Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
James Lister Skinner Iii
Dec 27, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Dr. James Lister Skinner III of Clinton, SC passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the Laurens County (SC) Hospital from complications of Alzheimer ’s disease. His well-lived life of the mind, body, and spirit stands as a legacy of learning and of love. Jim was born on September 24, 1938 at Emory University Hospital...
Walter Mack Thomas Melton Sr.
Dec 26, 2016
Dateline – Whitmire Walter Mack Thomas Melton, Sr., age 87, of 91 Spring Street, passed away Monday, December 26, 2016, at his home. He was born in Fairfield County and was the son of the late Walter and Ruby Foxworth Melton. Mr. Melton was a retired employee of West Point Stevens and was a firm believer in the Lord Jesus...
Joe Bayne Spillers
Dec 25, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Joe Bayne Spillers, 82, of 330 Gastley Drive, passed away Sunday. December 25, 2016, at the Laurens County Hospice House. He was born in Greenville and was a son of the late Rev. James Wilbert and Janice Bayne Spillers. Mr. Spillers retired from Clinton Mills, Azalea Mobile Homes, and the S.C. National Guards. He was a...
Barbara Willingham Prater
Dec 21, 2016
Barbara Willingham Prater age 87, entered into eternal life on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. She was born in Goldville, SC and was a daughter of the late Elzie John and Lossie Mae Tew Willingham. She was married to Guy L. Prater for 59 years before his passing on June 30, 2006. Together they made their home in Joanna and had...
Mildred Blackmon Andrews
Dec 21, 2016
Mildred Blackmon Andrews, age 91, of 57 Colonial Drive passed away at her home Wednesday, December 21, 2016. She was born in Lugoff, SC and was the daughter of the late David Clarence and Mary Belle McGee Blackmon. Mrs. Andrews is survived by her husband, Thomas McBride Andrews of the home; her three sons, Tommy Andrews (Linda) of Gray Court,...
Debra Baker Prather
Dec 20, 2016
Debra Baker Prather age 62 of 40 Herron Ave. passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late James and Lavenia Bundrick Baker. She was a former beautician and worked at Walmart’s Newberry Store for 20 years, she attended the St. Matthews Lutheran Church and...
Mildred W. Stapleton
Dec 19, 2016
Mildred W. Stapleton age 82 of 85 Lowry Street, and widow of Paul Edward Stapleton, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at her home. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Charlton Edwin Tobias and Annie Bell Moore Tobias. Mrs. Stapleton was retired from the Torrington Bearings Company in Clinton and was of the...
Raymond Berry Salter
Dec 19, 2016
Raymond Berry Salter, age 93, of 16 Poplar Springs Rd, passed away at his son’s home, Monday, December 19, 2016. He was employed at the Laurens Glass Plant, he was also a poultry farmer, and was a member of the Soule Chapel United Methodist Church. Mr. Salter is survived by his son, Ronnie Salter of Chappells. He is predeceased by...
Linda Medlock Lollis
Dec 19, 2016
Linda Medlock Lollis, age 72, of 1615 Little Egypt Road, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Charleston, SC and was the daughter of the late Lewis and Elizabeth Sharpe Medlock. She retired from Torrington Bearing Company and was a member of The Master’s Baptist Church. Mrs. Lollis is survived by...
Thomas Dillard Young, Sr.
Dec 19, 2016
Thomas Dillard Young, Sr., age 82, of 29686 Hwy 76 East, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at the Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Edgar Mason and Connie Shanon Young, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. Mr. Young is survived by his wife, Barbara R....
John "Jack" Furman Mccarley Jr
Dec 12, 2016
John “Jack” Furman McCarley, Jr., age 86, of 294 Church St, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 at the NHC of Clinton. He was born in Whitmire, SC and was the son of the late John Furman and Flora Beatrice Gaffney McCarley. He graduated from Whitmire High in 1947 and upon graduating Jack joined the Navy for three years. He...
Florrie Summer Wells
Dec 11, 2016
Florrie Summer Wells age 82 of 3583 Indian Creek Rd., passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 at the Presbyterian Home of SC. She was born in Joanna, SC and was a daughter of the late Bennie Davis and Annie Morgan Summer. Mrs. Wells retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Bennie...
Dorothy Irene Collins
Dec 9, 2016
Dorothy Irene Collins, age 64, of 330 Gastley Drive, passed away at her home Friday, December 10, 2016. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Horace Eugene and Mary Lois Black. She is survived by her two daughters, Stephanie Floyd of Clinton and Jane Medlock Moody (Ben) of Clinton; her two brothers, Gene Black...
Eva Knight Sams
Dec 9, 2016
Dateline – Laurens, SC Eva Knight Sams, age 79, of 130 Log Circle Road, Waterloo, and widow of the late Robert H. Sams, passed away Friday, December 9, 2016, at the Fountain Inn Nursing Home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Arthur and Lillian Hazel Knight. Mrs. Sams is survived by a daughter, Mary...
Carolyn Weir Hollis
Dec 9, 2016
Carolyn Weir Hollis, age 95, and widow of Charles A. Hollis, Jr., passed away Friday, December 9, 2016 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Newberry, SC and was the daughter of the late Sam L. and Carrie Lee Buford Weir was resident of Clinton for over fifty years. She worked for Young’s Pharmacy for many years at...
Ronnie Darrel Pace
Dec 7, 2016
Ronnie Darrel Pace, age 63, of 4812 Cross Keys Hwy, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Ronald Franklin and Betty Jean Summerall and was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church. Mr. Pace is survived by his wife Helen Marie Pace of the...
Retha Mae Gossett Eustace
Dec 7, 2016
Retha Mae Gossett Eustace age 76, of 202 Davis St. and widow of Marvin “Bonnie” Eustace went to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late George Gossett, Sr. and the late Virginia “Jenny” Quinn Gossett. For most of her working life, Retha Mae was...
Bernard Thomas Wicker
Dec 5, 2016
Whitmire, SC Bernard Thomas Wicker age 49, of 195 Horseshoe Cr., passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Union, SC and was a son of the late Thomas Ray and Alice Viola Howell Wicker. Mr. Wicker was a faithful member of the Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church and enjoyed being an...
Walter Senn Ramage
Dec 5, 2016
Dateline - Laurens, SC Walter Senn Ramage, 83, passed into eternity on Monday, December 5 leaving behind his wife of 61 years, Harriet Patterson Ramage, and two daughters, Rita Ramage Wells and husband Bill, and Elizabeth Ramage Derby and four grandchildren, Ann Wells, Margaret Derby, Walter Derby and Kathryn Wells. Walter grew up in Laurens County. He finished at Laurens...
Faye Parrish Simmons
Dec 5, 2016
Faye Parrish Simmons, widow of J. Allen Simmons, died on Monday, December 5, 2016. Her memorial service will be Friday, December 9 at 2 PM at Broad Street United Methodist Church. Visitation will follow the service. There will be a private burial service. Surviving children are Connie and Buddy Lollis, Henry and Cynthia Simmons, and Gene and Clovis Simmons. Grandchildren...
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