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

Brenda Joyce Todd Smith

Brenda Joyce Todd Smith

Jan 21, 2009

Brenda Joyce Smith age 62 of 50 Ropp Street, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 in the Hillcrest Hospital In Simpsonville. She was born in Oconee County and was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Wilma Gelispie Todd. Mrs. Smith retired from Woodside Mills in Fountain Inn and attended the Church of God of Prophecy in Fountain Inn. She is...

Evelyn ( Peggy) Pitts Reddeck

Evelyn ( Peggy) Pitts Reddeck

Jan 20, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Sarah Evelyn “Peggy” Reddeck Sarah Evelyn “Peggy” Reddeck age 84 widow of Lawrence Smith “Pinky” Reddeck, Jr, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 in the National Health Care Center of Clinton. She was born in Clinton on October 3, 1924 and was a daughter of the late John Griffin Pitts, Sr. and Ellen Irene Adair Pitts. Mrs. Reddeck, a...

Louie Edward Jones

Louie Edward Jones

Jan 19, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Louie “Old Country Boy” Edward Jones, age 90 of 105 Washington St. died Monday, January 19th at his residence. He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was a son of the late Marion and Minnie May Burnett Jones. Mr. Jones had been a resident of Whitten Center since 1928 and a resident with the Laurens County Special Needs...

Colonel Harry Franklin Lowman, Jr.

Colonel Harry Franklin Lowman, Jr.

Jan 18, 2009

Colonel Harry Franklin Lowman, Jr., died January 19, 2009 at 89 years of age. He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Harry Franklin Lowman and Elizabeth Minetree Lowman. He was a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA, and then served thirty-three years in the United States Army. He was a veteran of World War II and...

Nellie Davis Lambert

Nellie Davis Lambert

Jan 17, 2009

Dateline-Laurens, SC Nellie Davis Lambert, age 93 of 596 Dial Place Rd. died Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the National HealthCare of Garden City. Mrs. Lambert was the owner and operator of Treasure House Antiques. She is survived by two sons, Harold Donald Davis of Myrtle Beach and Herman Curtis Davis of Laurens, their wives, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren....

Hethaleen (Het) Guin Malone

Hethaleen (Het) Guin Malone

Jan 14, 2009

Hethaleen (Het) Guin Malone died Wednesday, January 14th, at Hospice House in Greenwood. She was a resident of the Presbyterian Home in Clinton. She was born on October 20, 1922, in Newberry and was the daughter of Lindsay Lee Guin and Mildred Davenport Guin. She was married for over 51 years to John Thomas Malone of Whitmire, who predeceased her...

James (Jimmy) B. Couch

James (Jimmy) B. Couch

Jan 11, 2009

Dateline- Kinards, S.C. James (Jimmy) B. Couch James (Jimmy) B. Couch, age 67, of 115 Fairview Church Road died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late James Broadus Couch, Sr. and Olive DeYoung Couch. Mr. Couch was retired from American Fiber and Finishing in Newberry and was...

Nellie Lawson Moore

Nellie Lawson Moore

Jan 11, 2009

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Nellie Lawson Moore Nellie Lawson Moore, age 78, of 600 Bailey St. and widow of James Macon Moore died Sunday, January 11, 2009 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of the late Lanham L. and Pearl Nelson Lawson. Mrs. Moore was retired from Clinton Mills, was...

Kenneth Gary Wilkerson

Kenneth Gary Wilkerson

Jan 9, 2009

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Kenneth Gary Wilkerson, age 57, of 904 Carlisle Hwy. died Friday, January 9, 2009 in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Newberry County and was the son of Jean K. Wilkerson of Whitmire and the late Frank Kenneth Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkerson was a former employee of Kayser Roth Co. in Newberry, was a...

James Paul Motes, Sr.

James Paul Motes, Sr.

Jan 8, 2009

James Paul Motes, Sr. age 77 of 7733 Old Milton Road died Thursday, January 8, 2009 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Thomas and Lillie Mae Bishop Motes. Mr. Motes retired from Greenwood Mills and was a WW II Army Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Nellie...

