Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
"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...
Richard "Dicky" E. Jackson
Aug 24, 2008
Richard “Dicky” E. Jackson, age 70 of 177 Bar B Villa Rd. died Sunday, August 24, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Curtis H. Jackson and Inez Kirby Miller. Mr. Jackson was a retired welder with Rowan Oil Company and was a US Navy veteran. Surviving are...
Richard Tankersley
Aug 23, 2008
Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Richard Tankersley, age 78, of 109 Prather St. and widower of Doris V. Tankersley died Saturday, August 23, 2008 in the Newberry County Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of the late Lloyd and Mandy Jones Tankersley. Mr. Tankersley was retired from Shakespeare Co. in Newberry, was a member of Friendship Baptist Church,...
Margaret Holliday Wilburn
Aug 21, 2008
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Margaret Holliday Wilburn, age 68, of 444 Lakeview Drive and widow of the late Leroy A. Wilburn died Thursday, August 21, 2008 in the home. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of the late Andrew and Lois Henderson Holliday. Mrs. Wilburn was a district manager for Hickory Point Convenience Stores and was a member...
Mary R. Martin
Aug 16, 2008
Dateline-Cross Hill, SC; Mary R. Martin, age 90, of 1783 Puckett Ferry Rd. and widow of Ira R. Martin died Saturday, Aug. 16th at her home. She was born in Elberton, GA and was a daughter of the late John Pinkney and Martha Savage Rowland. Mrs. Martin was retired from Clinton Mills and was of the Church of God faith....
Robert Eugene Whitlock
Aug 14, 2008
Robert Eugene Whitlock age 74 formerly of Whitmire, died Thursday, August 14, 2008 in J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry. Mr. Whitlock was born in Clinton on April 4, 1934 , a son of the late Sidney Whitlock and the late Mattie Summers Whitlock both of Clinton. Mr. Whitlock (Bobby) started his Navy career voluntarily as a member of a...
Helen "Granny" Crisp
Aug 12, 2008
Helen “Granny” Crisp, age 81, of 115 Prather St. and widow of Thomas Jackson “Jack” Crisp, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at her daughter’s home in Spartanburg. She was born in Norfolk, VA and was a daughter of the late James Ristine and Pearl Mae Rutherford Cass. Surviving are one son, Thomas Crisp of Whitmire; two daughters, Owantha Barfield of...
Gillie Gambrell Brotherton
Aug 12, 2008
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Gillie Gambrell Brotherton, age 64 of 1146 Reid Ave., died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of Sadie Gambrell Gilliam of Whitmire and the late Paul Wesley Gambrell. She was a seamstress in Whitmire and a member of God’s Healing Springs Baptist Church in Union...
Mary Brock Simpson
Aug 12, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Brock Simpson, age 90, widow of James “Shike” Simpson, and former resident of Joanna, SC died Wednesday, Aug. 13th at Bailey Manor. She was born in Kinards, SC and was a daughter of the late Luther and Willie Mae Brock. Mrs. Simpson, who was loved and affectionately known as Mama Mary was retired from Whitten Center and...
Hazel Murphy Turner
Aug 11, 2008
Dateline, Laurens, SC Hazel Murphy Turner, age 79, the widow of Harold Turner, formerly of Metric Rd. and a resident of The Agape Living Center died Monday, Aug. 11th in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Woodruff and was a daughter of the late Ward and Eliza Rhodes Murphy. Mrs. Turner was a retired employee of the Laurens...
Kenneth Oliver English
Aug 10, 2008
Kenneth Oliver English age 66 of 100 Church Street, died Sunday, August 10, 2008 at his home. He was the son of the late Robert Douglas and Ida Trammell English. Mr. English is survived by three brothers, Mac English and Tony English, both of Whitmire, and Terry English of Union; and four sisters, Nancy Brock, Kate Arrowood, and Ruth Shields,...
Jacob Hill
Aug 9, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Jacob Hill, age 57, of 105 Gordon St. died Saturday, August 9, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of the late Rev. Lewis and Ellie Mae Seymore Hill. Mr. Hill was retired from Torrington Bearings Co. was a Mason at the Campbell Lodge and was a member of...
Sue Barnes Stephens
Aug 8, 2008
Sue Barnes Stephens, age 80, of 215 Grandview Acres went to her heavenly home on Friday, August 08, 2008. She and her late husband, O.L. Stephens, Jr., had a passionate love affair for forty years. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Mark and Susie Brown Barnes. She graduated from Laurens High and was...
Mary Frances Katzberg
Aug 8, 2008
Mary Frances Katzberg passed away on Friday, August 8th in Clinton, South Carolina. Mrs. Katzberg was the wife or Dr. Arthur J. Katzberg of Clinton who were married for 66 years. Mary Frances, “Mae”, was born on April 21, 1920 in Renno, South Carolina, and was the daughter of Withrow Long Wier and Fannie Louise Ray of Laurens County and...
Billy Ray Padgett
Aug 6, 2008
Billy Ray Padgett age 71 of 460 A.B. Jacks Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 6th in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Greenville, SC and was a son of Clyde Padgett of Clinton and the late Dorothy Louise Walker Padgett. Mr. Padgett was retired from AT&T. He was an U.S. Navy Veteran and a member of the American Legion....
Betty Pierce Marshall
Aug 4, 2008
Dateline: Laurens, SC Betty Pierce Marshall, age 71, widow of Robert Edward Marshall died Monday August 4, 2008 at the Agape#8242; Living Assistance in Laurens, SC. She was born in Goldsboro, NC and was a daughter of the late Isaac Norman and Pauline Elizabeth Sauls Pierce. Mrs. Marshall was an employee of Ball-Incon and a member of the First Pentecostal...
Myrtie Bouknight Alewine Mills
Aug 1, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC; Myrtie Bouknight Alewine Mills, age 85 of 110 Locust St. died Friday, August 1st at her home. She was born in Newberry, SC and was a daughter of the late Mattie Pearl Bouknight Wheeler. Mrs. Mills was retired from Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant. She is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Arthur Alewine and Pamela Meeks Alewine...
Mildred Elieen Brock Dowdle
Jul 31, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Mildred Eileen Brock Dowdle, age 65 of 505 Chestnut St. died July 31st in Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Marion, SC and was a daughter of the late Charles Daniel Brock and Myrtle Davis Brock Meritt. Mrs. Dowdle was a graduate of Thornwell High School and attended Winthrop College. She was an employee of Norbord and...
Ronald Clyde Thomas
Jul 28, 2008
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Ronald C. Thomas, age 72 of 22483 Hwy 121, died Monday, July 28th at his home after an extended illness. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of Louella Huneycutt Thomas and the late Ealie C. Thomas. Mr. Thomas served as a Fire Warden with International Paper Company for 10 years; was a retired employee of...
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