Obituaries

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

James Mitchell Moore, Sr.

James Mitchell Moore, Sr.

Oct 30, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mitchell Moore, Sr. age 57 of 277 A.L. Drive died Saturday, October 30th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late James Macon and Nellie Lawson Moore. Mr. Moore was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Beaverdam Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Ann King Moore of...

Melvin Sinclair, Sr.

Melvin Sinclair, Sr.

Oct 28, 2010

Melvin Sinclair, Sr. age 87 of 112 Railroad Avenue passed away Thursday, October 28, 2010 at his son and family’s home in Greenville, SC where he had lived for the past year. He was born in Whitmire, SC and was the son of the late William Frank and Gertrude Roddy Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair served in the Merchant Marines during WWII...

Timothy George Stasierowski

Timothy George Stasierowski

Oct 27, 2010

Timothy George Stasierowski, age 50 of 284 Bar-B-Villa Road died Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in the Self Regional Hospital. He was born in Buffalo, NY and was the son of the late Stanley and Janet Steiner Stasierowski. He was a former employee of South Brook Builders, a member of AA, and a member of the All Saints Episcopal Church. He...

John Thomas Holmes

John Thomas Holmes

Oct 27, 2010

John T. Holmes of Miami, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday October 27, 2010 at Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami, Oklahoma. He was 82. Mr. Holmes was born December 5, 1927 in Enoree, South Carolina to Claude F. and Jeanette (Stoner) Holmes. He graduated from Woodruff High School in South Carolina and Served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He...

Ayden Joshua Lee Taylor

Ayden Joshua Lee Taylor

Oct 25, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Ayden Joshua Lee Taylor, infant son of Jessica Campbell and Johnathan Taylor, died Monday, October 25, 2010 in Self Regional Healthcare. Surviving in addition to his parents are one brother, Johnathan Michael Gauge Taylor of the home, and grandparents, Nancy Campbell of Clinton and Jerry Campbell of Blue Ridge; Brenda Ann Knight Taylor of Joanna and Perry Knight...

Dianna C. Bowers

Dianna C. Bowers

Oct 21, 2010

Dianna C. Bowers, age 65 of 7149 Hwy. 56 South died Thursday, October 21, 2010 in the Self Regional Hospital. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam of Clinton and the late Thomas Allen Corley, Sr. Mrs. Bowers graduated from Columbia College and received a Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina....

Kathy B. Prather

Kathy B. Prather

Oct 19, 2010

Kathy B. Prather, age 56 of 20 Subertown Road died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at her home. She was born in Union and was a daughter of the late Alvin York (Bill) and Janie Lee Barnett Brown. Mrs. Prather worked with the Guardian Ad Litem Program and was a volunteer at the Newberry Opera House. Surviving are two sons, Michael...

Margaret Reid Waldrop

Margaret Reid Waldrop

Oct 18, 2010

Dateline-Laurens, SC Mrs. Margaret Reid Waldrop, age 89 widow of Lewis Ernell Waldrop died Monday, October 18, 2010 in National Health Care of Laurens. She was born in Oconee County and was a daughter of the late James Knox and Lillie Mae Lindsey Reid. She was a retired employee of Torrington Company and a member of Second Baptist Church of...

Ralph Lowe Young, Jr.

Ralph Lowe Young, Jr.

Oct 17, 2010

Dateline-Chapin, SC Ralph L. Young, Jr. age 69 of 549 Westwoods Dr. died on Sunday, Oct. 17th at the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Columbia, SC and was a son of the late Ralph L.Young, Sr. and the late Evelyn Spangler Young. Mr. Young was a graduate of Greenwood High School and in 1967 received his degree in...

Betty Faye "Betty Boop" Samples

Betty Faye "Betty Boop" Samples

Oct 16, 2010

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Betty Faye “Betty Boop” Samples, age 57, of 6170 Hwy. 56 died Saturday, October 16, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Ware Shoals and was the daughter of Jessie C. Townsend of McCormick and the late Frank Max Ashley. Mrs. Samples was a former employee of Clinton Mill and is survived by her...

Roy Lee Russ

Roy Lee Russ

Oct 15, 2010

Rev. Roy Russ, age 90 of National Healthcare in Laurens, died Friday, October 15, 2010. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Henry Decater and Lola Hughes Russ. Rev. Russ was the founder of the Rose of Sharon Holiness Church in Gray Court, and was the Pastor of the Pentecostal Holiness Church all of...

Isaac Daniel (Danny) Ford, Jr.

Isaac Daniel (Danny) Ford, Jr.

Oct 11, 2010

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Isaac Daniel (Danny) Ford, Jr., age 67 of 30355 Hwy 72 E. and formerly of Laurens, died Monday, October 11, 2010 in the NHC of Laurens. He was born in Woodruff and was a son of the late Isaac D. Ford, Sr. and the late Irene K. Ford Barrett. Mr. Ford was a retired employee of Monsanto an...

Norma Anderson Lehn

Norma Anderson Lehn

Oct 10, 2010

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Norma Anderson Lehn Norma Anderson Lehn, 83, a life-long resident of Clinton, SC, and resident of Bailey Manor, died on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at the Hospice House in Clinton, the result of a stroke suffered several days earlier at her home. She was born in Sumter, SC, on July 21, 1927, the daughter of Collie William...

Cornelia June Forrest

Cornelia June Forrest

Oct 7, 2010

Cornelia June Forrest, age 65, of 322 Red Bird Lane died Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 at her home. She was born in Greenville and was the daughter of Robert B. and Margaret Jones of Waterloo. Mrs. Forrest was a homemaker and in addition to her parents is survived by her husband, Augustus C. Forrest of the home; a daughter, Leah...

Olivia A. Abrams

Olivia A. Abrams

Oct 5, 2010

Dateline-Joanna, SC Olivia A. Abrams, age 90, of Joanna and widow of J. L. Abrams, Sr., died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late P. L. and Maggie Lackey Attaway. Mrs. Abrams was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Epworth United...

Nellie Owens Dean

Nellie Owens Dean

Oct 5, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Nellie O. Dean, age 83 of 42 Peachtree St. died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at Summit Place Living Center in Simpsonville. She was a retired employee of Clinton Mills Lydia Plant; a member of Lydia Presbyterian Church and known as “Granny Nell” to many Nieces and Nephews. Surviving are one daughter, Lucy Banks and husband, Roger of Hodges,...

Edgar Allen Cooper, Jr.

Edgar Allen Cooper, Jr.

Oct 4, 2010

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Edgar Allen Cooper, Jr., age 85 formerly of 519 Sims Street, and widower of Virginia King Cooper, died Monday, Oct. 4th at Riverside Living Center, Piedmont, SC He was born in Enoree and was a son of the late Edgar Allen Cooper, Sr. and Ruth Blanton Cooper. He was retired from J. P. Stevens and was a member...

Maude A. Johnson

Maude A. Johnson

Oct 3, 2010

Maude A. Johnson, age 76 of 291 Fort Lindley Rd. died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 in the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Greenwood and was a daughter of the late Charles and Neta Belle Bryant Crouch. Mrs. Johnson was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills and was a member of the Joanna Church of God. Surviving...

Lea Kraemer

Lea Kraemer

Oct 1, 2010

Lea was an exchange student attending Presbyterian College in Clinton. Services will be held in her home town in Germany.

Sarah Doelker

Sarah Doelker

Oct 1, 2010

Sarah was an exchange Student from Germany attending Presbyterian College in Clinton. Services will be held in her home town in Germany.