Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Agatha Q. Todd
Feb 4, 2018
Dateline-Laurens, SC Agatha Q. Todd, age 95, of 106 Arrowood Lane passed away Sunday, Feb. 4th, 2018 at her home in Laurens. She was the widow of John Wells Todd III. Born in Holly, NY, Agatha was the daughter of the late Joseph Quette and Anna Troupo Hurry. She spent her youth in Pittsfield, MA and was a graduate of...
Julian Clayton Hairston
Feb 2, 2018
Dateline – Clinton Julian Clayton Hairston age 81, of 2552 Hwy 308 went home to be with our Lord on February 2, 2018. He was born in Clinton, SC and was the son of the late Robert G. Hairston and Edna Stroud Hairston. Mr. Hairston retired from the United States Navy after 22 years of service to his country and...
Sue Gilliam Hill
Feb 2, 2018
Sue Gilliam Hill age 68, of 119 N. Livingston St. and widow of Harry C. Hill went to be with the Lord on February 3, 2018. She was born and raised in Clinton, she was the daughter of the late Leonard M. and Myrtle Nix Gilliam. Mrs. Hill was an Avon Representative for many years and also worked with American...
Nettie Murphy Young
Jan 28, 2018
Nettie Murphy Young, age 93 and the widow of Andy Bee Young, Jr. was called to be with the Lord Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Reid M. Murphy and Floy W. Murphy. A graduate of Presbyterian College, Nettie was a dedicated Reading and English teacher for Laurens School District 56 where she retired after...
Clark "Big O" Owens Kinard Jr.
Jan 27, 2018
Dateline – Joanna Clark “Big O” Owens Kinard, Jr., age 91, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Pomaria, SC and was a son of the late Clark Owens and Mary Long Kinard. Mr. Kinard is survived by his wife, Bobbie Jean Kinard of the home; his son, Clark Owen...
Gail Nelson Deadwyler
Jan 26, 2018
Dateline – Cross Hill Gail Nelson Deadwyler, age 63, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Clarence Manning and Ruth Gelo Lyons Nelson. Mrs. Deadwyler is survived her husband Danny Ray Deadwyler of Mountville; her daughter, Stacy Solano of Mountville; her four...
Betty Eason Copeland
Jan 23, 2018
Betty Jo Eason Copeland passed away January 23, 2018 at the Presbyterian communities of Clinton, SC. She was born in Whitmire, SC on June 19, 1927 and was the only child of Joseph S. Eason and Mildred Hipp Eason. She was a graduate of Furman University in 1947 and a teacher in the Laurens School District #56 for 35 years....
Elizabeth Deshields Byars
Jan 22, 2018
Dateline – Lanford, SC Elizabeth DeShields Byars, age 87, of 8034 Hwy 92, and widow of Robert L. Byars, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018, at her home. She was born in Lanford and was the daughter of the late Boyd and Edna DeShields. She was a member of Patterson Chapel United Methodist Church. Elizabeth was a loving and caring...
Herman Ester Knight
Jan 22, 2018
Herman Ester Knight, age 87, widower of Dorothy Fulmer Knight, passed away, Monday, January 22, 2018 at his home. He was born in Greenville, SC, he was the son late Bluford and Ella Gault Knight and was the last surviving member of his family. Mr. Knight is survived by his two sons, Herman Roger Knight of Laurens and Wayne Chester...
Bobby Ray Moss
Jan 22, 2018
Dateline – Honea Path, SC Bobby Ray Moss, age 82, of 735 Boyce Page Road, and widower of Mary Moss, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018, at his home. He was born in Calhoun Falls, and was the son of the late James Claude and Ethel Powell Moss. Mr. Moss retired from the US Air Force and was a member...
Bennie Lee Castle
Jan 20, 2018
Bennie Lee Castle, age 69, of Whitmire, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018 at his home. He was born in Dante, Virginia and was the son of the late Henry and Margaret Castle. Mr. Castle was retired Chief Warrant Officer II of the United States Army. Mr. Castle is survived by his wife, Ruth Castle of the home; his son,...
Lynda Stewart Trimpe
Jan 20, 2018
Lynda Stewart Trimpe of Clinton, SC passed away on January 20, 2018 at Greenville Memorial Hospital with family by her side. She was 60 years old. Lynda was born on August 8, 1957 in Clinton, IN to her parents, Glenn Eldon Stewart and Harriet Paula (Reaney) Stewart. She graduated from Illinois College with a B.S. in Accounting in 1979, and...
Terry Edward Lyda
Jan 19, 2018
Terry Edward Lyda, 64, of 1934 Milam Road, widower of Donnie Patterson Lyda, passed away Friday, January 19, 2018 at Fountain Inn Nursing and Rehab. He was retired from Torrington in Clinton, SC and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church in Laurens, SC. Born in Laurens, he was the son of Edward and Pat Lyda of Salem, SC and...
Rachel Nianne Bunch
Jan 17, 2018
Rachel Nianne Bunch, widow of Teddie Lee Bunch passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at the Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg. She was born in Whitmire, SC on July 31, 1938, and was a daughter of the late Clarence William and Nellie Lucille Nelson Evans. She was retired from Renfro Manufacturing. She is survived by her son Randy Bunch; her...
Thomas "Tommy" Fuller Motes
Jan 16, 2018
Thomas “Tommy” Fuller Motes, age 65, of 108 Wilderness Drive, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at his home. He was born in Clinton on June 11, 1952 and was a son of the late W. Fuller and Mary Emma Speake Motes of Mountville, SC. A graduate of Clinton High School, he graduated Erskine College and retired from Carrier Corporation....
Charles Willie "Billy" Black Sr.
Jan 13, 2018
Dateline-Laurens, SC Charles Willie “Billy” Black, Sr., age 87, widower of Vadis Black, passed away January 13, 2018, at Laurens Estates. He was born in Joanna, SC, and was a son of the late Willie H. and Frances Catherine Long Black. Mr. Black is survived by his son, Charles W. Black, Jr.; his brothers, James E. Black (Wilba) of Pelion,...
Beverly B. Barber
Jan 13, 2018
Beverly B. Barber, age 78, of 683 Mount Vernon Church Road, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late James Buzhardt and Sarah Crow Jenkins. Ms. Barber was retired from Whitten Center, she was Sunday Teacher for Sunshine Class at Calvary Baptist Church, was...
Rose Teresa Wolfe
Jan 10, 2018
Mrs. Rose Teresa Wolfe (Whitman) age 91, originally from North Canton, OH passed away from pneumonia on January 10, 2018 at the Clinton Retirement Community in Clinton, South Carolina. She was born on July 1, 1926 to the late Charles and Rose Whitman, was the youngest of 10 children, and a graduate of North Canton High. She was married to...
John E. "Bill" Willingham
Jan 10, 2018
John E. “Bill” Willingham age 93, of 413 Pickens St., and widower of Juanita F. Willingham passed away January 10, 2018 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Newberry, SC and was the son of Hayne M. and Lillie Belle Hendrix Willingham. Mr. Willingham was a graduate of Clinton High School and Presbyterian College, Class of 1953....
Ruth Huneycutt Gilliam
Jan 10, 2018
Dateline – Greenville Ruth Huneycutt Gilliam, age 93, widow of Ulyss Gilliam, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at her home. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late Charles L. and Rose Carpenter Huneycutt. Mrs. Gilliam was a homemaker and seamstress, and was a member of the St. Mark Methodist Church. She is survived by...
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