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Obituaries

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

Horace Eugene Howell

Horace Eugene Howell

Jan 3, 2008

Horace Eugene Howell, age 73, of 68 Milam Road, died Thursday, January 3, 2008 at this home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Henry Horace and Ethel Cobb Howell. He was retired from Clinton Mills. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean War and a member of the D.A.V. Shands Lodge. Surviving...

James Walter "Buck" Hollingsworth

James Walter "Buck" Hollingsworth

Jan 1, 2008

Dateline-Laurens, SC James W. “Buck” Hollingsworth, age 70, of 3298 Indian Mound Rd., died January 1, 2008 in Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Spartanburg and was the son of the late Marion and Nannie Blackwell Hollingsworth. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Surviving are his former wife, Lois Hollingsworth of...

Charles Reese Cunningham

Charles Reese Cunningham

Dec 28, 2007

Dateline- Cross Hill, S.C. Charles Reese Cunningham, age 96, of 659 N. Main St. died Friday, December 28, 2007 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late William Clifton and Sara Davenport Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham was a member of the First Baptist Church for over 78 years where he served as Treasurer,...

Florence Howard Norris

Florence Howard Norris

Dec 25, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Florence Howard Norris, age 88, died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in The Governor’s Inn Retirement Residence in Newport News, VA. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Arthur Howard and Nelle Riddle Howard. Mrs. Norris was a graduate of Clinton High School and worked, until her retirement in 1984, at Collins and...

Earl A. Rambow

Earl A. Rambow

Dec 21, 2007

Earl A. Rambow age 89 of 801 Musgrove Street and husband of the late Rose Wardlaw Hunter Rambow, died Friday, Dec. 21st at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton. He was born in Winnsboro, SC and was a son of the late William and Maude Braddock Rambow. Mr. Rambow was a graduate of Richmond Academy of Augusta, GA and the University...

Rex E. Stroud

Rex E. Stroud

Dec 21, 2007

Dateline-Laurens, SC Rex E. Stroud, age 65 of 3468 Burnt Mill Creek Rd. died Friday, December 21, 2007 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born Whitmire, SC and was a son of the late Edmund Boyd and Beatrice Miller Stroud. Mr. Stroud retired from General Motors of Pontiac, Michigan and was a member of the Holly Grove Baptist Church....

Lacey Albert Whitley

Lacey Albert Whitley

Dec 17, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Lacey A. Whitley, age 91, formerly of Clinton, the Bonds Crossroads community and husband of the late Sara Osborne Whitley died Monday, Dec. 17th at the Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC. He was a son of the late William Covington and Sarah Frances Goodwin Whitley and was born in Richmond County, NC and lived his youth in...

David "Rooster" Price

David "Rooster" Price

Dec 17, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. David “Rooster” Price David “Rooster” Price, age 51, of 68 Palmetto St. died Monday, December 17, 2007 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Raymond Price and Arlene Kay. Mr. Price was an employee of W.D. Abercrombie Logging Co. He is survived by his wife, Jan of the...

Ruby Boyce Cooper

Ruby Boyce Cooper

Dec 10, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Ruby Boyce Cooper, age 85 of 4367 Hwy 72W and widow of O. C. Cooper, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late John Broadus and Minnie Frances Matthews Boyce. She was a homemaker; a founding member of Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church and was active in the choir. Surviving...

Kathryn T. Hampton

Kathryn T. Hampton

Dec 10, 2007

Kathryn T. Hampton, age 80 formerly of 208 Academy Street and widow of Harold E. Hampton, died Monday, December 10, 2007 in Laurens. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late William P. and Juanita Morrison Thrift. Mrs. Hampton was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. She is survived...

Gail Dunaway

Gail Dunaway

Dec 10, 2007

Gail E. Dunaway, age 62, of 281 New Hampshire Circle, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at her home. She was born in Travelers Rest and was the daughter of the late George and Eunice Eanes. Mrs. Dunaway was a retired employee of Torrington Bearings Company and co-owner of Bloomingails Florist. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church....

Donald Lee Harrelson

Donald Lee Harrelson

Dec 5, 2007

Don Harrelson, age 58, of 305 S. Owens St. died Wednesday, December 5 2007 in Clinton. He was born in Joanna and was the son of the late James R. and Mildred Franklin Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson was an employee of Carolina Auto Sales, was a former manager of Farmers Furniture in Laurens and was a member of the First Baptist...

Evelyn Smith Stevenson

Evelyn Smith Stevenson

Dec 4, 2007

Evelyn Smith Stevenson, age 59, of 13039 Hwy. 56 North died Tuesday, December 5, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Goldville and was the daughter of the late Horace R. and Doris Wilson Smith. Mrs. Stevenson was a retired employee of Clinton Mills. She is survived by her husband, Grady Stevenson of the home; three daughters,...

Loree H. Waddell

Loree H. Waddell

Nov 29, 2007

Loree H. Waddell, widow of Harley F. Waddell, of 304 Jacobs Highway, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of the late John and Ella Holmes. Mrs. Waddell was a retired employee of Reeves Brothers Corporation and was a member of Dunean Baptist Church in Greenville. She...

Janice Fowler Tankersley

Janice Fowler Tankersley

Nov 28, 2007

Whitmire News Janice Fowler Tankersley age 62, of 97 Subertown Road, Whitmire died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 in Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Melvin and Lorene Caldwell Fowler. Mrs. Tankersley was a former employee of J.P. Stevens and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by...

William Jay Douglas

William Jay Douglas

Nov 27, 2007

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. William Jay Douglas, age 87, formerly of 1047 Simmons Road, Gray Court died Tuesday, November 27, 2007 in the NHC of Laurens. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of the late Fowler and Frances Johnson Douglas. Mr. Douglas was a former employee of Clinton Mills, was a member of the Holly Grove Baptist Church...

Bobbie L. South

Bobbie L. South

Nov 26, 2007

Bobbie L. South, age 76, of 308 Chestnut St., Lydia Mill died Monday, November 26, 2007 in the NHC of Laurens. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late Jessie and Julia O’Shields James. Mrs. South was a retired employee of Clinton Mills and was a member of the Lydia Mill Baptist Church. She is survived...

Lois H. Holliday

Lois H. Holliday

Nov 22, 2007

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Lois H. Holliday, age 90, of 444 Lakeview Drive and widow of Andrew F. Holliday died Thursday, November 22, 2007 in the NHC of Mauldin. She was born in Greenwood and was the daughter of the late J. R. and Mattie Little Henderson. Mrs. Holliday was a homemaker and a charter member of Welcome Baptist Church. She...

Steve Allen Sherfield

Steve Allen Sherfield

Nov 22, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Steve Allen Sherfield, age 51, of 206 Davis St. died Thursday, November 22, 2007 at his home. He was born in Spartanburg and was the son of the late Billy and Nellie Birch Sherfield. Mr. Sherfield was employed with Sherfield Roofing Co. and attended the Lydia Church of God. He is survived by a daughter, Kirstie Sherfield...

Rita Faye Smart Gillis

Rita Faye Smart Gillis

Nov 19, 2007

Dateline- Ware Shoals, S.C. Rita Faye Gillis, age 52, of 731 Walker Road died Monday, November 19, 2007 at her home. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of James Smart of Inman and the late Lottie Moore Smart. Mrs. Gillis is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Hope Williams of the home; three granddaughters,...

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