OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Jane Everett Barbour

Jane Everett Barbour

Mar 4, 2020

Pawleys Island: Jane Everett Barbour, 91, of the Tradition Community, Pawley's Island, SC, returned to her heavenly home on March 4, 2020. Jane was born on February 11, 1929 to Thomas S. and Marion S. Everett in Edinburg, New Jersey. She was a graduate of Trenton Central High School in 1946 and earned a B.S. from Trenton State College in...

Susan Buhay Briggs

Susan Buhay Briggs

Feb 29, 2020

Pawleys Island: Susan Buhay Briggs, 98, widow of the late Archie Briggs passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Mrs. Briggs was born January 2, 1922, in Endicott, NY, a daughter of the late John Buhay and Anna Petro Buhay. She grew up in Endicott and graduated high school there prior to joining the US...

Stella Mae Lambert Watts

Stella Mae Lambert Watts

Feb 28, 2020

Georgetown: Stella Mae Lambert Watts, 88, widow of the late Thomas Henry Watts, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Watts was born March 8, 1931, a daughter of the late John Rattler Lambert and Mary Elizabeth Brandon Lambert. She was a devout member of Sampit United Methodist Church and served on the Pastor of Parrish Relations...

Bernice Louise Canaday

Bernice Louise Canaday

Feb 22, 2020

Andrews: Bernice Louise Canaday, 80, the widow of the late Harry F. Canaday went to be with the Lord February 22, 2020, at Regency Hospital, affiliated with Carolina MUSC in Florence. Mrs. Canaday was born the daughter of the late Mitchell Etheridge, Sr. and Martha Johnson Etheridge, on August 19, 1939, in Andrews. She was a member of First Baptist...

George Douglas Holman, Jr.

George Douglas Holman, Jr.

Feb 16, 2020

Pawleys Island: George Douglas Holman, Jr. 65, widower of Mary Kennedy Jay Holman, died February 16, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Holman was born February 18, 1954, son of the late George Douglas Holman, Sr. and Nancy Pittman Holman. Mr. Holman grew up in Barnwell and graduated from Barnwell High School. He graduated from Wofford College and received his master's...

Nettie Ruth Robison Johnson

Nettie Ruth Robison Johnson

Feb 15, 2020

Georgetown: Nettie Ruth Robison Johnson, 85, widow of the late Henry Rothie Johnson, died Saturday, February 15, 2020, at her residence. Mrs. Johnson was born February 27, 1934, a daughter of the late Willie Aubrey Robison and Ida Williams Robison. Mrs. Johnson grew up on a farm in the Pawleys Swamp community of Horry County. She was a member of...

Dan Langston

Dan Langston

Feb 15, 2020

Andrews: Dan Langston, 66, died Saturday, February 15, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Langston was born March 8, 1953, in Georgetown, a son of the late Wade Hampton Langston and Carrie Casselman Langston. Mr. Langston grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. He was employed as a supervisor for Rappahannock Wire for thirty-three years until retirement. Mr....

Timothy Edward Hawk Lafountain

Timothy Edward Hawk Lafountain

Feb 11, 2020

Georgetown: Timothy Edward Hawk LaFountain, 36, husband of Sylvia Jacqueline Smith LaFountain, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mr. LaFountain was born May 14, 1983 in San Bernardino, CA, a son of Edward Clyde LaFountain and Daisy Lee Wilson LaFountain. He grew up in San Bernardino and graduated from San G High School. Mr. LaFountain...

Dorothy "Dot" Stegin  Porter

Dorothy "Dot" Stegin Porter

Feb 9, 2020

Georgetown: Dorothy Stegin Porter, 89, widow of Edwin Theodore Porter, Jr., died Sunday, February 9, 2020, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Porter was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 19, 1930, a daughter of the late John Joseph Stegin and Rose Bigler Stegin. She grew up in Savannah and graduated from Savannah High School and Armstrong Junior College before...

Robert Glenn Janes, Jr.

Robert Glenn Janes, Jr.

Jan 17, 2020

Pawleys Island: Robert Glenn Janes, Jr. died Friday, January 17, 2020, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Robbie was born in Fairmont, West Virginia on March 25, 1954. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Robert Janes and Maronee Fleming Janes Wroe. Robbie was educated in Marion County Public Schools and graduated from Fairmont Senior...

