Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Charles B. Tumblin
Dec 31, 2012
Dateline – Laurens, SC Charles B. Tumblin, age 87, a resident of Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, passed away Monday, December 31st, 2012. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Harley Franklin and Ethel Robertson Tumblin of Laurens Mr. Tumblin retired from CSX Railroad, was a member of the First Baptist Church of Laurens and...
Fay Pitts Grube
Dec 30, 2012
Dateline-Clinton Fay Pitts Grube, 84, a long time resident of Clinton, SC passed away on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina. Fay was born on April 29, 1928, in Clinton, SC to William Roy and Lydie (Simpson) Pitts. She grew up in Clinton and following her high school graduation, she then graduated from Winthrop College. After...
Kate English Arrowood
Dec 29, 2012
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Kate English Arrowood , age 89, widow of Johnny Walter Arrowood of 108 O’Dell Street passed away peacefully Saturday, December 29th at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Union, SC and was a son of the late Douglass and Ida Mae Tramell English. Mrs. Arrowood was employed as a textile worker for many...
Colonel Walter Blakely Todd Us Army (Ret.)
Dec 27, 2012
Colonel Walter Blakely Todd, U.S. Army (Ret.) COLUMBIA Colonel Walter Blakely Todd, U.S. Army (Ret.) died on December 27, 2012. The family will receive friends at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 5:00 until 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be held at Providence ARP Church on North Broad Street in Clinton, South Carolina, on...
Allene Martin Hawthorne Aughtry
Dec 27, 2012
Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Allene Martin Hawthorne Aughtry Allene Martin Hawthorne Aughtry, age 90, of 125 Morse Street passed away on December 27, 2012 at her home. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Zack Eugene Aughtry. She was born in Abbeville County and was raised in Due West, SC, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Cowan...
Robert Morris Clayton Sr.
Dec 26, 2012
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Robert Morris Clayton, Sr. Robert Morris Clayton, Sr., age 86, passed away Wednesday, December 26th at Martha Franks Retirement Community. Mr. Clayton was the son of Frederick Van Clayton and Emily Inez Morris Clayton and was born in Pickens, SC on June 11, 1926. He was a Civil Engineering graduate of Clemson College in 1949 and served...
Wyatt Carlisle Roper
Dec 23, 2012
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Wyatt Carlisle Roper Wyatt Carlisle Roper, age 5 months of 519 Roper Road. died Sunday, December 23, 2012. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Robert H. Roper, IV and Kelli Patterson Roper of the home. Also surviving is his brother, Robert H. Roper, V of the home; grandparents, Robert and Barbara Roper, Eddie...
Emma Boyd Coleman
Dec 20, 2012
Dateline – Clinton, SC Emma LeNora Boyd Coleman, age 91, formerly of Clinton, SC died on Thursday, December 20, 2012 . She was born in Laurens, SC and was the daughter of the late Fred S. Boyd, Sr. and Rosa Belle Spoon Boyd. Emma is survived by her sisters, Mary Jean B. Byers (Ralph) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Sibyl...
Janet Osborne O'Dell
Dec 19, 2012
Janet Osborne O’ Dell, age 58, of 55 Apple Rd, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Earl David Sr., and Mary Berry Osborne. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary 3354 Post in Laurens, and Calvary Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Jeffrey Lee...
Jean (Tootsie) Carolyn Deshields
Dec 19, 2012
Dateline- Lanford, S.C. Jean (Tootsie) DeShields Jean Carolyn (Tootsie) Lindley DeShields of 8204 Hwy. 92 went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Jimmy Lee DeShields, her parents, Marvin and Thelma Lindley,and a sister, Dorothy Nelle Quinn. Mrs. DeShields is survived by her three children who adored her,...
