OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Delsie Morgan Sink

Delsie Morgan Sink

Sep 23, 2005

Pawley's Island: Mrs. Delsie Morgan Sink, 100, died Friday, September 23, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. No local services are planned. The family suggests memorials to the Georgetown Presbyterian Church, 558 Black River Road, Georgetown, S.C. 29440. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home...

Margie Russ Richardson

Margie Russ Richardson

Sep 17, 2005

Georgetown: Margie Ann Russ Richardson, 66, died Saturday, September 17, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Richardson was born in Georgetown on July 29, 1939, daughter of the late Daniel Simeon Russ and Annie Azilea Collins Russ. She was a member of Messiah Baptist Church. Surviving are: three sons, James Presley and Dallas "Timmy" Russ both of Dublin, Ga., and...

Gail Holley Welty

Gail Holley Welty

Sep 9, 2005

McBee: Gail Holley Welty, 56, died Friday, September 9, 2005, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville. Mrs. Welty was born in Andrews on May 23, 1949, the daughter of the late Lee Webster Holley and Pearl Burgess Holley. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School and Coker College. Mrs. Welty lived in Sunset Beach,...

Harry Laverne Mcconnell

Harry Laverne Mcconnell

Sep 6, 2005

Georgetown: Harry Laverne McConnell, 67, died Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at Morningside of Georgetown. Mr. McConnell was born in Georgetown on May 22, 1938, a son of Myrtle Alford McConnell and the late Harry H. McConnell. He was a graduate of Winyah High School, Class of 1957, and served in the Marine Corps. Mr. McConnell was instrumental in organizing the...

Thelma Bone Altman

Thelma Bone Altman

Sep 4, 2005

Georgetown: Thelma Bone Altman, 66, died Sunday, September 4, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Altman was born in Georgetown on October 31, 1938, a daughter of the late LeRoy Wilson Bone and Sarah Edna Ward Bone. She grew up in the Sampit community of Georgetown Co. Mrs. Altman and was a graduate of Andrews High School, where she was...

George Lyman Donnelly, Sr.

George Lyman Donnelly, Sr.

Sep 3, 2005

Andrews: George Lyman Donnelly, Sr., 65, died September 3, 2005, in Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Mr. Donnelly was born in San Diego, Ca. on January 1, 1940, a son of the late James Franklin Donnelly and Loula Louise McAboy Donnelly. He was a graduate of Williamsburg High School. Mr. Donnelly served in the U. S. Marine Corps for five...

Michael Van Dusenbury

Michael Van Dusenbury

Aug 26, 2005

Georgetown: Michael Van Dusenbury, 61, died Friday, August 26, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Dusenbury was born on August 6, 1944, a son of the late Clyde Eugene Dusenbury and Rochelle Johnson Dusenbury. He grew up in Georgetown, was a graduate Winyah High School, and attended Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla. Mr. Dusenbury was a...

Michael Jerome Tretola

Michael Jerome Tretola

Aug 24, 2005

Michael J. Tretola, age 66, died August 24, at his residence in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Mr. Tretola was born in Gloversville, New York, son of the late Michael F. Tretola and Fannie O'Grady Tretola. At an early age, Mr. Tretola moved to Connecticut, where he graduated from the University of Connecticut. Following three years of service with U. S. Army...

Daniel Dozier Hearl, Jr.

Daniel Dozier Hearl, Jr.

Aug 20, 2005

Georgetown: Daniel Dozier Hearl, Jr., 58, died Saturday, August 20, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Hearl was born in Moncks Corner on November 28, 1946, son of Daniel Dozier Hearl, Sr. and Florrie Shumpert Hearl. He grew up in Georgetown, graduated from Winyah High School, and attended N. C. State University. Mr. Hearl served in the Army in Japan during...

James Alton Morris, Sr.

James Alton Morris, Sr.

Aug 19, 2005

Andrews: James Alton Morris, Sr. died Friday, August 19, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born in the Bloomingvale Community of Williamsburg Co. on November 7, 1924, son of the late William James Benjamin Morris and Elizabeth Anne Fulton Morris. He was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mr. Morris farmed all his life and for a time also...

