OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Norma Jean Freeman
Nov 27, 2020
Andrews: Norma Freeman, 71, died Friday November 27, 2020, at her residence. Miss Freeman was born April 3, 1949, in Williamsburg County, a daughter of the late Robert Clinton Freeman and Kareith Cantley Freeman. She grew up in Andrews and graduated Andrews High School. Miss Freeman was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church and taught Sunday School for many...
Ruby Self Henry
Nov 25, 2020
Georgetown: Ruby Self Henry, 88, widower of Edward Carlton Henry, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020, as her son's residence in Pelion. Mrs. Henry was born March 21, 1932, in Del Rio, TN, a daughter of the late William Nathan Self and Hulda Jane Davis Henry. Mrs. Henry grew up in Georgetown and spent most of her life there and graduated...
Elizabeth Lynn Cronia
Nov 24, 2020
Pawleys Island: Elizabeth Lynn Beggs Cronia, 68, wife of Forrest Cronia, Sr., passed away peacefully with her husband at her side November 24, 2020, in Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cronia was the baby of eleven siblings and was born in Tifton, GA on October 21, 1952, a daughter of the late Fred Beggs and Ethelene "Billie" Willis Beggs. She...
Durward "Sonny Boy" Dudley Rhem
Nov 21, 2020
Indialantic, FL: Durward Dudley Rhem III, passed away the morning of November 21, 2020 in Winter Springs, Florida. He is the son of Durward and Muriel Rhem from Georgetown, S.C. and is survived by his two daughters, Trisha Poole, and Jennifer Volkmer, grandchildren Leah Pennington and Wyatt Poole III, and great grandchildren Kyliegh Pennington-Walker and Camien Durant. As the oldest...
Katherine Turnley Mauldin
Nov 20, 2020
Pawleys Island: Katherine Turnley Mauldin, 74, wife of Jess Mauldin, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Mauldin was born August 12, 1946, in Richmond, VA. Memorial services will be noon Saturday, August 21, 2021, at the graveside in All Saints Cemetery. Please sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the...
Georgia Lee Hamlin Vinson
Nov 13, 2020
Georgetown: Georgia Lee Hamlin Vinson, 59, died Friday, November 13, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Vinson was born in Georgetown on November 30, 1960, a daughter of the late Bernard Terrell Hamlin and Clara Lee Jordan Hamlin. Mrs. Vinson grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School and attended Horry/Georgetown Technical College. In Georgia's younger years she worked...
Greg Farmer
Nov 12, 2020
North Litchfield Beach, SC Greg Farmer, 71, died at his home in North Litchfield Beach on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. He and his wife, Jean Marie Neal, built their dream home near the ocean in 2016 and retired to focus on the local community and charities. Greg served on the board of Friends of the Kaminski House and was named...
Anna "Anne" Elizabeth Howell
Nov 9, 2020
Andrews: Anna "Anne" Elizabeth Smith Howell, 82, widow of Roderick Dowd Howell, Sr, died, November 9, 2020 , at her residence. Mrs. Howell was born in Robeson County, NC on March 22, 1938, a daughter of the late Robert Glenn Smith and Ora Christine Gibson Smith. She graduated from Maxton High School and received an X-Ray Technician degree from Spartanburg...
Jerome James Perry
Oct 25, 2020
Georgetown: Jerome James Perry, "Jerry" 79 passed from this life October 25, 2020 to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jerry resided in Georgetown, South Carolina at the time of his passing. He was the son of the late Frances Wilson Perry and Marion Elizabeth Wilsoncroft born in Renovo Pennsylvania July 25, 1941. Jerry was predeceased by his...
Timothy "Tim" Ellie Moore, Sr.
Oct 24, 2020
Andrews: Timothy "Tim" Ellie Moore, Sr., 77, husband of Mary Lou Clemons Moore, died yesterday October 24, 2020, at MUSC Florence Medical Center. Mr. Moore was born in the Earle Community of Williamsburg County on September 5, 1943, a son of the late John Decatur Moore, Sr. and Goldie Helen Wheeler Moore. Tim graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1961...
