Obituaries

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

Paul Edward Mitchell, Sr.

Paul Edward Mitchell, Sr.

Aug 28, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC, Paul Edward Mitchell, Sr. age 73, of 481 Camp Ground Rd., died Monday August 28, 2006 in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. He was born in Rices Landing, PA and was a son of the late Jessie Thomas and Josephine Shepler Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was an associate of Wal Mart, Laurens store, Fire Chief at the Sandy Springs Fire...

Vallie Campbell Stewart

Vallie Campbell Stewart

Aug 25, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Vallie Campbell Stewart, widow of Marvin Cunningham Stewart formerly of 203 Spruce Street, Clinton, died Friday, August 25, 2006 at the National Health Care of Clinton. Born in Clinton and she was the daughter of the late Aaron Furman and Minnie Lee Thornton Campbell. Mrs. Stewart was a charter member of the original Bailey Memorial Southern Methodist...

William Lawrence (Billy) Patterson, Sr.

William Lawrence (Billy) Patterson, Sr.

Aug 24, 2006

William Lawrence (Billy) Patterson, Sr., age 83, of the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center died Thursday, August 24, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Lanford, SC and was a son of the late William L. and Janie Fleming Patterson. Mr. Patterson was a graduate of Laurens High School, Class of 1940, and a graduate of Wofford...

Harry Lee Thomas

Harry Lee Thomas

Aug 23, 2006

Harry Lee Thomas, age 77, of 501 Browning Ave. died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Goldville and was the son of the late Edwin L. and Gladys Estes Thomas. Mr. Thomas was retired from Poe Mills worked in the Farmer’s Market, was a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge and was a...

Robert (Bobby) Simmons

Robert (Bobby) Simmons

Aug 18, 2006

Clinton, SC, Robert (Bobby) Simmons, age 60, of 659 Barrel Stave Rd. died Friday, August 18th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Robert Lewis Simmons, Sr. and the late Venoree Hames Simmons. Mr. Simmons was employed with Clinton True Value Hardware and was the former owner of Simmons Car Wash. He...

Randy Eugene Boyter

Randy Eugene Boyter

Aug 16, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Randy E. Boyter, age 42, of 103 Milling St., died Wednesday, Aug. 16th in Self Regional Healthcare. He was born in Richland County and was a son of Beatrice Malone Hunnicutt of Whitmire and the late Kenneth Meeks. Surviving in addition to his Mother are his wife, Dorothy Prince Boyter of the home, one son, LCPL Dean Price...

Evangeline (Van) Godfrey

Evangeline (Van) Godfrey

Aug 16, 2006

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Evangeline (Van) Godfrey, age 91, of 317 Sims St. and widow of Charles Hubert (Slim) Godfrey died Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in the Ellenburg Nursing Center in Anderson She was born in Saluda County and was the daughter of the late Perry and Eula Prater Dukes. Mrs. Godfrey was retired from Greenwood Mill and was a member...

Sidney Lee Hazel

Sidney Lee Hazel

Aug 16, 2006

Sidney Lee Hazel, age 74, died Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry. He was born in Joanna, SC and was a son of Paul Hazel of Greenwood and the late Genell Bridges Hazel. Mr. Hazel was retired from American Security as a security officer. In addition to his father, he is survived by two...

Gladys Gilliam Senn

Gladys Gilliam Senn

Aug 16, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Gladys Gillian Senn, age 82 of 303 Laurens St. and widow of William R. Senn, died Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in Providence Hospital in Columbia. She was born in Lexington County and was a daughter of the late Reedy B. and Maggie C. Miller Gillian. She was retired from Blalock Plant of Greenwood Mills and was a member...

Grace Doyle Nichols

Grace Doyle Nichols

Aug 14, 2006

Dateline-Mountville, SC Grace D. Nichols, age 90, widow of Lloyd Joel Nichols, of 3441 Mountville Road died Monday, August 14, 2006 in the Hospice Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood. She was born in Summerville, New Jersey and was the daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Doyle. Mrs. Nichols was a former employee of Cortland Corset and was an...

