Lucille Margaret Vanderbilt Pate
Sep 9, 2018
Georgetown: Lucille Margaret Vanderbilt Pate, 80, widow of Wallace Fennell Pate, passed away September 9 at her home on Arcadia Plantation, near Georgetown, SC. Lulu was born on July 6, 1938 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lulu was the daughter of George Washington Vanderbilt and Lucille Parsons Balcom. She grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. Lulu attended Palm Beach Day School and...
Charles Ray Vehorn
Sep 4, 2018
Georgetown: Charles Ray Vehorn, 83, beloved husband of Cindy White Jones Vehorn, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at his home. Born December 18, 1934 in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late James Felder Vehorn and Ethel Cheek Vehorn of Greenville. He served in the US Navy and retired as President of Carolina Belting...
Velma Maxine Owens Hughes
Sep 2, 2018
Georgetown: Maxine Owens Hughes, 66, died Sunday, September 2, 2018, at the Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center. Mrs. Hughes was born in the Pleasant Hill Community of Georgetown County on April 5, 1952, a daughter of the late Lloyd Dillion Owens and Katherine Morgan Owens. She grew up in Pleasant Hill and attended Pleasant Hill Schools. Mrs. Hughes...
William Metts "Bill" Gause
Sep 1, 2018
Georgetown: William Metts "Bill" Gause 83, husband of Cheryl Jean Harcourt Gause, died Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Gause was born June 6, 1935 in Conway. He was a son of the late Paul Dixon Gause, Sr. and Alma Metts Gause. Mr. Gause graduated from Conway High School in 1952 and proudly served...
Mary Elise Brownell Graves
Sep 1, 2018
Pawleys Island: Mary Elise Brownell ("Meb") Graves, 95, widow of Lt. Col. William Griffin Graves II, died peacefully Saturday, September 1, 2018, on what would have been her 73rd wedding anniversary. Meb was born January 9, 1923, in Smethport, PA, a daughter of the late Robert Foote Brownell and Elizabeth Brainard Brownell. She grew up in Jamestown, NY and attended...
Mary Louise Orvin
Aug 31, 2018
Mary Cantley Orvin died Friday, August 31, 2018 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina a few weeks short of her 97th birthday. Mrs. Orvin, affectionately known to her family as Mamie, was the daughter of Jesse and Tressie Cantley and the wife of the late Edward "Ned" Earl Orvin Jr. who pre-deceased her in 1988. Her sister Betty Cantley Watson of...
Roddey Cobb Bell
Aug 31, 2018
Georgetown: Roddey Cobb Bell, twin son of the late Mary Louise Hinson Bell and the late Reverend Curtis O'Dell Bell, was born in July 26, 1934 in North Augusta, South Carolina. His father was the minister at the Warrenville Methodist Church at the time. He married Ruth Benn Oliver of Georgetown in 1956 and has two daughters, Martha Louise Bell...
Edna Ann Higginbotham Seitter
Aug 30, 2018
Georgetown: Edna Higginbotham Seitter, 89, widow of Richard Henry Seitter, died August 30, 2018, at Embrace Hospice in Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Seitter was born in Bastrop, LA on March 7, 1929, a daughter of the late Ray Thomas Higginbotham and Ethel Ennon Clark Higginbotham. She graduated from Winyah High School in 1947. Mrs. Seitter retired as a bookkeeper from International...
Mary Evelyn, Weaver Scott
Aug 29, 2018
Georgetown: Mary Evelyn Weaver Scott, 96, widow of William Francis Scott, passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Scott was born in Effingham, on August 16, 1922, a daughter of the late John McNair Weaver and Maude Edith Evans Weaver. She worked for Fogel's Department Store and Mildred's Dress Shop for a number of years before...
Betsy Blount Collins
Aug 28, 2018
Pawleys Island: Betsy Blount Collins, 65, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at her residence in Pawleys Island... Mrs. Collins was born January 13, 1953, a daughter of the late Robert Stuart Collins and Helen P. Collins. Services will be private. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family.
