Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Inez Mcdonald Neal
Sep 24, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Inez McDonald Neal, age 89, died peacefully on September 24, 2014 at NHC Healthcare of Clinton. She was born on April 17, 1925 in Easley, the daughter of the late William Alfred McDonald and Dova M. Broome. She was predeceased by her husband of 44 years, William Carson Neal. Ms. Neal was a longtime associate of...
James "Jimmy" Hollingsworth
Sep 22, 2014
Dateline – Whitmire, SC James W. “Jimmy” Hollingsworth, Jr., age 68, of 1547 Hwy 66, passed away Monday, September 22, 2014 at the Greenville Memorial hospital. He was born in Union, SC and was a son of the late James W. Hollingsworth, Sr., and the late Ruth Jackson Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth, known to his friends as “Hollywood”, retired from West...
Mary L. Matthews
Sep 21, 2014
Dateline – West Columbia, SC Mary L. Matthews, age 83, of 1911 Red Oak Park, died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at the Pruitt Health of Blythewood. She was born in Columbia and was the daughter of the late Herbert L. and Pearl Mae Birchmore Bryant. Mrs. Matthews was retired from the Restaurant Industry and was of the Baptist Faith. She...
Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Jeter Ramsey
Sep 20, 2014
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Jeter Ramsey, age 73, formerly of Newberry Hwy, widow of Tony Ramsey, Sr., passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014 at White Oak Manor Nursing Home. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late C.B. Jeter, Sr and Evelyn Suber Jeter. She is survived by her son Tony Ramsey Jr....
Claude (C.T.) Merchant
Sep 19, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Claude (C.T.) Merchant, age 87, passed away Friday, September 19, 2014 at the NHC of Laurens. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Claude Tillman and Lillie Mae Johnson Merchant. Mr. Merchant was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He is survived...
Leon Sylvester Rice
Sep 16, 2014
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Leon S. Rice, age 76, of 103 Reed Circle, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Ishmael and Viola Williams Rice. Mr. Rice was a US Army Veteran and was retired from Oakland Mills in Newberry. He is survived...
Rita Diane Burdette Scott
Sep 16, 2014
Dateline – North Augusta Rita Diane Burdette Scott, age 52, of North Augusta, SC died in Illinois on September 16, 2014. A native of Aiken County, SC, Mrs. Scott was predeceased by her husband, Richard Scott, and her parents, Samuel Earl Burdette and Martha Joy Harrison Burdette. Mrs. Scott was a graduate of Clemson University where she earned her Bachelor’s...
Margaret Jean Richardson
Sep 15, 2014
Dateline – Laurens, SC Margaret Jean Hopper Richardson passed away September 15, 2014 in Laurens, South Carolina at the age of 93. Jean was born November 8, 1920, the daughter of the late I.D. and Pauline Hopper in Clover, SC. She spent most of her life in Chester, where she was a member of First Baptist Church. In recent years,...
David Shelton Wallenzine
Sep 14, 2014
David Shelton Wallenzine age 71, of 5321 Mountivlle Road, died Sunday, September 14, 2014 in the Medical University in Charleston. He was born in Newberry and was a son of the late Wilbur S. and Margaret Strother Wallenzine. Mr. Wallenzine was retired from Asten-Johnson and was a member of the Moose Lodge and was of the Methodist faith. He was...
Sarah Cronic
Sep 10, 2014
Sarah Cronic, a resident and civic activist of Laurens County, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Mrs. Cronic was born on September 11, 1925 in Montgomery, Alabama. She was the loving spouse of Henry T. Cronic. She is survived by her daughter, Reverend Daria T. Cronic, PhD of Clinton and sister, Joan Sobocinski (Don) of Houston, Texas. Mrs. Cronic lived an...
Renee P. King
Sep 9, 2014
Dateline – Cross Hill Renee P. King, age 41, of 6862 Hwy 39, Cross Hill, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Mitchel D. and Judy Faye Lawson Prather of Mountville. Mrs. King was an LPN at White Oak Nursing Home and a member of Grace Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Vaughn "Chuck" Sanford
Sep 6, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Vaughn “Chuck” Sanford, age 68, of 3983 Milam Road, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014 at his home. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Victor and Lois Whitlock Sanford. Chuck was a retired employee of SC Department of Transportation, Clinton Office. He was a US Army veteran of the...
Jeanette Pennington Carlton
Sep 3, 2014
Dateline – Laurens, SC Jeanette Pennington Carlton, age 83, of 101 Old Airport Road, and widow of James David Carlton, Sr. passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Barksdale, SC and was a daughter of the late George and Sara Lena Cisson Pennington. Mrs. Carlton was a former employee of...
Col. Lykes Shelton Henderson Jr.
Aug 30, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Colonel Lykes Shelton Henderson, Jr. died on August 30, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on May 3, 1946, in Albany, Georgia, he was the son of the late Lt. Colonel Lykes Shelton and Ruth Moyer Henderson. Col. Henderson’s family returned to Clinton, South Carolina, in 1960, and he graduated from Clinton High School....
Sibyllea Todd Mixon
Aug 29, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Sibyllea Todd Mixon, age 84 widow of Dr. David T. Mixon, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Horry County and was a daughter of the late Memory and Lucille Cox Todd. Mrs. Mixon was a 60 year resident of Clinton and worked with her husband...
Johnny B. Clements
Aug 28, 2014
Johnny B. Clements age 46, of 415 Laurens St., passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 at the Hospice of Laurens County after a short illness. He was born in Florida and was the son of the late John B. Clements, Sr. and the Dianna Corley Bowers. Surviving are his step-father, Ray Bowers of Clinton; grandmother, Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam of...
Marvin Wright Manley
Aug 27, 2014
It is with deep sadness that the family of Marvin Wright Manley, 82, announces his passing on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Mr. Manley was born in his childhood home in Greenwood, SC to Palmer Wright Manley and Sara Wrenn Manley. He had one brother, Horace Manley, who is also deceased. He later resided in Joanna, SC and graduated from Clinton...
Glenda D. Strange
Aug 26, 2014
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Glenda D. Strange Glenda D. Strange, age 60, of 176 Country Lane passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Lumberton, NC and was a daughter of the late Glenn Wesley and Ruth Campbell Strange. Mrs. Strange was a retired caseworker from the Tyger River Correctional Institution with...
Darrell J. Whitsel
Aug 24, 2014
Clinton, SC Darrell James Whitsel, age 62, born in Clinton, SC and died Sunday at GHS from a four month illness. He attended First Baptist Church of Clinton. Mr. Whitsel was an internationally known platform artist and educator in cosmetology. He started his career as a National Styles Director for Confederated Department Stores, member of Hair America and a color...
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