Area Obituaries

Laurens, SC Guyna Ray “Guy” Wingo, III, 46, of 657 S. Harper St. and husband of the late Gwendolyn Parks Wingo, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, at Laurens County Hospital. Born in Greenwood, SC, he was the son of Guyna Ray “Sparkie” Wingo, Jr. of Henderson, NC, and the late Anne Stoddard Gillard.  In…

Clinton, SC Willie Fowler Herring, 86, of 206 Fair Place and wife of the late Grady E. Herring, Jr., passed away at The Hospice House of Laurens Co. on Monday, April 22, 2019. Born in Pelzer, SC, she was a daughter of the late Boyd and Lillie Maude Spearman Fowler.  Willie was retired from Southern…

Laurens, SC Marilyn Eva Bradley, 73, of 638 Sirrine Street passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Prisma Health in Greenville. Born in Laurens, she was the daughter of the late C. Leanard and Eva O’Dell Bradley. Marilyn retired from Torrington and was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Surviving are: her brother, Carroll…

Clinton, SC Ronald Joseph Nelson, 76, of Laurens passed away April 14, 2019 at his home. Born in Michigan he was the son of the late Tennis J. Nelson and Gladys M. Ritchie Nelson. Survivors include his wife of the home, Audrey Irene Nelson of Clinton, SC. He is also survived by his children: Sheri…

Laurens, SC Vivian Pauline Whitten Powell peacefully entered into eternal rest surrounded by her loving children on April 12, 2019, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Vivian was born on July 8, 1932, in Laurens, South Carolina to the late John Austin Whitten and Henrietta Williams Whitten. She was preceded in death by the love…

Dateline – Laurens, SC Carrie Lea Tolbert Walsh of Laurens passed away on April 7, 2019 at National Health Care in Clinton. Born September 9, 1926 in Caldwell County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Jiles Dow and Bernice Hartley Tolbert. Mrs. Walsh was a former plant nurse for The Torrington Company in Clinton…

Calhoun Falls, SC Sherwin L. Johnson, 63, of Calhoun Falls, SC, died Sunday, April 7, 2019 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Lee Raymond and Mary Elizabeth Taylor Johnson. A 1973 graduate of Calhoun Falls High School, in 1975, he received an associate degree from Emmanuel…

Dateline – Clinton, SC James Donald Kidd, 85, of 901 North Sloan Street passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019 at his home. He was born in Comer, GA and was a son of the late Claude L and Thelma Gulley Kidd. Mr. Kidd was a former employee of Clinton Mills and Whitten Center. He was…

Dateline – Waterloo, SC Jerry Wayne Sneed Sr., 70, of 12477 Neely Ferry Road passed away April 5, 2019 at the Hospice & Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Mr. Sneed was born in Waynesboro, VA and was the son of the late Sammie Ray Sneed, Sr. and Arbutus Wood Sneed. Mr. Sneed was a former…

Laurens, SC Jeri Danielle Walker-Boone, 68, of Laurens, formerly of Myrtle Beach, SC and Columbia, SC went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Surviving her are her most beloved life partner, Eladio Cruz, Jr. of the home; her son Johnathan McClain and wife Laura of Los Angeles, CA who…