Area Obituaries

Betty Jean Berryhill Hester, 84, of 144 Spring Rd., Laurens, S.C.,  and wife of Charles Wyatt Hester Sr., passed away at her home Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Born in Pickens County, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Jasper Grayson and Ella Gossett Berryhill. Mrs. Hester was formerly employed with Liberty Life Insurance Co.…

Ellis Martin Jr., age 74, of 434 Ekom Beach Road, Laurens, S.C., and husband of Brenda Pinson Martin, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Ellis Martin Sr. and Sue Coleman Martin. Ellis retired from Laurens Glass Plant…

M. David Horn, age 76, of 2 Simmons Street, Laurens, S.C.,  and husband of Judy Huey Horn, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2017, at his home. Born in Greer, S.C., he was a son of the late Grady and Bertha Jenkins Horn.  David was a U.S. Army Veteran and was an Antiques Dealer. Funeral…

Mattie W. Davis, 92, of Anderson, S.C., passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born September 4, 1924, in Greenville County, S.C., Mattie was a daughter of the late Coon Kindred Watson and the late Nellie Lee Gault Watson. During her career, she had worked for 20 years…

Benjamin “Bill” Fitzhugh Lanford Jr., 81, of Waterloo, S.C., widower of Nancy Jean Mason Lanford, passed away July 13, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. A native of Laurens County, son of the late Benjamin Fitzhugh Lanford, Sr. and Mary Ruth Powers Lanford, he was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean…

1935 – 2017 John Donnom Witherspoon III (Don), son of John Donnom II and Eloise Witherspoon, of Georgetown, Texas, died from lung and heart complications on July 10, 2017. Mr. Witherspoon was descended from notable Laurens County residents, including  John Drayton Williams who was a signer of Ordinance of Secession from Laurens District.  John Drayton’s…

Alexandria “Andria” Armstrong, age 25, of 1785 Double Bridges Rd., Good Hope, Ga., and formerly of Laurens, passed away Monday, July 10, 2017, at her home. She was born in Greenwood, S.C., and was a daughter of Charles Steven and Virginia Taylor Armstrong. Andria attended the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind. Funeral…

Blakely Smith Womble, 51, of 350 W. Peachtree St., Woodruff, S.C., and husband of Stephanie Wright Womble, passed away Monday, July 10, 2017, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Malvern, Ark., he was a son of Wilma Varnell Silvers of Laurens and Samuel Smith Womble and wife Mona of Mt. Ida, Ark. He was the…

Joseph Timothy Moore, 61, of 19 Oakley Dr., Gray Court, S.C., and husband of Debra Gainey Moore, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017, at his home. Born in Clinton, S.C., he was a son of the late John P. and Alice Idell Lambert Moore. He was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the…

Clinton, S.C. – Doris Stoddard Hellams, 95, wife of the late Rev. M. Floyd Hellams, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017, at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Jamie Roland and Maude Ella Owings Stoddard. She was a retired schoolteacher. Funeral services…