Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Ralph Vernon Wallen
Dec 9, 2023
Ralph Vernon Wallen, age 91, of Whitmire, SC, husband of Barbara Maness Wallen, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at his home. Born August 24, 1932 in Blackwater, VA, he was a son of the late Fred and Ethel Willis Wallen. Ralph was a proud US Army Veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. After his military service, he started...
Loretta Gibson Lanier
Dec 9, 2023
Loretta Gibson Lanier, age 96, of Whitmire, SC, widow of James Richard Lanier, passed away, Saturday, December 9, 2023 at her home. Born October 2, 1927 in Swain County, NC, she was a daughter of the late James Walter and Hettie Roland Gibson. Loretta retired from J.P. Stevens - Whitmire Plant. She loved reading her Bible and spending time with...
Margaret E. Stelmok
Dec 9, 2023
Margaret E. Stelmok, 71, of West Columbia, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023 due to complications of dementia at the Memory Care unit of Woodbridge Senior Living in Clinton. Margaret was born in Binghamton, New York and attended area schools there until graduating from Vestal Central High School in 1970. With the help of her doting mother Faith and...
Charles (Sonny) Brewington Sr.
Dec 9, 2023
Charles (Sonny) Brewington, Sr., age 82, of Clinton, SC, widower of Kitty Cox Brewington, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at his home. Born October 23, 1941 in Laurens, SC, and was a son of the late L.B. and Annie L. Childress Brewington. Mr. Brewington was a US Army Veteran and was employed as an independent trucker. He was a...
Barbara Ann Heaton
Dec 8, 2023
Barbara Ann Heaton, age 55, passed away, Friday, December 8, 2023 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born November 18, 1968 in Clinton, SC, she was a daughter of Shirley Lowman Coker and the late Burley William Taylor, and stepfather, Joe Coker. Barbara dedicated her career to the cleaning service industry. In addition to her mother and stepfather, she is...
Angel Diaz
Dec 8, 2023
Angel Diaz, age 71, of Laurens, SC, husband of Bartola Borja Arroyo, passed away, Friday, December 8, 2023, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital. He was born November 1, 1952 in Coyuca De Catalan, Guerrero Mexico, and was a son of the late Isidro Diaz Borja and Sara Sanchez Espinoza. He is survived by his children, Maria Lourdes Diaz Tapia,...
Lessie Hopkins
Dec 7, 2023
Lessie Hopkins, age 92, of Greer, SC, passed away, Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Thrive Upstate. She was born December 14, 1930 in Union, SC, and was a daughter of the late John Franklin and Mabel Henderson Hopkins. Lessie is survived by several cousins, nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers,...
Kenny Mitchell Frazier
Dec 6, 2023
Kenny Mitchell Frazier, age 65, of Clinton, SC, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at his home. Born April 26, 1958 in Clinton, SC, he was a son of the late R.D. Frazier and Helen Holbert Frazier. He was formerly employed with BF Shaw and also worked as a small engine repairman. Surviving are his daughter, Kayla York; step-son, Randy...
Charles Randall "Bear" Payton
Dec 6, 2023
Charles Randall “Bear” Payton, age 66, passed away, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born on June 26, 1957, in Abbeville County, South Carolina and was the son of the late Woodrow Scott and Flora Reedy Boles Payton and stepfather, James Witon Payton. Bear was retired from Austin Industrial in Piedmont as a...
Jean Kaylor Willard
Dec 6, 2023
Jean Kaylor Willard, 95, resident of Cross Hill, SC, widow of Walter Gordon Willard, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at home. Born December 13, 1927, in Henryville, Clark County, IN, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Franklin Kaylor and Evelyn May Dull. She was a graduate of the University of Maryland, belonged to the Tri Delta sorority,...
