. She attended and graduated from Annapolis Schools, she was…
Read MoreRobert “Curtis” Knox
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Robert “Curtis” Knox, age 78, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at National Health Care of Laurens. Born on March 14, 1942, in Victoria, VA he was a son of the late Robert Knox and Claudia Andrews Knox Best. A U.S. Navy veteran, Curtis graduated from…
Read MoreJessie Iusti, Sr.
Dateline – Cross Hill, South Carolina Jack Cecil “Jessie” Iusti, Sr., 88, resident of Cross Hill, widower of Margaret Elizabeth Crisp Iusti, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020 at his home. Born in Cross Hill, June 26, 1932, he was a son of the late Jesse and Mae White Iusti. Mr. Iusti was a US…
Read MoreJuanita Hamrick Johnson
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Juanita Hamrick Johnson, age 77, of Clinton, SC, and widow of William Keith Johnson Sr., died Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC. She was born November 19, 1943 and was a daughter of the late John Robert Hamrick and Isabell Dilleshaw Hamrick. Mrs. Johnson is…
Read MoreDavid Eugene “Gene” Lemmons
Laurens, South Carolina David Eugene “Gene” Lemmons, age 79, of Laurens, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020, at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Harvey Hurst and Alpha Roxie Long Lemmons. A veteran of the S.C. Army National Guard, he was owner…
Read MoreLisa Michelle Sprouse
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Lisa Michelle Sprouse, age 56, of Burnt Mill Creek Rd., passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 at her home. She was born December 4, 1964 in Columbus, Ohio, and was a daughter of the late Charles and Thelma Louise Bandy Fuller. Ms. Sprouse is survived by her daughters, Hannah Nicole…
Read MoreAllen Wayne Butler
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Allen Wayne Butler, age 73, of 1172 Brook Rd., passed away Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Louis W. Butler, Jr. and Ruby P. Butler. Allen was the Biggest Clinton Red Devil Fan…
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