Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
William R. Hill
Jun 1, 2020
William R. Hill loving husband of Helen Holland Hill passed away Monday, June 1, 2020. He was the son of Walter L. and Eleanor F. Hill of McKeesport, PA. Although born in Pennsylvania he was a true “Son of the South”. He was predeceased by two brothers and two sisters. He was the proud parent of two children, William R....
Richard Charles Kastory
Jun 1, 2020
Richard Charles Kastory (Dick) was born August 29, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama and died June 1, 2020, at 85. He spent most of his youth in Tennessee where he attended The Baylor School. Dick played football, basketball and golf there and was active in the Glee Club. He attended The University of Tennessee where he joined Lambda Chi Alpha (treasurer),...
Juan Gary Pittman
May 29, 2020
Juan Gary Pittman, age 70 of 33 Caribou Drive passed Friday, May 29, 2020 at his home. He was born in Greenville and was a son of the late Toy Eli and Exie Mae Stamey Pittman. Mr. Pittman is survived by his special friend, Jacqueline Hill; brothers, Luther Pittman, Dores Pittman, Russell Pittman and Tracy Pittman. Condolences may be expressed...
Russell Alfred Warner Sr.
May 29, 2020
Dateline – Clinton, SC Russell Alfred Warner, Sr. entered into heaven from the loving presence of his family on Friday, May 29, 2020. Russell was the fifth of seven children and was born in 1935 in Little Rock, Arkansas to James and Prudence Warner. Russell married his long time sweetheart and love of his life, Gwendolyn Beggs, after she graduated...
Howard Ray Johnson
May 28, 2020
Howard Ray Johnson was born on August 22, 1965 in Laurens County Hospital, and passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020. He was a resident of Laurens, SC and the son to the late Tommy Johnson, Sr. and Ray Johnson Howard. He was a self-employed Carpenter who loved fishing, hunting, and racing. Mr. Johnson is survived by his two daughters, Rachel...
Mildred Elizabeth Johnson Miller
May 26, 2020
Mildred Elizabeth Johnson Miller, age 95 and widow of Berley Lee “Buddy” Miller, Sr, passed away May 26, 2020 at J.F. Hawkins in Newberry. Mrs. Miller was born in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Clyde Johnson and Margaret Emma Baker Johnson. She was a devoted Wife, Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandma, Gigi, Friend, who wholeheartedly loved her...
Lillie Mae Graham
May 25, 2020
Lillie Mae Graham, age 92, widow of William Otis Graham, Sr. passed away Monday, May 25, 2020 at the Twilite Manor in Cayce, SC. She was born in Whitmire, SC and was a daughter of the late John B. King and Lillie Morris King Reed. Mrs. Graham was a dedicated wife, mother, and friend. Lillie Mae loved to love on...
James Arnold Edmonds
May 25, 2020
James Arnold Edmonds, age 85, of 932 Brook Road passed away Monday, May 25, 2020 at his home. Mr. Edmonds was born in Aiken, SC and was a son of the late Jesse Arnold Edmonds and Mattie Lucille McPeters Edmonds. He was known as Papa to everyone, he was retired from Clinton Mills, and worked a short while with Clinton...
Betty-Neal Moore
May 23, 2020
Betty-Neal Moore, 93, of 129 Sherwood Forest, Laurens, SC passed away peacefully at the Hospice of Laurens County. Born in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of James Keifer and Elizabeth Mims Derrick. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Cary Parker Moore. Betty-Neal was a graduate of Laurens High School and a 1947 graduate of...
James Otto Wainright
May 21, 2020
Dateline – Clinton, SC James Otto Wainright passed away with the same dignity as he had lived on the morning of Thursday May 21st 2020. On January 26th 1948, Jim was welcomed into the world by father Otto Wainright and mother Olga Nabors Wainright. Jim proudly served in the US Army as a drill instructor during the Vietnam era. After...
Wanda Gail Reid Arant
May 20, 2020
Wanda Gail Reid Arant, age 68, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at her home. She was born in Joanna and was a daughter of the late James Houston Reid and Gussie Gresham Lawson. Ms. Arant was retired from Renfro of Whitmire. She was a member of the Masters Baptist Church and founded Subertown Ministries. She was a loving Mother,...
Marian Gray Mckittrick Barker
May 13, 2020
Marian Gray McKittrick Barker passed away peacefully in the early hours of May 13, 2020. She was born on September 6, 1932 in South Carolina to George and Frances Johnson McKittrick, the second child of nine children born to the couple. She met the love of her life, Arthur Hill Barker in early 1953 (on a blind date no less),...
Dorothy "Dot" Haupfear (Going) Burton
May 12, 2020
Dorothy “Dot” Haupfear (Going) Burton, a wife, mother, and devoted nurse, died May 12, 2020, after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Dot lived an ordinary life, but in an extraordinary way. She was not famous or wealthy, but she loved life and filled hers with service, love for God, people, music, and dancing. Her zest for life was evident in...
Betty Sanders Tyson
May 4, 2020
Betty Sanders Tyson, age 82, of 1746 Leesville Church Road, wife of 63 years to Paul Dean Tyson, passed way Monday, May 4, 2020 at the Self Regional Memorial Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Roy L. Sanders and Nora Anderson Sanders. She was retired from the Clinton Mills as...
Edna G. Guthrie
May 4, 2020
Edna G. Guthrie died Monday, May 4, 2020 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. A daughter of Josephine Ellis and James Grainger, she will be sorely missed by daughter Jennifer Guthrie Winschel and son, Thomas Grainger Guthrie, granddaughters Caroline Elizabeth Winschel (Jordan Rock) and Dr. Grace Alexandra Winschel as well as great grandson, Ellis Lee Winschel-Rock. She was predeceased by her...
Martin Woodridge Jackson
May 1, 2020
Martin W. “Marty” Jackson, age 62, went into eternal rest on May 1, 2020. He was born in Anderson, SC and was a son of Patricia Martin Neal of Clinton and the late James Wade Jackson. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, he was a veteran of the South Carolina National Guard, and served 2 Tours of Duty...
Randall David "Dude" English
Apr 29, 2020
Randall David “Dude” English, age 64, passed away April 29, 2020 at Prisma Health Richland. He was called “Dude” by all who knew him. Mr. English was born in Newberry and was the son of the late Robert D. English and Ruth Puckett English. He is survived by his cousin, Rebecca Wilson of Lake Mary FL; his cousin Judy Corley...
Barbara J. Campbell
Apr 28, 2020
Barbara J. Campbell, age 73, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Campbell was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Henry and Nellie Etters. She was the owner and operator of Barbara’s Hair Fashions and was a member of the Davidson Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Campbell is survived by her husband...
Sandra Dianne Jones
Apr 27, 2020
Sandra Dianne Jones, age 68, widow of Wesley Elliot Jones, passed away April 27, 2020 in Clinton. Ms. Jones was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Johnnie Samuel Ginn and Gladys Handback Pearson. She is survived by her son, Scott Jones (Angela) of Clinton; her step sons, Mark Jones of Ninety-Six and Mike Elliot Jones of...
Virginia Bishop Mccarson
Apr 27, 2020
Virginia Bishop McCarson, age 92, widow of Sherman Lee McCarson passed way Monday, April 27, 2020 at her home. She was born in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late William Wicker Bishop and Nina Crowder Bishop. Mrs. McCarson is survived by her daughters, Janice Canupp, Kathy Crain, and Delores McCarson all of Clinton; her son Larry McCarson...
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