Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
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...
Robert Gary Deloach
Dec 21, 2014
Dateline-Chapin, SC Robert Gary DeLoach, the son of the late Eugene and Elizabeth Benjamin DeLoach, laid aside his earthly burdens and passed through the gates of Heaven on the evening of December 20, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, J. W. He is survived by his beloved wife, Dr. Ruby Haydock-DeLoach and a...
Harry J. (Papa Harry) Felker
Dec 19, 2014
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Harry J. (Papa Harry) Felker, age 84, of 1948 Old Newberry Hwy., died Friday at NHC of Clinton. He was born in Pomaria and was a son of the late George and Sara Adams Felker. Mr. Felker retired from J. P. Stevens and was a member of the Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church where he was a former Deacon,...
Amon Meeks Shumate Jr.
Dec 17, 2014
Amon Meeks Shumate, Jr. age 89 of 125 Pine St, Lydia and the widower of Helen Harvey Shumate passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17th, 2014 at Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Ninety Six, SC and was a son of the late Amon Meeks Shumate, Sr. and the late Jessie Phillips Shumate. Mr. Shumate retired from Clinton Mills...
Julius D. Bolt
Dec 17, 2014
Julius D. Bolt, age 76, passed away, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was the son of the late Jesse C. Bolt and Katherine Weathers Bolt of Milam Road, Clinton, SC. Mr. Bolt was a member of Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church. He was an active member of The Laurens County Museum, The Laurens County...
James Jackson Bardsley
Dec 16, 2014
Dateline – Clinton, SC James J. Bardsley, Ph.D., passed away peacefully on December 16, 2014 with his family by his side. Born December 22, 1931, he was predeceased by his wife of fifty years, Marilyn Butts Bardsley; his parents, John Wallace Sr. and Josephine Hartsock Bardsley; and his brother and sister-in-law, John Wallace Jr. and Sara Jo Bardsley. A 1950...
Nancy Jane Price Steele
Dec 16, 2014
Dateline – Whitmire, SC Nancy Jane Price Steele, age 74, of 61 Central Avenue, Whitmire, SC, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Gaffney, SC, and moved to Whitmire, SC when she was five years old. Nancy was a daughter to the late Fred Price of Gastonia and Lula Mann of Whitmire,...
Richard Jay Barker
Dec 15, 2014
Richard Jay Barker age 64, of Clinton, SC, passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at his home. He was born in Okmulgee, OK and was a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Surviving are his mother, Clara B. Barker, siblings, Susan Barker, Marsha Mullen and Donald Barker all of Las Vegas, NV, Mrs. Ray W. Bragg, Jr. (Terri) of...
Lois Horton Gilstrap
Dec 13, 2014
Lois Horton Gilstrap, age 90, of 208 Helen St, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2014 at NHC of Laurens. She was the widow of the late Leonard Gilstrap, she was born in Central, SC and was a daughter to the late Walter Means and Eva Smith Horton. Mrs. Gilstrap was a former employee of the Clinton Mills and retired from...
S. Joyce Pittman
Dec 11, 2014
S. Joyce Pittman age 59 of 33 Caribou Dr., passed away Thursday Dec. 11, 2014 at her home. She was ministered to by Highway Holiness Church and was a volunteer caregiver to shut-ins and nursing home residents. Surviving are her husband, J. Gary Pittman of the home. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Susan Walker Weisner
Dec 10, 2014
Dateline – Laurens, SC Susan Walker Weisner, age 59, of 1538 Lakeview Drive, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Frank and Christine Rogers Walker. Mrs. Weisner was a graduate of Limestone College and retired from DSS and worked at H&R Block. She is survived...
Thomas E. "Pete" Holley
Dec 9, 2014
Dateline – Joanna, SC Thomas (Pete) E. Holley, age 86, of 527 Browning Avenue, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in McBee and was the son of the late V.L. and Ruby Stevens Holley. Mr. Holley retired from Greenwood Mills and later worked at Whitten Center; he was a member of the Magnolia...
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