Obituaries

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

William T. (Bill) Gresham

William T. (Bill) Gresham

Mar 2, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC William T. (Bill) Gresham, age 72 of 505 Milton Road, died Thursday, March 2, 2006 in Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late Alton and Vinnie Morgan Gresham. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Matthews Plant; was a Presbyterian by faith and was a US Air Force Veteran of...

Richard L. Gasque

Richard L. Gasque

Mar 1, 2006

Dateline- Lilburn, Georgia Richard L. Gasque, age 64, of 799 Valbrook Court, Lilburn, GA died Wednesday, March 1st in the Emory Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, GA. He was born in Clinton and was the son of the late J. Roy and Celia Latimer Gasque. Mr. Gasque was a graduate of Erskine College and was a retired owner of Express...

Mary T. (Chick) Baker

Mary T. (Chick) Baker

Mar 1, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Mary T. (Chick) Baker, age 77 of 1802 Brookside Manor, formerly of Whitmire and widow of Ryan Curtis Baker died Wednesday, March 1st in the White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born in Huntsville, AL and was a daughter of the late John and Birdie Rector Thrift. She was a devoted member of First Church of God;...

Florence Caldwell Smith

Florence Caldwell Smith

Feb 28, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC Florence Caldwell Smith , age 84 of 87 Hill Creek Rd. and widow of James Clifton Smith, died Tuesday, Feb. 28th in the Spartanburg Regional Hospital. She was born in Spartanburg County and was the daughter of the late John Lewis and Leila Puritt Caldwell. She was retired from J. P. Stevens of Whitmire after 45 years of...

Georgia Coker (Tooney) Hughes

Georgia Coker (Tooney) Hughes

Feb 23, 2006

Dateline- Gray Court, S.C. Georgia Coker Hughes (Tooney), age 42, of 4706 N. Old Laurens Rd. died Thursday, February 23rd in Laurens. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of Earl R. Coker of Gray Court and the late Joan Lyles Coker. Mrs. Hughes was a former employee of Carolina Sorting Co., had attended Faith Christian School...

Nancy Johnson Lamb

Nancy Johnson Lamb

Feb 20, 2006

Dateline- Cross Anchor Nancy Johnson Lamb, age 89 and widow of Albert E. Lamb, died Monday, February 20th in the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Sedalia and was a daughter of the late Ben and Ellen Johnson. She was a former employee of Carolina Blouse Co. in Woodruff and a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Cross...

Evelyn C. Starnes

Evelyn C. Starnes

Feb 18, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Evelyn C. Starnes, age 83, the widow of A.C. "Bud" Starnes and formerly of 161 Sunset Blvd. died Saturday, February 18th in the Martha Franks Retirement Center. She was born in Whitmire and was the daughter of Morris Paul and Lucy Crocker Conner. Mrs. Starnes was a retired pharmacist technician with Whitten Center and a member of...

William B. Card

William B. Card

Feb 18, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C. William B. Card, age 85 died Saturday, Feb. 18th at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Clinton. He was born in Soddy, Tennessee and was the son of the late Earl L. and Rachel P. Card. Mr. Card was retired from 3M Corporation, was a U.S. Air Force veteran of W.W. II and was a member...

Charles F. Wilbanks, Sr.

Charles F. Wilbanks, Sr.

Feb 18, 2006

Dateline-Whitmire, SC, Charles F. Wilbanks, Sr. age 71 of 409 Grant St. died Saturday, Feb. 18th in the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Whitmire, SC and was a son of the late Lounge and Minnie Frost Wilbanks. Mr. Wilbanks was retired from Cone Mills and was a US Air Force and Navy veteran. Surviving are his wife,...

Ralph Houston May

Ralph Houston May

Feb 17, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC, Ralph Houston May age 80 of 325 Byrnes St. died Friday, Feb. 17th at the Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. He was born in Hillsboro, TN and was a son of the late Joe and Ethel Annie Kinard May. Mr. May was retired from Torrington Company and was the last survivor of his immediate family. Surviving are his...

