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

J. D. (Bill) Shealy

J. D. (Bill) Shealy

Aug 9, 2006

Clinton, SC, J. D. (Bill) Shealy, age 79, of 504 N. Adair St. died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at the Laurens County Hospital in Clinton. He was born in Lexington County, SC and was the son of Mabel Kelly Shealy Williams of Columbia and the late Lester H. Shealy. Mr. Shealy retired from Pet Dairy as Regional Manager of South...

Ronald Corley

Ronald Corley

Aug 9, 2006

Ronald Corley, age 65 of 311 Hair Point, died Wednesday, August 9th at the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Greenwood and was a son of Joe Corley of Greenwood and the late Edna Nabors Corley. He retired from Eastern Airlines and was a U. S. Marine Veteran of Vietnam. He was a Presbyterian by faith and a graduate...

Mary Mildred Craven Ward

Mary Mildred Craven Ward

Aug 5, 2006

Laurens, SC, Mary Mildred Craven Ward, age 92, the widow of Edward Franklin Ward of 1081 Hwy. 252 died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 in the National Health Care of Laurens. She was born in Franklinville, NC and was a daughter of the late Ross and Mary Ellen Slack Craven. Before becoming a resident of Laurens, Mrs. Ward was a former...

Mary Annice Sprouse Smith

Mary Annice Sprouse Smith

Aug 3, 2006

Joanna, SC, Mary Annice Sprouse Smith, age 86 of 516 West Calhoun St. and widow of Carroll Dwight Smith died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006 in the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Mountville and was a daughter of the late Joel and Daisy Sprouse. Mrs. Smith was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of the...

Katharine Fuller Lawson

Katharine Fuller Lawson

Aug 3, 2006

Clinton, SC, Katharine Fuller Lawson, age 60, of 312 Elizabeth Street died Thursday, August 3, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Clarence and Etta Sanders Fuller. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Bellview Baptist Church. Surviving are her son, Heath Lawson of Clinton; two...

Vivian Parks Adair

Vivian Parks Adair

Aug 2, 2006

Dateline-Hampton, VA Vivian Parks Adair, age 89 died Wednesday, August 2, 2006. She was born in Adair, South Carolina to V. Parks Adair and Rachel Leake Adair. She had been a Hampton resident since 1943. Having joined NACA in 1943, she worked as a mathematician as the name changed to NASA, eventually retiring in 1973. She was an active member...

Wanda Lynn Woodward

Wanda Lynn Woodward

Jul 27, 2006

Ware Shoals, SC Wanda Lynn Woodward, age 49 of 38 Walnut St. died Thursday, July 27, 2006 in the Greenwood Regional Healthcare. She was born in Greenwood County and was the daughter of Joan Luther Pitts of Ware Shoals and the late William Sisco. Mrs. Woodward was a former employee of O'Dell Mop Company, the Fuji Company and J.C. Penny's....

Margaret Bagwell Mabry

Margaret Bagwell Mabry

Jul 22, 2006

Clinton, SC, Margaret Bagwell Mabry, age 93 of 501 N. Adair St., widow of John J. Mabry died Saturday, July 22nd in the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Ware Shoals, SC and was the daughter of the late John Henry and Maggie Crawford Bagwell. Mrs. Mabry, along with her late husband were the owners and operators...

Sara Stribling Cannon

Sara Stribling Cannon

Jul 21, 2006

Clinton, S.C., Sara Stribling Cannon, age 92, of 1721 Old Milton Road, and widow of John Claude Cannon, died Friday, July 21, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Jim Boyd and Anna Parham Stribling. Mrs. Cannon was retired from District 56 school food services and was a...

Barbara Ann Wallace

Barbara Ann Wallace

Jul 19, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC Barbara Ann Wallace, age 81 of 104 Russell St., died Wednesday, July 19, 2006 in St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Orange County, Texas; was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. She loved her family and was very fond of animals. She is going to be greatly missed. Surviving are one daughter, Sallie Ann...

