Honea Path – John Ralph Ridge, 84 of 607 W. Greer Street, husband of Jean Walker Ridge, died Friday at his home.

Laurens – Edgar Gibson Cox, 95, of One Martha Franks Drive, husband of Leflesha Stewart Johnson Cox, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community.

Ware Shoals – Americo Caprini, 84, of #19 North Riegel Avenue, son of the late Frank and Louise  Caprini, died Thursday March 19. 2015 at his home.

Born in Pittsburg, PA.,  he had served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War. He was a member of the West Main Street Church of God, and the Men’s Bible Class there. His adopted family was George and Carol Johnson and their children, Heath Burton, Kara Sprouse, and his special grandchildren, Caleb and Cole Burton and Aiden and Anna Doyle. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.

Honea Path – Arthur Leverne Quales, Sr., 76, husband of Jane Carpenter Quales, of 605 Sherwood Ave., died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at his home.

Born in Bristol, TN, he was a son of the late Charles Woodrow and Opal Marie Stamper Quales, Sr. He was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church and was an 11 year veteran of the Virginia National Guard. He was retired from Old Dominion Freight Lines.

Surviving in addition to his loving wife of 53 years of the home are: two sons, Arthur L. Quales, Jr and wife Donna and Michael E. Quales and his companion Colleen, all of Charlotte, NC, two sisters, Shirley Q. Blackmon and husband John of Newton Grove, NC, and Mary Q. Blackmon and husband Thomas of Chesapeake, VA, five grandchildren, John Michael, Matthew, Christian, Reid and Marcus Quales, five great-grandchildren and several special nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Charles Woodrow Quales, Jr.

All services will be held at Unity Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Newton Grove, NC courtesy of West & Dunn Funeral Home, www.westanddunn.com

Memorials may be made to Pruitt Health Hospice, 1510 N. Fant St, Anderson, SC 29621. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.ParkerWhitePruitt.com

Waterloo – Andrew Jackson Patton, 86, of 2174 Blakely Rd, widower of Willie Pruitt Patton, died Monday, March 9, 2015 at NHC of Laurens.

Timothy (Tim) Johnston

Honea Path – Timothy Wayne (Tim) Johnston, 45 of 104 Georgia Street, husband of Christie Pruitt Johnston, died Wednesday at An-Med Health in Anderson.

Honea Path – Gloria June Hamby Bolden, 72, of 928 Tornado Rd, wife of Jessie Eugene Bolden, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at AnMed Health Medical Center.

Hodges – Roy Brown, 62, of 7016 Highway 25 North, husband of Margie Marie Toler Brown, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at his home.

Juanita Taylor Hughes, 84, wife of Joe Leon Hughes, of 11074 Highway 252 died Monday, March 09, 2015.

Donalds – Anna Jean Cooper Davis, 86, widow of Harold N. Davis, of Donalds, SC, died Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Rainey Hospice House.