Obituaries

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

Willie B Moss Slaton

Willie B Moss Slaton

Oct 27, 2018

Dateline-Clinton, SC Willie B Moss Slaton, age 93, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Langston Place. She was born August 19, 1925, to Albert Louis Moss and Stella Buckalew Moss. She married Estel Morgan Slaton on June 25, 1946. She resided with her husband in Carmel, IN, for many years. They moved to their dream farm in Brown County,...

Ernest L. Byrd Sr.

Ernest L. Byrd Sr.

Oct 26, 2018

Ernest L. Byrd Sr., age 67, of 6848 Hwy 49 passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 at his home. He was born in Laurens County and was the son of Georgie Byrd Franklin of Clinton and the late Ernest Thompson. Mr. Byrd was a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and retired after 31 years of service with...

Kathy Deloris Rogers

Kathy Deloris Rogers

Oct 26, 2018

Dateline – Laurens Kathy Deloris Rogers, age 56, passed away Friday, October 26, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of Etta Mae Earnhardt Burton and the late Sherwood David Burton. Ms. Rogers is survived by her two sons, Darrin Rogers and Darik Rogers both of Laurens; her daughter,...

Lawrence Edmund Young

Lawrence Edmund Young

Oct 25, 2018

Lawrence Edmund Young age 82 of Clinton, SC passed away Thursday, October 25, 2018 at the Presbyterian Community in Clinton. He was born in Clinton, SC and was the son of the late Frank Coleman and Lois Susan Adair Young. Mr. Young was a 1958 graduate of Presbyterian College and member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. He was president...

Ruth Childs Brown

Ruth Childs Brown

Oct 25, 2018

Dateline – Laurens, SC Ruth Childs Brown, 91, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2018, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center in Laurens, SC. A native of Hendersonville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Samuel James Childs, Jr. and Jessie McCune Childs. She was a graduate of Hendersonville High School and attended Mars Hill College and Furman University where...

Lois Ann O'Donald

Lois Ann O'Donald

Oct 25, 2018

Lois Ann O’Donald, age 72, widow of Steve O’Donald, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2018 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Newberry, SC and was a daughter of the late Willie Reed Erskine and Nellie Beatrice Riddle Erskine. She was known by many and loved by all, especially by all her nieces and nephews. She...

Mary Bullock Mangum

Mary Bullock Mangum

Oct 22, 2018

Mary Bullock Mangum, age 94, and the widow of Harleigh J. Mangum passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Fairmont, N.C. and was a daughter of the late Leo Troy and Daisy Marie Pittman Bullock. Mrs. Mangum retired from the Development Department of Presbyterian College with 28 years of service....

Alan Dale Johnson

Alan Dale Johnson

Oct 22, 2018

Alan Dale Johnson, age 34, of 644 Baynes Creek Road, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at the Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Alan was born in Greenville, SC and was the son of the late Jerry Wayne and Brenda Gail Brown Johnson. He loved to play cards and always had the biggest heart, especially for his wife and kids. He...

Frank Sproles Pitts

Frank Sproles Pitts

Oct 18, 2018

Frank Sproles Pitts, Sr., age 83, of 102 Hillcrest Drive passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 18, 2018. He was born in Clinton, SC and was the son of the late Clair Daniel Pitts and Janella Boland Pitts. Mr. Pitts is survived by his wife, Susan Terry Pitts of the home; his two sons, Frank S. Pitts,...

Marian Mitchell Knight

Marian Mitchell Knight

Oct 17, 2018

Marian M. Knight, age 94 passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. She was born in Union, S.C. and was the daughter of the late John Mitchell and Ester Galloway Mitchell. Marian was predeceased by her brother, Thomas Wesley Mitchell Sr. Visitation will be at Gray Funeral Home on Saturday, October 20th from 11am until noon with a private service...

