OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Katherine Porter Grant
Apr 1, 2004
Clemmons, N. C.: Katherine Porter Grant, 91, of Clemmons passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2004 at her home. She was born on September 28, 1912 in Andrews, S. C. to Dr. Davis S. Porter and Kate Hogan Porter. She graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Music in 1933. She taught public school music in Andrews, SC...
Harris Hall Gabbie
Mar 31, 2004
Georgetown: Harris Hall Gabbie, 93, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at home. Mr. Gabbie was born in Tiller, Ark. on September 16, 1910, a son of the late Henry Grady Gabbie and Annie May Barnet Gabbie. He moved to Georgetown in August of 1948 and worked at International Paper Co. until his retirement on October 1, 1975. Mr. Gabbie also...
Lena Sarvis Jacobs
Mar 31, 2004
Georgetown: Lena "Betty" Belle Sarvis Jacobs, 79, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jacobs was born on November 10, 1924 in Bucksport, a daughter of the late William Sam Sarvis and Annie Jewell Beverley Sarvis. She grew up at Bucksport and moved to Georgetown after her marriage to the late Willard Edelle Jacobs. Mrs. Jacobs attended...
William Elbert Ray, Sr.
Mar 28, 2004
Andrews: William Elbert Ray, Sr., 68, died Sunday, March 28, 2004, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ray was born in Williamsburg County on May 24, 1935, a son of the late John Causey Ray and Sadie Bell Taylor Ray. He attended Williamsburg County schools and served in the U. S. Marine Corps. Mr. Ray was a retired carpenter and cabinet...
James M. Alday
Mar 27, 2004
Dr. James M. ("Buddy") Alday, 67, of Gainesville, Georgia, died March 27, 2004 after an extended illness. He was a longtime summer resident and home owner at Pawleys Island. Dr. Alday was born in Gainesville, Florida, attended the University of Florida and received an undergraduate degree from Emory University. He subsequently graduated Emory University School of Medicine, following which he...
Henry William Bruorton
Mar 27, 2004
Andrews: Henry William "Bill" Bruorton, Sr., 73, died Saturday, March 27, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mr. Bruorton was born in the Rose Hill Section of Georgetown County on December 18, 1930, a son of the late Josiah Parson Bruorton, Sr. and Emily Barnes Bruorton. He was a graduate of Pleasant Hill High School and served in the...
Julian Kenneth Harrington
Mar 25, 2004
Hemingway: Julian Kenneth Harrington, 73, died Thursday, March 25, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Harrington was born in Pamplico on November 17, 1930, a son of the late Carl Newly Harrington and Bessie Viola Poston Harrington. He served in the army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Harrington retired after sixteen years employment with Andrews Wire. He was also a commercial...
Lucille Pope Hornbaker
Mar 23, 2004
Pawley's Island: Lucille P. Hornbaker passed away March 23, 2004 at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Lucille Hornbaker was born in Georgetown on September 11, 1913, the daughter of the late Samuel Martin Pope and Mary McDonald Pope. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. After high school, she attended and graduated...
Walter Franklin Green
Mar 21, 2004
Myrtle Beach: Walter Franklin Green, 53, died Sunday, March 21, 2004 at home. Mr. Green was born in Andrews on January 31, 1951, a son of the late Paul Green and Mary Evelyn Davis Green. He grew up in the Ten Acre section of Georgetown County near Andrews. Mr. Green graduated from Winyah Academy and attended Campbell College. He was...
Sallie Altman Morris
Mar 19, 2004
Andrews: Sallie Altman Morris, 89, died Friday afternoon, March 19, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Morris was born on February 18, 1915 in the Suttons Community of Williamsburg County, a daughter of the late John Mack Altman and Elizabeth Theodosia Ward Altman. She graduated from Suttons High School as valedictorian and lived in the Oak Ridge community most of...
