Obituaries

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

Gladys Wilson Inman

Gladys Wilson Inman

Jul 16, 2008

Dateline- Whitmire, S.C. Gladys Wilson Inman Gladys Wilson Inman, age 92, of 99 Maxwell Drive and widow of Robert H. Inman, Jr. died Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at her home. She was born in Gray Court and was the daughter of the late Luther and Della Garrett Wilson. Mrs. Inman was a homemaker, a member of the Whitmire United Methodist...

Dorothy Stacy Jennings

Dorothy Stacy Jennings

Jul 16, 2008

Dorothy Stacy Jennings Dorothy Stacy Jennings age 76, of 121 Nance Street died Wednesday, July 16th at her home. She was born in Joanna and was a daughter of the late Bill Stacy and Ann Moore Cochran. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband of 56 years, Ernest Jennings of the...

James William Johnson, Jr.

James William Johnson, Jr.

Jul 13, 2008

James William Johnson, Jr., 56, of 208 York Street, Clinton died Sunday in Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC, and was the son of predeceased James William Johnson and surviving mother Grace Nickles Johnson. He was the Resident Circuit Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. While serving as a judge, he also held the...

Margie Medlin Strickland

Margie Medlin Strickland

Jul 10, 2008

Margie M. Strickland age 78 of NHC of Clinton, died Thursday, July 10, 2008. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late James and Maude Medlin. Mrs. Strickland was a member of First Assembly of God. She is survived by a daughter, Angela Strickland of Clinton; two sisters, Cora King and Juanita Bigham both of...

Gary Conrad Rutkowski

Gary Conrad Rutkowski

Jul 3, 2008

Gary Conrad Rutkowski, 48, of Clinton, SC died Wednesday, July 3, 2008. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Robin Patterson Rutkowski, a daughter, Emily Katherine (Emy-Kate) Rutkowski, and step-son Christopher Tyler Goss; three brothers: William Francis Rutkowski, wife Roseann and son Joseph of Arlington, VA; Michael Thomas Ibbetson, wife Beth and triplet girls, Deanna Joy, Miranda Grace,...

Margaret Ann Brewington

Margaret Ann Brewington

Jul 3, 2008

Dateline: Clinton, SC, Margaret Ann Lawson Brewington , age 65 of 5586 Philson Road died Thursday, July 3, 2008 at her home. She was born in Spartanburg, SC and was a daughter of Loree Dunaway Lawson of Clinton and the late Boyce Lawson. Mrs. Brewington was retired from School District 56 and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition...

Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake

Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake

Jul 3, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC, Myrtle Simmons Blakely Speake, age 103, a long time resident of Clinton and most recently a resident of Lila Doyle Nursing Facility, died Thursday, July 3, 2008 in Seneca, SC. She was born in Montrose, Georgia, a daughter of the late Rozier Benjamin Simmons and Quella Rebecca Pierce Simmons. Mrs. Speake was a graduate of Georgia State College...

Virginia Blackwell White

Virginia Blackwell White

Jul 2, 2008

Virginia Blackwell White, age 84, of Falls Creek Living Center in Marietta, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Coker J. and Sudie Blackwell. Mrs. White was the owner and operator of Jinny’s Beauty Nook in Clinton before her retirement. She was...

Michael Paul Sweet

Michael Paul Sweet

Jun 28, 2008

Dateline- Cross Hill, S.C. Michael Paul Sweet Michael Paul Sweet, age 31, of 812 Barnett Rd. died Saturday, June 28th at his home. He was born in Greenville and was the son of Kenneth and Liddie Sue Sweet of Cross Hill. He was also survived by a sister, Phyllis Brooks of Greenville and two brothers, Kenneth Sweet, Jr. and Furman...

Harvey Freeman Whitmore, Sr.

Harvey Freeman Whitmore, Sr.

Jun 28, 2008

ENOREE, S.C. — Harvey Freeman Whitmore Sr., 75, husband of Nellie Ann Whitmore, of 181 Long Branch Road, Enoree, SC, died July 28, 2008 at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community. Mr. Whitmore was born Sept. 1, 1932, in Enoree, son of the late Joe and Josie Whitmore. He was a graduate of Cross Anchor High School and Spartanburg Methodist College....

