Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
James Wade Goodman
Jan 21, 2022
James Wade Goodman, 96, husband of Betty Harris Goodman, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022, at Self Regional Healthcare. He was born July 4, 1925 in Mountville and was a son of the late Samuel Brooks and Nellie Miller Goodman. James graduated from Mountville High school and was a 1950 Clemson graduate. He was a Veteran of WWII serving in...
Everett Trey Wright
Jan 19, 2022
Everett Trey Wright infant son of Paige O’Shields and Jaelin Wright passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his grandparents, Ashli Wright, David Wright, Jr., Patrick and LouAnn O’Shields; great-grandparents John and Carolyn O’Shields, David and Judy Wright, Peggy and David Warden; aunt, Caitlin Williams (Craig); uncles,...
Lela L. Alexander Harley
Jan 18, 2022
Dateline – Laurens, SC Lela L. Alexander Harley, age 91, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the NHC of Greenwood. She was born May 7, 1930 in Oconee County, SC and was a daughter of the late J.W. Perry and Bertha Hudson Perry. Mrs. Harley was a homemaker and enjoyed spending her time cooking, sewing, and gardening. She was...
Danny Cordell Gilliam
Jan 17, 2022
Danny Cordell Gilliam, age 75, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022 at Prisma Health Richland Heart Hospital. He was born March 18, 1946 in Whitmire, SC and was the son of the late James Cordell Gilliam and Jesse Virginia Garmon Gilliam. Mr. Gilliam is survived by his wife, Lyn Gilliam of the home; his children, Amy Thomas (Jed) of Summerville,...
Benjamin Franklin Morrow
Jan 17, 2022
Benjamin Franklin Morrow, Jr., age 96, passed away Monday, January 17, 2022 at his home. He was born March 15, 1925 in Converse, SC and was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Morrow, Sr. and Janie Irene Crocker Morrow. He was a proud Veteran of the US Army Air Corps having served his country during WWII and was a...
Charles Robert "Bubba" Ray
Jan 15, 2022
Charles Robert (Bubba) Ray, 79, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 at NHC of Clinton. He was born Aug. 13, 1942 in Clinton and was the son of the late Charles Dudley Ray and Davis V. and Ruby Ray Pitts. He attended Clinton area schools and graduated from the Georgia Military School. He formerly served in the South...
Ruth Brown Castle
Jan 15, 2022
Dateline – Whitmire Ruth B. Castle, age 78, of Whitmire and widow of Bennie Lee Castle, passed away January 15, 2022, at her home. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Hubert and Lottie Kidd Brown. Mrs. Castle was a member of Friendship Baptist Church where she played the piano and sang. She was...
Roger Dale Reynolds
Jan 14, 2022
Dateline – Laurens, SC Roger Dale Reynolds, age 60, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born in Clinton, SC, and was a son of the late Eugene and Ila Mae Mabry Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was a former employee of Inman Mills Enoree Plant, Whitten Center and Cooper Motor Company. He was a...
Helen Gribble Short
Jan 11, 2022
Mrs. Helen Gribble Short, 72, of McBee, SC went home to be with her Savior on Tuesday morning, January 11th, 2022. Her twin brother and she were the last of eight children born to Mary Rogers Gribble and Harden Ammons Gribble of Franklin, NC on May 27th, 1949. She has always loved reading books and enjoyed the beauty of the...
Clara Ophelia Marler
Jan 10, 2022
Clara Ophelia Marler, age 86, widow of Albert Kenneth Chilton, passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born June 19, 1935 in Fountain Inn, SC and was a daughter of the late Denton Rush Humphries and Clara Estelle Spelts Humphries. Mrs. Marler is survived by her sons, Doug Chilton and Terry Chilton (Starr)...
Myra Burns Young
Jan 9, 2022
Myra Burns Young, passed away January 9, 2022. Born in Mountville, SC, January 16, 1935 to the late Herbert & Janie Coates Burns. She was a member of Mountville Baptist Church, she served 52 years in the pre-school & nursery department. She was a member of the WMU, worked with the youth and many other duties. Myra was retired from...
Betty Cleveland Coats
Jan 8, 2022
Dateline – Laurens, SC Betty Cleveland Coats, age 97, died surrounded by family on January 8, 2022, at Carolina Gardens in Laurens, South Carolina. Betty was born on January 7, 1925 in Elberton, GA, to parents Doc and Elisabeth Cleveland. She moved to Laurens and accepted a position at The Laurens County Advertiser, where she worked for more than 50...
Johnny Joseph Pearson
Jan 5, 2022
Johnny Joseph Pearson, age 87, widower of Gladys H. Pearson, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at the Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born January 8, 1934 in Philadelphia, PA and was a son of the late Harold Earl Pearson, Sr. and Doris Ellen Williams Pearson. He was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps and...
Kathy Sanders
Jan 1, 2022
Kathy Sanders, age 67, passed away January 1, 2022 at her home in Myrtle Beach, SC. She was born November 29, 1954 in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late James O. Sanders and Gladys Satterfield Sanders. She was a graduate of Clinton High School, and she was retired having worked for 36 years with several Orthodontists Offices...
David A. Burdette
Dec 31, 2021
David A. Burdette, age 72, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late IV and Jo Moore Burdette. David was retired from the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services. He was a US Army Korean...
Betty M. Medlin
Dec 31, 2021
Betty M. Medlin, age 80, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 at her home. She was born in Clinton, SC on July 5, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Isaac and Ethel Spoons McLendon. Mrs. Medlin was a former employee of Whitten Center and the owner/operator of RC Grocery. Betty was a woman of faith and spent time...
Avery G. Smith
Dec 30, 2021
Avery G. Smith, age 87, husband of Dorothy Freeman Smith, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021, at the Presbyterian Community of SC-Clinton. He was born in Greenville, SC, and was the son of the late Samuel Avery and Ida Augusta Walton Smith. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Clemson Class of 1956. He taught school at Clinton High School and...
Martha Plemmons
Dec 30, 2021
Martha Plemmons “Granny”, age 80, passed away, Thursday December 30, 2021, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Newberry County, South Carolina and was the daughter of the late Michael and Ellen Oxner Jenkins. Mrs. Plemmons was a former employee of Springs Industries in Lancaster, SC for over 25 years. She later relocated to Whitmire and retired...
Betty Baughman Spires
Dec 28, 2021
Betty Baughman Spires, age 91 formerly of Laurens and widow of Donald “Don” Spires passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at White Oak Manor of Rock Hill, SC. Mrs. Spires was born in Detroit, MI and was the daughter of the late Roy and Annie Mae Becknell Baughman. Betty and her husband owned the Honda dealership in Laurens for many...
Steven "Seamore" E. Morse
Dec 17, 2021
Steven “Seamore” E. Morse, age 56, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at his home. Mr. Morse was born in Greenwood and was a son of Julia B. Galloway of Clinton and Jim Morse of Clinton. He was an automotive mechanic and loved working on all things mechanical. He loved the outdoors; hunting, fishing and trapping. He was a member...
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