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

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,...

Jimmie Ansel Lawson

Jimmie Ansel Lawson

Nov 15, 2007

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Jimmie A. Lawson, age 77 of 420 Farley Ave. died Thursday, November 15, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Chesnee and was the son of the late William Lawson, Jr. and Edna Trammell Lawson. Mr. Lawson was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran of 26 years and was a member of the Waterloo...

Joyce B. Mcdaniel Cody

Joyce B. Mcdaniel Cody

Nov 13, 2007

Joyce B. McDaniel Cody age 63, of 100 Hanks Road died Tuesday, November 13, 2007. She was born in Kinards and was a daughter of Mabel T. Boozer of Laurens and the late William Boozer. Mrs. Cody was a retired employee of Walmart Distribution and J.P. Stevens. She is survived by her husband, Carl L. Cody of the home; two...

Joe Sherfield, Jr.

Joe Sherfield, Jr.

Nov 11, 2007

Joe Sherfield, Jr. age 61, of 2 Worth Street, Greenville died Sunday, Nov. 11th at his home. Mr. Sherfield was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Joe and Ellen Casey Sherfield. He was an employee of Orian Rugs in Greenville. He is survived by three sons, James David Sherfield and Bobby Joe Sherfield both of Union,...

Irene Merchant Brewer

Irene Merchant Brewer

Nov 10, 2007

Irene Merchant Brewer, age 86, and formerly of Glendale Manor and the widow of Bennie Brewer died Saturday, November 3, 2007 in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Claude T. and Lillie Johnson Merchant. Mrs. Brewer was ertired from Bailey Memorial Hospital and was a member of the Elizabeth...

Daniel Lawrence Lanford

Daniel Lawrence Lanford

Nov 10, 2007

Dateline-Laurens, SC Daniel Lawrence Lanford, age 55 of 522 Green Street died Saturday, November 10, 2007. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Lawrence and Dorothy Mae Finley Lanford. Mr. Lanford graduated Clinton High School class of 1970, Presbyterian College class of 1974 with a BS in Business Administration. He was an accountant. Surviving are...

Thomas W. Beaman

Thomas W. Beaman

Nov 10, 2007

Thomas W. Beaman, age 71 of 417 Forest Rd. died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Troy Gerald Beaman, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Ruby Keasley. Mr. Beaman was retired from Clinton Mills and from the S.C. Army National Guard. He was a U.S. Army veteran and...

Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox

Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox

Nov 6, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox, age 91, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at her home. She was born in Walker Valley, TN and was the daughter of the late John C. and Clemmie Gentry Apperson. Surviving are her husband, Henry M. Cox of the home, daughter and son-in-law, Diane Cox and Bill Yarborough of Clinton, one sister, Christine Brazier...

Robert Andrew Butler

Robert Andrew Butler

Nov 6, 2007

Robert A. Butler, age 73, of 100 Glendale Manor died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at his home. He was born in Lancaster and was the son of the late Lewis William and Katie Lawton Barnes Butler. Mr. Butler was a former employee of Torrington Bearing Co. and Clinton Mills. He was also a member of the Temple Baptist Church and...

Henry W. Trammell

Henry W. Trammell

Nov 6, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Henry W. Trammell, age 92 of 400 Stonewall St., died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Poplar Springs, SC and was a son of the late L. B. and Alti Bagwell Trammell. He retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church; was the oldest living...

Ira Belle Summer Young

Ira Belle Summer Young

Nov 4, 2007

Ira Belle Summer Young, age 80, of 29648 Hwy. 76 East died Sunday, November 4, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Newberry and was the daughter of the late Ben and Annie Morgan Summer. Mrs. Young first worked for Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and later retired from Whitten Center. She was also a member of Hurricane...

Eletha Johnson Steen

Eletha Johnson Steen

Nov 1, 2007

Eletha J. Steen age 78,of 48 Cooper Road died Thursday, November 1, 2007 in the Newberry Memorial Hospital. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Henry T. and Cora Craft Johnson. Mrs. Steen was retired from J.P.Stevens and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by two sons, Stevie and Ricky Steen of Whitmire;...

Mary Lou Walker

Mary Lou Walker

Nov 1, 2007

Mary Lou Walker of 121 Poplar Street Lydia Mill died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at her home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Frank A. and Willie Mae Weathers Walker. Miss Walker attended the Lydia Mill Church of God. She is survived by three brothers, Johnny Walker, Billy Walker and wife Diane, and Jimmy...

Lois Evans Hileman

Lois Evans Hileman

Nov 1, 2007

Dateline- Cross Hill Lois Evans Hileman, age 62, of 301 Julia Island Dr. went to be with the Lord, her husband and two sons, Thursday, November 1, 2007 at her home. She was born in Elbert Co., GA and was the daughter of the late John A. and Hazel Johnson Evans. Mrs. Hileman was a former employee of Clinton Mills...

Clarence A. Roberts

Clarence A. Roberts

Oct 30, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Clarence A. Roberts of 311 Leonard Road, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Harry A. Roberts and Viola G. Roberts and stepmother, Alma F. Roberts. He was preceded in death by brothers, Vance A. Roberts, James E. Roberts; sisters, Rosie M. Staley,...

William David Anderson

William David Anderson

Oct 28, 2007

William David Anderson age 69 of 62 Dogwood Circle died Sunday, Oct. 28th, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Sandy Springs, SC and was a son of the late Homer W. and Lula Mable Chapman Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a former employee of Shakespeare in Newberry and was retired from Westinghouse in Greenwood. He was a...

George W. "Doodle Bug" Gossett, Jr.

George W. "Doodle Bug" Gossett, Jr.

Oct 27, 2007

Dateline-Kinards, SC, George W. “Doodle Bug” Gossett, Jr. age 61of 446 Bookroom Rd. died Saturday, Oct. 27th at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of Virginia Lee Gossett Quinn of Clinton and the late George W. Gossett, Sr. Mr. Gossett was a retired carpenter and member of the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. Surviving are...

Martin Edward Whitlock

Martin Edward Whitlock

Oct 25, 2007

Martin E. Whitlock age 78, of 209 ½ N. Cloudman Street, died Wednesday, Oct. 25th at his home. He was born in Goldville, SC and was a son of the late Thomas Leach and Lillie Mae Owen Whitlock. Mr. Whitlock was a retired truck driver with Bankair Courier. He was of the Baptist faith and a US Army veteran of...

Belle Courtney Byrd

Belle Courtney Byrd

Oct 24, 2007

Belle Courtney Byrd age 86, widow of Robert Downs Byrd, Jr., died Wednesday, Oct. 24th in White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Lenoir (Adaco), North Carolina and was a daughter of the late Albert Andrew Courtney and Florence McCall Courtney. Mrs. Byrd was the owner and operator of the Modern Beauty Shop in Whitmire for over 40...

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