Area Obituaries
Sally B. Lancaster
Laurens, South Carolina Sally B. Lancaster, 75, of 1684 Ranch Road and beloved wife of fifty-seven years to Harold Franklin Lancaster passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at her home. Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late Brooks and Ettie Belue Bailey. A member of Welcome Baptist Church, Mrs. Lancaster spent thirty…
Read MoreWilliam (Bill) Alexander Crawford
Dateline – Kinards, South Carolina William (Bill) Alexander Crawford, 78, passed away on March 29, 2023 after a brief illness. Born March 17, 1945, He was the son of Lewis Alexander and Frances Edwards Crawford. A lifelong resident of Joanna, SC, Bill attended Carlisle Military Academy and graduated from Clinton High School in 1963 where…
Read MoreRuth Darby Garrett
Laurens, South Carolina Ruth Darby Garrett, age 93, of Laurens, and widow of W. Cecil Garrett, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Langston Place in Clinton. Born in Laurens County, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley Darby and Inez Willis Darby. Mrs. Garrett retired from the Laurens County Soil Conservation…
Read MoreDaniel Lewis “Dan” Stewart, Sr.
Lanford, South Carolina Daniel Lewis “Dan” Stewart, Sr., age 86, of Lanford and husband of 66 years to Helen Evelyn Rush Stewart, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2023, at National Health Care of Clinton. Born in Gray Court, he was a son of the late Albert Teague and Ethel Riddle Stewart. He was a…
Read MoreIda Barksdale Crawford Stewart
Clinton, South Carolina Ida Barksdale Crawford Stewart, a long-time vice president at The Estée Lauder Companies and a special assistant to company founder Estée Lauder, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2023, at the Clinton Presbyterian Community, where she had lived and worked on her memoir since moving from her Sutton Place apartment in New…
Read MoreBetty Sanders Craine
Charleston, South Carolina Betty Sanders Craine, 90, formerly of Laurens and widow of William Jennings Craine, Sr., passed away Friday, March 24, 2023. Born in Ware Shoals, she was a daughter of the late Spurgeon Jackson and Nellie Culbertson Sanders. A member of St. James United Methodist Church, Mrs. Craine was a retired realtor with…
Read MoreRobert “Bob” Ernest Turrill
Laurens, South Carolina Robert “Bob” Ernest Turrill, 86, of Laurens, South Carolina and formerly of Connecticut passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Carlyle Senior Care of Fountain Inn. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut he was a son of the late Charles W. Turrill and Loretta Norton Turrill. A US Navy veteran, Mr. Turrill retired from…
Read MoreEdward Lowell Henderson
Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina On March 22, Edward Lowell Henderson, much loved husband, Dad, and Pop, passed away in Laurens, S.C., at the age of 87 years. Lowell was born on July 6,1935 in Newberry County to Edward and Kathleen Henderson. He graduated from Bush River High School and went on to serve in…
Read MoreCarolyn Dale Wilson
Clinton, South Carolina Carolyn Dale Wilson, age 63, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023, at her home. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of Joanne Smitherman and James Smitherman and JW Crapps. She worked at Torrington for 13 years, then First Baptist Church daycare for 10 plus years. Working with children…
Read MoreElizabeth McDaniel Fridy
Laurens, South Carolina Elizabeth McDaniel Fridy, age 90, of Laurens, and widow of Fred Hamiter Fridy, Jr., passed away on Monday, March 20, 2023, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Earl and Bess Cooper McDaniel. Mrs. Fridy retired from the SC Regional Housing Authority…
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