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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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...
Jack Edward Redick
Mar 16, 2018
Georgetown: Jack Edward Redick 80, also known as Jr. Country, the widower of Priscilla Faye Tanner Redick passed away Friday, March 16, 2018. He was born January 6, 1938, in Scranton SC. Jack is predeceased in death by: his parents, Robert Edward Redick and Myrtle Eleanor Lee Redick; a brother, Robert Edward Redick, Jr.; a sister, Diane Redick Hewitt Cox;...
Mary Sue Ginn Woodward
Mar 11, 2018
Georgetown: Mary Sue Ginn Woodward of Georgetown, SC, passed away on March 11, 2018. Mary Sue, the daughter of the late Otto and Nita Pope, was born in Georgetown on October 13, 1928, she was a young 89 years of age. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her sisters, Eileen Pope and Ivy Brown; brothers,...
Donald Alva Tuck
Feb 20, 2018
Pawleys Island: Donald Alva Tuck, 58, died Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at his residence. Donald was born in Alexandria, VA on July 25. 1959, a son of the late John Roy Tuck, Sr. and Margaret Louis Watkins Tuck. Services will be private. Donald was a very loving brother, uncle and great uncle. He leaves behind his sisters, Catherine Lynn Tuck...
Stephanie Rhea Baxley-Reames
Feb 12, 2018
Georgetown: Stephanie Baxley-Reames, 62, wife of Newell Rivers Reames Jr., died Monday, February 12, 2018 at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Reames was born March 18, 1955, in Hemingway, the daughter of Kathleen Williams Baxley and the late Lloyd Preston Baxley, Sr. She lived in Palatka, FL for a time until moving to the Choppee Community of Georgetown County. Mrs....
Imogene "Jean" Tankersley Osteen
Feb 6, 2018
Georgetown: Imogene "Jean" Tankersley Osteen, 89, went home to the Lord on Feb. 6, 2018. Mrs. Osteen was born in the upstate River Falls Community on Oct. 24, 1928, to the late Posey Dill "P.D." and Marie Price Tankersley. Jean grew up in the mountains of River Falls and lived in Greenville County until moving to Georgetown, S.C., in 2016....
Betty Lou Mercer Davis
Feb 5, 2018
Andrews: Betty Lou Mercer Davis, 77, widower of Ervin "Gator" Davis, Jr., died Monday, February 5, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Davis was born on January 25, 1941, a daughter of the late Dueward "Stuckey" Belmont Mercer and Neelie Elizabeth Bone Mercer. She grew up in the Sampit Community of Georgetown County and attended Oak Grove School. Mrs. Davis loved...
Eleanor Duke Avant
Feb 2, 2018
Georgetown: Eleanor Duke Avant, age 90, widow of Dr. William Earl Avant. passed away on February 2, 2018. Eleanor was the fourth child of Erline McIntosh and John Milton Duke of Kingstree, South Carolina. She attended Kingstree public schools, graduating first in her class. From there she attended Columbia College receiving a BS Degree in Music. She later received a...
