Obituaries

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

Roy Riddle

Roy Riddle

Feb 26, 2015

Dateline – Newberry, SC Roy Riddle, age 84, of 2704 Clyde Ave, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 in the Newberry Memorial Hospital. He was born in Newberry and was the son of the late Jimmy Lee and Vera Metts Riddle. Mr. Riddle served in the Korean War. He is survived by his son, Steven Riddle of Newberry; his daughters,...

Alexander Cruickshanks Iii

Alexander Cruickshanks Iii

Feb 25, 2015

Alexander Cruickshanks III age 95 of 104 Pinehurst Dr. passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25th, 2015 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Washington, DC and was a son of the late Alexander Cruickshanks, Jr. and the late Ruth Money Cruickshanks. Mr. Cruickshanks was a graduate of Presbyterian College where he served as Student Body President. As a...

Brenda Tankersley Maness

Brenda Tankersley Maness

Feb 25, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Brenda Tankersley Maness, age 71, formerly of Whitmire and widow of Larry Maness, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at Hospice Care of Piedmont. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Chester and Louise Jennings Tankersley. She was a member of New Market Baptist Church of Greenwood. She is survived by...

Ommie Mae Nelson

Ommie Mae Nelson

Feb 24, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Ommie Mae Nelson, age 62, of 13 Gallon Street, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at her home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Claude Pitts and Rachel Cook Pitts. Mrs. Nelson was a former employee of Martha Franks and was a member of Lucas Avenue Baptist Church. She is survived...

Mary Jane Spillers Heaton

Mary Jane Spillers Heaton

Feb 23, 2015

Dateline- Laurens, SC Mary Jane Spillers Heaton, age 67, widow of Charles Edward “Chuck” Heaton, Jr., passed away Monday, February 23, 2015, at Agape’ Assisted Living in Laurens. She was born in Greenville, SC, and was a daughter of the late Grady and Juanita Godfrey Spillers. Mrs. Heaton was a loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed her times at the...

Rebecca "Lynn" Crain

Rebecca "Lynn" Crain

Feb 21, 2015

Rebecca “Lynn” Crain, age 60, passed away Saturday, February 21st, 2015 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Ruby Norris Crain. She was a former employee of Grindle Mills in Greenwood, was of the Baptist Faith and was a former member of the United...

Carol Jones Hay

Carol Jones Hay

Feb 20, 2015

Carol Jones Hay Clinton, S.C. – Carol Jones Hay, wife of the Rev. Dr. Lewis S. “Pete” Hay, died on Friday, February 20, 2015. Interment will be private, with a memorial service held at First Presbyterian Church, Clinton, at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2015. A reception will follow in the church Fellowship Hall. Born in Bartow, Florida, on...

Joe Morris Levister

Joe Morris Levister

Feb 19, 2015

Dateline – Cross Hill, SC Joe Morris Levister, age 61, of 1550 Barnett Road, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Self Regional Hospital. He was born in Carlisle, Union, SC and was the son of the late Richard Carl and Una Rebecca Levister. Mr. Levister was a Maintenance Mechanic and a faithful member of Evans Street Church of God....

Ruth Miller Atchison Sharpe

Ruth Miller Atchison Sharpe

Feb 17, 2015

Ruth Miller Atchison Sharpe, age 89, of Cross Hill, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was the wife of the late James Edward Sharpe, Sr., and the daughter of the late John Haskell Atchison and Inez Miller Atchison. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Cross Hill, as well as...

William Clevis Wilkes

William Clevis Wilkes

Feb 15, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC William “Clevis” Wilkes was born on May 24, 1935 and went to Heaven to be with the Lord and Savior on February 15, 2015. He was married to the love of his life, Mary McLendon Wilkes, for 55 years. Clevis never met a stranger, and he always shared God’s Word with everyone he came in contact...

