Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
William Marcus Cook
Nov 8, 2021
William Marcus Cook, 89, of Gray Court, SC, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, November 8, 2021, surrounded by his family. For 69 years, he was the beloved husband of Joan Willis Cook. He was the son of the late William Rapley “Dutch” Cook and Louise Cheek Cook. He was also predeceased by his younger brother, Edward Cheek Cook....
James Harold Snider
Nov 8, 2021
James Harold Snider, age 88 passed away Monday, November 8, 2021, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton, SC on May 3, 1933 and was a son of the late Roy and Alice McCravy Snider. Mr. Snider was a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was proud to have served as a member of the...
Orien Vance Clark
Nov 6, 2021
Orien Vance Clark, age 85, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at the Spartanburg Medical Center. He was born February 2, 1936 in Gaffney, SC and was a son of the late Arthur Carroll Clark and Bessie Lee Price Clark. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He loved being outdoors and camping with his...
Janice Setzer Cunningham
Nov 3, 2021
Janice Setzer Cunningham, affectionately known as Bam-Ma, age 69, of Clinton, SC, wife of Gary Cunningham, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at her home. She was born July 14, 1952, in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late J. Freddie Setzer and Margaret Wilson Setzer. Janice worked at C-Mart in Clinton for 32 years, and also at...
Darrell Wayne "Nutty" White
Nov 3, 2021
Darrell Wayne “Nutty” White, 68, of Clinton, SC, husband of Vicki Wilson White, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born December 30, 1952, in Laurens County, and was a son of the late Robert Samuel White and the late Ellen Elizabeth Harrison White. He was formerly employed with Clinton Mills with 31 years of...
Bobby Dale Gregory
Oct 30, 2021
Bobby Dale Gregory, age 68, passed away, Saturday October 30, 2021 at his home. He was born in Whitmire, SC on May 21, 1953, and was a son of the late David and Alma Smith Gregory. Mr. Gregory was retired from the Construction industry, an active volunteer at Open Door Ministries and a member of the Open Door Church. Mr....
Phillip Miller Saunders
Oct 29, 2021
Phillip Miller Saunders, age 62, died at his home on October 29, 2021. Mr. Saunders was born on July 7, 1959 in Joanna, SC. He was the son of the late George Saunders III and Mary Barron Saunders. He was a graduate of Clinton High School and University of South Carolina. Phillip was formerly employed by Tote-A-Bed and Cobb Incorporated....
Roberta "Bobbie" Fowler Stoddard
Oct 29, 2021
Roberta “Bobbie” Fowler Stoddard, age 89, died Friday, October 29, 2021 at her home. She was born in Laurens, SC on September 22, 1932 and was the daughter of the late Wesley and Neva Fowler. Mrs. Stoddard was a bookkeeper of Piedmont Rural Telephone Company for several years, and in her second career became the Secretary of the First Presbyterian...
Jimmy Knight
Oct 29, 2021
Jimmy Knight, age 75, passed away Friday October 29, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Groce Ezell and Nannie Kate Garrett Knight. Mr. Knight was retired from Boiler Tube of America, a former employee of BF Shaw and a US Army Veteran of Vietnam. Mr. Knight is...
Ted L. Wilson Sr.
Oct 28, 2021
Dateline – Laurens, SC Ted L. Wilson, Sr., age 74, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021, at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Johnny William Wilson and Evelyn Marie Braswell Wilson. Mr. Wilson retired from Greenwood Construction and was a former employee of B. F. Shaw and Lowery Mechanical....
Judy Dunlap Simmons
Oct 25, 2021
Judy Dunlap Simmons, age 83, widow of Bobby Joe Simmons, passed away Monday, October 25, 2021 at the Prisma Health - Laurens County Memorial Hospital in Clinton, SC. She was born August 21, 1938 in Goldville, SC she was a daughter of the late William James Dunlap, Sr. and Romola Tinsley Dunlap. Mrs. Simmons was a member of the First...
Mary Holmes Tiller
Oct 21, 2021
Mary Holmes Tiller, age 100, formerly of 312 Nottingham Rd., passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. She was born November 30, 1920 in Lanford, SC, and was a daughter of the late Arch Rhett and Carrie Thomas Holmes of Lanford, SC. She was predeceased by two husbands, James N. Tiller of 42 years...
Kenneth Lindsay Holcombe Jr.
Oct 21, 2021
Kenneth Lindsay Holcombe, Jr., age 94, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, at National Health Care in Clinton, SC. He was born March 22, 1927 in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Kenneth Lindsay Holcombe, Sr. and Callie Marie Wade Holcombe. He was a veteran of the US Army and a former Security Guard. He was an...
Robert Wayne Tinsley
Oct 19, 2021
Robert Wayne Tinsley, age 79, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at his home. He was born November 20, 1941 and was a son of the late Alvin Tinsley and Beatrice Owenby Tinsley. Mr. Tinsley was retired from Michelin Proving Grounds, a veteran of the South Carolina National Guard. He was a member of First Baptist Church and active choir...
Anna Lou Davenport
Oct 19, 2021
Dateline – Enoree, SC Anna Lou Davenport, age 80, of 92 Memory Lane, and widow of the late William Davenport, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021. She was born in Bluegrass, VA, and was a daughter of the late Cornelius McKinley Colaw and Mildred Racey Warner Colaw. Mrs. Davenport is survived by her sons, Michael Miller (Cassie) of Richardson, Texas,...
Ruth Elaine Addison
Oct 18, 2021
Ruth Elaine Addison, age 82, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. She was born October 8, 1939 in Bowling Green, FL, the cherished daughter of the late John Arthur Addison and Ida Mary Cliett Addison of Clinton, SC. She was a graduate of Clinton High School Class of ’57. Elaine...
Dennis Gerald Dease Sr.
Oct 18, 2021
Dennis Gerald Dease, Sr, age 76, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. He was born March 24, 1945 in Spartanburg, SC, to Lewis Hunter Dease and Francis Nadine Dease. On July 14, 1992, he married Harriett Dease, his partner and love of his life. Dennis loved the outdoors, fishing and duck hunting and...
James Edgar Langston
Oct 16, 2021
James Edgar Langston, age 70, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Prisma Health – Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born August 28, 1951 and was a son of the late Burley McDuffie Langston and Gladys Leona Lawson Langston. He was retired from the Enoree Mills. James was known for his great gardens, amazing Southern Home Cooking, his...
Robert Gary Wallace
Oct 15, 2021
Robert Gary Wallace, age 87, widower of Margaret Senn Wallace, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021 at Prisma Health - Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Born October 28, 1933 in Gray Court, he was a son of the late Harold Saxon Wallace and the late Ione Jenkins Wallace. Mr. Wallace was a 1951 graduate of Clinton High School and retired from...
Doris Mckellar Ellis
Oct 13, 2021
Doris McKellar Ellis, age 92, widow of Gayal Ellis, passed away, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at the Heritage Greens Senior Living in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born July 3, 1929 and was the daughter of the late Owen McKellar and the late Maude Jacks McKellar. She was a kind and loving lady. Mrs. Ellis was a member of Hurricane...
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