Minister John Edwards Wilkins, age 87, of 210 Michigan Avenue, Gaffney, passed away Friday, October 31, 2025, in Peachtree Nursing Home.

Public Viewing will be held Friday, November 7, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., in the Gilmore Mortuary.

Funeral Service will be held Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., in Philadelphia Baptist Church with Reverend Dr. Danny Burnside. He will lie-in-state in the church an hour prior to service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter, Teresa Littlejohn (Terry), 130 Brookshire Drive, Gaffney.

Deacon Jimmie Lee Littlejohn, Jr. was born September 24, 1936, to the late Jimmie L. Littlejohn, Sr., and Anne Pearl Kirby. On Monday, October 20, 2025, God quietly called Deacon Littlejohn home to eternal rest.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in North Gayton Baptist Church, 3244 Pump Road, Henrico, VA. He will lie in state in the church at 12:00 p.m.

Interment will be held in The National Memorial Cemetery at Quantico, 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172, on Friday, October 31, 2025.
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Courtesy of The Gilmore Mortuary

Larry Dean Studyvance, of Gaffney, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2025 , in Cherokee Medical Center.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., in The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel.

The family is receiving friends at the home of his brother Bobby Valentine,217 Merrifield Court, Gaffney.