Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Gray Funeral Home Located in Laurens, Clinton, and Whitmire, SC
Shirley Ann Lawson Childress
Nov 30, 2018
Dateline – Clinton Shirley Ann Lawson Childress, age 73, widow of Richard Horace Childress, formerly of 2245 Milam Road, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. She was born in Clinton, SC and was a daughter of the late Lewis and Mildred Agnes Blackwell Lawson. Mrs. Childress is survived by her daughter, Marie Childress...
Grace Tumblin Smith
Nov 28, 2018
Grace Smith, 101, passed away peacefully at NHC, Clinton on November 28, 2018. She had been a resident of Greenwood, SC since 1999. Previously, Grace and her husband lived for 50 years in New Iberia, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Harley and Ethel Tumblin of Laurens. She was predeceased by her husband, of 52 years, Henry C. Smith in...
Stanley "Stan" Lloyd Patrick
Nov 24, 2018
Stanley “Stan” Lloyd Patrick, age 67, of 309 Enchanted Oaks Drive, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018. He was born in Kingman, KS and was a son of Ruby Kaughman Manjeot and the late Loyd Patrick. He was a member of Waterloo United Methodist Church and was employed with the Swift Transportation for 8 years, and had previously worked with...
Joan Covington Williams
Nov 22, 2018
Joan Covington Williams, 81, of Pamplico, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Mrs. Williams was born in Laurens County, SC a daughter of the late Robert Covington and Ida Darnell Covington. She graduated from Laurens High School where she starred in basketball and retired from the Town of Pamplico. She was a long time member of Pamplico United Methodist...
Nora Laverne Hawkins
Nov 22, 2018
Dateline – Fountain Inn, SC Nora Laverne Hawkins, age 79, of 2801 Hellams Road, Gray Court, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2018, at the Carlyle Senior Care of Fountain Inn. She was born in Saluda and was a daughter of the late Daniel Lathrop and Bessie Crouch Lathrop. Mrs. Hawkins is survived by her children, Kevin and Ann Hawkins of...
Norma Wallar Fryfogle
Nov 21, 2018
Norma Wallar Fryfogle, widow of Kenneth Evans Fryfogle, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018. Norma was born on October 21, 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was the daughter of John Franklin Wallar and Florence McRae Wallar. Norma was predeceased by her husband; sister, Ruth Wallar Main; brothers, Lorne, Andy, and Murray Wallar. Norma is survived by two daughters,...
Loyd "Hack" Taylor
Nov 21, 2018
Loyd “Hack” Taylor, age 76, of Gray Court went home to be with the lord November 21, 2018. Born July 16, 1942 to Loyd Taylor and Mary Strickland Taylor. Loyd worked for American Security. He also worked many years in Clinton Mills and Joanna Mill. He loved fishing and trying his luck at scratch off lottery tickets, fast cars and...
Edna Putnam Ballard
Nov 20, 2018
Edna Putnam Ballard, age 93, widow of Rufus William Ballard, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at the Trident Health System in North Charleston. She was born in Laurens County, SC and was a daughter of the late William Guy and Elizabeth Cooper Putnam. Mrs. Ballard was retired from her only job with Greenwood Mills Joanna Plant after 44 years...
Elaine Bennett Olmsted
Nov 18, 2018
Elaine Bennett Olmsted, 79, widow of Robert Walsh Olmsted passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late James Fletcher Bennett and Juliaette Duckett Bennett. Elaine grew up at Thornwell in Clinton and retired as an office administrator while living in Thomaston, Maine, however her true life’s work was raising her...
Charles Fredrick Brown
Nov 15, 2018
Charles Fredrick Brown, age 79, and the widower of Joann Brown, passed away, Thursday, November 15, 2018 at his home. He was born in Jacksonville, FL and was the son of the late Nell Brown Farmer and Charles Loyd Brown. He was employed with Michelin Tire, and served as Deacon for many years with at the Breakthrough Tabernacle in Joanna....
Betty Ann Eaton
Nov 15, 2018
Betty Ann Eaton, age 81, and widow of Carl E. Eaton, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at her home. She was born in Clinton and was the daughter of the late Renie and Annie Baker Price. Betty was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother; she was an active member of the First Assembly of God of Clinton. She is...
Martha C. Kennington
Nov 13, 2018
Martha C. Kennington, age 80, widow of John W. Kennington Sr. passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina in Clinton. She was born in Rock Hill and was a daughter of the late Rembert and Eula Smith Clark. Mrs. Kennington was a real estate agent for many years and retired from Century 21 the...
Jo Moore Burdette
Nov 5, 2018
Jo Moore Burdette, age 92, formerly of 1402 Chestnut St. and the wife of the late IV Burdette, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at the Hospice House of Laurens County in Clinton, SC. Born in Laurens, she was a daughter of the late Troy Franklin Fowler Moore and Nannie Josephine Fowler Moore. She was retired from Torrington Bearings Plant...
Jerry Havard
Nov 4, 2018
Jerry Havard, age 57, of 97 East Stagecoach Road passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018 at his home. He was born in Luicedale, Mississippi and was a son of Marie Reeves Havard of Laurens and the late Ernest Havard. Mr. Havard was a former employee of Walmart Distribution and attended Holly Grove Baptist Church. In addition to his mother he...
Ben Gray
Oct 30, 2018
Ben Gray age 29 of 1661 Lakeview Dr. passed away Tuesday, Oct. 30th, 2018. He was born in Laurens and was a son of Chuck and Beth Gray of Laurens. Ben was a former manager of several Pizza Hut locations. He served 9 years as a volunteer fireman with the Laurens County and Sandy Springs Fire Departments, he also volunteered...
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.
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
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
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
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...
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