Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Faye Buckner Fox
Jul 14, 2024
Faye Buckner Fox, age 83, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born October 2, 1940, in Monterey, TN and was a daughter of the late Alexander Jefferson Buckner and Bertie Norrod Buckner. Mrs. Fox is survived by her husband, Rod Fox; her daughters, Terri Lynn Boland (Rex) and Susan Rae Bettinger...
Joyce Walsh Rykard
Jul 12, 2024
Joyce Walsh Rykard, age 84, widow of David S. “Skip” Rykard passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at the home of her daughter. Joyce was born September 9, 1939, in Fairfield County and was the daughter of the late Clifton and Blanche Ramsey Walsh. She was a retired Social Worker with the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Joyce enjoyed...
Paula Patterson Culbertson
Jul 11, 2024
Paula Patterson Culbertson, age 61, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, July 11, 2024. She was born March 26, 1963, in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Roger Patterson, Sr. and Carolyn Diane Smith Patterson. Paula had a heart of gold and was always there for her loved ones. She loved her husband, her dog Zoe,...
Barbara Elizabeth Anderson
Jul 9, 2024
Barbara Elizabeth Anderson, 79, died from cancer on July 9th, 2024 at her home in Brookhaven. Georgia. Barbara was born in Clinton, S.C. to James Ernest Anderson, Sr. and Chloe McClure Anderson. Barbara had a distinguished career in IT beginning at Bell Labs and spanning many decades at several other prestigious corporations. Known by all her co-workers as a diligent...
Troy "Yankee Frank" Pridham
Jul 9, 2024
Troy "Yankee Frank" Pridham, age 50, of Whitmire, SC, husband of Tracy Wallen Pridham, passed away, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at Lexington Medical Center. Born December 5, 1973 in Augusta, Maine, he was a son of the late Ronald and Betty Moody Pridham. He was a US Army Veteran and worked with Michelin in Spartanburg for 25 years. Yankee Frank...
Julia Johnson Sims Daniel
Jul 4, 2024
Julia Johnson Sims Daniel, 79, widow of her beloved husband, Wayne Hamlet Daniel, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, July 4, 2024, after a courageous battle with multiple ailments. Julia was born in Laurens County, South Carolina, and grew up in Hickory Tavern where she graduated from high school. A daughter of the late Blygh Johnson and Mary...
Wanda S. Wright
Jul 3, 2024
Wanda S. Wright, age 76, the widow of Milford Wright, passed away, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Clinton, SC on January 25, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Noah Thomas and Rosie Virginia Wilson Scott. Wanda was a member of Bellivew Baptist Church and her world revolved around her children, grandchildren...
Mary Jean Knight Timmerman
Jul 1, 2024
Mary Jean Knight Timmerman, 94, widow of Eugene Murphey Timmerman, died Monday, July 1, 2024. Born in Greenville County on April 15, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Robert Arnold and Mary Jane McKittrick Knight. She graduated from Honea Path High School and attended Limestone College. She was employed with Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority for thirty-five years. Mrs....
Carolyn Ann Seward Mullen
Jun 28, 2024
Mother | Grandmother | Georgia Fan On June 28, 2024, Carolyn Ann Seward Mullen passed away at the age of 81 in Greenville, SC. She was the daughter of the late Fred Walter Seward and Laura Wilma “Honey” Seward. Ann was born in Wilmington, NC in 1943 where her father helped build ships during World War II. After the war,...
Julia Ada Ann Furr Freeman
Jun 26, 2024
Julia Ada Ann Furr Freeman, born in a log cabin on the outskirts of Clinton, South Carolina, on July 24, 1936, passed away peacefully in her home on June 26, 2024. She was 87 years old. The widow of LTC (Ret.) William Curtis Freeman; she was the daughter of the late Olin F. Furr, Sr. and his wife, Helen Ella...