Billy Ray Michau

Billy Ray Michau

Jan 13, 2020

Andrews: Billy Ray Michau, Jr. 55, son of Bobbie Ann Dean Michau the late Billy Ray Michau, Sr., died January 13, 2020, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Michau was born in Georgetown on November 11, 1964. He graduated from high school in Virginia but live most of his life in South Carolina. Mr. Michau worked for many years for...

Betty Jean Wiggins

Betty Jean Wiggins

Jan 12, 2020

Andrews: Betty Jean Campbell Wiggins, 89, widow of Leo Tallie Wiggins, passed away Sunday January 12, 2020, at Morningside of Georgetown. Mrs. Wiggins was born March 9, 1930, in Bethune, a daughter of the late Eddie DeBose Campbell and Mamie Rebecca Stewart Campbell. She was a past member of Suttons United Methodist Church and presently a member of Trinity United...

Christopher "Chris" Lynn Forbes

Christopher "Chris" Lynn Forbes

Jan 8, 2020

Summerville: Christopher "Chris" Lynn Forbes, 48, husband of Crystal Westover Forbes, died January 8, 2020, in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Forbes was born March 25, 1971, in Georgetown, the son of David Earl Forbes and the late Janie Norlene Johnson Forbes. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Georgetown High School. Mr. Forbes traveled for over ten years outside the...

Joseph Laurie Bull, Iii

Joseph Laurie Bull, Iii

Jan 6, 2020

Georgetown: Commander Joseph L. Bull, age 88, died on Monday, January 6, 2020, in Georgetown, South Carolina. Commander Bull was born September 21, 1931 in Georgetown. He was the son of the late Commander Joseph L. Bull, Jr. and the late Emily Frances Bailey Bull. Commander Bull was a graduate of Winyah High School and the University of South Carolina...

Sara Ann Caban

Sara Ann Caban

Jan 1, 2020

Georgetown: Sara Ann Caban, wife of Charles H. Caban, died peacefully after a long illness on January 1, 2020 Born in Columbia on November 29, 1941 to James Bradley Tallon Sr. and Meda Randolph Tallon. The family later moved to Lamar, where Sara Ann was raised. A graduate of Lamar High School, Sara Ann then matriculated to Furman University, where...

Wayne Anthony "Tony" Teel

Wayne Anthony "Tony" Teel

Dec 31, 2019

Summerville: Wayne Anthony "Tony" Teel, 66, husband of Janet Adair Teel, died Tuesday December 31, 2019, at his residence. Mr. Teel was born September 4, 1953, in Georgetown, a son of the late James Elbert Teel and Dorothy Frances Owens Teel. Mr. Teel grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. He received and associated degree in Golf...

Benjamin "Ben"  Klopp

Benjamin "Ben" Klopp

Dec 12, 2019

Georgetown: Benjamin Klopp, 80, of Georgetown, SC passed away at his home from a chronic illness, Wednesday, December 12. Ben was born August 1, 1939 in Boston, MA. to Dr. and Mrs. Calvin T. (Ellen) Klopp of Olney, MD. He retired from Channing L Bette Co. Inc.. Ben was a graduate of the University of George, Athens and longtime brother...

Donald Wilson Mabe

Donald Wilson Mabe

Nov 5, 2019

Georgetown: Donald Wilson Mabe, Sr., former President and CEO of Perdue Farms, died November 5, 2019, following a prolonged illness. He was 88 years old and was a resident of Georgetown, SC. Don was a native of Kernersville, NC, a graduate of North Carolina State University, and served for two years in the U.S. Army Infantry, leaving as a 1st...

Mary Jay Holman

Mary Jay Holman

Nov 2, 2019

Pawleys Island: Mary Kennedy Jay Holman, 65, wife of George Douglas Holman, Jr., passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Holman was born in Greenwood on June 21, 1954, a daughter of the late Robert Royal Jay and Catherine Eliza Crosby Jay. She grew up in Greenwood and graduated from Greenwood High School in 1972. Mrs. Holman...

Michael David "Whitey"  Williams

Michael David "Whitey" Williams

Nov 1, 2019

Georgetown: Michael David "Whitey" Williams, 47, passed away Friday, November 1, 2019, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Williams was born in Georgetown on February 13, 1972, a son of John Francis Williams and the late Barbara Rader Williams. Mr. Williams grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Georgetown High School. He was a very loving person with many friends...

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