Obituaries

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

Jason Todd Smith

Jason Todd Smith

Mar 19, 2007

Dateline-Whitmire, Sc Jason Todd Smith, age 27 formerly of Greenville, died Monday, March 19, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Larry C. Smith of Whitmire and Cheryl & Johnny Wilson of Whitmire. He had an Associate of Science Degree in Technical Nursing from USC of Spartanburg and was a former...

Frances Killian Spratt Glover

Frances Killian Spratt Glover

Mar 18, 2007

Dateline-Greenwood, SC Frances Killian Spratt Glover, age 91, of 1110 Marshall Road, and widow of John Sobey Glover, died Sunday, March 18th in Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late John and Tallulah Neville Spratt. She was a graduate of Presbyterian College and a member and former vestry woman...

Mary Jane Jacobs Veneklasen

Mary Jane Jacobs Veneklasen

Mar 18, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Jane Jacobs Venklasen, age 63 of 404 Calvert Ave. died Sunday, March 18th at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Thomas Dillard and Marion Cox Jacobs. She was a graduate of Coker College and the creator of Tiny Trimmings Christmas Ornaments and Decorations, which she did for many years....

David N. Hingos

David N. Hingos

Mar 17, 2007

David N. Hingos, age 74 of 571 Puckett Ferry Rd. and husband of the late, Ruth Lowery Hingos died Saturday, Mar. 17th at his home. He was born in Holdingford, MN and was a son of the late Paul and Mary Ronyak Hingos. Mr. Hingos was retired from the US Air Force with 25 years of devoted service to his...

Timothy Avlin Rochester

Timothy Avlin Rochester

Mar 17, 2007

Timothy Alvin Rochester, age 41 of 404 Lucas Ave., died Saturday, Mar. 17th at the University Hospital in Augusta, GA. He was born in Laurens County and was son of Barbara Smitherman Dunaway of Laurens and the late Percy Rochester. Mr. Rochester was a former employee of Stockman Oil Company and a member of the Believers Assembly Church. He is...

Virginia Sligh Shealy

Virginia Sligh Shealy

Mar 14, 2007

Virginia Sligh Shealy, age 80, of 811 North Adair Street, died Wednesday, Mar. 14th at her home. Mrs. Shealy was born in Newberry, SC and was the daughter of the late George Jacob Sligh, Sr. and Susie Wilson Sligh. She graduated from Newberry College and was the May Queen in 1945. Mrs. Shealy retired from the Clinton School District 56...

Virginia N. Puckett

Virginia N. Puckett

Mar 14, 2007

Virginia N. Puckett, age 89, a resident of National Healthcare of Clinton and formerly of 501 Whitmire Hwy died Wednesday, Mar. 14th at the Laurens County Hospital. Mrs. Puckett was born in Kentucky, and was the widow of Henry “Jud” Puckett. She was a Foster Grandparent volunteer with Senior Options at several area schools. Mrs. Puckett also was a member...

Lonnie Aster Thacker, Sr.

Lonnie Aster Thacker, Sr.

Mar 13, 2007

Dateline-Gray Court, SC Lonnie Aster Thacker, Sr. age 80 of 2651 Georgia Road, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 13, 2007. He was born in Hoot Owl, VA and was a son of the late Walker James and Maxie Raines Thacker. He was a member of Pilgrims Home Old Regular Baptist Church of Virginia and a...

Mary Colleen Merchant Young

Mary Colleen Merchant Young

Mar 12, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Colleen Young, age 58 of 137 New Hampshire Circle, died Monday, March 12, 2007. She was born in Newberry County and was a daughter of C. T. and Mary Deaton Merchant. She is survived by her husband, Terry W. Young of the home, four children, Mark (Ann) Nelson and Georgia (Mike) Cogsdill both of Clinton, Lena (James)...

Annie Belle Privette

Annie Belle Privette

Mar 10, 2007

Dateline- Whitmire, SC Annie Belle Privette, 90, widow of Van Privette, died at her home of 60 years, on March 10, 2007. She was born April 24, 1916 in Whitmire and lived her entire life within 2 blocks of her birthplace. Annie Belle was the third child born to James T. Nelson and Frances Jennings Nelson. She was preceded in...

