Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Darlene Franklin Ringer
Nov 25, 2008
Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Darlene Franklin Ringer, age 73, of 2 Drew Drive died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at her home. She was born in Bishop,Georgia and was the daughter of the late Robert Calhoun and Beulah Streetman Franklin. Mrs. Ringer was a former employee of Greenwood Mills. She is survived by three daughters, Brenda Kitchens of Joanna, Linda Motes of...
Danny Thomas Quarles
Nov 24, 2008
Danny Thomas Quarles, age 44, of 364 Sullivan Rd. died Monday, November 24, 2008 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Barbara Brock Quarles of Laurens and the late David Quarles. Mr. Quarles was a former employee of Pitts Steel, a member of the Palmetto Masonic Lodge and attended the Wattsville Church...
Mary Elizabeth "Billie" Lewis Todd
Nov 23, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Elizabeth “Billie” Lewis Todd, age 89 , widow of J. Sloan Todd died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Conway, SC and was a daughter of the late William Roberson and Mary Anne Anderson Lewis. Mrs. Todd was a 1940 graduate of the University of South Carolina and taught...
James Henry Moody, Jr.
Nov 22, 2008
James Henry Moody, Jr. age 67 of 100 Big Pine Road, died Saturday, November 22nd at his home. He was born in Manchester, GA and was a son of the late James H. Moody, Sr. and the late Daisy Mae Clay Moody. Mr. Moody was retired from CSX Railroad, was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, and was...
Frances Milam Blakely
Nov 21, 2008
Frances Milam Blakely, age 96 and widow of William Bluford Blakely died Friday, November 21, 2008 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. She was born in Renno, SC and was a daughter of the late Madison Dillard Milam, Sr. and the late Eva Taylor Milam. Mrs. Blakely was a homemaker, had attended Presbyterian College and was a member of...
Eula Esther Farmer Dalton
Nov 20, 2008
Eula Esther Farmer Dalton age 75 of 4625 Whitmire Highway, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenwood, SC and was a daughter of the late Roy D.T. Farmer and Ruthie Mae Collins Farmer. Mrs. Dalton was retired from Greenwood Mills and was of the Pentecostal faith. She is survived by three sons,...
Nellie Farmer Jester
Nov 19, 2008
Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Nellie Farmer Jester, age 87, formerly of Laurens St. and widow of Robert Benjamin Jester died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at Wildwood Downs in Columbia. She was born in Greenwood and was the daughter of the late William Wesley and Susan Clifford Farmer. She was a former employee of Joanna Mills and Whitten Center. Mrs. Jester was...
Connie Elaine Brotherton
Nov 18, 2008
Connie Elaine Brotherton, age 45, of 208 B Samaritan Dr. died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at her home. She was born in Anderson and was the daughter of the late V.L “Babe” and Julia Rider Lingerfelt. Mrs. Brotherton was a former employee of Clinton Mills and was a member of Davidson St. Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
William Edward "Billy" Watkins
Nov 15, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. William Edward (Billy) Watkins, age 73, of 100 Glendale Manor died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late W.E. “Red” and Jennie Arnold Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Downs. Mr. Watkins was retired from Clinton Mills after 43 years of service and was a...
David H. Roberts
Nov 14, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. David H. Roberts, age 93, formerly of Wesley Commons in Greenwood died Friday, November 14, 2008 in the N.H.C. of Clinton. He was a native of Laurens and was the son of the late Clayton S. and Barbara Blackstone Roberts. Mr. Roberts retired as Vice President of Manufacturing at Clinton Mills and was a Clemson Alumnus and...
James Freeman "Fireball" Evans
Nov 13, 2008
Dateline- Joanna, S.C. James Freeman “Fireball” Evans, age 79, of 1973 Whitmire Hwy. died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at his home. He was born in Joanna and was the son of the late J.E. and Leona Freeman Evans. Mr. Evans was retired from Greenwood Mills after 39 years of service. He is survived by his wife, Frances O’Dell Evans of...
Ray Stanley Clinton
Nov 12, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Ray Stanley Clinton, age 80 a resident of Whitten Center since 1959 went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. He was born on November 15, 1927 and was a son of the late Maggie Bell Clinton and John W. Clinton. Ray was the last living member of his immediate family...
Louise E. Blackwell
Nov 12, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Louise E. Blackwell, age 80, of 215 Lakewood Drive and widow of Roy James Blackwell died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 in the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Charlotte, NC and was the daughter of the late Douglas and Ida Mae Trammell English. Mrs. Blackwell was retired from Clinton Mills, was a foster grandparent...
Hugh "Doug" Gray, Ii
Nov 11, 2008
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Hugh “Doug” Gray, II, age 58, of 1126 Deer Valley Rd. died Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at his home. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late John Sewall and Madeline Cole Gray. Mr. Gray was a Senior Production Manager at the Milliken Mills, Gilliland Plant and served on the Board of Directors...
Thomas Edgar Morris
Nov 6, 2008
Thomas Edgar Morris, 77, of 415 Byrnes Street, Joanna, widower of Mildred Farmer Morris, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008 at NHC of Clinton. Born July 2, 1931 in Newberry, SC, he was the son of the late Ira “Bully” Morris and Cleo Hiller Morris of Newberry. He was formerly employed with Spotts Construction Company and served in the Newberry...
William "Junior" Dunlap, Jr.
Nov 5, 2008
Dateline-Joanna, SC William “Junior” Dunlap, age 73,died on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 in the Spartanburg Hospital Restorative Care. He was born in Joanna, SC and was the son of Romola Tinsley Dunlap of Joanna and the late William J. Dunlap, Sr. Mr. Dunlap retired from Torrington; was a member and deacon of the Joanna Assembly of God where he was...
William (Bill) Staley Hensley, Jr.
Nov 5, 2008
William (Bill) Staley Hensley, Jr. age 70, of 102 Yacht Dr. died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at his home. He was born in Knoxville, TN and was the son of the late William (Staley) Hensley, Sr. and Charlotte Basil Hensley. Mr. Hensley was retired from the Foremost Insurance Co., officiated football for the O.V.C. and was a member of the...
Joseph Wesley Holder, Sr.
Nov 4, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Joseph Wesley Holder, Sr., age 73, of 26370 Hwy 72 East, died Tuesday, Nov. 4th in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late John T. and Margaret Rawls Holder. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a US Army Veteran. Surviving are two sons, Joseph Wesley Holder, Jr....
Polly Patterson Holmes
Nov 3, 2008
Dateline- Lanford, S.C. Polly Patterson Holmes Polly Patterson Holmes, age 85, of 972 Patterson Plant Rd. and widow of Henry C. Holmes, Sr. died Wednesday, December 3, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Lanford and was the daughter of the late John Miller and Marie Y. Patterson. Mrs. Holmes was a registered...
William Hamilton Renwick, Jr.
Nov 1, 2008
Mr. William Hamilton Renwick, Jr., 71, died November 1, 2008 at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, Maryland after a long illness. Born in Whitmire, South Carolina, Bill Renwick was the eldest son of the late William Hamilton Renwick, Sr. and Juanita Turner Renwick. He was a graduate of Greenville High School in Greenville, South Carolina. He went...
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