Area Obituaries

James “Jim” Madison Pitts, Jr., age 51, of 272 Burts Road, Clinton, S.C., passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Spartanburg, S.C., and was the son of Barbara B. Pitts of Clinton and the late James Madison Pitts, Sr. Mr. Pitts was an active member and Deacon of…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Andy Bee Young, Jr., age 94, was called to be with the Lord on Monday, December 4, 2017. He was the husband of Nettie Murphy Young and son of the late Andy Bee Young, Sr. and Frances Horton Young. He was a graduate of Clinton High School and served his country…

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Henry “Hawk” Luther Seymore, age 93, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at the NHC of Clinton. He was born in Renno, S.C., and was a son of the late William Henry and Margaret Ellie Baker Seymore. Graveside Services will be held Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Pinelawn…

Dateline- Clinton, SC McArthur Eugene “Mac” Avery, age 74 of 149 Forest Road, Clinton, S.C., passed away December 3, 2017 at his home. He was born in Greenville County on January 28, 1943. He was one of seven sons of Ludie Frank Sr. and Mary Lucille Metts Avery. “Mac” as he was known loved his…

Billy Mitchell Baldwin, age 68, of 414 Cunningham Road, Waterloo, S.C., passed away Saturday, December 2, 2017, at his home. He was born in Greenville and was a son of the late Henry and Lula Mae Allison Baldwin. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, December 5, at 12 p.m. at Rosemont Cemetery in…

Pamela H. Brannock, Clover, S.C. Pamela Honeycutt Brannock became whole and healed with the Lord on Friday, December 1, 2017 surrounded by her family and friends at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House, Rock Hill, S.C. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the Bethel Presbyterian Church.  The family will receive…

Philip Lee Harris, 77, of Laurens, S.C., died Friday evening, Dec. 1, 2017, at Hospice of Laurens County. Born in Laurens, he was the eldest son of Roy Lee Harris and Rose Bedenbaugh Harris. Philip was a graduate of North Greenville Junior College and Erskine College. He did his graduate studies at the University of…

Geraldine “Jerry” Brissey Griffin, of 107 Maplebrook Street, Laurens, S.C., passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017, at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. The daughter of Charles Casper Brissey and Laura Macie Mitchell, she lived to be 82 years old. She was a dedicated mother and consummate southern cook. Raised on a working…

Elizabeth Dial “Libby” Boone, age 79, of 113 Forest Drive, Laurens, S.C., and widow of Lee J. Boone, passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, S.C. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of the late Francis Asbury “Frank” Dial and Mary Owings Dial.  Libby was a graduate of…

Mrs. Sarah L. Reid, age 91, of 208 Lear Drive, Laurens, S.C., died Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Laurens County Hospital, Clinton, S.C. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Johnson and Nellie B. Peak Johnson. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 12 Noon…