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

Tony Dean Ellis

Tony Dean Ellis

Dec 15, 2009

Dateline- Whitmire, SC Tony Dean Ellis Tony Dean Ellis, age 55, of 89 Pine Ave. died Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at his home. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of the late Albert Eugene and Shirley Coleman Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a former employee of Walmart Distribution. He is survived by two sons, Anthony Blake Ellis of...

Irene Dillard "Bebe" Mcsween

Irene Dillard "Bebe" Mcsween

Dec 15, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Irene Dillard “Bebe” McSween, 92, a resident of the Clinton Presbyterian Community, entered the Church Triumphant on December 15, 2009. Born in Clinton, SC, she was a daughter of the late Larry Byrd Dillard and Wrenn Hafner Dillard. She is predeceased by her husband, Rev. Dr. Allen McSween and her sister, Mary Howze Forsyth. Mrs. McSween was a...

Charles Royce Foster

Charles Royce Foster

Dec 11, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, SC Charles Royce Foster, age 78, of 206 Davis St. died Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Gastonia and was the son of the late Samuel C. and Bessie Prim Foster. Mr. Foster was retired from Whitten Center and was a former member of the S.C. National Guard. He...

Elizabeth Foster Robinson

Elizabeth Foster Robinson

Dec 5, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Elizabeth Foster Robinson Elizabeth Foster Robinson (Bets), age 90, entered the Church Triumphant on December 5, 2009. Bets was a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Charles Neely Robinson of Lancaster, SC. Bets was born in Ohio, where she grew up, the daughter of Grace Hartman...

Laura Ward Grady

Laura Ward Grady

Dec 5, 2009

Laura Ward Grady, age 89, of 180 Cypress St. and widow of Claude Grady, Sr. died Saturday, December 5, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Hendersonville, NC and was the daughter of the late Arthur Edward and Nora Melinda Summey Ward. Mrs. Grady was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the Lydia Presbyterian...

Frances Hinson Acheson

Frances Hinson Acheson

Dec 4, 2009

Frances Hinson Acheson, age 78 of 3979 Hwy 221 South died Friday, Dec. 4th at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Chester, SC and was a daughter of the late John M. and Mary Blake Dickerson. Mrs. Acheson was a retired employee of the Torrington Bearing Company, a member of the Lydia Baptist Church and attended the Big...

Richard R. Mcmahan

Richard R. Mcmahan

Dec 2, 2009

Dateline-Cross Hill, SC Richard R. McMahan, age 80 of 684 Pittman Landing died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at home. He was born in Oviedo, FL and was a son of the late Benjamin and Emma Hall McMahan. He was owner of City News Newspaper; a member of the Moose Lodge; was of the Baptist Faith and was a Navy Veteran...

E. Lavelle Fuller

E. Lavelle Fuller

Dec 1, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC E. Lavelle Fuller age 72, of Fair Place, loving wife, mother and grandmother, died Tuesday December 1, 2009. She was born in Cherokee County, GA and was a daughter of the late Joseph Alexander and Minnie Ledford Hamilton. She was a computer proctor for School District 56 and a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Mark Carroll Shook

Mark Carroll Shook

Nov 30, 2009

Dateline-Gray Court, SC Mark Carroll Shook, age 60 of 417 Rabun Church Rd. died Monday, Nov. 30th at the National HealthCare of Clinton. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Lewis Carroll and Claudia Cooke Shook. Mr. Shook was a farmer and member of the Shiloh United Methodist Church. Surviving are his sister-in-law, Sue Shook,...

Lucille Ivester Woody

Lucille Ivester Woody

Nov 30, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Lucille Ivester Woody, age 87 of 112 N. Holland St. and widow of William O. Woody died Monday, Nov. 30th at the National HealthCare of Clinton. She was born in Stevens County, GA and was a daughter of the late Jonas Jackson and Beulah Mae Ayers Ivester. Mrs. Woody was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member...

Woodrow F. Zeigler

Woodrow F. Zeigler

Nov 29, 2009

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Woodrow F. Zeigler Woodrow F. Zeigler, age 93, formerly of Smith Road and widower of Ethel Salters Zeigler died Sunday, November 29, 2009 in the NHC of Laurens. He was born in Calhoun County and was the son of the late Julius M. and Lula Mae Zeigler. Mr. Zeigler was a retired farmer, a member of the...

