Life Tributes
Pansy Ross Sorrell
February 6, 2022
Pansy Ross Sorrell Taylors, SC Pansy Ross Sorrell, also known as Pat by her kids and friends, departed her loving family on February 6, 2022. Pat was born in Hiawassee, GA. on June 30, 1932, to Martha Alice Ross and William Lewis Ross. Attended Taylors High School in Taylors S.C, Pat was the mother of Rodney W. E. Sorrell and...
Donna Clyde Hatchett
February 5, 2022
Donna Clyde Ward Hatchett, 78, beloved wife of the late Charles Gregory Hatchett, went to be with the Lord on February 5, 2022. Born in Cullman, AL, Donna Hatchett was the daughter of the late Clyde Julian and Wilma Ward. She served the Lord at Camp Joy in Whitewater, WI, along with her husband for over 40 years. She was...
Zachary Ryan Russell
February 5, 2022
Zachary Ryan Russell, 25, of Greenville passed away on February 5, 2022. He was born July 11, 1996, in Greenville, SC. Zachary graduated from high school in 2014. Zachary loved listening to music, going to the beach, and he dearly loved animals. He is survived by his mother, Staci Dawn Russell of Greenville, SC; his father Joey Darnell Shehan of...
Michelle Hopkins Edwards
February 4, 2022
Michelle Hopkins Edwards, daughter of the late Robert M. Hopkins and Evelyn Hopkins, of Greenville, SC passed away on February 4, 2022. She is survived by her husband, James Donald “Lou” Edwards; son Robert Wade Edwards; daughter Alice Leigh McCall (Frankie); granddaughter Gracie Angelene; sister Joanne Dove; brother Terry Hopkins (Betty); and many nieces and nephews. Michelle was very strong...
Michelle Yvette Williams
February 4, 2022
Michelle Yvette Williams was born in Greenville, SC on September 6, 1968. She was the daughter of Walter F. Williams, Sr. (Doris) and the late Shirley Ann Williams of Greenville, SC. Survivors include a daughter, Shenika L. Williams, a son, Sheldon M. Williams, both of Greenville, a grandson, Grayson N. Williams, (Jasmine) of Spartanburg, a brothers; Walter F. Williams, Jr....
Michael Bruce Messer
February 3, 2022
Michael Bruce Messer, 74, of Greenville, passed away February 3, 2022. A native of Greenville, he was the son of the late John and Faye Zulene Porter Messer, Jr. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. His family remembers him as the #1 Clemson fan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Joseph Lapall Carter
February 3, 2022
Joseph Lapall Carter, 55, of Greer, passed away on Thursday, February 3, 2022. A native of Greenville, he was the son on Barbara Jean Carter and the late James Hall. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his son, Isaiah Carter, I. He is survived by his wife, Lillian Banks Carter; mother, Barbara Stokely; children, Joseph...
Kimberly Ann Harding Lanphere
February 2, 2022
Kimberly Lanphere, 56, of Greenville, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. A native of Jamestown, New York, she was the daughter of Ruby Walls Harding and the late Robert Harding. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Dave Jones. She is survived by her husband, Dexter Lanphere; mother, Ruby Jones; children, Donald...
Marvin Carroll Buchanan SR.
January 31, 2022
Marvin Carroll Buchanan, Sr., 83, of Six Mile, passed away on January 31, 2022. Born October 19, 1938 in Greenville County, he was the son of Bill Buchanan and Sarah Marie Buchanan. He is predeceased by his wife of 64 years Tommie Ann Buchanan, and survived by His Two Sons Carroll (Adelaide) and Todd (Lisa), and his Two Grandchildren Justin...
Irisa Taylor
January 31, 2022
Irisa Taylor, 87, passed away on January 31, 2022 at her home in Alvarado. She was born on July 9,1934 in Orlando, Fl to Ervin and Annie Earwood. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Emory Taylor, parents Ervin and Annie Earwood, brother JW Earwood, sister Glennie Mayes, daughter, Diann Freeman of Piedmont SC, and grandchild, Paula Triplett...
