Obituaries

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

Lucy Melissa Deshields Herman

Lucy Melissa Deshields Herman

Dec 23, 2018

Lucy Melissa DeShields Herman, age 57, of 116 Garlington Street, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late James Billy DeShields and Lucy Jane Patterson DeShields. Mrs. Herman was a homemaker and a member of the Patterson Chapel United Methodist Church. She is survived...

Ruby Delia Taylor Evans

Ruby Delia Taylor Evans

Dec 19, 2018

Ruby Delia Taylor Evans, age 92, widow of both Everett Ellison and Rayford Evans, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the Presbyterian Community of Clinton. She was born in Hartford, TN and was the daughter of the late James and Clara Augusta Henry Taylor. Mrs. Evans is survived by her two sons, Jimmy Ellison (Cyndi) and Benny Ellison both...

Lonnie R. Allen

Lonnie R. Allen

Dec 18, 2018

Lonnie R. Allen age 70 passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 2018 at the Floyd Medical Center in Rome, GA. He was born in Clinton SC and was a son of the late Alfred and Vivian Medlock Allen. Surviving are a son, David Neal Allen of Georgia, two brothers, David Allen of Acworth, GA, Gary Allen of Clinton, one sister, Joanne...

Aaron Worthy

Aaron Worthy

Dec 18, 2018

Aaron Worthy age 80, of 22097 SC Hwy 121 passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late William E. and Ruth McCullough Worthy. Mr. Worthy retired from the Laurens County Regional Housing Authority, a retired veteran of the SC National Guard. He was...

Sharon Diane Sligh Bagwell

Sharon Diane Sligh Bagwell

Dec 18, 2018

Sharon Diane Sligh Bagwell, age 61, passed away Monday, December 18, 2018 at the Greer Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton, SC and is the daughter of Ray W. and Joy Rogers Sligh. In addition to her parents she is survived by her son, Lee Wilson (Lani) of Butler, TN; her sister, Beverly Adair (Rick) of Mount Pleasant, SC;...

Margaret Gwendolyn Stickney Undari

Margaret Gwendolyn Stickney Undari

Dec 16, 2018

Dateline – Clinton Margaret Stickney Undari, wife of Alfio R. Undari, passed away under hospice care at her home in Clinton, SC on Sunday December 16, 2018. She was born July 7, 1929 in Easton, Maine and was the eldest child of Norman and Delia Bradstreet Stickney. She and Alfio were married in Torrington Connecticut on July 1, 1950. After...

Robert M. (Mike) Turner

Robert M. (Mike) Turner

Dec 15, 2018

Robert M. (Mike) Turner died at Hospice of Laurens County on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Born June 24, 1926, he was the son of Inez and Ed Jones of Augusta, Georgia. A World War II Veteran, he served as a signal man in the U. S. Navy. Mike was co-founder of the Open Door in Clinton, as well as All...

Ann King

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...