logo-image

Obituaries

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

Billy "Big Billy" Brotherton Jr.

Billy "Big Billy" Brotherton Jr.

Jan 5, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Billy “Big Billy” Brotherton, Jr, age 53, of 310 Davidson Street, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at his home. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of Patricia Cox Brotherton and the late Billy Brotherton, Sr. Billy was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he is survived...

Ruth Huey Wilson

Ruth Huey Wilson

Jan 4, 2015

Ruth Huey Wilson Dateline - Powdersville Ruth Huey Wilson, age 73, wife of Lowry M. Wilson, Jr. passed to her heavenly home Sunday, January 4, 2015, at the Baptist Easley Hospital. She was born Oct. 4, 1941, in Laurens, S.C., and was the daughter of the late James A. and Mary Durham Huey. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Providence...

Wilma Viola Fehr

Wilma Viola Fehr

Jan 2, 2015

Wilma Viola Fehr, 64, of Highway 39 South, Cross Hill, SC, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at home after battling cancer several years. She was born August 2, 1950, in Jerome, Michigan, a daughter of the late Simon and Ruth Hockaday Graber Marner. On May 14, 1970, she married Diedrich Fehr. They were married 44 years. Surviving are her husband,...

Millard Ellison Duncan

Millard Ellison Duncan

Jan 2, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Millard Ellison Duncan, age 77, of 265 Sims St., died Friday, January 2nd, 2015, in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late Lloyd Ellison and Emily Tankersley Duncan. Mr. Duncan was retired from Torrington Bearings Company, a former member of the National Guards, and attended...

Joe Calvin Foster

Joe Calvin Foster

Jan 2, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Joe Calvin Foster, age 80, of 105 Teakwood Drive, passed away Friday, January 2, 2014 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Woodruff and was a son of the late Fred and Minnie Foster. Mr. Foster attended Clemson University for one year before transferring to Spartanburg Methodist College where he graduated. He was a...

Wade A. Neal

Wade A. Neal

Dec 30, 2014

Dateline – Laurens, SC Wade A. Neal, age 69, of 634 Fair Grounds Road, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Florence. Mr. Neal was retired from Clinton-Newberry Gas Authority. He is survived by his daughters Lisa N. Braeckelaere (John) of West Columbia and Melody Neal of Laurens; his grandchildren,...

Brenda Chandler Smith

Brenda Chandler Smith

Dec 28, 2014

Mrs. Brenda Joyce Chandler Smith, 70, of 614 Whitmire Hwy, Joanna, SC, passed away peacefully at her home on December 28, 2014. She was born in Joanna, SC, on September 18, 1944, and was the daughter of the late C.W. and Zula Norris Chandler. Brenda was the last surviving member of her family, being predeceased by two brothers, Charlie Watts...

Ashley Marie Martin

Ashley Marie Martin

Dec 27, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC Ashley Marie Martin, age 25, of 903 N. Sloan Street, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Calvin Martin and Tammy Martin and Penny Lewis. She is survived by her uncle, Timmy Martin; her brother, Angel Castillo; her sisters, Logan Martin, Jessica...

Larry Eugene Barnett

Larry Eugene Barnett

Dec 26, 2014

Larry Eugene Barnett, age 53, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Gray Funeral Home of Laurens

Ioan "Mack" Magda

Ioan "Mack" Magda

Dec 25, 2014

Dateline – Laurens, SC Ioan “Mack” Magda, age 64, of 105 Dagnall Circle, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Romania and was a son of the late Istvan and Anna Levai Magda. Mr. Magda was retired from B.F. Shaw and was a former employee of FANCZI Screw Company. He is survived...

Lois Moore Abrams

Lois Moore Abrams

Dec 23, 2014

Dateline-Clinton, SC Lois Moore Abrams age 95, the widow of John William (Bill) Abrams passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Columbia SC and was a daughter of the late Dozier Theodore and Maggie Branham Moore. Mrs. Abrams was a graduate of Columbia High School and attended Lander College, retiring from the...

Louie E. Galloway

Louie E. Galloway

Dec 22, 2014

Dateline-Clinton, SC Louie E. Galloway age 71 of 286 W. Frontage Rd., passed away Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Greenville, SC and was a son of the late Louie E. Galloway, Sr. and the late Ethel Nix Galloway. Mr. Galloway was retired from Bi-Lo as a truck driver. He...

Barbara Louise Askew

Barbara Louise Askew

Dec 22, 2014

Barbara Louise Askew age 72, of 801 Musgrove St. died Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Presbyterian Home. She was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and was the daughter of the late John David and Katherine Belle Isle Askew. Mrs. Askew was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she was active in the church choir. She is...

Robert Gary Deloach

Robert Gary Deloach

Dec 21, 2014

Dateline-Chapin, SC Robert Gary DeLoach, the son of the late Eugene and Elizabeth Benjamin DeLoach, laid aside his earthly burdens and passed through the gates of Heaven on the evening of December 20, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, J. W. He is survived by his beloved wife, Dr. Ruby Haydock-DeLoach and a...

Harry J. (Papa Harry) Felker

Harry J. (Papa Harry) Felker

Dec 19, 2014

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Harry J. (Papa Harry) Felker, age 84, of 1948 Old Newberry Hwy., died Friday at NHC of Clinton. He was born in Pomaria and was a son of the late George and Sara Adams Felker. Mr. Felker retired from J. P. Stevens and was a member of the Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church where he was a former Deacon,...

Amon Meeks Shumate Jr.

Amon Meeks Shumate Jr.

Dec 17, 2014

Amon Meeks Shumate, Jr. age 89 of 125 Pine St, Lydia and the widower of Helen Harvey Shumate passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17th, 2014 at Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Ninety Six, SC and was a son of the late Amon Meeks Shumate, Sr. and the late Jessie Phillips Shumate. Mr. Shumate retired from Clinton Mills...

Julius D. Bolt

Julius D. Bolt

Dec 17, 2014

Julius D. Bolt, age 76, passed away, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was the son of the late Jesse C. Bolt and Katherine Weathers Bolt of Milam Road, Clinton, SC. Mr. Bolt was a member of Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church. He was an active member of The Laurens County Museum, The Laurens County...

James Jackson Bardsley

James Jackson Bardsley

Dec 16, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC James J. Bardsley, Ph.D., passed away peacefully on December 16, 2014 with his family by his side. Born December 22, 1931, he was predeceased by his wife of fifty years, Marilyn Butts Bardsley; his parents, John Wallace Sr. and Josephine Hartsock Bardsley; and his brother and sister-in-law, John Wallace Jr. and Sara Jo Bardsley. A 1950...

Nancy Jane Price Steele

Nancy Jane Price Steele

Dec 16, 2014

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Nancy Jane Price Steele, age 74, of 61 Central Avenue, Whitmire, SC, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Gaffney, SC, and moved to Whitmire, SC when she was five years old. Nancy was a daughter to the late Fred Price of Gastonia and Lula Mann of Whitmire,...

Richard Jay Barker

Richard Jay Barker

Dec 15, 2014

Richard Jay Barker age 64, of Clinton, SC, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at his home. He was born in Okmulgee, OK and was a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Surviving are his mother, Clara B. Barker, siblings, Susan Barker, Marsha Mullen and Donald Barker all of Las Vegas, NV, Mrs. Ray W. Bragg, Jr. (Terri) of...

Share by: