OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Lawrence A. Smoak

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Theron Martin Jody Boynt

Theron Martin Jody Boynt

Feb 6, 2005

Aynor:<br> Theron Martin "Jody" Boynt, II, 31, died following a boating accident on Sunday, February 6, 2005.<br> Mr. Boynt was born in Georgetown on July 5, 1973, a son of Alice Neely Boynt Seward and the late William A. Boynt. He grew up and attended school in Michigan, Florida, and locally. Jody was a die-hard "Southern Boy", Dale Earnhardt, Jr....

Eleanor Fleming Davidson

Eleanor Fleming Davidson

Feb 5, 2005

Eldersburg, Maryland: Eleanor Fleming Davidson, 84, died Saturday, February 5, 2005, in Sykesville, Md. Mrs. Davidson was born in Laurens on December 24, 1920, a son of the late Robert Franklin Fleming and Florence Brown Fleming. She was a veteran of World War II and was a teacher and homemaker. Mrs. Davidson was the widow of A. Hawthorne Davidson. Surviving...

Carl Monroe Long

Carl Monroe Long

Feb 4, 2005

Georgetown: Carl Monroe Long, 92, retired Director of Operations for International Paper Company, died Feb. 4, 2005, at National Health Care of Garden City, after a brief illness. Carl was born in Crossett, Arkansas, a son of the late Riscus Shurman Long and Maude Carter Long. He graduated from Bay High in Panama City, Florida and attended the University of...

Amanda Corrine Cooper

Amanda Corrine Cooper

Feb 1, 2005

Andrews: Amanda Ethridge Cooper, 93, died Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mrs. Cooper was born November 20, 1911 in the Piney Forest section of Williamsburg County, a daughter of the late William Harrison Ethridge and Sally Godwin Ethridge. Mrs. Cooper lived in the Big Dam area most of her life. She was a member...

Naomi Swails Baxley

Naomi Swails Baxley

Feb 1, 2005

Andrews: Naomi Swails Baxley, 68, died Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Baxley was born in Georgetown on May 30, 1936, a daughter of the late Henry Lee Swails and Bessie Evelyn Goude Swails. She was a graduate of Andrews High School and retired in 2002 from Sampit Lumber Company. Mrs. Baxley was a member of Holy Trinity...

Idell Sarrat Smiley

Idell Sarrat Smiley

Jan 30, 2005

Orangeburg:<br> Idell Sarrat Smiley, 92, widow of Rev. Dr. Carlisle Smiley died Sunday, January 30, 2005.<br> Mrs. Smiley was born in Gaffney, a daughter of the late Carl Melrose Sarratt and Hortese Cunningham Sarratt. She graduated from York High School and received nurses training at Spartanburg General Hospital.<br> Surviving are: four children, Barbara Button, Dr. John Smiley, Maxie Smiley, and...

Molly Ethridge Port

Molly Ethridge Port

Jan 30, 2005

Pawley's Island: Molly Ethridge Port, 84, died Sunday, January 30, 2005, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Port was born in Andrews on November 15, 1920, a daughter of the late Sim and Ellen Ethridge. She grew up in Andrews and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mrs. Port was a retired employee of Georgetown Memorial Hospital. She was a...

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