OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

John Walker Altman

John Walker Altman

Aug 25, 2004

Georgetown: John Walker Altman, 60, died Wednesday, August 25, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Altman was born in Hemingway on October 17, 1943, a son of Iva Thompson Altman and the late Charlie Altman. He lived most of his life in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Altman was a retired life insurance salesman for United Insurance Company...

Verna Lee Powell Smith

Verna Lee Powell Smith

Aug 24, 2004

Georgetown: Verna Lee Powell Smith, 76, died Tuesday, August 24, 2004. Mrs. Smith was born near Andrews on August 12, 1928, a daughter of the late Dallas LeRoy Powell and Flossie Ethridge Powell Benton. She was a graduate of Andrews High School, Class of 1946 and attended Winthrop College. Mrs. Smith lived in Georgetown County all her life and ran...

James Muldrow Ethridge

James Muldrow Ethridge

Aug 21, 2004

Andrews: J. Muldrow Ethridge, 86, died Saturday, August 21, 2004 at The Methodist Oaks in Orangeburg. Mr. Ethridge was born in Andrews on June 5, 1918, a son of the late Robert John Ethridge and Sarah Ann Taylor Ethridge. He served in the Army during World War II and lived in Georgetown County near Andrews most of his life. Mr....

Meagan Alexandria Teel

Meagan Alexandria Teel

Aug 12, 2004

Georgetown: Meagan Alexandria Teel, 20, died Thursday, August 12, 2004, at the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston. Miss Teel was born in Georgetown on August 22, 1983, a daughter of Tony Teel and Jan Adair Teel. She spent all of her life in Georgetown, attended Georgetown High School and the Joy School. Miss Teel was a member...

Paula Cloud Strong

Paula Cloud Strong

Aug 11, 2004

Andrews: Paula Cloud Strong, 39, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N. C. Mrs. Strong was born in Powell, Wyoming on November 24, 1964, a daughter of Bobby Ray Cloud and Linda Wright Cloud. She grew up in Chandler, Okla., graduated from Chandler High School, and attended Conners State College in Warner, Okla. Mrs. Strong...

Rev. Billy E. Rufus

Rev. Billy E. Rufus

Aug 11, 2004

Andrews: Rev. Billy E. Rufus, 70, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at Roper Hospital in Charleston. Rev. Rufus was born in Witt, Ill. on January 8, 1934, a son of the late William Dennison Rufus and Imogene Hutchins Rufus. He grew up in Witt and attended the schools there. Rev. Rufus served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. He...

Queenie Casselman Thomas

Queenie Casselman Thomas

Aug 11, 2004

Andrews: Queenie Faye Casselman Thomas, 51, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at the Medical University of S.C. in Charleston. Mrs. Thomas was born in Andrews on March 6, 1953, a daughter of Willow Cox Casselman and the late DeLeon Franklyn Casselman. She grew up in Andrews and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are: her mother, Willow C. Casselman of...

Rev. Earl Devon Brooks

Rev. Earl Devon Brooks

Aug 3, 2004

Andrews: Rev. Earl DeVon Brooks, 68, died Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. Rev. Brooks was born in Brookfield, Ind. on November 29, 1935, a son of the late Arthur DeVon Brooks and Cecil Leon McNew Brooks. He grew up in New Palestine, Ind. and graduated from Moral High School. Rev. Brooks graduated...

James Francis Sullivan, Jr.

James Francis Sullivan, Jr.

Aug 1, 2004

Surfside Beach: James Francis Sullivan, Jr., 83, died Sunday, August 1, 2004, at Winyah Convalescent Center in Georgetown. Mr. Sullivan was born in Queens, N.Y. on November 5, 1920, a son of the late James Francis Sullivan and Caroline Homeyer Sullivan. He graduated from Brooklyn Academy and operated a tug boat for the U.S. Coast Guard in N.Y. during World...

Rosa Lee Miller Joyner

Rosa Lee Miller Joyner

Jul 28, 2004

Murrells Inlet: Rosa Lee Miller Joyner, 89, died Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at Waccamaw Community Hospital. Mrs. Joyner was born in Georgetown on June 25, 1915, a daughter of the late Charlie Richard Miller and Lizzie Wall Miller. She was a retired lunchroom manager and worked for Murrells Inlet Grammar School and Waccamaw Elementary School. Mrs. Joyner was a member...

