Foster Durham Clowney
Feb 3, 2006
Georgetown: Foster Durham Clowney, 87, died Friday, February 3, 2006, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Clowney was born in Olanta on November 28, 1918, a son of the late Henry Boyd Clowney and Frances Steele Clowney. He graduated from Olanta High School and moved to Georgetown in 1936. Mr. Clowney served with the Army Combat Engineers during World War II....
Kathryn Colbert Bird
Feb 1, 2006
Andrews: Kathryn Colbert Bird, 97, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at Heartland of West Ashley in Charleston. Mrs. Bird was born in Owensboro, Ky. on January 8, 1909, the daughter of the late John Wyley Colbert and Margaret Marsh Colbert. She grew up in Kentucky, worked for a time at Glenmore Distillery in Owensboro, and was a former school teacher....
Enver Leona Carraway Johnson
Jan 20, 2006
Georgetown: Enver Leona Carraway Johnson, 90, died Friday, January 20, 2006, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in the Bethel Community of Georgetown Co. on March 6, 1915, a daughter of the late William C. Carraway and Sarah Agnes Nesmith Carraway. She was a member of Johnson Chapel Baptist Church and was a former Sunday School Teacher...
James Bonham Carter, Jr.
Jan 14, 2006
Surfside Beach: The Reverend James Bonham "Sonny" Carter, Jr., 69, died Saturday, January 14, 2006, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Rev. Carter was born in Georgetown on December 29, 1936, son of the late James Bonham Carter and Dorothy Thomas Carter. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School, Kennesaw College, and Columbia Theological Seminary....
Frank Edward Bozie Mercer
Jan 4, 2006
Pawleys Island: Frank Edward "Bozie" Mercer, 71, died Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at NHC Healthcare of Garden City. Mr. Mercer was born in Andrews on July 15, 1934, a son of the late Sumter Marvin Mercer and Vivian Haselden Mercer. He was a graduate of Andrews High School and lived in Andrews prior to moving to N. Litchfield Beach in...
Bernice Wilson Ackerman
Jan 3, 2006
Andrews: Bernice Wilson Ackerman, 89, died Tuesday, January 3, 2006, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. Mrs. Ackerman was born in Georgetown County near Andrews on March 23, 1916, the daughter of Marion C. Wilson and Ada Blakeley Wilson. She grew up in the Oceda Community of Georgetown County and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mrs. Ackerman was...
Nola Springs Davis
Jan 1, 2006
Georgetown: Nola Springs Davis, 85, died Sunday, January 1, 2006, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Davis was born in Hemingway on January 15, 1920, a daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin Springs and Lilly Tanner Springs. She lived her young life in Hemingway, where she worked as a farmer. After moving to Jamestown in the 1950's, Mrs. Davis worked...
Margaret Haselden Tisdale Watts
Dec 23, 2005
Mt. Pleasant: Margaret Haselden Tisdale Watts, 82, died Friday, December 23, 2005, at Grace Hall in Mount Pleasant. Mrs. Watts was born in Williamsburg County near Andrews on July 29, 1923, a daughter of the late Ringo Mitchell Haselden, Sr. and Hattie L. Parsons Haselden. She was a graduate Winthrop College. Mrs. Watts was an elementary school teacher and retired...
Harriette Meyer Leland
Dec 23, 2005
McClellanville: Harriette Meyer Leland, 85, died at her residence Friday, December 23, 2005. Mrs. Leland was born October 15, 1920 in Meyer's Mill near Barnwell, the daughter of Charles Olan Meyer and Annie Laurie Roundtree Meyer. She was a graduate of Coker College and the Medical College of South Carolina, where she earned a degree as a medical technologist. Mrs....
Joseph Carson Avent, Jr.
Dec 19, 2005
Columbia: Joseph Carson Avent, Jr. died of lung cancer at home on December 19, 2005. Carson was born on July 21, 1941 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, son of the late Joseph Carson Avent and Ann Avent. Carson graduated from Moss Point High School and the University of Mississippi. As a high school student, he served as a doorman in the U.S....
Betty Caulder Barnes
Dec 11, 2005
Pawleys Island: Betty Caulder Barnes, 75, died Sunday, December 11, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Barnes was born in Andrews on March 1, 1930, the daughter of the late Julius McDowell Caulder and Retha Lee Skipper Caulder. She grew up in the Andrews area and lived in Georgetown prior to moving to Pawleys Island. Mrs. Barnes...
William Louis Busta
Dec 5, 2005
Pawleys Island: William L. Busta, 87, passed away in the early dawn peacefully at home on Monday, December 5, 2005, with his family. Mr. Busta was born September 20, 1918 in Cohoes, N. Y., the son of the late Ludivicus and Katarcyna Babcia Busta. He served in the Army during World War II. Mr. Busta lived most of his life...
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...
