Donalds – Mary Louise Blackwell Bellangee, 61 of 7187 Hwy 184 E., died Wednesday October 5, 2011 at Rainey Hospice House.

WARE SHOALS, S.C.- Robert Eugene “Gene” Holley, Sr., 72, of 842 Turkey Creek Road, Ware Shoals, husband of Faye C. Holley for 54 years, peacefully departed this life on Tuesday, October 4, 2011.

Sara Beeks Stafford, 95, formerly of Route 1 Ware Shoals, widow of George L. Stafford, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 at White Oak Manor in Charleston, S.C.

Ware Shoals – Gary Wayne Melton, 51, of 14 Balentine Dr., husband of Etta Harris Melton, died October 1 at Hospice House of the Piedmont.

Ware Shoals – Carolyn Annette Trupia, granddaughter of the late Hayward and Sybil Alverson died October 2 at the age of 47.

Waterloo- Bobby Martin Allen, 76, of 104 Allen Rd. died September 29 at Hospice of Laurens.

Laurens – Mrs. Opal Ann Thomason Rousey, 68, of 301 Hanks Rd., died Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Saluda Nursing Home.

Greenwood – Alma Berneice Davis Ezell, 88, of 508 D Cobb Rd., widow of H. E. “Pete” Ezell, died Monday, September 26, 2011 at Wesley Commons.

Hodges – Homer Johnson, 79 of 1911 Morgan Road, husband of  Irene Poole Johnson, died September 24, 2011 at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood.

Donalds – George Ellis Uldrick, 88, widower of Emmie McKeown Uldrick, of 455 Dodson Road, died Wednesday September 21, 2011.