Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community
Miriam Elaine Hall Corley
Laurens. South Carolina Miriam Elaine Hall Corley, 92, of Laurens, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Miriam was born in Mississippi on March 7, 1933, to the late James Waddell and Alma Thrailkill Hall. She was employed at First National, Spratt Grocery, and retired from the office at Smith…
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Laurens, South carolina J.C. Byers, 96, and beloved husband of 75 years to the late Wilma Jenkins Byers, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Marshall, NC, he was the son of the late T.C. and Ethylene Byers. J.C. was a faithful member of First Baptist Church…
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Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Jewel Bradley Knight, age 84, of Laurens, widow of William Ansel Knight, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2023 at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. She was born July 4, 1938 in Inman, SC and was the daughter of the late Ed and Pearl Wilburn Bradley. Mrs. Knight was retired from…
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Laurens Leslie Harold Vickery, age 88, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Leslie Bee Vickery and Iva May Davidson Vickery. Born and raised in Paris, TN, he met and married Barbara Ann Davis Vickery in…
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Laurens, South Carolina Frances Reames Sumerel, age 90, and wife of the late Haskell Sumerel, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Laurens, she was daughter of the late Arthur and Kathleen Franks Reames. A homemaker, Frances was a member of First Baptist Church in Laurens. She…
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Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina Earl Thomason, 94, resident of Laurens, SC, widower of Carolyn Parkman Thomason, passed away Friday, October 7, 2022, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born November 5, 1927 in Fountain Inn, SC, he was a son of the late Willie J. Thomason and Essie Smith Thomason, and was lovingly raised…
Read MoreJackson Donnelly “Don” Burroughs, Sr.
Gray Court, South Carolina Jackson Donnelly “Don” Burroughs, Sr., age 88, passed away on March 5, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Originally born in Vance County, NC, he was the son of the late James Gilliam Burroughs and Elain Wright Burroughs. Don spent his first 12 years in Canada and his family moved to…
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Gray Court, South Carolina Annie Ruth “Anne” Stoddard Smith, age 100, of Gray Court, and widow of Eldon H. Smith, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Born in Fountain Inn, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Dennis Stoddard and Nannie Burdette Stoddard. Mrs. Smith retired…
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