Obituaries

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

Daniel Lawrence Lanford

Daniel Lawrence Lanford

Nov 10, 2007

Dateline-Laurens, SC Daniel Lawrence Lanford, age 55 of 522 Green Street died Saturday, November 10, 2007. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Lawrence and Dorothy Mae Finley Lanford. Mr. Lanford graduated Clinton High School class of 1970, Presbyterian College class of 1974 with a BS in Business Administration. He was an accountant. Surviving are...

Thomas W. Beaman

Thomas W. Beaman

Nov 10, 2007

Thomas W. Beaman, age 71 of 417 Forest Rd. died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Troy Gerald Beaman, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Ruby Keasley. Mr. Beaman was retired from Clinton Mills and from the S.C. Army National Guard. He was a U.S. Army veteran and...

Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox

Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox

Nov 6, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Maggie Ruth Apperson Cox, age 91, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at her home. She was born in Walker Valley, TN and was the daughter of the late John C. and Clemmie Gentry Apperson. Surviving are her husband, Henry M. Cox of the home, daughter and son-in-law, Diane Cox and Bill Yarborough of Clinton, one sister, Christine Brazier...

Robert Andrew Butler

Robert Andrew Butler

Nov 6, 2007

Robert A. Butler, age 73, of 100 Glendale Manor died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at his home. He was born in Lancaster and was the son of the late Lewis William and Katie Lawton Barnes Butler. Mr. Butler was a former employee of Torrington Bearing Co. and Clinton Mills. He was also a member of the Temple Baptist Church and...

Henry W. Trammell

Henry W. Trammell

Nov 6, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Henry W. Trammell, age 92 of 400 Stonewall St., died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Poplar Springs, SC and was a son of the late L. B. and Alti Bagwell Trammell. He retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church; was the oldest living...

Ira Belle Summer Young

Ira Belle Summer Young

Nov 4, 2007

Ira Belle Summer Young, age 80, of 29648 Hwy. 76 East died Sunday, November 4, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Newberry and was the daughter of the late Ben and Annie Morgan Summer. Mrs. Young first worked for Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and later retired from Whitten Center. She was also a member of Hurricane...

Eletha Johnson Steen

Eletha Johnson Steen

Nov 1, 2007

Eletha J. Steen age 78,of 48 Cooper Road died Thursday, November 1, 2007 in the Newberry Memorial Hospital. She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Henry T. and Cora Craft Johnson. Mrs. Steen was retired from J.P.Stevens and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by two sons, Stevie and Ricky Steen of Whitmire;...

Mary Lou Walker

Mary Lou Walker

Nov 1, 2007

Mary Lou Walker of 121 Poplar Street Lydia Mill died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at her home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Frank A. and Willie Mae Weathers Walker. Miss Walker attended the Lydia Mill Church of God. She is survived by three brothers, Johnny Walker, Billy Walker and wife Diane, and Jimmy...

Lois Evans Hileman

Lois Evans Hileman

Nov 1, 2007

Dateline- Cross Hill Lois Evans Hileman, age 62, of 301 Julia Island Dr. went to be with the Lord, her husband and two sons, Thursday, November 1, 2007 at her home. She was born in Elbert Co., GA and was the daughter of the late John A. and Hazel Johnson Evans. Mrs. Hileman was a former employee of Clinton Mills...

Clarence A. Roberts

Clarence A. Roberts

Oct 30, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Clarence A. Roberts of 311 Leonard Road, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Harry A. Roberts and Viola G. Roberts and stepmother, Alma F. Roberts. He was preceded in death by brothers, Vance A. Roberts, James E. Roberts; sisters, Rosie M. Staley,...

William David Anderson

William David Anderson

Oct 28, 2007

William David Anderson age 69 of 62 Dogwood Circle died Sunday, Oct. 28th, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Sandy Springs, SC and was a son of the late Homer W. and Lula Mable Chapman Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a former employee of Shakespeare in Newberry and was retired from Westinghouse in Greenwood. He was a...

George W. "Doodle Bug" Gossett, Jr.

George W. "Doodle Bug" Gossett, Jr.

Oct 27, 2007

Dateline-Kinards, SC, George W. “Doodle Bug” Gossett, Jr. age 61of 446 Bookroom Rd. died Saturday, Oct. 27th at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of Virginia Lee Gossett Quinn of Clinton and the late George W. Gossett, Sr. Mr. Gossett was a retired carpenter and member of the Fire Baptized Holiness Church. Surviving are...

Martin Edward Whitlock

Martin Edward Whitlock

Oct 25, 2007

Martin E. Whitlock age 78, of 209 ½ N. Cloudman Street, died Wednesday, Oct. 25th at his home. He was born in Goldville, SC and was a son of the late Thomas Leach and Lillie Mae Owen Whitlock. Mr. Whitlock was a retired truck driver with Bankair Courier. He was of the Baptist faith and a US Army veteran of...

Belle Courtney Byrd

Belle Courtney Byrd

Oct 24, 2007

Belle Courtney Byrd age 86, widow of Robert Downs Byrd, Jr., died Wednesday, Oct. 24th in White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Lenoir (Adaco), North Carolina and was a daughter of the late Albert Andrew Courtney and Florence McCall Courtney. Mrs. Byrd was the owner and operator of the Modern Beauty Shop in Whitmire for over 40...

Eugene (Gene) D. Nabors

Eugene (Gene) D. Nabors

Oct 23, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Eugene (Gene) D. Nabors, age 74, of 1207 Hwy. 56 South died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late Nathan H. and Ora Simpson Nabors. Mr. Nabors was the owner of Nabors Texaco Station and was a member of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian...

Jessie Oswalt King

Jessie Oswalt King

Oct 23, 2007

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Jessie O. King age 79, of 49 McDonald St., widow of Rev. Ronald Curtis King entered into life eternal Tuesday, October 23, 2007 in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lexington County and was a daughter of the late John Clarence and Rosa Lynn Risinger Oswalt. She was a retired employee of Threads, Inc and...

Sofia L. Jaskin

Sofia L. Jaskin

Oct 21, 2007

Maudlin, SC, Sofia L. Jaskin, age 87 of Miller Oaks in Mauldin, the widow of Nick Jaskin and a longtime resident of Joanna, SC, died Sunday, October 21st in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jaskin enjoyed flowers and gardening. Surviving are a son, Roman Jaskin and a daughter, Mary Dawkins both of Simpsonville; two grandchildren, Kelly Wilkins and Nicholas Dawkins...

Mildred B. Rhodes

Mildred B. Rhodes

Oct 21, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Mildred Brazill Rhodes, age 77, of 103 Hayes St. died Sunday, October 21, 2007 at her home. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late George W. and Lillie Vanderford Brazill. Mrs. Rhodes was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the T.E.L. Sunday School...

May R. Maness

May R. Maness

Oct 20, 2007

Dateline- Spartanburg S.C. May R. Maness, age 86, formerly Laurens died Saturday, October 20, 2007 in the Golden Age Nursing Home in Inman. She was born in Accrington, England and is survived by her husband, Durward J. Maness of Spartanburg; a daughter, Frances Maness of Spartanburg; two sons, Martyn David Rushton of Accrington,England and Ronald W. Maness. Graveside services will...

Charles Fenton Ayres

Charles Fenton Ayres

Oct 19, 2007

Charles Fenton Ayres, died Friday, October 19, 2007, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, Laurens, S.C., after a long illness. A service of remembrance will be held Sunday, October 28, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at Martha Franks Retirement Center, Rasor Chapel, 1 Martha Franks Drive, Laurens, SC. Charles was born August 31, 1923 in Penn Yan, New York, to David...