Laura Lorine Huggins

Dear Jehovah God, as we are awash in grief and sorrow, we still praise you! Needless to say, our grief is a high cost to pay for our mother’s great loss! Yet, we say “Glory Hallelujah.” Please help us, Dear Jehovah God and bless us even through our tears. John 11:32-35 says, “Jesus gave way to tears!”

Laura Lorine Patterson Huggins was born on March 16, 1923, to the late Henry and Emma Patterson in Scotia, South Carolina. She received her formal education in the Jasper County Public School System, Ridgeland, South Carolina. After graduation, she furthered her education at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, and later became an educator. Laura was employed by the Hampton County Board in South Carolina and the Jefferson County Board in Georgia as an educator for 42 plus years.

Laura was baptized as a Jehovah’s Witness in the early 1970’s and was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hampton, South Carolina. She developed a deep knowledge along with a great love for both Jehovah and Jesus. Her dedication led her to become a “pioneer minister” in the congregation.

Laura L. Patterson was united in holy matrimony to the late Professor Willie W. Huggins in 1951 in Marion, South Carolina. Their union was blessed with three children: Everett M. Huggins, Dwight A. Huggins, and Lisbeth J. Huggins.

In her leisure, she enjoyed canning fruits and vegetables, playing the piano, sewing, reading, and helping others. On March 8, 2017, the town of Estill, South Carolina, designated this day as “Laura Lorine Patterson Huggins Day!”

Laura Lorine Patterson Huggins departed this life February 16, 2026. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Dwight A. Huggins, Sr.; siblings, Rosa, Anna, Lillie, and John Henry Patterson.

To cherish her warmth, kindness and legacy of love, she leaves behind: son, Everett Huggins; daughter, Lisbeth Huggins; grand-daughters, Tameka Huggins, Vida Daniels, Francesca Dixon, Shaneka Johnson, and Shanice Huggins; grandson, Dwight Huggins, Jr.,; great-granddaughters, Jameira Buggs and Koast Madison; great-grandsons, Nakhori Burns and Sincere Green; devoted niece, Betty Brown; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and Worldwide Fellowship of Kingdom Hall “friends, brothers, and sisters.”

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