Royal Bosworth Young IV
January 31, 2022
Royal Bosworth Young, IV, 65, of Simpsonville, SC passed away January 31, 2022. He was born in Connecticut to the late Royal Bosworth Young, III and Eva May Leschensky Young. Known as “Rapid Roy”, he owned and operated Augusta Road Radiator for 43 years. When not working, he enjoyed cutting the grass, wood working, and being “Papa” to his granddaughter....
Irisa Taylor
January 31, 2022
Irisa Taylor, 87, passed away on January 31, 2022 at her home in Alvarado. She was born on July 9,1934 in Orlando, Fl to Ervin and Annie Earwood. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Emory Taylor, parents Ervin and Annie Earwood, brother JW Earwood, sister Glennie Mayes, daughter, Diann Freeman of Piedmont SC, and grandchild, Paula Triplett...
Farris Elizabeth Hendrix Dwinell
January 31, 2022
Farris Elizabeth (Hendrix) Dwinell, 82, died January 31, 2022, with her sisters by her side. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, February 5, at Augusta Road United Methodist Church in Pelzer, SC. On October 31, 1939, Farris was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Alfred and Nora Hendrix. Her father was a farmer, and her mother played the piano for...
Doris Ward Waldrop
January 31, 2022
Doris Ward Waldrop, 85, of Piedmont, SC., passed away on January 31, 2022. She was the beloved daughter of the late Thomas Gentry Vaughn and the late Bertha McNeely Vaughn, born on June 19, 1936, in Greenville, SC. Doris is survived by her sister Tommie Vaughn Riddle; two grandchildren: Ashley and Brittany; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded...
Patsy Ann Helms Long
January 31, 2022
Patsy "Pat" Ann Helms Long, 75, of Garden City, SC passed away January 31, 2022. Born in Monroe, NC August 26, 1946, she was the daughter of Maurice Newell and Margie Aycoth Helms. Survivors are her children: Jonathan Scott and Doniven Bryan Long; five grandchildren, Amanda Long, Jon Long, Hayden Madden, Jade Beaverson, and Doniven Long; five great-grandchildren, Devyn, Asher,...
Debra "Dip" Austin
January 31, 2022
Debra Campbell Austin, 66, of Wellford, passed away on January 31, 2022. Born in Gastonia, NC. she was the daughter of Clyde Campbell and Evelyn DeYoung Campbell. Survivors include her husband of 48 years, William "Straw" Austin, Jr., her children; Shannon (Greg) Carroll, and Heather (Mike) Johnson, six grandchildren; Zachary (Tonja) Nodine, Kenzi Morrow, Baylee Henley, Reese Henley, Camren Parham,...
Jake Allen
January 31, 2022
Jake Allen, age 83, of Simpsonville, SC was born June 9th, 1938 in Union Springs, Alabama, to Elijah Allen and Ola Mae (Blackmon) Allen. After the sudden passing of his parents, he was raised by his late uncle K.P. and Minnie (Blackmon) Parker. Jake Allen relocated to East Orange, New Jersey. There he met and married his wife Josephine (Toman)...
Hayley Elizabeth Fowler
January 30, 2022
Hayley Elizabeth Fowler, 24, of Travelers Rest, passed away on January 30, 2022. She was a daddy’s girl with a beautiful smile and contagious laugh, so full of life that she made an impact on everyone that she met. A graduate of Penn Foster, she loved Anime, her family, and fur babies. She was preceded in death by her maternal...
Lawrence Alan Hahn
January 29, 2022
Lawrence Alan Hahn Passed from this life, January 29, 2022 91 years of Life! He was born in his parents’ home in Shadyside, Ohio When he wasn’t skipping school and going to the Smithsonian, he graduated Washington Lee High School US Air Force from 1948 – 1952 Married Evelyn Louise Munday at Clarendon Methodist Church in September 1951 He did...
Charles Louis Garrard
January 29, 2022
Charles Louis Garrard, 72, of Easley, passed away on January 29, 2022. A native of Aiken, SC, he was the son of the late Edmond and Myrtle Richardson Garrard. He loved his family, especially being a hands-on papa to his grandchildren. He spent the last few years surrounded by his family. He took care of his neighbors, often cutting their...