Area Obituaries

Robert L. Wearring passed on June 14, 2018, at age 100. Robert was born to the late L.D. Wearring and Bessie Cunningham Wearring on May 5, 1918. He was the eldest of four children. He and his brothers, Connie C. Wearring and Daniel Wearring, were raised by their Aunt Cerilla and Fred Hugens in Laurens,…

Dateline – Gray Court, S.C. Charles Randy Howard, 70, of 947 Bolt Road in the Hickory Tavern community, passed away on Saturday June 9, 2018 at his home. Born in Greenville County on March 14, 1948, he was the son of the late Robert “Bud” and MaeDel Howard. He was a veteran of the Vietnam…

Dateline: Simpsonville, S.C. Gregory R. Wooten, Sr., 56, husband of Rogena Gale Wooten, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, June 7, 2018. Mr. Wooten was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., to the late Robert Eugene Wooten, Sr. and Marie Colosia Wooten. He was a former employee of Mitsubishi Polyester Film in Greer, S.C. He loved…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Dorothy “Dotti” Lana Latour Borowve, age 70, of 202 Douglas Street, and wife of Edward Stanley Borowve, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018, at her home. Born in Syracuse, New York, she was a daughter of the late George Latour and Inez Hunter Clark. Dotti was a homemaker who enjoyed…

Dateline-Clinton, S.C. Jimmy Lee South, age 91, went to be with his Lord, peacefully and surrounded by his family on June 4, 2018 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Gray Court, S.C., and was a son of the late Rufus Leroy and Lola May Hughes South. Jimmy retired from Clinton Mills,…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Edith Kay Sellers, 74, of 23297 Hwy 76 East and widow of Willard Eugene Sellers, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Spartanburg County, S.C., and was a daughter of the late Thomas B. and Eloise Seay Hardin. Mrs. Sellers was…

Robert “Wayne” Shipman, Sr., 68, of 115 L.C. Drive, Laurens, S.C., and husband of Susan DuBois Shipman, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2018, at his home. Born in Laurens, he was the son of Claude Robert Shipman of Laurens and the late Audrey Smith Shipman. Wayne was a retired truck driver and member of Lucas…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Harley H. Culpepper, age 91, widower of Ellen Crowell Culpepper, passed away June 1, 2018 at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Greenville, S.C.,  and was the son of the late JL and Roxie J. Carroll Culpepper. Mr. Culpepper was retired from Clinton Mills. He was a member of…

Dateline – Fountain Inn, S.C. Donald Lynn Wise, Sr., 68, of 297 Tillbrook Court passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. Born in Laurens, S.C., he was a son of the late Paul and Gladys Christian Wise, was retired from Ingersoll-Rand and of the Church of God faith. Funeral services will…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. James Albert “Ab” Curry Sr., 92, of 1292 Curry Road passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the NHC of Laurens. Mr. Curry was born in Laurens S.C., and was a son of the late David P. and Nell Childress Curry. Ab was retired from Laurens Electric Cooperative, he was a…