Nonivee "Don" Shipley Gentry

Nonivee "Don" Shipley Gentry

Jun 18, 2008

Dateline- Ringgold, GA Nonivee “Don” Shipley Gentry Nonivee “Don” Shipley Gentry, 84, wife of the late George Elmer Gentry, entered into life eternal on June 18, 2008, at her daughter’s residence in Laurens, SC. Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Glenda and Kenneth Marler, Laurens, SC; her son, John Gentry, Ft. Ogelthorpe, GA; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Betty and Don...

Virginia Lee Quinn Gossett

Virginia Lee Quinn Gossett

Jun 16, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC Virginia (Jenny) Lee Quinn Gossett, age 88, of 302 Beauregard St. and the widow of George W. Gossett, Sr. died Monday, June 16, 2008 at her home. She was born in Union County and was a daughter of the late Wade H. and Hattie McCarson Quinn. Mrs. Gossett was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of...

Sherry Lynn Beeks Deyton

Sherry Lynn Beeks Deyton

Jun 12, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, SC Sherry Lynn Beeks Deyton, age 40, of 590 Phillips St. died Saturday, July 12, 2008 in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital She was born in Laurens and was the daughter of Bobbie Jean Epting and the late Wiliam Robert Beeks. She is survived by two daughters, Shelly Finley and Shena Finley both of Clinton; a son, William Brandon...

Carl Young Culbertson, Jr.

Carl Young Culbertson, Jr.

Jun 11, 2008

Dateline-Asheville, NC Carl Young Culbertson, Jr., age 88, who resided in Asheville, NC and previously in Louisville, KY passed away on June 11, 2008 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center in Asheville. He grew up in Laurens, SC, the son of Blanche and Carl Culbertson. He served in World War II and the Korean War. During WWII, he...

Allard Richard Parker

Allard Richard Parker

Jun 11, 2008

Dateline-Waterloo, SC, Rev. Allard Richard Parker, age 87 and a resident of the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008. He was born in Williamsburg, SC and was a son of the late Isaac and Jeannie F. Parker. Mr. Parker was a retired minister of 35 years, a member of the Wattsville Church of God of Prophecy...

Margaret Knight Fulmer

Margaret Knight Fulmer

Jun 5, 2008

Dateline-Laurens, SC, Margaret Knight Fulmer, age 81 of 4411 Hwy. 49 died Thursday, June 5th at the St. Frances Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Bluford and Ella Gault Knight. Mrs. Fulmer was the owner and operator of Fulmer’s Beauty Shop, a member of the Faith Baptist Church and a...

Sara Bonds Nabors

Sara Bonds Nabors

Jun 4, 2008

Sara Bonds Nabors, age 96, of 3402 Whitmire Hwy. and widow of John Clifton Nabors died Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Eddy and Harriet McCarley Bonds. Mrs. Nabors was the Co-Owner of Nabors Grocery at Bonds Cross Roads and was the oldest member at Fairview...

Linda Goodson

Linda Goodson

Jun 3, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Linda Goodson, age 54, of 101 Hickory Street died Tuesday, June 3, 2008 in the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Gaylord, Michigan and was the daughter of Ronald and Marjorie Coultes Smith of Salem, AR. Mrs. Goodson was a family teacher and is survived by her husband, Kerry Goodson of the home; two...

Samuel S. Williams

Samuel S. Williams

Jun 1, 2008

Dateline-Clinton, SC, Samuel S. Williams, age 82 of 106 Oakland St. died Sunday, June 1, 2008 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Great Falls and was a son of the late Franklin and Mabel Robinson Williams. Mr. Williams retired from Clinton Mills Plant #1 as Plant Manager. He was involved with Boy Scouts of America, and also...

Violet Crisp Wilson

Violet Crisp Wilson

May 31, 2008

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Violet Crisp Wilson Violet Crisp Wilson, age 99, widow of Lowry M. Wilson, passed to her heavenly home, Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born Sept.10, 1908 in Mountville, SC and was the daughter of the late William E. and Maude Hill Crisp. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Providence A.R.P. Church...