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

Paul L. Willis

Paul L. Willis

Dec 6, 2005

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Paul L. Willis, age 80, of 498 Sims St. died Tuesday, December 6th at his home. He was born in Blackwater, VA and was the son of the late Sam Henry and Alpha Rose Willis. Mr. Willis was retired from J. P. Stevens Co. was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and was a WW II Army...

Joseph Cullen Mcdaniel

Joseph Cullen Mcdaniel

Dec 5, 2005

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Joseph Cullen McDaniel, age 92, of 500 Jacobs Hwy. died Monday, December 5th in the NHC of Clinton. He was born in McCormick County and was the son of the late Nuel Warren and Fannie Mae Reese McDaniel. Mr. McDaniel was the former owner of Joe’s Exxon Station and College View Angus Farm; a member of the...

James Frank Merchant

James Frank Merchant

Dec 3, 2005

Dateline- Kinards, S.C. James Frank Merchant, age 55, of 7088 SC Hwy. 56 died Saturday, December 3rd at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of Claude T. Merchant, Sr. of Kinards and the late Mary Deyton Merchant. Mr. Merchant was retired from Asten-Johnson prior to his employment at Greenwood Mills. He was a member...

Lyl Walker Hamilton

Lyl Walker Hamilton

Dec 2, 2005

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Lyl Walker Hamilton, age 87, widow of James William (Billy) Hamilton died Friday December 2nd in the Martha Franks Retirement Center. She was born in Cross Hill and was the daughter of the late Rufus Franklin and Edith Anderson Walker. Mrs. Hamilton was the bookkeeper at Hamilton Recapping and Marine, was a member of the First Presbyterian...

Annie Mae Cantrell Bullard

Annie Mae Cantrell Bullard

Nov 29, 2005

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Annie Mae Cantrell Bullard, age 85, widow of John A. Bullard, formerly of 6 Private St. in York, SC and formerly of 182 Leisure Ext. in Whitmire, died Tuesday, November 29th in the Renaissance Healthcare Center in Charlotte, NC. She was born in Union County and was a homemaker and member of Clinton Road Wesleyan Church. Surviving are...

Margie P. Brewer

Margie P. Brewer

Nov 28, 2005

Margie P. Brewer, 80, of Landau Apartments died Monday, November 28th at her home. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Lee Otis and Pauline Baker Polson. Mrs. Brewer was retired from Clinton Mills and was a former employee of the Presbyterian Home. She was also a member of the Lydia Mill Church of God....

Robert R. Keller, Sr.

Robert R. Keller, Sr.

Nov 27, 2005

Robert R. Keller, Sr. age 80, of 1322 Keller Dr. died Sunday, November 27th in the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Bowling Green, OH. and was a son of the late August F. and Marguerite Sears Keller. Mr. Keller was a former employee of Belk’s Department Store and retired from Whitten Center where he was...

Edna Vincent Osborne

Edna Vincent Osborne

Nov 27, 2005

Edna V. Osborne, age 87, of 100 Jefferson St. died Sunday, November 27th in the her home. She was born in Union SC she was a daughter of the late Ernest Vincent, Sr. and Estelle Gibson Vincent. Mrs. Osborne was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the TEL Sunday School Class. Surviving...

Sara Baldwin Pitts

Sara Baldwin Pitts

Nov 23, 2005

Dateline-Laurens, SC Sara Baldwin Pitts Sara Baldwin Pitts, age 93 and widow of Richard Y. Pitts died Wednesday, Nov. 23rd in the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Asa Avery and Martha Jane Power Baldwin. Mrs. Pitts was a retired school teacher of 33 years, member of the First...

Norman William Darlington

Norman William Darlington

Nov 22, 2005

Dateline-Gilbert, S.C. Norman W. Darlington age 73 of 1676 Barracks Dr., Gilbert died Tuesday, November 22nd in the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Jamaica, NY and was son of the late William Meyers and Mildred Baker Darlington. Mr. Darlington was a graduate of the University of South Carolina Law School. He later retired from the U.S. Air Force...