Russell Benjamin Reed

Russell Benjamin Reed

Jul 25, 2004

Andrews: Rev. Russell Benjamin Reed, 90, died Sunday, July 25, 2004, at his residence. Rev. Reed was born in Colesville, Md. on December 12, 1913, a son of the late Edward L. Reed and Bessie E. Tucker Reed. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Rev. Reed was a member of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons...

Wanda Gerrald Bellune

Wanda Gerrald Bellune

Jul 19, 2004

Georgetown: Wanda Gerrald Bellune, 47, died Monday, July 19, 2004 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bellune was born in Mullins on May 27, 1957, a daughter of the late Henry Kenneth Gerrald and Vance Williamson Gerrald. She grew up in Gallivant's Ferry and attended Horry County schools. Mrs. Bellune lived in Georgetown for the past eleven years and attended Screven...

Julia Hammond Canter

Julia Hammond Canter

Jul 16, 2004

Pawley's Island: Julia Hammond Canter, 85, died in her sleep in Lynchburg, Va. on Friday, July 16, 2004 at 7:10 p.m. Mrs. Canter was born in Niagara Falls, N. Y. on January 3, 1919 to Helen and Ralph Ballard Hammond. She graduated from Loretto Academy for Girls in Ontario, Canada and attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. for...

Evelyn Howard Cockfield

Evelyn Howard Cockfield

Jul 12, 2004

Georgetown: Evelyn Howard Taylor Cockfield, 82, died Monday, July 12, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cockfield was born in Williamsburg County on October 2, 1921, a daughter of the late Liston Howard and Jessie Taylor Howard. She retired from Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cockfield was a member of Screven Baptist Church. She was the widow of Hubert E. Taylor,...

Elizabeth Watford Cox

Elizabeth Watford Cox

Jul 11, 2004

Andrews: Elizabeth Watford Cox, 80, died Sunday, July 11, 2004, at home. Mrs. Cox was born on September 24, 1923 in Lamar, a daughter of the late Myron Lester Watford and Lottie Leora Parnell Watford. She graduated from Andrews High School and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cox was a Church School Teacher for many years...

Adelaide Mcfaddin Clemons

Adelaide Mcfaddin Clemons

Jul 9, 2004

Andrews: Adelaide McFaddin Clemons, 82, died Friday, July 9, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Clemons was born in Gable on January 23, 1922, a daughter of the late Earl Sloan McFaddin and Mary Elizabeth Watkins McFaddin. She grew up in Gable and graduated from Gable High School. Mrs. Clemons was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a...

Mattie Edge Drew

Mattie Edge Drew

Jul 1, 2004

Georgetown: Mattie Edge Drew, 81, died Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Drew was born at Clinton in Sampson Co., N. C. on March 28, 1923, a daughter of the late Earnest Brooke Edge and Mary Minnie Butler Edge. She grew up in N. C. and lived in Conway prior to moving to Georgetown. Mrs. Drew was...

Ronelle Williams Drayton

Ronelle Williams Drayton

Jul 1, 2004

Georgetown: Ronelle Williams Drayton, 84, died Thursday, July 1, 2004 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Drayton was born in the Center Community of Georgetown County on September 14, 1919, a daughter of the late Rock Williams and Janie Gunter Williams. She attended Georgetown Co. schools and Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Mrs. Drayton was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse...

Robert Edward Holland, Sr.

Robert Edward Holland, Sr.

Jun 27, 2004

Pawley's Island: Robert "Bob" Edward Holland, Sr., died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Holland was born in Toccoa, Ga. on April 11, 1939, a son of the late Edward Ralph Holland and Mildred Horton Holland. He was a graduate of Central High School and Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N. C. and...

Alice Finks Flournoy

Alice Finks Flournoy

Jun 20, 2004

Georgetown.: Alice Ola Finks Flournoy, 97, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, in the Bay View section of Georgetown. Mr. Flournoy was born in Lamar, Mo. on November 7, 1906, a daughter of the late Wilmer Preston Finks and Ola Eugenia Smith Finks. She lived most of her life in Lamar and moved to Georgetown in 1992. Mrs. Flournoy was a...

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