Obituaries

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

Carter Ashton Wright

Carter Ashton Wright

Feb 2, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Carter Ashton Wright, age 88 of 308 White Feather Circle, Clinton, entered into heaven on February 2, 2006 at Laurens County Hospital. He was a retired employee of Clinton Mills, a member and former Elder of the Shady Grove Presbyterian Church and a former Elder of the Rock Bridge Presbyterian Church. He was a veteran of the Army...

Mary Joyce King Deitz

Mary Joyce King Deitz

Feb 2, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Mary Joyce Deitz, age 55, of 144 Denna Drive died Thursday, Feb. 2nd in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late William and Maudie Horde King. She was a former employee of Greenwood Mills Joanna Plant and a member of New Horizon Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Martha F. Prather

Martha F. Prather

Feb 1, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC, Martha F. Prather, age 73 of 808 E. Ferguson St., died Wednesday, Feb. 1st, in Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Oconee County and was a daughter of the late John T. and Alma Cecelia Whitten Ferguson and step-mother Hattie O’Dell Ferguson. She was retired as Assistant Supervisor of Cloth Room #2 at Clinton Mills; was...

James Ray King, Sr.

James Ray King, Sr.

Jan 31, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC James (Ray) King, Sr., age 67 of 314 Foxgrove Rd., died Tuesday, Jan. 31st in the Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Laurens County and was a son of the late W. H. and Georgia B. King. He was owner of J.R. Mart, Inc., J. R. Liquors, Inc. and J. R. Rentals, Inc. He was a...

Ed (Sarge) Whitt

Ed (Sarge) Whitt

Jan 30, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Ed (Sarge) Whitt, age 76 of 202 Marion St. Ext. died Monday, Jan. 30th at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood. He was born in Pelzer, SC and was a son of the late Ali Alvin Whitt and Lessie Smith Whitt Davis. Mr. Whitt retired as a Gunnery Sergeant from the United States Marine Corp with...

Fred W. Mccarson

Fred W. Mccarson

Jan 27, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC Fred W. McCarson, age 82 of 660 Fairgrounds Rd., died Friday, January 27th in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late Joseph and Minnie Lee Seay McCarson. He was retired from Clinton Mills; was a member of Palmetto Lodge #19, Hejaz Shrine Club, a 50 year member of Bellview...

William Hanna Young, Sr.

William Hanna Young, Sr.

Jan 27, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC William Hanna Young, Sr., age 82 of 1411 Coleman Ave., died Friday, January 27th in the Newberry Memorial Hospital. He was born in Whitmire and was a son of the late Thomas P. and Ruth Hanna Young. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from the Citadel, Class of 1944; was the owner of Miller Hardware, Elder Emeritus in the...

Margaret A. Parrish

Margaret A. Parrish

Jan 26, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Margaret A. Parrish, age 83 of 315 Davidson St., died Thursday, Jan. 26th at her home. She was retired from Bailey Hospital and from Presbyterian College and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Surviving are three sons, W. C. (Billy) Parrish, Jr. of Clinton, John (Ben) Parrish of Canton, NC and Marshall E. Scott of Orem,...

Sigrid Francis Cloward

Sigrid Francis Cloward

Jan 26, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Sigrid Francis Cloward, age 97, of 441 N. Main Street, died Thursday, Jan. 26th in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Nairobi British East Africa and was a daughter of the late William Matt and Mathilda Damlin. Surviving are one son, William S. Francis of Joanna, one daughter, Sigrid F. Halyburton of Saluda, Grandson, William C....

Frank (Dickie) Childers

Frank (Dickie) Childers

Jan 26, 2006

Dateline-Kinards, SC Frank (Dickie) Childers, age 62 of 283 Fairview Church Road, died Thursday, Jan 26th in the Hospice House of Greenwood. He was born in Gaffney and was a son of the late Charlie J. and Mary Scruggs Childers. He was a retired employee of Sumter Builders Inc. and a member of Freedom Baptist Church in Newberry. Surviving is...

