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

Richard Taylor Townsend

Richard Taylor Townsend

Nov 5, 2011

Richard Taylor Townsend, Esq. passed away on November 5, 2011 after a brief illness. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 7, 2011 at the Laurens First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Alice MacKeil officiating. Graveside services will follow at Laurens City Cemetery. Richard’s Lakeside Country Club “golf group” will serve as honorary pallbearers. A lifelong resident...

Carol P. Pressley

Carol P. Pressley

Nov 3, 2011

Carol Pressley, age 65, of 220 N. Main St. died Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Macon Walter and Bernice Ellis Prather. Carol retired from the V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant and was a former textile employee. Surviving are three sons, Barry Pressley and...

Thomas F. Campbell, Sr.

Thomas F. Campbell, Sr.

Nov 3, 2011

Thomas F. Campbell, Sr., age 84, of 192 Waddle House Rd. died Thursday, November 3, 2011. He was born in Iva, SC and was a son of the late James Reese Fant Campbell and the late Leila Mangum Campbell. Mr. Campbell was retired from CSX Railroad, he was a US Navy veteran and enjoyed golf, fishing and raising chickens, ducks...

Margaret Satterfield Oakley

Margaret Satterfield Oakley

Oct 29, 2011

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Margaret Satterfield Oakley Margaret Oakley of Grandview Acres, died Saturday, October, 29, 2011 at the age of 98. Born April 11, 1913 she was the daughter of Martin Satterfield and Haynic Armstrong of Gray Court. Margaret lived in Clinton for 80 years. She devoted her life to her family and God. She listened to preaching every Sunday...

John E. Cox, Sr.

John E. Cox, Sr.

Oct 28, 2011

Dateline- Mountville, S.C. John E. Cox, Sr. John E. Cox, Sr. age, 67, of 43 Singing Pines Road died Friday, October 28, 2011 at his home. He was born in Oconee County and was a son of the late Ernest and Ada Delphia Long Cox. Mr. Cox was a former employee of the City of Laurens and B.F. Shaw Co....

Grady W. "Chip" Spires

Grady W. "Chip" Spires

Oct 23, 2011

Dateline- Joanna, SC Grady W. (Chip) Spires, age 66, of 206 Holmes Street, died Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Joanna, and was the son of the late Grady W. Spires and Willie Mae Wofford Spires. Surviving are brothers, Michael D. Spires and wife, Doris of Conyers, GA and Reginald Spires and...

Shelby Jean Bolick

Shelby Jean Bolick

Oct 22, 2011

Dateline-Kinards, SC - Shelby Jean Bolick, age 74 of 33501 Hwy 76 East, passed from this life Saturday, October 22, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Joanna, a daughter of the late Lewis Alvin and Frances Hunnicutt Marshall, she was the oldest of the Marshall family. Mrs. Bolick was a Charter member of the...

Houston Ellis

Houston Ellis

Oct 21, 2011

Houston Ellis, age 90 of 18359 Hwy 72 East died Friday, October 21, 2011. He was born in Greenville, SC and was a son of the late William Edward and Mary Brown Whitmire Ellis and the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr. Ellis retired from Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant was a member and Sunday School teacher at Bellview...

Willie Christine Lawson

Willie Christine Lawson

Oct 19, 2011

Willie Christine Lawson, age 76 of 899 Little Egypt Rd. and widow of Milum Lawson died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 at the National HealthCare of Clinton. She was born in Fairfield County and was a daughter of the late Ford and Willie Mae Springfield. Mrs. Lawson was retired from J.P. Stevens and a member of the Grace Baptist Church. Surviving...

Alice Vinson Cheatham Stanley

Alice Vinson Cheatham Stanley

Oct 18, 2011

Dateline- Woodruff, SC Alice Vinson Cheatham Stanley, age 87, formerly of Clinton and Whitmire died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in the Woodruff Manor. She was born on August 30, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Daniel Clarence and Emma Price Vinson. She was first married to the late William Davis Cheatham and second to the late Lewis Howard...