Edgar "Eddie" Guy Mcdaniel

Edgar "Eddie" Guy Mcdaniel

Oct 14, 2018

Edgar “Eddie” Guy McDaniel, age 54, of 724 Cheek Circle passed away, Sunday, October 14, 2018 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Clinton, SC and was a son of the late Vida Lell. He enjoyed playing Horseshoes with his friends at Ed's on Milam Road and had recently won his first tournament. Mr. McDaniel is survived by his...

Melvin D. Johnson

Melvin D. Johnson

Oct 12, 2018

Melvin D. Johnson, age 92, of 3224 Burnt Mill Creek Road and widower of Nettie D. Johnson passed away Friday, October 12, 2018 at his home. He was born in Calhoun Falls, SC and was the son of the late Donnie Paul Johnson and Icee Madden Johnson. Mr. Johnson was retired from Greenwood Mills and was of the Baptist Faith....

Wanda Duncan Castaneda

Wanda Duncan Castaneda

Oct 3, 2018

Wanda Duncan Castaneda, age 67, a longtime resident of Clinton, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Evelyn Dickson Moates and her step-father, Harold Moates. She was retired from the South Carolina Department of Special Needs and Disabilities, and was a...

Ernest Ray Gilliam Jr.

Ernest Ray Gilliam Jr.

Oct 2, 2018

Ernest Ray Gilliam, Jr, age 75, of 22846 Highway 72 East, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at his home. He was born in Buffalo, NY and was a son of the late Ernest Ray Gilliam, Sr. and Helen Mae Wicker Gilliam. He was a graduate of Newberry College and received his Master’s Degree in Education from the University of...

Thomas Chandler "T.R." Ramage Jr

Thomas Chandler "T.R." Ramage Jr

Oct 1, 2018

Thomas Chandler “T.R.” Ramage, Jr, age 58, of 4054 Hurricane Church Road, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018. He was born in Clinton and was the son of Doris McCauley Ramage and the late Thomas Chandler Ramage, Sr. He was a graduate of Thornwell High School and Piedmont Technical College, he worked with his father, and helped him operate Ramage’s...

Emma Alice Allen Dendy

Emma Alice Allen Dendy

Sep 29, 2018

Emma Alice Allen Dendy, age 83, widow of Ray Thomas Dendy, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in Royston, GA and was the daughter of the late Thomas Watson and Ruby Shiflet Allen. Mrs. Dendy was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton where she served on the...

Michael Ray Sutton

Michael Ray Sutton

Sep 27, 2018

Michael R. Sutton, age 57, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018. He was born in Union and was the son of Patricia Wise Sutton and the late Willie Ray Sutton. Mike had a love and passion for motorcycles and old cars, whether it was fixing them or just admiring them. He was a caring son, devoted husband, and loving and...

Jessica Grace "Deka" Campbell

Jessica Grace "Deka" Campbell

Sep 24, 2018

Jessica Grace “Deka” Campbell, age 34, of 602 Magnolia Street, passed away suddenly Monday, September 24, 2018 at the Laurens County Hospital. She was born in Greenville, SC and was a daughter of Nancy Hawkins Campbell of Joanna and the late Jerry Lee Campbell. Deka will be remembered for her fun loving spirit, a wonderful mother, sister, daughter and a...

Karen Kennedy Williams

Karen Kennedy Williams

Sep 21, 2018

Karen Kennedy Williams, age 54, entered into life eternal on Friday, September 21, 2018 at her home in Joanna. Karen entered the world on the thirteenth of May, 1964 in Clinton, South Carolina to proud parents Berry Belton and Sadie Moon Kennedy. Karen met her husband, Paul, on a blind date, in which they were set up by mutual friends....

Shirley Shockley

Shirley Shockley

Sep 17, 2018

Shirley Shockley, age 78, of 162 Cypress St and widow of Joe William “Dub” Shockley passed away Monday, September 17, 2018 at the Laurens County Hospice House. She was born in Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Annie Ruth Strange Samples. Mrs. Shockley was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of the Believers...