Obituaries

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

Esther Farrell Hogan

Esther Farrell Hogan

May 30, 2015

ESTHER FARRELL HOGAN OF CLINTON, SC, WIFE OF C. W. (BILL) HOGAN, DIED PEACEFULLY AT THE LAURENS COUNTY HOSPICE HOUSE ON MAY 30, 2015. SHE WAS BORN MARCH 29, 1924 IN PINE BLUFF, NC, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CECIL G. AND CATHARINE M. FARRELL AND WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. MRS. HOGAN WAS A MUSICIAN AND ORGANIST AT...

David B. Mcninch

David B. Mcninch

May 30, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC David Blakely McNinch, age 76, of 617 Chestnut Street, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015, at the McCall Hospice House of Simpsonville. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late James and Easter Todd McNinch. Mr. McNinch was a member of the Laurens High School Class of 1957. He was retired from...

Annie Ruth King Baldwin

Annie Ruth King Baldwin

May 29, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Annie Ruth King Baldwin, age 85, of 111 Scenic Drive, Laurens, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward King. Mrs. Baldwin was Co-owner and operator of Joanna Post. She was a child of Thornwell and a loving caretaker...

Kenneth Messer

Kenneth Messer

May 25, 2015

Dateline-Cross Hill, SC Kenneth Messer age 82, of Cross Hill, SC passed away Monday, May 25th, 2015 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Travelers Rest, SC and was a son of the Clarence and Alma Sanders Messer. Mr. Messer was retired from golf course management and was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Samuel J. Wilson

Samuel J. Wilson

May 24, 2015

Samuel J. Wilson, age 73, of The Royal Highland Community of Leesburg, FL and originally from Clinton SC passed away Sunday May 24 2015 in Leesburg, FL He graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, SC in 1960 and after High School Samuel joined the US Army and served in the 101st Airbourne Division. After his Military service Sam operated...

John O. Miller

John O. Miller

May 21, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC John O. Miller, age 83, of 419 Church Street, died Thursday, May 21, 2015 at his home. He was born on November 5, 1931 in Whitmire and was the son of the late Henry and Myrtle Miller. Mr. Miller was a retired employee of AT&T and a US Air Force Veteran. He is survived by his...

Ronald "Ron" Muse

Ronald "Ron" Muse

May 19, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Ronald Ray Muse (Ron), age 57, of 455 Golden Acres Road, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at the Greenville Hospital System. He was born in Cleburne, Texas and was a son of the late Ray and June Miles Muse. Mr. Muse was a Computer Programming Analyst; attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and enjoyed his time...

Donnie Ray Humphries

Donnie Ray Humphries

May 19, 2015

Dateline – Joanna, SC Donnie Ray Humphries, age 56, of 534 N. Main Street, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Shirley Humphries Proffitt of Clinton and the late Furman Humphries. Donnie was a graduate of Clinton High School and a US Navy Veteran. He was formerly...

Margie Brown Mathis

Margie Brown Mathis

May 17, 2015

Margie Brown Mathis age 58, of 415 Byrnes St. passed away Sunday, May 17th, 2015 at the Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Clayton C. and Ruby Medlin Brown. Ms. Mathis was a CNA at Spartanburg Regional Hospital and worked in textiles for a short while. Surviving are one...

Keith Randall Plyler

Keith Randall Plyler

May 10, 2015

Dateline-West Columbia, SC Keith R. Plyler age 54 of 162 Rest Haven Dr. passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at his home. He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was the son of Mac E. Plyler and his step-mother, Anna-Marie Plyler of Columbia, SC and the late Mary Squires Plyler. Mr. Plyler had retired from the commercial construction industry as...

Shirley Ann Smith Vanderford

Shirley Ann Smith Vanderford

May 10, 2015

Dateline – Cross Hill, SC Shirley Ann Smith Vanderford, age 77, of 3230 Puckett Ferry Road, passed away Sunday, May 10th, 2015 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Union was a daughter of the late Lee and Clara Alexander Smith. Mrs. Vanderford was a former employee of Anderson Hosiery Mill, Roses 10 Cent Store and Laurens Shirt...

Dianne Rice Cunningham

Dianne Rice Cunningham

May 9, 2015

Dateline-Chattanooga, Tennessee Dianne Rice Cunningham, age 62, originally of Clinton, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was a 1970 graduate of Clinton High School and a member of Bellview Baptist Church in Laurens, SC. She enjoyed cooking and doing crafts, and made friends everywhere she went. Surviving family include her daughter, Stephanie Williams (Greg) Bankston; a...

Emily Lewis Dillard

Emily Lewis Dillard

May 8, 2015

Obituary for Emily Lewis Dillard, born Dec. 15, 1920, died May 8, 2015 On May 8, 2015, Emily Lewis Dillard entered the Church Triumphant. She was born on December 15, 1920, in Clinton, SC. She was predeceased by her parents, Wrenn Hafner and Larry Byrd Dillard of Clinton, and by her sisters, Mary Howze (“Daught”) Forsyth and Irene (“Bebe”) McSween....

Pauline Collier Crisp

Pauline Collier Crisp

May 8, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Pauline Collier Crisp, age 83, of Whitmire, passed away Friday, May 08, 2015 in Spartanburg. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Dora Collier Henderson of Robbinsville, NC. She is survived by her daughters, Lavada Crisp Miller, Wanda Crisp Schmidt, Patricia Crisp Lanier, Hazel Crisp Fowler, and Anne Crisp Buchman; her...

Bob Shaver

Bob Shaver

May 8, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Bob Shaver, age 48, of 402 Longview Drive, died Friday, May 8, 2015 at his home. He was born in Bellevue, Ohio and was the son of Martha Foos Dise and James Robert Dise of Bellevue, OH and the late Donald G Shaver. Mr. Shaver was an employee of Stock Buildings Supply. He was a member...

Viola Frazier Snelgrove

Viola Frazier Snelgrove

May 7, 2015

Viola F. Snelgrove, age 91, of 100 Jefferson Street, passed away Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Enoree and was a daughter of the late Edgar H. Frazier and Minnie Lee Turner. Mrs. Snelgrove was a Charter Member of Light House Tabernacle and was a Foster Grandparent of District 56. She is survived by...

Mildred Gaskins Seegars

Mildred Gaskins Seegars

May 6, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Mildred Gaskins Seegars, formerly of Fort Lawn, South Carolina, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born on April 13, 1924 and was the daughter of the late Mattie Massey Gaskins and John Franklin Gaskins. Mrs. Gaskins was retired from Celanese Corporation and the State of South Carolina. She...

Cathy Wilkie Elledge

Cathy Wilkie Elledge

May 5, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Cathy Wilkie Elledge, age 62, of 403 Francis Street, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at her home. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Jim and Margaret Pressley Wilkie. She is survived by her husband, Steve Elledge of the home; her children, Renee and Jamie Sherfield, Wendy Croy, Jill...

James "Jimmy" Cagle

James "Jimmy" Cagle

May 5, 2015

Dateline – Clinton James R. “Jimmy” Cagle died Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home in Clinton. Born February 12, 1938, he was educated in the Laurens County Schools and graduated from Lander College. Mr. Cagle was retired from Whitten Center. He was a long time member of First Baptist Church, Clinton, where he served as an usher for over...

Joy Pace Brown

Joy Pace Brown

Apr 28, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Joy Pace Brown, age 58, of 231 Bethany Church Road and widow of Joseph Myles Brown, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Ware Shoals and was the daughter of Leroy and Ethelda Edmonds Pace. Mrs. Brown was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was...