Obituaries

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

Wilford Earl Puckett

Wilford Earl Puckett

Jan 28, 2012

Wilford Earl Puckett, age 87 of 709 Milton Rd. died Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. Mr. Puckett was retired from Greenwood Mills, Blalock Plant and had worked as a security officer at Asten Johnson and also with Laurens County. He was a U.S. Army veteran and member of the Joanna Church of God. Mr....

Joshua Wayne Dickert

Joshua Wayne Dickert

Jan 28, 2012

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Joshua Wayne Dickert, age 26, of Jalalpa Road, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 in Laurens. He was born in Union and was a son of Rev. Tony Dickert and Lenora Revels Dickert of Whitmire. He was an employee of Smith Cleaning Service; a member of Central Avenue Baptist Church, and an avid hunter and fisherman. He had been...

Prue D. Waters

Prue D. Waters

Jan 26, 2012

Dateline-Clinton, SC Prue Douglas Waters, age 87, of 122 Pine Street, Clinton, SC died on January 26, 2012 after a brief illness. He was born in Lowndesville, SC on September 23, 1924, to Alonzo C. Waters and Molly Hill Waters and was the last member of his family. Two brothers and eight sisters predeceased him. Mr. Waters proudly served his...

Jackie B. Hughes

Jackie B. Hughes

Jan 22, 2012

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Jackie Bluford Hughes, age 67, of Laurens, died Sunday, January 22, 2012, at his home. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Bluford and Ruby Gault Hughes. Mr. Hughes was retired from Fanzi Screw Co. He is survived by a son, Jackie E. Hughes (Shawn) of Laurens; two grandchildren, Summer Lee Hughes...

C.Wayne Jarvis

C.Wayne Jarvis

Jan 22, 2012

C. Wayne Jarvis, 90, of Spartanburg died Sunday, January 22, 2012 at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg. He is survived by his wife, Frances Lee Pitts Jarvis of 61 years; three children, Michael Wayne Jarvis and wife Alee, Stanley Davis Jarvis, Jenny Jarvis Woods and husband Berry; five grandchildren, Russell W. Jarvis, Katherine M. Lane and husband Michael, Heather M....

Berley Lee Miller, Sr

Berley Lee Miller, Sr

Jan 21, 2012

Berley Lee Miller, Sr. age 88 of 23530 S.C. Hwy. 121, one of the greatest Generations departed Saturday, January 21, 2012 in the Newberry Memorial Hospital. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Louick P. and Ethel Berley Miller. Mr. Miller was retired from J.P. Stevens as a general overseer of weaving. He was...

William Carrol Campbell

William Carrol Campbell

Jan 21, 2012

Dateline-Clinton, SC William Carrol Campbell, age 72 formerly of Glendale Manor, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in Owings and was a son of the late W.D. and Edna Louise Lyons Campbell. Mr. Campbell was retired from Wal-Mart Distribution and was a member of the St. James United Methodist Church. Surviving are his daughter, Carol...

Rufus Earle Sadler

Rufus Earle Sadler

Jan 20, 2012

Rufus Earle Sadler, widower of Mary Doherty Sadler, died peacefully at his home on January 20, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was born on July 5, 1925, in Clinton, South Carolina, the son of Rufus Earle and Julia Owens Sadler. A member of the Class of 1947 at the United States Naval Academy, Mr. Sadler dominated the tennis team...

Ray T. Dendy

Ray T. Dendy

Jan 20, 2012

Ray T. Dendy, age 79 of 104 Pinewood Avenue, died Friday, January 20, 2012 at his home. He was born in Monroe, NC and was a son of the late Albert Benjamin and Edith Reid Dendy. Mr. Dendy was retired from Independent Life Insurance Company and was a member of the Clinton First Baptist Church where he sang in the...

Phyllis Sweet Brooks

Phyllis Sweet Brooks

Jan 19, 2012

Phyllis Sweet Brooks, age 51 of 812 Barnett Road died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at her home. She was born in Greenville and was the daughter of Kenneth and Liddie Sue Sweet. She is survived by her two sons, Jimmy Neely and wife, Rene’ of Greenville and Jonathan Neely and wife, Stephanie; two brothers, Kenneth Sweet, Jr. and Furman W....

