OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Vera Johnson Jeter

Vera Johnson Jeter

Dec 24, 2006

Georgetown: Vera Johnson Jeter, 97, widow of David Gilliam Jeter died Sunday, December 24 in Georgetown. Mrs. Jeter was born in Wagener, the daughter of George and Essie Johnson. She was a graduate of Winthrop College. Mrs. Jeter was a former resident of Columbia, where she was a member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by: a son, David...

Harry Edward Hurilla, Jr.

Harry Edward Hurilla, Jr.

Dec 22, 2006

Pawleys Island: After a courageous battle, Harry Hurilla, Jr. went to be with his wife Barbara and Heavenly Father on December 22, 2006. He was born March 24, 1951 to Harry and Vanda Hurilla in Somerville, NJ and married his beloved wife, Barbara Orlik in 1974. Harry enjoyed a long career as a chemist with Tupperware until he retired. Harry...

Laura Couch Adams

Laura Couch Adams

Dec 21, 2006

Andrews: Laura Couch Adams, 82, died Thursday, December 21, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Adams was born in Easley on November 13, 1924, the daughter of the late George Walter Couch and Eliza Elizabeth Sheriff Couch. She grew up in Easley and attended the schools there. Mrs. Adams was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and received...

Helen Drummond Parsons Horton

Helen Drummond Parsons Horton

Dec 20, 2006

Pawleys Island: Helen Drummond Parsons Horton, 95, died December 20, 2006. Mrs. Horton was born October 14, 1911 in Fountain Inn, the daughter of the late Magruder Jackson and Elizabeth Allen Drummond Parsons. She grew up in Fountain Inn, graduated from Winthrop University, and lived in Rock Hill, Charlotte, N. C., and Troy, N. C. prior to moving to Pawleys...

Sallie Jeanette Fenters Drayton

Sallie Jeanette Fenters Drayton

Dec 16, 2006

Georgetown: Sallie Jeanette Fenters Drayton, 92, died Saturday, December 16, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Drayton was born in the Indiantown community of Williamsburg Co. on January 19, 1914, the daughter of the late Frank Haddock Fenters and Beulah Rebecca Forbes Fenters Vaughan. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a devoted witness for her faith. Mrs. Drayton...

Mabel Casselman Player

Mabel Casselman Player

Dec 13, 2006

Pawley's Island: Mabel Casselman Player, 83, died December 13, 2006, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Player was born in Andrews on September 19, 1923, a daughter of the late Mottie M. Casselman and Lillian Carraway Casselman. She was a founding member of the Pawley's Island Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Player held many positions in her Church including President and Treasurer...

Joyce Cameron Stevenson

Joyce Cameron Stevenson

Dec 12, 2006

Georgetown: Joyce Cameron Stevenson, 76, died Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Stevenson was born in Marion on April 10, 1930, a daughter of the late Julius Elmore "Red" Cameron, Sr. and Tommie Belle Godbold Cameron. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mrs. Stevenson was employed as a bookkeeper at Cameron Pharmacy...

John Bunyan Harris, Iii

John Bunyan Harris, Iii

Dec 11, 2006

Georgetown: John Bunyan Harris III, 54, passed away December 11, 2006. Born January 9, 1952, in Greenwood, South Carolina, he was the son of John Bunyan Harris Jr. and the late Marian Leake Harris. John was raised in Greenwood, South Carolina and graduated from Greenwood High School in 1970. He graduated from Clemson University in 1974 with a Bachelor of...

John Bunyan Harris, Iii

John Bunyan Harris, Iii

Dec 11, 2006

Georgetown: John Bunyan Harris, III, 54, died Monday, December 11, 2006, at his residence. Arrangements will be announced by the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Helene Larkings Todd

Helene Larkings Todd

Dec 5, 2006

Georgetown: Helene "Kel" Larkings Todd, 74, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, in an automobile-truck accident. Mrs. Todd was born in New York on March 23, 1932, a daughter of the late Percival and Helene Larkings. Surviving are: her husband, Jimmy Quinn Todd of Georgetown; .a foster daughter, Maria Froes and her husband Levy of Bridgeport, Conn.; and two foster granddaughters,...

