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

Larry M. Durham

Larry M. Durham

Dec 5, 2013

Larry M. Durham, age 64, of 221 Hopewell Church Road, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his home. He was born in Oconee County and was a son of the late Edward Grady “Slim” Durham and Grace Olive Lowery Durham. Mr. Durham retired from Whitten Center and his own company. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Joanna...

Audrey Moore Johnson

Audrey Moore Johnson

Dec 4, 2013

Audrey Moore Johnson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Audrey was a wonderful person. She was a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. Audrey was born on July 22, 1929, to William F. and Annie Mae Campbell King. Audrey is predeceased by her first husband Frank Moore and her...

Lembert Harley

Lembert Harley

Dec 2, 2013

Dateline-Clinton, SC Lembert Harley, age 83 of 708 Elizabeth Street, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Orangeburg and was a son of the late Cornelson and Redell Hoover Harley. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 6th at 11:00 a.m. in the Brooker-Blakely All Faith Chapel by Rev. Jeff Seger with burial in...

Helen Byars Edge

Helen Byars Edge

Dec 1, 2013

Dateline - Laurens Helen Byars Edge, of 1 Martha Franks Drive, Laurens, died Sunday, Dec. 1 at the age of 95. Helen was born in Greenville on Sept. 30, 1918 to Felix and Lula King Byars. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Laurens. Helen was preceded in death by husband Joseph Harvey Edge. Helen is...

James Lafayette Cooper Iii

James Lafayette Cooper Iii

Dec 1, 2013

Cooper, James L., III James LaFayette Cooper, III of Lawrenceville died at home of liver cancer December 1, 2013. A native of Laurens, SC, he was the son of the late James L. Cooper, Jr. and Dorothy Lexine Copeland Cooper. He was a retired Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army Reserve and served two tours in Vietnam. He was a licensed embalmer...

Tracie Denice Bailey Mcclure

Tracie Denice Bailey Mcclure

Nov 30, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Tracie Denice Bailey McClure, age 44, of 903 Stomp Springs Road, died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at her home. She was born in Woodruff and was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Earline Sloan Bailey. She is survived by her husband Duane Gillian of the home; her son Christopher Helms of the home; two...

Kynleigh Alexis Ann Taylor

Kynleigh Alexis Ann Taylor

Nov 28, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Kynleigh Alexis Ann Taylor, age 5 months, infant daughter of Jessica Campbell and Jonathan Taylor passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her identical twin sister Kyleigh Isabella Inez Taylor; her brother Jonathon Michael Gauge Taylor; and grandparents Nancy Campbell of Clinton and Jerry Campbell of Woodruff; and...

Susan Brown Hoke

Susan Brown Hoke

Nov 27, 2013

Dateline-Clinton, SC Susan Brown Hoke age 62 of 611 Shands St. passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was the adopted daughter of the late Jake and Lavern Burgess Brown. Ms. Hoke was a retired employee of Fleur Daniel Construction Company. She was very active in the Masters Mission, making many trips to the Ukraine bring...

Thomas F. Motes Jr.

Thomas F. Motes Jr.

Nov 24, 2013

Thomas F. Motes, Jr. age 85 of 301 Jacobs Highway, died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Hospice House. He was born in Newberry County and was the son of the late Thomas F. Motes, Sr. and Lillie Motes. Mr. Motes was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Lydia Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is survived by his...

E.T. (Tony) Shouse

E.T. (Tony) Shouse

Nov 23, 2013

Dateline- Whitmire, SC E. T. (Tony) Shouse E. T. (Tony) Shouse, age 82, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Greenville and was the son of the late Newman Alston Shouse, Sr. and Isabel Chase Shouse. Mr. Shouse was a retired contractor and was a very active member and Elder Emeritus at the Whitmire Presbyterian...

Myrtis B. Scogin

Myrtis B. Scogin

Nov 22, 2013

Myrtis B. Scogin age 84, of 38 Shady Grove Church Road, passed away Friday, November 22nd at her home. She was born in Washington, GA and was a daughter of the William Richard and Lillie Pearl Broome Barrett. Mrs. Scogin was a loving homemaker and married for 66 years. She is survived by her husband, Cecil Earl Scogin of the...

Cheryl Dunaway

Cheryl Dunaway

Nov 19, 2013

Dateline-Clinton, SC Cheryl Dunaway, age 57, of 951 Poole Road died Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Aiken and was the daughter of the late Ithial W. and Willie Henderson Harvey. She was a graduate of Clinton High School and USC Upstate; a former employee of Laurens County Parole Agency and Laurens County...

William Randall Owens Jr.

William Randall Owens Jr.

Nov 15, 2013

Dateline – Whitmire, SC William Randall Owens, Jr., age 38, of 23194 Hwy 121, died Friday, November 15, 2013 at his home. He was born in Union on February 20, 1975, and was the son of William Randall Owens Sr., and Donna Owens. He is survived by his aunts and uncles, Boyd and Karon Owens, Ray Owens, Allen Owens, Sam...

Opal Webb Mcalister

Opal Webb Mcalister

Nov 15, 2013

Dateline-Laurens, SC Opal Webb McAlister age 91 of 1277 Ranch Rd. and widow of Walter McAlister passed away Friday, Nov. 15th 2013 at her home. She was born in Anderson, SC and was a daughter of the late Ralph and Cotine Barton Webb. Mrs. McAlister retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Welcome Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Grace Wooten

Grace Wooten

Nov 14, 2013

Dateline - Clinton, SC Grace James Wooten, widow of Cecil Walker Wooten, age 97, passed away Thursday, November 14th at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Conestee, SC and was a daughter of the late Rev. George James and Dora Smith James and the last surviving of their nine children. Mrs. Wooten was retired with fifty...

Lucille C. Dunaway

Lucille C. Dunaway

Nov 13, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, S.C. Mrs. Lucille C. Dunaway, age 92, of 401 Jackson St. and widow of Clanence E. Dunaway died Wednesday November 13, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cherokee County and was the daughter of Wister E. and Emmie Wood Donald. Mrs. Dunaway was retired for the Clinton Mills and was the last surviving member of...

Stephen Walter Blackwell

Stephen Walter Blackwell

Nov 13, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Stephen Walter Blackwell, Sr, age 44, of 502 Shands Street, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at his home. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of Patricia Ballard Blackwell of Ware Shoals and the late Edmond Ruben Blackwell, Sr. Mr. Blackwell was employed with GE in the Pipe Shop in Greenville. He...

Mary Elizabeth Turner

Mary Elizabeth Turner

Nov 10, 2013

Dateline-Asheboro, NC Mary Elizabeth Turner, age 67, passed away Nov. 10, 2013 at home. She was the daughter of the late James Lester and Helen Madden. She was the wife of the late James H. Turner. She was preceded in death by a brother, Phil Madden and a step-son, Jimbo Turner. She is survived by sons, Brian Turner and his...

Wanda Gail Leroy

Wanda Gail Leroy

Nov 8, 2013

Dateline- Clinton, SC Wanda Gail LeRoy Wanda Gail LeRoy, age 59, of 3409 Apple Orchard Rd. died Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Joanna and was the daughter of Berry Belton Kennedy, Sr. of Joanna and the late Sadie Louise Moon Kennedy. Mrs. LeRoy is survived by her husband, Franklin LeRoy...

Mary Dunaway Tucker

Mary Dunaway Tucker

Nov 6, 2013

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary D. Tucker age 88 of 100 Jefferson St. and widow of Dewitt Tucker died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 in the Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late William P. and Fannie Puckett Dunnaway. Mrs. Tucker was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the...

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