Hickory Tavern
Helen Eugenia Kellett
Hickory Tavern, South Carolina Helen Eugenia Kellett, age 95, of Hickory Tavern, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Martha Franks Retirement Community. Born in Hickory Tavern, she was a daughter of the late Jimmie Lee and Ethel Bolt Kellett. Helen was employed with JP Stevens Watts Plant and Laurens Mill. She was a…
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Appling, Georgia Mr. Furman Lollis, 80, of Appling, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. Furman graduated in 1965 from Clemson University. After his graduation, he taught at Aiken High School then began working at the County Extension office in Aiken. Later he worked at Federal Land Bank and…
Read MoreGeraldine Bagwell
December 10, 1941 – November 4, 2022 Shreveport, Louisiana Geraldine Ridge Bagwell, age 80, peacefully passed away on November 4, 2022, in Shreveport, Louisiana following a brief illness. A private ceremony will be held to spread Gerry’s ashes in her beloved hometown of Hickory Tavern, South Carolina. Gerry and her family moved from Laurens, South…
Read MoreTimothy Steven Tollison
Hickory Tavern, South Carolina Timothy “Tim” Steven Tollison, 33, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 29, 2022. Tim was born in Greenville to Felicia Rene’ Calhoun and Danny James Tollison, Sr. He was a 2007 graduate of Fountain Inn Christian Academy where he was a varsity basketball player for the Falcons. In…
Read MoreJoseph “Joe” Earl Brownlee
Laurens, South Carolina Joseph Earl Brownlee, age 76, of the Hickory Tavern Community, and husband of Frances Melton Brownlee, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peacefully at his home. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Willie Capers and Ena Abercrombie Brownlee. Mr. Brownlee retired from Industrial Distribution Group…
Read MoreGrace Williams Davis
Gray Court, South Carolina Grace Williams Davis, 93, of Hickory Tavern Community, and widow of her late husband Leonard Earl Davis, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood. Born in Laurens County, she was the daughter of the late Sam W. Williams and Ora Manley Williams. She was…
Read MoreDistrict 55 goes to a week of virtual for three schools
Laurens, S.C. – Laurens County School District 55 announced Wednesday evening that three of the district’s schools will transition to virtual learning beginning Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, and continuing through Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. The campuses affected include Gray Court-Owings School, Hickory Tavern School, and Laurens District 55 High School. Students at the district’s remaining six…
Read MoreTommy Rowland, Sr.
Dateline – Hickory Tavern, South Carolina Wilton Tommy Rowland, Sr., 79, husband of Janet Elaine Winchester Rowland, of Highway 76 West, died Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Hickory Tavern, he was a son of the late Clint Cleve and Lake Cox Rowland. He was a Member and Deacon of Princeton…
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