Katherine Lang Matthews

Katherine Lang Matthews

Dec 5, 2006

Georgetown: Mary Katherine Lang Matthews, 73, died Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Matthews was born in Summerville on August 11, 1933, the daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Daisy Grooms Lang. She was reared by her uncle and aunt, the late Willie Grooms, Sr. and Eva Howard Grooms. Mrs. Matthews was a graduate of Winyah...

Josiah Brown Glover, Jr.

Josiah Brown Glover, Jr.

Dec 1, 2006

Andrews: Josiah B. Glover, Jr., 68, died Friday, December 1, 2006, in Greensboro, N. C. after a short illness. Joe was born in Florence on May 1, 1938, the son of J. B. Glover and Annie Mae Wessel Glover. He graduated from Andrews High School and attended Wofford College. Joe worked as a conductor for CSX Railroad and retired after...

Pauline Sturcken Altman

Pauline Sturcken Altman

Nov 30, 2006

Georgetown: Mrs. Pauline Sturcken Altman, 89, widow of the late Laurice G. Altman, Sr., died at her residence Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006. Mrs. Altman was born March 1, 1917, in Charleston. She was the daughter of the late William Thomas Sturcken and Frances Bolchez Sturcken. Mrs. Altman was cafeteria manager for Kensington Elementary and Howard High Schools. She retired as...

Sarah Hamilton Sinclair

Sarah Hamilton Sinclair

Nov 24, 2006

LaGrange, Ga.: Sarah Hamilton Sinclair, 91, died Friday, November 24, 2006, in LaGrange. Mrs. Sinclair was born in Bogalusa, La. on March 27, 1915, the daughter of the late William Thomas Hamilton and Jennie Grey Hamilton. The widow of Walter Scott Sinclair, she lived in Georgetown for almost 60 years and was a former member of First Baptist Church and...

Ted James Player

Ted James Player

Nov 24, 2006

Andrews: Ted James Player, 82, died Friday, November 24, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Player was born in Williamsburg Co. on June 1, 1924, a son of the late Georgia Player. He served in the Army during World War II. Mr. Player retired in 1986 from the Container Division of International Paper Co. He was a member of Piney...

William Farrell Moore, Jr.

William Farrell Moore, Jr.

Nov 17, 2006

Andrews: William Farrell Moore, Jr., 77, died Friday, November 17, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Moore was born in Asheville, N. C. on November 18, 1928, son of the late William Farrell Moore, Sr. and Mary James Moore. He served in Army National Guard. Mr. Moore retired in 2000 as owner-operator of Lakeside Furniture Company. He was a member...

Betty Ann Harrison Meredith

Betty Ann Harrison Meredith

Nov 13, 2006

Myrtle Beach: Betty Ann Harrison Meredith, 68, died Monday, November 13, 2006, at Conway Medical Center in Conway. Mrs. Meredith was born in Conway on October 16, 1938, the daughter of the late Charlie Parks Harrison and Lillie Moore Harrison Tanner. She grew up in Georgetown and was a graduate of Winyah High School and Winthrop University. Mrs. Meredith lived...

Virginia Lawrimore Ereckson

Virginia Lawrimore Ereckson

Nov 7, 2006

Georgetown: Virginia Lawrimore Ereckson, 82, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Ereckson was born in Georgetown on June 7, 1924, a daughter of the late Itly W. Lawrimore and Virginia Baxley Lawrimore. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and attended the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Ereckson was a former Assistant Georgetown County Treasurer and...

Earl Crawford Stevens, Jr.

Earl Crawford Stevens, Jr.

Nov 6, 2006

Georgetown: Earl Crawford Stevens, Jr., 87, died Monday, November 6, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Stevens was born in New Orleans, La. on April 27, 1919, a son of the late Earl Crawford Stevens and Cleio McPherson Stevens. He grew up in New Orleans and graduated from Ruggy Academy. Mr. Stevens attended Tulane University and the University of S....

Lloyd Michael Young

Lloyd Michael Young

Nov 3, 2006

Georgetown: Lloyd Michael Young, Sr., 57, of the Yauhannah community of Georgetown Co., died Friday, November 3, 2006, in Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. after a short illness. Mr. Young was born in Conway on August 2, 1949, a son of the late Henry Lewis "Doc" Young and Hazel West Young. He was a graduate of Winyah...

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