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

Steve Martin Hileman

Steve Martin Hileman

Jan 25, 2006

Dateline-Cross Hill, S.C. Steve M. Hileman, age 28, of 301 Julie Island Rd. died Wednesday, January 25th at his home. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Rev. Stanley W. and Lois Evans Hileman. Mr. Hileman was a member of his fathers church, the Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church of Lake Greenwood. Surviving in addition to his...

Clayton F. Crowder

Clayton F. Crowder

Jan 23, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Clayton F. Crowder, age 81, of 161 Old Airport Rd. died Monday, January 23, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Gray Court and was the son of the late Captain Nelson and Annie B. Douglas Crowder. Mr. Crowder was retired from the Gilliland Plant, was a Baptist by faith and served in the...

Teresa Campbell Mcmillan

Teresa Campbell Mcmillan

Jan 22, 2006

Dateline, Gaston, SC Teresa Campbell McMillan, age 48 of 352 N. Main St., died Sunday, Jan. 22nd at the Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of William Alen Campbell of Laurens and Molly Freeman Finnila of Gray Court. She was a former employee of Whitten Center and a member of the Church of...

Zonie Burke Boyter

Zonie Burke Boyter

Jan 22, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Zonie Burke Boyter age 85 formerly of Broome St., died Sunday, Jan. 22nd at White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Charlie and Eva Robinson Burke. Mrs. Boyter was retired from Whitten Center and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons, Jimmy Arnold of Las...

Shirley H. Bond

Shirley H. Bond

Jan 21, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Shirley H. Bond, age 56, of 105 Shantara Rd. died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at her home. She was born in Lancaster and was the daughter of Frances W. Acheson of Laurens and the late Clarence W. Hinson. Mrs. Bond was a registered nurse at Martha Franks Retirement Center. She is survived by her husband, Louis C....

Henry Talmadge Simmons

Henry Talmadge Simmons

Jan 18, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Henry Talmadge Simmons, 83, of 104 Derby Lane, died Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at N. H. C. of Clinton. He was born in Abbeville and was the son of the late Henry W. and Essie B. Simmons and was the husband of Marion Smith Simmons for 59 years. Talmadge was a partner with W. S. Weir in Simmons...

Leone Derrick Bates

Leone Derrick Bates

Jan 17, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Leone Derrick Bates of J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home, formerly of 512 Whitmire Hwy., Joanna passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2006. She was born July 29, 1918 in Lexington County; was a daughter of the late Jodie O. and Ellie Holly Derrick. She is survived by her sons and their wives, Nat and Connie Bates of Joanna; Willard...

Ena F. Robbs

Ena F. Robbs

Jan 15, 2006

Dateline-Newberry, SC Ena F. Robbs, age 94 of 281 Hollow Rd. died Sunday, Jan. 15th at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in North Carolina and was a daughter of the late William and Ida Mae Faulks. Mrs. Robbs was a member of the Pioneer Baptist Church in Newberry and a homemaker. Surviving are two sons, Guy Robbs...

Annie Mae Coleman Roper Bagwell

Annie Mae Coleman Roper Bagwell

Jan 14, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC Annie Mae Roper Bagwell, age 77 of 116 Garlington St., died Saturday, Jan. 15th in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Jim & Addie B. Davis Coleman. She was a retired employee of Walmart and a member of Eastside Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Linda Roper Martin...

James G. Bowling

James G. Bowling

Jan 14, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC, James G. Bowling, age 90 of Wesley Commons in Greenwood and a long time resident of Laurens died Saturday, January 14th at the Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Pickens County and was a son of the late Claude and Lettie Kelly Bowling. Mr. Bowling and his wife were the founders of The Bootery Inc. in...

James Henry Smith

James Henry Smith

Jan 13, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC James Henry Smith age 80 of 403 Florence St. died Friday at his home. He was born in Saluda and was a son of the late Paul and Pearl Jenkins Smith. Mr. Smith retired from Clinton Mills and was a Navy veteran of WWII. Surviving are a son, Stanley Smith of Clinton; three daughters, Sharon Bickers of Clinton,...

Nancy Griffin Von Hollen

Nancy Griffin Von Hollen

Jan 13, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Nancy Griffin Von Hollen Nancy Griffin Von Hollen, wife of S. James Von Hollen, died at National Health Care in Clinton on Friday, January 13, 2006. She was born in Mount Lebanon, PA, on October 12, 1929, and she was the daughter of the late Richard Simpson and Gertrude Keefer Griffin. After graduating with a degree in music...

James Rutledge Jacks, Sr.

James Rutledge Jacks, Sr.

Jan 11, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC James R. Jacks, Sr. age 80 of 1504 A. B. Jacks Rd. died Wednesday, Jan. 11th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late A. B. Jacks, Sr. and the late Lois (Polly) Adair Jacks. Mr. Jacks was the President of Carolina Cryogenics Company for 24 years and prior to that,...

Mattie Kelley Hipp

Mattie Kelley Hipp

Jan 11, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC Mattie Kelley Hipp age 88 formerly of the Memorial Home and the widow of Boyd E. Hipp, died Wednesday, Jan. 11th in the National Health Care of Laurens. She was born in Walhalla, SC and was a daughter of the late J. Allen and Mattie Kelley. Mrs. Hipp was retired from both the Laurens Mill and JP Stevens...

John L. Johnson, Jr.

John L. Johnson, Jr.

Jan 10, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, Sc John L. Johnson, Jr., age 65 of 109 Beauregard St., died January 10th at his home. He was born in Gaston County, NC and was a son of the late John L. Johnson Sr. and Ercie Alma Miller Johnson. He was a former employee of B. F. Shaw. Surviving are his wife, Angela Fowler Johnson of the home,...

Charles Otho Johnson

Charles Otho Johnson

Jan 10, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Charles Otho Johnson, age 85 of Hwy. 56 died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home. He was born in Clinton on Dec. 14, 1920 and was the son of the late Dr. Ralph W. Johnson, Sr. and Mayme Adair Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from C. W. Anderson Hoisery Co. and a life-long member of Broad...

Lillian Ruth "Tootsie" Steele Tankersley

Lillian Ruth "Tootsie" Steele Tankersley

Jan 10, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Ruth “Tootsie” Tankersley, age 72 of 34 Union Street, died Tuesday, Jan. 10th in the Lexington Medical Center. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late H. B. and Lillian Nix Steele. She was a former employee of Presbyterian Home. Surviving are her husband, Clyde W. Tankersley, Jr. of the home, daughters and son-in-law,...

Everette Harmon Davenport

Everette Harmon Davenport

Jan 9, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Everette Harmon Davenport, age 93, of 801 Musgrove St. died Monday, January 9th at the Presbyterian Home. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Fred and Maggie Lomax Harmon. Mrs. Davenport was a homemaker, a graduate of Newberry College and a member of the Little River Dominick Presbyterian Church. She is...

Loretta Carter

Loretta Carter

Jan 7, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Loretta Carter, age 70, of 561 Willimon Dr. died Saturday January 7th in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lockhart, S.C. and was a daughter of the late John Boyd Young, Sr. and Lorene McCloud Young. Mrs. Carter was retired from Alice Manufacturing in Easley and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her husband,...

Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall)

Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall)

Jan 7, 2006

Dateline-Gray Court, SC Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall) Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall) age 71 of 1276 Twin Branch Rd. died Saturday, Jan. 7th in the Augusta Burn Center. Mr. Emery was retired from textiles and construction work and he was an active member of the Gray Court Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Kay Emery of the home; one brother,...

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