Area Obituaries
Howard Ray Johnson
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Howard Ray Johnson was born on August 22, 1966 in Laurens County Hospital, and passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020. He was a resident of Laurens, SC and the son to the late Tommy Johnson, Sr. and Ray Johnson Howard. He was a self-employed Carpenter who loved fishing, hunting, and…
Read MoreBetty-Neal Derrick Moore
Dateline-Laurens, South Carolina Betty-Neal Moore, 93, of 129 Sherwood Forest, Laurens, SC passed away peacefully at the Hospice of Laurens County. Born in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of James Keifer and Elizabeth Mims Derrick. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Cary Parker Moore. Betty-Neal was a graduate of…
Read MoreEthel Campbell
Dateline: Gray Court, South Carolina Ethel Virginia Cannon Campbell, 75, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 24, 2020. Ms. Campbell was born in Laurens to the late William Otis Cannon and Ethel Virginia Hardin Cannon. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and Hickory Tavern Church of God. Surviving are…
Read MoreNeita Louise Martin
Laurens, South Carolina Neita Louise Martin, 42, of 208 A Samaritan Drive passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020, at her home. Born at Fort Bragg, NC she is a daughter of Frances Littlejohn Martin of Laurens and the late Thomas Wayne Martin, Sr. Neita was a beloved daughter, sister and sister-in-law. She had that type…
Read MoreStewart Chapman Babb, Jr.
Gray Court, South Carolina Stewart Chapman Babb, Jr., age 80, of 403 Bramlett Church Road, and husband of Mary Hembree Wood Babb, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020, at his home. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Stewart Chapman Babb, Sr. and Ruby Nelson Babb. A veteran of the U.S.…
Read MoreBarbara Ann Garner Nelson
Laurens, South Carolina Barbara Ann Garner Nelson, age 85, of Laurelwood Apartments, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at Laurens County Hospital. Born in Abbeville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Culp and Lillian Herron Garner. Barbara retired from Walmart Distribution and was a member of Second Baptist Church in Laurens. She…
Read MoreBrenda Ann Davis Johnson
Laurens, South Carolina Mrs. Brenda Ann Davis Johnson, age 71, of Reedy Road Laurens went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday May 19, 2020 at NHC Laurens. Born on May 28, 1948; Mrs. Johnson was a 1970 graduate of Sanders High School and worked at Whitten Center for many years. She was a…
Read MoreCorance Alfred Myrick Jr.
Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Mr. Corance Alfred Myrick, Jr. was born to the late Corance Alfred Myrick, Sr. and Vorise Simms Myrick on November 4, 1935. He grew up in the Red Oak Community in Barnwell County, along with his sister Vorise Deborah. He attended a two room school known as Diamond Dale from…
Read MoreNancy Jones Walston
Laurens, South Carolina Nancy Jones Walston, age 88, of Bethel Church Road, and wife of the late Roger Merrill Walston, Sr., passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at her home. Born in Enoree, SC, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Louise Blanton Jones. Nancy was retired from The Torrington Company and…
Read MoreMarian Gray McKittrick Barker
Dateline – Wyoming Marian Gray McKittrick Barker passed away peacefully in the early hours of May 13, 2020. She was born on September 6, 1932 in South Carolina to George and Frances Johnson McKittrick, the second child of nine children born to the couple. She met the love of her life, Arthur Hill Barker, in…
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