Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Helen Virginia Gabona
Dec 23, 2019
Helen Virginia Gabona, age 89, widow of John Frank Gabona, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at the Hospice Care of the Piedmont. Mrs. Gabona was born in Joanna and was a daughter of the late Golden Jasper Owens and Helen Barton Owens. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Wayne Gabona; three grandchildren, Jeffrey, Joseph, and Scotty Gabona; her...
Teresa Lynn Pace Thrift
Dec 20, 2019
Teresa Lynn Pace Thrift age 54 of 239 Flint Hill Rd. passed away Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. She was born in Union, SC and was a daughter of Barbara Seymore Pace and David Monroe Pace of Whitmire. Teresa was a retired employee of Renfro, Whitmire Plant and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her parents, are...
Samuel Charles Foster
Dec 20, 2019
Samuel “Sammy” Charles Foster, age 73, of 260 Medical Ridge Road, Laurens, SC, entered eternal rest on Friday, December 20, 2019 at Missions Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was the son of the late Harry Litton Foster, Sr and Noleeka Young Foster. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, retired car salesman and member of Calvary Baptist Church....
Clarence Olin "Co" Freeman
Dec 19, 2019
Clarence Olin “CO” Freeman, husband of Betty J Freeman passed away December 19, 2019 at his home. He was born December 10, 1933, in Wellford SC to the late Ed and Clara Freeman. A US Navy Veteran of the Korean War, he served on the USS Princeton as a Machinist Mate 3rd Class. In 1965 he started Southern Aluminum Foundry...
Cecil L. Trammel
Dec 18, 2019
Cecil L. Trammel age 82, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at his home. He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was a son of the late W. B. Pitts and Cora Mae Waddell Pitts. Mr. Trammel was a retired employee of Laurens Glass and a former employee of Winn-Dixie. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a...
Jerry Lamar Kirkland
Dec 17, 2019
Jerry Lamar Kirkland, age 74, passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Duke University Medical Center. Jerry fought a short battle with mesothelioma with strength and dignity. Born in Greenwood County, he was the son of the late Arthur Clarence and Anna Katherine Kirkland. After graduating from Greenwood High School he enlisted in the United...
Clyde "Skeeter" Kastner
Dec 17, 2019
Dateline – Laurens, SC Clyde “Skeeter” Kastner, age 81, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Skeeter was a beloved Dad and Papa. A born again believer in Jesus Christ and member of Friendship Presbyterian Church of Hickory Tavern. Life-long Mason and Shriner. Surviving are Susan Campbell and her family. Graveside services will be held at Greenville Memorial Gardens on Saturday,...
Grover Raymond Sanders
Dec 17, 2019
Grover Raymond Sanders, age 78, a resident of NHC of Laurens, passed away at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital on December 17, 2019. He was born in McCormick, SC and was a son of the late Raymond Sanders and Leona York Lyda. He was a member at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Clinton and a former employee of Torrington...
Paul Robert Mode
Dec 16, 2019
Paul Robert Mode, age 73 passed away Monday, December 16, 2019 at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. Mr. Mode was born in Rock Hill and was a son of the late Summie Mode and Reba Henson Mode. He retired as Captain from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Department and was the last Charter Member of the Joanna Fire Department where he...
Mardrie Scruggs Sprouse
Dec 15, 2019
Mardrie Scruggs Sprouse, age 95, widower of Ben T. Sprouse, Jr., passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Caroleen, NC and was the daughter of the late Roy Scruggs and Evelyn Scruggs. Mama was a lifelong member of the Lydia Mill Church of God. If the doors were open, she...
Paul T. Waters Jr
Dec 12, 2019
Dateline – Laurens, SC Paul T. Waters, Jr., age 64, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the Laurens County Memorial Home. He was born in Greer and was a son of Sarah Vaughn Waters and the late Paul T. Waters, Sr. Mr. Waters was survived by his mother; his son, Paul T. Waters, III (Melanie Osting) of Spartanburg; his...
Martha W. Nelson
Dec 11, 2019
Martha W. Nelson, age 89, of 721 Calvert Ave, passed away December 11, 2019 at the National Health Care of Clinton. Mrs. Nelson was born in Spartanburg and was a daughter of the late James Y. Wallace and Mary Crews Wallace both originally of Laurens. She was a 1951 graduate of Converse College and Spartanburg High School Class of 1947....
Joanne Smitherman
Dec 10, 2019
Joanne Smitherman, age 75, of 126 Rail Lane, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of the late Vernon Huneycutt and Earline Crisp Huneycutt. She was a former seamstress and worked for several shirt manufacturing companies. Mrs. Smitherman is survived by her husband, James Smitherman of...
Dawn Renee Noble-Moore
Dec 8, 2019
Dawn Renee Noble-Moore, age 62, passed away, Sunday, December 8, 2019 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born Santa Monica, CA and was the daughter of Carmelita Noble and the late Virgil C. Noble. She attended school in Santa Monica, CA and Ponca City, OK, and attended the University of Oklahoma at Ada. In addition to her mother she...
Loewana Merrill
Dec 7, 2019
Loewana Merrill, age 76 of 107 Blalock St. and widow of Peter R. Merrill, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7th 2019 at her home. She was born in Blue Ridge, GA and was a daughter of the late Fred James Rice and Girtha Patterson Rice Marshall. Lou retired from Carolina Beautiful after 40 years of service, she attended the Assembly of...
Virginia B. Ashmore
Dec 6, 2019
Dateline – Laurens, SC Virginia B. Ashmore, age 79, of 326 Brandwood Lane and widow of Clarence Monroe Ashmore, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019, at her home. She was born in Williamsburg, SC and was a daughter of the late Nollie M. and Byrdette Cribb Bryant. Mrs. Ashmore was survived by her sons, Kenny Ashmore (Samantha) of Laurens, Dustin...
Timothy Dean Taylor
Dec 6, 2019
Dateline – Clinton, SC Timothy Dean Taylor, age 51, passed away Friday, December 6, 2019 at his home. He was born in Simpsonville, SC on June 23, 1968 and was a son of Joe Terry Taylor and Cathie Dominick Taylor, both of Clinton. He was an employee of Samsung in Newberry, a former employee of Walmart Distribution in Laurens, and...
Mack Junior Craine
Dec 5, 2019
Mack Junior Craine, age 83, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the National Healthcare of Clinton. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late McDaniel Craine and Lula Mae Landers Craine. Mr. Craine is survived by his children, Sandra Case of Greenwood, Arnold Shipp (Shai) of Clinton, Lester “Jack” Shipp (Angie) of Port Clinton, OH,...
Kevin Dennis Neighbors
Dec 4, 2019
Kevin Dennis Neighbors, age 36, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at his home. He was born in Greenwood, SC and was the son of Linda S. Neighbors and the late Dennis Neighbors, Jr. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his brother, William Kory Gillespie of Laurens; his grandmothers, Carolyn Neighbors of Laurens and Jean Simmons of...
Joann Is Page
Dec 3, 2019
JoAnn Revis Page, age 64, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at her home. She was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of Jimmy Revis and the late Rachel C. Revis. In addition to her father she is survived by her son, Jim Page (Krista Samples) of Newberry; her daughter, Summer Page (Brandon King) of Clinton; her granddaughter,...
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