Obituaries

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

William Medlock Cannon

William Medlock Cannon

Jan 20, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC William Medlock Cannon, age 44, of 18339 Hwy 72 E, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. He was born in Clinton and was the son of John and Lacy Cannon. Mr. Cannon graduated from Clinton High School and was an employee of Lazy Toe Productions. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his...

Delle Wilder Gasque

Delle Wilder Gasque

Jan 19, 2015

Delle Wilder Gasque, 72, of Greenville, SC passed away after a long illness at her home for the last three years at the Cascades Verde on Monday, January 19. According to everyone who knew her, Delle was the kindest, sweetest, and most gentle person. Delle was originally from Clinton, SC, the daughter of Robert Perry Wilder and Shadie Mae Skinner...

Mildred Lawson Foster

Mildred Lawson Foster

Jan 15, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Mildred Lawson Foster, age 77, of 105 Teakwood Drive, and the widow of Joe Calvin Foster, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Loree Dunaway Lawson.and the late Boyce Lawson Mrs. Foster was employed with M.S. Bailey Bank for thirty plus...

Kelly Mclendon Rowland

Kelly Mclendon Rowland

Jan 15, 2015

Dateline – Clinton, SC Kelly McLendon Rowland, age 46, of 106 Wayne’s Trail, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at her home. She was born in Greenville and was the daughter of the late Dennis and Shirley Lyda McLendon. She is survived by her husband, Steve Rowland, of the home; her daughter, Megan Rowland of Laurens; her son, Chris Cunningham...

Sue Samples Shelton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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