Obituaries

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

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...

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...