Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Anna S. Cheek
Mar 22, 2012
Anna S. Cheek peacefully entered her heavenly home on March 22, 2012. Born July 18, 1920 in Gray Court, SC, she was the daughter of the late A.C. and Carrie Jesse Shell. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton where she was an active member for many years in the Workman Sunday School Class, the Moore...
Sue Ellis Hunter
Mar 22, 2012
Sue Ellis Hunter passed peacefully from this earth on March 22, 2012 in the presence of loving family. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Branson Ellis and wife of Maxcy Patterson Hunter, Sr., Sue is survived by her husband and four children: John Ellis Hunter (Valerie) , Carole Senn (Ben), Maxcy Patterson Hunter, Jr. (Lynn) and Ann Marie Tribble...
Margaret Bright Hendrix
Mar 20, 2012
Margaret Bright Hendrix, aged 85 years, passed away on the first day of Spring, March 20th 2012; she was surrounded by family and Agape Hospice support. Born in Greenville County, SC she was a daughter of the late James Alver Bright and Sallie Bishop Bright. She was predeceased by her first husband Jesse E. Aultman. After his death, she remarried...
Arthur Lee Worley
Mar 18, 2012
Rev. Arthur Lee Worley, age 79 went to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 18, 2012 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Mr. Worley was a former textile employee and Church of God of Prophecy Minister. Surviving are two sons, Ronnie Worley of Woodruff and Rev. Randy Worley of Pelzer; four daughters, Betty Jo Watson of Piedmont, Judy Bryant of...
Mattie Ruth O'Shields
Mar 16, 2012
Dateline-Clinton, SC Mattie Ruth Blanton O’Shields, age 88 of 204 Phillips Street and NHC of Clinton, died Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton. She was born in Cherokee County and was the daughter of the late Madison Craig and Mamie Byars Blanton. She was a 1940 graduate of Pauline High School in Pauline....
Kelly Matthew Harris
Mar 15, 2012
Dateline-Laurens, SC Kelly Matthew Harris , age 45, of 605 Church Street, died Thursday, March 15, 2012. He was born in Georgia and was a son of Bobby J. and Martha Coffey Harris both of Laurens. He was an employee of Southern Wine and Spirits of Greer. Surviving in addition to his parents are one son, Tyler Harris of Laurens,...
James B. Deason
Mar 14, 2012
James B. Deason, age 77 passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens. He was born in Talladega, AL on Aug. 17, 1934 a son of the late Fred and Emma Pierce Deason. Mr. Deason was a veteran of both the Navy and Air Force serving during the Korean Conflict and two tours...
Edith M. Phillips
Mar 12, 2012
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Rev. Edith M. Phillips Rev. Edith M. Phillips, age 92, of 4709 Neely Ferry Road and widow of Arthur Phillips died Thursday, April 12, 2012. Mrs. Phillips was a minister and retired from the Regal Mills. She was also a member of the Sharon Pentecostal Holiness Church and a member of the USCPHC. She is survived by...
Velma Jean Brown
Mar 11, 2012
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Velma Jean Brown, age 82, formerly of 1135 Reed Ave., widow of Charles E. Brown, died Sunday, March 11, 2012 in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late John and Lois Nichols Brown. Mrs. Brown was a loving mother and homemaker. She was predeceased by two...
Joe William "Dub" Shockley
Mar 10, 2012
Joe William “Dub” Shockley, age 75 of 612 Little Acre Rd. died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Ida Mae Keasler Shockley. He was retired from Clinton Mills a Loom Fixer Trainer, he then worked for the Laurens County Public Works. He attended...
Jesse J. Dunaway
Mar 9, 2012
Jesse J. Dunaway, age 72 of 106 Gordon Street, died Friday, March 9, 2012 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Will and Sara Brunson Dunaway. Mr. Dunaway was retired from Clinton Mills and was of the Baptist Faith. He was also a U.S. Army Veteran. Surviving are...
Joyce Creswell Campbell
Mar 7, 2012
Joyce Creswell Campbell, age 73, of 208 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late James N. and Pauline Mathews Creswell. Mrs. Campbell was retired from the Torrington Bearings Co. and was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is...
Sadie B. Gambrell Gilliam
Mar 4, 2012
Dateline-Whitmire Sadie B. Gambrell Gilliam, age 88, widow of Paul Wesley Gambrell and David Gilliam, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, in the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Wolf Mountain, NC, and was the daughter of the late William Jasper and Emmea McGaha Owen. Mrs. Gilliam retired from J. P. Stevens after 40 years. She was the...
Odus L. Young
Feb 29, 2012
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Odus L. Young, age 89, formerly of US Hwy. 76 E., died Wednesday February 29, 2012 at the Martha Franks Retirement Center in Laurens. Mr. Young was born in Clinton and was a son of the late J. Willie and Era Simpson Young. He was a manager of CWS Guano Co., a member of the Hurricane Baptist...
Frank M. (Blue) Boland, Jr.
Feb 28, 2012
Frank Middleton (Blue) Boland Jr. of Clinton, SC, age 92, died February 28, 2012. Born in Clinton, SC on September 13, 1919, he was the son of the late F. M. Boland and Ella Sproles Boland. Mr. Boland was married to Willie Earl Davidson of Clinton. He was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church where he served as...
Vernon E Williams
Feb 26, 2012
Vernon E. Williams, of 121 Milling Street, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born in Whitmire, SC and was a son of the late William Fredrick and Elsie Florence Reed Williams. Mr. Williams was retired from Clinton Mills Clinton #2; a World War II Army veteran; and a member of the Elizabeth Street...
Marilyn Dianne Hopkins
Feb 26, 2012
Dateline-Mountville, SC Marilyn Dianne Hopkins, age 59 of 1053 Garlington Rd., died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Ada Silvers Crowe and Keith Carson Lawson. She was a member of Mountville Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Ron English and Billy Sizemore...
Brenda Kay Huckaby Pace
Feb 22, 2012
Dateline-Prosperity, SC Brenda Kay Huckaby Pace age 69, of 203 Churchhill Landing Road died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in Columbia. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Georgia K. Bryant and the late Joe Allen Huckaby. Surviving are her three daughters, Melody Kay McCoig (Jeremy Hohenstein) of Gray Court, Lisa Michelle Foster (Scott) of Laurens and Sara...
Dorothy Marr Holliday
Feb 21, 2012
Dorothy Marr Holliday, age 64, of 3075 Trinity Church Road and widow of Marshall Holliday passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at her home. She was born in Clay County, NC and was the daughter of the late William Allen and Anna Sherlin Marr. Mrs. Holliday retired from Timken Bearing Company, was a member of the Welcome Baptist Church and...
Robert A. Humphries
Feb 19, 2012
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Robert A. Humphries, age 77, of 420 W. Farley Ave. in Laurens and formerly of Clinton died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Denton Russ and Clara Spelts Humphries. Mr. Humphries was retired for the S.C. Highway Department and...
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