Steve Martin Hileman

Steve Martin Hileman

Jan 25, 2006

Dateline-Cross Hill, S.C. Steve M. Hileman, age 28, of 301 Julie Island Rd. died Wednesday, January 25th at his home. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of Rev. Stanley W. and Lois Evans Hileman. Mr. Hileman was a member of his fathers church, the Faith Tabernacle Full Gospel Church of Lake Greenwood. Surviving in addition to his...

Clayton F. Crowder

Clayton F. Crowder

Jan 23, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Clayton F. Crowder, age 81, of 161 Old Airport Rd. died Monday, January 23, 2006 in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Gray Court and was the son of the late Captain Nelson and Annie B. Douglas Crowder. Mr. Crowder was retired from the Gilliland Plant, was a Baptist by faith and served in the...

Teresa Campbell Mcmillan

Teresa Campbell Mcmillan

Jan 22, 2006

Dateline, Gaston, SC Teresa Campbell McMillan, age 48 of 352 N. Main St., died Sunday, Jan. 22nd at the Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of William Alen Campbell of Laurens and Molly Freeman Finnila of Gray Court. She was a former employee of Whitten Center and a member of the Church of...

Zonie Burke Boyter

Zonie Burke Boyter

Jan 22, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Zonie Burke Boyter age 85 formerly of Broome St., died Sunday, Jan. 22nd at White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Spartanburg County and was a daughter of the late Charlie and Eva Robinson Burke. Mrs. Boyter was retired from Whitten Center and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons, Jimmy Arnold of Las...

Shirley H. Bond

Shirley H. Bond

Jan 21, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Shirley H. Bond, age 56, of 105 Shantara Rd. died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at her home. She was born in Lancaster and was the daughter of Frances W. Acheson of Laurens and the late Clarence W. Hinson. Mrs. Bond was a registered nurse at Martha Franks Retirement Center. She is survived by her husband, Louis C....

Henry Talmadge Simmons

Henry Talmadge Simmons

Jan 18, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Henry Talmadge Simmons, 83, of 104 Derby Lane, died Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at N. H. C. of Clinton. He was born in Abbeville and was the son of the late Henry W. and Essie B. Simmons and was the husband of Marion Smith Simmons for 59 years. Talmadge was a partner with W. S. Weir in Simmons...

Leone Derrick Bates

Leone Derrick Bates

Jan 17, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Leone Derrick Bates of J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home, formerly of 512 Whitmire Hwy., Joanna passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2006. She was born July 29, 1918 in Lexington County; was a daughter of the late Jodie O. and Ellie Holly Derrick. She is survived by her sons and their wives, Nat and Connie Bates of Joanna; Willard...

Ena F. Robbs

Ena F. Robbs

Jan 15, 2006

Dateline-Newberry, SC Ena F. Robbs, age 94 of 281 Hollow Rd. died Sunday, Jan. 15th at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in North Carolina and was a daughter of the late William and Ida Mae Faulks. Mrs. Robbs was a member of the Pioneer Baptist Church in Newberry and a homemaker. Surviving are two sons, Guy Robbs...

Annie Mae Coleman Roper Bagwell

Annie Mae Coleman Roper Bagwell

Jan 14, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC Annie Mae Roper Bagwell, age 77 of 116 Garlington St., died Saturday, Jan. 15th in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Jim & Addie B. Davis Coleman. She was a retired employee of Walmart and a member of Eastside Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Linda Roper Martin...

James G. Bowling

James G. Bowling

Jan 14, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC, James G. Bowling, age 90 of Wesley Commons in Greenwood and a long time resident of Laurens died Saturday, January 14th at the Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Pickens County and was a son of the late Claude and Lettie Kelly Bowling. Mr. Bowling and his wife were the founders of The Bootery Inc. in...