Area Obituaries

Idella Brown, age 65, of 3714 Grandview Drive, Apt. #185-K, Simpsonville, formerly of Laurens, died Friday, November 18, 2016 at her home. Born in Laurens County, a daughter of the late Marion Anderson and Ella Wee Hill, she was the wife of the late George Brown. Funeral service was held Friday, November 25, at the…

Mamie Louise Eubanks Sexton, age 76, of 50 Ghost Creek Road, Laurens, and wife of Jack Davis Sexton Jr. passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2016, at Carolina Gardens Senior Living in Laurens. Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late Olin and Mary Burch Eubanks. Funeral services will be held at 11:00…

Honorable Wesley Lamar “Buddy” Brown, 76, of 500 S. Limestone Street, Gaffney, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 14, 2016 at Simpsonville Rehab & Health. Born in Laurens, he was the husband of Charlotte Ann Peeler Brown and son of the late Albert Irvin Brown and Meta Smith Fuller Brown. The…

James E. “Jim” Hicks Jr., 93, of Florence, and formerly of Laurens, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016, at the McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Hicks was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., a son of the late James E. Hicks Sr. and Gladys Holt Hicks. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 noon on Thursday, November…

William Carlisle “Bill” Patterson, age 74, of Laurens passed away Sunday, November 13, 2016 at his home. He was born in Augusta, Ga., and was a son of the late Horace and Betty Suhr Patterson. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Nov. 17, at 11:00 a.m. in the Laurens First United Methodist Church, burial with…

Bobby Doran Simmons, 84, of Clinton, passed away November 11, 2016 at the McCall Hospice House of Simpsonville. Bobby was born November 20, 1931 in Laurens, of Barney and Kathleen Simmons. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 20, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at The First Baptist Church, 301 S. Broad Street, Clinton,…

Martha Ann Goad, 85, of 605 South Harper St., Laurens, and widow of Ernest Harold Goad, passed away Friday, November 11, 2016, at her home. Born in Hope, Ark., she was a daughter of the late David Lawrence Sullivan and Mable Douthit Carpenter. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 13, at The Kennedy Mortuary Chapel. …

Kenneth Bernard “Chuck” Watts, age 60, of 266 Lighthouse Road, Enoree, died Thursday, November 10, 2016 at his home. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Joe Bill Watts and Sarah Bell Caldwell. Funeral service was Monday, November 14, at the Duncan Creek Baptist Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery. Beasley…

Ravonda L. Boston, age 42, of 1524 Bull Hill Road, Gray Court, died Thursday, November 10, 2016 at her home. Born in Greenville, she was a daughter, of David Lewis Watts and Mildred Suber Watts and wife of Bill Boston. Funeral service was held  Sunday, November 13, at the Old Shady Oak Baptist Church. Beasley…

Bobby C. Culbertson, age 76, of 277 Setzler Road, Laurens, and husband of the late Patricia Greene Culbertson, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, at Laurens County Hospital. Born in Laurens, he was a son of the late Lewis Frank and Nannie Mayben Culbertson. Per his request, there will be no services at this…