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