Thursday, September 28, 2006
Larry Gar
Laurens
Larry Gar, age 75, of 893 Trinity Church Rd., died
Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in Greer.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was a son of the late
Michael and Alice Feldman Goldberg.
Mr. Gar retired after many years in radio as a sportscaster,
sales and marketing. Locally he worked with WLBG, WSSL and
WPCC. He was a Past President of the Laurens Dixie Youth
Baseball, Past President of the
Presbyterian College Diamond Club, and a long
time Clemson IPTAY representative. He was a member of the
Laurens Exchange Club, the Laurens County Fair Association,
Laurens VFW, Hejaz Shrine Temple. Mr. Gar was the play by
play announcer for the Greenwood Braves, an Atlanta Braves
minor league team. He was a member of the Laurens District
55 Hall of Fame, and in 2005 the North/South High School
Football game was dedicated in his honor. He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of the Korean War.
Surviving are his wife, Doris Lovette Gar of the home; one
son, Joey Gar and his wife, Beth of Simpsonville; two
daughters, Laura Campbell and husband, Jim of Gray Court,
and Beth McCrary and husband, Sam of Lexington, S.C.; one
brother, Jerry Goldberg and wife, Jan of Richmond, Va.; six
grandchildren, Lindsey and Matthew Campbell, Ryan and Hannah
McCrary and Tori and Evan Gar.
Funeral service will be conducted at the Gray Funeral Home
Chapel, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 at 10 a.m., with burial in
Westview Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5
to 8 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Laurens
County Dixie Youth Baseball, P.O. Box 472, Laurens, SC
29360; or the Shriner's Children Hospital, 950 W. Faris Rd.,
Greenville, SC 29605.
The family will be at the home of his daughter and
son-in-law, Laura and Jim Campbell, 897 Lincoln Rd., Gray
Court, SC.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at
www.grayfuneralhome.com
GRAY FUNERAL HOME OF LAURENS
Published in The Greenville News: 09-28-2006