Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Madison Brooke Simmons
Apr 29, 2021
Madison Brooke Simmons, age 14, died with her best friend Jazz, doing what she loved riding her 4-wheeler, Thursday, April 29, 2021. She was born on April 10, 2007 in Laurens, SC and was the daughter of Wendy Polson and Jimmy Lathen and Jim Simmons and Nicole Knight. Maddie was a student at Laurens Preparatory Academy and a cheerleader with...
James Wayne Johnson Sr.
Apr 27, 2021
James Wayne Johnson, Sr., age 64, passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2021 peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was born on August 21, 1956 in Lynchburg, VA and was the son of the late Watkins Andrew Johnson, Jr. and Texanna Thorpe Johnson. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Vickie Johnson of the home; his son, Wayne...
Harold Brently Dickert
Apr 26, 2021
Harold Brently “Brent” Dickert, age 75, passed away Monday, April 26, 2021 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was born on June 19, 1945 in Newberry County and was a longtime resident of Whitmire. He was the son of the late Furman and Annie Steen Dickert. Brent was a Veteran of the US Air Force, a former employee of...
Martha Kelley Lawson Young
Apr 26, 2021
Martha Kelley Lawson Young passed away on April 26, 2021 at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital, Clinton, S.C. She was born on May 22, 1927 in Warren County, Georgia to James Wesley Kelley and Pauline Fulghum Kelley. She was the youngest of seven children. She is survived by her husband of 19 years Jack Ray Young of Thomson, GA. She...
Paula Lee King Edwards
Apr 25, 2021
Paula Lee King Edwards, age 68, widow of Carl Leon Edwards, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021, at her home. She was born October 27, 1952, in Columbus, GA, and was the daughter of the late Clarence David and Kiyoko Koizumi King. Paula was the former owner of the “Fins n Tails” restaurant, that was started by her parents, was...
Robert E. Gregory
Apr 24, 2021
Robert E. Gregory, age 80, widower of Mary “Ruthie” Gregory, passed away April 24, 2021 at the Pruitt Health in Aiken, SC. He was born on February 10, 1941 in Newberry, SC and the son of the late Dewey and Agnes Gregory. He was the Owner of Gregory Repairs and a member of the Full Gospel Assembly, he enjoyed cooking...
Darrell Wayland Gilliam Jr.
Apr 24, 2021
Darrell Wayland Gilliam, Jr., better known as “Pecker Head”, age 52, of 127 Minnie Prince Ln Whitmire, South Carolina, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2021. He was born in Union on February 27th, 1969, at Wallace Thompson Hospital and was the son of Gloria Strickland Gilliam and the late Darrell Wayland Gilliam, Sr. Mr. Gilliam loved the outdoors, a black...
Marvin Irvin Parkman
Apr 23, 2021
Marvin Irvin Parkman, 79, husband of 44 years of Ann Garner Crowder Parkman, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2021 at Prisma Health of Laurens. He was born in Edgefield and was the son of the late Jack Parkman and Edna Turner Parkman. Mr. Parkman was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church and retired from Piggly Wiggly with 50...
Thomas Walker Lanford Sr.
Apr 23, 2021
Thomas Walker Lanford Sr., age 79, passed away Friday, April 23, 2021 at the Hospice of Laurens county. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late David Freeman Lanford and Aline Thrasher Lanford. Tommy was retired with 41 years of service from the Torrington Company. He was a member of Bellview Baptist Church where he was...
Walter Lewis Heaton
Apr 21, 2021
Walter Lewis Heaton, age 86, of Clinton, husband of Carolyn Davis Heaton for 68 years, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born March 23, 1935 in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Edgar and Ola Belle Gambrell Heaton. He retired from the Clinton Mills after 49 years of service and...
Sara Bagwell Hanvey
Apr 21, 2021
Sara B. Hanvey, age 83, of Clinton, SC, wife of Hoyt R. Hanvey for 63 years, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at her home. She was born October 14, 1937 in Anderson and was the daughter of the late Aaron and Eunice Gambrell Bagwell. She was a 1955 graduate of Ford High School. She worked as the secretary for...
Claudia Shelton Roberson
Apr 14, 2021
Reverend Claudia Shelton Roberson was born in Laurens County, South Carolina on February 6, 1956 to the late Mr. Claude Shelton and late Mrs. Mattie Mae Shelton. She attended public schools in Laurens County, South Carolina and was a graduate of Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina where she earned her Bachelor’s degree. She served 19 years as an employee...
Jim "Jimmy" Bickley
Apr 13, 2021
Jim “Jimmy” Bickley, 63 age, widower of Carlene Bickley, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at his home. He was born on May 30, 1957 in Columbia, SC and was a son of the late J.W. Bickley and Sarah Bickley. He was retired from Carolina Convenience and was a former employee of Smile Gas. Mr. Bickley is survived by his...
Julia Johnson Willis
Apr 13, 2021
Julia Johnson Willis, age 73, of Clinton, widow of Truman D. Willis, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born February 16, 1948 in Clinton and was the daughter of Thad Johnson and Rachel Vaughn Johnson. She is survived by her daughter, Rachel Willis (Kurt Wagner) of Clinton; her grandchildren, J.D. Gibson, and Tyler Hall,...
Justen Layne Brock
Apr 9, 2021
Justen Layne Brock, 7 week old infant son of Daniel and Kaitlyn Johnson Brock, went home to heaven. He was born in Columbia, SC on February 19, 2021 and though his time on earth was short, the love he brought to his family is immeasurable. Justen may have been small, but he was a fighter, and he fought a good...
Dianne Mangum Duncan
Apr 8, 2021
Dianne Mangum Duncan, 80, wife of the late John Thomas Duncan, Sr., passed away peacefully in the care of Hospice of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare in the early hours of Thursday, April 8. Born in 1940 to the late Graham and Atha Mangum, Mrs. Duncan was a native of Pageland, and a current resident of Laurens. She was an active member...
Carolyn Deloris Huey Sherfield
Apr 8, 2021
Carolyn Deloris Huey Sherfield , age 73, widow of Roger Eugene Sherfield, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021 peacefully at her home. She was born August 8, 1947 in Clinton, and was a daughter of the late Edward and Lillie Mae Griffin Huey. She was retired from Clinton Mills, she attended the Lydia Mill Church Of God, and was a...
Christopher Ray Goode
Apr 4, 2021
Dateline – Laurens, SC Christopher Ray Goode, age 35, passed away, Sunday, April 4, 2021. He was born in Clinton, SC, and was a son of Vickie Kuykendall Goode of Laurens and the late Robert A. Goode. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He was of the Baptist Faith and the joy of his life was his two boys,...
Judy Lawson Prather
Apr 2, 2021
Judy Lawson Prather, age 69, of Mountville, SC, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at her home. She was born on April 29, 1951 in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late Keith Lawson and Ada Crowe. She is survived by her husband; Mitchell D. Prather of the home; her children, Amanda D. Barcenas (Victor) of Cross Hill, Michelle...
James "Jim" O'Brien
Apr 2, 2021
James “Jim” O’Brien, son of James Stephen O’Brien and Anna O’Keeffe O’Brien, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, April 2, 2021, at 92 years of age. He was the eldest of six children and a first-generation American Citizen born to Irish immigrant parents. He is survived by his wife, Gail, his two children, Cindy and Jamie, their spouses Joe...
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