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

Daphne Leona Nance Huff

Daphne Leona Nance Huff

Apr 2, 2008

Dateline-Whitmire, SC, Daphne Leona Nance Huff died at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Summerville, South Carolina on April 2, 2008 after a period of declining health. At the time of her death, she was 94 years of age. She lived most of her life in Whitmire, South Carolina, where she was born. She was the daughter of Eugene...

Lorene B. League

Lorene B. League

Apr 2, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC Lorene B. League Lorene B. League, age 86, of National Health Care in Clinton died Wednesday, April 2, 2008. She was the widow of Morris H. (Bill) League. Mrs. League was born in Colbert, GA and was the daughter of the late Thurston B. and Lillie Herring Burroughs. Mrs. League was a retired teacher for Whitten Center and...

Marion Pope Oxner

Marion Pope Oxner

Apr 1, 2008

Dateline- Joanna, SC Marion Pope Oxner, age 81 of 602 N. Main St. died Tuesday, April 1st at his home. He was born in Kinards, SC and was a son of the late Boyce B. and Mary V. Gordon Oxner. Mr. Oxner was retired from E. L. Mansure, served in the Merchant Marines during WWII and was a U.S. Army...

Melvin Eugene Johnson

Melvin Eugene Johnson

Apr 1, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Melvin (Gene) Johnson, age 53, of 6871 Philson Rd. died Tuesday, April 1, 2008. He was born in Clinton and is the son of Melvin D. and Nettie Davis Johnson of Clinton. Mr. Johnson was a former employee of W.W. Logging Co. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Price Johnson of the home; two daughters, Buffy...

Amy Lou Kanning Caldwell

Amy Lou Kanning Caldwell

Mar 31, 2008

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Amy Kanning Caldwell, age 93, formerly of 110 Wood St. and widow of Homer Estel Caldwell died Monday, March 31, 2008 at the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Hickory Tavern and was the daughter of the late Ralph Lee Kanning, Sr. and Lillar Tumblin Kanning. Mrs. Caldwell was retired from J.P. Stevens Co....

Durward J. Maness

Durward J. Maness

Mar 31, 2008

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Durward J. Maness, age 84, formerly of Laurens died Monday, March 31, 2008 in the Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. He was born in Union County and was the son of the late Isaac and Ethel Lovelace Maness. He was a member of the Lucas Ave. Baptist Church and was retired from Milliken Mills. Mr. Maness is...

Pauline B. Dunaway

Pauline B. Dunaway

Mar 30, 2008

Pauline B. Dunaway, age 91, widow of Charles Franklin Dunaway, formerly of 207 Bailey St. died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at the Presbyterian Home of Clinton. She was born in Pickens County and was the daughter of the late James Tolbert and Bertha Wells Bolt. Mrs. Dunaway was a retired employee of Whitten Center and a member of the Springdale...

Marjorie Johnson Sanders

Marjorie Johnson Sanders

Mar 28, 2008

Marjorie Johnson Sanders, age 83 and the widow of Rev. Milford Sanders, died Friday, March 28, 2008 in National HealthCare Center in Clinton. She was born in Bradford, PA and was daughter of the late Albert and Katherine Johnson. Mrs. Sanders was a homemaker and a member of the Lucas Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are three sons, Jimmy Sanders and...

Sybil Juanita Jones Jackson

Sybil Juanita Jones Jackson

Mar 26, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Sybil Jones Jackson, age 85, of 203 Gordon St. died Tuesday, March 26, 2008 at her home. She was born in Anderson County and was the daughter of the late Furman Jones and Mae Smith Patterson. Mrs. Jackson was a retired Lab Technician with Clinton Mills and was a receptionist with the Good Shepherd Clinic. She was...

Katelyn Olivia Gibson

Katelyn Olivia Gibson

Mar 25, 2008

Katelyn Olivia Gibson infant daughter of Kevin Gibson and Cassie Havard died Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in the Self Regional Healthcare. She is survived by her parents; grandparents, Wayne and Debbie Gibson of Cross Hill, Jerry and Lois Havard of Cross Hill, and Sheila Cannon of Kinards; a sister, Kaylee Madison Gibson; great grandparents, Marie Havard of Laurens and William...

