All Obituaries

Mrs. Clemmie Boyd Harris was born December 29, 1948 to the late John Wilson, Jr. and the late Mattie Boyd (Earnest) McGowan. She attended the public schools of Laurens County, South Carolina. At an early age, Clemmie joined the White Plains Baptist Church in Mountville, South Carolina.  She then moved her membership to Zion Hill Baptist Church in Cross Hill, South Carolina.  She was a member of the Sunrise Gospel Choir and the Zion Hill Baptist Church Choir.  She later...

Mrs. JoAnn Lena Blair was born on August 5, 1960, in New City, New York. A daughter of the late Lena Flournoy and Gerald McGrier. She attended public schools in Richland County, Georgia and was a graduate of Hephzibah Comprehensive High School in Hephzibah, Georgia.  She went on to further her education and obtained an Associate Degree at Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, South Carolina.  She was pursuing a Bachelor's degree from Purdue University Online at the time of...

Pastor Elder Charles Edward Smith was born May 19, 1941 to the late Mr. James and Mrs. Lena Slaughter in Alexander City, Alabama. At an early age he moved to California where he opened up his own mechanic shop.  While there, he met Missionary Patricia Moore Smith and they married on April 19, 1986. God called Elder Smith into the ministry at a young age, but he finally acknowledged his calling in 1987.  In October 1989, after being led by the Holy Spirit, he and his wife moved to...

Mr. Alexander Douglas was born on July 26, 1946 in Rockingham, North Carolina to the late John Douglas and Lula Alice McNeil Douglas.He attended the Scotland County Public Schools where he went on become a graduate of Shaw High School in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Alexander joined the military early in life and became a veteran of the Army, the Navy, and the Nation Guard. He was also a former employee of Whitten Center in Clinton, South Carolina. He was a member of Mt. Cowell Baptist...

Mr. Tommie Lee "Tom" Williams, a son of the late Robert Whitmore, Sr., and Mattie Williams Whitmore, was born on August 12, 1960 in Laurens County, South Carolina. He attended public schools in Greenville County, South Carolina and was a graduate of Greenville High School in Greenville, South Carolina. Later in life, Tom as he was known by many, joined White Plains Baptist Church in Mountville, South Carolina where he was a member of the All Male Choir. After his service in the...

Pastor, Mother Marian Coleman, 83, heard and answered the master's call on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at the Hospice of Laurens County, Clinton, South Carolina. She was born in Laurens County on February 16, 1936, the daughter of the late Elder Alberta Moses Carter and Elder Cleo Carter. she was married to the late, Pastor Elder Willie Coleman, Jr. Mother Marian Coleman joined Zion Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church at a very early age, where she served faithfully in whichever area she was...

Mrs. Banner Burton Jackson was born on November 3, 1940 in Laurens County, South Carolina to the late Carrie Burton Williams. She attended the Laurens County Public Schools where she went on to become a 1959 graduate of Bell Street High School in Clinton, South Carolina. After thirty-two years of employment, she retired from Whitten Center in Clinton, South Carolina.  She was also the previous owner of Orchard Park Memorial Gardens in Clinton, South Carolina. Banner was a member of...

Ms. Dianne Juanita Williams was born on November 17, 1956 in Laurens County, South Carolina to Ernest Singley, Sr. and the late Fannie Mae Hill. She attended the Laurens County Public schools where she went on to become a graduate of Bell Street High School in Clinton, South Carolina. She was employed by Standard Hardware Company in Clinton, South Carolina for ten years. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by grandmother, Millie Kinard; a brother, Ernest Singley, Jr., and...

Linda Williams Dandy, 62, was born on August 24, 1956 to the late Horace and Ruth Greedy Williams in Laurens County South Carolina. She attended public school in Newberry, South Carolina. Linda entered into Eternal Rest on Saturday May 11, 2019 at Spartanburg Memorial Hospital in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Cherished memories are left to her daughter, Glendora Johnson of Clinton, South Carolina; two brothers, Horace (Prudell) Williams of Fayetteville, North Carolina and Gene (Emma Lee)...