Obituaries

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

Billy Ray Padgett

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

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

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

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

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...

Lillie Boyter Griffin

Lillie Boyter Griffin

Jul 27, 2008

Lillie Boyter Griffin age 66 of 6119 Hwy. 66, died Sunday, July 27, 2008 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was retired from Lydia Mill. Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of the late J.B. and Mary Jane Thrift Boyter. She is survived by two sons, James Carlton Griffin of Bonds Cross Roads, and Charles Ray Griffin...

Dorothy Smith Mccall

Dorothy Smith Mccall

Jul 22, 2008

Dateline-Waterloo, SC Dorothy Smith McCall age 74 of 657 Rosemont Circle and widow of Jessie J. McCall died July 22, 2008. She was born in Greenville, SC and was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Bennett Smith. She was a homemaker and member of Rosemont Baptist Church. Surviving are her son and his wife, Harold N. and Michele Knighton...

Sherman Lee Mccarson

Sherman Lee Mccarson

Jul 21, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Sherman Lee McCarson, age 80, of 8126 Old Milton Road died Friday, July 11, 2008 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Joseph and Minnie Lee Seay McCarson. Mr. McCarson was retired and is survived by his wife, Virginia Bishop McCarson of the home; three daughters, Janice Canupp, Kathy...

William Harrison Campbell

William Harrison Campbell

Jul 19, 2008

Dateline-Laurens, SC Mr. William Harrison Campbell, age 65, of 23 Craig Drive, Laurens, SC died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Clifford Campbell and Lottie Rhodes Campbell. Mr. Campbell was a retired truck driver and a backhoe operator. He attended the Church of God in...

Hyman Fitzhugh Stone, Jr.

Hyman Fitzhugh Stone, Jr.

Jul 19, 2008

Hyman Fitzhugh “Hugh” Stone Jr., 84, a long time resident of Fernandina Beach, FL fought a long and courageous battle against kidney disease and died peacefully under Agape Hospice care July 19, 2008 at the Agape Senior Assisted Living Center in Laurens, SC. Born May 5, 1924 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, he was the son of the late Bertha B. and...

Aubrey L. Dent

Aubrey L. Dent

Jul 19, 2008

Dateline-Buffalo, SC, Aubrey L. Dent, age 68 of 2221 Buffalo-West Springs Hwy, died Saturday, July 19, 2008. He was born in Augusta, GA and was a son of the late Aubrey Lester and Myrtle Norman Dent. Aubrey was a graduate of USC, a Pharmacist with CVS, a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple and the Magnolia Masonic Lodge. Surviving are...

Gladys Wilson Inman

Gladys Wilson Inman

Jul 16, 2008

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Gladys Wilson Inman Gladys Wilson Inman, age 92, of 99 Maxwell Drive and widow of Robert H. Inman, Jr. died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at her home. She was born in Gray Court and was the daughter of the late Luther and Della Garrett Wilson. Mrs. Inman was a homemaker, a member of the Whitmire United Methodist...

Dorothy Stacy Jennings

Dorothy Stacy Jennings

Jul 16, 2008

Dorothy Stacy Jennings Dorothy Stacy Jennings age 76, of 121 Nance Street died Wednesday, July 16th at her home. She was born in Joanna and was a daughter of the late Bill Stacy and Ann Moore Cochran. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband of 56 years, Ernest Jennings of the...

James William Johnson, Jr.

James William Johnson, Jr.

Jul 13, 2008

James William Johnson, Jr., 56, of 208 York Street, Clinton died Sunday in Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC, and was the son of predeceased James William Johnson and surviving mother Grace Nickles Johnson. He was the Resident Circuit Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. While serving as a judge, he also held the...

Margie Medlin Strickland

Margie Medlin Strickland

Jul 10, 2008

Margie M. Strickland age 78 of NHC of Clinton, died Thursday, July 10, 2008. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late James and Maude Medlin. Mrs. Strickland was a member of First Assembly of God. She is survived by a daughter, Angela Strickland of Clinton; two sisters, Cora King and Juanita Bigham both of...

Gary Conrad Rutkowski

Gary Conrad Rutkowski

Jul 3, 2008

Gary Conrad Rutkowski, 48, of Clinton, SC died Wednesday, July 3, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Robin Patterson Rutkowski, a daughter, Emily Katherine (Emy-Kate) Rutkowski, and step-son Christopher Tyler Goss; three brothers: William Francis Rutkowski, wife Roseann and son Joseph of Arlington, VA; Michael Thomas Ibbetson, wife Beth and triplet girls, Deanna Joy, Miranda Grace,...

Margaret Ann Brewington

Margaret Ann Brewington

Jul 3, 2008

Dateline: Clinton, SC, Margaret Ann Lawson Brewington , age 65 of 5586 Philson Road died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at her home. She was born in Spartanburg, SC and was a daughter of Loree Dunaway Lawson of Clinton and the late Boyce Lawson. Mrs. Brewington was retired from School District 56 and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition...

Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake

Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake

Jul 3, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC, Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake, age 103, a long time resident of Clinton and most recently a resident of Lila Doyle Nursing Facility, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 in Seneca, SC. She was born in Montrose, Georgia, a daughter of the late Rozier Benjamin Simmons and Quella Rebecca Pierce Simmons. Mrs. Speake was a graduate of Georgia State College...

Virginia Blackwell White

Virginia Blackwell White

Jul 2, 2008

Virginia Blackwell White, age 84, of Falls Creek Living Center in Marietta, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Coker J. and Sudie Blackwell. Mrs. White was the owner and operator of Jinny’s Beauty Nook in Clinton before her retirement. She was...

Michael Paul Sweet

Michael Paul Sweet

Jun 28, 2008

Dateline- Cross Hill, S.C. Michael Paul Sweet Michael Paul Sweet, age 31, of 812 Barnett Rd. died Saturday, June 28th at his home. He was born in Greenville and was the son of Kenneth and Liddie Sue Sweet of Cross Hill. He was also survived by a sister, Phyllis Brooks of Greenville and two brothers, Kenneth Sweet, Jr. and Furman...