Obituaries

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

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,...

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...