Fred Delvis Beckett
Jun 23, 2024
Fred Delvis Beckett, age 84, husband of Priscilla Sue Beckett, passed away, Sunday, June 23, 2024 at his home. He was born on June 18, 1940 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania and was the son of the late Olin Vernon and Betty Jean Gresil Beckett. Fred was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in Green Beret Special Forces, receiving a Purple Heart and was...
Barbara Jean Owen Wessinger
Jun 23, 2024
Barbara Jean Owen Wessinger entered into a much-deserved eternal rest early Sunday morning, June 23, 2024. She was born in Pendleton, S.C., on Dec. 11, 1930, in the house built by her great-great-grandmother, where her father and grandmother had also been born. She lived there on the farm with her grandparents, “Dee” and Ollie Owen, and parents, Ansel Ojie Owen...
Brian Keith Sanders
Jun 21, 2024
Brian Keith Sanders, age 61, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024, at his home. Keith was born in Clinton, South Carolina, and was the son of the late Betty Joann King Sanders and Talmadge Sanders. Keith is survived by his niece LeeAnn Campbell (Jeremy) and his nephew Austin McWatters; his great nephew, Talan Campbell and great niece, Kamryn Campbell; his...
Susan Undari Young
Jun 13, 2024
Susan Undari Young, age 72, of Clinton, SC, wife of James Mason Young, Sr. passed away, Thursday, June 13, 2024. Born November 17, 1951 in Torrington, Connecticut, she was a daughter of the late Alfio Rino and Margaret Stickney Undari. She was a proud alumnus of Clinton High School, received a BS from Winthrop University, and received a master’s degree...
Donald Houston May Sr.
Jun 12, 2024
Donald Houston May, Sr., age 76, widower of Connie Sue May, passed away, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Don was born in Newberry, South Carolina and was the son of the late Ralph Houston and Mary Crumpton May. He retired from Torrington and in his spare time, he enjoyed cutting grass and wood, spending time...
David Barry "Bapa" Whitman
Jun 10, 2024
David Barry “BaPa” Whitman, age 81, passed away Monday, June 10, 2024 at his home. He was born in Clinton, SC, the son of the late David Clarence and Medora Campbell Whitman on May 3, 1943. He worked at Clinton Mills for 33 years, with Lifelong Learning for 8 years, and managed Pinelawn Memory Gardens for the last 18 years....
Berrie Jean Rogers
Jun 9, 2024
Berrie Jean Rogers, age 68, of Clinton, wife of William Everette Rogers, passed away peacefully, Sunday, June 9, 2024 at her home. She was born December 31, 1955 in Clinton, SC, and was a daughter of the late Eugene “Frank” Whiteford and Florence Virginia Cannon Whiteford. Surviving in addition to her husband, are her daughters, Wendy Mars Kelly (Scott) of...
Bruce "Wayne" Ballew
Jun 8, 2024
Bruce “Wayne” Ballew, age 70, formerly of Clinton, SC, passed away June 8, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born October 9, 1953 in Clinton, SC and was the son of the late Sarah Owens and Eugene Ballew. Wayne lived a very full life filled with fun, fishing, love, faith, and family. He taught many about kindness and thoughtfulness of...
Joseph Chipley "Chippy" Able Jr.
Jun 4, 2024
Joseph Chipley “Chippy” Able, Jr., age 76, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at National Healthcare of Laurens. He was born January 14, 1948 in Abbeville, SC, and was a son of the late Joseph Chipley Able, Sr. and Mary Busbee Able. Mr. Able is survived by his children, Dana Ivey, Christina Able Stokes (Dino), and Jason Able; his eight...
William Edward Bigbee
Jun 1, 2024
William Edward Bigbee, age 74, husband of Sandra Roth Bigbee, passed away, Saturday, June 1, 2024 at his home. Billy was born in Clinton, South Carolina on December 2, 1949, and was the son of the late Lawrence Edward and Ila Wright Bigbee. Billy was a Navy Veteran serving our country in the Vietnam War. He loved being on the...
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