Obituaries

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

Thomas Leroy Sanders

Thomas Leroy Sanders

Mar 13, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC Thomas Leroy Sanders of Clinton SC. Passed away peacefully on March 13th, 2014 at Hospice of Laurens County with his sons and grandson by his side. He was born In Greer SC July 18, 1921, he lived in Lyman SC until he and his family moved to Clinton when he was a young teenage boy. He...

Lynne Simmons Frick

Lynne Simmons Frick

Mar 12, 2014

Dateline – Whitmire, SC Lynne Simmons Frick, age 58, of 803 Church Street, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at MUSC. She was born in Union, SC and was a daughter of the late Julian (Bo) and Isabelle (Belle) Horne Simmons. Mrs. Frick was employed as a Nurse’s Assistant with Dr. Robert Yannetti, and member of the Carlisle United Methodist...

Arthur Paul Owens Jr.

Arthur Paul Owens Jr.

Mar 12, 2014

Dateline – Laurens Arthur “Paul” Owens, Jr., age 72, of 116 Wright Street, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Arthur Paul Owens Sr. and Jessie Durham Owens. Mr. Owens was a member of Gospel Tabernacle Church, owner of Paul's Upholstery, a Mason of Rossie...

Crystal Bigham

Crystal Bigham

Mar 9, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC Crystal J. Bigham age 59, of 88 Gaywood Avenue, died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Dorothy South Johnson of Newberry and the late Ace Lee Johnson. She was co-owner of Bigham’s Garage. She is survived by her husband, Eddie Bigham of the home; children,...

Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller

Mar 7, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC Robert L. “Bob” Fuller, Sr., age 75, of 453 Green Plain Road, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late William Ray Fuller Sr. and the late Elinor Cauble Fuller. Mr. Fuller served ten years in the US Navy and worked...

Sara Todd Morgan

Sara Todd Morgan

Mar 7, 2014

Dateline – Fort Mill, SC Sara Todd Morgan, age 92, widow of Charles Addison Morgan, passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Morris and Curl Virginia Bishop Todd and the last surviving of their nine children. Mrs. Morgan was a retired employee of Whitten...

Rachel C. Is

Rachel C. Is

Mar 5, 2014

Rachel C. Revis age 79, of 243 Woodland Drive, passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Fred E. and Annie Wiley Cantrell. Mrs. Revis was a former employee of Clinton Mills; a member of Calvary Baptist Church for over 60 years and was...

Dorothy Blake Scott Mccain

Dorothy Blake Scott Mccain

Mar 5, 2014

Dorothy Blake Scott McCain, 93, of Presbyterian Home, Clinton, SC and formerly of Decatur, GA died Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Born and raised in Calhoun Falls, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur J. Blake, Jr. and Hallie B. Blake and she was the widow of Dr. Paul M. McCain. Mrs. McCain attended Winthrop College. She was very...

William Robert (Robbie) Finley Jr.

William Robert (Robbie) Finley Jr.

Mar 3, 2014

Dateline—Laurens, SC William Robert “Robbie” Finley Jr., age 42, of 5061 Hwy 49, died Monday, March 3, 2014 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Patsy Fulmer Mabry of the home and the late Robert Finley Sr. He was a former employee of Handy Man Hardware of Waterloo and an active member of Rosemont Baptist Church...

Carl E. Eaton

Carl E. Eaton

Mar 2, 2014

Carl E. Eaton, age 79, of 110 Foxgrove Road died Sunday, March 2, 2014 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Bennie and Janie Campbell Eaton. Mr. Eaton was a retired Police Officer with the Clinton Police Department with 26 years of service; was a House Painter and...

Annie Mars

Annie Mars

Mar 2, 2014

Dateline – Newberry, SC Annie Earwood Mars, age 73, of 18397 Hwy 121 and widow of John “Jr.” H. Mars, Jr, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Melvin and Maude Harris Earwood. Mrs. Mars worked in the textiles a good part of her life...

Charles Wicker

Charles Wicker

Mar 2, 2014

Charles Lindberg Wicker, husband of Ruth Hunnicutt Wicker, of 121 Horseshoe Circle, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was born May 31, 1927 in Newberry County and was the son of the late Willie M. and Nannie Mae Perry Wicker. Papa Charles, as he was known to everyone, was a veteran of the U.S....

Lisa Campbell Gattis

Lisa Campbell Gattis

Feb 27, 2014

Dateline - Clinton, SC Lisa Campbell Gattis, age 45, of 7885 Old Milton Road, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at her home. She was born in Greenwood and was the daughter of Betty Jean Bayne (Terry) of Greenville, and the late Jimmy Campbell. She is survived by her daughters Chelsea Wood and Kristen Wood, both of Greenville; her sister Pam...

Nancy Louise Glenn

Nancy Louise Glenn

Feb 25, 2014

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Nancy Louise Glenn, age 72 of 35-2 Young Lane, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at her home. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Ellis W. and Ethel Abee Glenn. She was a retired security guard and a member of the Bible Faith Tabernacle of Joanna. Surviving are two daughters, Angie Stephens...

William "Bill" Campbell

William "Bill" Campbell

Feb 23, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC William E. “Bill” Campbell, age 71, of 201 S. Holland Street, and widower of Joyce Creswell Campbell, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2014 at the Laurens County Hospice House. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Rossie Estess and Daisy Lee Bigham Campbell. Mr. Campbell was a member of First Pentecostal...

Alexis Shianna "Shi" Ashley

Alexis Shianna "Shi" Ashley

Feb 21, 2014

Dateline – Clinton, SC Alexis ShiAnna “Shi” Ashley, age 17, of 1013 Renno Road, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of James Brian and Crystal Sineath Ashley. She is survived by her fiance’ Chris Carter of Clinton; her son Trenton Kyler Ashley; her brother James Niko Ashley of Joanna; her...

Lanny R. Heffner

Lanny R. Heffner

Feb 21, 2014

Dateline – Laurens, SC Lanny R. Heffner, age 61, of Laurens, SC, died peacefully at his home on Friday, February 21, 2014. Born January 3, 1953, in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Lawrence Warren and Gladys Marie McCarney Heffner. He was the husband of Sharon Lee Hinton-Heffner. He was a 1971 graduate of Overlea High School...

Floyd "Butch" Howard Sizemore

Floyd "Butch" Howard Sizemore

Feb 19, 2014

Floyd Howard “Butch” Sizemore, Jr. age 57 went to be with God on Feb. 19th, 2014 at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born in Charleston, SC on April 2, 1956 and was a son of the late Floyd H. Sizemore, Sr. and the late Ellen Green Sizemore. Butch was a graduate of Union High School and employed by...

Mattie Lou P. Gaskin

Mattie Lou P. Gaskin

Feb 19, 2014

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mattie P. Gaskin, age 99 and widow of H. B. Gaskin, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in N H C of Clinton. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Henry and Florence Casey Puckett. She was a retired employee of Whitten Center and attended the First Pentecostal Church. Surviving is a step-son,...

George David Bell

George David Bell

Feb 19, 2014

George David Bell, 69, of 302 Whitmire Hwy, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at his home. Mr. Bell was born in Abbeville County and was the son of the late Bobby Allen Bell and Alice S. Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Linnie R. Bell of the home; two sons, Lewis E. McCarty of Greenwood, Christopher David Bell...