Area Obituaries

Dateline – Clinton, SC Walter James Hillard Rice, Sr., age 91, widower of his wife of 63 years, Mildred Tompkins Rice, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. He was born in Gadston, AL and was a son of the late Donald Rice and Annie Lawson Rice.…

Dateline – Laurens, SC Donnaree Tittle, age 81, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019, at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Salisbury, NC and was a daughter of the late William Robert and Ethel Mae Kepley Cauble. Mrs. Tittle was a former employee of the Medicine Shop in Clinton. She was…

Clinton, SC Mr. Jamarcus D. Foggie, age 23, of 225 Lakewood Drive, Clinton, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019 in Richland County, S.C. He was the son of Mrs. Susie Foggie Little and the late Michael Nelson. He is survived by his mother Susie F. (James) Little of the home; one sister…

Dateline – Laurens, SC Frank Neylan Shipman, age 61, of 3 Jesse Street, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at his home. Mr. Shipman was born in Laurens and was the son of Loretta H. Shipman and the late Franklin Delano Shipman. He was a member of the St. James United Methodist Church and was…

Laurens, SC Daniel Cunningham “Dan” Wilson, 71, of 104 Charles St., passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial. Born in Gray Court, he was a son of the late Herbert C. and Gertrude Hellams Wilson.  A U.S. Army veteran, he was stationed in Korea.  He was retired from Winn Dixie in…

Dateline – Clinton, SC Roland Leroy Tidwell, 79, of Clinton passed away on April 25, 2019. He was born June 29, 1939 in Greenwood and was the son of the late Jane Inglis Tidwell and Leroy Griffin Tidwell. Roland was a former Fireman and Police Officer with the City of Clinton and later retired from…

Laurens, SC Grace Riddle Wright, widow of D. Gene Wright and resident of Laurens, SC passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Martha Franks Retirement Community. Grace was born in Woodruff, SC to the late William G. and Ida Murphy Riddle. She lived in California and Washington State some years before returning to SC. She…

Dateline – Clinton, SC Thomas B. “Tommy” Corley, 72, of 800 Musgrove Street passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Thomas B. Corley Sr. and Evelyn Miller Corley. Tommy was a member of the Broad Street United Methodist Church. He is…

Laurens, SC Virginia Fuller Simmons, 74, of Laurens, South Carolina, passed away peacefully into the arms of her Savior on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.  She was born in Laurens on March 30, 1945, the daughter of the late Grady and Madia Riddle Fuller, formerly of Laurens. She was also the proud granddaughter of Fielding Luther…

Gray Court, SC Margie Nell Langston Hughes, age 79, of 6499 Hwy 14, and widow of William Paul Hughes, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Gray Court, she was a daughter of the late Rufus James and Eva Douglas Langston.  A Godly woman, Margie was previously a member…