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Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Brenda Gale Radford
Aug 31, 2020
Brenda Gale Radford, age 68, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 in Gray Court, SC. She was born in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late James Pennington and Christine Virginia Ensley. Ms. Radford is survived by her two children, Tony Fuller (Leslie) of Clinton, and Melissa Willard of Laurens; her seven grandchildren, Tyler Fuller, Thomas Donnan, Cole...
Walter Allen "Wally" Heaton
Aug 30, 2020
Walter Allen “Wally” Heaton, age 62 of 204 Florence Street passed away August 30, 2020 at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of Walter L. Heaton and Carolyn Davis Heaton. Wally was a member of the Clinton First Pentecostal Holiness Church. He previously worked with the Rescue Squad. He loved his pastor, his...
Georgia Young Cannon
Aug 29, 2020
Georgia Young Cannon, age 79, died Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born on June 17, 1941, in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late John T. Young and Georgia Bee Blakely Young Thomason. She graduated Erskine College Class of 1963, she loved the Flying Fleet of Erskine College and the...
Virginia Gray Vance
Aug 28, 2020
Virginia Gray Vance, widow of Robert Mercer Vance, died peacefully at home with family by her side Friday, August 28, 2020. She was 92 years old. Born in Laurens, South Carolina on July 29, 1928, Virginia was the daughter of L. Russell Gray and Gertrude Sexton Gray. The family moved to Clinton while she was a young child where her...
Donald Guy "Don" Creighton
Aug 27, 2020
Donald Guy “Don” Creighton, age 95, husband of, Mary Frances Wheeler Creighton for 69 years, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2020 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born on April 4, 1925 in Atlanta, GA and was the son of the late James Guy Creighton and Jessie McDonald Creighton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...
Sara Brooks Burns
Aug 27, 2020
Sara Brooks Burns, age 72, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2020 at her home. She was born in Newberry, SC and was a daughter of the late William Moore Brooks and Irene Foshee Brooks. She was co-owner of Burns Service Center, was a member of the Mountville Baptist Church and the Mountville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Sara wants everyone to...
Merri Kathryn Owens
Aug 26, 2020
Merri Kathryn Owens, age 52, passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2020 in Spartanburg. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of Barbara Lawson Owings of Clinton and the late James B. “Jim” Owings. Kathy was a graduate of Clinton High School and Piedmont Tech and a former employee of Wachovia Bank. She was a member of the...
Bruce W. Chalk
Aug 25, 2020
Bruce W. Chalk, age 71, died Tuesday August 25, 2020 at Prisma Health Heart Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Chalk is survived by his wife of 51 years, Ginger, two children: Kevin A. Chalk of Joanna, and daughter Alisa M. Alexander (Trent) of Myrtle Beach, and one brother, Joseph Chalk of Myrtle Beach. He also leaves behind five grandchildren:...
Janet T. Johnson
Aug 25, 2020
Janet Thomasson Johnson, age 73, widow of William C. Johnson, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Newberry, SC and was a daughter of the late E.A. and Madge Thomasson. Janet worked as an RN at Whitten Center for 36 years until her retirement in 2006. She enjoyed lunch weekly with former...
Mary Edra Todd Guessford
Aug 24, 2020
Dateline – Ware Shoals, SC Mary Edra Todd Guessford, age 55, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Troy Melton Todd and Darris McLendon Todd. She is survived by her son, Troy Barker of Ware Shoals, SC; her two grandchildren, Savannah...
Andrew Scott "Andy" Dover
Aug 21, 2020
Dateline – Enoree, SC Andrew Scott “Andy” Dover, age 52, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Spartanburg, SC, and was a son of Cheryl Ingraham Dover of Roebuck and Billy R. Dover of Enoree. Andy was a 1986 Woodruff High School Graduate and a 1988 Greenville Tec Graduate with...
Almeda Jacks Rogers
Aug 19, 2020
Almeda (Meda) Jacks Rogers, 99, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Daughter of the late A.B. and Polly Jacks, she is predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Philip Wiggins Rogers, son Phil Jr., brothers A.B. Jacks Jr., James Jacks and Ert Jacks and sister, Madge Robbins Waldrep. She is survived by her daughters, Mrs....
Teresa Ann Jennings Wooten
Aug 18, 2020
Teresa Ann Jennings Wooten, age 61, of Greer, SC, passed away Tuesday August 18, 2020. She was born in Clinton, SC to Thelma and Roy P Jennings. Teresa had the honor of being in the first group hired at BMW in Greer in 1994 and trained for the position in Germany. She loved working at BMW and spent the remainder...
Harmon Eugene Jennings Jr. "Trigger"
Aug 17, 2020
Harmon Eugene Jennings, Jr. “Trigger” age 71, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 at National HealthCare of Clinton. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late Harmon Eugene Jennings, Sr. and Mildred Summers Jennings. Trigger was a member of the Rosoboro Masonic Lodge #195 for 45 years and served as a Past Master. He was an...
David Thomas Pitts Jr.
Aug 15, 2020
Dateline – Clinton, SC David Thomas Pitts Jr., 76, of Clinton died on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Born in Laurens County, Mr. Pitts had worked as a computer programmer at Ceramtec and Mitsubishi. He was educated at Clemson University in Applied Mathematics and Industrial Management. He is a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. David served as an Elder...
Michael Christopher Gilliam
Aug 14, 2020
Michael Christopher Gilliam, age 50, passed away Friday, August 14, 2020 at his home. He was born in Union and was the son of Harold Gilliam and Debbie Barber. Chris was employed at CCL in Clinton and attended Branch Church in Hickory Tavern. He loved fishing, NASCAR and Dirt Track racing, the Pittsburg Steelers, Clemson Tigers; but most of all...
Margaret Jane Moore
Aug 13, 2020
Dateline – Laurens, SC Margaret Jane Moore, age 66, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2020, at her home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of Margaret Louise Boyd Moore of Laurens and the late William Clyde Moore. Ms. Moore was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church, a graduate of Lander College and an avid reader. She...
Joey Neal Bodie
Aug 12, 2020
Joey Neal Bodie, age 58, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020. He was born in Clinton, SC and was the son of the late Gary and Vera Estes Bodie. He was a former employee of B.F. Shaw, Clinton Mills, and Enoree Mills. Mr. Bodie is survived by his wife, Lisa Pace Bodie; his son, Clay Bodie; his daughter, Miranda Bodie;...
Anita Nelson Barrett
Aug 12, 2020
Anita Nelson Barrett, 66 of Chappells, South Carolina went to meet her heavenly Father on August 12, 2020. Born in Clinton, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Bob and Mary Nelson. She was an active member of Chappells Baptist Church. She started her career at Jacob’s press in Clinton, South Carolina and retired from Keys Printing in Greenville, South...
Polly B. Dunaway
Aug 11, 2020
Polly B. Dunaway, age 93, passed into eternity on August 11, 2020 at her son’s home in Chappells, SC. Mrs. Dunaway was the last surviving sibling of her family, she was born September 9, 1926 the late George W. Brazill and Lillie Vanderford Brazill. Mrs. Dunaway retired from Clinton Mills. She was a lifelong member of Calvary Baptist Church, where...
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