OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Gerda Gussow Havel
Dec 3, 2005
Pawleys Island: Gerda Gussow Havel, 88, died Saturday, December 3, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Havel was born in Hamburg, Germany on May 2, 1917, a daughter of the late Walter G. Gussow and Minna Blank Gussow. She moved to the United States as a young girl and grew up in Miami, Fla. Mrs. Havel moved to Pawleys Island in...
Jay Lloyd Brown
Dec 2, 2005
Andrews: Jay "Lloyd" Brown, 74, former resident of Murrells Inlet, died Friday, December 2, 2005, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. Mr. Brown was born in Socastee on August 14, 1931, a son of the late Jay Gould Brown and Ruth Elizabeth Vick Brown. He grew up in Socastee and was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Brown...
George Richard O'Hara
Dec 1, 2005
Georgetown: George Richard O'Hara, 67, died Thursday, December 1, 2005, at his residence. Mr. O'Hara was born in Atlanta, Ga. on June 8, 1938, a son of the late Ralph Richard O'Hara and Esther Juanita Richardson O'Hara. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and North Carolina State University and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity while attending...
Georgie Brogdon Sparks
Nov 30, 2005
Pawley's Island: The Lord called Georgie Sparks home on Wednesday, November 30, 2005. Georgie was born in Florence, South Carolina on June 17, 1922, the only child of George Brogdon and Eva Lee Brogdon. She attended Florence schools and graduated Valedictorian of her high school class. She received her baccalaureate degree from Coker College and married Ray Sparks on April...
Dorothy Mae Feagin Glisson
Nov 23, 2005
Andrews: Dorothy Mae Feagin Glisson, 80, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Glisson was born in Andrews on September 12, 1925, a daughter of James Edward Feagin and Eliza Rowe Feagin. She was a graduate of Andrews High School and lived all her life in the Andrews community. Mrs. Glisson retired, after over thirty years employment, from...
Harry Colen
Nov 19, 2005
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
William Keitt Easterling
Nov 18, 2005
Georgetown: William Keitt "Kit" Easterling, age 73 passed away at his home on Thursday, November 17, 2005. Mr. Easterling was born on November 4, 1932 in Bennettsville, S.C., a son of the late Keitt Sessoms Easterling and Mary DeLoach Easterling. He attended Bennettsville High School before enlisting in the United States Army where he served honorably as a Sergeant the...
Catherine Decarlo Prisco
Nov 8, 2005
Georgetown: Catherine DeCarlo Prisco, 82, died Tuesday, November 8, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Prisco was born in New York City on September 19, 1923, a daughter of the late Philip DeCarlo and Angelina Peretti DeCarlo. She grew up in New York City and lived in Westbury, N. Y. prior to moving to Pawley's Island in 1986. Mrs. Prisco...
Eulalie (Leila) Swinton Fenhagen
Nov 7, 2005
Georgetown: Eulalie (Leila) Swinton Fenhagen, 54, poet and former director of Clinical Social Work at Boys Town of New York City, died Monday, November 7, 2005, at the home of her parents. Ms. Fenhagen was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. on January 16, 1951, the daughter of The Reverend James Corner Fenhagen and Eulalie McFall Fenhagen. Her father was a former...
John Harvey Wilson, Sr.
Nov 6, 2005
Andrews: John Harvey Wilson, Sr., 76, longtime resident of Georgetown, died Sunday, November 6, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Wilson was born in Georgetown on September 20, 1929, son of the late Covington "Cub" Lee Wilson and Rosa Lee Lambert Wilson. He was a retired civil service worker. Mr. Wilson served in the S. C. National Guard and was a...
Ethel Bellune Kaminski
Nov 2, 2005
Georgetown: Ethel Bellune Kaminski, 99, died Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mrs. Kaminski was born at Snow Mill Plantation in Georgetown Co. on March 13, 1906, the daughter of the late Miles Sherrod Bellune and Lena Belle Skinner Bellune. She attended schools in Plantersville and Georgetown and graduated from Chicora College. Mrs. Kaminski taught school...
Clarence E. (Larry) Hook
Nov 2, 2005
Georgetown: Clarence E. "Larry" Hook, 75, died Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Hook was born in West Columbia on March 13, 1930, son of the late James Walter Hook and Lillian Kannady Hook. He grew up in West Columbia and graduated from Brooklyn-Cayce High School. Mr. Hook served in the U.S. Army from 1951 until 1953. After...
Marjorie Player Ward
Oct 31, 2005
Andrews:<br> Marjorie Player Ward, 76, died Monday, October 31, 2005, at her residence.<br> Mrs. Ward was born in Georgetown Co. near Andrews on May 11, 1929, a daughter of the late Willie Brightman Player and Della Avant Player. She retired from the S. C. Forestry Commission in September 1993, after 47 years of service. Mrs. Ward had been recognized as...
Charles Jackson Green
Oct 25, 2005
Wichita Falls, Tex.: Charles "Chuck" Jackson Green, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at Norman Regional Medical Center in Norman, Ok. Technical Sergeant Green was born September 22, 1968 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was an 18 year veteran of the United States Air Force. He was hand-selected to serve as an Aircraft Armament Systems Instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base, and...
Regina Bernotaite Visbaras
Oct 23, 2005
Pawley's Island: Regina Bernotaite Visbaras, 79, died Sunday, October 23, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Visbaras was born in Lithuania on January 2, 1926, the daughter of the late Juozas Bernotai and Stanislava Bukauskai Bernotaite. She grew up in Lithuania and was educated in public schools there. Mrs. Visbaras moved to the U.S. in 1949 and...
Eloise Smith Farley
Oct 22, 2005
Georgetown: Eloise Smith Farley, 73, died Saturday, October 22, 2005, at Frankie Home at Seaside Healthcare in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Farley was born in Fayetteville, N. C. on April 8, 1932, a daughter of the late Harry Ellis Smith and Lucy Williams Smith Abel. She grew up in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Farley was a real estate broker and lived in...
Marian Rowell Mccormac
Oct 19, 2005
Georgetown: Marian Rowell McCormac, 84, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. McCormac was born in Trio on January 17, 1921, a daughter of the late William Thomas Rowell and Isla Rebecca Jeffords Rowell. She grew up in Trio, graduated from Williamsburg High School, and attended Columbia College. Mrs. McCormac worked at State Farm Insurance Co. in...
Lewis Joseph Blookie Schooler
Oct 8, 2005
Georgetown:<br> Lewis Joseph "Blookie" Schooler, 80, died Saturday, October 8, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. <br> Mr. Schooler was born in Georgetown on July 20, 1925, a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Schooler and Mary Emily Hemingway Schooler. He was reared by his uncle and aunt, the late Norton E. Watts and Janie Hemingway Watts. Mr. Schooler grew up...
Benjamin Tim Fraser Harrelson, Jr.
Oct 4, 2005
Andrews: Benjamin "Tim" Fraser Harrelson, Jr., 78, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005, at Kindred Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Harrelson was born in Nichols on November 2, 1926, son of the late Benjamin Fraser Harrelson and Katherine Naomi Hewitt Harrelson. He grew up in Horry Co. and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Harrelson was a retired automotive...
Erich Kaiser
Sep 25, 2005
Andrews: Erich Kaiser, 82, died Sunday, September 25, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mr. Kaiser was born in Germany on September 16, 1923. He served in the German Army during World War II. Mr. Kaiser moved to Williamsburg Co. near Andrews from New Jersey. He was a retired self-employed heavy equipment mechanic and the widower of Gisela Elizabeth...
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