Skip to content

US Navy

Stephen Earl Jackson

Dateline-Clinton, South Carolina Stephen Earl Jackson, age 77, of Clinton, SC, husband of Patricia Jackson, passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born April 26, 1946 in Greenwood, SC, and was a son of the late James Earl and Sybil Jones Jackson. Steve retired from Timken and was a…

Read More

Randall “Randy” Jerry Heaton

Randall “Randy” Jerry Heaton, age 65 of Clinton passed away Monday March 13, 2023 at the Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. Randy was born July 24, 1957 in Clinton SC. He was the son of Jerry Heaton (Lorraine) of Clinton and the late Joyce Creswell Campbell. Randy spent a short time in the Navy. He…

Read More

Edward Patrick Kadingo

Dateline – Atlanta, Georgia Captain Edward Patrick Kadingo was born April 8, 1935 in West New York, New Jersey and died March 1, 2023 in Atlanta, GA. He moved to GA to attend Georgia Tech. There he ran cross-country and qualified for the Naval ROTC. He graduated in 1958 with a degree in Industrial Engineering.…

Read More

War Stories: Clinton honors city’s veterans

Clinton, South Carolina – Charles Nally was a young Army soldier in West Germany when he faced his most dangerous day of service completely by mistake. The Clinton resident, now 88, was out with fellow soldiers in the early 1950s on a border patrol when a commander sent sharp orders to return. “We’d gone into…

Read More

Ralph Edward Mechling

Dateline – Clinton, South Carolina Ralph Edward Mechling, age 69, husband of Jill Nobles Mechling for 44 years passed away peacefully at Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton, SC on his birthday, March 17, after losing the battle with cancer. Ralph was born and raised in Columbia, SC where he attended Dreher High School…

Read More

William Roy Garner

Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina William Roy Garner, 78, of Laurens, husband of Evelyn Stone Garner, passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021, at his home. Born in Laurens County, he was the son of the late Clyde William Garner and Alice Ruth Hill Garner. Roy was a member of Highland Home Baptist Church where he…

Read More

FC2 Donald Raymond Doss, Jr.

Dateline – Laurens, South Carolina US Navy Fire Controlman Petty Officer 2nd Class, Donald Raymond “Don” Doss, Jr., of 541 Pine Ridge Road, and husband of Pamela Annette Franklin Doss, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at PRISMA Health, Laurens County Hospital. Born in Casa Blanca, Morocco, he was a son of the late Donald…

Read More