Area Obituaries

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Helen Louise Wicks, 84, of 117 Fair Drive, Clinton, S.C., and wife of the late Lewis C. Wicks passed away on March 16, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton, S.C. Born in New Brunswick, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Sedric and Helen (Mitchell) Ellis.…

Ralph Lynn, Jr. October 26th, 1919 – March 16th, 2018 Ralph Lynn, Jr, 98 years of age, residing at 203 Tomahawk Lane, Laurens, S.C., departed this earth on March 16, 2018 at approximately 10: 40 a.m. Ralph was born in the farmhouse on the Lynn family farm. He exhaled his final breath while in the…

Laurens, S.C. Robert Ware Jones, 67, of 205 W. Farley Ave., passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Laurens County Hospital. Born in Jacksonville, Fla., he was the son of the late Robert L. and Martha Ware Jones. A U.S. Army Vietnam-era veteran, he attended the University of South Carolina before graduating from Lander…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Evelyn F. Gambrell, age 84, widow of William R. “Dub” Gambrell, Sr., of 202 Barnes Road, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at her home. Mrs. Gambrell was born in Greenwood, S.C., and was a daughter of the late James C. and Willie Mae Whitten Fuller. She was the Co-Owner…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. R H “Bo” Moates, age 58, of 114 Moreland Ave., passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He was born in Aurora, Colo., and was a son of the late Pet Moates, Jr. and Suzanne Clark Moates, formerly of Joanna, S.C. Professionally, Mr. Moates worked as a Pipeline Equipment Operator and Foreman…

Dateline – Lanford, S.C. Conie Patterson Prince, age 97, of 973 Patterson Plant Road, and widow of Homer C. Prince, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at her home. Born in Lanford, S.C., she was a daughter of the late John and Marie Yarborough Patterson. Conie retired from 3M and was a member of…

Dateline – Laurens, S.C. Margaret Catherine Cogsdill Brown, 98, of the Watts Mill Community and wife of the late J D Brown, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Fred Eldridge and Alberta Hughes Cogsdill. Mrs. Brown was a faithful member of Lucas Avenue Baptist…

Betty Elaine Robinson McCarson, age 76, of 1105 Deer Valley Road, Laurens, S.C., and wife of Thomas Eugene “Gene” McCarson, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, S.C. Born in Pelzer, S.C., she was a daughter of the late James and Pearl West Robinson. Betty was a homemaker…

Bobby Wallace Fuller, age 63, of Laurens, S.C., and husband of Marta Arnove Fuller, passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2018, at his home. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Wallace and Lillie Cullens Fuller. Bobby was a US Army Veteran, which included the Hawk Air Defense. He was also…

DATELINE:  Clinton, S.C. Carol Marie Woodward-Shockley, age 48, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. A native of Laurens County, S.C., she is the daughter of Pearl Sherfield Shockley of Clinton and the late Bo Shockley. She was a homemaker. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Forest Hills Funeral Home…