Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
James N. Creswell
Apr 15, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC James N. Creswell, age 87, of 208 Lakewood Dr., died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at his home. He was born in Abbeville and was a son of the late James Thomas and Blanche Owens Creswell. Mr. Creswell was retired from Clinton Mills and a member of Campbell Lodge #44 AFM. Surviving are one daughter and her husband, Joyce...
Harold Calvin Bullard
Apr 15, 2008
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Harold Calvin Bullard, age 82 of 116 Rail Road Ave. died Tuesday, April 15th in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was retired from J. P. Stevens Co.; was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church, the American Legion and Merrill’s Marauders Association. He was an Army veteran of WW II. He was predeceased...
Mabel Carolyn Murphy
Apr 14, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Mabel Carolyn Murphy, age 82 of Clinton, died Monday, April 14th at National Healthcare Center of Clinton. She was the daughter of the late Reid and Floy Webber Murphy; was a member of First Baptist Church of Clinton and was retired from the Social Security Administration. Surviving are a sister, Nettie M. Young of Clinton; a brother, Michael...
C. F. Smoak, Sr.
Apr 12, 2008
Dateline-Laurens, SC C.F. Smoak, Sr., age 90 died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the National HealthCare of Laurens. He was born in Hampton County and was a son of the late Franklin and Rebecca Long Smoak. Mr. Smoak was the former owner and operator of the City Pawn Shop, was a member of the First Baptist Church and a U.S....
Dorothy N. Prince
Apr 12, 2008
Dorothy N. Prince, age 72 of 313 N. Adair St. died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at her home. She was born in Fairfield County, SC and was a daughter of the late Marion A. and Gertrude Miller Jones. Ms. Prince retired from Aston Press after 30 years of service and was a member of the Stephen Greene Baptist Church in...
William L.E. Dickert
Apr 9, 2008
William L.E. Dickert age 72 of 1611 Emory Street, died Wednesday April 9, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Greenville and was a son of the late William E. and Mary Dill Dickert. Mr. Dickert was a retired employee of West Point Stevens and was a member of the First Baptist Church and the church choir....
Doris Hughes Pennington
Apr 7, 2008
Dateline-Laurens, SC Doris Hughes Pennington, age 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 7, 2008 at the St. Francis Hospital. Born in Laurens, she was the wife of the late William (Bill) Pennington. She was retired from the Laurens Shirt Plant and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church. Surviving are her son,...
James "Ray" Godfrey, Sr.
Apr 5, 2008
Clinton, S.C. James “Ray” Godfrey, Sr., age 91, of 900 Musgrove St., Clinton, SC died Saturday, April 5, 2008 in the N.H.C. of Laurens due to complications of failing health. His beloved wife, Ruth King Godfrey, died August 14, 2001. Mr. Godfrey was born Jan. 13, 1917 in Gray Court, SC and was a son of the late Samuel Arthur...
Lillie Mae Nelson Burton
Apr 5, 2008
Lillie Mae Nelson Burton age 88 of 1321 South Broad Street, died Saturday, April 5th. She was the daughter of the late Horace and Dora Roberts Nelson. She is survived by ten children, Lester Duncan, Ronnie Duncan, Donnie Duncan, Wayne Duncan, Elaine Parker, all of Clinton, Sandra Hickman of Columbia, J.R. Roberts of Waterloo, Robert Earl Roberts of Georgia, Brenda...
Walter Thomas (Little Tommy) Smith
Apr 3, 2008
Walter Thomas (Little Tommy) Smith, age 37, of 5621 Hwy. 56 South died Thursday, April 3, 2008 in the Spartanburg Regional Hospice House. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was the son of Tommy and Debbie Smith of the home. He attended Joanna Woodson Special Classes and also the Day Class in the Hallett School at Whitten...
Daphne Leona Nance Huff
Apr 2, 2008
Dateline-Whitmire, SC, Daphne Leona Nance Huff died at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Summerville, South Carolina on April 2, 2008 after a period of declining health. At the time of her death, she was 94 years of age. She lived most of her life in Whitmire, South Carolina, where she was born. She was the daughter of Eugene...
Lorene B. League
Apr 2, 2008
Dateline-Clinton, SC Lorene B. League Lorene B. League, age 86, of National Health Care in Clinton died Wednesday, April 2, 2008. She was the widow of Morris H. (Bill) League. Mrs. League was born in Colbert, GA and was the daughter of the late Thurston B. and Lillie Herring Burroughs. Mrs. League was a retired teacher for Whitten Center and...
Marion Pope Oxner
Apr 1, 2008
Dateline- Joanna, SC Marion Pope Oxner, age 81 of 602 N. Main St. died Tuesday, April 1st at his home. He was born in Kinards, SC and was a son of the late Boyce B. and Mary V. Gordon Oxner. Mr. Oxner was retired from E. L. Mansure, served in the Merchant Marines during WWII and was a U.S. Army...
Melvin Eugene Johnson
Apr 1, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Melvin (Gene) Johnson, age 53, of 6871 Philson Rd. died Tuesday, April 1, 2008. He was born in Clinton and is the son of Melvin D. and Nettie Davis Johnson of Clinton. Mr. Johnson was a former employee of W.W. Logging Co. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Price Johnson of the home; two daughters, Buffy...
Amy Lou Kanning Caldwell
Mar 31, 2008
Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Amy Kanning Caldwell, age 93, formerly of 110 Wood St. and widow of Homer Estel Caldwell died Monday, March 31, 2008 at the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Hickory Tavern and was the daughter of the late Ralph Lee Kanning, Sr. and Lillar Tumblin Kanning. Mrs. Caldwell was retired from J.P. Stevens Co....
Durward J. Maness
Mar 31, 2008
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Durward J. Maness, age 84, formerly of Laurens died Monday, March 31, 2008 in the Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. He was born in Union County and was the son of the late Isaac and Ethel Lovelace Maness. He was a member of the Lucas Ave. Baptist Church and was retired from Milliken Mills. Mr. Maness is...
Pauline B. Dunaway
Mar 30, 2008
Pauline B. Dunaway, age 91, widow of Charles Franklin Dunaway, formerly of 207 Bailey St. died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at the Presbyterian Home of Clinton. She was born in Pickens County and was the daughter of the late James Tolbert and Bertha Wells Bolt. Mrs. Dunaway was a retired employee of Whitten Center and a member of the Springdale...
Marjorie Johnson Sanders
Mar 28, 2008
Marjorie Johnson Sanders, age 83 and the widow of Rev. Milford Sanders, died Friday, March 28, 2008 in National HealthCare Center in Clinton. She was born in Bradford, PA and was daughter of the late Albert and Katherine Johnson. Mrs. Sanders was a homemaker and a member of the Lucas Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving are three sons, Jimmy Sanders and...
Sybil Juanita Jones Jackson
Mar 26, 2008
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Sybil Jones Jackson, age 85, of 203 Gordon St. died Tuesday, March 26, 2008 at her home. She was born in Anderson County and was the daughter of the late Furman Jones and Mae Smith Patterson. Mrs. Jackson was a retired Lab Technician with Clinton Mills and was a receptionist with the Good Shepherd Clinic. She was...
Katelyn Olivia Gibson
Mar 25, 2008
Katelyn Olivia Gibson infant daughter of Kevin Gibson and Cassie Havard died Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in the Self Regional Healthcare. She is survived by her parents; grandparents, Wayne and Debbie Gibson of Cross Hill, Jerry and Lois Havard of Cross Hill, and Sheila Cannon of Kinards; a sister, Kaylee Madison Gibson; great grandparents, Marie Havard of Laurens and William...
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