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

Robert L. "Wick" Wickham

Robert L. "Wick" Wickham

Oct 9, 2009

Robert L. “Wick” Wickham age 86 of 203 Young Drive died Friday, October 9, 2009 at the Hospice House, Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Linn County, Iowa and was a son of the late Frank C. and Mabel L. Wickham. Mr. Wickham was a graduate of the University of Georgia and was a flight engineer and veteran...

Carl "Bubba" Turner, Jr.

Carl "Bubba" Turner, Jr.

Oct 9, 2009

Carl “Bubba” Turner, Jr. age 35, of 18271 Highway 72 East died Friday, October 9, 2009 in Spartanburg, SC. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Carl E. Turner, Sr. and Joyce McAlister Turner. He was employed with Piedmont Wilderness Institute and was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church. Mr. Turner is survived by his wife,...

Gene Ray Adair

Gene Ray Adair

Oct 8, 2009

Gene Ray Adair age 68 of 113 Hawkins Circle, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at his home. He was born in Joanna, SC and was a son of the late Marvin and Dorothy Louise Spurgeon Adair. Mr. Adair was retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and in Greenwood. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Baker Adair of the home;...

Reeder P. (Snooty) Davenport

Reeder P. (Snooty) Davenport

Oct 5, 2009

Dateline-Newberry, SC Reeder P. Davenport “Snooty”, age 64 of 842 Glenn St. Ext. died Monday, October 5, 2009 at his home. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Annie Elizabeth Pitts Davenport. Mr. Davenport was retired from ISE of America and was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church. Surviving are...

George Link

George Link

Oct 5, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C.; George Link, age 85, of 711 Shands St. died Monday, October 5, 2009 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Abbeville and was the son of the late George E. and Mattie Lou Pursley Link. Mr. Link was retired from Belk stores with 44 years of service, was a member of the First...

Carolyn Joyce Mize Pace

Carolyn Joyce Mize Pace

Oct 4, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Carolyn Joyce Pace, age 80, formerly of 18860 Whitmire Hwy. and widow of Ronald F. Pace and Marshall Daniel Webb, Sr. died Sunday, October 4, 2009 in the National HealthCare of Laurens. She was born in Thomaston, GA and was a daughter of the late John Thomas and Mary Dunnahoo Mize. Mrs. Pace was a homemaker and was...

Vera Bramlett Johnson

Vera Bramlett Johnson

Oct 2, 2009

Dateline-Joanna, SC; Vera B. Johnson, “Granny” age 88 of 141 Tillman Circle, died Friday, October 2nd at her home. She was born in Ware Shoals, SC and was a daughter of the late George and Alice Harvey Bramlett. Surviving are two sons, Van “JR” Johnson of Spartanburg, Ricky Earl Johnson of Joanna, five daughters, Janette Overstreet of Joanna, Alice Virginia...

Hugh Mitchell Farmer

Hugh Mitchell Farmer

Sep 30, 2009

Hugh Mitchell Farmer age 68 of 114 Pine Avenue died Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at his home. He was born in Newberry, SC and was a son of the late John Edward and Essie Butler Farmer. Mr. Farmer was a long haul truck driver for over 30 years. He retired from Wal-Mart Distribution. He was an Air Force Veteran of...

Eva Mae Nichols Wadsworth

Eva Mae Nichols Wadsworth

Sep 29, 2009

Dateline-Gray Court, SC; Eva Mae Nichols Wadsworth, age 66 of 95 Bradley Lane, the widow of Richard A. Wadsworth, Sr., died Tuesday, Sept. 29th at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. She was born in Squire, W. VA and was a daughter of the late Dana Harmon and Ruby Beatrice Puckett Nichols. Mrs. Wadsworth was a former employee of Food...

Louella Huneycutt Thomas

Louella Huneycutt Thomas

Sep 28, 2009

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Louella Huneycutt Thomas, age 94 and the widow of Ealie Thomas, died Monday, September 28, 2009 at the National HealthCare of Laurens. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Charles L. and Rose Ann Carpenter Huneycutt. Mrs. Thomas was retired from J. P. Stevens and attended the First Baptist Church of Whitmire. Surviving...

