Obituaries

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

Joe William "Dub" Shockley

Joe William "Dub" Shockley

Mar 10, 2012

Joe William “Dub” Shockley, age 75 of 612 Little Acre Rd. died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Ida Mae Keasler Shockley. He was retired from Clinton Mills a Loom Fixer Trainer, he then worked for the Laurens County Public Works. He attended...

Jesse J. Dunaway

Jesse J. Dunaway

Mar 9, 2012

Jesse J. Dunaway, age 72 of 106 Gordon Street, died Friday, March 9, 2012 in the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Will and Sara Brunson Dunaway. Mr. Dunaway was retired from Clinton Mills and was of the Baptist Faith. He was also a U.S. Army Veteran. Surviving are...

Joyce Creswell Campbell

Joyce Creswell Campbell

Mar 7, 2012

Joyce Creswell Campbell, age 73, of 208 Lakewood Drive died Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late James N. and Pauline Mathews Creswell. Mrs. Campbell was retired from the Torrington Bearings Co. and was a member of the First Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is...

Sadie B. Gambrell Gilliam

Sadie B. Gambrell Gilliam

Mar 4, 2012

Dateline-Whitmire Sadie B. Gambrell Gilliam, age 88, widow of Paul Wesley Gambrell and David Gilliam, died Sunday, March 4, 2012, in the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Wolf Mountain, NC, and was the daughter of the late William Jasper and Emmea McGaha Owen. Mrs. Gilliam retired from J. P. Stevens after 40 years. She was the...

Odus L. Young

Odus L. Young

Feb 29, 2012

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Odus L. Young, age 89, formerly of US Hwy. 76 E., died Wednesday February 29, 2012 at the Martha Franks Retirement Center in Laurens. Mr. Young was born in Clinton and was a son of the late J. Willie and Era Simpson Young. He was a manager of CWS Guano Co., a member of the Hurricane Baptist...

Frank M. (Blue) Boland, Jr.

Frank M. (Blue) Boland, Jr.

Feb 28, 2012

Frank Middleton (Blue) Boland Jr. of Clinton, SC, age 92, died February 28, 2012. Born in Clinton, SC on September 13, 1919, he was the son of the late F. M. Boland and Ella Sproles Boland. Mr. Boland was married to Willie Earl Davidson of Clinton. He was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church where he served as...

Vernon E Williams

Vernon E Williams

Feb 26, 2012

Vernon E. Williams, of 121 Milling Street, went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, February 26, 2012. He was born in Whitmire, SC and was a son of the late William Fredrick and Elsie Florence Reed Williams. Mr. Williams was retired from Clinton Mills Clinton #2; a World War II Army veteran; and a member of the Elizabeth Street...

Marilyn Dianne Hopkins

Marilyn Dianne Hopkins

Feb 26, 2012

Dateline-Mountville, SC Marilyn Dianne Hopkins, age 59 of 1053 Garlington Rd., died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of the late Ada Silvers Crowe and Keith Carson Lawson. She was a member of Mountville Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Ron English and Billy Sizemore...

Brenda Kay Huckaby Pace

Brenda Kay Huckaby Pace

Feb 22, 2012

Dateline-Prosperity, SC Brenda Kay Huckaby Pace age 69, of 203 Churchhill Landing Road died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in Columbia. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Georgia K. Bryant and the late Joe Allen Huckaby. Surviving are her three daughters, Melody Kay McCoig (Jeremy Hohenstein) of Gray Court, Lisa Michelle Foster (Scott) of Laurens and Sara...

Dorothy Marr Holliday

Dorothy Marr Holliday

Feb 21, 2012

Dorothy Marr Holliday, age 64, of 3075 Trinity Church Road and widow of Marshall Holliday passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at her home. She was born in Clay County, NC and was the daughter of the late William Allen and Anna Sherlin Marr. Mrs. Holliday retired from Timken Bearing Company, was a member of the Welcome Baptist Church and...