Marie Weir Bigbee

Marie Weir Bigbee

Mar 9, 2007

Dateline- Clinton, SC Marie Weir Bigbee, age 86, of 304 Jacobs Hwy. died Friday, March 9, 2007 in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of the late Franklin and Effie Annie Mae Smith Weir. Mrs. Bigbee was a member of the Clinton Mill Business Women’s Club and the Broad St. United Methodist...

Betty Nelson Ammons

Betty Nelson Ammons

Mar 8, 2007

Betty Nelson Ammons, age 70, of Whitmire passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Annie Wilson Nelson of Whitmire. She retired from the Torrington Company in Clinton. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Whitmire. Surviving is her husband of 52 years, Jack M....

Keldon Landers Long

Keldon Landers Long

Mar 8, 2007

Keldon Landers Long, age 3 weeks, of 453 Bar-B-Villa Road, died Thursday, March 8th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was the son of James William Long, Jr. and Sherry Nicole Long. He is survived by his maternal grandparents, Darlene and Sherman Landers of Clinton; paternal grandparents, James Sr. and Sherry Long of Clinton; great-grandmothers, Lydia Holmes...

John Curtis Davis

John Curtis Davis

Mar 3, 2007

John Curtis Davis, age 84 died Saturday, March 3rd at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson where he had lived the past two years. He was born in Cross Hill on June 15, 1922, and was the last of eight children of the late Wallace Sherman Davis and Annie Belle Reeder Davis. He was predeceased by his...

Betty Lou Brewington

Betty Lou Brewington

Mar 2, 2007

Betty Lou Brewington, age 71 of 1014 Sloan St. and widow of John Brewington, died Friday, March 2nd in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Martin and Annie B. Woody Miliam. Mrs. Brewington retired from Clinton Mills but continued to work as a nurse’s aide at Frampton Hall and...

William "Dub" Eustace, Sr.

William "Dub" Eustace, Sr.

Mar 1, 2007

William “Dub” Eustace, Sr., age 72 of 307 Davis Street, died Thursday, March 1st in the Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of the late Joseph and Lela Nix Eustace. Mr. Eustace was retired from Greenwood Mills, attended Calvary Baptist Church and was a US Army veteran of the Korean War. He...

Franklin A. (F A) Duncan

Franklin A. (F A) Duncan

Feb 27, 2007

Dateline-Clinton, SC Franklin A. (F A) Duncan, a long time resident of Clinton, SC, passed February 27, 2007 at Auburn Regional Medical Center in Auburn, Washington. He was born in Madison County, Georgia, July 22, 1923, he was the son of Clarence Wade Duncan and Eva Lee Brooks Duncan. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Hazel McKenzie...

Gladys Rucker Griffin

Gladys Rucker Griffin

Feb 23, 2007

Gladys Rucker Griffin, age 83, formerly of Greenwood, SC, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Wilkes County, GA and was the daughter of the late Charlie and Ethel Rousey Rucker. Mrs. Griffin was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Griffin is...

Winford Fearl Fulton

Winford Fearl Fulton

Feb 20, 2007

Winford Fearl Fulton, age 75, of 209 Kennedy Rd. died Tuesday, February 21st at his home. He was born in Quitman, Arkansas and was a son of the late Albert Fee and Dotcie Presley Fulton. Mr. Fulton was a former employee with I.H. Services in Greenville, a member of Community Chapel Freewill Baptist Church in Hickory Tavern and was a...

Mary James Maness

Mary James Maness

Feb 19, 2007

Mary James Maness, age 82, of 206 Inland Dr, Kokomo, IN, formerly of Whitmire, SC, died Monday, Feb, 19,2007 in Lake Placid, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Tee Maness. She is survived by a daughter, Zella (Charles) Quinn and a son, Ernie (Joyce) Maness; four grandchildren, Dusty (Ron) Coleman, Candy (Scott) DeLong, Charlie Quinn &...