Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Willie Robbie Williams
Nov 14, 2006
Willie Robbie Byars Williams, age 89 of 57 McDonald St. died Thursday, Dec. 14 at her home. She was born in Rock Hill, SC and was a daughter of the late William Richard and Lula Raines Byars. Mrs. Williams retired as manager of the Caper House, was a former employee of J.P. Stevens and Whitten Center and was a member...
Ralph (Jack) Blackwell, Sr.
Nov 12, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC, Ralph “Jack” E. Blackwell, Sr., age 73 of 109 Teakwood Dr. died Sunday, Nov. 12th at his home. He was born in Greenwood and was a son of the late Sherman and Lois Collins Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was retired from Clinton Mills and the South Carolina National Guard where he served as Chaplin for 18 years. He was...
Clarence R. Hunnicutt
Nov 12, 2006
Clarence R. Hunnicutt, died Sunday, November 12, 2006. He was born in Wellford, SC on July 5, 1916. Clarence served his country in World War II; however, at the war’s end, he couldn’t wait to return to his loved and cherished wife Alice and his farm in Newberry County. He worked for the state of South Carolina, and he retired...
Gladys Louise Threatt Abercrombie
Nov 11, 2006
Dateline-Laurens, SC Gladys Louise Abercrombie died Saturday, November 11, 2006. She was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of Pete Threatt and Molly Sauders Threatt. She was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Lydia Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Abercrombie was predeceased by her husband, Jessie Abercrombie; and is survived by one daughter, Marcell Derreberry of Clinton,...
Opal Fleck
Nov 11, 2006
Laurens, SC, Mrs. Opal Fleck, age 64 of 118 Yacht Dr. died Saturday, Nov. 11th at her home. She was born in South Bend, IN and was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Anna Slocum Sullivan. Mrs. Fleck was a member of the Woodruff Road Christian Church, was a member of the Rabon Estate Craft Club and a...
Claude M. Lawson
Nov 7, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Claude M. Lawson, age 94, of 2352 Milton Rd., died Tuesday, November 7, 2006. He was a son of Lonnie Thompson Lawson and Mary Sumner Lawson and virtually lived his entire life in the Hopewell Community of Laurens County. He graduated from Presbyterian College in 1934 and thereafter, taught school for several years. He served in the United...
Sarah Peck Weaver Abrams
Nov 1, 2006
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Sarah Peck Weaver Abrams, 85, of Canterbury Court, Atlanta, Georgia: formerly of Decatur, Alabama; Whitmire, South Carolina; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Salem, South Carolina died on November 1, 2006. She was a 1942 graduate of Alabama Women’s College, a Captain in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, and an active United Methodist and community volunteer. Her...
Eloise Lowe Mcelveen
Oct 27, 2006
Garden City, SC, Eloise Lowe McElveen, age 90 of 3582 Hidden Lake Dr., and formerly of Clinton and the widow of Thomas R. McElveen, Sr., died Friday, October 27th in the Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, SC. She was born in Union, SC and was the daughter of the late Daniel Thomas and Mary Ann (Mollie) Roberts Lowe. Mrs....
Dorothy R. Barnes
Oct 27, 2006
Greenville News, Spartanburg Herald, Clinton Chronicle, Laurens Advertiser Dateline-Clinton, SC Dorothy R. Barnes Dorothy R. Barnes of 105 East Ferguson Street, Clinton, died Friday, October 27th at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late William C. and Ethel Crain Robinson. Mrs. Barnes received her Masters Degree from Clemson University and worked in...
Stephen C. Sanders
Oct 27, 2006
Clinton, SC, Stephen C. Sanders, age 25 of 708 Charlotte’s Rd. died Friday, October 27th at home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of Lila Sherfield Sanders of Clinton and the late Charles Herbert Sanders. Mr. Sanders was employed with Evergreen Skills was a graduate of Clinton High School, attended Piedmont Technical College and attended the Lydia...
Alwayne S. Culverson
Oct 26, 2006
Alwayne Scarbrough Culverson, age 83, of 306 North Adair Street, died Thursday, October 26th at the Hospice Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood. She was born in Mitchell County, GA and was a daughter of the late Will and Susie Scarbrough. She is survived by two daughters, Helen Emery of Clinton, Sandra Lindsay of Locust Grove, GA; three grandchildren, David...
Grace Crosby Watkins
Oct 23, 2006
Dateline-Montgomery, AL Grace C. Watkins, age 89 formerly of Whitmire and widow of Eugene V. Deb Watkins, Sr. died Monday, October 23, 2006 in Montgomery, AL. She was born in Spartanburg and lived in Whitmire most of her life. Mrs. Watkins was the daughter of the late Marion and Lila Bailey Crosby. She was a former employee of J. P....
Frances Wilburn Humphries
Oct 23, 2006
Frances Wilburn Humphries, age 69, of 300 Marion Place, died Monday, October 23, 2006, at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Perry and Alice Goodwin Wilburn. She was an employee of Whiteford’s Drive-In and a member of the Beaverdam Baptist Church. She is survived by a sister, Sylvia Kernells of the...
J.D. Rushton
Oct 22, 2006
J.D. Rushton, age 66, of 50 Grandview Acres, died Sunday, October 22, 2006 in the Self Regional Healthcare. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the Z.W. and Eula Mae Sumner Rushton. Mr. Rushton was a former employee of the Clinton Mill. He also was known as the ice cream and sno-jo man of Clinton. He is...
O'Neill Courtney Bowling
Oct 19, 2006
O’Neill Courtney Bowling, age 82, left to be with her Heavenly Father on October 19, 2006. Daughter of Albert and Florence McCall Courtney, she was born November 29, 1923 in Clover and was raised in Lowrys, SC. She graduated from high school at age 15 and from beauty school at age 16. At 17, she moved to Whitmire and bought...
Ruby Nell Neuenswander
Oct 18, 2006
Ruby Nell Neuenswander, age 86, of 201 Elizabeth Street, died Wednesday, Oct. 18th in NHC of Clinton. She was born in Oconee County and was a daughter of the late George W. and Margaret Green Holt. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Assembly of God Church. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Martha and...
Cecil Lawson, Jr.
Oct 17, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Cecil Lawson, Jr. age 56 of 954 Lake Rd. died Tuesday, Sept. 17th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Cecil Lawson Sr. and Mary Prince Lawson. He was a freelance electrician and a Vietnam Army Veteran. Surviving are his wife, Frances Oswald Lawson of the home, two sons, Allen...
Nannie Sue Adair Oxley
Oct 15, 2006
Dateline- Laurens, SC Nannie Sue Adair Oxley age 92, of 1 Martha Franks Drive died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Oxley was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late William Taylor and Zula Pearl Nabors Adair. She retired from the Laurens School District 55, was a homemaker and was also a longtime member of...
A.C. King, Jr.
Oct 12, 2006
A.C. King Jr., age 75, of 506 Florida Street, died Thursday, October 12th in the Fountain Inn Nursing Home. He was born in Pelzer and was a son of the late Arvle Calvin King Sr. and the late Emma Evans King. Mr. King retired from Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company. He was a member of the Church of Christ of...
David B. Ayres, Jr.
Oct 12, 2006
David B. Ayres, Jr., died Thursday, October 12, 2006, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, Laurens, S.C., after a long illness. He passed away in his sleep surrounded by his family. A service of remembrance will be held Sunday, October 15, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. at Martha Franks Retirement Center, Razor Chapel, 1 Martha Franks Drive, Laurens, SC. A reception...
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