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Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Robert Pascal Watts
Jun 16, 2021
Robert Pascal Watts, age 82, husband of Murna Watts, passed away Wednesday June 16, 2021, at Providence Health in Columbia. He was born April 9, 1939, in Mountville, SC and was the son of the late Blaise Pascal Watts and Grace Winebrenner Watts. Mr. Watts was retired from manufacturing and was a U.S. Navy Veteran. He was an active member...
Kay Thomas Mann
Jun 15, 2021
Kay Thomas Mann, age 79, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late John Clinton Thomas and Amy Vaughan. Mrs. Mann retired as a teaching assistant at Joanna Elementary. She is survived by her husband Ken Mann of the home; her daughter, Kathy Black of Fountain Inn;...
Nettie Pearl Edgins
Jun 15, 2021
Nettie Pearl Edgins age 88, widow of Nicodemus Edgins passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born on April 17, 1933 in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late John Henry Spoon and Marie Crocker Spoon. Mrs. Edgins was retired from Shakespeare Composite of Newberry and was of the Baptist...
Melissa Ann Lee
Jun 14, 2021
Melissa Ann Lee, age 51, passed away Monday, June 14, 2021, at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She is survived by her husband, David Earl Lee; her daughters, Brianna Lee (Joey Griffin) and Heather Inman (Chris); her father, Weldon Baker; her sister, Rose Ann Oxner; and her brothers, Chevis Baker, Kenny Baker, Wallace Baker, Michael Baker and Stanley Baker....
Phyllis Kate Weldon Lawler
Jun 13, 2021
Phyllis Kate Weldon Lawler, age 81, widow of Martin Wilson Lawler, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Laurens. She was born May 25, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Jimmie Smith Weldon and Minnie Florence Davis Weldon. Mrs. Lawler is survived her children, Jeffery Allen of Laurens, SC and Eva Williams (Neil) of...
Gregory A. Thompson Wilkie
Jun 13, 2021
Gregory A. Thompson Wilkie, age 18, of Woodruff, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021. He was born January 4, 2003, in Spartanburg, and was a son of Robert and Dana Wilkie, and Brandi Thompson. Greg was a 2021 graduate of Laurens High School and was employed with Ace Hardware. He attended Bellview Baptist Church In addition to his parents he...
Alice Crapps Hunnicutt
Jun 13, 2021
Alice Crapps Hunnicutt, 98, of Kinards, South Carolina, peacefully slipped the bonds of this earth on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Mrs. Hunnicutt died in Newberry at JK Hawkins Nursing Home and is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence. Mrs. Hunnicutt is survived by her son, Alan, and his wife, Dianne, and her daughter, June, and her husband, Gaith. Mrs....
John David Havrilla
Jun 8, 2021
John David Havrilla, age 69, husband of Angie Snow Havrilla, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at his home. He was born July 22, 1951, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of the late John and Betty Mae Heffern Havrilla. Mr. Havrilla was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving his country for 14 years and served...
Burton Charles "Chuckey" Pelkey
Jun 7, 2021
Burton Charles “Chuckey” Pelkey, III age 52 of 225 Gary St. passed away Monday, June 7, 2021 at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. He was born in Chester, SC on November 28, 1968 the son of Burton C. Pelkey, Jr. and step-mother, Joy Baucom and the late Shirley Gibson McMahan. Charles was a former CNC operator at Maclean-Fogg of Newberry,...
W.W. "Dixie" Davis
Jun 6, 2021
W.W. “Dixie” Davis, age 73 passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 18, 1948, in Marietta, Ohio and was a son of the late Watts and Cissie Davis. He was a US Army Veteran and later retired from the South Carolina National Guard retiring as a Sergeant. He was a retired...
Lucy Johnson Mathis
Jun 6, 2021
Lucy Johnson Mathis, age 88, of Whitmire, passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021, at her home. She was born July 12, 1932, in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Charlie Luther Johnson and the late Verona Davenport Johnson. Mrs. Mathis was the owner and operator of Mathis Residential Care, Inc., in Whitmire. She is survived by her son,...
Kensla Joy Crapps
Jun 5, 2021
Kensla Joy Crapps, age 52, of Kinards, passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021, at her home. She was born May 17, 1969, in Columbia and was a daughter of Phillip O. Crapps, step-mother, Gerda Crapps and the late Joyce Bigham Crapps. She was a former law enforcement officer with the City of Clinton and Presbyterian College. Ms. Crapps was a...
Adam Daniel Downs
Jun 4, 2021
Dateline – Enoree, SC Adam Daniel Downs, age 31, of 128 Memory Lane, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021, at his home. He was born in Blount, TN, and was a son of Sandra Mallory Downs and the late John Wayne Downs. In addition to his mother, Mr. Downs is survived by his step-mother, Stephanie Downs; his brothers, Allan Cowart...
Lucas Wesley "Mini Moo" Curtis
Jun 3, 2021
Dateline – Laurens, SC Lucas Wesley “Mini Moo” Curtis passed away Thursday, June 3, 2021. He was born in Laurens, SC and is the son of Devin and Joy Curtis. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his siblings, Bo Delos Curtis and Skylar Rose Curtis; his maternal grandparents, Eddie and Theresa Robinson; his paternal grandparents, Steven Allen...
Mary Crawford Seawright
Jun 1, 2021
Mary Crawford Seawright, age 88, widow of Sam Seawright, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Williamston, SC and was a daughter of the late Adger T. Crawford, Sr., and Fannie Mae Thrasher Crawford. Mrs. Seawright was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the church PEP Club. She...
Tara Lane Mathis
May 30, 2021
Tara Lane Mathis of 127 J.D. Road, passed away Sunday May 30, 2021 at her home. She was born in Loma Linda, California and was the daughter of Conrad Paul and stepmother Kathy Paul of Missouri. Mrs. Mathis was retired from Food Service having worked in Restaurant Management with several restaurant chains. Surviving are her husband, David Mathis, one daughter,...
Patricia A. Lipford
May 30, 2021
Patricia A. Lipford, age 74, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021 at her home in Whitmire, SC. She was born June 8, 1946 in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late Hugh Jefferson Arnold and Zonie Burke Boyter. Mrs. Lipford was a former employee of several textile plants in the Whitmire Area. She was a member of the...
Wilma Katherine Byrd
May 29, 2021
Wilma Katherine Byrd, age 75, widow of Richard O. Byrd, passed away Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born January 5, 1946 in Newberry, SC and was the youngest daughter of Bill and Mary Williamson. She was a 1964 Graduate of Whitmire High School. Mrs. Byrd was a much loved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend...
James Ernest "Slim" Floyd
May 28, 2021
James Ernest "Slim" Floyd, 99, died surrounded by family and friends on Friday, May 28, 2021, at his home at 300 Sims Street in Joanna. Born in Silverstreet in Newberry County, Ernest graduated from Silverstreet High in 1938. He served four years in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a US Army Air Force Flight Engineer and crew member of...
Louise Ann Major Tapley
May 28, 2021
Louise Ann Major Tapley, age 82, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021 at her home in Waterloo, SC. She was born July 20, 1938 in Brighton, CO and was a daughter of the late Charles and Arlene Shawcroft Major. She was Mail Carrier for the USPS and was a member of Rosemont Baptist Church. Mrs. Tapley is survived by her...
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