Gwendolyn Williams Mitchum

Gwendolyn Williams Mitchum

Aug 19, 2005

Georgetown: Lula Gwendolyn Williams Mitchum, 83, died August 19, 2005. Mrs. Mitchum was born in Georgetown on December 17, 1921, daughter of the late Jacob Wesley Williams and Lula Mae Baxley Williams. She was a graduate of Union High School, Class of 1939, and a graduate of the College of Commerce in Florence. Mrs. Mitchum was a devoted church member...

Earl Ancle Trimnal

Earl Ancle Trimnal

Aug 17, 2005

Andrews: Earl Ancle Trimnal, 83, died Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mr. Trimnal was born in Sumter on May 3, 1922, a son of the late Thomas Edward Trimnal and Mary Josephine Pritchard Trimnal. He grew up in Sumter and attended school there. Mr. Trimnal served in the U.S. Navy during World War II....

George Cuthbert Galphin, Jr.

George Cuthbert Galphin, Jr.

Aug 17, 2005

Georgetown: George Cuthbert Galphin, Jr., 79, died Wednesday, August 17, 2005. Mr. Galphin was born in Chester on August 25, 1925, son of the late George C. and Elizabeth McLure Galphin. He attended schools in Philadelphia, Pa. and graduated from Harvard University in 1949. Mr. Galphin was veteran of World War II serving as a Lieutenant in the Naval Air...

Lyra Parsons Griffin

Lyra Parsons Griffin

Aug 15, 2005

Andrews: Lyra Parsons Griffin, 84, died Monday, August 15, 2005, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Mrs. Griffin was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on January 8, 1921, a daughter of the late Maxie Hartwell Parsons and Mildred McCants Parsons. She grew up in Andrews, was a graduate of Andrews High School, and was employed by Andrews Bank and Trust...

Chris Marney Roach

Chris Marney Roach

Aug 12, 2005

Georgetown: Chris Marney Roach, 61, died August 12, 2005 at her residence. Funeral services will be Monday, August 15, 2005 at 2 PM at Prince George, Winyah, Episcopal Church. The Rev. Burton Newman and The Rev. Scott Fleischer will officiate. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. Mrs. Roach was born May 1, 1944 in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the...

Boyd Landrum Arnold, Jr.

Boyd Landrum Arnold, Jr.

Aug 10, 2005

Pawley's Island: Boyd Landrum Arnold, Jr., 80, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Arnold was born, December 4, 1924, in Monroe, Georgia, the son of the late Boyd L. Arnold and Emma Lou Arnold. He served as a chief petty officer in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Arnold was...

Louise Watts Keller

Louise Watts Keller

Aug 10, 2005

Georgetown: Louise Watts Keller, 83, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mrs. Keller was born in Georgetown on March 17, 1922, a daughter of the late James Pringle Watts and Eliza Rebecca Roberts Watts. She grew up in Georgetown Co. and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Keller lived in many areas of the...

Louise Huggins Wheeler

Louise Huggins Wheeler

Aug 8, 2005

Andrews: Louise Huggins Wheeler, 75, died Monday, August 8, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Galivants Ferry on February 28, 1930, a daughter of the late Jesse Evan Huggins and Frances Ruth James Huggins. She grew up in Lake City and lived most of her life in the Earle Community of Williamsburg Co. Mrs....

William Lee Simmons, Jr.

William Lee Simmons, Jr.

Aug 2, 2005

Myrtle Beach: William Lee "Billy" Simmons, Jr., 67, died Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Simmons was born in Andrews on April 2, 1938, a son of the late William Lee Simmons and Emily Blakely Simmons. He was a graduate of Winyah High School in Georgetown, Class of 1956, and attended N. C. State...

Ethel Lowder Moore

Ethel Lowder Moore

Aug 1, 2005

Ethel Lowder Moore, 89, of Reidsville, N.C., formerly of Andrews, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, at Penn Nursing Center in Reidsville. Graveside services will be Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Andrews Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mayer Funeral Home, Andrews Chapel in Andrews. Mrs. Moore was born Feb....

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