Bobby Joe Waddell, Sr.

Bobby Joe Waddell, Sr.

Nov 29, 2009

Bobby Joe Waddell, Sr., age 43 of 421 Rolling Hills Road died Sunday November 29, 2009 at his home. He was born in Spartanburg County and was the son of Robert Wayne Waddell and Jo Ann Waddell Parsons of Gray Court. He was a former construction worker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors are his wife, Sandra Waddell of...

Ucilla Dunlap Mosteller

Ucilla Dunlap Mosteller

Nov 27, 2009

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Drucilla Dunlap Mosteller Drucilla Dunlap Mosteller, age 74, of 1 Martha Franks Drive died Friday, November 27, 2009 in the Martha Franks Infirmary. She was born in Greer and was the daughter of the late Carl Marshall Dunlap, Sr. and Sarah S. Stephens Dunlap. Mrs. Mosteller was a homemaker, a member of the Union Baptist Church and...

Jennene "Jean Jean" Emery Pinson

Jennene "Jean Jean" Emery Pinson

Nov 27, 2009

Jennene “Jean Jean” Emery Pinson of 118 Oak Park Drive, Mauldin, South Carolina, and former native of Clinton, went to meet with her Lord and Savior on Friday, November 27, 2009 at 9:15 am. She was under the care of her daughter, Letha J. Boswell of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, at the time of her passing. Jennene was born in...

Richard (Rick) Grooms, Sr.

Richard (Rick) Grooms, Sr.

Nov 26, 2009

Dateline- Hickory Tavern, S.C. Richard (Rick) Grooms, Sr., age 54, of 12167 Hwy. 76 W. died Thursday, November 26, 2009 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Charleston and was the son of the late Talley G. and Myrtle Juanita Grooms and also his step-father, the late George Griffin of Holly Hill. Rick is survived by his wife,...

Bennie Franklin Sinclair, Jr.

Bennie Franklin Sinclair, Jr.

Nov 24, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Bennie Franklin Sinclair, Jr. Bennie Franklin Sinclair, Jr. age 71 of 100 Jefferson Street died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Union and was a son of the late B. F. Sinclair, Sr. and Helen Wilson Hatton. He was a real estate developer; a member of the Gideons and the First Pentecoastal...

Myrtle Louise Lanford Couch

Myrtle Louise Lanford Couch

Nov 24, 2009

Louise Martin Couch age 86, widow of Victor H. Martin and James Broadus Couch, of NHC died Thursday, December 24, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Woodruff and was the daughter of the late Grover and Elma Henderson Lanford. Mrs. Couch was a former employee of Clinton Mills. She is survived by a son, Randy Martin...

James Taylor "Jimmy" Parsons

James Taylor "Jimmy" Parsons

Nov 23, 2009

Dateline-Greer, SC James Taylor “Jimmy” Parsons, age 56 1304 Anderson Ridge Rd., Greer died Monday, Nov. 23rd at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. He was born in Tawas City, Michigan and was a son of Delia “Dee” Cooper of Lanford and the late Sam T. Parsons. Mr. Parsons grew up in the Lanford Community in Laurens County, was a...

Kathryn R. Quarles

Kathryn R. Quarles

Nov 22, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Kathryn Reynolds Quarles, age 97 and widow of Robert H. Quarles, Jr. died Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Sunnybrook Assisted Living in Hendersonville, NC. She was born in Edgefield County, SC and was a daughter of the late Edgar and Julia Culberth Reynolds. Mrs. Quarles retired from Whitten Center in 1978 after 24 years of service, was a...

Evelyn Lanford Mccrary

Evelyn Lanford Mccrary

Nov 18, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Evelyn Lanford McCrary Evelyn Lanford McCrary, age 85, daughter of the late Guy Ravanel and Bessie Satterfield Lanford was called to heaven, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. She was born and raised in Spartanburg but had lived in Clinton for many years. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Spartanburg Methodist College, formerly Spartanburg Junior College. She...

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