Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Patricia Hart Robbs
Mar 23, 2016
Dateline-Laurens, SC Pat H. Robbs age 74, of 234 Osborne Rd. passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at NHC of Laurens. She was lifelong native of Laurens and was the daughter of the late Pressley Hart and her mother and stepfather the late Helen and Ambus Ginn. Mrs. Robbs was a former employee of Faith Christian School, Laurens Shirt Plant,...
Patty Wooten Dellinger
Mar 21, 2016
Dateline – Clinton Patty Wooten Dellinger, age 79, of 759 Forest Road, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Obie Lee and Maggie Clardy Godfrey. Mrs. Dellinger was a retired employee of Whitten Center and a founder of the Sunshine Sunday School...
Joyce Phillips Wooten
Mar 10, 2016
Joyce Phillips Wooten, age 71, of 1751 Dillard Rd, passed away Thursday, March 10th, 2016 at Self Regional Hospital Medical Center. She was born in Union County and was a daughter of the late Clyde and Daisy Zimmerman Bright, she is retired from Woven Electronics and was an active member of Rosemont Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Leo Vernon Powell
Mar 9, 2016
Dateline – Laurens, SC Leo Vernon Powell (Mar 9, 1923 – Mar 9, 2016) was born in Ware Shoals, SC, and raised in Greenville, SC, where he attended kindergarten through junior high school. In 1936 he enrolled in North Greenville Baptist Academy, graduating in 1940. He remained there to graduate from North Greenville Jr. College in 1942. It was there...
Donald "Don" S. Dees, Sr.
Mar 8, 2016
Dateline – Laurens, SC Donald “Don” S. Dees, Sr., age 69, of 708 E. Main Street, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at his home. He was born in Lydia Mill and was the son of the late Owen Charles and Janie Tucker Dees. Mr. Dees was retired from Laurens Glass Plant. He was a Christian and the joy of...
Bobby Joe Simmons
Mar 7, 2016
Dateline – Joanna, SC Bobby Joe Simmons, age 81, of 411 Laurens Street, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 at Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC. He was born in Joanna and was a son of the late Walter Thomas and Madge Sorrow Simmons. Mr. Simmons retired from Monsanto with 28 years perfect attendance. He attended the First Baptist Church of...
Frances E. Edwards
Mar 7, 2016
Dateline-Laurens, SC Frances E. Edwards, age 49, passed away on March 7, 2016, at NHC in Laurens. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of the late Alvin Roschell Pennington, Sr. and Helen Pennington. Mrs. Edwards was survived by her son, Michael Edwards of Clinton; her daughters, Elizabeth James, Brittany Whitman, and Amy Dutton, all of Clinton; her...
Marion Bullard Easter
Mar 4, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Marion Bullard Easter, age 79, of 65 Randall Drive, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Middlebury, VT and was a daughter of the late Homer and Dorothy Haddock Bullard. Mrs. Easter was a housewife and a member of Immanuel Christian Fellowship Church. She is survived by her husband,...
Eddie Bigham
Mar 3, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Eddie Bigham, age 64, of 88 Gaywood Avenue, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was owner and operator of Bigham’s Garage. He is survived by his son, Joe Bigham of Clinton and his daughter, Elizabeth Moschgat. He was predeceased by his wife, Crystal Johnson Bigham. The family...
Vicki Prince Johnson
Feb 28, 2016
Dateline – Gray Court, SC Vicki Prince Johnson, age 60, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016. She was born on December 3, 1955 in Union, SC. She was a beloved mother and wonderful grandmother. She is survived by her son, Robert Strong; her daughters, Lori Davis, Melanie Altman and Susan Gardner; and her grandchildren, Kaleb Davis, Mac Owens, Makayla and...
Sterling (Chick) Adair Pitts, Jr.
Feb 25, 2016
Dateline-Clinton, SC Sterling (Chick) Adair Pitts, Jr. age 93 of 406 E. Florida St., passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at his home. He was born in Columbia, SC and was the son of the late Sterling Adair Pitts, Sr. and the late Katie Bell Hargrove Pitts. Mr. Pitts was a former employee of Young’s Pharmacy and later retired from...
Melinda Nelson Dickson
Feb 25, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Melinda Nelson Dickson, age 54, of 508 Milton Road, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Leona Beaman Johnson and the late, Donald Nelson. Ms. Dickson was a former employee of Clinton School District 56 and was Baptist by faith. In addition...
James Pennington
Feb 25, 2016
Dateline-Laurens, SC James Pennington, age 92, of 1401 E. Jerry Road, was called Home to plant his okra on Thursday, February 25, 2016. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late George and Lena Cissom Pennington. Mr. Pennington was a man of many interests, but he especially loved the outdoors. He was a devoted grandfather and...
Mildred Wade Cooper
Feb 24, 2016
Mrs. Mildred Wade Cooper, 93, passed away Wednesday, February 24th, in Panama City, Florida. Mrs. Cooper was born July 23, 1922, in Great Falls and was a daughter of the late George Earl Wade, Sr. and Eunice Grant Wade. She is survived by two sons, Charles Douglas "Pete" Cooper (Blair) of Florence and Francis Asa Cooper (Jane) of Little River;...
Jeffery Ray Cannon
Feb 23, 2016
Jeffery Ray Cannon Jeffery Ray Cannon, 60, died Tuesday, Feb. 23. A lifelong resident of Clinton, he was born Sept. 25, 1955, in Hays Hospital to Robert Lee Cannon and Geraldine Barbery Cannon. They preceded him in death. Mr. Cannon graduated from Clinton High School and North Greenville Junior College and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Lander...
Myrtle Marie Brock
Feb 22, 2016
Dateline – Whitmire Myrtle Marie Brock, age 79 and longtime resident of Whitmire, passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 at her residence in Easley where she resided with her sister Anne Brock Smith and her niece Laura Lee Courtney. She was born in Whitmire on December 21, 1936 and was a daughter of the late George Dewey Brock, Sr. and...
Paul M. Yarber
Feb 21, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Paul M. Yarber, Jr., age 75, of 431 Farmdale Lane, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at his home. He was born in Indianapolis, IN and was a son of the late Paul Yarber, Sr., and Olean Caldwell Yarber. Mr. Yarber was an avid exerciser and faithful servant of Temple Baptist Church. He was a volunteer...
Jacob Ryan Ellis
Feb 14, 2016
Dateline – Simpsonville, SC Jacob Ryan Ellis, age 32, of Greenville, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016 at his home. He was born in Newberry, SC and was a son of Lesia Anderson Ellis Heath of Simpsonville and the late Ricky Albert Ellis. Jacob loved his son more than anything “to the moon and back”. He walked in his mothers...
Kathy A. Porter
Feb 12, 2016
Dateline-Laurens, SC Kathy A. Porter, age 63, of 219 Independence Ave, passed away Friday, February 12, 2016, at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Virginia Willard Abrams. Mrs. Porter was a former employee of the Laurens Shirt Plant and a member of Eastside Baptist Church....
Eugene Craven
Feb 11, 2016
Dateline – Clinton, SC Eugene Craven, age 90, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Presbyterian Home of Clinton. He was born in Kinards and was a son of the late John Wesley and Winnie Oglesby Craven. Mr. Craven was retired Post Master from the Joanna Post Office. He was the oldest member of the Joanna Masonic Lodge, a...
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