Robert A. Humphries

Robert A. Humphries

Feb 19, 2012

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Robert A. Humphries, age 77, of 420 W. Farley Ave. in Laurens and formerly of Clinton died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Denton Russ and Clara Spelts Humphries. Mr. Humphries was retired for the S.C. Highway Department and...

William Keith Johnson, Sr.

William Keith Johnson, Sr.

Feb 17, 2012

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. William Keith Johnson, Sr. William Keith Johnson, Sr., age 74, of 539 Sparrow Rd. died Sunday, February 19, 2012 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Newberry and was the son of the late Clarence L. and Maggie Banks Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from the Torrington Bearings Co., was a member of the Community...

Margie Clark Rushton

Margie Clark Rushton

Feb 17, 2012

Margie Clark Rushton, 90, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 in her home. She is survived by a son, Johnny “Shine” Rushton of the home and a daughter, Reba Davenport of Clinton; three sisters, Frances Sabens of Upatoi, GA; Billie Crouch of Waterloo; Vivian Hiller of Gray Court; a brother, Orien Clark of Clinton; 3 grandchildren, Ken Davenport of Myrtle Beach;...

Mack F. "Pappy" Nelson, Jr.

Mack F. "Pappy" Nelson, Jr.

Feb 17, 2012

Mack F. “Pappy” Nelson, Jr. age 77, of Clinton, entered into Heaven on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. He was born in Laurens County in 1934 and was the son of the late Mack and Julia Kate Nelson. Pappy was retired from Milliken and loved helping others by serving as a volunteer for United Ministries and Carpenters for Christ. We will...

Elizabeth Jane Ray Bridgeman

Elizabeth Jane Ray Bridgeman

Feb 17, 2012

Elizabeth Jane Ray Bridgeman age 75, of 154 Sunset Blvd. died Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Thomas Clayton and Willie Cox Ray. Mrs. Bridgeman received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Winthrop University. She taught school for 27 years and retired...

Bobby Lee Lewis

Bobby Lee Lewis

Feb 15, 2012

Bobby Lee Lewis age 78 of 33 Savannah Drive died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in McCormick, S.C. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Melton and Ann Burton. Mr. Lewis was retired from Greenwood Mills. He is survived by four sons, Bobby Joe Lewis, Michael Lewis, and Jimmy Lewis, all of Clinton and Ricky...

Ruth L. Jones

Ruth L. Jones

Feb 14, 2012

Ruth L. Jones age 90, formerly of Oakland Street, Clinton, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012 . She was born in Woodruff, SC and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Mrs. Jones was retired from Greenwood Mills. She is survived by her son, William A. “Dusty” Jones, Jr. (Ivy); two grandchildren, Andy Jones (Cynthia) and Alan...

William A. Campbell

William A. Campbell

Feb 13, 2012

Dateline-Laurens, SC William A. Campbell, age 75 of 2111 Hwy. 252, died Monday, Feb. 13th at his home. He was born in Clinton, one of four children of the late William Henry and Myrtle Mae Garland Campbell. He was a member of Full Gospel Assembly. Surviving are his children, Henry Campbell, Allen Campbell, John Campbell, Thomas Campbell, Ryan Bigwell, and...

Ralph N. "Buzz" Tedards

Ralph N. "Buzz" Tedards

Feb 13, 2012

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Ralph N. “Buzz” Tedards, age 84, of 902 Calvert Ave. died Monday, February 13, 2012. He was born in Pickens, S.C. on February 4, 1928 and was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Tedards. Mr. Tedards was also predeceased by brothers Jack, Billy, Roy, Frank and Connor Tedards. He is survived by his...

Verna White Mckain

Verna White Mckain

Feb 12, 2012

Verna White McKain, age 94 widow of Hugh B. “Doc” McKain went to be with the Lord Sunday, February 12, 2012 at her home. She was born in Little Mountain, SC and was a daughter of the late Willie Franklin and Mamie Olive Frick White. Mrs. McKain retired from J.P. Stevens Whitmire Plant and was the last surviving charter member...