Obituaries

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

Roy Otho Fagan, Jr.

Roy Otho Fagan, Jr.

Mar 16, 2011

Dateline-Laurens, SC Roy Otho Fagan, Jr. died March 16, 2011, he was born on April 8, 1934. Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Watlington Fagan; a son, Roy O. Fagan III, M.D. and his wife, Mary of Reidsville, NC and three granddaughters, Isabelle, Carolyn and Lily, who were the joys of his life. He was a son of the late Roy...

Julia K. Weathers

Julia K. Weathers

Mar 16, 2011

Julia K. Weathers, age 79 of 377 Barr Woods Rd. died Wednesday, March 16, 2011in the Self Regional Hospital. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Morris and Dalma Jester King. Mrs. Weathers worked 25 years with the Canteen Food Service and was a member of the Center Point Wesleyan Church in Laurens. Surviving are...

Minnie Lou Seymore Shields

Minnie Lou Seymore Shields

Mar 14, 2011

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Minnie Lou Shields, age 83 of 311 Subertown Rd., Apt C-3 and widow of Fred Shields died Monday, March 14, 2011 in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late Martin and Anna Seymore. Mrs. Shields was retired and a member of the Masters Baptist Church. Surviving are two...

David Tillman Tillotson, Sr.

David Tillman Tillotson, Sr.

Mar 12, 2011

Rev. David Tillman Tillotson, Sr., age 84 of 114 O’Dell St. died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC. He was born in Spartanburg County and was a son of the late Wofford and Mattie Mathis Tillotson. Rev. Tillotson was employed with Duke Power for 10years before entering the ministry. During his ministry he served several...

Thomas H. Wiggs

Thomas H. Wiggs

Mar 11, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, SC - Thomas H. Wiggs, age 79, of 1189 Sunset Blvd. died Friday, Mar. 11th at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. He was born in New Bern, NC and was a son of the late Rev. N.D. and Mamie Davenport Wiggs. Mr. Wiggs was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton and member of...

Romola Tinsley Dunlap

Romola Tinsley Dunlap

Mar 10, 2011

Romola Tinsley Dunlap, age 94 of 409 Laurens Street and widow of William James Dunlap, Sr., died Thursday, March 10, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Greenville, SC and was a daughter of the late Ernest A. and Evelyn Francis Tinsley. Mrs. Dunlap retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and was a member of the...

Terry Keith Gillian

Terry Keith Gillian

Mar 9, 2011

Terry Keith Gillian, age 57 died March 9, 2011 at the Granville Medical Center in Oxford, NC. He was born in Richland County, SC and was a son of, Frances Leopard and his step father, Wayne Leopard of Clinton, SC and the late William Ross Gillian. Mr. Gillian was in construction most of his life. Surviving in addition to his...

Kenneth Dutton

Kenneth Dutton

Mar 7, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, SC Kenneth Dutton, age 51 of 1439 Leesville Church Road, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at his home. Mr. Dutton was a U. S. Army Veteran and a son of the late Eva Dutton. Surviving are his wife, Karen Gregory Dutton of the home, two step-sons, Matt Veal and J. W. Veal both of Laurens, one daughter, Evie Dutton...

Frances Louise Setzler

Frances Louise Setzler

Mar 6, 2011

Frances Louise Setzler age 86 of 517 Sims Street, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Mary Dodds Smith. Mrs. Setzler was a retired employee of Regal’s Textile Company. She was a member of the Heritage Wesleyan Church of Whitmire and...

Merrill Walters

Merrill Walters

Mar 5, 2011

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Merrill Walters Merrill Walters, age 79, of 63 Bar-B-Villa Rd. died Saturday, March 5, 2011 in the NHC of Clinton. He was born in Lumberton, NC and was the son of the late Willie Brown and Emma Price Walters. Mr. Walters was retired as superintendant of Standard Plywood in Clinton and was a member and honorary deacon...

