Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Arthur Woodrow Alewine
Nov 20, 2017
Arthur Woodrow Alewine, age 73, passed away Monday, November 20, 2017 at his home. He was born in Newberry and was the son of the late Marion Woodrow and Myrtie Mae Bouknight Alewine. Mr. Alewine is survived by his wife Pamela Alewine of the home; his daughter, Ashley Victoria Alewine (Chase) of the home; his brother, Alvin W. Alewine of...
James Ralph Stroud Jr.
Nov 20, 2017
Dateline – Laurens, SC James Ralph (Jim) Stroud Jr., 74, of 277 Colonial Acres Road, Laurens, South Carolina, passed away peacefully in his home on November 20, 2017. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of the late James Ralph Stroud Sr. and Frances McDowell Stroud. Jim was a graduate of Limestone College and served in the United...
Lawrence "Larry" E. Edmunds Sr.
Nov 19, 2017
Dateline – Cross Hill, SC Lawrence “Larry” E. Edmunds, Sr., age 53, of 540 Lakeview Farm Road, passed away Monday, November 19, 2017, at his home. He was born in Greenwood, SC, and was a son of the late James Edward and Marjorie Reeder Edmunds. Mr. Edmunds was employed with Utility Solutions and a member of First Baptist Church of...
Carolyn G. Smith
Nov 19, 2017
Dateline – Laurens Carolyn G. Smith, age 73, widow of James M. Smith, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was born in Los Angeles, CA and was the daughter of the Hannah Harris of Downey, CA and the late Walter Studebaker. Mrs. Smith worked for the textile industry for most of her...
Virginia Overstreet Crisp
Nov 15, 2017
Virginia Overstreet Crisp, age 73, widow of James Crisp, Sr., passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at the Mary Black Hospital. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Clyde Francis and Maude Geneva Sinclair Overstreet. Mrs. Crisp is survived by her son, James W. Crisp, Jr. (Lori) of Due West, SC; her four daughters, Rebecca...
Grace Corbin
Nov 14, 2017
Dateline – Laurens Grace Corbin, age 84, of Martha Franks passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017 surrounded by her family. Born Grace Lee Childers on December 20, 1932 to the late Robert and Elsie Childers, she was the eldest of three children and was predeceased by her brothers, Olin and William Frank Childers. Grace was affectionately known as Granny to...
Dorothy Foster Trammell
Nov 12, 2017
Dorothy Foster Trammell age 88 widow of George H. “Jeter” Trammell passed away Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Gastonia, NC and was a daughter of the late Samuel Columbus and Bessie Mae Primm Foster. Mrs. Trammell was retired from Belk and a member of Davidson St. Baptist Church where she had served in...
Ann Davis Outz
Nov 8, 2017
Dateline - Laurens Evelyn Ann Davis Outz (63) of 183 Santa Fe Drive, Laurens, SC died Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, SC. Born in Laurens County on January 19, 1954, she was the daughter of Lander Austin Davis and Hattie Price Davis of Laurens. Ann was a graduate of the University of South Carolina Spartanburg...
Mark T. Szymanski
Nov 7, 2017
Mark Szymanski, age 68, of Hampton Avenue, passed away November 14th, 2017 at his home. He was born in London, England and was the son of the late Janek (Jan) Robert Szymanski and Aleksandra (Ola) Jadwiga Szostak Szymanskiof Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Szymanski came to America when he was two years old with his parents on the Queen Mary Ship. Mark...
Chesley Lucas Richards Sr.
Nov 6, 2017
Dateline-Clinton, SC Chesley Lucas Richards, Sr, age 87, of 506 Musgrove Street, passed away Monday, November 6, 2017 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Liberty Hill, SC and was the son of the late Norman and Leila Richards. Mr. Richards was a retired police officer and a graduate of Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood. He...
Heyward Richard King, Jr.
Nov 5, 2017
Heyward Richard King, Jr. age 63 of 111 E. Bluford St. Ext. passed away Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of Heyward Richard King, Sr. and Rosa Terry King of Clinton. He was a former employee of Furman Mills in Simpsonville, a veteran of the SC...
Mary Frances Hollingsworth Young
Nov 5, 2017
Mary Frances Hollingsworth Young, age, 92 of Clinton, SC, widow of William Luther Young, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017 at NHC of Clinton. She was born is Chappells, SC and is the daughter of the late Herman Dennis and Ethel Wessinger Hollingsworth. She was the Secretary of Clinton Elementary for more than 20 years, a member of the Farm...
Nellie Louise Harris
Nov 4, 2017
Nellie Louise Harris, age 70 of Kinards, SC passed away November 4, 2017 at the Newberry Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton and she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Eva Nabors Graham. Mrs. Harris is survived by her husband Carl M. Harris of the home; her four sons, Larry Dale Bradberry (Kirklayn) of Prosperity, William Hue...
Maria King Reid
Nov 1, 2017
Maria King Reid was born on April 6, 1946 in Clinton, SC and fought the good fight until November 1, 2017 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. Maria loved her friends and loved to play cards. She was always up for a game of bridge and was a member of several clubs in Clinton. She also loved her church,...
Valerie Joanne Johnson
Oct 29, 2017
Valerie Joanne Johnson, 83, left this world on October 29, 2017. Valerie, Born on November 25, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois, was the only child of the late William and Stella Johannes and the widow of Courtney Thomas Johnson of Kinards. She is survived by her son, Thomas C. Johnson and his wife, Pamela, of Laurens, and her daughter, Cynthia A....
William Gilbert Bigham
Oct 27, 2017
William G. Bigham died Friday, October 27th in Newberry, South Carolina. Born March 31, 1920 to parents Neely Walter Bigham, and Daisy Morrison Bigham. Mr. Bigham is pre-deceased by wife, Frances Landford Bigham, daughter, Joyce B. Crapps, grandson, Greg Hunnicutt and 12 brothers and sisters (Hannah, Janie, John, Katie, Plumie, Ruby, Daisy, Lois, Boyd, Robert, and Russell). Mr. Bigham served...
Robert Conway Price
Oct 27, 2017
Robert Conway Price, 64, of Flowery Branch, Ga, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2017. He was born in Atlanta, GA on January 29, 1953. He was an employee of Applied Ceramics, Inc. for 47 years. He is survived by his wife, Celeste, and son, Joshua. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 1:00 p.m....
Katrine Martin Pitts
Oct 23, 2017
Katrine Martin Pitts, age 92, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017. She was a native of Gray Court, SC but moved to Clinton after graduating from Winthrop College. She soon met the love of her life Fred Pitts. They married and had one daughter Eleanor. She taught school at Clinton High School for many years and was an avid Red...
Anne Thomson Sheppard
Oct 22, 2017
Anne Thomson Sheppard, age 85, died on October 22, 2017, after years of declining health. Predeceased in 1996 by her husband George (Gerry), she is survived by her four children (Frank, Tom, Martha and Margaret), their spouses, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Born on February 23, 1932, in Charlotte, NC, Anne was the only child of William Francis...
Mary "Eve" Evelyn Shirley Dixon
Oct 16, 2017
Dateline – Laurens, SC Mary “Eve” Evelyn Shirley Dixon, age 81, of 408 Friar Tuck Way, passed away Monday, October 16, 2017, at her home. She was born in Spartanburg, SC, and was a daughter of the late Grace McCraw Harris and the late William Albert Shirley. Mrs. Dixon was a past Matron of the Eastern Star and a past...
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