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Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Trent Alden Foxworth
Aug 18, 2021
Trent Alden Foxworth, age 20, passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center. He was born on March 11, 2001 in Laurens, SC and was the son of Jason E. Foxworth of Chesnee and Christina Nix Foxworth of Clinton. He graduated from Landrum High School and was a US Navy Veteran. Trent was employed by Upstate Tree...
Donald "Donny" Shealy Ashley Dees Jr.
Aug 16, 2021
Donald "Donny" Shealy Ashley Dees, Jr., age 46, of Laurens, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021, at Prisma Health - Laurens County Hospital. He was born January 5, 1975 in Greenwood and was a son of the late Donald S. Dees, Sr. and Sharon Cate Dees. He was employed in the grocery industry, having worked in both Bilo and Ingles...
Eric George Robin Burkhalter
Aug 15, 2021
Eric George Robin Burkhalter, age 57, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021, at his home. He was born in Stirling, Scotland and was a son of the late Eric L. Burkhalter and Elizabeth Beattie Burkhalter. He was a former Diesel Mechanic and a US Army Veteran. Mr. Burkhalter is survived by his son, William Alexander Harte of Jacksonville, FL; and...
Richard Giles Sanders
Aug 14, 2021
Richard Giles Sanders, age 76, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021 at his home. He was born on October 19, 1944 and was the son of the late Roy L. Sanders and Nora Anderson Sanders. Mr. Sanders proudly served his country as a US Marine and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a member of the Hejaz...
Annie Craine Kirk
Aug 11, 2021
Annie Craine Kirk, age 92, of Laurens, departed this world and stepped into Heaven Wednesday, August 11, 2021, surrounded by all of her family and a very special and loving friend, Mable Turner. She was born May 12, 1929 in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Clarence and the late May Johnson Craine. Annie will always be remembered...
Robert Allen Crain Sr.
Aug 11, 2021
Robert Allen Crain, Sr., age 75, of Joanna, widower of Judith E. Crain, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born May 3, 1946 in Clinton and was a son of the late Robert Lee and the late Ruby Norris Crain. He retired as a Correctional Officer with the South Carolina Department of Corrections....
Faye Catoe Morris
Aug 11, 2021
Faye Catoe Morris, age 87, widow of Jackie Leroy Morris, passed on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at the National Health Care of Clinton. Born June 2, 1934 in Hartsville, SC. She was the daughter of the late John P. and Hattie Moody Catoe. She worked several years for Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and retired from Clinton Mill, Clinton SC. She...
Charles Roland
Aug 9, 2021
Charles Roland, age 75, of Clinton, husband of Nancy S. Roland, passed away Monday, August 9, 2021, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born March 21, 1946 in Anderson, SC and was the son of the late Inman J. Roland and Daisy Powell Roland. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School. and was the owner/operator of Roland Roofing...
Michael Corbett Flynn
Aug 8, 2021
Michael Corbett Flynn, age 75, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2021, at the Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. He was surrounded by his wife and sons. He was born in Charleston, SC, and was the son of the late Robert and Shirley Davis Graham. Mr. Flynn was retired from Yellow Freight Trucking with 30 years of service, was a...
Carl Leonard
Aug 2, 2021
Carl Leonard, age 96, of Clinton, widower of Ruth McLeod Leonard, passed away August 2, 2021 at the Presbyterian Community of SC in Clinton. He was born November 4, 1924 in Greensboro, NC and was a son of the late Wesley M. and Hattie Lee Lambert Leonard. Carl was a Corporal in the 20th Armored Division in World War II...
Everett Charles Rampey
Jul 31, 2021
Everett Charles Rampey, age 87 of Laurens, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Everett was born September 13, 1933 in Piedmont, SC and was a son of the late Harold James Rampey and Ernestine Garrison Rampey. Everett attended Belton High School and Clemson University. He served in the United States Army during the Korean...
Harold Lee Mahaffey
Jul 27, 2021
Harold Lee Mahaffey, age 66, of Waterloo, husband of Palma "Pam" Laws Mahaffey, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare. He was born August 8, 1954 in Greenville and was a son of Harold T. Mahaffey of Greenville and the late Shirley R. Mahaffey. Mr. Mahaffey was retired from Stover Mechanical and was formerly employed with Whitten...
Elanda "Snookie" Wilkes Holley
Jul 27, 2021
Elanda Wilkes Holley "Snookie", age 90, passed into eternal life on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. She was the wife of the late Thomas E. Holley (Pete) and the daughter of the late Dessie Wilkes and Elise Patterson Wilkes. She was born August 10, 1930 in Clinton, South Carolina. She graduated from Clinton High School; then immediately began working for the...
Wanda Wilbanks Cooper
Jul 26, 2021
Wanda Wilbanks Cooper, age 72, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of Ellen Peay Wise of Joanna. Mrs. Cooper was a retired LPN, retiring from Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center and was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. She was also former employee...
Ray Whitten Sligh
Jul 23, 2021
Ray Whitten Sligh, age 91, of Clinton, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021 at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born February 17, 1930 in Silverstreet, South Carolina and was a son of the late Thomas Claude, Sr. and Elizabeth Waters Sligh. He was the owner and operator of Mountville grocery and was retired from Southern Bell. Mr. Sligh was...
Audrey Layne Dees
Jul 22, 2021
Audrey Layne Dees, age 70, of Pensacola, FL passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Pensacola, FL. Ms. Dees was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Madeline Rigby and John Dees. Audrey was kind, sweet, feisty and stubborn. Sometimes all at the same time. She met each day with a smile and faced her challenges...
Sandra Charlene Shepard Bryson
Jul 21, 2021
Sandra Charlene Shepard Bryson, age 68, wife of Ronald Lee Bryson, passed away Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Langston Place in Clinton, SC. She was born September 19, 1952 in Laurens, SC was the daughter of the late Charles A. Shepard and Betty Lyda Shepard. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Bryson is survived by her daughter, Julia Bryson Sherwood...
Promis Ellen Merryman-West
Jul 19, 2021
Promis Ellen Merryman-West, age 21, of Clinton, passed away Monday, July 19, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born December 5, 1999 in Mesa, Arizona and was a daughter of June Ellen Merryman West and Jason Dale West of Clinton. She was a graduate of Telesis Preparatory Academy in Lake Havasu, Arizona where she was a varsity volleyball...
Oscar Lee Edwards
Jul 19, 2021
Oscar Lee Edwards, age 70, of Clinton, husband of Ann Coleman Edwards, passed away Monday, July 19, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. He was born May 17, 1951 in Clinton and was a son of the late Verdie and Minnie Black Edwards. He was a veteran of the South Carolina National Guard and was retired from Torrington. He...
Joseph Ray "Joey" Powers
Jul 18, 2021
Joseph Ray "Joey" Powers, age 57, of Clinton, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital in Clinton. He was born September 21, 1963 in Spartanburg and was a son of Leland and Joann Bridges Powers of Spartanburg. He was formerly employed in the construction industry as a welder and a pipefitter. He is survived by...
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