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

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...

Ann Elizabeth Smith Mack

Ann Elizabeth Smith Mack

Nov 18, 2009

Dr. Ann Elizabeth Smith Mack, age 59 of 335 Fairview Church Road, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 in the Hospice House of Clinton. She was born in Laurens, and was the daughter of the late John Richard Smith Sr. and Melda Duvall Smith. Dr. Mack was a graduate of Clinton High School; earned a BA degree at Berry College of...

Albert Jerome Finley

Albert Jerome Finley

Nov 17, 2009

Albert Jerome Finley, 89, died at his Mountville home Tuesday, November 17th. He was born in Mountville, the son of the late Percy Wayland and Lou Ella Odell Finley. Mr. Finley was a US Army Air Corp veteran of World War II, a member of Mountville Baptist Church for 71 years and a member of Gideons International. He is survived...

Marion Gaynelle Ballard

Marion Gaynelle Ballard

Nov 15, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, SC Marion Gaynelle Ballard, age 89, died Sunday, November 15, 2009 in the NHC of Laurens. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late Hugh Alexander and Carrie Douglas Ballard. She is the last member of her immediate family. Graveside services will be held Monday at 10:00 a.m. in Pinelawn Memory Gardens. Condolences may...

William Brewster "Bill" Snelgrove

William Brewster "Bill" Snelgrove

Nov 13, 2009

William Brewster (Bill) Snelgrove, age 77 of 1415 Hwy 308 died November 13 2009 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Ernest P. and Evelyn S. Clark. Mr. Snelgrove was retired from Torrington Co. and was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. "Poppa” loved his family, loved to fish...

Helen R. Godfrey

Helen R. Godfrey

Nov 10, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Helen R. Godfrey, age 88 of 52 Scout Hut Rd. died Tuesday, November 10th, at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of the late William Monroe and Mattie Lillian Shockley Rochester. Mrs. Godfrey retired from K-mart and was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are...

Peggy Satterfield Avery

Peggy Satterfield Avery

Nov 9, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Peggy S. Avery, age 72 of 401 N. Adair St. died Monday, November 9, 2009 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Mart D. and Ruth Ramey Satterfield. Mrs. Avery was a retired cosmetologist and a member of the Sharon United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, George W. Avery...

Erend William "Bill" Deitz, Sr.

Erend William "Bill" Deitz, Sr.

Oct 31, 2009

Dateline-Southport, NC Rev. William Franklin “Bill” Deitz, Sr., 73, of Boiling Spring Lakes, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at his home. Rev. Deitz was born Oct. 6, 1936 in Clinton, SC and was the son of Fred and Viola Carson Deitz. He was a Baptist minister and had served in interim positions at Lebanon Baptist Church, Antioch Baptist Church, Bolivia...

Elizabeth Briggs

Elizabeth Briggs

Oct 30, 2009

Elizabeth Briggs age 93, widow of Robert Briggs died Friday, October 30, 2009 in the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. Mrs. Briggs was retired from Thomason’s Jewelers and was a member of Laurens First United Methodist Church. She was also a member of DAR and the Laurens Garden Club. She is survived by a son, Bill Briggs of Isle of...

Wallace William Bagwell

Wallace William Bagwell

Oct 30, 2009

Clinton Wallace William Bagwell, age 81, of 281 Locust St., Lydia Mill, SC died Friday, October 30 at his home. Mr. Bagwell was retired from Lydia Mill and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Surviving are his brothers, Sanford E. Bagwell, Thomas L. Bagwell, and Clarence R. Bagwell; a sister Mary M. Satterfield. He was predeceased by...

Louis W. Butler, Jr,

Louis W. Butler, Jr,

Oct 28, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Louis W. Butler, Jr., age 85, of 709 Shands St. died Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in the NHC of Clinton. He was born in Lexington County and was the son of the late Louis W. Butler, Sr. and Katie Barnes Butler. Mr. Butler was predeceased by his first wife, Ruby Presley Butler. He was retired from Clinton...

Medora Campbell Whitman

Medora Campbell Whitman

Oct 26, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Medora Campbell Whitman, age 88, formerly of 100 Jefferson, Bellville Apts. and widow of David C. Whitman died Monday, October 26, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late A. Furman and Minnie O’Shields Campbell. Mrs. Whitman was retired from the Clinton Mills Store and was a...

Myrtle P. Lanford

Myrtle P. Lanford

Oct 24, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, SC Myrtle P. Lanford, age 89, formerly of 108 Locust St. died Sunday, October 24, 2009 in the Magnolia Manor in Greenwood. She was born in Fingerville and was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ada Garren Prince. Mrs. Lanford was a retired employee of Lydia Mill, was a member of the Lydia Baptist Church and was...

Carl J. Bryson

Carl J. Bryson

Oct 22, 2009

Dateline-Laurens, SC: Carl J. Bryson, age 83 of 1034 West Main St., passed Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the Hospice of Laurens County Hospice House. He was born in Seneca, SC and was a son of the late Carl Brook and Nina Bearden Bryson. Mr. Bryson retired from Milliken Corporation as an electrician after 34 years of service. He was...

Pauline Boyce Poole Hughes

Pauline Boyce Poole Hughes

Oct 20, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Pauline Poole Hughes died Tuesday, October 20, in Lexington. Born September 19, 1919, she lived most of her life in Clinton. She was predeceased by her husband Floyd Poole who died in 1977. She was also predeceased by her second husband Herbert Hughes whom she married in 1993. She is survived by three daughters, Janet Poole of Murrells...

Nancy E. Cobb

Nancy E. Cobb

Oct 17, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Nancy E. Cobb, age 66, of 284 Apple Orchard Road died Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Cross Hill and was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Maude Haupfear Iusti. Mrs. Cobb was retired from Wilson’s Country Market in Laurens. She was married to her husband,...

Denver E. Layne

Denver E. Layne

Oct 17, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Denver E. Layne Denver E. Layne, age 96, of 695 A.B. Jacks Road and widower of Dura H. Layne died Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Pike County, KY and was the son of the late Preston and Martha Carter Layne. Mr. Layne was a retired Auto Dealership owner with...

Audrina Claire Hepburn

Audrina Claire Hepburn

Oct 17, 2009

Dateline – Laurens, SC Audrina Claire Hepburn age 16 months, died Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Tacoma, Washington and is the daughter of Daniel Hepburn of Laurens. In addition to her father, she is survived by a brother, Owen Hepburn; her paternal grandparents, Rita Hepburn and Kenneth Ebel of Mountville; her great...

Franklin E. Howell

Franklin E. Howell

Oct 17, 2009

Franklin E. Howell age 48, of 68 Milam Road died Saturday, October 17, 2009 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Horace and Ruby Rice Howell. Mr. Howell was a former employee of Clinton Mills and a member of the National Guard. He is survived by a son, Ridgeway Howell of Laurens;...

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