Heather Nicole Hope Inman
Dec 4, 2023
Heather Nicole Hope Inman, age 31, of Clinton, SC, wife of Christopher Inman, passed away, Monday, December 4, 2023 at Prisma Health - Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born March 21, 1992 in Laurens, SC, she was a daughter of David Earl Lee and the late Melissa Anne Baker Lee. Heather was a devoted daughter, mother, sister, and friend, whose love and...
Arvid Dickert Lominick
Dec 4, 2023
Arvid Dickert Lominick, age 67, of Whitmire, SC, widower of Debbie McCracken Lominick, passed away, Monday, December 4, 2023, at his home. Born December 8, 1955 in Whitmire, SC, he was a son of the late Herman and Ardith Dickert Lominick. He was formerly employed with the Newberry County Hospital and Renfro in Whitmire. Dickert was a member of the...
Betty (Jean) Dannelly Crawford
Dec 4, 2023
Betty (Jean) Dannelly Crawford, age 94, widow of William Perkins Crawford, Sr., passed away peacefully on December 4, 2023 at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. She was born in Cuthbert, Georgia on August 18, 1929, to Roy Franklin Dannelly and Nora Shellhouse Dannelly. She was the second of five children. She was a Protestant (Baptist and later Presbyterian). Betty...
Susan Maria Chamberlain
Dec 3, 2023
Susan Maria Chamberlain, age 60, of 101 Pinehaven Street, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2023 at her home. She was born August 21, 1963 in Savannah, GA and was the daughter of the late Jane “Granny Jane” Amanda Crosby Burch. Susan had a heart of gold and was the most amazing, wife, Ma, Granny, and Sue-Sue. She was treasured by...
Ronnie Eugene Lewis
Dec 2, 2023
Ronnie Eugene Lewis, age 57, of Newberry, SC, passed away, Saturday, December 2, 2023, at his home. He was born June 23, 1966 in Newberry County, SC, and was a son of the late Donald E. Lewis and Juanita Peay Lewis. Surviving are his siblings, Carl Lewis of Valley, AL, Debbie Ellis of Charlotte, NC, and Lynn Lewis (Robin Cannon)...
Georgia B. Nabors Bishop
Dec 2, 2023
Georgia B. Nabors Bishop, age 94, widow of William D. (Bill) Bishop, passed away Saturday, December 02, 2023, at VIA Health Partners formerly Hospice of Laurens County. She was born March 27, 1929 in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Walter B. and Sallie Turner Nabors. Georgia retired for Greenwood Mills after 44 years of service. She...
Doris Wilkie Ivester
Dec 1, 2023
Doris Wilkie Ivester, age 93, widow of Arzo R. Ivester, and formerly of 410 East Florida Street, passed away Friday, December 1, 2023 at the NHC of Clinton. She was born September 20, 1930 in Yancy County, NC and was a daughter of the late Roland C. and Lillie Evelyn Lewis Wilkie. She was a former employee of the Clinton...
Anne Mcmillian Jones
Nov 30, 2023
Anne McMillian Jones, age 97, widow of Leaman D. Jones, Sr., passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023 at her home. She was born November 22, 1926 in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Lonnie S. McMillian, Sr. and Emily Phillips McMillian. She was retired from the Clinton Chronicle and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where...
Sheila Campbell Parrish
Nov 27, 2023
Sheila Campbell Parrish, age 73, passed away Monday, November 27, 2023 at her home. She was born on March 6, 1950 in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late William B. and Viola Corley Campbell. She retired after 28 years as a Nurse at Whitten Center. Sheila was a member Bethabara Baptist Church and also attended the Lydia...
Richard E. Willingham Sr.
Nov 27, 2023
Richard E. Willingham, Sr., age 96, widower of Barbara McCarthy Willingham, passed away, Monday, November 27, 2023 at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born on October 3, 1927 in Joanna, South Carolina and was the son of the late Elzie John Willingham and Lossie Mae Tew Willingham. He retired from Bowater Paper Mill in Rock Hill after 34 years...
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