Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
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
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
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...
James Henry Smith
Jan 13, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC James Henry Smith age 80 of 403 Florence St. died Friday at his home. He was born in Saluda and was a son of the late Paul and Pearl Jenkins Smith. Mr. Smith retired from Clinton Mills and was a Navy veteran of WWII. Surviving are a son, Stanley Smith of Clinton; three daughters, Sharon Bickers of Clinton,...
Nancy Griffin Von Hollen
Jan 13, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Nancy Griffin Von Hollen Nancy Griffin Von Hollen, wife of S. James Von Hollen, died at National Health Care in Clinton on Friday, January 13, 2006. She was born in Mount Lebanon, PA, on October 12, 1929, and she was the daughter of the late Richard Simpson and Gertrude Keefer Griffin. After graduating with a degree in music...
James Rutledge Jacks, Sr.
Jan 11, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC James R. Jacks, Sr. age 80 of 1504 A. B. Jacks Rd. died Wednesday, Jan. 11th at his home. He was born in Clinton and was a son of the late A. B. Jacks, Sr. and the late Lois (Polly) Adair Jacks. Mr. Jacks was the President of Carolina Cryogenics Company for 24 years and prior to that,...
Mattie Kelley Hipp
Jan 11, 2006
Dateline-Laurens, SC Mattie Kelley Hipp age 88 formerly of the Memorial Home and the widow of Boyd E. Hipp, died Wednesday, Jan. 11th in the National Health Care of Laurens. She was born in Walhalla, SC and was a daughter of the late J. Allen and Mattie Kelley. Mrs. Hipp was retired from both the Laurens Mill and JP Stevens...
John L. Johnson, Jr.
Jan 10, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, Sc John L. Johnson, Jr., age 65 of 109 Beauregard St., died January 10th at his home. He was born in Gaston County, NC and was a son of the late John L. Johnson Sr. and Ercie Alma Miller Johnson. He was a former employee of B. F. Shaw. Surviving are his wife, Angela Fowler Johnson of the home,...
Charles Otho Johnson
Jan 10, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Charles Otho Johnson, age 85 of Hwy. 56 died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home. He was born in Clinton on Dec. 14, 1920 and was the son of the late Dr. Ralph W. Johnson, Sr. and Mayme Adair Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from C. W. Anderson Hoisery Co. and a life-long member of Broad...
Lillian Ruth "Tootsie" Steele Tankersley
Jan 10, 2006
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Ruth “Tootsie” Tankersley, age 72 of 34 Union Street, died Tuesday, Jan. 10th in the Lexington Medical Center. She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late H. B. and Lillian Nix Steele. She was a former employee of Presbyterian Home. Surviving are her husband, Clyde W. Tankersley, Jr. of the home, daughters and son-in-law,...
Everette Harmon Davenport
Jan 9, 2006
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Everette Harmon Davenport, age 93, of 801 Musgrove St. died Monday, January 9th at the Presbyterian Home. She was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Fred and Maggie Lomax Harmon. Mrs. Davenport was a homemaker, a graduate of Newberry College and a member of the Little River Dominick Presbyterian Church. She is...
Loretta Carter
Jan 7, 2006
Dateline- Clinton, S.C. Loretta Carter, age 70, of 561 Willimon Dr. died Saturday January 7th in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lockhart, S.C. and was a daughter of the late John Boyd Young, Sr. and Lorene McCloud Young. Mrs. Carter was retired from Alice Manufacturing in Easley and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her husband,...
Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall)
Jan 7, 2006
Dateline-Gray Court, SC Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall) Ralph Olin Emery (Kuykendall) age 71 of 1276 Twin Branch Rd. died Saturday, Jan. 7th in the Augusta Burn Center. Mr. Emery was retired from textiles and construction work and he was an active member of the Gray Court Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Kay Emery of the home; one brother,...
Maggie Abbott Timmerman
Jan 6, 2006
Dateline- Laurens, S.C. Maggie Abbott Timmerman, age 78, of 110 Cottage Ct. and widow of Thomas L. Timmerman died Friday, January 6th at her home. She was born in Laurens and was a daughter of the late Melvin and Lois Lloyd Abbott. Mrs. Timmerman was a retired seamstress and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two sisters...
Harley B. Ford, Sr.
Jan 3, 2006
Dateline-Laurens, SC Harley B. Ford, Sr. age 72 of 124 Garlington St. died Tuesday, Jan. 3rd in the Laurens County Hospital. He was born in Del Rio, TN and was a son to the late Ernest Ford and Mattie P. Leopard. Mr. Ford was a retired salesman with Life of Virginia Insurance Company, a member of the Laurens Church of...
Anna Elizabeth Baker Campbell
Jan 3, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Anna Elizabeth Baker Campbell, 87 of 616 Elizabeth Street, died Tuesday, January 3rd at her home. She was born in Cordelle, GA and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Emma Baker. She was retired from Clinton Mill after 40 years of service; was a member of the Old Timer’s Club and the First Assembly of God...
Gary Allen Barnes
Jan 1, 2006
Dateline-Clinton, SC Gary Allen Barnes, age 48 of Wayne’s Trail died Sunday, January 1st. He was born in Clinton and was a son of Lewis F. and Gladys Hanks Barnes of Clinton. Mr. Barnes was employed with the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority and was a member of Bellview Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his parents are one daughter, Star...
Alma Ree Mason
Dec 30, 2005
Dateline- Joanna, S.C. Alma Ree Mason, age 92, of 502 Milton Rd. and widow of Elbert Mason died Friday, December 30th at her home. She was born in Simpson County, MI and was the daughter of the late William Barter and Rosie Wells Mott. Mrs. Mason was retired from Whitten Center and was a member of the Joanna Assembly of...
Hugh Boyd Sinclair, Jr.
Dec 30, 2005
Dateline-Whitmire, SC Hugh Boyd Sinclair, Jr. formerly of Evans St., died Friday, December 30, 2005 in Laurens. He was born in Newberry and was a son of the late Hugh B. Sinclair, Sr. and Helen Prince Sinclair. Surviving are two sons, Jeremiah Sinclair and Jordan Sinclair both of Whitmire; three sisters, Joyce Lambert of Simpsonville, Dorothy Hawkins of Prosperity and...
Mary Repass Grubb
Dec 30, 2005
Dateline- Clinton, SC Mary Repass Grubb, age 88, of Clinton died Friday, December 30, 2005 in the NHC of Laurens. She was born in Wytheville, VA and was the daughter of the late Charles G. and Nellie Clark Repass. Mrs. Grubb was a homemaker and was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church. She is survived by a son,...
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