Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Pearl Frick Modica
May 31, 2010
Dateline- Tobyhanna, PA Pearl M. Modica, age 75, of Pocono Farms East died Sunday, May 30, 2010 in South Carolina. She was born in Hudson County, N.J. and was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Pearl Frick. Mrs. Modica was retired from Meritz Embroidery works and is survived by a daughter, Doreen Modica of Waterloo; a son, Joseph Modica...
Arthur Gaines Smith
May 30, 2010
Dateline-Clinton, SC Arthur Gaines Smith, age 88 of Alexandria, Virginia, died Sunday, May 30, 2010. He formally lived in Chester and Clinton, South Carolina. He was born in Spartanburg, SC, December 6, 1921 to James and Edna Coggins Smith. Art served in the US Navy’s submarine service during World War II, deploying on six war patrols on the Skate (SS-305)....
Ralph Lee Gunnels, Sr.
May 29, 2010
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Ralph L. Gunnels, Sr. Ralph L. Gunnels, Sr. age 70, of 2728 Indian Mound Road died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at his home. He was born in Greenwood County and was the son of the late Mary Lee Hollingsworth and was raised by an aunt, Rosa Lee Haynes. Mr. Gunnels was retired from Laurens Glass Co. and...
Ella Mae Reed Rikard
May 29, 2010
Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Ella Mae Rikard Ella Mae Rikard, age 88, of 2101 Hwy. 72 died Friday, May 28, 2010 in the Hospice House in Clinton. She was born in Greenwood and was a member of the Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Rikard is survived by two step-sons, Robert D. Brazell and Rev. Faron Rikard both of Whitmire; a step-daughter,...
Effie Rhodes Quarles
May 27, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, SC Effie Rhodes Quarles, age 92, of 503 Ferguson St. and widow of Cecil Strom Quarles died Thursday, May 27, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenwood County and was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Loree Faulkner Rhodes. Mrs. Quarles was retired from Whitten Center and was a charter member of...
James E. Smith, Sr.
May 26, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. James E. Smith, Sr. James E. Smith, Sr. age 59, of 590 Phillips St., West Chase Apartments died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Edgar and Martha Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired construction worker and is survived by 3 sons, James E. Smith,...
Mary Olive Stewart Arthur
May 26, 2010
Mary Olive Stewart Arthur, age 98, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the home of her son, the Rev. Dr. William L. Arthur, in Greenville, SC. Born January 2, 1912, and raised in Fairchance, PA, she was the daughter of Edward Johnson Stewart and Leona Deffenbaugh Stewart. She married Byron Blake Arthur, September 24, 1934. For the next forty three...
Estelle Brewer Templeton
May 25, 2010
Dateline-Laurens, SC Estelle Brewer Templeton, age 96 and widow of Sam Templeton died Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. She was born in Rogersville, TN and was a daughter of the late William Lon and Matilda Gordon Brewer. Mrs. Templeton retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the Hudson River Baptist Church in...
Roy Perry Morris
May 24, 2010
Dateline-Clinton, SC Roy Perry Morris, age 92 of Whitten Center died Monday, May 24,2010. He was a son of the late Lester B. and Alice Moore Morris. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, May 28th at 10:00 a.m. in the Brooker-Blakely All Faiths Chapel at Whitten Center with burial in Whitten Memorial Gardens. Gray Funeral Home-Clinton, SC
Mary Deyoung
May 24, 2010
Mary DeYoung age 52 of 234 Hampton Street, died Monday, May 24, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Spartanburg, SC and was the daughter of the late Sara Nell Watson. Mrs. DeYoung was a former employee of Inman Mills. She is survived by her husband, Frankie Motes of Joanna; and a son, Cain DeYoung of Joanna....
Gail Thompson Wasson
May 23, 2010
Gail Thompson Wasson, age 67, of 4534 Torrington Road died Sunday, May 23, 2010 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of Margaret Thompson of Laurens and the late Guy Thompson. Mrs. Wasson was retired from Torrington Bearings Co. and was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Jennifer Elizabeth Palmer Anthony
May 22, 2010
Dateline-Gray Court, SC Jennifer Elizabeth Palmer Anthony, age 21 of 1875 Saw Mill Rd. died Sunday, May 22nd from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of Aaron Palmer of Ora and Deborah Sumeral Simmons of Laurens. Mrs. Anthony was a former employee of Dollar General and was a member of...
Eileene Fuller Brehmer
May 20, 2010
Eileene Fuller Brehmer, 89, widow of Laurence J. (Jud) Brehmer, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2010 in the Hospice House in Clinton. She was born in Russell County, Va., and was the daughter of the late Jettie Ratcliffe and George Kindred Fuller. Before she married in 1945, Mrs. Brehmer was a court reporter and paralegal in Baltimore. She and her...
Virginia Lawson Cannon
May 15, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Virginia Lawson Cannon Virginia Lawson Cannon, age 92, formerly of 104 Gordon St. died Saturday, May 15, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Jim and Hattie Patterson Lawson. Mrs. Cannon was retired from nursing. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Joan and...
Kathleen Proctor Gibbs
May 15, 2010
Kathleen Proctor Gibbs age 85, of 3403 Whitmire Highway, died Saturday, May 15, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Saluda County and was the daughter of the late Tim and Emmie Jennings Proctor. Mrs. Gibbs was retired from Lydia Mill. She is survived by three sons, Thomas Ray Gibbs of Waterloo, James M. Gibbs and Bobby...
Ida Mae Price Alexander
May 12, 2010
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Ida Mae Price Alexander, age 106, of 18 Wallace St. died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late William H. and Hattie Godfrey Price. Mrs. Alexander was retired from J.P. Stevens Co., Watts Plant and was a member of the Laurens Pentecostal Holiness Church....
Jerry Green
May 12, 2010
Jerry Green, age 50, of 103 Wadsworth Lane died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Charleston and was the son of Betty Baker Green of Clinton and the late Oliver Green. Mr. Green was a graduate of Clinton High School and Lander University and was a retired teacher and coach at Clinton High...
Eddie Julian Cox, Sr.
May 11, 2010
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Eddie Julian Cox, Sr., age 69, of 291 Jimmy Hellams Drive died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at his home. He was born in Elberton, GA and was the son of the late Paul Wilson and Jewel Dye Cox. Mr. Cox was a retired commercial pilot, a Blue Seal Certified Flight Instructor and operated the Laurens County Airport...
James Herbert Price
May 11, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. James Herbert Price, age 95, formerly of 213 Washington St. and widower of Mary Price died Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at the NHC of Laurens. He was born in Newport, TN and was the son of the late David and Iva Messer Price. Mr. Price was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Calvary...
Ernest E. Johnson
May 10, 2010
Dateline-Laurens, SC Ernest E. Johnson, age 71 of 291 Fort Lindley Rd. died Monday, May 10, 2010 in Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Clarence Lee and Maggie Banks Johnson. Mr. Johnson retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of the Joanna Church of God. Surviving...
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