Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Lottie Burke Porter
Jun 12, 2010
Lottie Porter, age 86, of 2306 Price House Rd. and widow of Clifton Harvey and Ernest L. Porter died Saturday, June 12, 2010 in the Magnolia Manor in Spartanburg. She was born in Woodruff and was the daughter of the late Hobart Burke and Eva Rhodes Smith. Mrs. Porter was a retired employee of Celanese. She is survived by a...
Robert Lee (Peewee) Franklin
Jun 10, 2010
Dateline-Bonds Cross Roads, SC Robert Lee (PeeWee) Franklin of Bonds Cross Roads, went to heaven on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. He was born in Franklin County, GA on June 11, 1927 to Robert Calhoun and Beulah Streetman Franklin. He was a member of Shady Grove Presbyterian Church and a lifetime member of the...
Luther Eugene Huneycutt
Jun 9, 2010
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Luther Eugene Huneycutt, age 68, of 2346 Old Newberry Highway, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late James V. and Lillian Earlene Crisp Huneycutt. Mr. Huneycutt was a farmer; attended the Evans Street Church of God and was a member of Roseboro...
Willie Mae Prince Strickland
Jun 9, 2010
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Willie Mae Prince Strickland, age 90 of 926 ½ Central Ave., and widow of Elbert W. Strickland, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at the home of her daughter. She was born in Union and was a daughter of the late Frank and Minnie White Prince. She was retired from J. P. Steven ,Whitmire Plant. Surviving are one daughter,...
Tracy L. Baker
Jun 8, 2010
Dateline-Clinton, SC Tracy L. Baker, age 45 of 104 Brandon Drive, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at her home. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Bobby E. and Jennie Sargent Baker. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Chevis Baker of the home, one son, Chevis Tray Baker of Joanna; two daughters, Dallas...
Barbara Smith Allen
Jun 8, 2010
Dateline-Clinton, SC Barbara (Bobbie) S. Allen, age 67 of 3975 Hurricane Church Road, Clinton, SC died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Charleston , SC and was a daughter of the late Earl S. and Joycelyn Elton Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband,...
Thurmond W. Gruber
Jun 7, 2010
Dateline-Chapin, SC Thurmond W. Gruber, age 81 of 108 Shawn Road, widow of Winnie Elizabeth Gruber, died Monday, June 7th at his home. He was born in Newberry, SC and was a son of the late Ernest and Eugenia Piegler Gruber. Mr. Gruber retired from the Columbia Fire Department in 1983 with 37 years of service with the fire department...
Angela Michelle Dunn
Jun 7, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Angela Michelle Dunn, age39, of 65 Villa Road, Greenville died Monday, June 7, 2010 in the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of Elise Melane Gainey of Camden and the late Robert Estes Fulmer. Angela was an employee of Bilo. She is also survived by two daughters, Stephanie L....
William Cody Coates
Jun 4, 2010
Cody Coates, age 18, of 121 Woodview Dr. died June 4, 2010 due to an auto accident. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Charles William and Christy Curry Coates of the home. Cody was a graduate of Laurens District 55 High School where he was a member of the basketball team. He was also a member...
Charles A. Bright
Jun 4, 2010
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Charles Bright Charles A. Bright, age 82, of 5 Hanson Circle, died Friday, June 4, 2010 at his home. He was born in Newport, TN and was the son of the late Ed and Carlones Townsend Bright. Mr. Bright was retired from Sharpton’s Gulf Station. He is survived by his wife, Juanita B. Bright of the home;...
Hubert Tinsley
Jun 2, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Hubert Tinsley Hubert Tinsley, age 89, of 3986 Shady Grove Church Road died Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at his home. He was born in Henderson, N.C. and was the son of the late Sherill and Margaret Praytor Tinsley. Mr. Tinsley was a retired U.S. Marine Corp pilot and was a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church....
John Thomas O'Neill
Jun 1, 2010
Dateline-Joanna, SC John Thomas O’Neill John Thomas O’Neill, age 71 of 110 Reeder Street, died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, in the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Hartsville, SC and was a son of the late James Marvin and Susan Wright O’Neill. Mr. O’Neill was retired from Torrington Bearings Company and was a US Navy Veteran. He was a...
Pearl Frick Modica
May 31, 2010
Dateline- Tobyhanna, PA Pearl M. Modica, age 75, of Pocono Farms East died Sunday, May 30, 2010 in South Carolina. She was born in Hudson County, N.J. and was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Pearl Frick. Mrs. Modica was retired from Meritz Embroidery works and is survived by a daughter, Doreen Modica of Waterloo; a son, Joseph Modica...
Arthur Gaines Smith
May 30, 2010
Dateline-Clinton, SC Arthur Gaines Smith, age 88 of Alexandria, Virginia, died Sunday, May 30, 2010. He formally lived in Chester and Clinton, South Carolina. He was born in Spartanburg, SC, December 6, 1921 to James and Edna Coggins Smith. Art served in the US Navy’s submarine service during World War II, deploying on six war patrols on the Skate (SS-305)....
Ralph Lee Gunnels, Sr.
May 29, 2010
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Ralph L. Gunnels, Sr. Ralph L. Gunnels, Sr. age 70, of 2728 Indian Mound Road died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at his home. He was born in Greenwood County and was the son of the late Mary Lee Hollingsworth and was raised by an aunt, Rosa Lee Haynes. Mr. Gunnels was retired from Laurens Glass Co. and...
Ella Mae Reed Rikard
May 29, 2010
Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Ella Mae Rikard Ella Mae Rikard, age 88, of 2101 Hwy. 72 died Friday, May 28, 2010 in the Hospice House in Clinton. She was born in Greenwood and was a member of the Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Rikard is survived by two step-sons, Robert D. Brazell and Rev. Faron Rikard both of Whitmire; a step-daughter,...
Effie Rhodes Quarles
May 27, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, SC Effie Rhodes Quarles, age 92, of 503 Ferguson St. and widow of Cecil Strom Quarles died Thursday, May 27, 2010 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenwood County and was the daughter of the late James Arthur and Loree Faulkner Rhodes. Mrs. Quarles was retired from Whitten Center and was a charter member of...
James E. Smith, Sr.
May 26, 2010
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. James E. Smith, Sr. James E. Smith, Sr. age 59, of 590 Phillips St., West Chase Apartments died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Edgar and Martha Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired construction worker and is survived by 3 sons, James E. Smith,...
Mary Olive Stewart Arthur
May 26, 2010
Mary Olive Stewart Arthur, age 98, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the home of her son, the Rev. Dr. William L. Arthur, in Greenville, SC. Born January 2, 1912, and raised in Fairchance, PA, she was the daughter of Edward Johnson Stewart and Leona Deffenbaugh Stewart. She married Byron Blake Arthur, September 24, 1934. For the next forty three...
Estelle Brewer Templeton
May 25, 2010
Dateline-Laurens, SC Estelle Brewer Templeton, age 96 and widow of Sam Templeton died Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center. She was born in Rogersville, TN and was a daughter of the late William Lon and Matilda Gordon Brewer. Mrs. Templeton retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the Hudson River Baptist Church in...
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