Walter T. Ahearn
Dec 18, 2012
Walter Thomas Ahearn, 90, long time resident of Columbia, SC, died December 18, 2012, at Bailey Manor, Clinton, SC. He was the son of the late Patrick and Elsie Ahearn of Schenectady, NY and the husband of the late Mary (May) Baillie Ahearn. Survivors include his daughter, Susan Ahearn Mitchell and her husband, John W. Mitchell of Cross Anchor, SC,...
Ruby Kelley Boland
Dec 17, 2012
Dateline-Joanna, SC Ruby Kelley Boland age 90, of 716 Whitmire Highway, died Monday, December 17, 2012 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Henry H. and Irene Duckett Kelley. Mrs. Boland was a homemaker and a member of the Joanna First Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Joe Boland of...
Ruby Elliott Lewis
Dec 16, 2012
Ruby Elliott Lewis Ruby Elliott Lewis, age 91, formerly of 306 Blalock Dr., Joanna, widow of John R. Lewis, Sr., died December 16, 2012 at NHC of Clinton. She was born in Royston, Georgia and was the daughter of the late H.M. Elliott Sr. and Gladys Higginbotham Elliott. Mrs. Lewis was a former employee of Joanna Mills and was a...
Howard James Hitchner Sr
Dec 16, 2012
Dateline-Laurens, SC Howard James Hitchner, age 83, of 299 Bobcat Dr. died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 in the Agape Nursing Home. He was born in Alloway, NJ and was a son of the late Boyd Hitchner and Katherine Stratton Hitchner. He was retired from Belcher Oil Company; was a long time resident of Cape Canaveral, FL and retired to Laurens,...
Donald Wayne Burton Sr.
Dec 15, 2012
Donald Wayne Burton, Sr. age 70, of 302 Pelican Harbor Drive, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 in Newberry County. He was born in Kings Mountain, N.C. and was a son of the late Bonnie T. Burton and Leona Huffstetler Anthony. Mr. Burton was retired from the Eaton Corporation in Greenwood and was a member of the Cross Hill Masonic Lodge....
Carolyn "Penny" Nelson
Dec 14, 2012
Carolyn “Penny” Nelson age 50, of 672 Poole Rd, passed away Friday, December 14th, 2012 at her home. She was born in Munich, Germany and was a daughter of the late Edward and Janie Sosby Barrett. Mrs. Nelson was a retired RN from Newberry County Hospital and was a member of New Horizon Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Pauline Hartsell Mckee Parker
Dec 14, 2012
Dateline Clinton, SC Pauline Hartsell “Polly” McKee Parker of 300 Jacobs Hwy, Apt 101, Clinton, SC, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012. She was born in Starr, North Carolina, Mrs. Parker was the daughter of the late Rev. Paul Gamaliel Hartsell and Fannie Bragg Hartsell. Mrs. Parker was a graduate of Brevard, NC High School, Mars Hill College, and Winthrop...
Sybil Kathleen Coats Martin
Dec 14, 2012
Dateline-Laurens, SC Sybil Kathleen Coats Martin, 88 of 19075 Hwy.221 North and widow of Herbert Jacks Martin passed away Friday, Dec. 14th at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Gilliam B. and Annie Rachel Whitmire Coats. Mrs. Martin was a graduate of Ford High School, a...
Maxine Turner Lawson
Dec 14, 2012
Dateline-Laurens, SC Maxine Turner Lawson of 602 Watts Avenue, passed away December 14, 2012 at NHC in Clinton. She was retired from Montsanto in Moore, South Carolina. Mrs. Lawson was survived by one brother, Max Turner of Waterloo; and three sisters, Annie Smith, Mable Turner, and Helen Turner, of Laurens. She was predeceased by her husband Jimmie Lawson. A graveside...
Charles Norwood
Dec 13, 2012
Dateline-Joanna, SC Charles Norwood age 79, formerly of Joanna, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 in the NHC of Clinton. He worked in textiles at Greenwood Mills and retired from Clinton Mills and then he worked for Cooper Motor Company. Mr. Norwood was of the Holiness faith. Surviving are his wife, Lillie Mary Lawson Norwood; a son, David and wife,...
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