Ernest W. Killingsworth, Jr.

Ernest W. Killingsworth, Jr.

Mar 24, 2008

Dateline – Clinton, SC Ernest (Ernie) W. Killingsworth, Jr. entered into eternal rest on March 24, 2008 in Clinton, SC. He was the son of Ernest W. Killingsworth Sr. and Henrietta S. Killingsworth. He was born in Charleston on August 4, 1944. Ernie lived and worked at Whitten Center in Clinton, SC. He worked many different jobs but his most...

Rachel Brady Riley

Rachel Brady Riley

Mar 23, 2008

Rachel Brady Riley age 90 of 673 Forest Road and widow of Claude W. Riley, died Sunday March 23, 2008. She was born in Woodruff and was a daughter of the late A.J. and Bessie West Brady. Mrs. Riley was a retired employee of General Motors of Flint, Michigan and attended the Lydia Presbyterian Church. She is survived by two...

Wylie Perry Kennington

Wylie Perry Kennington

Mar 20, 2008

Wylie Perry Kennington age 79 of 502 Ferguson Street died March 20, 2008. He was born in Lancaster County, SC and was a son of the late Martin G. and Lizzie Catoe Kennington. Mr. Kennington was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Irma B. Kennington of Clinton; a step-son, Mr. and Mrs. Derek...

Mable June Adair

Mable June Adair

Mar 18, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Mable June Adair, age 70, of 108 S. Holland St., died Tuesday, March 18, 2008. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late E. Keith and Mable Tucker Adair. Miss Adair was a graduate of Presbyterian College and taught at Clinton High School for 30 years. She was a life long member of...

Heaven Carol Phipps

Heaven Carol Phipps

Mar 17, 2008

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Heaven Carol Phipps, infant daughter of Tonya Phipps of Joanna and Steven Nelson of Clinton. She was born January 24, 2008 and went to be with the Lord Jesus, March 17, 2008. Also surviving are the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie and Frankie Phipps of Joanna; a brother, David Nelson of Woodruff; two great aunts, Jean...

Florence Adair Cooper

Florence Adair Cooper

Mar 17, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Florence Adair Cooper, born April 19, 1916, and widow of Thomas B. Cooper died Monday, March 17, 2008 in the NHC of Clinton. Mrs. Cooper was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late William Taylor and Pearl Nabors Adair. She was a graduate of Clinton High School where she was the valedictorian and was...

The  Ann Geer Meier

The Ann Geer Meier

Mar 14, 2008

Clinton, SC, The Rev. Ann G. Meier, age 66 of 307 E. Florida St. died Friday. March 14, 2008 at her home. She was born in Greenwood, SC and was a daughter of the late Horace M. and Ruth Smith Geer. Rev. Meier had pastored Bethany Lutheran Church in Lexington and supplied other Lutheran Churches in South Carolina. Prior to...

Richard Mentor Montgomery, Jr.

Richard Mentor Montgomery, Jr.

Mar 14, 2008

Laurens, SC, Richard Mentor Montgomery, Jr., age 84 a resident of the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center died Friday, March 14, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Asheville, NC and was a son of the late Richard M. Montgomery, Sr. and the late Frances Brevard Redman Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery was a Clemson graduate, a retired employee...

Thomas Andrew Mcdowell

Thomas Andrew Mcdowell

Mar 11, 2008

Dateline-Laurens, SC Thomas Andrew McDowell, age 81, of 112 Arrowood Lane, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at his home. He was born in Asheville and was the son of the late Thomas Harold McDowell and Ethel Hellams McDowell Coleman. Mr. McDowell was retired from the U.S. Postal Srevice after 35 years of service and was the Director of Finance at...

George Curtis Lawson

George Curtis Lawson

Mar 9, 2008

Whitmire, SC, George Curtis Lawson, age 48, of 871 Little Egypt Rd. died Sunday, March 9, 2008 in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of Christine Lawson of Whitmire and the late Milum Lawson. Mr. Lawson was retired from the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. He was the recipient...

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