Norma Jean Campbell Jackson

Norma Jean Campbell Jackson

Sep 26, 2009

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Norma Jean Campbell Jackson Norma Jean Campbell Jackson, age 63, of 401 Laurens St. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 26, 2009. She was the daughter of Blanche Martin Campbell of Laurens and the late William E. Campbell. Mrs. Jackson was a long time member and secretary of the Joanna First Baptist Church and...

Shirley H. Shealy

Shirley H. Shealy

Sep 26, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Shirley H. Shealy Shirley H. Shealy, age 74, formerly of 242 Gastley Drive and widow of T. Ray Shealy died Saturday, September 26, 2009 in the Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Lexington County and was the daughter of the late Willie Austin and Mary Ellen Shumpert Hallman. Mrs. Shealy was retired from Clinton Mills...

Ila Mae Mabry Reynolds

Ila Mae Mabry Reynolds

Sep 25, 2009

Ila Mae Mabry Reynolds age 86 of 606 Elizabeth Street, and widow of Eugene Reynolds, died Friday, September 25, 2009 in the Hillcrest Hospital in Simpsonville. She was born in Whitney, SC and was a daughter of the late O.L. and Lillie Byars Mabry. Mrs. Reynolds worked in Clinton Mills for 16 years and Whitten Center for 7 years. She...

Helen Frances Wardell Black

Helen Frances Wardell Black

Sep 21, 2009

Dateline- Laurens, S.C Frances Wardell Black, age 89, of 197 Sirrine St. and widow of Glenn A. Black died Monday, September 21, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Enoree and was the daughter of the late Richard Edwin and Ethel Simmons Wardell. Mrs. Black was a retired employee of J.P. Stevens, Watts Plant and was a...

Josie Boyce Waits

Josie Boyce Waits

Sep 20, 2009

Dateline, Joanna, SC Mrs. Josie Boyce Waits, age 100 formerly of 314 Laurens St. died Sunday, Sept. 20th in the National HealthCare of Clinton. She was born in Atkins, SC and was a daughter of the late Dalton Josie and Maude Lucas Boyce. Mrs. Waits retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant after 41 years of service, was a member of...

Sgt. David J. Holden

Sgt. David J. Holden

Sep 16, 2009

Dateline-Laurens, SC Sgt. David J. Holden, age 73 of 145 Chestnut Hill, died Wednesday, September 16, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Henderson County, NC and was a son of the late Floyd and Robbie Holden. He was retired from the U S Army Nationl Guard and Local Union 421, Pipefitters. Mr. Holden was a member...

Virginia "Lucy" K. Cooper

Virginia "Lucy" K. Cooper

Sep 12, 2009

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Virginia “Lucy” K. Cooper, age 83 of 519 Sims St. died Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. She was born in Greenville County and was a daughter of the late John Frank and Olive Maude Thompson King. Mrs. Cooper was a member of the First Baptist Church of Whitmire, a graduate of Hickory...

Victoria Green Campbell

Victoria Green Campbell

Sep 12, 2009

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C.; Victoria Green Campbell, age 79, of 22729 SC Hwy. 121 and the widow of Omer Ellerbee Campbell died Saturday, Sept. 12th at the Hospice of Laurens County, Hospice House. She was born in Hartford, TN and was a daughter of the late James Ike Green and Lura Williamson Green Whitmire. Mrs. Campbell was retired from J.P. Stevens...

Donnie Etters, Sr.

Donnie Etters, Sr.

Sep 11, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C.; Donnie Etters, Sr., age 50, of 139 Pine St. died Friday, September 11, 2009. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of Charles Hickle Etters of Clinton and the late Pearline Gregg Richardson Etters and was the son-in-law of the late James Penland, Sr. and Barbara Penland of Knoxville, TN. He is survived by...

Joseph H. Edge

Joseph H. Edge

Sep 10, 2009

Joseph H. Edge, age 92 of 1 Martha Franks Dr., died Thursday, September 10, 2009 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Moore, SC and was a son of the late John Wyatt Lee and Alice Powers Edge. Mr. Edge was co-owner of Byars Machine Company, a former Mason and a Past Potentate of the Hejaz Shrine Temple....

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