Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Ruth Inez Cook (Cookie) Pearson
Feb 14, 2011
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Ruth Inez Cook (Cookie) Pearson. age 46, of 432 Grant Street, died Monday, February 14, 2011 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Union County and was the daughter of the Linda Crayne Cook of Whitmire and the late James Albert Cook, Jr. Mrs. Pearson was a former employee of Whitten Center and was a homemaker. She...
Valerie Prather Malpass
Feb 13, 2011
Valerie Prather Malpass, age 65 of 98 Mandy Coleman Rd. died Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Hospice of Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Samuel Walter and Ada Hill Prather. Mrs. Malpass was retired from Jostens Cap and Gown in Laurens, SC and was a member of the...
Juanita Lily Dickert Pitts
Feb 11, 2011
Juanita Dickert Pitts died February 11, 2011 at the age of 96. She spent much of her life in the Trinity community of Silverstreet but in 1990 retired to the Presbyterian Home in Clinton. Juanita was one of seven children born to Rachel Garrett and John Henry Dickert. She was a graduate of Silverstreet High School. On the longest night...
Leon Symes Deitz, Sr.
Feb 11, 2011
Leon Symes Deitz, Sr. age 66, of 144 Denna Dr. died Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Anderson, SC and was a son of Viola Carson Deitz of Clinton and the late Fred Lee Deitz. Mr. Deitz was retired from Whitten Center and proudly served his country during the Vietnam War in the...
Wilhelmena "Mena" Templeton
Feb 11, 2011
Wilhelmena “Mena” Templeton, beloved wife of the late Doyle Templeton entered life eternal on Friday, February 11, 2011. She was 70 years old. Mrs. Templeton was retired from Jostens, Inc. of Laurens, SC and at the time of her passing, she was surrounded by her loving family. Surviving are her four children, a daughter, Terry Templeton of the home; sons...
Bill G. Jones
Feb 9, 2011
Bill G. Jones, age 81, of 204 S. Holland St. died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Wildwood, FL and was a son of the late Noah & Agnes Irene Sims Jones. Mr. Jones received a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Florida. He worked with several special needs...
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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