OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

James Michael Ryan

James Michael Ryan

May 16, 2018

Georgetown: Dr. James Michael Ryan, (LTC, US Army, Ret.) 71, died May 16, 2018, at MUSC after a brief illness. His wife, Susan and daughter, Daphne were with him. Jim was born on June 9, 1946, in Philadelphia to the late John Edward Ryan and Mary Wiegner Ryan. Dr. Ryan attended LaSalle College and Jefferson Medical School on a full...

Jeanette Grace Waldroup

Jeanette Grace Waldroup

May 15, 2018

Georgetown: Jeanette Grace Waldroup, 89, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Waldrop was born July 21, 1928, in Spartanburg a daughter of the late Charles Lipcombs Estes and Annabell Perkins Estes. Please sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home will be serving the family.

Novelene Powell Cribb

Novelene Powell Cribb

May 14, 2018

Georgetown: Novelene Powell Cribb, 91, wife of Stephen Bobby Cribb, died Monday, May 14, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Cribb was born June 27, 1926, in Georgetown County; the daughter of the late John Wesley Powell and Anna Avant Powell. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Georgetown and the Ruth Sunday School Class. Mrs. Cribb was a...

Harrington Waddell "Sonny" Morrison, Jr.

Harrington Waddell "Sonny" Morrison, Jr.

May 10, 2018

McClellanville: Harrington Waddell "Sonny" Morrison Jr., 94, of Charleston and McClellanville, wife of Jacqueline J. Morrison, entered in to his rest on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Morrison was born in McClellanville on July 16, 1923, a son of the late Harrington Waddell Morrison and Mary Howard Horry Morrison. Sonny was a Navy Veteran of World War...

Emily Barrineau Blount

Emily Barrineau Blount

May 9, 2018

Georgetown: Emily Barrineau Blount, 84, widow of John Cannon Blount, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Blount was born in Andrews on January 16, 1934, a daughter of the late Gilbert William Barrineau and Ruth Ethel Terry Barrineau. She grew up in Georgetown and was a graduate of Winyah High School. Mrs. Blount retired from...

Allison Hanna Nation

Allison Hanna Nation

May 2, 2018

Georgetown: Allison Trotter Nation, 59, of Georgetown, SC, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018 surrounded by her family and closest friends. She was born in Columbia, SC, to the late Charlotte Hanna Trotter and Henry Eugene Trotter. She was a graduate of Mary Institute in St. Louis, MO, and Tulane University, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She...

Thomas Henderson Taylor, Sr.

Thomas Henderson Taylor, Sr.

Apr 27, 2018

Thomas Henderson Taylor, Sr. passed away Friday, April 27, 2018, at The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Having bravely fought metastatic prostate cancer for several years, a cerebral hemorrhage ended his life. Tom was born in Winter Haven, Florida on January 18, 1935, to the late Venada Henderson and the late Sherman Thomas Taylor. Tom attended Sewanee Military Academy,...

Janie Burgess Johnson

Janie Burgess Johnson

Apr 20, 2018

Georgetown: Janie Burgess Johnson, 96, widow of Abbie Valdolph Johnson, died Friday, April 20, 2018, at Embrace Hospice House in Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Johnson was born in Kingstree on February 6, 1922, a daughter of the late William Eugene Burgess and Allie Mae Epps Burgess. She grew up in Williamsburg Co. and graduated from High School there. Mrs. Johnson moved...

William "Billy" Atmar Johnson

William "Billy" Atmar Johnson

Apr 18, 2018

Georgetown: William Atmar Johnson, 66, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Charleston on May 8, 1951, a son of the late Eugene Gaillard Johnson, Jr. and Mary Atmar Smith Johnson. He moved to Georgetown with his family as a child and he attended Georgetown schools. Mr. Johnson graduated from Porter-Gaud in Charleston and...

Mary Shower Mcalister

Mary Shower Mcalister

Apr 17, 2018

Mary Shower McAlister passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018, peacefully at her home near Georgetown, SC in the accompaniment of her immediate family. Mary was born in Freeport, New York on July 17, 1936, the daughter of Edmund Geiger Shower and Mary Prevost Shower. The family moved to a farm in Quakertown, PA, where Mary and her older brother, Ned,...