Melva Hanna Taylor
Mar 16, 2004
Andrews: Melva Hanna Taylor, 86, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Taylor was born in Williamsburg County near Andrews on May 8, 1917, a daughter of the late Prudence Hanna. She lived in the Piney Forest community most of her life. Mrs. Taylor was Woman of the Year for Woodman of the World. She was a...
James C. Fulton
Mar 15, 2004
Mt. Pleasant: James C. Fulton, 64, died Tuesday, March 15, 2004, at East Cooper Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fulton was born in Andrews on September 10, 1939, a son of Mary Elizabeth Barrineau Fulton and the late Albert Theodore Fulton. He grew up in Andrews and attended schools in Andrews and Georgetown. Mr. Fulton lived at Arcadia Plantation and Earles...
John Lamar Bunn, Sr.
Mar 14, 2004
Georgetown: John Lamar Bunn, Sr., 85, died Sunday, March 14, 2004, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bunn was born on July 1, 1918 in Webster, Fla., a son of the late Joseph Stone Bunn and Maggie May Fussell Bunn. He served in the U. S. Army during W. W. II. Mr. Bunn owned and operated a Texaco Service Station for...
Thomas Wannamaker Lane, Jr.
Mar 12, 2004
Georgetown: Thomas Wannamaker Lane, Jr., 57, died Friday, March 12, 2004, at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Lane was born in Columbia on January 27, 1947, a son of Thomas Wannamaker Lane and the late Elise McLain Lane. He was a graduate of A. C. Flora High School and The Citadel. Mr. Lane served for...
Michael Howe Sadler
Mar 11, 2004
Pawley's Island: Michael Howe Sadler, 60, died Thursday, March 11, 2004 at Ralph H. Johnson DVA Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Sadler was born in Miami, Fla. on February 18, 1944, a son of the late Winford Howe Sadler and Anna Rose Daly Consistre Sadler. He grew up in Miami and served in the Army in Germany during the Viet...
Ruth Kezziah Lachicotte
Mar 10, 2004
Baton Rouge, La.: Ruth Evelyn Kezziah Lachicotte, 93, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004, in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Lachicotte was born in Charlotte, N.C. on October 17, 1910, a daughter of the late William Hutchinson Kezziah and Anna Lee Harris Kezziah. She was the widow of Francis Williams Lachicotte, III and an Episcopalian. Surviving are: a son, Francis William Lachicotte, IV...
Richard Labruce Jayroe
Mar 10, 2004
Georgetown: Richard LaBruce "Bruce" Jayroe, 70, died Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Jayroe was born in Georgetown on June 29, 1933, a son of the late William Henry Jayroe, Sr. and Annie Mae Cooper Jayroe. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Jayroe served in the U. S. Air Force in France...
Gisela Kurz Kaiser
Mar 7, 2004
Andrews: Gisela Elizabeth Kurz Kaiser, 75, died Sunday, March 7, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Kaiser was born in Karlsruche-Durlach, Germany on February 16, 1929, a daughter of Johann Kurz and Anna Lohr Kurz. She attended Bethlehem Church of God. Surviving are: her husband, Erich Kaiser of Andrews; a sister, Anita Mucha of Karlsruche-Durlach, Germany; a host of nieces and...
William Clarke Miller, Jr.
Mar 6, 2004
Pawley's Island: William Clarke Miller, Jr., 87, died Saturday, March 6, 2004, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Mr. Miller was born in Chester on January 13, 1917, a son of the late William Clarke Miller and Margaret Hamilton Henry Miller. He was a graduate of Erskine College in Due West and earned a Masters Degree in Food Technology from Massachusetts...
Norbert Lawrence Schneider
Mar 4, 2004
Georgetown: Norbert Lawrence Schneider, 86, died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Heritage Home of Florence. Mr. Schneider was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. on December 24, 1917, a son of the late Nicholas Schneider and Ella Garrity Schneider. He grew up in Pittsburgh and served in the Army in Panama during World War II. Mr. Schneider also taught munitions at the...
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