Obituaries

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

Linda Carolyn Gillespie Walker

Linda Carolyn Gillespie Walker

Sep 30, 2007

Linda Carolyn Gillespie Walker, age 68, of 374 Compton Road died Sunday, September 30, 2007 at her home. She was born in Liberty and was the daughter of the late Raymond and Nell McDonald Gillespie. Mrs. Walker was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is...

Albert Roy Sexton

Albert Roy Sexton

Sep 28, 2007

Dateline-Joanna, S.C. Roy Sexton age 89, of 424 Browning Avenue, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in the Laurens County Hospital. Mr. Sexton was born in Batavia, Arkansas, a son of the late Albert Thomas and Sallie Graves Sexton. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and a member of the Bush River Baptist Church. Mr. Sexton was predeceased by his wife,...

Inez P. Turner

Inez P. Turner

Sep 27, 2007

Inez P. Turner, age 88, widow of Earl Dorsey Turner, of 100 Glendale Manor, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 at her home. She was born in Yancy County, NC and was a daughter of the late William Burton and Mary Idella Lewis Phillips. Mrs. Turner was retired from Clinton Mills after 40 years and then began her second career at...

Cynthia Fennell Craven

Cynthia Fennell Craven

Sep 26, 2007

Cynthia Fennell Craven, age 63, of 109 Whispering Way died Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at her home. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of the late Lindsay and Elizabeth Smith Fennell. Mrs. Craven was a graduate of Lander University and was an Elementary School Teacher for 25 years in the Laurens School System. She was also a...

James R. "Pops" Burnett

James R. "Pops" Burnett

Sep 26, 2007

James R. “Pops” Burnett of 1420 Penland Road, died Wednesday Sept. 26th at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Fred and Agnes McMinn Burnett. Mr. Burnett was retired from Greenwood Mills Joanna Plant and was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Ophelia...

Patricia Peay Moss

Patricia Peay Moss

Sep 24, 2007

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Patricia Peay Moss age 55 of 490 Sims Street died Monday, September 24, 2007 in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Lewis and Helen Johnson Peay. She was a former employee of J. P. Stevens and attended Heritage Wesleyan Church. Surviving are one son, Fredrick E....

Bobby D. Toby, Sr.

Bobby D. Toby, Sr.

Sep 23, 2007

Bobby D. Toby, Sr. age 63, of 1706 Watson St. died Sunday, September 23, 2007 in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of the late Doyal and Mae Nease Toby. Mr. Toby was a member of the Clinton Road Wesleyan Church and was an avid sports enthusiast. He is survived by two daughters,...

Tracy Lee Coker Gore

Tracy Lee Coker Gore

Sep 16, 2007

Tracy Lee Gore, age 32 of 106 Phillips Street, died Sunday, Sept. 16th at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens County is the daughter of Joe Coker of Laurens and the late Mary King Deitz. She was a homemaker and attended Elizabeth Street Church of God. She is survived by her father and step-mother, Joe and Shirley...

Earline Meadors Ficklin

Earline Meadors Ficklin

Sep 15, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC, Earline Meadors Ficklin age 81 of 106 Washington St. died Saturday, Sept. 15th after a brief illness. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late James C. and Kate Watkins Meadors. Mrs. Ficklin was retired from Clinton Mills and was the longest attending member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was also a member of...

Irene Hamby Rogers

Irene Hamby Rogers

Sep 14, 2007

Irene Hamby Rogers age 77 widow of Roy Rogers, of 368 Singing Pine Road died Friday, Sept. 14th in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Leon T. and Julia Tucker Hamby. Mrs. Rogers was a former employee of Laurens Mill. Surviving are two sons, Joey Rogers of Waterloo, Mark...

Mary Wright Holland

Mary Wright Holland

Sep 13, 2007

Mary Wright Holland age 93 formerly of 314 Florida St. died Thursday, Sept. 13th in the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born at Lanford Station in Laurens County on May 20, 1914 and was a daughter of the late William Ball and Minnie Lee Casey Wright. She was the granddaughter of the late Sergeant James Berry Wright, the...

Rachel Webb Sanders

Rachel Webb Sanders

Sep 13, 2007

Rachel Webb Sanders, age 93, of 406 North Sloan Street, widow of Grover L. Sanders, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Gray Court and was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert and Sarah Elizabeth Bishop Webb. Mrs. Sanders was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the Dorcas Sunday...

Earl Finney

Earl Finney

Sep 12, 2007

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Earl Finney of 613 Evans St. and widow of Maggie Finney died Wednesday, September 12, 2007 in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Hartford, TN and was a son of the late Joe Henry and Matilda Ellison Finney. Mr. Finney was retired from J.P. Stevens and was of the Pentecostal Faith. Surviving are one...

Harry George Patterson, Sr.

Harry George Patterson, Sr.

Sep 9, 2007

Harry George Patterson, Sr., age 73, husband of Annette Lark Patterson of 217 Milam Road, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Arthur Roy and Rachel Pauline Blackwell Patterson. Mr. Patterson was an U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from Whitten Center and...

David Erskine Crain

David Erskine Crain

Sep 5, 2007

Dateline-Gray Court, SC David E. Crain age 49, of 75 Glory Lane died Wednesday, September 5th at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Robert and Ruby Norris Crain. Mr. Crain was a retired employee of Stover Mechanical in Greenville and was member of the Welcome Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife,...

Mary Crystal Pitts

Mary Crystal Pitts

Sep 4, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, SC Mary Crystal Pitts, wife of David T. Pitts Jr. of Clinton died Tuesday, September 4th at the age of 64. She was very active in both her church and the community. A long-time member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton and director of the Laurens County Foster Grandparent Program, she made many friends and was much...

C. Bailey Dixon

C. Bailey Dixon

Sep 3, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC, C. Bailey Dixon age 77 of Boxwood Gardens died Monday, September 3, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC on January 19, 1930 and was a son of the late Brewer and Corinne Bailey Dixon and grandson of the late C. M. and Eloise (Sweetheart) Bailey. Mr. Dixon spent his childhood in both...

Zelma Troupe Sineath

Zelma Troupe Sineath

Aug 29, 2007

Dateline-Joanna, SC Zelma T. Sineath, age 86 of 307 Byrnes St., died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Bamberg and was a daughter of the late Ben Troupe and Cassie Belle Sandifer. She was retired from School District 56 and was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church of Joanna. Surviving are...

Denise Cathryn Webber Day

Denise Cathryn Webber Day

Aug 29, 2007

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Denise C. Day, age 42, of 114 Maplebrook St. died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Copaigue, NY and was the daughter of Irene Williams of North Myrtle Beach and the late Michael E. Weber. Mrs. Day was a former employee of the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. In addition to...

Robert E. (Gloria Owens) Wysor, Iii

Robert E. (Gloria Owens) Wysor, Iii

Aug 28, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mrs. Robert E. (Gloria Owens) Wysor, III, age 82 of 303 Cedar Street and widow of Robert E. Wysor, III, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and was a daughter of the late Oscar and Mattie Will Simpson Owens. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church...