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

Sara Frances Hunnicutt Reid

Sara Frances Hunnicutt Reid

Feb 9, 2011

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Sara Frances Hunnicutt Reid, age 74, widow of Calvin Columbus Reid, Jr. died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late James Edward and Louise Wilbanks Hunnicutt. She was a former employee of J. P. Stevens Co. and a member of Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness...

William C. "Bigun" (Bill) Johnson

William C. "Bigun" (Bill) Johnson

Feb 6, 2011

Dateline-Kinards, SC William C. “BigUn” (Bill) Johnson age 65, of 1256 Fairview Church Road, died Sunday, February 6, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Joanna and was the son of the late Carroll Workman Johnson and Marguerite Tyner Johnson. Mr. Johnson a retired machinist. He was a member of Motorcycle Clubs in Newberry and Greenwood. He...

Margaret L. Cottles

Margaret L. Cottles

Feb 5, 2011

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Margaret L. Cottles, age 71, of 228 Oak St, Lydia Mill and widow of James W. Cottles died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at her home. She was born in Charlotte, NC and was the daughter of the late A.T. and Ethel Vest Charles. Mrs. Cottles was a homemaker and a member of Holly Grove Baptist Church. She...

Annie Mae Robertson Thomas

Annie Mae Robertson Thomas

Feb 3, 2011

Dateline-Whitmire, SC - Annie Mae Thomas, age 81 of Duncan Bridge Road died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Whitmire. Surviving are her three sons, Carol Thomas of Whitmire, Robert and Donald Thomas, both of Clinton; a daughter, Carolyn Brown of Summerville; a sister, Katherine Chapman...

Ralph D. Childs, Sr.

Ralph D. Childs, Sr.

Feb 3, 2011

Ralph D. Childs, Sr. age 80 of 78 Shadow Wood Drive, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Gastonia, N.C. and was the son of the late William Edgar and Lucille Waters Childs. Mr. Childs was retired from Monsanto and was an employee of Wal-Mart. He was a member of Calvary...

Ricky Owens

Ricky Owens

Feb 2, 2011

Ricky Owens, age 48 of 2689 Sandy Run Creek Rd. died Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late John Calvin and Margaret Lyons Owens. Surviving are his former wife, Sheila Owens of Clinton, one sister, Jessie Jacks and husband, Johnny of Joanna and one brother, Keith Owens and wife, Gloria of...

Carroll P. Samples

Carroll P. Samples

Feb 1, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, SC Carroll P. Samples age 91 died Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at the National Healthcare of Clinton. Mr. Samples was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII an a retired textile employee. Surviving are his son, Freddie Samples of Deland, FL and a daughter, Alice Brewer of Clinton. He was predeceased by his wife, Reba “Sis” Rucker Samples and a...

Margaret Duckett Bixler

Margaret Duckett Bixler

Feb 1, 2011

Dateline-Laurens, SC Margaret Duckett Bixler, wife of the late Rev. Alfred L. Bixler, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Martha Franks Retirement Home in Laurens, SC where she had lived for three years. She was the daughter of Samuel L. and Lourene B. Duckett and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, SC. She will be remembered by her...

Lola Bostic Nichols

Lola Bostic Nichols

Jan 28, 2011

Lola Bell Bostic Nichols age 80 of 1833 Little Egypt Road, and widow of Milford A. Nichols, died Friday, January 28, 2011 in the NHC in Clinton. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late James and Verda Mae Trent Bostic. Mrs. Nichols was retired from Whitten Center and was a long time member of the...

Charles Vincent "Frog" Owens

Charles Vincent "Frog" Owens

Jan 27, 2011

Charles Vincent “Frog” Owens, age 71 of 744 Curry Road died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Laurens, SC and was the son of the late Enice Owens and Sara Gibert Owens Robertson. Mr. Owens was an avid dirt track racer, truck driver, and a pawn broker. He was of the Presbyterian faith, and...