Mildred Arnold Kinard

Mildred Arnold Kinard

Jul 19, 2006

Clinton, SC, Mildred Arnold Kinard, age 83 of 503 Davidson St. and widow of Oscar B. Kinard, died Wednesday, July 19th at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late James and Eunice Evans Arnold. Mrs. Kinard was the owner and operator of Millie’s Beauty Shop, was a charter member of the Davidson St....

Aquilla V. Gray

Aquilla V. Gray

Jul 17, 2006

Gray Court, SC, Aquilla V. Gray, age 87, the widow of Charles Gray, of 4466 Greenpond Rd. died Monday, July 17th at the Greenville Memorial Hospital after an 18 month long battle with GAVE disease and congestive heart failure. She was born in Fountain Inn and was the daughter of the late James Clarence and Mayme Knight Vaughan. Mrs. Gray...

Roy Douglas Eaves

Roy Douglas Eaves

Jul 17, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Roy D. Eaves, age 63, of 4036 Whitmire Hwy. died Monday, July 17, 2006 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Union County and was the son of the late, Roy E. Eaves and Sadie Wicks. Mr. Eaves was a retired employee of CSX Transportation, attended the Cross Roads Christian Fellowship Church and was a...

Ethel Collier Heaton

Ethel Collier Heaton

Jul 16, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, SC Ethel Collier Heaton, age 73, of 110 Gordon St. died Sunday, July 16, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Union County and was the daughter of the late Oliver J. and Ruth Pace Collier. Mrs. Heaton was a homemaker and is survived by her husband, William E. Heaton of the home; two sons,...

Vennie A. King

Vennie A. King

Jul 16, 2006

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Vennie A. King, age 83, of 123 O’Dell St. and widow of Frank King died Sunday, July 16, 2006 in the Lexington Medical Center. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late B.F. and Emma Adams. Mrs. King was a life long resident of Whitmire and was a member of the Whitmire United...

Mia Diane Johnson Cummins

Mia Diane Johnson Cummins

Jul 12, 2006

Clinton, SC, Mia Johnson Cummins, age 51 of 121 Mansdale Dr., died Tuesday, July 11th in St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Bobby Joe Johnson of Mountville and the late Frances Coker Johnson. She was retired from the S. C. Dept. of Corrections and the Laurens County Hospital. She was a...

Dorothy Harris Paxton

Dorothy Harris Paxton

Jul 12, 2006

Dateline-Laurens. SC Dorothy H. Paxton, age 70 of 584 Mt. Pleasant Est. Rd. and widow of Conway M. Paxton, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in the Hospice House of Greenwood. She was born in Central and was a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Boggs Harris. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Surviving are one son, Sheffey...

Hezekiah Sumpter (H.S.) Prater

Hezekiah Sumpter (H.S.) Prater

Jul 10, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Hezekiah Sumpter (H. S.) Prater, age 78, of 139 Tillman Circle, died Monday, July 10th at his home. He was born in Saluda County and was a son of the late Eugene and Linner Goff Prater. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a U. S. Marine Veteran of the Korean War. Surviving are his wife, Mildred...

Austin Wesley Gambrell

Austin Wesley Gambrell

Jul 9, 2006

Whitmire, S.C., Austin Wesley Gambrell, 5 weeks old, of 1126 Highway 66, son of Mark and Becky Ellison Gambrell of Whitmire died Sunday, July 9, 2006. In addition to his mother and father, he is survived by paternal grandparents,Thomas W. and Elaine Gambrell of Silverstreet, and Pat and Phil Brickey of Weber City, VA; maternal grandparents, Charles Ellison and Pat...

Mary B Tinsley

Mary B Tinsley

Jul 8, 2006

Dateline-Kinards, SC Mary B Tinsley, age 57, of California, died Saturday, July 8, 2006. She was born and raised in South Carolina and was a California resident for 21 years. She was the cherished mother of Christina Sunseri with her husband Scott and Amy Wisz and her husband Mathiew all of Discovery Bay, CA. and the loving daughter of the...

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