Obituaries

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

Gloria J. Martin

Gloria J. Martin

Jul 23, 2010

Gloria J. Martin, age 84, of 3951 Hwy. 221 South died Friday, July 23, 2010 at her home. She was born in Pittsburg, PA and grew up in Cleveland, OH where she graduated from Ohio University. Mrs. Martin was retired from Scandinavian Airlines in Houston, TX and was a member of the Garden Club and the New Prospect Baptist Church....

Etolia "Toby" Boyter Robinson

Etolia "Toby" Boyter Robinson

Jul 21, 2010

Dateline- Clinton, S.C.- Etolia “Toby” Boyter Robinson, age 80, of 115 Woodland Drive and widow of Horace E. Robinson died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at her home. She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of the late Allen and Annie Belle Lothridge Boyter. Mrs. Robinson was retired from Clinton High School and the Wal-Mart Distribution Center, was a...

Tony Ramsey, Sr.

Tony Ramsey, Sr.

Jul 20, 2010

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Tony Ramsey, Sr. 69, of Whitmire, SC died Tuesday, July 20, 2010. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late William Clyde and Eloise Pruitt Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey was a member of the First Baptist Church of Whitmire, Roseboro Lodge #195, Hejaz Shrine Temple and the Goodfellows Club. He was a U. S. Army...

James Henry (Poke) Ammons, Sr.

James Henry (Poke) Ammons, Sr.

Jul 19, 2010

James Henry Ammons, Sr. (Poke), age 82, of 1579 Leesville Church Road, died Monday, July 19, 2010 at the Laurens County Hospital He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late William Herbert and Sadie Elizabeth Evans Ammons. Mr. Ammons was retired from United Insurance Company of America, was a member of Bellview Baptist Church, a veteran...

Mary Lou Ferguson

Mary Lou Ferguson

Jul 18, 2010

Mary Lou Ferguson, widow of Irby W. Ferguson, Sr. died on July 18, 2010. Born in Kinards on November 9, 1918 she was the only daughter of the late John Burr Johnson, Sr. and Sarah Horton Johnson. She attended Presbyterian College. She was a retired financial secretary of First Presbyterian Church Clinton and also from working alongside of her husband...

Bernice Ellis Prather

Bernice Ellis Prather

Jul 17, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Bernice Ellis Prather, age 85, a lifelong resident of Clinton and widow of Macon W. Prather died Saturday, July 17, 2010 at White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late William and Mary Brown Whitmire Ellis. Mrs. Prather was retired from Presbyterian Home and was a member of the...

Shirley Ann Lyda Mclendon

Shirley Ann Lyda Mclendon

Jul 15, 2010

Shirley Ann Lyda McLendon, age 64, of 213 Spruce Street, died Thursday, July 15th at her home. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Clara Brock Lyda. Mrs. McLendon was a loving Mother and Grandmother and is survived by two daughters, Denise (Allen) Bledsoe, Kelly (Steve) Rowland; one son, Herbie McLendon; grandsons, Michael...

Constance Louise Sullivan Davis

Constance Louise Sullivan Davis

Jul 13, 2010

Dateline-Cross Hill, SC Constance Louise Sullivan Davis, widow of Everett Mills Davis and formerly of Cross Hill, died July 13, 2010, at Pepper Hill Nursing Center in Aiken, SC. Connie was born to the late Ralph and Lydia Woodward Sullivan on March 11, 1923, in Warrenville. She was a graduate of Clinton High School and retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna...

Clara Heaton Foster

Clara Heaton Foster

Jul 12, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Clara Heaton Foster, age 73 of 1365 Shady Grove Church Road, died Tuesday, July 12, 2010 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Early Edgar and Ola Belle Gambrell Heaton. She was retired from Walmart; Founder of The Little Mission; a licensed Minister and a former employee of Clinton Mills....

Robert C. Uldrick

Robert C. Uldrick

Jul 7, 2010

Robert C. Uldrick, age 70, of 308 Scarlett Court died Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at his home. He was born in Abbeville and was the son of the late Clarence and Frances Hagan Uldrick. Mr. Uldrick was a retired employee of B. F. Shaw Co. and was a Vietnam U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, Annie E....

