Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
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...
Mary Sonya Nicole Greene
Jul 17, 2021
Mary Sonya Nicole Greene, age 43, of Clinton, SC passed away Saturday, July 17, 2021. Sonya came into the world January 25, 1978 in Clinton, SC and was loved the moment we laid eyes on her. She was a daughter of Lemuel C. Greene, III and step-mother, Sarah, and Katherine L. Deadwyler. As she grew, her personality began to shine....
Brenda Austin Jenkins
Jul 14, 2021
Brenda Austin Jenkins, age 75, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at the J.F. Nursing home in Newberry, SC. She was born July 24, 1945 in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Leslie Austin and Venie Smart Austin. Mrs. Jenkins is survived by her husband, Elmer Oxner Jenkins, Sr. of the home; her daughter, Lynn Jenkins Templeton...
Harold John Preston Sr.
Jul 13, 2021
Harold John Preston, Sr., age 84, of Clinton, widower of Margaret Ann Preston, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born May 9, 1937 in Cincinnatus, New York and was a son of the late Lester Preston and the late, Jenny Marie Elmore Preston. He was the owner of B&P Shades of Clinton. He is...
Barbara Nell Wyatt
Jul 11, 2021
Barbara Nell Wyatt, age 82, of Clinton, widow of Rev. Paul F. Wyatt, Jr., passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021, at her home. She was born September 21, 1938 in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Algie R. and Nellie Bailey Griffin. She was formerly employed with Anderson Hosiery and Frampton Hall. She is survived by her daughter,...
James W. Dees Jr.
Jul 10, 2021
James W. Dees, Jr., age 63, of Newberry, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021, at his home. He was born November 6, 1957 in Fort Jackson and was a son of the late Staff Sergeant James W. (Sonny) Dees, Sr. and the late Clara Baldwin Dees. He was an auctioneer; and also worked in the Laurens and Newberry Walmart stores....
John Bradford Madden
Jul 9, 2021
John Bradford Madden, age 57, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 17, 1964, in Clinton SC and was the son of the late Andrew B and Mary Lewis Madden. John was a veteran of the South Carolina National Guard, a former employee of Norbord and a member of Holly...
Henry Kenneth Ivester
Jul 9, 2021
Henery Kenneth Ivester, 74, of Clinton, passed away Friday, July 9, 2021, at NHC of Clinton. He was born November 17, 1946 in Toccoa, GA and was a son of the late Wesley Ivester, Sr. and the late Monlee Gaines Ivester. He was formerly employed with Clinton Mills and was the owner and operator of Ivester's small engine repair. Mr....
Wayne Hamlet Daniel
Jul 8, 2021
Wayne Hamlet Daniel of Waterloo, SC, husband of Julia Johnson Daniel, died at his home July 8, 2021. He was born August 24, 1938, a son of the late Alvin Vance Daniel, Sr., and Grace Selena Smith Daniel. Wayne served in the US Army Reserves, worked for Liberty Life Insurance Company, and retired from Monsanto in Greenwood, SC. Along with...
George Henry Cornelson Iv
Jul 8, 2021
George Henry Cornelson IV passed into God’s eternal care on July 8th, 2021 at his home Merrie Oaks in Clinton, SC surrounded by his loving family. Born on July 12, 1931, George was the only child of George Henry Cornelson, III and Elizabeth Woodward Cornelson who sadly passed away five days before his 2nd birthday. George was born and spent...
Sara Clark Byars
Jul 3, 2021
Sara Clark Byars, a resident of Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina at Clinton since 2016, and formerly living at 311 Laurens Street, Joanna, SC, departed this earth and entered her Heavenly home on July 3, 2021. She was born on the historic date of April 6, 1917, (the day the United States entered World War I), in Goldville, SC, renamed...
Nathaniel Hunter Sipes
Jun 27, 2021
Nathaniel Hunter Sipes, age 20, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born May 14, 2001, in Laurens, SC and is the son of James Travis Sipes and Angela Wilson Whiteford. Hunter was a Firefighter with the City of Clinton Fire Department; an employee of Food Lion in Clinton; a member of Bellview Baptist...
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