Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC

Wallace W. Alexander

Wallace W. Alexander

Dec 6, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Wallace W. (Papa Wallace) Alexander, age 72, of 781 Church Street, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 at his home. He was born in Union County and was a son of the late Robert W. and Beatrice McMillian Alexander. Mr. Wallace was a US Navy Veteran and former Police Chief of Whitmire; he was also a...

Edith Rich Ettinger

Edith Rich Ettinger

Dec 4, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Edith Rich Ettinger, age 96, of 408 Chestnut Street, and widow of Carl Ettinger, Jr., passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Schenectady, NY and was the daughter of the late Edwin and Florence Rich. Mrs. Ettinger was active in her community in Alexandria, VA, and Clinton, SC, those...

Shirley Reed Barlow

Shirley Reed Barlow

Dec 2, 2015

Dateline – Clinton Shirley Reed Barlow, age 80, of 154 Pine St. died Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Aragon, GA and was a daughter of the late Virgil and Opal Strayhorn Reed. Mrs. Barlow was retired from the Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant and of was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving...

Kathy Cauble Anderson

Kathy Cauble Anderson

Nov 26, 2015

Dateline – Greenville, SC Kathy Cauble Anderson, age 56, of 13 Catalina Drive, and formerly of Clinton, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 at the Heartland Healthcare Center in Greenville. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of Jean McGee Cauble and the late Harold “Sonny” Cauble. She is survived by her husband, Gordon Anderson of the...

Myrtle Murphy Foster

Myrtle Murphy Foster

Nov 24, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Myrtle Murphy Foster, wife of J.C. Foster, passed away on Tuesday, November 24th at her home. is survived by her husband, J.C. Foster of the home; her son, Edgar N. Foster (Andrea) of New Ellenton, SC; her grandson, Nelson Foster (Rachel) and great-granddaughter, Makenzie Marie Foster of Des Moines, IA; her sisters, Edna Lackey of Greenwood...

Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam

Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam

Nov 20, 2015

Dateline – Clinton Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam, age 90, formerly of Newberry, Saluda (SC) and Clinton, and widow of Thomas Allen Corley, Sr. and the Rev. James O. Gilliam, died Friday, November 20, 2015. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Joseph Fincher Hipp, Sr. and Sarah Sligh Hipp. Mrs. Gilliam was very active...

Betty Bagwell Moates

Betty Bagwell Moates

Nov 20, 2015

Dateline – Kinards Betty Bagwell Moates, age 83, of 34385 Highway 76E, and widow of James F. Bagwell and George W. Moates, died November 20, 2015, in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Oconee County and was a daughter of the late Levis and Minnie Rozelle Williams Sluder. Mrs. Moates was a homemaker and a member of Community...

Mary Edge Simpson

Mary Edge Simpson

Nov 17, 2015

Dateline - Clinton Mary E. Simpson, age 91, of Lugoff, SC, was the widow of John C. Singleton of Conway, SC and Paul A. Simpson, Jr of Clinton, SC. She was the oldest daughter of thirteen children of the late William Duff and Etta Causey Edge of Conway, SC. Mary was a member of Trinity Baptist Church of Lugoff, SC...

Marvin L. Nelson

Marvin L. Nelson

Nov 16, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Marvin L. Nelson, age 77, of 1761 Bellview Church Road, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood, after a short battle with cancer. He was a lifelong resident of Laurens County, and was the son of the late Joe Reid and Clarice Baker Nelson. Mr. Nelson was retired from...

Lu Ann Tilley

Lu Ann Tilley

Nov 14, 2015

Dateline – Cross Hill, SC Lu Ann Tilley, age 60, of 576 South Lake Forest Drive, Cross Hill, SC, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, Eddie Tilley of the home; her son, Michael Cothran of Cross Hill; her mother, Joan Burnette/Wagner and Step-Father, Michael Wagner of...

Marcie Sybil O'Shields Metts

Marcie Sybil O'Shields Metts

Nov 12, 2015

Dateline – Joanna, SC Marcie Sybil O’Shields Metts, age 89, of 119 James Road, and the widow of George Hubert Metts, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Joanna and was the daughter of the late William Ernest and Sara Lois Duckett O’Shields. Mrs. Metts was a Postal Clerk/OIC in Joanna for...

Kurt Richard Schultz

Kurt Richard Schultz

Nov 11, 2015

Dateline – Waterloo, SC Kurt Richard Schultz, age 64, of 208 Harborcrest Drive in Waterloo, SC passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont. He was born in Bristol, CT and was the son of the late Richard and Agnes Hamann Schultz. Mr. Schultz was retired with Ballentine Ford in Greenwood. He is survived by his...

Larry Furman Blume

Larry Furman Blume

Nov 10, 2015

Dateline – Gray Court, SC Larry Furman Blume, 71, of Gray Court, S. C., went home to be with the Lord on November 10, 2015. Born November 14, 1943 in Blythewood, S. C. he was a son of the late Elbert David Blume and Gladys Carroll Blume. Larry was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He worked in construction work...

Fitzhugh Langston "Sonny" Donnan Iii

Fitzhugh Langston "Sonny" Donnan Iii

Nov 9, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Fitzhugh Langston “Sonny” Donnan, III, age 65, of 833 Duncan Creek Church Road, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015, in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. He was born in Laurens, and was the son of the late Fitzhugh L. Donnan, Jr. and Ella Mae Walker Donnan. Mr. Donnan was a graduate of Ford High School and...

Guynell Price Walker

Guynell Price Walker

Nov 7, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Guynell Price Walker, age 83, of 385 Fleming Mill Road, and widow of William Broadus Walker, died Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Loree Gambrell Price. Mrs.Walker retired from Palmetto Spinning and was a charter member...

Timothy Wade Coleman

Timothy Wade Coleman

Nov 6, 2015

Dateline – Ware Shoals, SC Timothy Wade Coleman, of 293 Buzhardt Road, died Friday, November 6, 2015, in the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. He was born in Madrid, Spain, and was the son of the late William T. and Sarah Drake Coleman. Mr. Coleman was employed by NHP Management Co. He is survived by his wife, Tipper Ingle Coleman,...

Christopher James Holmes

Christopher James Holmes

Nov 4, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Christopher James Holmes, age 22, of 243 Lisbon Church Road, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of David Earl and Tracy Tucker of Enoree and Angela Holmes and Tim Hazel of Kinards. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his daughter, Madison Nevaeh Bush...

James Brian Ashley

James Brian Ashley

Nov 2, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC James Brian Ashley, age 45, of 243 Lisbon Road, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015. He was born in Anderson County and was the son of Nellie Brock Holt of Joanna and the late James D. Ashley. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Crystal Sineath Ashley of the home; his son,...

Carrie Richardson Lever Mcmahan

Carrie Richardson Lever Mcmahan

Nov 1, 2015

Carrie R. Lever McMahan age 96, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 at the White Oak Manor in Newberry. A lifelong native of Newberry County, she was the daughter of the late Henry C. and Mamie Bobb Richardson. She is survived by her two sons, Lewis Lever (Jackie) and Charles Lever (Beverly), both of Newberry; a sister, Raniey Kibler of...

Josie Leary Cox

Josie Leary Cox

Oct 29, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Josie Bell Leary Cox, age 92, was the daughter of the late Kate Pinson Leary and William Linwood Leary of Greenwood. A Clinton resident since 1946, she was the wife of the late James Robert Cox and is survived by six daughters, 19 grandchildren, and 18 great grandchildren. They include Dr. and Mrs. John Isham Moore,...