Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Walter Raleigh Roten
Sep 28, 2008
Walter Raleigh Roten age 85 of the Laurens Memorial Home died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He is survived by a son, Walter Roten of Laurens; two daughters, Ruby Jean McBride of Simpsonville, and Mary Elizabeth Mickleboro of Roswell, GA; two sisters, Ruth Calhoun of West Jefferson, NC, and Jewel Roten of Todd, NC. Funeral services...
Phillip B. Holmes
Sep 27, 2008
Dateline - Kinards, SC, Phillip B. Holmes age 73 of 33161 Hwy 76 east died Saturday, Sept. 27th at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Kannapolis, NC and was a son of the late Roby Lee Holmes and Clara Holmes Chapman. Mr. Holmes was a faithful member of the Joanna First Baptist Church where he served as a...
Steven H. Frick
Sep 26, 2008
Dateline-Cross Hill, SC Steven H. Frick, age 48 of 659 North Main died Friday, Sept. 26th at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Laurens, SC and was the son of Nan Cunningham Frick and the late Harold Eugene Frick. Mr. Frick was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cross Hill and had worked in construction. Surviving...
Charles Thomas "Buddy" Oakley, Sr.
Sep 24, 2008
Charles Thomas “Buddy” Oakley, Sr., age 77, of 103 Holly St. died Wednesday, September 24, 2008. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Sidney Oakley and Bessie Mae Smith Oakley. Mr. Oakley was a graduate of Clinton High School and was the owner and operator of the Center Service Station. He served in the...
Lois May Woody
Sep 20, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Lois May Woody, age 87, formerly of Milam Rd. and widow of Ottie R. Woody died Saturday, September 20, 2008 in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Union County and was the daughter of the late Will and Minnie May. Mrs. Woody was a homemaker and a member of the Milam Road Church of God....
Frances Sherbert Bentley
Sep 19, 2008
Dateline – Clinton, SC Frances Sherbert Bentley Frances Sherbert Bentley, age 84, formerly of 809 Prather Circle, died Friday, September 19, 2008. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Willie Edgar and Mamie Lee Smith Sherbert. Mrs. Bentley was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by four sons, Cecil Delmer Bentley...
Robert H. Mitchum
Sep 17, 2008
Robert H. Mitchum age 64, of 138 E. Peninsula Drive, Laurens, went home to be with his Heavenly Father, Wednesday, September 17, 2008. He was born in Winfield, AL and was the son of the late Robert and Robbie Mitchum of Winfield, AL. Mr. Mitchum worked at several businesses in the upstate and recently at Swift Transportation. He was a...
Jean Campbell Morrow
Sep 16, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Jean Campbell Morrow Jean Campbell Morrow, age 60, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at Bon Secoures St. Francis Health System in Greenville, SC. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Clarence Buddy and Vina Vernell Campbell. Mrs. Morrow was a homemaker and was predeceased in life by two sons, Anthony Shirrill and...
William Aaron Bolin
Sep 15, 2008
William Aaron Bolin age 99, formerly of Church Street, died Monday September 15, 2008 at Laural Bay Health Care Center. He was born in Cherokee County and was a son of the late Crayton and Mary Farmer Bolin. Mr. Bolin was a retired employee of J.P. Stevens and a member of the Whitmire United Methodist Church. He is survived by...
Ernestine Garrett Starnes
Sep 15, 2008
Ernestine Garrett Starnes, age 70, of 20116 Highway 221 North, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 15, 2008. She courageously fought pancreatic cancer for sixteen months. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Ernest and Clara Bramlett Garrett. She graduated from Ford High School in 1955. Always the overachiever, she excelled...
Norma Jean Samples
Sep 14, 2008
Norma Jean Samples, age 61, of 304 Beauregard St. died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 at her home. She was born in Anderson and was a daughter of the late Albert and Geneva Kay Johnson. Mrs. Samples was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. Surviving are her husband Paul F. Samples of the...
Elaine Suber Lemmon
Sep 13, 2008
Elaine Suber Lemmon age 88 of Whitmire, died Saturday, September 13, 2008. Born on May 4, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth M. and Otis P. Suber. She graduated from Whitmire High School at the age of 16 and then graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, NC. In June 1940, she married Robert H. Lemmon, Jr. and...
Evelyn M. Evans
Sep 9, 2008
Evelyn M. Evans, age 76 of 611 Milton Rd. and widow of Alvin B. Evans died Tuesday, Sept. 9th in Ridgeway at the Fairfield Health Care of Laurel Bay. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Hendrix Merchant. Mrs. Evans was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of the...
Charles E. Patterson
Sep 5, 2008
Charles E. Patterson age 79 of 18812 Hwy. 72 East, passed away on Friday, September 05, 2008 at his home. He was born in Union County and was the son of the late Floyd and Gertha Spencer Patterson. Mr. Patterson retired from G.E. Ceramics in Laurens. He was survived by his wife, Willie Mae Patterson of the home; two daughters,...
Jack M. Ammons
Sep 4, 2008
Jack M. Ammons, age 74, of Whitmire died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital in Columbia. He was the son of the late Sam and Alice Ammons and was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Betty N. Ammons. Mr. Ammons retired as a supervisor at the Torrington Company in Clinton. He was a member of Pine...
Mary Grace Dunaway Crawford
Sep 3, 2008
Mary Grace Crawford, age 78, formerly of Torrington Rd. and widow of Thomas Sharp Crawford died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late W.A. and Sarah Frances Brewington Dunaway. Mrs. Crawford retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Bailey Memorial Methodist Church. She...
Angela Smith-Dewitt
Aug 31, 2008
Angela Smith-DeWitt, age 37, of 412 Gastley Drive died Sunday, August 31, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of David and Brenda Woody Smith of Clinton. Angela was a former manager of the Movie Gallery. She is survived by her husband, Jackie (Bill) DeWitt of the home and one son, William...
Mary S. Douglas
Aug 30, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Mary S. Douglas, age 86, formerly of 100 Jefferson St. and widow of Toy Douglas died Saturday, August 30, 2008 in the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late John Benjamin and Estelle Quinton Strickland. Mrs. Douglas was a home health care attendant and was a member...
"Buddy" Michael Nelson
Aug 27, 2008
Dateline – Clinton, SC “Buddy” Michael Nelson age 55 of 205 York Street, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at his home. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late John Wesley and Grace Edmonds Nelson. Mr. Nelson was retired from the Laurens Glass Company and was a member of Clinton First Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are...
William "Billy" Reece
Aug 25, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC William (Billy) Reece, age 59 of 51 Edgewood Drive, died Monday, August 25, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late William J. Reece, Sr. and Beatrice Russ Reece. Mr. Reece was a retired employee of Lynn Cooper, Inc.; a member of the gospel group, “Living Stones” and...
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