Vorwerk & Wilson Families

Clare Stokes

b. 24 October 1878, d. 24 March 1967

Clare Stokes was born on 24 October 1878 in South Carolina.
She married Laurin Thomas Covington, son of Charles Frank Covington and Mary Jane Barrentine, circa 1901.
Charles Frank Covington and Mary Jane Barrentine appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hebron Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Clare Stokes, Charlie Stokes Covington, Colin Weatherly Covington, George Moore Covington, Laurin Thomas Covington, Kirby Stokes Covington and Laurin Thomas Covington.
Clare Stokes became a widow at the 29 June 1915 death of her husband Laurin Thomas Covington.
The following appeared on 8 July 1915 in the Southern Christian Advocate: Laurin T. Covington, a cotton buyer, of Springfield, S. C., died after a long illness, June 29th, 1915, in his thirty-eighth year.
He was of the large family of that name of Marlboro County.
He married a daughter of Dr. J. L. Stokes of the Upper South Carolina Conference. He was a man who made many friends, who sincerely mourn his end. He was from his youth a member of the Church.
Clare Stokes died on 24 March 1967 at age 88 in Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, at Roger Huntington Nursing Home.
She was interred at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.