William D. (Bill) Gregory

William D. (Bill) Gregory

Oct 16, 2011

William D. (Bill) Gregory, age 68, of 105 Regal Point died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Charles M. and Mildred Garrett Gregory. Mr. Gregory was the owner of Gregory Service Company, was a mason and a member of the Lucas Ave. Baptist...

Paul I. Taylor

Paul I. Taylor

Oct 16, 2011

Dateline, Clinton, SC Paul Taylor, age 60 of 1365 Fairview Church Road, died Sunday, October 16th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of James and Mary Alice Dixon Taylor. He was a US Marine Veteran. Surviving are three aunts, Amy Gantt, Dolly Surratt and Deborah Chirico and numerous cousins. Graveside services will be conducted...

Myrtle Osborne Moore

Myrtle Osborne Moore

Oct 16, 2011

Myrtle Osborne Moore age 92, formerly of Joanna and widow of Emory E. Moore, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 in the NHC of Laurens. She was born in Union County and was a daughter of the late John Seab and Sallie Nelson Osborne. Mrs. Moore was retired from Joanna Mills and was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Juanita Lehman Davenport

Juanita Lehman Davenport

Oct 14, 2011

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Juanita Lehman Davenport Juanita Lehman Davenport, age 86, formerly of Reeder St. and widow of John Henry Davenport, Jr. died Friday, October 14, 2011 at the NHC of Laurens. She was born in Cross Anchor and was the daughter of the late George Dewey and Lucille Tucker Lehman. Mrs. Davenport was a homemaker and a member of...

Christine A. Lee

Christine A. Lee

Oct 12, 2011

Christine A. Lee age 87, of 430 Grant Street and widow of Jack Lee, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011 in the White Oak Manor of Newberry. She was born in Greenwood and was retired from J.P. Stevens after 41 years of service. She was a member of the Heritage Wesleyan Church and the Wesleyan Women. Surviving are two sons, Bobby...

Dorothy Maxwell Windsor

Dorothy Maxwell Windsor

Oct 10, 2011

Dateline-Fountain Inn, SC Dorothy Maxwell Windsor, age 79 of 2253 Fairview Rd. and widow of Tommy H. Windsor, Sr. died Monday, October 10, 2011 at home. She was born in Taylorsville, GA and was a daughter of the late Carl Eugene and Beulah Roberson Maxwell and was retired from Irmo High School. Surviving are one son, Tommy H. Windsor, Jr....

Annie Mae Dean Smith

Annie Mae Dean Smith

Oct 7, 2011

Annie Mae Dean Smith, age 63 formerly of 1208 N. Sloan St. and widow of Joseph Oliver Smith died Friday, October 7, 2011 in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Leroy Dean and Geneva Leopard Dean Covan. Mrs. Smith was a former employee of Clinton Mills and member...

Vernetta Lusk Simmons

Vernetta Lusk Simmons

Oct 7, 2011

Vernetta Lusk Simmons, age 66 of 105 Pinewood Ave. and widow of James H. Simmons died Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Cleo and Dollie Williamson Lusk. Mrs. Simmons was retired from Torrington Bearing Company and attended the Lydia Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving...

Donald "Duck" W. Grant

Donald "Duck" W. Grant

Oct 6, 2011

Donald “Duck” W. Grant, age 65 of 126 Brookhaven Drive, formerly of Clinton, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born in Union, SC and was a son of the late William Dexter and Mary Adell Cannon Grant. Mr. Grant was a former employee of Clinton Mills...

Myrtle Grogan Jones

Myrtle Grogan Jones

Oct 6, 2011

Myrtle Grogan Jones, age 93, of 7 Holly Circle Greenville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 6, 2011. She was born in Cross Anchor, SC and was a daughter of the late John P. and Rosa S. Grogan. A longtime resident of Clinton, SC, she was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in...

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