Area Obituaries

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Melody Lisa Simmons, 55, of Laurens, South Carolina, passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, January 24, 2019. She was born in Laurens, South Carolina on August 2, 1963, the daughter of the late Franklin O’Neil Simmons and Virginia Fuller Simmons. Melody was a graduate of Laurens District…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Margaret “Peggy” Conmy, age 48, of 227 Irby Ave passed away January 23, 2019 at her home. She was born in Newburgh, N.Y., and was the daughter of Kathleen Farrenkopf and the late Richard Whritner. Peggy was employed with the Greenville Hospital System at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital as a…

Dateline – Waterloo, S.C. Curtis Beaman, age 69, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Kinards, SC and was the son of the late Troy Gerald Beaman, Sr. and Elizabeth Keasler Beaman. He was an employee of Ceram Tec in Laurens. He served his country as a…

Piedmont, S.C. Richard Larry Gunter, 69, of 104 Mill Creek Road and husband of Alethea Mack Gunter passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Vernon Gunter and also the late Daisy Mae Bishop Robinson and Charles H. Robinson. A veteran of…

Fountain Inn, S.C. Eugene C. Stoddard Sr. Nov 10, 1927 – Jan 21, 2019 Eugene “Gene” C. Stoddard Sr., 91, of Fountain Inn, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 21, 2019. Born in the Owings Community, he was a son of the late Lander Boyd Stoddard, Sr. and Selina Parker Roberts Stoddard,…

Marie Snow went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2019. She is known as the “Doll Lady” in her community and she was dearly loved by all who knew her. She was predeceased by her parents, Henry and Mae Wilburn Snow. Sisters, Juanita Snow Walker and Nancy Snow Culbertson and a brother…

Laurens, S.C. Sharon Lynn “Lyndy” Haggard, age 51, of 413 Robinson Road, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at Hospice of Laurens County Hospice House. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of the late Alton Jack Jones and Josephine Lynch Owens.  Lyndy was employed with Flowers Baking for nearly 20 years, attended First…

Laurens, S.C. Louise Robinson Stroud, 94, and wife of the late C. Hubert Stroud, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at NHC of Laurens. Born in Greenville County, she was the daughter of the late Golden Robinson and Alice Butler Robinson Landreth. She was a member of Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church for 50 years.…

Waterloo, S.C. John Wallace “Red” Coats, Jr. went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. He was born February 16, 1937, in Laurens, SC. He graduated from Ford High School in 1955, and left shortly thereafter to join the U.S. Air Force, serving 18 months of his service in the Philippine Islands. He…

Laurens, S.C. Anita Wilson King, 93, of 101 Clearview Dr. and wife of both the late Ralph T. Wilson, Jr. and the late Jack H. King, Sr., passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at The Hospice House of Laurens County. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Wilmot and Edna Harvey…