Area Obituaries

David Kenneth Prince, 47, of 4035 Sawmill Rd., Gray Court, S.C., and husband of Louise Faythe Kite Prince, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017, at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Born in Rutherfordton, N.C., he was a son of the late Harold Eugene and Wilma Wallin Prince. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was the owner and…

Sara King Wasson Hickory Tavern, S.C. – Sara King Wasson, 97, wife of the late James D. Wasson Sr., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at home surrounded by her family. She was born in the Fork Shoals community of Greenville County.  Her parents were the late John Washington…

Laurens, S.C. – Samuel Randolph Wallace, 94, husband of the late Jennie Young Wallace, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Martin Gary Wallace, Sr. and Amelia Bolt Wallace. A WWII U.S. Army veteran, he was a life-long member of…

Charles Wyatt Hester, Sr., 86, of 144 Spring Rd., Laurens, S.C., and husband of the late Betty Jean Berryhill Hester, passed away, Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at his home. Born in Greenville County, he was a son of the late Ossie Wavel and Viola Bentley Hester.  A U.S. Army veteran, he was a 1962 graduate…

Lanny Ree Shealy, age 67, of Laurens, S.C., and husband of Lois Annette Gibby Shealy, passed away on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, Lanny was the son of the late Starling King and Helen Garrett Shealy.  He was formerly in the USMC Reserves and was a welder. A memorial…

Marion Quinn DeGenaro, 78, of Laurens, SC passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at National Healthcare in Laurens. Born in Larimer, Penn., she was a daughter of the late John and Margaret Johns Quinn. Mrs. DeGenaro was a U.S. Navy veteran and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A Mass of Christian…

Elaine Martin, 74, of 102 Coleman St., Laurens, S.C., passed away Monday, August 21, 2017, at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, she was the daughter of the late Ellis F. Martin, Sr. and Sue Coleman Martin. A graduate of Laurens High School, Anderson College, and East Tennessee State University, she was a lifelong…

Donna W. Kimball passed away at Bethany Manor of Horseheads, N.Y., on August 19, 2017, at the age of 86. Donna was born April 5, 1931 in Wellsboro, Penn., to the late Howard Mack Wilson and Emma Lucile Ferris Wilson. Surviving are her six children, Kathy Kimball Pelmo of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Vicki Davis and…

Doris Ann Eppley Johnson, 71, of 646 Westwood Drive, Laurens, S.C., and wife of William Charles Johnson Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, surrounded by friends and family. Born in Lockhart, S.C., she was a daughter of Frances Riddle Eppley Hellams of Laurens and the late Paul O. Eppley Sr.  A member…

Geneva Worley Samples, 90, widow of Jesse Mitchell Samples Jr., of 26 Circle Street, Ware Shoals, S.C., passed away Monday August 14, 2017 at the home of her daughter. Born in Clinton, S.C., she was a daughter of the late William and Cora Butler Worley. She was a member of Hodges Church of God, where…