Margaret Foster Pierson
Apr 18, 2005
Andrews: Margaret Foster Morris Pierson, 88, died Monday, April 18, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mrs. Pierson was born in Orangeburg, S.C. on March 25, 1917, a daughter of the late Arthur Gilliam and Grace O. Wilburn Foster. She grew up in Orangeburg and farmed with her family until she married William George Morris in 1940. Together they...
Leona Benton Long
Apr 11, 2005
Andrews: Leona Benton Long, 83, died Monday, April 11, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Long was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on December 3, 1921, a daughter of the late George Roy Benton and Lula Lee Powell Benton. She grew up in the Andrews area and lived all her life there. Mrs. Long was a member of Black River...
Eva Wilder Tompkins
Apr 6, 2005
Andrews: Eva Lillian Wilder Tompkins, 91, widow of J. G. "Gus" Tompkins died Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Tompkins was born in Andrews on March 25, 1914, a daughter of the late Henry Buford Wilder and Bessie Matthews Wilder. She was a graduate of Andrews High School and, with her husband, owned and operated Tompkins Furniture...
Jane Maultsby Greene
Apr 5, 2005
Pinopolis: Jane Maultsby Greene, 80, widow of Gen. George Benjamin Greene, Jr. died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Greene was born in Whiteville, N. C. on March 11, 1925, a daughter of the late Josiah Alexander Maultsby and Irene Forsythe Maultsby. She grew up there and graduated from Whiteville High School. She attended St. Mary's School in...
Willard Hadley Mitchum
Apr 2, 2005
Georgetown: Willard Hadley (Squeak) Mitchum, 75, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Mitchum was born in Williamsburg County on December 1, 1929, a son of the late Millard Butler Mitchum and Laura Suzanne Tisdale Mitchum. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army and served in the Korean War....
Carl Graeber Tolbert
Apr 1, 2005
Pawley's Island: Carl Graeber Tolbert, a musician, a teacher, an insurance executive, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at the Lakes at Litchfield. He was 87. Carl was born September 18, 1917, in Salisbury, N. C., where he was the youngest of seven children. He attended Catawba College and graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music in 1939. He...
Harold Clarence Hughes
Mar 29, 2005
Garden City Beach: Harold Clarence "Old Man" Hughes, 61, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Hughes was born in Georgetown on April 12, 1943 a son of the late John Hughes and Eda Bell Thomas Hughes. He grew up in Georgetown Co. and worked at Oneita Industries for a time and retired from Four Seasons in 1997....
Juanita Porter Gordon
Mar 29, 2005
Georgetown: Juanita Porter Gordon, 84, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Gordon was born in the Oak Grove community of Georgetown Co. on October 7, 1920, a daughter of the late William Alpheus Porter and Blanche Mercer Porter. She grew up in the Oak Grove community and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Gordon was a...
Col. George Stone Saussy, Jr.
Mar 27, 2005
Pawley's Island: Colonel George Stone Saussy, Jr., USMC, Ret'd. passed away Sunday morning, March 27, 2005, after a long illness. He was 83. Colonel Saussy served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps for 27 years and received numerous awards including "The Distinguished Flying Cross" and The Legion of Merit". He entered Platoon Leaders Class in 1939 and...
Margaret Maloney Shortino
Mar 25, 2005
Pawley's Island: Margaret Maloney Shortino, 91, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Shortino was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 10, 1913, a daughter of the late James Maloney and Mary Geraci Maloney. She grew up in Cincinnati and lived in Lancaster, Pa. and a number of other places prior to moving to Pawley's Island in...
Margaret Byers Edler
Mar 25, 2005
Mt. Pleasant: Margaret Byers Edler, 79, died Friday, March 25, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Edler was born in Charleston on July 23, 1925, a daughter of the late Joseph Johnson Byers and Mary Louise Smith Byers. She was a graduate of Bishop England High School. Mrs. Edler was a longtime member of the Charleston County Republican Party and a...
Toni Bouchette Robertson
Mar 22, 2005
Andrews: Toni Bouchette Robertson, 34, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Robertson was born in Georgetown on January 16, 1971, the daughter of W. Wayne Bouchette and Gaynell Poston Bouchette. She grew up in the Warsaw Community of Williamsburg Co., graduated from Andrews High School, and attended Florence-Darlington Technical College. She was a member of Bloomingvale...
Fleta Wilds Mixson
Mar 22, 2005
Georgetown: Fleta Wilds Mixson, 94, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mrs. Mixson was born in Glennville, Ga., on March 20, 1911, a daughter of the late Mellie Wilds and Vesta Wren Wilds. She graduated from high school in Glennville and attended Nursing School in Savannah. Mrs. Mixson lived in Georgetown for many years...
Grier Collins Mcwhite, Jr.
Mar 20, 2005
Georgetown: Grier C. McWhite, Jr., 79, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, in New Port Richey, Fla. Mr. McWhite was born in Savannah, Ga. on October 30, 1925, a son of the late Grier Collins McWhite Sr. and Edna Beaty McWhite West. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. McWhite was a retired employee of the Container Division...
Gary Farrell White
Mar 18, 2005
McClellanville: G. Farrell "Captain Farrell" White, 65, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at his residence. Capt. Farrell was born in Charleston on July 17, 1939, a son of the late James Calhoun White and Charlotte Sutler White. He grew up in Awendaw and began his career as a shrimper and commercial fisherman at a young age. Capt. Farrell was a...
Evelyn Howard Mcmeekin
Mar 15, 2005
Georgetown: Evelyn H. McMeekin, 86, widow of Dr. Thomas Granger McMeekin, died on March 15, 2005 at the Waccamaw Community Hospital among her close family. She was born October 17, 1918 in Wrens, Georgia, the daughter of Joseph R. and Nell Wren Howard. She was retired from the Georgetown County School system as a teacher at Kensington Elementary School, where...
Rena Crutchfield Robinson
Mar 14, 2005
Georgetown: Rena Crutchfield Robinson, 89, died Monday, March 14, 2005 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Robinson was born in Graceville, Fla. on November 19, 1915, a daughter of the late Albert Bartly Crutchfield and Mamie Victoria Bolden Crutchfield. She grew up in Graceville and moved to Georgetown in 1939. Mrs. Robinson was a Licensed Practical Nurse and retired from Georgetown...
Kathryn Phillips Avant
Mar 8, 2005
Georgetown: Kathryn Phillips Avant, 76, died Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Avant was born in Georgetown on November 15, 1928, a daughter of the late Homer Watts Phillips and Marie Meteer Phillips Stecher. She lived most of her life in Georgetown and was a graduate of Winyah High School. Mrs. Avant retired after thirty-two years employment...
Joan Fluitsma Pieterse
Mar 6, 2005
Georgetown: Joan Fluitsma Pieterse, 74, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Pieterse was born in Enschede, Netherlands on August 28, 1930, a daughter of the late Johannes Franciscus Fluitsma and Johanna Catherina Bevers Fluitsma. She grew up and graduated from R. K. Hengelo in the Netherlands. Mrs. Pieterse moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1956 and to...
Ralph L. Beach, Jr.
Mar 6, 2005
Georgetown: Ralph L. Beach, Jr., 90, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Mr. Beach was born in East Orange, N. J. on November 18, 1914, a son of the late Ralph Lester Beach and Emma Homan Payne Beach. He grew up in N. J. and Ohio and attended Union College in Schenectady, N....
