Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Martha "Mott" Bellue Samples
May 1, 2017
Martha “Mott” Bellue Samples, age 86, widow of William V. Samples, of 1012 N Sloan Street passed away Monday, May 1, 2017. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Lee and Mae Howell Bellue, she was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Samples is survived by her son,...
Paulette L. Trammell
Apr 29, 2017
Paulette L. Trammell, age 67, of 333 Poplar Street, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Union, SC and was a daughter of the late Fred and Helen Tucker Small. She was devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. Mrs. Trammell is survived by her husband, Jimmy Trammell of the home; her two...
Glen Burke
Apr 29, 2017
Dateline-Gray Court, SC Glen Burke age 83 of 770 Hellams Rd. and widower of Anna Elizabeth Campbell Burke passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Columbus, Ohio and was a son of the late Ausley and Savilla Stevens Burke. Mr. Burke was a self-employed mechanic, a member of the Warrior Creek Baptist...
Bernard "Bernie" Albert Schardt
Apr 26, 2017
Bernard “Bernie” A. Schardt, 87, of 284 Country Lane, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his home. He was born in Toledo, Ohio and was the son of the late Albert Schardt and Helen Yager. In addition to his parents Mr. Schardt was predeceased by his wife Dianne Prater Schardt. Mr. Schardt started with N.Y. Central Rail Road and...
Philip Joshua Malpass
Apr 26, 2017
Philip Joshua Malpass, age 15, of 3334 Renno Road passed away April 26, 2017. He was born in Richland SC and was the son of the late Marcia Malpass. Philip is survived by his father Philip Randolph Malpass, Three brothers Philip R. Malpass, Braxton Lee Malpass and Harley Hurley; grandparents, Michael and Joan Wagner; Aunt and Uncle Joyce and Leroy...
Kathryn Hill Campbell
Apr 25, 2017
Dateline-Laurens, SC Kathryn Hill Campbell, age 87, a resident of Langston Place and formerly of Gray Court, and widow of Thomas William Campbell, Sr., passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Gray Court and was the daughter of the late Silas Berry and Ethel Smith Hill. Mrs. Campbell was a...
Clara Mae Iggers
Apr 25, 2017
Clara Mae Driggers, 84, of 313 Pinehurst Drive passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at her home. She was born in Calhoun Falls SC and was a daughter of the late Rev. Ernest E. Burton and Virginia Burton. Mrs. Driggers was a member of Lakeside Pentecostal Holiness Church in Greenwood the church her father founded. She is survived by a...
Jc "One Gut" Childress
Apr 24, 2017
J.C. “One Gut” Childress, age 84, of 206 Missallie Drive, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at NHC of Clinton. He was born in Laurens County, was the son of the late John Crateman and Lu Della Bolt Childress. Mr. Childress was retired from the Clinton Mills, Bailey Plant after 45 years of service, and was a member of the...
Bluford "Son" A. Boyter
Apr 17, 2017
Bluford “Son” A. Boyter, age 82, of 707 Milton Road, passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late J.B. and Mary Jane Thrift Boyter. Mr. Boyter was retired from the Clinton Mills and was a member of the Northside Baptist Church in Laurens....
Lynn Walden Cooper Jr.
Apr 16, 2017
Lynn Walden Cooper, Jr. died Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Lynn was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Elizabeth Wise and Lynn Walden Cooper, Sr. Mr. Cooper graduated from Clinton High School and attended his beloved Presbyterian College. Mr. Cooper was the longtime owner of Cooper Motor Company and held numerous positions in civic, church...
Timothy "Timbo" Derrill Lawson
Apr 13, 2017
Timothy “Timbo” Derrill Lawson, 59, of 1385 Lovers Lane, Whitmire, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 in Clinton, SC. He was the son of the late Everett Lawson and Bonnie Shealy Lawson. Mr. Lawson is survived by his wife, Donna Lawson; three sons, Chris Wilbanks (Charlie) of Whitmire; Corey Wilbanks (Amanda) of Chapin; Timothy Lawson Jr. of Spartanburg; a daughter...
Charles T. Giles
Apr 13, 2017
Charles T. Giles, age 74, of 3120 Hazen Drive, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Robin Johnson House. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Thurston and Helen Giles, he earned his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, and worked as an Electrical Engineer. He also served his country honorably as a...
Paul "Cowboy" Hellams Jr.
Apr 13, 2017
While surrounded his by his family, Paul “Cowboy” E. Hellams, Jr. went to be with is Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 13, 2017. He was born in Laurens, SC and was the son of the late Paul and Goldie Hellams, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia D. Robinson Hellams of the home; his three daughters, Kim Williamson...
Eliza Gray Doty
Apr 13, 2017
Dateline-Waterloo, SC Eliza Gray Doty preemie infant daughter of Kevin Doty and Courtney Kitchens of Waterloo passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Surviving in addition to her parents are her, maternal grandparents, Misty Lyons of Clinton, Larry Kitchens of Whitmire; paternal grandparents, William and Jennifer Pennington of Waterloo; maternal great grandparents, Margaret Kitchens of Whitmire,...
Jackie Matthews Wasson
Apr 12, 2017
Jackie Pauline G. Matthews Wasson of 123 Moreland Ave. passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Saluda, SC and was a daughter of the late C.D. and Lula Mae Shealy Gentry. Mrs. Wasson was a retired retail sales associate and a member of the Friendship Presbyterian Church in Hickory Tavern. Surviving...
Faye Ward Shue
Apr 10, 2017
Faye Ward Shue, age 79, formerly of 257 Skyland Drive, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017, at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Burlington, NC, and was a daughter of the late Grantham Lewis and Angela Ward. Mrs. Shue was a long time employee of Joanna Woodson Elementary School and active member of First Baptist Church who...
Cecil Scogin
Apr 10, 2017
Cecil Scogin age 89, of 38 Shady Grove Church Rd. passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at his home. He was born in Colbert, Georgia and was the son of the late William Tinsley and Ruby Herring Scogin. Mr. Scogin was in home construction for many years and later retired from the CNNGA; he was a member of Hurricane Baptist...
Mary Grace League Coleman
Apr 10, 2017
Mary Grace League Coleman lost her fight with cancer April 10, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Morris Hayes “Bill” League and Lorene Burroughs of Leagues Dairy of Clinton. Grace is survived by her husband, Harold A. Coleman Jr. of Clinton and a sister Shirley League Hollis, of Anderson. Also sisters-in-law Lynn Coleman Robertson of Easley and Judy...
Rachel K. Finney
Apr 9, 2017
Rachel K. Finney, age 75, of 30989 Hwy. 72 E. Whitmire, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She worked in Textiles and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Mrs. Finney is survived by a son, Donald Woodrow Finney Jr. of Whitmire; a daughter, Rhonda McDaniel of Whitmire; a sister, Carolyn Reese of...
Linda Faye Paxton
Apr 9, 2017
Linda Faye Paxton age 53 of 640 Frontier Dr. passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late George Griffin, Sr. and the late Grace Lee Thompson Griffin. Faye was employed with the Carolina Women’s Center in Clinton and was a member of the New...
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