John "Jack" Godwin Buffington
Aug 28, 2018
Pawleys Island: John "Jack" Godwin Buffington died August 28, 2018. He was 20 years old. A graduate of Waccamaw High School, he was a junior at the College of Charleston. He loved wholeheartedly his mother and father, his brother and sister; his extended family; his friends, roommates, and fraternity brothers. Jack found joy in surfing, skateboarding, and the ocean air....
Robert "Bobby" James Taylor
Aug 27, 2018
Columbia: Robert "Bobby" James Taylor, 67, died Monday, August 27, 2018, at Coastal Assistant Living, Saint Mary's, GA. Mr. Taylor was born Connecticut on June 8, 1951, a son of the late Leonard Ross Taylor and Helen Rosalind Janeck Taylor. He grew up in the Earl Community of Williamsburg County and lived in Georgetown for a time prior to moving...
Meyer Rosen
Aug 25, 2018
Georgetown: Meyer Rosen, age 98, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. He was born in Georgetown, SC on November 17, 1919, the son of the late Harry N. Rosen and Dora Lewenthal Rosen. Meyer grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School in 1937, then left to attend the University of South Carolina. While attending the University...
Albert Bradley Tompkins
Aug 17, 2018
Albert Bradley Tompkins died Friday, August 17, 2018, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. He was 49. Funeral services will be Sunday, August 19, 2018, at 3 pm at First Baptist Church, Georgetown, SC. Officiating will be Dr. Ted Sherrill. Burial will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be in the church sanctuary from 1:30 until 3 prior to the service....
Lt. Colonel George Ellis Mills
Aug 12, 2018
George Ellis Mills passed away August 12, 2018 at Embrace Hospice House in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was born in 1928 in Evansville, Indiana to Dr. George E. Mills and Permelia Ruth (Barrett) Mills, the family later moved to Atlanta Georgia. George attended Druid Hills High School and graduated from Riverside Military Academy in Atlanta in 1945. He entered...
Dianne Rose Buzash Johnson
Aug 3, 2018
Georgetown: Dianne Rose Buzash Johnson, wife of Jeffery Allen Johnson, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 3, 2018, at Embrace Hospice House in Myrtle Beach. She was the daughter of Marion Dorothy Rodney Buzash, and the late George Frank Buzash who died in 2003. Dianne was born on July 3, 1958 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, where she lived for twenty...
David Edward Herlt
Jul 31, 2018
Pawleys Island: David Edward Herlt was the oldest of three children born to Maurice (Pete) Herlt and Dorothy Fanning in Troy, NY on the 24th of July, 1941. Dave attended Paul Smiths College in the Adirondacks and enlisted shortly after graduation in the US Coast Guard where he would also meet and marry Mary Koster. Dave attended NC State after...
Marjorie Priscilla Davis Holmes
Jul 31, 2018
Pawleys Island: Marjorie Priscilla Davis Holmes of Pawley's Island died at Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. She was 92. The burial service will be at 12:00 noon, Monday, August 6, in All Saints cemetery, 3560 Kings River Rd. at Pawley's Island. The Most Reverend M. Bruno will officiate. Surviving are: her daughter, Patsy Holmes of Pawley's Island...
Ruth Jones Ketner Hope
Jul 29, 2018
Georgetown: Ruth Jones Ketner Hope made her passage to heaven, surrounded by those who loved her, on July 29th at Bishop Gadsden in Charleston, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Stuart C. Hope in 2012. Ruth was born on October 3, 1926 to Charles and Pearl Jones in Faith, North Carolina where they ran a...
Abraham Francis "Franc" Isaac
Jul 20, 2018
Columbia: Abraham Francis "Franc" Isaac, Jr., 65, of Columbia, passed away of natural causes. Franc was born February 3, 1953, a son of the late Abraham Francis Isaac, Sr. and Germaine Ros Isaac. He graduated from Winyah High School and went on to earn a BS in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Accounting...
