OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
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...
Herbert Archie Taylor, Jr.
Jul 18, 2018
Andrews: Herbert Archie Taylor, Jr., 46, died Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born on November 15, 1971, in Georgetown, a son of Herbert Archie Taylor and Deborah Jean Marlin Taylor. He grew up in Andrews and was employed by Coastal Wire for over seventeen years. Mr. Taylor was an avid outdoorsman which included hunting and...
Doris Ellen Moore Wheeler
Jul 14, 2018
Andrews: Doris Ellen Moore Wheeler, 99, Widow of the Richard Olin Wheeler, died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at McLeod's Hospice House in Florence. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Andrews on August 29, 1918, a daughter of the late Willis James Moore and Alma Ernestean Swails Moore. She lived most of her life in the Earle Community of Williamsburg County. Mrs....
Jeffrey Alan Brennan, Sr.
Jul 13, 2018
Georgetown: Jeffrey Alan Brennan, Sr., 56, died Friday, July13, 2018, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brennan was born in Silver Spring, MD on December 6, 1961, a son of the late Harold Jackson Brennan, Jr. and Linda Leigh Durham Brennan. He grew up and graduated High School in Reisterstown MD. Mr. Brennan moved with his son to Georgetown to...
Edwin Walter "E.W." Brown
Jul 10, 2018
Georgetown: Edwin Walter "E. W." Brown, 83, husband of Joyce Ann Harrelson Brown, died Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Brown was born in Kingstree, on June 16, 1935, a son of the late Burrell O'Neal Brown and Wilma Lee McCants Brown. He grew up in the Andrews area and graduated from Andrews High School. Mr. Brown serviced...
Elizabeth "Betty" Shuford Roberson
Jul 9, 2018
Georgetown: Elizabeth "Betty" Shuford Roberson, 88, widow of E. Norwood Roberson, died Monday, July 9, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Roberson was born in Georgetown on November 24, 1929, a daughter of the late Robert Pow Shuford and Edna Butler Shuford. Mrs. Roberson was a retired employee of International Paper Company where she worked for a number of years. Mrs....
James Elmore Cameron
Jul 9, 2018
Georgetown: James Elmore Cameron, 61, husband of the late Nancy Gail Burkett Cameron, died July 9, 2018, at his residence Mr. Cameron was born in Colorado Springs, CO, on October 30, 1956, a son of the late Julius Elmore Cameron, Jr. and Anne Skinner Cameron. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Cameron graduated with...
Deborah "Debbie" Jean Gamble Cannon
Jul 7, 2018
Murrells Inlet: Mrs. Deborah Gamble Cannon, 62, passed away at her residence in Murrells Inlet on July 7, 2018. Debbie was born on April 19, 1956 in Georgetown. She was the daughter of the late Daniel Ervin Gamble and Donna Wilson Gamble of Andrews. Debbie graduated from Andrews Academy in 1974 and attended Columbia College. She married her elementary school...
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