Obituaries

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

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....

Pauline Burnett Black

Pauline Burnett Black

Sep 8, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Pauline Burnett Black, age 88 of 100 Beauregard St. and widow of Joseph Ariel Black, died Tuesday, Sept. 8th in White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Greenwood and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mamie Emory Burnett. She was retired from Lydia Mill. Surviving are two sons, Joseph T. Black and John D....

Sara Brown Mcdonald

Sara Brown Mcdonald

Sep 6, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Sara B. McDonald, age 77, of 403 Elizabeth St. died Sunday, September 6, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Calhoun Falls and was the daughter of the late Bradley and Vinnie Mae Freeman Brown. Mrs. McDonald is survived by her son, Jack P. Harrison of Woodstock, GA; a daughter, Donna H. Coates of...

Eleanor Hudgens

Eleanor Hudgens

Sep 6, 2009

Date-Clinton,S.C. Eleanor Hudgens, age 71, of Country Lane, died Sunday, September 6, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late John M. and Sarah Bryson Hudgens. Ms. Hudgens was a graduate of Presbyterian College and was a math teacher at Clinton High School for over twenty years. She was...

Gladys Willingham Nabors

Gladys Willingham Nabors

Sep 6, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Gladys Willingham Nabors Gladys Willingham Nabors, age 83, of 819 Sunset Blvd. died Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Newberry and was the daughter of the late Elzie J. and Lossie T. Willingham. Mrs. Nabors was a graduate of Clinton High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree...

Wilma Louise Long Childers

Wilma Louise Long Childers

Sep 1, 2009

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Wilma L. Childers, age 91 formerly of 92 Lovers Lane, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Hopewell, VA and was a daughter of the late Claude and Fannie Hullender Long. Mrs. Childers was retired from Whitten Center. Surviving are one son, James Curtis Childers of Whitmire, two daughters, Brenda...

Salvador Mario Terrones

Salvador Mario Terrones

Sep 1, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Salvador M. Terrones, age 86 of 506 Stonewall St. died Tuesday, Sept. 1st in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in El Paso, TX and worked in the aircraft industry with Collins Engineering and retired from Allen Aircraft in N. Hollywood, CA He was an avid musician playing several instruments. Surviving are his wife, Lena L. Terrones...

Charles Stanley Rice, Sr.

Charles Stanley Rice, Sr.

Aug 29, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C., Charles Stanley Rice, Sr., age 74, of 627 Compton Rd. and widower of Sarah Lois Rice died Saturday, August 29, 2009. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Ishmael Buel and Viola Williams Rice. Mr. Rice was retired from Ball-Incon, a former employee of Senior Options, was a member, Deacon, Sunday School...

Mabel Aughtry Dillard

Mabel Aughtry Dillard

Aug 29, 2009

Dateline- Whitmire, SC Mabel Aughtry Dillard, age 87 of 768 Plum Rd. died Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the Laurens County Hospice, Hospice House in Clinton. She was born in Union County, SC and was the last surviving child of the late Zach and Maybelle Robins Aughtry. Mrs. Dillard was the co-founder of Joe’s Market and was a member of...

Clayton Edward Lytle

Clayton Edward Lytle

Aug 25, 2009

Clayton Edward Lytle Clayton Edward Lytle, age 40, of 1173 Beaverdam Creek Rd. died Tuesday, August 25, 2009 in Greenville County. He was born in California and was the son of Robert and Debbie Lugo of Kentucky. Mr. Lytle was an employee of Walmart in Simpsonville. He was a very loving husband and father and highly loved by his friends....

Toni Corley Preston

Toni Corley Preston

Aug 25, 2009

Dateline-Mountville, SC Toni Corley Preston, age 43, of 3441 Mountville Rd. died Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at her home. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Harold T. Corley and Candy Corley and Joe H. Timmerman of Clinton. Toni was employed as a Regional Manager of QC Holdings. Surviving in addition to her mother...

Elizabeth Ward Williams Brown

Elizabeth Ward Williams Brown

Aug 24, 2009

Dateline- Waterloo, S.C. Elizabeth Ward Williams Brown, age 93, of 82 Wharton Ave and widow of R.O. Williams and William S. Brown died Sunday, August 23, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in N.C. and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ward, Sr. Mrs. Brown was retired from Whitten Center and was...

Corra Reynolds Smith

Corra Reynolds Smith

Aug 18, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Corra Lucretia Reynolds Smith, age 92, and widow of James A. Smith died August 18, 2009, in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Edgefield County and was the daughter of the late James Edgar and Julia D. Culbreath Reynolds. Mrs. Smith was a graduate of Anderson Junior College, worked for Belk’s in Clinton...