Mary E. Davis Inman

Mary E. Davis Inman

Feb 12, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Mary E. Davis Inman, age 83, of 938 Central Avenue and widow of Lawrence M. Inman, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 12, 2015. She was born in Union, SC and was the daughter of the late Douglas Davis and the late Mary O’Sheilds Davis. Mrs. Inman was a faithful member of the...

Larry Gene Craine

Larry Gene Craine

Feb 10, 2015

Dateline – Gray Court, SC Larry Gene Craine, age 62, of 110 Bow Knot Lane, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late James Robert and Frances Elizabeth Landers Craine. Mr. Craine was a mechanic and worked in Greenwood Mills in Joanna. He was...

Louis H. Murphy

Louis H. Murphy

Feb 6, 2015

Dateline-Clinton, SC Louis Murphy age 95 of 700 Chestnut St., passed away Friday, Feb. 6th, 2015 at National Health Care of Clinton. He was born in Union County and was a son of the late Toy Grier and Pearl Bobo Murphy. Mr. Murphy retired from Kaywood Southern, was a member of the Lion’s Club and the American Legion. He was...

Mary Ellen Cannon Ward

Mary Ellen Cannon Ward

Feb 5, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Mary Ellen Ward, age 81, of 286 Compton Road, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens County on February 6, 1933 and was a daughter of the late William A. and Mary Elizabeth Medlock Cannon. Mrs. Ward was retired from the City of Clinton Treasurer’s Office and...

Shirley Anne Estes

Shirley Anne Estes

Feb 3, 2015

Dateline-Laurens, SC Shirley Anne Estes, age 75, widow of Eugene “Pete” Estes, and resident at Agape Senior in Laurens, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. She was a daughter of the late Waverley Otto and Grace Barnes. Mrs. Estes is survived by two sons, Richie Estes (Jessica O’Neal) and Tony Estes (Lisa), both of Charleston; a daughter, Darlene Estes,...

Julian Bruce Walker

Julian Bruce Walker

Feb 3, 2015

Dateline- Clinton, SC Julian B. “Luke” Walker Julian B. “Luke” Walker, age 78, of 374 Compton Road and widower of Linda G. Walker died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Tryon, NC and was the son of the late James A. and Pauline Kuykendall Walker. Mr. Walker was retired from American...

Alice Viola Howell Wicker

Alice Viola Howell Wicker

Feb 3, 2015

Dateline- Whitmire- SC Alice Viola Wicker Alice Viola Wicker, age 71, of 2306 Hwy. 72 and widow of Thomas Wicker died Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at her home. She was born in Greenwood and was the daughter of the late Henry Horace and Ethel Cobb Howell. Mrs. Wicker was retired as a nursing assistant and was a member of the...

Richard O. Byrd

Richard O. Byrd

Jan 31, 2015

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Richard O. Byrd, 68, of 203 Gary Street, died Saturday, January 31, 2015, in Newberry Memorial Hospital. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Robert Downs Byrd, Jr. and Belle Courtney Byrd. Mr. Byrd was retired from Georgia Pacific. He worked with the Newberry Band for over ten years and...

Charles Ray "Chuck" Meadors Jr

Charles Ray "Chuck" Meadors Jr

Jan 29, 2015

Charles Ray “Chuck” Meadors, Jr. age 56, of 347 Puckett Ferry Road died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of Charles Ray Meadors, Sr. and Fay Mitchell Meadors. Mr. Meadors was an employee of the Budd Group of Presbyterian College. He is survived by his fiancee’, Julie Rivers of Hartsville,...

Meredith Ann Stone

Meredith Ann Stone

Jan 27, 2015

Dateline – Laurens, SC Meredith Ann Stone, age 69, resident of NHC Laurens, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Buffalo, SC and was a daughter of Lester and Viril Dixon Davis. She is survived by her daughters, Teresa Shelton (Kenny) of Laurens and Lisa Cunningham (Benjamin Grant) of Clinton; her brother,...