Obituaries

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

Ernest E. "Rabbit" Harris

Ernest E. "Rabbit" Harris

Feb 17, 2008

Ernest E. “RABBIT” Harris, age 73, of 1007 Neeley Ferry Road died Sunday, February 17, 2008 at his home and is survived by his loving wife, Nell Harris. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in the Gray Funeral Home Chapel of Laurens with interment in the Westview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday from 7:00...

Marie Stone Farmer

Marie Stone Farmer

Feb 13, 2008

Marie Stone Farmer, age 89, of 510 Pickens St. and widow of Alfred C. Farmer died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 in the Trinity Nursing Home in Edgefield. She was born in McCormick County and was the daughter of the late Jessie M. and Annie Talbert Stone. Mrs. Farmer was a retired employee of Whitten Center and was a member of...

Barry D. Mcwatters, Sr.

Barry D. Mcwatters, Sr.

Feb 9, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Barry Dale McWatters, Sr., age 50, of 809 N. Adair St. died Saturday, February 9, 2008 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the Pearl W. McWatters of Clinton and the late William Douglas McWatters. Mr. McWatters was an employee of Komatsu of America in Newberry. He is survived by...

Lance (Big Papz) Coleman

Lance (Big Papz) Coleman

Feb 6, 2008

Lance (Big Papz) Coleman age 37, of 224 Turkey Lane died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Greer and was a son of Charles Allen Coleman of Commerce, GA and the late Betty Marie Blackwell and P. Leon Blackwell. Lance was an employee of Resource Medical Group in Duncan. He was a member...

Geneva Simmons Noffz

Geneva Simmons Noffz

Feb 5, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC Geneva Simmons Noffz, age 84 and widow of John Richard Noffz, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in the Fountain Inn Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late William Hal and Estelle Taylor Simmons. She lived a happy life and was a retired employee of Bailey Nursing Home. Surviving are two sons, Joseph L.Vaughn and wife, Betty...

Hillard Bellue

Hillard Bellue

Feb 5, 2008

Hillard Bellue, age 74, of 100 Jefferson St., Apt. 11 died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at his home. Mr. Bellue was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Lee and Mae Howell Bellue. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Griffin Bellue of the home; 4 sons, Billy Bellue and Danny Bellue both of Greenville, Robert...

David Louis Bond

David Louis Bond

Feb 4, 2008

David Louis Bond age 59 of 138 J.D. Road, died February 4, 2008 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Louis James and Mary Frances Bond. Mr. Bond was a former employee of Whitten Center and a U.S. Marine and Army Veteran. He is survived by two brothers, James R. Bond of...

Samuel "Sam" H. Simonetti

Samuel "Sam" H. Simonetti

Feb 4, 2008

Samuel “Sam” Simonetti, age 72 of 613 Blalock Dr. died Monday, February 4, 2008 at his home. He was born in Morgantown, WV and was a son of the late Bruno and Pauline Mallow Simonetti. Surviving are his wife, Sybil Marshall of the home; four daughters, Tammy Elliot, Debbie Franco and Tina Simonetti all of Tampa, FL, Vicky Tutt of...

Virginia Virl Dickson Davis

Virginia Virl Dickson Davis

Feb 3, 2008

Virginia Virl Dickson Davis age 92 formerly of 36 Peachtree Street Clinton died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center where she was a resident. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Benjamin C. and Hester Haynes Dickson. Mrs. Davis was retired from the Presbyterian Home in Clinton and was...

Mary Lewis Salter

Mary Lewis Salter

Feb 3, 2008

Mary Lewis Salter, age 73 of 2455 Salter Rd. died Sunday, February 3, 2008 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Joseph and Cora Lee Davis Trammell. Surviving are her husband, Raymond B. Salter of the home; two children, Dianna Tucker of Clinton and Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Salter of...