Robert William Seymore

Robert William Seymore

Jan 19, 2012

Dateline-Clinton, SC Robert W. Seymore, age 77 of 104 Seymore Lane died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at the Agape Hospice House in Columbia, SC. He was born in Renno, SC and was the son of the late John William Seymore and Frances Fitchjarrell Seymore Corbell Mr. Seymore was retired from General Motors, was a member of the Renno Fire Dept.,...

James Edward Starnes

James Edward Starnes

Jan 18, 2012

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. James Edward Starnes, age 71 of 207 Starnes Road died Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Claude Lee and Ruby Deketler Starnes. Mr. Starnes was a former employee of 3M and was a shriner with the Hejaz Shrine Temple. He...

Robert H. (Bobby) Quarles, Iii

Robert H. (Bobby) Quarles, Iii

Jan 16, 2012

Robert H. (Bobby) Quarles, III age 73 of 102 Liberty Street and widower of Ethel Collins Quarles, died Monday, January 16, 2012 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in McCormick County and was a son of the late Robert H. Quarles, Jr. and Kathryn Reynolds Quarles. Mr. Quarles was a former employee of Clinton Mills and retired from...

Alma Louise Holder Todd

Alma Louise Holder Todd

Jan 15, 2012

Alma Louise Holder Todd, age 98 a resident of Presbyterian Home and widow of Joseph William Todd, died Sunday, January 15, 2012. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of the late John Gurney and Elizabeth Mauldin Holder. Mrs. Todd was a former employee of Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant and a retired employee of Whitten Center. She...

Thomas "Tommy" Francis Hollis

Thomas "Tommy" Francis Hollis

Jan 13, 2012

Thomas “Tommy” Francis Hollis, 89, was peacefully promoted to Heaven on Friday, January 13, 2012. Born March 10, 1922 he was reared in Atlanta where he went through Atlanta public schools. He graduated from Presbyterian College and immediately entered the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant and served in the Pacific during World War II. After the war he started Hollis...

Hazel Howard Holcomb

Hazel Howard Holcomb

Jan 12, 2012

Hazel Howard Holcomb, age 91, formerly of Clinton and widow of Gary H. Holcomb died Thursday, January 12, 2012 in the NHC of Lexington. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of the late Horace and Mollie Jackson Howard. Mrs. Holcomb was a former Cosmetologist, a member of the Carolina Wren Garden Club, a member of the...

Mary Doherty Sadler

Mary Doherty Sadler

Jan 9, 2012

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Doherty Sadler died peacefully at her home on January 9, 2012, surrounded by her family. She was born in Magheran, County Donegal, Ireland on April 13, 1926, and came to the United States with her parents when she was thirteen months old. Mrs. Sadler, the eldest daughter of Sara Lynch and Charles Doherty, grew up in New...

Susan Marie Graydon

Susan Marie Graydon

Jan 9, 2012

Dateline-Hickory Tavern, SC- Susan Marie Graydon, age 58 of 452 Mahon Rd. went home to her Lord and Savior on Monday, January 9, 2012. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of Mildred Simmons Graydon of Laurens and the late Haskell Graydon. Susan was a graduate of Hickory Tavern High School, Lander College and the Medical College...

Gladys Willis

Gladys Willis

Jan 5, 2012

Gladys Willis age 76, of 100 Jefferson Street died Thursday, January 5, 2012 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenwood, SC and was a daughter of the late Willie J. and Maude Tomlinson Willis. Ms. Willis was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are four nephews , Ricky Willis, Freddie Willis, Brian Willis and...

Norma Rose Cupp Leach

Norma Rose Cupp Leach

Jan 4, 2012

Dateline- Gray Court, SC Norma Rose Cupp Leach, age 74 passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Langston House Assisted Living in Clinton. She was born in Jellico, TN and was a daughter of the late Jesse Daniel and Fannie Ethel Huddleston Cupp. Mrs. Leach was a member of the Mauldin Church of God, she enjoyed playing guitar and...