Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Joseph Tony Black
Jul 25, 2024
Joseph Tony Black, age 80, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Born on October 4, 1943, in Clinton, South Carolina, Tony was the beloved son of the late J.A. and Pauline Burnett Black. Tony retired from the Torrington Bearing Company, was a proud U.S. Navy veteran, and of Baptist faith. Above all, he cherished his...
Carole Lyda Meyer
Jul 23, 2024
Carole Lyda Meyer, age 86, widow of William "Bill" Leroy Meyer, passed away, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. Born February 6, 1938 in Greenville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Beattie and Annie Mae Spoone Lyda. She is survived by her daughters, Leigh Anne Todd (Claude) of Waterloo, and Meredith “Meri” Finley (Steve)...
Kenneth Bruce
Jul 23, 2024
Kenneth Bruce, age 78, of Whitmire, SC, husband of Debbie Frier Bruce, passed away, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at his home. Born July 11, 1946 in Whitmire, SC, he was a son of the late Haden Glenn and Peggie Collier Bruce. Kenneth was a graduate of the Whitmire High School Class of '66 and retired from VC Summer Nuclear Station....
Marvin Earl Wilbanks
Jul 22, 2024
Marvin Earl Wilbanks, age 70, of Whitmire, SC, passed away, Monday, July 22, 2024 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Earl was born March 24, 1954 in Daytona, Florida, and was a son of Lucille Erskine Wilbanks and the late Charles Wilbanks, Sr. He was a welder, handyman, and a jack of all trades. Earl attended The Master’s Baptist Church....
Helen C. Nickles
Jul 20, 2024
Helen C. Nickles, age 83, of Whitmire, SC, passed away, Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born March 31, 1941 in Whitmire, SC, and was a daughter of the late Earl and Anna Rhodes Ellison. She was a faithful member of the First Church of God, where she enjoyed singing in the choir and...
Sara Coggins Bryson
Jul 18, 2024
Sara Coggins Bryson, age 90, of Clinton, SC, widow of Robert Bryson, passed away, Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Presbyterian Communities of SC- Clinton. Born August 2, 1933 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Charley and Irene McCarley Coggins. She worked at Whitten Center as a teacher, and later retired from Bailey Bank. Mrs....
Hubert Dewayne Goins
Jul 16, 2024
Hubert Dewayne Goins, age 76, of Whitmire, widower of Jackie Goins, passed away, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at Union Medical Center. Born July 6, 1948 in Kingsport, TN, he was a son of the late Arthur Childress and Jessie Ann McGee Goins. Dewayne served as Pastor of Central Avenue Baptist Church, worked at Metal Masters and was also a self-employed...
Frances Farmer Summers (Traver)
Jul 14, 2024
Frances Farmer Summers (Traver), age 91, of Clinton, SC passed away July 14, 2024 at NHC of Clinton after a short battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was born in Goldville, (Joanna) SC on May 23, 1933 to Joseph Lee and Louise Whelchel Farmer. She grew up and lived most of her life in Joanna and raised her family there...
Faye Buckner Fox
Jul 14, 2024
Faye Buckner Fox, age 83, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born October 2, 1940, in Monterey, TN and was a daughter of the late Alexander Jefferson Buckner and Bertie Norrod Buckner. Mrs. Fox is survived by her husband, Rod Fox; her daughters, Terri Lynn Boland (Rex) and Susan Rae Bettinger...
Joyce Walsh Rykard
Jul 12, 2024
Joyce Walsh Rykard, age 84, widow of David S. “Skip” Rykard passed away Friday, July 12, 2024, at the home of her daughter. Joyce was born September 9, 1939, in Fairfield County and was the daughter of the late Clifton and Blanche Ramsey Walsh. She was a retired Social Worker with the South Carolina Department of Social Services. Joyce enjoyed...
Paula Patterson Culbertson
Jul 11, 2024
Paula Patterson Culbertson, age 61, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, July 11, 2024. She was born March 26, 1963, in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Roger Patterson, Sr. and Carolyn Diane Smith Patterson. Paula had a heart of gold and was always there for her loved ones. She loved her husband, her dog Zoe,...
Barbara Elizabeth Anderson
Jul 9, 2024
Barbara Elizabeth Anderson, 79, died from cancer on July 9th, 2024 at her home in Brookhaven. Georgia. Barbara was born in Clinton, S.C. to James Ernest Anderson, Sr. and Chloe McClure Anderson. Barbara had a distinguished career in IT beginning at Bell Labs and spanning many decades at several other prestigious corporations. Known by all her co-workers as a diligent...
Troy "Yankee Frank" Pridham
Jul 9, 2024
Troy "Yankee Frank" Pridham, age 50, of Whitmire, SC, husband of Tracy Wallen Pridham, passed away, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at Lexington Medical Center. Born December 5, 1973 in Augusta, Maine, he was a son of the late Ronald and Betty Moody Pridham. He was a US Army Veteran and worked with Michelin in Spartanburg for 25 years. Yankee Frank...
Julia Johnson Sims Daniel
Jul 4, 2024
Julia Johnson Sims Daniel, 79, widow of her beloved husband, Wayne Hamlet Daniel, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, July 4, 2024, after a courageous battle with multiple ailments. Julia was born in Laurens County, South Carolina, and grew up in Hickory Tavern where she graduated from high school. A daughter of the late Blygh Johnson and Mary...
Wanda S. Wright
Jul 3, 2024
Wanda S. Wright, age 76, the widow of Milford Wright, passed away, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Clinton, SC on January 25, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Noah Thomas and Rosie Virginia Wilson Scott. Wanda was a member of Bellivew Baptist Church and her world revolved around her children, grandchildren...
Mary Jean Knight Timmerman
Jul 1, 2024
Mary Jean Knight Timmerman, 94, widow of Eugene Murphey Timmerman, died Monday, July 1, 2024. Born in Greenville County on April 15, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Robert Arnold and Mary Jane McKittrick Knight. She graduated from Honea Path High School and attended Limestone College. She was employed with Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority for thirty-five years. Mrs....
Carolyn Ann Seward Mullen
Jun 28, 2024
Mother | Grandmother | Georgia Fan On June 28, 2024, Carolyn Ann Seward Mullen passed away at the age of 81 in Greenville, SC. She was the daughter of the late Fred Walter Seward and Laura Wilma “Honey” Seward. Ann was born in Wilmington, NC in 1943 where her father helped build ships during World War II. After the war,...
Julia Ada Ann Furr Freeman
Jun 26, 2024
Julia Ada Ann Furr Freeman, born in a log cabin on the outskirts of Clinton, South Carolina, on July 24, 1936, passed away peacefully in her home on June 26, 2024. She was 87 years old. The widow of LTC (Ret.) William Curtis Freeman; she was the daughter of the late Olin F. Furr, Sr. and his wife, Helen Ella...
Barbara Jean Owen Wessinger
Jun 23, 2024
Barbara Jean Owen Wessinger entered into a much-deserved eternal rest early Sunday morning, June 23, 2024. She was born in Pendleton, S.C., on Dec. 11, 1930, in the house built by her great-great-grandmother, where her father and grandmother had also been born. She lived there on the farm with her grandparents, “Dee” and Ollie Owen, and parents, Ansel Ojie Owen...
Fred Delvis Beckett
Jun 23, 2024
Fred Delvis Beckett, age 84, husband of Priscilla Sue Beckett, passed away, Sunday, June 23, 2024 at his home. He was born on June 18, 1940 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania and was the son of the late Olin Vernon and Betty Jean Gresil Beckett. Fred was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in Green Beret Special Forces, receiving a Purple Heart and was...
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