Virgil Raye Cook

Virgil Raye Cook

Feb 15, 2006

Dateline-Englewood, FL Virgil Raye Cook age 61 of 451 Blackburn St. and formerly of Clinton, SC died Wednesday, Feb. 15th in the Bay Pines VA Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. He was born in Newberry and was a son of the late Darrell Phillip Cook and Alice Adams Cook Smith. Mr. Cook earned an associates degree in accounting and was...

Pearl H. Gibson

Pearl H. Gibson

Feb 15, 2006

Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Pearl H. Gibson, age 65, of 222 Oaklawn Drive and widow of Bobby B. Gibson died Wednesday, February 15th in the Providence Hospital in Columbia. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late John and Lillian Lawson Howard. Mrs. Gibson was an employee of the State Tree Service. She is survived by one...

Elma Keasler Tumblin

Elma Keasler Tumblin

Feb 14, 2006

Dateline-Hickory Tavern, SC, Elma Keasler Tumblin age 90, widow of Homer Neal Tumblin, Sr. of 18740 Hwy. 101 died Tuesday, Feb. 14th at her home. She was born in Anderson, SC and was a daughter of the late Jerry Henry and Lydia Mae Greer Keasler. Mrs. Tumblin retired from the Hickory Tavern Sportswear and was a member of the Henderson...

Mertis Rhodes Birchmore

Mertis Rhodes Birchmore

Feb 12, 2006

Dateline- Clinton, S.C., Mertis Rhodes Birchmore, age 68, of 90 Rhodes Drive died Sunday, February 12th at her home. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late David and Alice Smith. Mrs. Birchmore was retired from Clinton Mills, Lydia Plant, was a Baptist by faith and volunteered with Hospice of Laurens County. She is survived...

Donnie Nelson Crowder

Donnie Nelson Crowder

Feb 12, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC, Donnie Nelson Crowder age 60 of 1191 Penland Rd. died Sunday, Feb. 12th at his home. He was born in Laurens and was a son of the late Clayton Frank and Eva Mae Gregory Crowder. Mr. Crowder retired from Timken after 40 years of service, was a member of the Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church and had served in...

Mary Barrineau Lowman

Mary Barrineau Lowman

Feb 12, 2006

Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Mary B. Lowman, age 79, of 113 Workman St. and widow of Cullen (Curly) Lowman died Sunday, February 12th in the NHC of Clinton. She was born in Manning and was the daughter of the late Henry C. and Beulah Altman Barrineau. Mrs. Lowman was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the First Baptist...

Paul Pressley Bridges

Paul Pressley Bridges

Feb 9, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Paul Pressley Bridges, age 94 formerly of 1943 Leesville Church Rd., died Thursday, Feb. 9th in the National Health Care Center of Laurens. He was born in Kings Mountain, NC and was a son of the late Pressley Lee and Annie Elizabeth Payne Bridges. He was retired from Clinton Mill and was a member of Langston Baptist Church....

Margaret C. Morris

Margaret C. Morris

Feb 9, 2006

Dateline-Joanna, SC Margaret C. Morris, age 64 of 509 Browning Avenue, Joanna, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, February 9, 2006 at her home. She was born in Hartsville, SC and was the daughter of the late M. B. and Elizabeth Wade Caston. She was the owner of Tears and Shears Beauty Salon in Joanna, SC for 31...

Nancy Trammell Baughn

Nancy Trammell Baughn

Feb 9, 2006

Dateline-Clinton, SC Nancy Trammell Baughn, age 56 of 206 Belmont Stakes, died Thursday, Feb. 9th at her home. She was born in Clinton and was a daughter of Dorothy Foster Trammell of Clinton and the late George H.(Jeter) Trammell. She was a bookkeeper for Arthur State Bank, a former employee of Bailey Bank for 31 years and a member of...

John Janzen

John Janzen

Feb 6, 2006

Dateline-Laurens, SC John Janzen of 42 Caldwell Rd., died Monday, Feb. 6th in Self Regional Healthcare. Mr. Janzen was born in Hutchinson, Kansas and was the son of Benjamin and MaryAnn Chase Janzen. He was an employee of Ron’s TV of Greenville. Surviving are one daughter, Jennifer Nicole Janzen of Laurens and two brothers, Tim Janzen and Allen Jenzen both...