Obituaries

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

Virginia C. (Ginny) Seigler

Virginia C. (Ginny) Seigler

Jul 3, 2013

Dateline- Clinton, SC Virginia C. (Ginny) Seigler, age 87, formerly of 111 Pinewood Ave. and widow of Irving F. Seigler, Sr. died Wednesday, July 3rd at the Langston House. She was a retired employee of Whitten Center, a member of the First Baptist Church and a volunteer with Hospice. Mrs. Seigler is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Irv and...

Emily Anna Asbill

Emily Anna Asbill

Jun 30, 2013

Emily Anna Asbill age 19, of 702 Chestnut Street, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013. She was born in Beaufort County and was a daughter of Emily Joy and Ashley Asbill, both of Clinton. She was a student at Greenville Technical College, was an employee of Perceptis in Greenville, and was a volunteer of Carolina Loving Hound Rescue. In addition...

Harvey L. Foster

Harvey L. Foster

Jun 30, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Harvey L. Foster, age 93, of 303 Finney Drive, died June 30, 2013, at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Gastonia, NC to the late Samuel C. and Bessie P. Foster. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1984 after 39 years of service and worked part time at Bishop Tire for over...

Kenneth Ray Lawson Sr.

Kenneth Ray Lawson Sr.

Jun 30, 2013

Dateline—Clinton, SC Kenneth R. Lawson Sr., age 52, of 57 Madden Rd. died Sunday, May 30th, 2013 in the Laurens County Hospital. Born in Clinton, Mr. Lawson was the son of W.C. and Fay Lark Lawson of Clinton. He was a former employee of SAF, BF Shaw, Fonzi Screw, and was a truck driver for Southeast Transportation, Quality Haulers, and...

Fred Lewis Dickerson Jr

Fred Lewis Dickerson Jr

Jun 29, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Fred L. Dickerson Jr., age 68, died on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Laurens County Hospice House. He was born in Greenville, and was the son of Fred and Mildred Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson was a supervisor at Clinton Mills and served in the SC National Guard. He is survived by two sons, Fred M. Dickerson...

Linda June Broome

Linda June Broome

Jun 26, 2013

Dateline-Joanna, SC Linda June Broome, age 56 of 310 Sims St, passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Columbia and was a daughter of the late Benjamin Baxter and Maggie Frady Pitts. Surviving are her husband, Mike Broome; children, Harry Lee Broome of Waterloo, Amanda Kay Broome and Mary Beth Broome of...

William Anthony Wilder

William Anthony Wilder

Jun 25, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC William Anthony Wilder, age 85, passed away at Clinton Presbyterian Community Home in Clinton, SC on June 25, 2013. He was a Jupiter – Tequesta, Florida resident from 1959 to 2005, and formerly from Detroit, Michigan. He was one of the founders of the Jupiter Jaycees. He started and organized the South Martin County Homeowners Association...

James Madison Pitts Sr.

James Madison Pitts Sr.

Jun 25, 2013

Dateline-Clinton, SC James Madison Pitts, Sr. age 76 of 198 Burts Rd., passed away Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 at his home. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late J. Milton and Hattie Rae Derrick Pitts. Mr. Pitts retired from Laurens Glass Plant and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton, working...

Dale Tucker

Dale Tucker

Jun 23, 2013

Dateline—Clinton, SC Dale “Big Papa” Tucker, age 53, of 104 N. Livingston St. died Sunday, June 23, 2013 at his home. Born in Clinton, Mr. Tucker was the son of the late George and Patricia Cunningham Tucker. He was a former employee of J.P. Stevens- Watts Plant and he was an avid motor cycle rider. He is survived by his...

Melvina Fuller Thacker

Melvina Fuller Thacker

Jun 22, 2013

I, Melvina F. Thacker decided to write my own obituary at my leisure so as to save my children the sadness of doing this human chore or just spare them the trouble. On November 11, 1929, Louanna Deel Fuller gave birth to a baby girl which she gave the family name Melvina so that a family tradition would be carried...