Jerry Linwood "Lin" Fore, Jr.
Oct 19, 2020
Georgetown: Capt. Jerry Linwood "Lin" Fore, Jr., 69, husband of Melanie Bodiford Fore, died October 19, 2020, at MUSC Medical Center. Mr. Fore was born September 4, 1951, in Georgetown, a son of the late Jerry Linwood Fore, Sr. and Betty Jo Phillips Fore. Lin grew up in Georgetown, graduated from Winyah High School and received an Associate Degree in...
John Belton "J. B." Hardee
Oct 15, 2020
Myrtle Beach: John Belton "J.B." Hardee, 84, husband of Sally Barrineau Hardee, died Thursday evening, October 15, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Hardee was born May 27, 1936, in Andrews, a son of the late Roy W. Hardee and Edna Lewis Hardee Lambert. Mr. Hardee lived most of his life in Andrews, where he was very active. J. B. was...
Theodore "Ted" Edmund Gagliano, M.D.
Oct 10, 2020
Pawleys Island: Ted Gagliano, 98, died Saturday, October 10, 2020, at his Pawleys Island residence, Ted was a first-generation American born in 1922 to Sicilian parents in Montclair, New Jersey. He and his four older siblings grew up in difficult, humble circumstances, but believed in the power of education to lift them up. After serving in the military, he was...
Stephen Bobby Cribb
Oct 7, 2020
Georgetown: Stephen Bobby Cribb, 92, died Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at his residence in Evans, Georgia from long term illnesses. Born and raised in Georgetown county, he lived his adult life in Georgetown till the passing of his wife in 2018. Mr. Cribb was born August 30, 1928 in the Pleasant Hill area of the county, the son of the...
Richard "Dickie" Olin Jayroe
Oct 5, 2020
Georgetown: Richard "Dickie" Olin Jayroe, 85, husband of Geraldine Long Jayroe, died Monday, October 5, 2020, at his residence in town. Mr. Jayroe was born March 15, 1935, in Georgetown County, a son of the late Peter Columbus Jayroe and Pearl Florence Skinner Jayroe. He grew up on Benvenue Plantation and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Jayroe was in...
Lee Cannon Ballard, Iii
Oct 2, 2020
Salters: Lee Cannon Ballard, III, 83, husband of Anne Hughes Ballard, died Friday, October 2, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Ballard was born in Georgetown on September 24, 1937, a son of the late Lee Cannon Ballard, Jr. and Agnes Emerson Ballard. He grew up in the City of Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School and attended Clemson University....
Bertha C. Lawrimore Uptegrove Cole
Sep 25, 2020
Georgetown: Bertha C. Lawrimore Uptegrove Cole, 101 years of age, went home to be with our Lord on Friday morning, September 25, 2020, at Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown, SC. She was born in upper Georgetown County near Pleasant Hill on March 19, 1919, a daughter of the late John Russell Lawrimore, Sr. and his wife, the former Annie Jane...
William Fletcher Fairey, Iii
Sep 20, 2020
Doctor William Fletcher (Billy) Fairey, III, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, loving husband of Lila Murray Fairey, departed this life three days before his 91st birthday, following several weeks of declining health. Billy was born on September 23, 1929, in Orangeburg, the son of William Fletcher and Marjorie Houston Fairey. He graduated from Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, and held two...
Evelyn Alford Swails
Sep 15, 2020
Andrews: Evelyn Alford Swails, 90, widow of Henry Lee Swails, died peacefully Tuesday morning, September 15, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Swails was born in Florence County on November 29, 1929, a daughter of the late Ellie P. Alford and Alice Hyman Alford. She was taught a strong work ethic by her parents and demonstrated that by working over 40...
Micki Valentine Nolan
Sep 10, 2020
Georgetown - Mission Viejo, CA. Micki Valentine Nolan, 3, went to Heaven on Thursday, September 10, 2020, and God gave this precious little girl her Angel Wings. Micki was born in Mission Viejo, CA on February 28, 2017, to her wonderful parents, Jimmy and Taran Nolan. Micki will be forever a part of so many lives. Please sign a guestbook...
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