Dustin Shawn South

Dustin Shawn South

Aug 14, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Dustin Shawn South, age 18, of 2789 Hurricane Church Road died Monday, August 14, 2006. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Bill Madden of Clinton and Gwendolyn Madden and step-father, Joe Gorum of Clinton. Dustin was a student and former football player at Clinton High School. He is also survived by two brothers,...

Jolene Dotson

Jolene Dotson

Aug 13, 2006

Mrs. Dotson is being shipped to Mobridge, South Dakota to the Oster Funeral Home. Services will be handled in South Dakota.The tel.# for Oster Funeral Home is 605-845-7400. Courtesy of Gray Funeral Home in Clinton, SC

Lois Lynnette Anderson Gregory

Lois Lynnette Anderson Gregory

Aug 12, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Lois Anderson Gregory, age 34, of 144 Lee Street died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at her home. She was born in Sumter and was the daughter of Larry and Annette Geddings Anderson of Sumter. Mrs. Gregory was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Michael Brandon Gregory of Clinton; one son, Matthew Brandon Gregory of Clinton;...

Jimmy Durrell Patterson

Jimmy Durrell Patterson

Aug 12, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Jimmy Durrell Patterson Jimmy Durrell Patterson, age 72, of 196 Rock Creek Road died Saturday, August 12, 2006 in the Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. He was born in Laurens and was the son of the late Floyd and Gertha Spencer Patterson. Mr. Patterson was retired from Torrington Bearings Co. and was a U.S. Air Force veteran....

Ruth Louise Armstrong Mcninch

Ruth Louise Armstrong Mcninch

Aug 12, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, SC Mrs. Ruth Louise Armstrong McNinch, age 71, of 100 Glendale Manor, Clinton, passed away, Saturday, August 12 , 2006 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Patterson. Mrs. McNinch was born on November 25, 1934 Gray Court, S.C. She was the daughter of the late Maude MaLinda Armstrong and granddaughter of the late Homer Goldsmith...

J. D. (Bill) Shealy

J. D. (Bill) Shealy

Aug 9, 2006

Clinton, SC, J. D. (Bill) Shealy, age 79, of 504 N. Adair St. died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at the Laurens County Hospital in Clinton. He was born in Lexington County, SC and was the son of Mabel Kelly Shealy Williams of Columbia and the late Lester H. Shealy. Mr. Shealy retired from Pet Dairy as Regional Manager of South...

Ronald Corley

Ronald Corley

Aug 9, 2006

Ronald Corley, age 65 of 311 Hair Point, died Wednesday, August 9th at the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Greenwood and was a son of Joe Corley of Greenwood and the late Edna Nabors Corley. He retired from Eastern Airlines and was a U. S. Marine Veteran of Vietnam. He was a Presbyterian by faith and a graduate...

Mary Mildred Craven Ward

Mary Mildred Craven Ward

Aug 5, 2006

Laurens, SC, Mary Mildred Craven Ward, age 92, the widow of Edward Franklin Ward of 1081 Hwy. 252 died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 in the National Health Care of Laurens. She was born in Franklinville, NC and was a daughter of the late Ross and Mary Ellen Slack Craven. Before becoming a resident of Laurens, Mrs. Ward was a former...

Mary Annice Sprouse Smith

Mary Annice Sprouse Smith

Aug 3, 2006

Joanna, SC, Mary Annice Sprouse Smith, age 86 of 516 West Calhoun St. and widow of Carroll Dwight Smith died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006 in the St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. She was born in Mountville and was a daughter of the late Joel and Daisy Sprouse. Mrs. Smith was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of the...

Katharine Fuller Lawson

Katharine Fuller Lawson

Aug 3, 2006

Clinton, SC, Katharine Fuller Lawson, age 60, of 312 Elizabeth Street died Thursday, August 3, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Clarence and Etta Sanders Fuller. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Bellview Baptist Church. Surviving are her son, Heath Lawson of Clinton; two...