Joe Parker

Joe Parker

Jun 20, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Joe Paris Parker, age 89, of Bailey Manor, Clinton, SC, passed away June 20, 2013. He was born in Smithville, Tennessee to the late Frank and Mary Parker. Mr. Parker graduated from the University of Tennessee and served as a Special Agent in the FBI for 32 years. His offices of assignment included Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington...

Patricia Howard

Patricia Howard

Jun 19, 2013

Advertiser, Greenville News Dateline – Laurens, SC Patricia Lane Howard age 61, of 85 Westcliff Drive and widow of Ralph D. Howard, died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Charles E Gibson and Eva Holland Gibson, of Laurens. Mrs. Howard was a retired LPN. She is survived by her son...

Anna Mae Phillips

Anna Mae Phillips

Jun 19, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Anna Mae Phillips, age 92, formerly of 85 Country Lane, and widow of Hobert Phillips, died Wednesday June 19, 2013 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Avery County and was the daughter of Jeff Haney and Thula Phillips Haney. Mrs. Phillips is survived by her son Reese Phillips (Gay) of Taylors; her daughter Wanda...

Frank Milton Longshore

Frank Milton Longshore

Jun 14, 2013

Dateline-Joanna, SC Frank Milton Longshore age 87, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at the VA Hospital in Charleston, SC. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Charlie Herbert and Grace Dowd Longshore. Mr. Longshore retired from Dowd Construction Company and was a former employee of Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant. He was a member...

Pastor Joe Coker

Pastor Joe Coker

Jun 13, 2013

Dateline – Laurens, SC Pastor Joe Kenneth Coker, age 65, of 14 Copeland St., passed away Thursday June 13, 2013 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Greenville, SC the son of the late James E. Coker and Alma Lee Norris Coker. Pastor Coker was the minister of the Glory Bound Ministries and had ministered in...

Charlotte Virginia "Granny" Corteville

Charlotte Virginia "Granny" Corteville

Jun 11, 2013

Dateline-Laurens, SC Charlotte Virginia Taylor “Granny” Corteville, age 70 of 881Steve Thompson Rd. and widow of Ralph Corteville, Sr. passed away Tuesday, June 11th 2013 at her home. She was born in Johnson County, Indiana and was a daughter of the late Arthur Douglas Taylor and Annabelle Collier and was also predeceased by the mother that raised her, Marie Allen....

Ruby White Butler

Ruby White Butler

Jun 7, 2013

Dateline – Clinton, SC Ruby White Butler, age 88, of 709 Shands Street, and widow of Leonard White Sr. and Louis Butler Jr., died Friday, June 7, 2013 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Richard and Lillie Prince King. Mrs. Butler is survived by her son, Leonard White Jr., and...

Gloria J. Bull

Gloria J. Bull

Jun 7, 2013

Dateline—Mountville, SC Gloria J. Bull, age 62, of 368 Singing Pines Road died Friday, June 7th, 2013 at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. Born in Laurens, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Irene Utah Hamby Rogers. Mrs. Bull was a member of the Laurens Church of God and was employed by Walmart. Surviving are her husband, Johnny...

Lisa K. Hellams

Lisa K. Hellams

Jun 1, 2013

Lisa K. Hellams of 3180 North Clearcreek Rd. passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Elizabeth Hospice House in Flat Rock, NC. She was born in Laurens, SC and was the daughter of Clyde Murray and Sue Burch Shook and father, Billie Hellams. She was a member of the Shiloh United Methodist Church and was an avid softball player...

Martha (Betty) Elizabeth Cannon Parsons

Martha (Betty) Elizabeth Cannon Parsons

May 31, 2013

Dateline – Laurens, SC Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Cannon Parsons, age 85 of Laurens, S.C. passed away May 31, 2013 at Agape’ Senior Assisted Living. She was born in Laurens on August 17, 1927 to the late Charles B. and Myrtle M. Griffin Cannon. Mrs. Parsons was a graduate of Winthrop College, and taught in the public schools of Sumter, Oconee,...