OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Thomas Carl Lawrence

Thomas Carl Lawrence

May 24, 2005

Columbia: Thomas Carl "Tommy" Lawrence, 83, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at National Health Care (NHC) in Columbia. Mr. Lawrence was born in Hamlet, N. C. on March 20, 1922, a son of the late Thomas C. Lawrence and Myrtle Yarborough Lawrence. He graduated from Hamlet High School in 1940 and was employed by the CSX Railroad for 42 years....

Dr. Arthur Allen Madden

Dr. Arthur Allen Madden

May 23, 2005

Columbia: Arthur Allen Madden was the beloved husband of Brandon Vaughan Madden and father of Helen Hefner, Arthur Allen, Jr., Brandon Vaughan and James Emmett. Grandfather to Kelley Vaughan and Arthur Allen, III. Father-in-law of Rebecca Teague Madden and Suzy Parrott Madden, who is carrying his next grand-child. He died on 23 May 2005 after a brief illness. Dr. Madden...

Mary Mcgimpsey Waddell

Mary Mcgimpsey Waddell

May 19, 2005

Pawley's Island: Mary Carolyn McGimpsey Waddell, 93, died Thursday, May 19, 2005 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Waddell was born January 24, 1912, a daughter of the late R. L. "Dick" McGimpsey and Myrtle Silar McGimpsey. She retired in 1976 as Supervisor of the Circulation Accounting Dept. of the Knoxville News-Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn. She moved to...

Helen Boyd Davidson

Helen Boyd Davidson

May 18, 2005

Georgetown: Helen Boyd Davidson, 83, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston. Mrs. Davidson was born January 21, 1922 in Leesburg, Fla., a daughter of the late William Franklin Boyd and Maude Lillian Lee Boyd. She lived in central, Fla. prior to moving to Georgetown in 1941. Mrs. Davidson worked as a...

David Minor Lambert, Sr.

David Minor Lambert, Sr.

May 15, 2005

Georgetown: David Minor Lambert, Sr., 49, died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lambert was born in Georgetown on September 29, 1955, a son of Ethel Hartley Lambert and the late Thomas Jackson Lambert. He lived all his life in Georgetown and was employed by Heyward Moore Chipping Co. of Lamberttown. Mr. Lambert attended Andrews Holiness Church....

Burr H. Williams

Burr H. Williams

May 14, 2005

Georgetown:<br> Burr H. Williams, 84, died Saturday, May 14, 2005, at the Medical University Hospital of S. C. in Charleston.<br> Mr. Williams was born in Olean, N. Y. on September 8, 1920, a son of the late Fred Rockwell Williams and Hazel Belle Burr Williams. He grew up in West Clarksville, N.Y. and moved to Georgetown in 1939. Mr. Williams...

Joseph Franklin Westbrook, Jr.

Joseph Franklin Westbrook, Jr.

May 10, 2005

Georgetown: Joseph Franklin Westbrook, Jr., 87, died Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Westbrook was born n Newton Grove, N. C. on July 31, 1917, a son of the late Joseph Franklin Westbrook and Alberta Bizzell Westbrook. He grew up in Newton Grove, graduated from high school there, and attended Wake Forest College. Mr. Westbrook moved to...

Avant Ruby Randall

Avant Ruby Randall

Apr 29, 2005

Georgetown: Ruby Mae Randall Avant, 77, died Friday, April 29, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Avant was born in Chester on January 15, 1928, a daughter of the late Vernon Randall and Gertie Bruce Randall. She moved to Georgetown in 1945. Mrs. Avant retired from Oneita Industries and was a former employee of Georgetown Dress Plant. She was an...

Henry Lee Swails, Jr.

Henry Lee Swails, Jr.

Apr 28, 2005

Andrews: Henry Lee Swails, Jr., 72, died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Swails was born in Georgetown Co. on October 1, 1932, a son of the late Henry Lee Swails and Bessie Goude Swails. He lived most of his life in the Andrews area and served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Swails...

Virginia Richbourg Langley

Virginia Richbourg Langley

Apr 28, 2005

Andrews: Virginia Richbourg Langley, 86, died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter. Mrs. Langley was born on June 27, 1918, a daughter of the late George Richbourg and Catherine Alsbrooks Richbourg. She grew up in Clarendon County and graduated from high school there. Mrs. Langley lived in Andrews most of her life and was a member of...

Cynthia Smith Taylor

Cynthia Smith Taylor

Apr 24, 2005

Murrells Inlet: Cynthia Smith Taylor, 82, died Sunday, April 24, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Taylor was born in Lumberton, N. C. on June 1, 1922, a daughter of the late Ernest Luther Smith and Fannie Hayes Smith. She grew up in Charlotte, N. C. and lived in Georgetown for many years prior to moving to Murrells Inlet. Mrs....

Willie E. Strong

Willie E. Strong

Apr 22, 2005

Andrews: Willie E. Strong, 81, died Friday, April 22, 2005, at his residence in the Warsaw community of Williamsburg Co. Mr. Strong was born in Andrews on September 7, 1923, a son of the late Ernest Strong and Lottie A. Morris Strong. He was a graduate of Andrews High School and served in the Army during World War II. Mr....

Margaret Foster Pierson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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