Larry Vincent Frye

Larry Vincent Frye

Apr 14, 2018

Georgetown: Larry Vincent Frye, 61, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Frye was born in Georgetown on February 20, 1957, a son of Janice Cox Frye and the late William Charles Frye, Sr. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Frye attended Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga. He worked...

Paul Greg Cameron, Jr.

Paul Greg Cameron, Jr.

Apr 10, 2018

Georgetown: Paul Greg Cameron Jr., September 25, 1979 - April 10, 2018 "The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun." Paul Greg "Greg C" Cameron left this earth Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in search of endless surf. Greg is survived by his mother, Anne J. Forbes of Georgetown; sister, Courtney V. Bolus and husband Ashton and...

William Littleberry Vinson

William Littleberry Vinson

Mar 28, 2018

William Littleberry Vinson, "Fritz", 91, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in Pawleys Island, SC. Fritz was born on January 9, 1927 in Greensboro, NC to Barnard Bee Vinson and Helen Julian Vinson. He was the youngest of four sons, and was preceded in death by his parents and brothers; Barnard Bee, Charles Julian, and Paul Garrett. Fritz was a life-long...

Helen Hefner Madden

Helen Hefner Madden

Mar 28, 2018

Columbia: Helen Hefner Madden, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Helen was born November 8, 1957, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen Madden. Helen grew up in Columbia and attended Heathwood Hall Episcopal School and Dreher High School. She attended Mt. Vernon College and was graduated from The College of Charleston with a BA in Business. She...

Joseph Anthony Ripard

Joseph Anthony Ripard

Mar 26, 2018

Pawleys Island: Joseph Anthony Ripard 96 of Pawleys Island, South Carolina formerly of Detroit, Michigan went to be with his Lord March 26, 2018, holding the hand of his one true love, his wife of 73 years, Jean. Joe served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WW II, he was part of the mounted beach patrol and served aboard the...

Ernest "E.J." Moore, Jr.

Ernest "E.J." Moore, Jr.

Mar 25, 2018

Andrews: Ernest "E.J." Moore, Jr., 66, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at his residence. Mr. Moore was born in Georgetown County on April 17, 1951, a son of the late Hilary Dolar Moore and Nellie Elizabeth Swails Moore. He grew up in Andrews and attended the Andrews schools. Mr. Moore worked at Andrews Wire and several logging companies until retirement....

Robert Thomas Mckenna

Robert Thomas Mckenna

Mar 23, 2018

Pawleys Island: Robert Thomas McKenna, 88, died Friday, March 23, 2018, at his residence. Mr. McKenna was born October 25, 1929 in Detroit, MI, a son of the late Gerald Thomas McKenna and Marie L. Schultz McKenna. He grew up in Northville, MI and served in the U. S. Army at Fort Meade, MD. Mr. McKenna worked as an electrical...

Kathleen Pierce Clark

Kathleen Pierce Clark

Mar 18, 2018

Georgetown: Kathleen Pierce Clark, 97, widow of E. Alvin Clark, died Sunday, March 18, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Clark was born August 22, 1920, in Waxhaw, NC, a daughter of the late William Houston Pierce and Mary I. Rogers Pierce. She grew up in Waxhaw, graduated from Waxhaw High School, and later attended Beauty College in Charlotte. Mrs. Clark...

Elbert Anderson Pope, Jr.

Elbert Anderson Pope, Jr.

Mar 18, 2018

Georgetown: Elbert Anderson Pope, Jr., 72, died Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Massachusetts. Mr. Pope was born August 27, 1945, in Georgetown, a son of the late Elbert Anderson Pope, Sr. and Geneva McDaniel Pope. He grew up in Georgetown and attended Winyah High School. Mr. Pope serviced in the US Airforce. In addition to his parents, Mr. Pope is...

Patricia Shackelford  Snyder

Patricia Shackelford Snyder

Mar 16, 2018

Georgetown: Patricia Shackelford Snyder, widow of John Clem Snyder, Jr., died Friday, March 16, 2018, at National Healthcare Center, Garden City. Patricia was born in Georgetown on March 18, 1932, the daughter of the late Henry White Shackelford and Sarah Effie Tindall Shackelford. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Patty was a 1954 graduate of...

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