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Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC

Johnny W. Knight

Johnny W. Knight

Apr 2, 2019

Johnny W. Knight, 68, of 3744 Torrington Road passed away April 2, 2019 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Arthur Knight and Lillian Hazel Knight. Mr. Knight is survived by his brother, Gene Knight (Frances) of Woodruff and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be conducted Friday,...

Ray Shepheard

Ray Shepheard

Mar 30, 2019

Dateline – Laurens Ray Shepheard, age 74, of 109 Pinehaven Street, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Zeb Vance Shepheard and Lillie Mae Sykes Shepheard. Ray was employed with Shaw Industries and was a former employee of Palmetto Spinning. He also attended Sandy...

Joyce K. Gray

Joyce K. Gray

Mar 29, 2019

Dateline – Gray Court Joyce K. Gray, 85, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019 at her home. Mrs. Gray was born in Bryant, AL, and was a daughter of the late Frank and Viola Ellis Knittel. She was a former employee of Palmetto Bank and owner of Souvenir Plants. She was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Gray is survived by...

Samuel "Sam" Baxter Pruitt

Samuel "Sam" Baxter Pruitt

Mar 29, 2019

Samuel “Sam” Baxter Pruitt, age 60, passed away March 29, 2019. He was born in Union, SC was a son of the late Keith Lander Pruitt and Mildred Smith Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt was a former Paramedic with the Richland County EMS, a former Sheriff Deputy with Newberry County Sheriffs Office, and a former Officer with the Whitmire Police Department. Sam...

Peggy Ginn Holland

Peggy Ginn Holland

Mar 28, 2019

Peggy Ginn Holland, 73, of 959 Buddy Knight Road passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Hospice of Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late William and Mary Ross Osborne. Mrs. Holland was a retired LPN from National HealthCare of Laurens with 26 years of service, she continued working in...

Timothy Alexander Mcalister

Timothy Alexander Mcalister

Mar 28, 2019

Mr. Timothy Alexander McAlister, 36, of Clinton, passed away unexpectedly on March 28, 2019 in Montgomery, Texas. He was a proud Veteran with the Army National Guard who served in 2 wars, Iraqi Freedom in Iraqi and Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal. Combat Action Badge, National Defense Service Medal, Global war...

Phoebe Young Mcleod

Phoebe Young Mcleod

Mar 26, 2019

Phoebe Young McLeod age 90 passed away Tuesday, Mar. 26th at the The Clinton Presbyterian Community. She was born in Newberry, SC and was the daughter of the late Helen Epting Minick. Mrs. McLeod worked as a switchboard operator with Southern Bell, with Sears and Roebuck as a sales clerk, the Clinton First Baptist Church as a Pre-school Teacher, where...

James Barney Croy

James Barney Croy

Mar 23, 2019

James Barney Croy, age 84, of 108 Beauregard Street, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019, at his home. He was born in Georgia and was a son of the late Clyde and Eliza Anderson Croy. Mr. Croy was retired from Clinton Mills and was an avid Carolina and Red Devils fan. He is survived by his wife, Bernice S. Croy...

James Ray Kelley

James Ray Kelley

Mar 23, 2019

James Ray Kelley, age 67, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. He was born in Joanna, SC and was a son of the late Harry Holland Kelley and Ellie Flow Kelley. Mr. Kelley is survived by his wife and the love of his life of 46 years, Tina G. Kelley of the home;...

Donna Price Hudson

Donna Price Hudson

Mar 21, 2019

Donna Price Hudson, age 59, of 426 Academy Street, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019. She was born in Spartanburg and was the daughter of Helen Mabry Price and the late William B. Price. Mrs. Hudson is survived by her husband, Antonio Hudson of the home, and two sons, Ian Marcus Hudson and Seth Aaron Hudson both of Laurens. She...

