Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Ann King
Dec 12, 2018
Ann King, age 85, the widow George Nelson King, Jr., passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in McCormick, SC and was the daughter of the late Lionel Leo Hornsby and Thelma Stone Hornsby. Mrs. King was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. She is survived by her...
David Wayne Owens
Dec 12, 2018
David Wayne Owens, age 64, finished his race on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 4, 1954 in Greenville County and was a son of the late Pete Owens and Pearl Pittman Avery, and his step-father, Joseph Avery. He attended Clinton School and was a graduate of Beaver Creek Bible Institute, and was the...
Christine R. "Christy" Huckabee
Dec 10, 2018
Dateline – Laurens, SC Christine R. “Christy” Thomason Huckabee, age 47, of Laurens, SC, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018, at Greenville Memorial Hospital after many years of declining health and after suffering a heart attack one week earlier. Christy was the daughter of Mary Crocker Crompton and the late Jack Thomason. In addition to her mother, she is survived...
John Robert Christopher Flynn
Dec 8, 2018
John Robert Christopher Flynn of Whitmire, South Carolina departed his life of service on Earth to enter into God’s Kingdom on December 8, 2018. Born on July 19, 1959 John was a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina but he has spent nearly 40 years as a beloved resident of Whitmire. He was predeceased by his father Leroy and his...
George Edward Marshall Sr.
Dec 7, 2018
George Edward Marshall Sr., age 70, of 525 Browning Ave. passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at his home. He was born in Joanna, SC and was a son of the late Hick and Jeanette Marshall. Mr. Marshall was a former employee of Greenwood Mills, Clinton Mills and BMW. He was an active member and deacon of the First Baptist...
Deborah Ann Barnes
Dec 6, 2018
Deborah Ann Barnes, 63, of 727 Whitmire Hwy passed away December 6, 2018 at her home. She was born in Clinton SC and was a daughter of the late Zack and Mildred Heaton Bible. Deborah was retired from Textiles and she attended Believers Tabernacle. She is survived by her two daughters, Renee Tucker of Clinton and Brandi Barnes of Joanna;...
Mary Walker Ray
Dec 4, 2018
Mary Walker Ray, age 91, widow of Edward H. Ray, passed away December 4, 2018 at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late John Bee and Agnes Garner Walker. She was retired from the Clinton Mills Office and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Ray...
Randall Scott Frye
Nov 30, 2018
Randall Scott Frye, 55, of Laurens, passed away peacefully on November 30th at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Randall was born at Wallace Thomson Hospital to Eleanor and Oscar Frye on January 14, 1963. He went to Whitmire High School and graduated in the class of 1981. He graduated from Winthrop College with a bachelor's degree of visual arts and enjoyed the...
Shirley Ann Lawson Childress
Nov 30, 2018
Dateline – Clinton Shirley Ann Lawson Childress, age 73, widow of Richard Horace Childress, formerly of 2245 Milam Road, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Lewis and Mildred Agnes Blackwell Lawson. Mrs. Childress is survived by her daughter, Marie Childress...
Grace Tumblin Smith
Nov 28, 2018
Grace Smith, 101, passed away peacefully at NHC, Clinton on November 28, 2018. She had been a resident of Greenwood, SC since 1999. Previously, Grace and her husband lived for 50 years in New Iberia, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Harley and Ethel Tumblin of Laurens. She was predeceased by her husband, of 52 years, Henry C. Smith in...
Stanley "Stan" Lloyd Patrick
Nov 24, 2018
Stanley “Stan” Lloyd Patrick, age 67, of 309 Enchanted Oaks Drive, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018. He was born in Kingman, KS and was a son of Ruby Kaughman Manjeot and the late Loyd Patrick. He was a member of Waterloo United Methodist Church and was employed with the Swift Transportation for 8 years, and had previously worked with...
Joan Covington Williams
Nov 22, 2018
Joan Covington Williams, 81, of Pamplico, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Mrs. Williams was born in Laurens County, SC a daughter of the late Robert Covington and Ida Darnell Covington. She graduated from Laurens High School where she starred in basketball and retired from the Town of Pamplico. She was a long time member of Pamplico United Methodist...
Nora Laverne Hawkins
Nov 22, 2018
Dateline – Fountain Inn, SC Nora Laverne Hawkins, age 79, of 2801 Hellams Road, Gray Court, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018, at the Carlyle Senior Care of Fountain Inn. She was born in Saluda and was a daughter of the late Daniel Lathrop and Bessie Crouch Lathrop. Mrs. Hawkins is survived by her children, Kevin and Ann Hawkins of...
Norma Wallar Fryfogle
Nov 21, 2018
Norma Wallar Fryfogle, widow of Kenneth Evans Fryfogle, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018. Norma was born on October 21, 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was the daughter of John Franklin Wallar and Florence McRae Wallar. Norma was predeceased by her husband; sister, Ruth Wallar Main; brothers, Lorne, Andy, and Murray Wallar. Norma is survived by two daughters,...
Loyd "Hack" Taylor
Nov 21, 2018
Loyd “Hack” Taylor, age 76, of Gray Court went home to be with the lord November 21, 2018. Born July 16, 1942 to Loyd Taylor and Mary Strickland Taylor. Loyd worked for American Security. He also worked many years in Clinton Mills and Joanna Mill. He loved fishing and trying his luck at scratch off lottery tickets, fast cars and...
Edna Putnam Ballard
Nov 20, 2018
Edna Putnam Ballard, age 93, widow of Rufus William Ballard, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at the Trident Health System in North Charleston. She was born in Laurens County, SC and was a daughter of the late William Guy and Elizabeth Cooper Putnam. Mrs. Ballard was retired from her only job with Greenwood Mills Joanna Plant after 44 years...
Elaine Bennett Olmsted
Nov 18, 2018
Elaine Bennett Olmsted, 79, widow of Robert Walsh Olmsted passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late James Fletcher Bennett and Juliaette Duckett Bennett. Elaine grew up at Thornwell in Clinton and retired as an office administrator while living in Thomaston, Maine, however her true life’s work was raising her...
Charles Fredrick Brown
Nov 15, 2018
Charles Fredrick Brown, age 79, and the widower of Joann Brown, passed away, Thursday, November 15, 2018 at his home. He was born in Jacksonville, FL and was the son of the late Nell Brown Farmer and Charles Loyd Brown. He was employed with Michelin Tire, and served as Deacon for many years with at the Breakthrough Tabernacle in Joanna....
Betty Ann Eaton
Nov 15, 2018
Betty Ann Eaton, age 81, and widow of Carl E. Eaton, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Renie and Annie Baker Price. Betty was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother; she was an active member of the First Assembly of God of Clinton. She is...
Martha C. Kennington
Nov 13, 2018
Martha C. Kennington, age 80, widow of John W. Kennington Sr. passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina in Clinton. She was born in Rock Hill and was a daughter of the late Rembert and Eula Smith Clark. Mrs. Kennington was a real estate agent for many years and retired from Century 21 the...
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