Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Sandra Jean Peay
Oct 14, 2015
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Sandra Jean Peay, age 70, 314 Central Avenue, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Newberry Hospital. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late Davis and Doris Peay. Ms. Peay was a member of Heritage Wesleyan Church. Sandra loved her family and friends. She had a contagious laugh that would light...
Rachel Dunaway Rowe
Oct 13, 2015
Clinton, SC Rachel Dunaway Rowe age 88 and widow of J.C. Rowe passed away, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Joanna, SC and was a daughter of the late Will and Fannie Bell Puckett Dunaway. Mrs. Rowe retired from Whitten Center from the Food Service Area and was a member of...
William "Bill" Joseph Vines
Oct 12, 2015
Dateline – Laurens Rev. William “Bill” Joseph Vines, age 84, of 105 Lakeview Dr. passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at his home. He was born in Asheville, NC and was a son of the late Carl Allen and Minnie Bailey Vines. Rev. Vines was a retired United Methodist Minister of the SC Conference of the United Methodist Church, he...
Phyllis Stone Thomas
Oct 5, 2015
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Phyllis Stone Thomas age 75 of 22483 Hwy 121 and the widow of Ronald C. Thomas passed away Monday, October, 5 2015 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of the late R.V. and Bessie McCullough Stone. Mrs. Thomas was a former cosmetologist and a retired employee of Whitten...
James Albert Smith
Oct 2, 2015
Dateline-Whitmire, SC James “Jimmy” Albert Smith, age 71 of 134 Lake St. died Friday, Oct. 2nd , 2015 at his home. He was born in Spartanburg, SC and was a son of the late Albert and Audrey Place Smith. Mr. Smith was a former textile employee and retired from the Whitmire Water Treatment Plant. Surviving are his wife, Judy Smith...
Russell "Rusty" Lanier Iusti
Sep 29, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Russell “Rusty” Lanier Iusti, age 52, of 526 AB Jacks Road, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Self Regional Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Era Hames Iusti of Clinton and the late John Thomas Iusti. Mr. Iusti was a former Fireman with the Clinton City Fire Department and was...
Rachel Jones Brown
Sep 29, 2015
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Rachel Jones Brown, age 86, of 139 Gary Street, and widow of Thomas Lee Brown, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at NHC of Clinton, after an extended illness. She was born in Bath, SC and was a daughter of the late William and Lottie Thomas Jones. Mrs. Brown was retired from Whitten Center; was a...
Mary Lamatrell Power Smith
Sep 26, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Mary Lamatrell Power Smith, age 73, of 801 E. Ferguson St., died Saturday, September 26, 2015, in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Abbeville and was a daughter of the late Rufus Lee and Mary Lou Simmons Power. Mrs. Smith was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church....
Scott Merriam Bigham
Sep 24, 2015
Dateline – Laurens, SC Scott Merriam Bigham, age 56, of 114 Whispering Way, entered eternity on Thursday, September 24th, 2015, and is celebrating his victory over cancer with his heavenly father. He was born in Vandalia, IL and was the son of Joyce Van Sant Bigham-Mueller, of Vandalia, IL and the late Harold Bigham. Scott grew up on a dairy...
Helen Steele Grant
Sep 24, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Helen Steele Grant, age 91, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born on April 14, 1924 in Waxhaw, NC and was the daughter of the late George Fuller and Alice Weir Steele. Helen was married to the late George Mills Grant, Sr. and is survived by her...
Ronald Lee James
Sep 23, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Ronald Lee James, age 56, of 63 Beech Street, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of James “Jimmy” and Rebecca James. He is survived by his son, Lee James, II of Clinton; his brother, Greg James (Lisa) of Clinton; his sister, Tina Steen of...
Charles Eugene Graham
Sep 22, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Charles Eugene Graham, age 83, of 206 N. Owens St, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Ernest and Eva Nabors Graham. Mr. Graham was retired from Clinton Mills. He is survived by his brother, William Graham of Waterloo; his...
Jimmie Erline Mitchum
Sep 19, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Jimmie Erline Mitchum, age 71, of 1720 Old Milton Road, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Leslie and Venie Smart Austin. Mrs. Mitchum was a Pharmacy Tech with Sadler Hughes Apothecary and a member of Broad Street United Methodist...
Jefferson Davis Coates
Sep 17, 2015
Jefferson Davis Coates, age 57, of 25825 Highway 72 East, won his fight against cancer when he entered his eternal home on Thursday, September 17, 2015. He was born in Laurens, SC and was a son of Drucilla Buchanan Coates of Laurens and the late Charles W. “Peewee” Coates, Sr. He enjoyed anything in the outdoors especially hunting and fishing....
Regina Taylor Willis
Sep 17, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Regina Taylor Willis, age 86, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, September 17, 2015. She was born in Gaffney, SC and was the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Lula Cash Taylor. Mrs. Willis was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton. She is survived by...
Jimmie Reid Rogers
Sep 15, 2015
Jimmie Reid Rogers, age 72, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Oscar David and Mary Lou Reid Rogers. Mr. Rogers is survived by his brother, David Rogers and wife Carolyn of Ware Shoals; and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased...
John W. Kennington Sr.
Sep 15, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC John W. Kennington, Sr., age 83, of 35 Napa Way, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at NHC of Clinton. He was born in Pageland, SC and was a son of the late Dr. George Winford and Beulah Wylane Porter Kennington. Mr. Kennington was a retired Pharmacist having worked in several local pharmacies. He was a...
Mary Locke Simons
Sep 15, 2015
Dateline – Inman, SC Mary Locke Simons, age 68 of Inman, SC died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. She was born in Augusta, GA and was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Anderson Simons and Locke V. Simons. Mary Locke graduated from Clinton High School, Clinton, SC and attended Anderson College, Montreat, NC and the University Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC....
Robert "Bobby" Webb
Sep 15, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Robert (Bobby) Webb, age 83, of 52 Beech Street, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Laurens County, GA and was a son of the late Dessie and Evelyn McLendon Webb. Mr. Webb was retired from Lydia Mills and was a member of the Lydia Baptist Church. He is survived...
Donald Frank Nelson
Sep 13, 2015
Dateline – Bradley, SC Donald Frank Nelson, age 76, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Walter Doc and Virginia Nelson. Mr. Nelson was retired from Torrington and was of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his sons, Robert Nelson of Clinton and Barry...
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