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....
Lawrence A. Smoak
Mar 6, 2005
Andrews:<br> Lawrence A. Smoak, 77, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown.<br> Mr. Smoak was born in Cordova, S.C. on September 15, 1927, a son of the late Hubert W. and Alma Smoak. He grew up in Cordova and lived in Georgetown for a number of years prior to moving to Andrews. Mr. Smoak retired from...
Patricia Kennedy Alford
Mar 5, 2005
Andrews: Patricia "Pat" Ann Kennedy Alford, 68, wife of Nathan Alford, died Saturday, March 5, 2005, at home. Mrs. Alford was born April 7, 1936 in New Zion. She was the daughter of the late Wilbur Edward and Rubye Evans Kennedy. A graduate of East Clarendon High School in Turbeville and the University of South Carolina, she retired from teaching...
Eugene Gaillard Johnson
Mar 4, 2005
Georgetown: Eugene Gaillard Johnson, Jr., 92, died Friday, March 4, 2005 in Charleston. Graveside services will be held at two p.m. on Sunday, March 6, 2005 in Prince George, Winyah, Episcopal Church Cemetery in Georgetown. Arrangements and burial will be conducted by the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson was born in Charleston, a son of the late...
Elenor Kirby Stone
Mar 3, 2005
Georgetown: Elenor Kirby Stone, 91, died Thursday, March 3, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Stone was born in Effingham on January 20, 1914, a daughter of the late Alvin and Mable Kirby. She grew up in Effingham and graduated from high school there. Mrs. Stone lived in Georgetown for many years and was a former private duty nurse and...
Samuel Curtis Creel
Mar 1, 2005
Andrews: Samuel "Sammy" Curtis Creel, 40, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005, in a motorcycle accident in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews. Mr. Creel was born in Georgetown on March 31, 1964, a son of Sam W. Creel and the late Mary Margaret Moon Creel. He attended Williamsburg High School and was employed by Marine Terminal in Cainhoy. Mr. Creel was of...
Elizabeth Pope Ward
Feb 27, 2005
Spring Hill, Fla.: Elizabeth "Lib" Pope Ward, 93, former resident of Georgetown, died Sunday, February 27, 2005, in Spring Hill. Mrs. Ward was born in Georgetown on October 17, 1911, a daughter of the late Samuel Martin Pope and Mary McDonald Pope. She grew up in Georgetown, where she met her late husband, Col. Henry Prentiss Ward. They spent most...
Alma Smith Kizer
Feb 24, 2005
Georgetown: Alma Smith Kizer, 88, widow of Emory Drury Kizer, died Thursday, February 24, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Kizer was born in Andrews on February 16, 1917, a daughter of the late Rev. James Luther Smith and Minnie Barwick Smith. She was a graduate of Andrews High School and attended a community college in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs....
Lois Ward Long
Feb 24, 2005
Andrews: Lois Genevieve Ward Long, 54, died Thursday, February 24, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mrs. Long was born in Lamberttown community of Georgetown County on January 18, 1951. She graduated from Howard Adult and Community Education Center and received college credit from a college in Charleston. Surviving are her husband, James Olin Long of Andrews; two sons,...
Edith Bourne Blizzard
Feb 23, 2005
Columbia: Edith Bourne Blizzard, 83, died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 in Columbia. Mrs. Blizzard was born November 10, 1921 in Hartsville, S. C. She graduated from Winthrop College and Bowman Gray School of Technology. She was a laboratory technician at the Georgetown County Memorial Hospital, taught at Winyah High School, and started Georgetown Travel Agency, which she owned and operated...
Mark Allen Knutson
Feb 17, 2005
Andrews: Mark Allen Knutson, 42, died Thursday, February 17, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mr. Knutson was born in Rockford, Ill. on April 11, 1962, a son of Dolores S. Dunn and the late Gaylon Knutson. He grew up in Florida and Illinois, graduated from Newberry College, and attended Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia. Mr. Knutson moved...
Thomas Henry Turner
Feb 14, 2005
Morganton, N. C. Thomas Henry Turner, 48, died Monday, February 14, 2005, in Morganton. Mr. Turner was born in Kingstree on April 26, 1956, a son of the late William H. Turner, Sr. and Bernice Hardee Turner. He was an accomplished musician. Mr. Turner was a Dallas 481 ironworker and certified nuclear submarine pipe fitter. He was known for his...
Hazel Skelton Todd Grant
Feb 11, 2005
Georgetown: Hazel Skelton Todd Grant, 84, of Georgetown, died Friday, February 11, 2005, at Georgetown County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Grant was born January 5, 1921 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Forney and Willie Skelton. She was the widow of Norris "Buddy" Todd and George Harvey Grant and moved to Georgetown in 1949. She was a founding member...
Danny Andrew Culbertson
Feb 10, 2005
Pawley's Island: Danny Andrew Culbertson, 56, died Thursday, February 10, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Culbertson was born in Greenville on July 16, 1948, a son of Carl Goodman Culbertson and Mary Aletha Poole Culbertson. He grew up in Greenville and graduated from Parker High School. Mr. Culbertson served in the Marines in Vietnam. Mr. Culbertson moved to Pawley's Island...
