Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Gwendolyn Elaine Eaton
Jan 15, 2019
Gwendolyn Elaine Eaton, age 61 of 1817 Hwy 92 passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Charles Bruce Williamson, Sr. and Emma Hayes Williamson. Ms. Eaton was a former caregiver and member of the Lydia Mill Church of God. Surviving are a son, Harold Andrew Case,...
Joseph Wesley Holder Jr.
Jan 15, 2019
Joseph Wesley Holder Jr., age 59, of 201 Elizabeth Street passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2019. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Joseph Wesley Holder Sr. and Geraldine Beaman Holder. Mr. Holder is survived by his brother, Richard H. Tollison, Sr. of Clinton; special friend, Cynthia Mann of the home; his nephew, Richard Tollison...
Eva Jo "Betty Jo" Crawford
Jan 14, 2019
Eva Jo “Betty Jo” Crawford, age 82, widow of Adger T. Crawford, Jr., went to meet Jesus, Monday, January 14, 2019, at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. She was born in Union and was a daughter of the late Barth F. and Pearl Wright Vanderford. Mrs. Crawford retired from Clinton Mills, Lydia Mills Plant, and was a member...
William "Ken" Smith
Jan 12, 2019
Dateline – Waterloo, SC William “Ken” Smith, Sr., age 81, widower of Elizabeth Lothridge Smith, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019, at the Hospicecare of the Piedmont in Greenwood. He was born in Laurens, SC and was a son of the late Jesse and Alma Adams Smith. Mr. Smith retired from Suburban Propane as District Manager and was a member...
Ellen Elizabeth Aiken Andrews
Jan 12, 2019
Ellen Elizabeth Aiken Andrews, age 87, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Liberty, SC and was the daughter of the late Major Duffie Aiken and Eva Smith Aiken. Mrs. Andrews is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Robert Andrews of the home; her son, Robert “Bobby” Andrews (Angelina Hatcher) of...
John Michael (Mike) Reddeck
Jan 11, 2019
Dateline - Clinton John Michael (Mike) Reddeck, 73, of Clinton, SC died January 11, 2019, surrounded by family, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Mike was born on October 3rd, 1945 in Rome, GA to Lawrence (Pinky) Smith Reddeck, Jr. and Sarah Evelyn (Peggy) Pitts Reddeck. He grew up in Clinton and graduated from Clinton High School in 1963, where...
Everlena Whelchel Frazier
Jan 11, 2019
Dateline – Joanna, SC Everlena Whelchel Frazier, age 98, the widow of R H Frazier and longtime resident of Joanna, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Gaffney, SC and was a daughter of the late Benson D. and Everlena Garner Whelchel. She retired from the Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant and...
Virginia Rogers Davis
Jan 11, 2019
Virginia Rogers Davis, age 74, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Woodruff, SC and was a daughter of the late Henry James Grady Rogers and Loree Lawson Norwood Rogers. She was a house wife and member of the New Beginnings Church of God of Prophecy. Mrs. Davis is survived by...
Donald Alva "Tot" Johnson
Jan 10, 2019
Donald Alva “Tot” Johnson, age 72, of 183 Flint Hill Road, Whitmire passed away January 10, 2019 at Palmetto Health Richland. He was born in Newberry, SC and he was the son of the late John Alva Johnson and Lena Blanche Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a graduate of Whitmire High School. Don, known to friends as “Tot” worked at serval...
Linda Jo Cash Pace
Jan 10, 2019
Linda Jo Cash Pace, age 77, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019 at her home. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Raymond and Mabel King Cash. She was retired from the Clinton Mills and was a devoted mom, wife, and grandma. She always put the needs of her children and grandchildren first, she...
Elizabeth "Libby" Nabors Rowland
Jan 6, 2019
Elizabeth “Libby” Nabors Rowland, age 70, widow of Bill Rowland passed away January 6, 2019 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Joanna and was the daughter of the late William P. and Thelma Byars Nabors. Mrs. Rowland taught school for 29 years in District 56 Schools, Bailey Elementary, Martha Dendy, Bell Street Middle and also Thornwell Middle School....
Vera Gaskin Shealy
Jan 2, 2019
Vera Gaskin Shealy – Born Oct. 2, 1920 - Died January 2, 2019 (98 years old). Born in Calhoun County, S.C., Vera resided in West Columbia, S. C. until her marriage to Andrew Wilmot Shealy Jr. The couple lived briefly in Newnan, Ga. settling in Clinton, S.C. in around 1946. Vera lived in Clinton 70 years before moving to Charlotte,...
Barry Edward Elsmore
Jan 2, 2019
Barry Edward Elsmore, age 67, of 50 Wood Street passed away January 2, 2019 at his home. He was the son of the late Cecil Elsmore and Carrie Griffin Elsmore. Mr. Elsmore is survived by his wife Donna Elsmore of the home, his sons, Samuel Ryan Elsmore (Robin) of Mt. Pleasant and Ian Barry Elsmore of Whitmire; and his granddaughter,...
Bernice England Gouge
Jan 1, 2019
Mrs. Bernice England Gouge, a resident of Clinton, South Carolina, and a former resident of Marion, Morganton, and Connelly Springs, North Carolina, passed away in the early hours of January 1, 2019, after a period of declining health. A native of McDowell County, NC, and the daughter of the late Willie M. and Lula E. England, Mrs. Gouge was born...
Vivian Kathleen Campbell Patterson
Dec 31, 2018
Vivian Kathleen Campbell Patterson, 88, loving wife of the late Talmadge Melmoth Patterson of Enoree, SC, passed away on December 31, 2018 at her home. Vivian was born on January 13, 1930 in the Gray Court Community to Albert Taylor and Letha Graydon Campbell. She graduated from Gray Court Owings High School in 1946. Vivian and Mell married on July...
Larry Marshall
Dec 28, 2018
Larry Marshall age 66, of 862 Lake Road was called home Friday, December 28, 2018 at MUSC in Charleston. He was born in Clinton SC and was a son of the late James E. “Hick” Marshall and Jeanette Barrett. Mr. Marshall was retired from Presbyterian College and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. He was an...
Herbert Franklin Cockrell
Dec 26, 2018
Herbert Franklin Cockrell, age 85, of 5708 Highway 76 South passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at the White Oak Manor in Newberry. He was born in Saluda, SC and was the son of the late Burdett and Annie Mae Obanion Cockrell. Mr. Cockrell was a US Army veteran, a former employee of Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and later retired...
James Billy Deshields
Dec 26, 2018
Dateline – Lanford, SC James Billy DeShields, age 90, of 7994 Highway 92, Enoree, and widower of Lucy Jane DeShields, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the McCall Hospice House. He was born at Lanford Station and was a son of the late Boyd and Edna Brooker DeShields. Mr. DeShields was a US Army Veteran, a farmer, and a...
Joyce W. Franklin
Dec 25, 2018
Joyce W. Franklin, age 65, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Mrs. Franklin was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Ulysses and Azalee Byrd Williams, she was an employee of School District 56 at M.S. Bailey Child Development Center. She retired from the Timken Bearing Company and was a faithful member of the Hebron Baptist...
Martha Copeland Cash
Dec 24, 2018
Martha Copeland Cash, the daughter of Ruth Deal and Spencer B. Copeland, Sr., passed away peacefully on December 24 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband William (Bill) Cash of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; daughter Laura Cash of Melbourne, Australia; her sister Rebecca O’Donnell and husband Frank of Marietta, Georgia; brother-in-law Kevin Cash, Charlottesville, Virginia; sister-in-law Susan Smith and husband...
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