Ellen Gray Nicholson Williams

Ellen Gray Nicholson Williams

Mar 18, 2019

Ellen Gray Nicholson Williams, 99, died peacefully on Monday, March 18, 2019 at the Martha Franks Retirement Community. Born in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of William Shepard Nicholson and Monte Hyatt Nicholson. She was born March 6, 1920. She graduated from Union High School, SC attended Mary Baldwin College in Virginia and graduated from Converse College. She was...

Thomas Randolph Davis Jr.

Thomas Randolph Davis Jr.

Mar 18, 2019

Thomas Randolph Davis, Jr., passed away Monday, March 18, 2019. Tommy was born in Clinton, SC in 1937 to the late Thomas Randolph Davis, Sr. and Margaret DuPree Davis. Tommy was a graduate of Clinton High School and the University of Tennessee. Tommy was president of PTO, Inc. based in Houston, TX and retired to his “Homeplace” in Clinton, SC....

Stephanie Moates

Stephanie Moates

Mar 16, 2019

Stephanie Moates, 33 of 115 Wagon Trail Road passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Lexington Medical Center. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of Russel and Dawn Moates. Stephanie was employed by Roberts Citgo. She was a graduate of Newberry High School and attended Queens Memorial Presbyterian Church. She has a kind loving spirit and...

Wilma M. "Honey" Seward

Wilma M. "Honey" Seward

Mar 14, 2019

Wilma M. “Honey” Seward Wife | Mother | Grandmother | Great-grandmother Leader | Entrepreneur | Sports Fan | Lover of Life On March 14, 2019, Laura Wilma McCrimmon Seward passed away at age 94 after a long, happy, very well-spent life. Born in Carthage, NC in 1924, she was the youngest child of Hugh Archibald McCrimmon and Laura Barber McCrimmon....

Annie Elizabeth Uldrick

Annie Elizabeth Uldrick

Mar 14, 2019

Annie Elizabeth Uldrick, age 81, widow of the late Robert Uldrick, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Greenville at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton, and was a daughter of the late Melton Burton and Annie Lewis Burton. Mrs. Uldrick was survived by her sons, Donald Beheler, Jr. and Timothy Beheler, both of Union; her daughters,...

Michael D. Van Vranken

Michael D. Van Vranken

Mar 13, 2019

Michael D. Van Vranken, age 78, of 504 AB Jacks Rd., passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at his home. He was born in Chicago, IL and was a son of the late Warren George Van Vranken, Jr. and Lurline Frank Van Vranken. Mike worked in several states in sheet metal fabrication before his retirement from Santa Rosa Heating and...

Alfred Wise

Alfred Wise

Mar 13, 2019

Alfred Wise, age 90, of 530 N Main Street, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the National Health Care of Clinton. He was born in Buffalo, SC and was a son of the late Walter Pat Wise and Viola Johnson Wise. Mr. Wise was a retired pipe fitter at Cullum Mechanical in Greenwood, was a member of the Community...

Glenn O. Dellinger

Glenn O. Dellinger

Mar 11, 2019

Glenn O. Dellinger, age 88 and widower of Patty Wooten Dellinger passed away Monday, March 11, 2019 at the Self Reginal Medical Center in Greenwood. Mr. Dellinger was born in Kings Mountain, NC and was the son of the late Burgin and Annie Dellinger. He worked in textiles all his life and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church...

Sonja Lee Chapman

Sonja Lee Chapman

Mar 10, 2019

Dateline – Laurens, SC Sonja Lee Chapman, age 51, of 458 Brandwood Lane, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. She was born in Saluda, SC and was a daughter of Barbara S. Goodman of Saluda. She was employed at Walmart in Simpsonville. In addition to her mother, Ms. Chapman is survived by...

Lisa Marie Burden Wilbanks

Lisa Marie Burden Wilbanks

Mar 10, 2019

Lisa Marie Burden Wilbanks, age 48, of 303 Blalock Drive Joanna, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019 at the Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Nellie Strickland and Roger Burden. Lisa was an employee of the United Community Bank and a member of the Woodruff Church of God. She was a loving...

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