Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Kathryn Rebecca (Beckey) Speake
Jan 7, 2017
Clinton, SC Kathryn Rebecca (Beckey) Speake, age 97, died on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at National Health Care in Laurens. She was born on August 12,1919 in Laurens County, and was the daughter of the late George Thomas Speake and Elliott Dobbins Speake. A graduate of Clinton High School, she attended Presbyterian College where she studied business and art. She...
Caroline White Donnan
Jan 6, 2017
Obituary for Caroline White Donnan Caroline White Donnan, 99, of Wesley Commons, Greenwood, SC, formerly of Whitmire, SC, and Greenville, SC, was born on August 27, 1917, and died January 6, 2017. For two years, she attended Greenville Women’s College (later Furman University) and received her BS degree from Winthrop College in 1939. One month later she married George Stewart...
Sheryl J Gaskins
Jan 5, 2017
Sheryl J. Gaskins, age 67 of 1404 Leesville Church Road, wife of Frank Gaskins for 45 years, went to see Jesus and her beloved Mother on January 5, 2017. She was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Earl James and Sybil Jones Jackson. She was a retired English teacher who taught for 28 years at...
Raymond Curtis Avery
Jan 4, 2017
Curtis Raymond Avery, age 81, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Ludie Frank Avery, Sr. and Mary Lucille Metts Avery. He was a veteran of the US Army and worked in the logging industry for many years. Mr. Avery is survived by...
Carolyn E. Fuller
Jan 1, 2017
Dateline – Clinton, SC Carolyn E. Fuller, age 71, of 154 Randall Drive and widow of Thomas Fuller passed away on January 1, 2017 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Tryon, NC and was the daughter of the late Bill and Dora Emery. Mrs. Fuller was retired from Clinton Mills and a member of the Lydia Pentecostal...
Thomas Melmouth Fleming
Jan 1, 2017
Dateline – Laurens Thomas Melmouth Fleming, age 76, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017, at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Spartanburg and was the son of the late William Harold and Vivian Alma Burnett Fleming. He was survived by his sister, Sylvia Rathbun. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grayfuneralhome.com Gray Funeral Home of Laurens
Robert Bennett "R.B." Jones Sr.
Dec 31, 2016
Dateline – Laurens Robert Bennett “R.B.” Jones, Sr, age 94, of 148 Lick Creek Road, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016, at his home. He was born in Pickens, SC and was a son of the late Samuel Bennett and Willie Mae Freeman Jones. He was a member of Rosemont Baptist Church and the Men’s Sunday School Class, and he...
Cassie Mae Jones Hughes
Dec 28, 2016
Dateline – Laurens, SC Cassie Mae Jones Hughes, age 75, of 110 Hwy 49 and widow of Bluford Hughes passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Statesboro, Ga and was a daughter of the late W.H. and Lottie Mae Bazemore Jones. She is retired from Inman Mills and was of the...
Myrtle Frazier Lipford
Dec 28, 2016
Myrtle Frazier Lipford, age 82, the widow of J.D. Lipford passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Goldville, SC and was the daughter of the late Edgar and Minnie Lee Turner Frazier. She is survived by her three daughters, Wanda Merchant, Kathy Foster (Gerald), Tina Neaderhiser; her three brothers, George Frazier,...
William "Billy" Richard Kidd
Dec 28, 2016
Dateline – Whitmire William “Billy” R. Kidd, age 72, of 86 Washington Street, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at the Newberry County Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late John William and Flora Belle Kidd. Mr. Kidd served eight years in the US Army, and retired from Fiber Web North America. He attended...
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....
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