Kenneth Richard Samples

Kenneth Richard Samples

Jan 8, 2009

Kenneth R. Samples age 61 of 210 Wuthering Heights died Thursday, January 8, 2009 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Helen G. Samples of Clinton and the late Jonas Samples. Mr. Samples was a former employee of Clinton Mills and was a member of the Church of God. He was also...

Sarah Perkins Hill

Sarah Perkins Hill

Jan 6, 2009

Dateline-Laurens, SC, Sarah Perkins Hill, age 92, of 2016 Stagecoach Rd. and widow of Raymond C. Hill died Tuesday, Jan. 6th at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Connelly Springs, NC and was a daughter of the late Richard Cleveland and Maude Angeline Perkins Mrs. Hill was a former school teacher, teaching in the North Carolina school systems...

Mitchell Wayne Rushton

Mitchell Wayne Rushton

Jan 5, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mitchell Wayne Rushton, age 48, of 23835 Hwy. 76E died Monday at his home at the lake. He was born in Clinton and was a son of Betty Jean Birch Rushton of Clinton and the late J. D. Rushton. He was owner of M & K Auto Sales. Surviving are his wife, Karen Baker Rushton of the home,...

Charles Durham

Charles Durham

Jan 4, 2009

Dateline-Clinton, SC Charles Durham, age 71 of 105 Washington St., died Sunday, Jan. 4th at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Guilford, NC and was a son of the late Charles Durham and Viola Clark. Mr. Durham enjoyed fishing, listening to the radio, spending time with his girl friend and working in the yard. His is survived by...

Charles W. "Buck" Roberts

Charles W. "Buck" Roberts

Jan 4, 2009

Dateline-Laurens, SC Charles E. “Buck” Roberts, age 81 of 118 Lynn Ave. died Sunday, January 4th at the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. He was born in Laurens, SC and was a son of the late Charlie Franklin and Lucille Carmichael Roberts. Mr. Roberts was retired from J.P. Stevens Watts Plant as a Department Supervisor; a member of the Eastside Baptist Church;...

Harold Murphy

Harold Murphy

Jan 1, 2009

Dateline-Joanna, SC; Harold Murphy, age 91 of 500 Pickens St. and widower of Mamie G. Murphy, died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Union County and was a son of the late Toy Grier and Pearl Bobo Murphy. Mr. Murphy was retired from Greenwood Mills Joanna Plant as Superintendant of...

James Robert "Bobby" Dillard

James Robert "Bobby" Dillard

Dec 29, 2008

Dateline-Whitmire, SC James Robert “Bobby” Dillard, age 70 of 30015 Hwy. 72 East died Monday, December 29, 2008 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Ray and Ruth Cathcart Dillard. Surviving are his wife, Louise Shumpert Dillard of the home; one daughter, Dena Louise Dillard of the home; one sister, Beth...

Billy Ray Hughes

Billy Ray Hughes

Dec 26, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Billy Ray Hughes, age 45, of 15803 Hwy. 56 N. died Friday December 26, 2008 at his home. He was born in Laurens and was the son of Bill and Eva Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a truck driver and was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is survived by his wife, Tammy J. Hughes...

Juanita F. Willingham

Juanita F. Willingham

Dec 25, 2008

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Juanita F. Willingham, age 83, of 413 Pickens St. died Thursday, December 25, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of the late Claude N. and Daisy Strange Franks. Mrs. Willingham was a graduate of Clinton High School and Presbyterian College and retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant. She...

James Arthur "Little Jayme" Patterson, Jr.

James Arthur "Little Jayme" Patterson, Jr.

Dec 19, 2008

James Arthur “Little Jayme” Patterson, Jr., age 2 ½ months of 506 Milam Road died Friday, December 19, 2008 at his home. He was born on September 24, 2008 in Greenwood and was the son of Tabetha Bradberry and James Arthur “Jayme” Patterson, Sr. He is also survived by his grandparents, Randy and Michele Morgan of Joanna, Rickey and Tammie...

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