Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Sue Samples Shelton
Jan 11, 2015
Sue Samples Shelton age 65, of 112 Country Lane died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Ruth Samples. Surviving are her husband, John Clary; three sons, Wayne, Shane and Ronnie Eubanks; a daughter, Crystal Eubanks; three sisters, Shirley Shockley, Judy Penvose and...
Alice Garibay Ward
Jan 11, 2015
Dateline – Laurens Alice Garibay Ward, 88, of Laurens, SC, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015, at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Mrs. Ward was raised in Pasadena, California. In 1948, she married Harold Clinton Ward of Talullah Falls, Georgia. She was an employee of Eckerd/Rite Aid for many years in Laurens, and was member of First United Methodist Church....
Bobby (Bob) Van Starnes
Jan 7, 2015
Dateline – Cross Hill, SC Bobby (Bob) Van Starnes, age 83, of 1107 Lakeshore Dr., passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015, he was a born in Monroe, NC and was a son of the late Robert and Ola Mae Mullis Honeycutt Starnes. He was retired from the meat packing industry, he will be remembered as an active participant with the...
Ronald J. Mercer
Jan 7, 2015
Dateline-Laurens, SC Ronald J. Mercer age 57, of 898 Boyd’s Mill Pond Rd. passed away Wednesday, Jan. 7th at his home. He was born in Libby, Montana and was a son of the late Charles and Inez Matthews Mercer. Ronald was Operations Manager for Specialty Vermiculite but, his true joy came from riding motorcycles, his woodworking, guns and shooting, along...
Betty Jo Bumgarner Sims
Jan 7, 2015
Union Daily Times Dateline – Whitmire Betty Bumgarner Sims, age 80, and the widow of William Ray Sims, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. Mrs. Sims was born January 16, 1934 in Union County and was a daughter of the late Grover and Annie Lee Keller Bumgarner. She was a retired beautician, a...
Thomas Edward Medlock
Jan 7, 2015
Dateline – Ninety-Six Thomas Edward Medlock, age 60, of 6096 Hwy 34, Ninety-Six, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Douglas Medlock, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Denise Medlock; his daughters, Stephanie Medlock (Wayne Stribbe) of Ninety-Six and Kimberly Hall of Waterloo; and seven grandchildren. A...
Rhonda Ann Jennings
Jan 5, 2015
Dateline – North Augusta Rhonda Ann Jennings, age 56, of 1806 Silver Maple Drive, died January 5, 2015 in Georgia Regents Medical Center. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of Ernest Jennings of Whitmire and the late Dorothy Stacy Jennings. Ms. Jennings graduated from Lander College and received her Masters from Newberry College; she was an RN...
Billy "Big Billy" Brotherton Jr.
Jan 5, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Billy “Big Billy” Brotherton, Jr, age 53, of 310 Davidson Street, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at his home. He was born in Whitmire and was the son of Patricia Cox Brotherton and the late Billy Brotherton, Sr. Billy was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church. In addition to his mother, he is survived...
Ruth Huey Wilson
Jan 4, 2015
Ruth Huey Wilson Dateline - Powdersville Ruth Huey Wilson, age 73, wife of Lowry M. Wilson, Jr. passed to her heavenly home Sunday, January 4, 2015, at the Baptist Easley Hospital. She was born Oct. 4, 1941, in Laurens, S.C., and was the daughter of the late James A. and Mary Durham Huey. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Providence...
Wilma Viola Fehr
Jan 2, 2015
Wilma Viola Fehr, 64, of Highway 39 South, Cross Hill, SC, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at home after battling cancer several years. She was born August 2, 1950, in Jerome, Michigan, a daughter of the late Simon and Ruth Hockaday Graber Marner. On May 14, 1970, she married Diedrich Fehr. They were married 44 years. Surviving are her husband,...
Millard Ellison Duncan
Jan 2, 2015
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Millard Ellison Duncan, age 77, of 265 Sims St., died Friday, January 2nd, 2015, in the Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late Lloyd Ellison and Emily Tankersley Duncan. Mr. Duncan was retired from Torrington Bearings Company, a former member of the National Guards, and attended...
Joe Calvin Foster
Jan 2, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Joe Calvin Foster, age 80, of 105 Teakwood Drive, passed away Friday, January 2, 2014 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Woodruff and was a son of the late Fred and Minnie Foster. Mr. Foster attended Clemson University for one year before transferring to Spartanburg Methodist College where he graduated. He was a...
Wade A. Neal
Dec 30, 2014
Dateline – Laurens, SC Wade A. Neal, age 69, of 634 Fair Grounds Road, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Florence. Mr. Neal was retired from Clinton-Newberry Gas Authority. He is survived by his daughters Lisa N. Braeckelaere (John) of West Columbia and Melody Neal of Laurens; his grandchildren,...
Brenda Chandler Smith
Dec 28, 2014
Mrs. Brenda Joyce Chandler Smith, 70, of 614 Whitmire Hwy, Joanna, SC, passed away peacefully at her home on December 28, 2014. She was born in Joanna, SC, on September 18, 1944, and was the daughter of the late C.W. and Zula Norris Chandler. Brenda was the last surviving member of her family, being predeceased by two brothers, Charlie Watts...
Ashley Marie Martin
Dec 27, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC Ashley Marie Martin, age 25, of 903 N. Sloan Street, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Hospice of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Calvin Martin and Tammy Martin and Penny Lewis. She is survived by her uncle, Timmy Martin; her brother, Angel Castillo; her sisters, Logan Martin, Jessica...
Larry Eugene Barnett
Dec 26, 2014
Larry Eugene Barnett, age 53, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Gray Funeral Home of Laurens
Ioan "Mack" Magda
Dec 25, 2014
Dateline – Laurens, SC Ioan “Mack” Magda, age 64, of 105 Dagnall Circle, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Romania and was a son of the late Istvan and Anna Levai Magda. Mr. Magda was retired from B.F. Shaw and was a former employee of FANCZI Screw Company. He is survived...
Lois Moore Abrams
Dec 23, 2014
Dateline-Clinton, SC Lois Moore Abrams age 95, the widow of John William (Bill) Abrams passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Columbia SC and was a daughter of the late Dozier Theodore and Maggie Branham Moore. Mrs. Abrams was a graduate of Columbia High School and attended Lander College, retiring from the...
Louie E. Galloway
Dec 22, 2014
Dateline-Clinton, SC Louie E. Galloway age 71 of 286 W. Frontage Rd., passed away Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Greenville, SC and was a son of the late Louie E. Galloway, Sr. and the late Ethel Nix Galloway. Mr. Galloway was retired from Bi-Lo as a truck driver. He...
Barbara Louise Askew
Dec 22, 2014
Barbara Louise Askew age 72, of 801 Musgrove St. died Monday, December 22, 2014 at the Presbyterian Home. She was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and was the daughter of the late John David and Katherine Belle Isle Askew. Mrs. Askew was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where she was active in the church choir. She is...
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