Sadie (Shirley) Gilliam Dickert

Sadie (Shirley) Gilliam Dickert

Mar 5, 2011

Dateline- Newberry, S.C. Sadie (Shirley) Gilliam Dickert Sadie (Shirley) Gilliam Dickert, 71, of Newberry, SC, died Saturday, March 5th at Newberry Memorial Hospital and went on to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ. Shirley was born September 18, 1939, in Lee County, VA, to James C. and Addie Hurd Gilliam. She was the widow of William L.E. Dickert. Shirley was...

William Harold Power

William Harold Power

Mar 3, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, SC William Harold Power, age 87 of 701 Shands St. died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at his home. He was born in Laurens, SC and was a son of the C. B. and Gussie Mae Owens Power. Mr. Power was a former employee of Industrial Supply for 36 years and for the past 18 years has been employed with...

Juanita H. Bledsoe

Juanita H. Bledsoe

Mar 3, 2011

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Juanita H. Bledsoe Juanita H. Bledsoe, age 83, of 1142 Reed Ave. died Thursday, March 3, 2011 in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. She was born in Lancaster and was the daughter of the late Wylie and Geneva White Hill and her step-mother, Zella Nix Hill. Mrs. Bledsoe was retired from J.P. Stevens and was a member of...

Joe R. (Sam) Koon, Sr.

Joe R. (Sam) Koon, Sr.

Mar 2, 2011

Dateline-Joanna, SC Joe R. (Sam) Koon, Sr. age 89 formerly of 601 Whitmire Hwy. and widower of Dorothy S. Koon died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the National Health Care of Clinton. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Joel O. and Mary Taylor Koon. Mr. Koon was a former employee of Greenwood Mills...

Rosa Spoon

Rosa Spoon

Feb 28, 2011

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Rosa Spoon Rosa Spoon, age 82, formerly of Tallwood Apartments and widow of J.L. Spoon died Monday, February 28, 2011 at the Magnolia Manor in Columbia. She was born in Laurens County and was a homemaker. Mrs. Spoon is survived by a son, James Lee Spoon of Greenwood; three daughters, Dorothy Skeens of Roanoke, VA, Ann Marie...

Richard Donald Foster

Richard Donald Foster

Feb 27, 2011

Richard Donald Foster, age 86, of 602 N. Adair St. died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Gastonia, NC and was a son of the late Samuel Columbus and Bessie Primm Foster. Mr. Foster retired from Metropolitian Life Insurance Company after 20 years of service. He then worked at Jacobs Press for...

Rufus Lee Wimburn

Rufus Lee Wimburn

Feb 27, 2011

R.L. Wimburn, age 74, of 18860 Hwy 72 E. died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at his home. He was born in Henry County, AL and was a son of the late Sam and Dellie Peterson Wimburn. Mr. Wimburn was retired from Gate Food Stores. Surviving are his wife, Brenda Ann Wimburn of the home; three daughters, Theresa Butler and Windy...

Margaret Pulley Rhodes

Margaret Pulley Rhodes

Feb 23, 2011

Margaret Rhodes, age 92 and widow of Arthur William Rhodes, Jr. died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born in Gray Court and was a daughter of the late George Franklin and Juanita Bobo Pulley. Mrs. Rhodes was a member of Warrior Creek Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and was very active...

Carolyn Cartee

Carolyn Cartee

Feb 22, 2011

Dateline-Ware Shoals, SC Carolyn Cartee, age 67 of 97 Elledge Road, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Everette and Eva Parker Belue. Surviving are her companion, Davied Samples of the home, one brother, Everette Belue, Jr. of Greenville and two sisters, Emma Belue of Saluda and Ruby Belue of...

Marjorie Farrior Milam

Marjorie Farrior Milam

Feb 21, 2011

Dateline-Clinton, South Carolina - Marjorie Farrior Milam, age 85, of 6100 W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC, died on Monday,February 21, 2011 in Friends Homes West. She is survived by one daughter, Kathryn Milam of Greensboro, NC; brother and wife, Marvin and Connie Farrior of Waynesboro, MS, fourteen nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews on the Farrior...