Nancy Amelia Hollis

Nancy Amelia Hollis

Jul 7, 2010

Dateline- Fairfield, VA Nancy Amelia Hollis, 61, was promoted to heaven on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of Tommy and Amelia Hollis of Clinton. Nancy was a Special Education Teacher at Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro, VA and was a graduate of Converse College and Florida Atlantic University where she earned...

Broadus Brooks Gwinn, Jr.

Broadus Brooks Gwinn, Jr.

Jul 6, 2010

Dateline-Laurens, SC Broadus B. Gwinn, Jr., age 63 of 177 Strickland Ave. died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Owings and was the son of the late Broadus B. Gwinn, Sr. and Bertha Leopard Gwinn. Mr. Gwinn was the founder and co-owner of Gwinn Siding and Window Company, was a Baptist by faith,...

Connie Lee Parker Johnson

Connie Lee Parker Johnson

Jul 6, 2010

Dateline-Waterloo, SC Connie Lee Johnson, age 44, of 1870 Emerald Road, Apt. 5-E, died Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at her home. She was born in Sumter and was a daughter of James Edward and Doris Arledge Parker of Waterloo. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Nelson Scott Johnson of the home, one son, Cody Scott Johnson of Mauldin,...

Ralph D. Nelson

Ralph D. Nelson

Jun 29, 2010

Dateline-Clinton, SC Ralph D. Nelson, age 80 of 1690 Hwy. 308, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late John Lewis and Minnie Lee Pulley Nelson. Mr. Nelson retired from Clinton Mills in 1992; was a member of Hurricane Baptist Church and a...

L. M. Inman

L. M. Inman

Jun 28, 2010

Dateline-Whitmire L.M. Inman age 69, of 2741 Hwy. 66, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at his home. He was born in Lockhart and was the son of the late Lawrence Medford and Ova Maness Inman. Mr. Inman was retired from Whitten Center and attended Pine Ridge Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Roseboro Masonic Lodge # 195...

Gloria Petty Mclendon

Gloria Petty Mclendon

Jun 28, 2010

Dateline-Joanna, SC Gloria P. McLendon of 211 Moultrie Street, died Monday, June 28, 2010, in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Joanna and was a daughter of the late M. P. Petty and Lois Sirmans. She was an employee of Boyd Management Co. and attended Breakthrough Tabernacle Church. Surviving are Curry McLendon of Kentucky, Josh McLendon of Clinton...

Dewey Durell Ficklin

Dewey Durell Ficklin

Jun 27, 2010

Dewey Durell Ficklin age 85 formerly of 106 Washington Street, widower of Earline Meadors Ficklin, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2010 in the Hospice House of Clinton. He was born in Greenville, SC and was the youngest son of the late Mortimer Thomas Ficklin and Cassie Caraway Ficklin. Mr. Ficklin was an Army Veteran of WWII where he served as...

Katherine B. Williams

Katherine B. Williams

Jun 17, 2010

Katherine B. Williams age 87, widow of Ben Williams, Sr. entered into life eternal Thursday, June 18, 2010 at the National Healthcare of Clinton. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late John Paul and Lois Velma Nichols Brown. Mrs. Williams was a retired employee of Thornwell Home and School for Children and the last...

John Lindsey "Johnny" Grant, Jr.

John Lindsey "Johnny" Grant, Jr.

Jun 17, 2010

John Lindsey (“Johnny”) Grant, Jr., 66, of Prosperity, South Carolina, died at home on Thursday, June 17, 2010. He was predeceased by his parents, the late John L. Grant, Sr. and Elsie Moore Grant; a brother, Richard (“Red”) Gibbs Grant; and a sister, Helen Louise Grant Peak. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Lynne Oswald Grant; a...

Lillie T. Owings

Lillie T. Owings

Jun 14, 2010

Lillie T. Owings, age 84, of 5726 Hwy. 221 South and widow of Richard L. Owings, died Monday, June 14, 2010 in the Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Willie L. and Marie Nelson Thompson. Mrs. Owings was retired from the District 55 School System and was a...