Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Louise Owens Lancaster
Apr 22, 2015
Hickory Tavern, SC Louise Owens Lancaster, age 65 and the widow of Benjamin Nolan Lancaster passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at home. She was born October 6, 1949 in Greenwood County and was the daughter of the late Raymond R. and Oma Stevenson Owens. Mrs. Lancaster was a graduate of Hickory Tavern High School and Cecil’s Business School and...
Carroll T. Baker
Apr 18, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Carroll T. Baker, age 78, of 250 Secluded Lane, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the North Greenville Hospital in Travelers Rest, SC. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Virgil Thomas and Mattie Marie Chasteen Baker. Mr. Baker was retired from Clinton Mills with 40 plus years of...
Karen Joy Bunting Davidson
Apr 18, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Karen Joy Bunting Davidson, age 56, of 513 Creekfield Road, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at her home. She was born in Honesdale, PA and was the daughter of Janet Botens Bunting of Mountville and the late Willard Louis Bunting. Mrs. Davidson was a homemaker and a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Clinton. She...
Roger Allen Harris
Apr 14, 2015
Dateline – Laurens, SC Roger Allen Harris, age 72, of 556 Mount Pleasant Estates Road, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at his home. He was born in Pendleton, SC and was a son of the late Walter L. and Mary Azalee Harris. Mr. Harris was retired from G and P Trucking. He is survived by his wife, Priscilla Hurst...
John Thomas Duncan Sr.
Apr 14, 2015
Dateline - Clinton John T. Duncan, Sr. passed away on Tuesday evening, April 14th, 2015. Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on September 2nd, 1937, to James Holt Duncan and Lena Bennett Duncan, John was an alumnus of Rock Hill High School. He graduated from Clemson A&M College in 1961, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management, being the...
Joseph Hugh Allston
Apr 13, 2015
Dateline - Clinton Joseph Hugh Allston died on April 13, 2015 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Hartsville, S.C. at 11:00 on Saturday, April 18, 2015 with visitation following the service. Born in Hartsville, S.C., he was the son of the late Joseph North Allston and Lillis McCollum Allston. He attended...
Wallace D. Boyce
Apr 10, 2015
Dateline – Clinton, SC Wallace D. Boyce, age 81, of 4257 Hwy 72 West, and widower of Marion McLendon Boyce, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015. He was the son of the late John Broadus and Minnie Matthews Boyce. Mr. Boyce was retired from Itheca Mills and was a member of Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church of Clinton and was also...
David Kenneth Couser
Apr 9, 2015
Dateline – Laurens, SC David Kenneth Couser, age 73, of 323 Kingwood Estates, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015. He was a loving husband to his wife Julia Ward Couser, and an outstanding father to his six children and fourteen grandchildren. Ken was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and was the son of the late Lavon and Flossie Couser. He was...
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