Area Obituaries

Fountain Inn, S.C. – Bertha Bridgeman Dunagan, 79, widow of James M. Dunagan, went to be with the Lord, Friday, September 29, 2017. Mrs. Dunagan was born in Travelers Rest to the late Francis Batson Bridgeman. She was a member of Mauldin Church of Christ, the Clemson Extension Club and the Laurens County Homemakers Club.…

Clara Beck Boyce, 76, of 32 Happy Trails Ln., Clinton, S.C., and wife of the late Earle R. Boyce, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017, at her home. Born in Laurens County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Ernest Edgar and Ada Lucille Messer Beck. Through the years she was formerly employed with…

Fountain Inn, S.C. – Newberne Watson Cook, 82, husband of Georgia Hawkins Cook, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, September 28, 2017. Mr. Cook was born December 25, 1934 in Laurens County to the late Alvin Clyde and Josie Cox Cook. He was formerly employed with Hollingsworth for 51 years and was a charter…

James L. Walker, 69, of 234 Mt. Pleasant Estates Road and husband of Jan Garrett Walker passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the Laurens County Hospice House in Clinton. Born in Laurens, he was the son of the late Charlie and Ella Fair Gilliam Walker. A retired contractor, he was owner and operator of…

Clinton, S.C. – Angie Lee Summers, age 88, a resident of Bailey Manor and widow of Frank James Summers, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Coeburn, Va., and was a daughter of the late Hopkins and Ethel Mutters Buttry. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday,…

Lawrence Clarence “Larry” Williamson, age 82, of Laurelwood Apartments, Laurens, S.C., passed away on September 26, 2017, at Hospice of Laurens County Hospice House. Born in Cocke County, Tenn., he was a son the late Robert Lee and Dora Ellison Williamson. Larry was a US Marines veteran and retired from the restaurant industry. He was…

Linda Carlton Goodenough, 64, wife of Richard C. Goodenough, of Beaufort, S.C., died Monday, September 25, 2017 at her residence. The family received friends on Friday, September 29, 2017 from 6-9 p.m. at the residence. Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.

Laurens, S.C. –  Jimmie Carol Walker, age 81, widower of Betty Joyce Godfrey Walker, passed away Sunday, September 24, 2017 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. He was born in Enoree, S.C., and was a son of the late Oliver Leroy Walker and Louis Yarborough Walker. Mr. Walker was a retired machinist of 35…

James “Jim” W. Maddox, 76, of Sulphur Springs, Ark., passed away Saturday, September 23, 2017.  He was born October 24, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of Dena Lucille Sparkman and Deloy Floyd Maddox. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son Tom Maddox, one brother, and one sister His life’s work…

Elizabeth Megan Brewington, age 25, of 204 W. Farley Street, Laurens, passed away Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of Johnny Brewington of Clinton and Crystal Crayne Davis of Greenwood. Megan was a graduate of Laurens High School and a student at Piedmont Technical…