Michael W. Johnson

Michael W. Johnson

Nov 21, 2005

Dateline-Oak Harbor, OH Michael W. Johnson Michael W. Johnson, age 52 of 501 W. Water St. died Monday, November 21, 2005 at his daughters home in Laurens. He was born in Welch, West Virginia and was a son of Jack and Shirley Bandy Johnson of Laurens. Michael was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his parents are his...

Willie Evelyn Chandler Beaty

Willie Evelyn Chandler Beaty

Nov 21, 2005

Dateline-Clinton, SC Willie Evelyn Chandler Beaty Willie Evelyn Chandler Beaty, age 89, and widow of Oren F. Beaty, died Monday, November 21, 2005 at Bailey Manor in Clinton. She was born in Williamsburg County, and was a daughter of the late William Thomas and Nettie Jones Chandler. She was a homemaker and for 16 years was a Blue Lady at...

Tony Wayland Dickert

Tony Wayland Dickert

Nov 20, 2005

Tony Wayland Dickert, age 2 months, of 502 Eaves Rd. died Sunday, November 20th at his home. He was born in Newberry and was the son of Joshua and Amanda Price Dickert. He is also survived by a brother, Adam Price and a sister, Shannon Price both of the home; paternal grandparents, Tony and Lenora Dickert of Whitmire; maternal grandparents,...

Kenneth Meeks

Kenneth Meeks

Nov 17, 2005

Dateline-Clinton, SC Kenneth E. Meeks Kenneth E. Meeks, age 65 formerly of Clinton, died Thursday, Nov. 17th in the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late J. C. and Frances Holmes Meeks. He was a U. S. Army Veteran. Surviving are two brothers, Thomas Meeks and Louis (Buck) Meeks both of Clinton...

Luella Johnson Cable

Luella Johnson Cable

Nov 17, 2005

Dateline-Clinton, SC Luella Johnson Cable Luella Johnson Cable, age 87 of 801 Musgrove St., died Thursday, November 17th in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Torrington, CT. and was a daughter of the late Elof and Lulu Johnson. She was a retired employee of Rumsey Hall School in Washington, CT; a member of the Founders Congregational Church in...

Jerry Michael Mcmurray

Jerry Michael Mcmurray

Nov 15, 2005

Dateline- Gray Court, S.C. Jerry Michael McMurray, age 53, of 112 Hellams Rd. died December 15th in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Bristol, VA and was the son of the late Clinton and Nannie Eden McMurray. Mr. McMurray was an employee of Burns Repair Service in Greenville. He is survived by one daughter, Sheila Marie Medlin of...

Lura Spivey Dickert

Lura Spivey Dickert

Nov 15, 2005

Dateline-Clinton, S.C. Lura Dianne Spivey Dickert Lura Dianne Spivey Dickert, age 65, of 558 Philson Rd. died Tuesday, November 15th at her home. She was born in Cedar Town, GA and was a daughter of the late Lancelot and Lura Popan Spivey. Mrs. Dickert was a former employee of Ingle’s and member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Dorothy Ann Craine

Dorothy Ann Craine

Nov 14, 2005

Dateline-Clinton, SC Dorothy Ann Craine Dorothy Ann Craine, age 57 of 101 Campbell St., died Monday, November 14, 2005 in the Spartanburg Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Will and Frances Craine. She was a retired employee of Clinton Mills. Surviving are two sons, Johnny L. Wooten, Jr. of Clinton and Christopher...

Leroy Passmore

Leroy Passmore

Nov 12, 2005

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Leroy Passmore, age 90, of 931 Sunset Blvd. died Saturday, November 12th in the National Healthcare of Clinton. Mr. Passmore was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Joanna. Surviving are his wife of 69 years, Geneva Longshore Passmore of the home; sons, Ronald C. Passmore of Huntsville, AL, Stephen...

Orval Oleson

Orval Oleson

Nov 12, 2005

After a fourteen-month battle with stomach cancer, Orval Oleson of Laurens, South Carolina, died on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 10, 1944, to Vernie Eleanor Lind Oleson and Otis Byron Oleson. Orval attended grade school in Funk and Holdrege, Nebraska, and graduated from high school...

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