OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Foster Durham Clowney, Jr.

Foster Durham Clowney, Jr.

Jun 29, 2018

Georgetown: Foster Durham Clowney, Jr., 67, Technical Sergeant, Ret., died Friday, June 29, 2018, at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. Mr. Clowney was born in Georgetown on February 25, 1951, the son of Katherine Stevens Clowney and the late Foster Durham Clowney. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Clowney retired after over twenty years...

Julie Frances Cromer Stephens

Julie Frances Cromer Stephens

Jun 25, 2018

Georgetown: Julie Cromer Stephens, 74, widow of Robert Allen Stephens, died Monday, June 25, 2018, at her residence. Arrangements are private.

Thomas "Tommy" Whitfield Morris, Jr.

Thomas "Tommy" Whitfield Morris, Jr.

Jun 24, 2018

Pawleys Island: Thomas "Tommy" Whitfield Morris, Jr., 68, husband of Mary Dell Camlin Morris, died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at the Medical University of S. C. Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Morris was born on July 12, 1949, a son of the late Thomas Whitfield Morris, Sr. and Sudie Mae Howard Morris and grew up in the Warsaw Community near...

Michael O'Neil Smith

Michael O'Neil Smith

Jun 18, 2018

Georgetown: Michael O'Neil Smith, 45, husband of Patricia Bracy Smith, died June 18, 2018, in Texas. Mr. Smith was born in Georgetown on August 18, 1972, a son of Bobbie Jean Harrelson Smith and the late, Everett Smith. He grew up in the Plantersville community of Georgetown County and graduated from Georgetown High School. Mr. Smith was a salesman. He...

Rose Johnson Altman Moore

Rose Johnson Altman Moore

Jun 18, 2018

Georgetown: Rose Johnson Altman Moore, 70, wife of the late Robert "Bobbie" Prevatte Altman and Leroy Moore, died Monday, June 18, 2018, in Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Moore was born in Georgetown on June 30, 1947, a daughter of the late Liston B. Johnson and Rozine "Boots" Haselden Johnson. She grew up and attended public school in Georgetown. Mrs....

Lee Bullard Caughman Piepenbring

Lee Bullard Caughman Piepenbring

Jun 18, 2018

Georgetown: The family of Lee Piepenbring announces with great sorrow the sudden loss of our dear wife, mother, sister, and aunt, on Monday, June 18th, 2018, at Debordieu, SC. Lee was born on September 24th, 1957 in Columbia, SC. She was the daughter of the late Madeleine Elizabeth Jennings Caughman and the late James Bankston Caughman. She was the wife...

Kenneth Ashley Moore, Jr.

Kenneth Ashley Moore, Jr.

Jun 14, 2018

Pawleys Island: Kenneth Ashley Moore, Jr. (Kam) passed away Thursday June 14, 2018. He was the oldest son of Kenny and Jan Moore of Pawleys Island, SC. He was born in Columbia, SC on December 15, 1974. Kam grew up in Camden, SC and graduated from Camden High School. After graduating he attended Central Carolina Technical College and studied Natural...

Elizabeth "Beth" Barnwell Miller

Elizabeth "Beth" Barnwell Miller

Jun 11, 2018

Georgetown: Elizabeth "Beth" Barnwell Miller, 79, died Monday, June 11, 2018, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Miss Miller was born in Columbia on September 21, 1938, a daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Eugene Miller and Elizabeth Marshall Barnwell Miller. She lived most of her life in Georgetown, graduated from Winyah High School, and attended Wingate University. Miss Miller was...

Dorothy Duncan Morris Merritt

Dorothy Duncan Morris Merritt

Jun 4, 2018

Andrews: Dorothy Duncan Morris Merritt, 90, widow of Marvin Henry Morris and Carl Andrew Merritt, died Monday, June 4, 2018, at her residence. Mrs. Merritt was born in Andrews on June 8, 1927, a daughter of the late Rev. Henry Hope Duncan, Sr. and Irene Elliott Duncan. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Merritt...

Walter Garth Holmes

Walter Garth Holmes

Jun 2, 2018

Pawleys Island: Walter Garth Holmes of Pawley's Island died at Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital on Saturday, June 2, 2018. He was 93. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 7, at Mayer Funeral Home in Georgetown, followed by interment at All Saints cemetery at Pawley's Island. Officiating will be the Reverend Patrick J. Stenson and Robert L. Grafe,...

Cora Louise Long Ethridge

Cora Louise Long Ethridge

Jun 2, 2018

Andrews: Cora Long Ethridge, 92, widow of Paul Exzannie Ethridge, died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Tideland Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ethridge was born in Andrews on June 15, 1925, a daughter of the late James Henry Long and Elizabeth Thomas Long. She grew up in Andrews and attended Andrews Schools. Mrs. Ethridge was a member of Andrews First Baptist...

Robert Linwood Altman

Robert Linwood Altman

May 25, 2018

Pawleys Island: Robert Linwood Altman, 93, husband of the late Nancy Stacey Altman, died at his residence Friday morning May 25, 2018. Linwood was a man who loved his family, his community, and his work. Mr. Altman was born in Georgetown on September 10, 1924, a son of the late Rothie Bennett Altman, Sr. and Agnes Bertha Lucken Altman. He...

June Dawson Svedberg

June Dawson Svedberg

May 24, 2018

Georgetown: June Dawson Svedberg went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 24, 2018. She was born at Sullivan's Island, SC to her parents Mary Margarite Baker Dawson and Harry Eton Dawson on June 23, 1918. June was married to William Erik Svedberg (deceased) and had three children, William Erik Svedberg, Jr (deceased) and wife, Sue; Jon Chris...

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,...

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