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Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC

Russell "Rusty" Lanier Iusti

Russell "Rusty" Lanier Iusti

Sep 29, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Russell “Rusty” Lanier Iusti, age 52, of 526 AB Jacks Road, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Self Regional Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Era Hames Iusti of Clinton and the late John Thomas Iusti. Mr. Iusti was a former Fireman with the Clinton City Fire Department and was...

Rachel Jones Brown

Rachel Jones Brown

Sep 29, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Rachel Jones Brown, age 86, of 139 Gary Street, and widow of Thomas Lee Brown, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at NHC of Clinton, after an extended illness. She was born in Bath, SC and was a daughter of the late William and Lottie Thomas Jones. Mrs. Brown was retired from Whitten Center; was a...

Mary Lamatrell Power Smith

Mary Lamatrell Power Smith

Sep 26, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Mary Lamatrell Power Smith, age 73, of 801 E. Ferguson St., died Saturday, September 26, 2015, in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Abbeville and was a daughter of the late Rufus Lee and Mary Lou Simmons Power. Mrs. Smith was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church....

Scott Merriam Bigham

Scott Merriam Bigham

Sep 24, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Scott Merriam Bigham, age 56, of 114 Whispering Way, entered eternity on Thursday, September 24th, 2015, and is celebrating his victory over cancer with his heavenly father. He was born in Vandalia, IL and was the son of Joyce Van Sant Bigham-Mueller, of Vandalia, IL and the late Harold Bigham. Scott grew up on a dairy...

Helen Steele Grant

Helen Steele Grant

Sep 24, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Helen Steele Grant, age 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born on April 14, 1924 in Waxhaw, NC and was the daughter of the late George Fuller and Alice Weir Steele. Helen was married to the late George Mills Grant, Sr. and is survived by her...

Ronald Lee James

Ronald Lee James

Sep 23, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Ronald Lee James, age 56, of 63 Beech Street, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of James “Jimmy” and Rebecca James. He is survived by his son, Lee James, II of Clinton; his brother, Greg James (Lisa) of Clinton; his sister, Tina Steen of...

Charles Eugene Graham

Charles Eugene Graham

Sep 22, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Charles Eugene Graham, age 83, of 206 N. Owens St, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Ernest and Eva Nabors Graham. Mr. Graham was retired from Clinton Mills. He is survived by his brother, William Graham of Waterloo; his...

Jimmie Erline Mitchum

Jimmie Erline Mitchum

Sep 19, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Jimmie Erline Mitchum, age 71, of 1720 Old Milton Road, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Leslie and Venie Smart Austin. Mrs. Mitchum was a Pharmacy Tech with Sadler Hughes Apothecary and a member of Broad Street United Methodist...

Jefferson Davis Coates

Jefferson Davis Coates

Sep 17, 2015

Jefferson Davis Coates, age 57, of 25825 Highway 72 East, won his fight against cancer when he entered his eternal home on Thursday, September 17, 2015. He was born in Laurens, SC and was a son of Drucilla Buchanan Coates of Laurens and the late Charles W. “Peewee” Coates, Sr. He enjoyed anything in the outdoors especially hunting and fishing....

Regina Taylor Willis

Regina Taylor Willis

Sep 17, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Regina Taylor Willis, age 86, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, September 17, 2015. She was born in Gaffney, SC and was the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Lula Cash Taylor. Mrs. Willis was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton. She is survived by...

Jimmie Reid Rogers

Jimmie Reid Rogers

Sep 15, 2015

Jimmie Reid Rogers, age 72, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Oscar David and Mary Lou Reid Rogers. Mr. Rogers is survived by his brother, David Rogers and wife Carolyn of Ware Shoals; and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased...

John W. Kennington Sr.

John W. Kennington Sr.

Sep 15, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC John W. Kennington, Sr., age 83, of 35 Napa Way, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at NHC of Clinton. He was born in Pageland, SC and was a son of the late Dr. George Winford and Beulah Wylane Porter Kennington. Mr. Kennington was a retired Pharmacist having worked in several local pharmacies. He was a...

Mary Locke Simons

Mary Locke Simons

Sep 15, 2015

Dateline – Inman, SC Mary Locke Simons, age 68 of Inman, SC died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. She was born in Augusta, GA and was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Anderson Simons and Locke V. Simons. Mary Locke graduated from Clinton High School, Clinton, SC and attended Anderson College, Montreat, NC and the University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC....

Robert "Bobby" Webb

Robert "Bobby" Webb

Sep 15, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Robert (Bobby) Webb, age 83, of 52 Beech Street, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens County, GA and was a son of the late Dessie and Evelyn McLendon Webb. Mr. Webb was retired from Lydia Mills and was a member of the Lydia Baptist Church. He is survived...

Donald Frank Nelson

Donald Frank Nelson

Sep 13, 2015

Dateline – Bradley, SC Donald Frank Nelson, age 76, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Walter Doc and Virginia Nelson. Mr. Nelson was retired from Torrington and was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his sons, Robert Nelson of Clinton and Barry...

Arthur Gregg Brank

Arthur Gregg Brank

Sep 11, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Arthur Brank, age 90, of 31 Lake Street, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at his home. He was born in Buffalo and was the son of the late Elisha and Mary Cordell Brank. Mr. Brank was retired from J.P. Stevens, and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. He was a US Navy Veteran and...

Beatrice Wilson Harris

Beatrice Wilson Harris

Sep 10, 2015

Beatrice Wilson Harris, age 92, of White Oak Manor, and widow of William E. Harris, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of Grover Cleveland and Alpha Omega Cothran Wilson. Mrs. Harris was a lifetime member of Bellview Baptist Church. She is survived by her two sons, William “Terry” Harris and David...

Robert "Bink" Franklin Gurley Jr.

Robert "Bink" Franklin Gurley Jr.

Sep 7, 2015

Robert “Bink” Franklin Gurley, Jr., age 59, of 8 Longshot Dr, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home September 7, 2015. He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was the son of the late Robert Franklin Gurley, Sr. and Myra Lee Fowler, and he was a member of Cederwood Community Church in Waterloo. Mr. Gurley is survived...

Sandra Darlene Bridgeman

Sandra Darlene Bridgeman

Sep 5, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Sandra Darlene Bridgeman, age 66, of 301 Reedy Fork Road, and widow of Bobby Joe Bridgeman, passed away Saturday, September 05, 2015 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenville and was the daughter of Robert Bennett Jones and Margaret Jones. She is survived by her son, Ray Bridgeman (Deidre) of Easley; her brother,...

Eldora Mitchum Bible

Eldora Mitchum Bible

Sep 3, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Eldora Mitchum Bible, age 84, of 391 Smith Road, and widow of Earl E. (Red) Bible, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015. She was born in Berkley County and was a daughter of the late Walter and Julia Phillips Mitchum. Mrs. Bible retired from Anderson Hosiery Plant in Clinton. She was a member of Sandy Springs...

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