Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Larry Marshall
Dec 28, 2018
Larry Marshall age 66, of 862 Lake Road was called home Friday, December 28, 2018 at MUSC in Charleston. He was born in Clinton SC and was a son of the late James E. “Hick” Marshall and Jeanette Barrett. Mr. Marshall was retired from Presbyterian College and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. He was an...
Herbert Franklin Cockrell
Dec 26, 2018
Herbert Franklin Cockrell, age 85, of 5708 Highway 76 South passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at the White Oak Manor in Newberry. He was born in Saluda, SC and was the son of the late Burdett and Annie Mae Obanion Cockrell. Mr. Cockrell was a US Army veteran, a former employee of Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and later retired...
James Billy Deshields
Dec 26, 2018
Dateline – Lanford, SC James Billy DeShields, age 90, of 7994 Highway 92, Enoree, and widower of Lucy Jane DeShields, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the McCall Hospice House. He was born at Lanford Station and was a son of the late Boyd and Edna Brooker DeShields. Mr. DeShields was a US Army Veteran, a farmer, and a...
Joyce W. Franklin
Dec 25, 2018
Joyce W. Franklin, age 65, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Mrs. Franklin was born in Clinton, SC and was the daughter of the late Ulysses and Azalee Byrd Williams, she was an employee of School District 56 at M.S. Bailey Child Development Center. She retired from the Timken Bearing Company and was a faithful member of the Hebron Baptist...
Martha Copeland Cash
Dec 24, 2018
Martha Copeland Cash, the daughter of Ruth Deal and Spencer B. Copeland, Sr., passed away peacefully on December 24 in Washington, Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband William (Bill) Cash of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; daughter Laura Cash of Melbourne, Australia; her sister Rebecca O’Donnell and husband Frank of Marietta, Georgia; brother-in-law Kevin Cash, Charlottesville, Virginia; sister-in-law Susan Smith and husband...
Lucy Melissa Deshields Herman
Dec 23, 2018
Lucy Melissa DeShields Herman, age 57, of 116 Garlington Street, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late James Billy DeShields and Lucy Jane Patterson DeShields. Mrs. Herman was a homemaker and a member of the Patterson Chapel United Methodist Church. She is survived...
Ruby Delia Taylor Evans
Dec 19, 2018
Ruby Delia Taylor Evans, age 92, widow of both Everett Ellison and Rayford Evans, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the Presbyterian Community of Clinton. She was born in Hartford, TN and was the daughter of the late James and Clara Augusta Henry Taylor. Mrs. Evans is survived by her two sons, Jimmy Ellison (Cyndi) and Benny Ellison both...
Lonnie R. Allen
Dec 18, 2018
Lonnie R. Allen age 70 passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18th, 2018 at the Floyd Medical Center in Rome, GA. He was born in Clinton SC and was a son of the late Alfred and Vivian Medlock Allen. Surviving are a son, David Neal Allen of Georgia, two brothers, David Allen of Acworth, GA, Gary Allen of Clinton, one sister, Joanne...
Aaron Worthy
Dec 18, 2018
Aaron Worthy age 80, of 22097 SC Hwy 121 passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. He was born in Newberry County and was a son of the late William E. and Ruth McCullough Worthy. Mr. Worthy retired from the Laurens County Regional Housing Authority, a retired veteran of the SC National Guard. He was...
Sharon Diane Sligh Bagwell
Dec 18, 2018
Sharon Diane Sligh Bagwell, age 61, passed away Monday, December 18, 2018 at the Greer Memorial Hospital. She was born in Clinton, SC and is the daughter of Ray W. and Joy Rogers Sligh. In addition to her parents she is survived by her son, Lee Wilson (Lani) of Butler, TN; her sister, Beverly Adair (Rick) of Mount Pleasant, SC;...
Margaret Gwendolyn Stickney Undari
Dec 16, 2018
Dateline – Clinton Margaret Stickney Undari, wife of Alfio R. Undari, passed away under hospice care at her home in Clinton, SC on Sunday December 16, 2018. She was born July 7, 1929 in Easton, Maine and was the eldest child of Norman and Delia Bradstreet Stickney. She and Alfio were married in Torrington Connecticut on July 1, 1950. After...
Robert M. (Mike) Turner
Dec 15, 2018
Robert M. (Mike) Turner died at Hospice of Laurens County on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Born June 24, 1926, he was the son of Inez and Ed Jones of Augusta, Georgia. A World War II Veteran, he served as a signal man in the U. S. Navy. Mike was co-founder of the Open Door in Clinton, as well as All...
Ann King
Dec 12, 2018
Ann King, age 85, the widow George Nelson King, Jr., passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County. She was born in McCormick, SC and was the daughter of the late Lionel Leo Hornsby and Thelma Stone Hornsby. Mrs. King was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. She is survived by her...
David Wayne Owens
Dec 12, 2018
David Wayne Owens, age 64, finished his race on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 4, 1954 in Greenville County and was a son of the late Pete Owens and Pearl Pittman Avery, and his step-father, Joseph Avery. He attended Clinton School and was a graduate of Beaver Creek Bible Institute, and was the...
Christine R. "Christy" Huckabee
Dec 10, 2018
Dateline – Laurens, SC Christine R. “Christy” Thomason Huckabee, age 47, of Laurens, SC, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018, at Greenville Memorial Hospital after many years of declining health and after suffering a heart attack one week earlier. Christy was the daughter of Mary Crocker Crompton and the late Jack Thomason. In addition to her mother, she is survived...
John Robert Christopher Flynn
Dec 8, 2018
John Robert Christopher Flynn of Whitmire, South Carolina departed his life of service on Earth to enter into God’s Kingdom on December 8, 2018. Born on July 19, 1959 John was a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina but he has spent nearly 40 years as a beloved resident of Whitmire. He was predeceased by his father Leroy and his...
George Edward Marshall Sr.
Dec 7, 2018
George Edward Marshall Sr., age 70, of 525 Browning Ave. passed away Friday, December 7, 2018 at his home. He was born in Joanna, SC and was a son of the late Hick and Jeanette Marshall. Mr. Marshall was a former employee of Greenwood Mills, Clinton Mills and BMW. He was an active member and deacon of the First Baptist...
Deborah Ann Barnes
Dec 6, 2018
Deborah Ann Barnes, 63, of 727 Whitmire Hwy passed away December 6, 2018 at her home. She was born in Clinton SC and was a daughter of the late Zack and Mildred Heaton Bible. Deborah was retired from Textiles and she attended Believers Tabernacle. She is survived by her two daughters, Renee Tucker of Clinton and Brandi Barnes of Joanna;...
Mary Walker Ray
Dec 4, 2018
Mary Walker Ray, age 91, widow of Edward H. Ray, passed away December 4, 2018 at the National Health Care of Clinton. She was born in Laurens, SC and was a daughter of the late John Bee and Agnes Garner Walker. She was retired from the Clinton Mills Office and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Ray...
Randall Scott Frye
Nov 30, 2018
Randall Scott Frye, 55, of Laurens, passed away peacefully on November 30th at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Randall was born at Wallace Thomson Hospital to Eleanor and Oscar Frye on January 14, 1963. He went to Whitmire High School and graduated in the class of 1981. He graduated from Winthrop College with a bachelor's degree of visual arts and enjoyed the...
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