CONESUS – A South Carolina-born pioneer of American science, classmate of Dr. Albert Einstein, and the 9th African American ever to receive a Doctorate Degree has passed away at age 100. An obituary from Rector Hicks Funeral Home says that Dr. Clarence Stephens, Sr. of Stagecoach Road in Conesus was born July 24, 1917 in Graffney, SC the son of Sam and Jeannette Moorhead Stephens. He was a 1938 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in … [Read more...]