Kathleen E. Sinclair

Kathleen E. Sinclair

Jan 29, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Kathleen E. Sinclair, age 84 of 192 Cypress St., died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at her home. She was a retired employee of Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant and was a member of the Lydia Baptist Church. Mrs. Sinclair is survived by a son, Lynn Evans and a step-son, Frank Sinclair, Jr. both of Clinton; two daughters, Charlene...

B. F. Harvey, Jr.

B. F. Harvey, Jr.

Jan 29, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC B. F. Harvey, Jr. B. F. Harvey, Jr. age 81, formerly of 119 Poplar St., died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in the National Health Care Center in Clinton. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Benjamin F. Harvey, Sr. and Mattie Douglas Harvey. He was a retired employee of Clinton Mills; a...

Bertha R. Couch Simpson

Bertha R. Couch Simpson

Jan 28, 2008

Bertha R. Couch Simpson, age 91 of 139 Majestic Court died Monday, January 28, 2008 in the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Six Mile, SC and was a daughter of the late James and Essie Rives. Mrs. Simpson was retired from Torrington Bearing Company. Surviving are one daughter, Dixie Kornegay of Hickory Tavern; one brother, Ruben...

A. Merrill Smith, Sr

A. Merrill Smith, Sr

Jan 25, 2008

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. A. Merrill Smith, Sr. age 84, of 109 McGowan St. and widower of Wanda Lee Smith died Friday, January 25, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Hebron, MD and was the son of the late Daniel and Ruth Hearne Smith. Mr. Smith was a farmer, a school bus driver and a...

Doyle Lee Emery

Doyle Lee Emery

Jan 23, 2008

Doyle Lee Emery, age 72 of 437 Dogwood Circle died Wednesday. He was predeceased by his parents Floyd and Jessie Rhodes Emery, his wife Liz Emery, and a brother Odis "Smokey" Emery. Surviving are two daughters, April Hicks and Melrose Emery; two grandchildren, Lee and Kristie Hicks; and a great grandson, Donovan, all of Clinton; and two sisters, Jennene Pinson...

Wallace Nat Meggs, Sr.

Wallace Nat Meggs, Sr.

Jan 21, 2008

Wallace Nat Meggs, Sr., age 88, of 129 Copeland Circle died Monday, January 21, 2008 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. He was born in Florence County and was the son of the late Will and Ruth Gardner Meggs. Mr. Meggs was employed as an engineer by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and retired after 42 years of service....

Virginia Holliday Wilburn

Virginia Holliday Wilburn

Jan 19, 2008

Virginia Holliday Wilburn, age 92, widow of B.G. Wilburn of 793 Narnie Rd. died Saturday, January 19, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenville County and was a daughter of the Ed and Daisy Dunlap Holliday. Mrs. Wilburn was retired from Clinton Mills Bailey Plant, was a member of the Welcome Baptist Church where she was...

Felton W. Crapps

Felton W. Crapps

Jan 18, 2008

Felton W. Crapps age 95 of 3996 Indian Creek Road, died Friday January 18, 2008 at White Oak Manor in Newberry, SC. He was born in Lexington County and was a son of the late Johnny Jacob and Mattie Clamp Crapps. Mr. Crapps was retired from the Blalock Plant Joanna Mill after 49 years and was a member of the...

James C. Hannah

James C. Hannah

Jan 17, 2008

James C. Hannah , age 71 of 209 Finney Drive, Clinton, South Carolina died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was the husband of Jeanne S. Hannah and son of the late Robert and Nettie Hannah. James was a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and retired from the South Carolina Highway Patrol...

Euna Willis Wallen

Euna Willis Wallen

Jan 12, 2008

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Euna Willis Wallen Euna Willis Wallen, age 88, of 202 Duckett St. and widow of Evan D. Wallen died Saturday, January 12, 2008 at her home. She was born in Blackwater, VA and was the daughter of the late Sammy and Alpha Rose Willis. Mrs. Wallen was a retired employee of J.P. Stevens and was a member...