OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Stephen Bobby Cribb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Dr. John Spencer Diggs

Dr. John Spencer Diggs

Sep 10, 2020

Georgetown: John Spencer Diggs, MD, age 84, died on September 10, 2020 on his sailboat at Hazzard Marina, Georgetown, South Carolina. He was born on January 8, 1936, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dr. Lemuel Whitley Diggs and Beatrice Moshier Diggs. He was a graduate of Germantown High School in 1954 and of Dartmouth College in 1958 before entering the US...

John William Waddell

John William Waddell

Sep 7, 2020

Atlanta, GA: John "Johnny" William Waddell, of Spartanburg, passed away on Monday, September 7th at Emory Hospital. He was born on September 30, 1946 to the late Clara Belle Heinemann Waddell and Boyce Crump Waddell and was preceded in death by his sister Kay Jenrette Waddell Ward. Johnny is survived by his wife of 49 years, Brende' Smith Waddell, daughter...

Michele Baker Hayes

Michele Baker Hayes

Sep 4, 2020

McClellanville: Michele Baker Hayes, 67, died Friday, September 4, 2020, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hayes was born in Georgetown on July 31, 1953, a daughter of the late James Williamson and Sally Baker Williamson. Services will be private. Please sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Joseph  Mckee Burgis

Joseph Mckee Burgis

Sep 2, 2020

McClellanville: Joseph McKee Burgis, 33, died September 2, 2020, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Burgis was born in Mt. Pleasant on March 20, 1987, a son of James McKee Burgis and Cheri Baker Burgis. Services will be private. Please sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Zella Cradduck Wilt

Zella Cradduck Wilt

Aug 22, 2020

Georgetown: Zella Wilt, of the Belle Isle community of Georgetown, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at the age of 94. Zella was born April 5, 1926 in Bristow, Oklahoma to her parents, Leroy and Ethel Cradduck. She graduated from Bristow High School in 1944. At the age of 18, she got...

Rebecca Poole Walker

Rebecca Poole Walker

Aug 17, 2020

Georgetown: Rebecca Poole Walker, 80, widow of James Allen Walker, Sr. died Monday, August 17, 2020, in the National Health Care, Garden City, SC. Mrs. Walker was born November 8, 1939, in Georgetown, a daughter of the late John Carey Poole and Fannie Elizabeth Mobley Poole. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mrs. Walker was...

Carl Leroy Morris

Carl Leroy Morris

Aug 17, 2020

Georgetown: Carl Leroy Morris 84, widower of Betty Harrell Morris, died Monday, August 17, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born on June 24, 1936, in the Pleasant Hill community of Georgetown County, a son of the late Robert Oliver Morris and Lucile Hanna Morris. He grew up in Pleasant Hill and graduated Pleasant Hill High School. Mr. Morris...

Dieter Wolfgang Ruf

Dieter Wolfgang Ruf

Aug 16, 2020

Pawleys Island: Dieter Wolfgang Ruf died peacefully Sunday, August 16, 2020, in his sleep. His wife, Christine, and daughter, Megan, were at his side. Dieter had been a resident of Pawleys Island, SC for the past 10 years. He previously lived in the towns of Windham, Ny and Oakdale, Long Island, NY. He was born in Eichstatt, Germany on September...

Mary Lee Phillips Moore

Mary Lee Phillips Moore

Aug 12, 2020

Pawleys Island: Mary Lee Phillips Moore died Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at her home in Litchfield, SC She was born in Spartanburg, SC on November 15, 1924, to the late Harry Rissler Phillips and Mary King Phillips. She was a graduate of Randolph Macon Women's College with a degree in mathematics. Mrs. Moore married the late James Bernice Moore and...

Helen Gertrude Belcher

Helen Gertrude Belcher

Aug 9, 2020

Andrews: Helen Gertrude Mercer Belcher, 77, widow of Henry Williams and Larry Belcher, died Sunday, August 9, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Belcher was born in Georgetown on September 17, 1942, a daughter of the late Dueward Belmont Mercer and Neelie Elizabeth Bone Mercer. She grew up in the Sampit section of Georgetown County and attended Andrews High School. Mrs....

Jacobs Mellie  Lucille

Jacobs Mellie Lucille

Aug 9, 2020

Georgetown: Mellie Lucille Sessions Jacobs, 94, widow of Charlie Clifford Jacobs, died Sunday, August 9, 2020, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Jacobs was born in Georgetown on April 17, 1926, a daughter of the late Daniel Andrew Sessions and Mennie Elizabeth Matthews Sessions. She grew up in the Pleasant Hill community and graduated Pleasant Hill High School. Mrs. Jacobs...

Katherine Marie Clowney

Katherine Marie Clowney

Aug 8, 2020

Georgetown: Katherine Marie Stevens Clowney, 92, widow of Foster Durham Clowney, died Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Prince George Healthcare. Mrs. Clowney was born April 26, 1928, in Florence, a daughter of the late Chester Burlington Stevens, Sr. and Caroline Houston Johnson Stevens. She moved to Georgetown in 1948. Mrs. Clowney was a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church...

Erilynne Forsberg  Barnum

Erilynne Forsberg Barnum

Aug 6, 2020

Pawleys Island: ERILYNNE BARNUM: A Passion for the Lord 1937-2020 If it was time to speak of great accomplishments or tell the story of her life, we would write endlessly of her as friend, wife, mother, singer, business woman, counselor, leader, preacher, discipler, intercessor, grandmother, and even great grand-mother. Instead, we choose in these brief words to speak of her...

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