Jennifer Amber Torres

Jennifer Amber Torres

Jan 27, 2011

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Jennifer Amber Torres age 21 of 1417 Jefferson Street in Newberry, and formerly of Laurens, died Thursday, January 27, 2011. She was born in Callens, Texas and was a daughter of Jesus (Jesse) M. Torres and step-mother, Kathy Torres of Laurens and mother, Penny Smith and fiancé, Jeff Pease of Newberry. Jennifer was a student at Piedmont...

Marjorie Ann Ballinger

Marjorie Ann Ballinger

Jan 27, 2011

Dateline-Laurens, SC Marjorie Ann Ballinger, age 64 of 100 Abraham Way went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, January 27, 2011. She was born in Dover, Delaware and was a daughter of the late Edgar Allen and Mary Hester Downs Ford. Mrs. Ballinger was a former employee of Kemet Electronics of Simpsonville with 31 years service, she was...

Louise Missildine Howard

Louise Missildine Howard

Jan 25, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, SC Louise Missildine Howard, age 101, widow of Ernest Curtis Weldon and William Bostwick Howard, Jr., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at her son’s home in Clinton, SC Born in Billingsley, AL, she was the daughter of the late Dennis Holmes and Dixie Lee Missildine. She is survived by her son, William Bostwick Howard, III and...

Laura Foster Burns

Laura Foster Burns

Jan 21, 2011

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Laura Foster Burns Laura Foster Burns, age 88, formerly of 103 Grandview Acres and the widow of Joseph J. Burns died Friday, January 21, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Gastonia, NC and was the daughter of the late Samuel Columbus and Bessie Mae Primm Foster. Mrs. Burns was a homemaker and a...

Donna Kaye Trammell

Donna Kaye Trammell

Jan 20, 2011

Donna Kaye Trammell, age 57 of 97 James Street, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Self Regional Hospital. She was born in Newberry, S.C. and was the daughter of Dalma Harrison Trammell of Whitmire and the late Richard Gerald Trammell. She was an employee of Transcript USA. In addition to her mother, she is also survived by a sister,...

J.C. Lollis

J.C. Lollis

Jan 19, 2011

J. C. Lollis age 86 of 404 Magnolia Street, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Henry and Eliza Lollis. Mr. Lollis was a retired employee of Gower Manufacturing and a member of the First Baptist Church of Joanna. He was a U.S. Navy...

Eloise Von Hollen Blalock

Eloise Von Hollen Blalock

Jan 19, 2011

Eloise Von Hollen Blalock, age 95 a resident of Langston House died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Eagan, GA and was the daughter of the late Henry and Pearl Anderson Von Hollen. Mrs. Blalock had been a resident of Clinton since her early years, and was the widow of Frances...

Carl Lamar "Chub" Moore

Carl Lamar "Chub" Moore

Jan 19, 2011

Carl Lamar “Chub” Moore, age 51 of 147 A. D. Drive died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at his home. He was born in Asheville, NC and was the son of Barbara Brown Moore of the home and the late Curtis Melvin Moore, Sr. Mr. Moore was a former construction worker and a member of Local 421. In addition to his...

Eva Merck Fincannon Lanier

Eva Merck Fincannon Lanier

Jan 18, 2011

Eva Merck Fincannon Lanier A Graveside memorial service will be conducted Saturday, Jan.22nd at 11:00 a.m. in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, SC. The family will receive friends Saturday morning from 10 to 11:00 a.m. at Gray Funeral Home of Clinton. In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 301 S. Broad St., Clinton, SC 29325. Gray...

Nancy Benjamin Trammell

Nancy Benjamin Trammell

Jan 18, 2011

Nancy Benjamin Trammell, age 87 of 946 Georgia Rd. and widow of Ansel W. Trammell died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late J. B. and Faye Culbertson Benjamin. Mrs. Trammell was retired from the Laurens Glass Plant and was a member of the Gray...

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