OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Clevie Wesley Ward
Aug 30, 2017
Andrews: Clevie Wesley Ward, 82, died Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at his residence. Mr. Ward was born in Andrews on October 14, 1934 a son of the late John Wesley Ward and Donnie Hartley Ward. He attended Williamsburg High School. Clevie and Roberta celebrated fifty-nine years of marriage and was blessed with three wonderful children. Mr. Ward worked at Oneita...
Marvin Wayne Thigpen
Aug 28, 2017
Murrells Inlet: Marvin Wayne Thigpen, 75, husband of the late Kathryn Malone Thigpen, died Monday, August 28, 2017, under loving care from Agape Hospice at Compass Post Acute Rehabilitation in Conway. Mr. Thigpen was born in Georgetown on August 22, 1942, the son of the late Marvin Monroe Thigpen and Ruby Mae Hardee Thigpen. He attended Andrews High School, graduated...
Lonita Merle Parsons Jordon Ward
Aug 27, 2017
Georgetown: Lonita Merle Parsons Jordon Ward, 95, widow of Woodrow Ward, died August 27, 2017, at her daughter residence. Mrs. Ward was born in Andrews on July 19, 1922, a daughter of the late Lewis Andrew Parsons and Covan Hortense Haselden Parsons. She was the youngest of eleven children. Mrs. Ward went to Andrews Public School and then attended Williamsburg...
Mark Raleigh Lambert
Aug 25, 2017
Chambersburg, PA Mark Raleigh Lambert, 48, died Friday, August 25, 2017, in Hershey, PA after a long illness. Mr. Lambert was born in Cambridge, MA on January 29, 1969, a son of Wilbert Robert "Bob" Lambert and Elizabeth "Betty" Skotz Lambert. He graduated from Georgetown High School and attended DeVry University in Atlanta. Mr. Lambert lived in Berkeley Springs, WV...
Billy Furman Cave
Aug 22, 2017
Georgetown: Billy Furman Cave, 80, passed away on August 22, 2017, at his home in Debordieu. The son of the late J.M. Cave and Louise Morris Cave, he was born in Olar, SC and grew up in Walterboro, SC. Mr. Cave was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon...
Dana Lorin Mixon
Aug 20, 2017
Andrews: Dana Lorin Mixon, 51, died Sunday, August 20, 2017, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Dana was born in Georgetown on December 31, 1965, a son of Corine Ethridge Mixon and the late Roy Mixon. He grew up in the Piney Forest Community of Williamsburg Co. Dana worked in logging most of his life and for...
William "Billy" Blake Deckard
Aug 11, 2017
Summerville: William "Billy" Blake Deckard, 72, beloved life-partner and friend, father, and brother, died peacefully on August 11, 2017, with Henri Nell Smith, her daughters and grandchildren by his side. Mr. Deckard was born in Bristol, Virginia on November 21, 1944 and was formerly from Newport News, Va. He currently resided in Summerville and was a member of Riverside Baptist...
Thomas Avery Love
Aug 10, 2017
Georgetown Thomas "Avery" Love, 71, died Thursday, August 10, 2017, at MUSC Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Love was born in Albemarle, N.C. on May 10, 1946, a son of the late Carl Avery Love and Lucine Newsom Love. He grew up in Stanfield, N.C. and was a graduate of West Stanley High School and the University of North Carolina...
Joseph Vito Troiano
Aug 9, 2017
Georgetown Joseph Vito Troiano, age 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Georgetown SC surrounded by his family on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Born on September 25th 1939 in Astoria, Queens (NYC), he was the son of the late Joseph Lawrence & Jessie Troiano. "Joe" attended Niagara University in upstate New York with a degree in Economics. On March...
Connie Virginia Carter Galloway
Aug 8, 2017
Pawleys Island: Connie Virginia Carter Galloway, 81, gained her angel wings when she passed away peacefully at Myrtle Beach Manor on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Connie was born in Georgetown on September 6, 1935, a daughter of the late James Bonham Carter and Dorothy Thomas Carter. She graduated from Winyah High School in 1953 and attended Columbia College. Connie was...
Christopher Neal Miller
Aug 6, 2017
Georgetown: Christopher Neal Miller, 35. passed away unexpectedly on August 6, 2017, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Chris was a free spirit and lived his life pursing his passion for art and spending time with family and friends. His natural artistic abilities and creativity was reflected in everything he touched. His memory lives on in our hearts and in his...
Frances Bonelle Cox Harrelson
Aug 4, 2017
Andrews: Frances Bonelle Cox Harrelson, 87, wife of the late Benjamin Fraser "Tim" Harrelson, died Friday, August 4, 2017, at her son's residence in Georgetown. Mrs. Harrelson was born in Loris on August 22, 1929, a daughter of the late Austin Bardy Cox and Maude Elizabeth Watts Cox. She grew up in Loris and graduated Loris High School. Bonelle and...
Bertha Carter Joseph
Aug 1, 2017
Georgetown: Annie Bertha Carter Joseph, 94, wife of the late Arthur Joseph, died August 1, 2017, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Mrs. Joseph was born on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1923, in the Pleasant Hill Community of Georgetown County. She was the eldest daughter of the eight children of Jackson Joseph Carter and Margaret Gertrude Marsh Carter. The other...
Mary Eleanor Boon Gallegos
Jul 31, 2017
Fishersville, VA: Mary Eleanor Boon Gallegos died July 31, 2017 in Fishersville, VA. Mary was born on December 6, 1916 in Norwood, Colorado, where her parents had moved from Nebraska to homestead new land in Colorado, taking advantage of the new Homestead Act. Her family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in the early 1920's, where she grew to adult years...
Otto Oneal Bone
Jul 31, 2017
Andrews: Otto Oneal Bone, 72, husband of the late Carol Lane Bone, died Monday, July 31, 2017, at the SC Medical University Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Bone was born in Georgetown on March 9, 1945, a son of the late LeRoy Wilson Bone and Sarah Edna Ward Bone. He grew up in the Sampit Community of Georgetown County and attended...
Carl Winfred Short
Jul 23, 2017
Pawleys Island: Commander Carl W. Short, 92, SC USN (Retired) died Sunday, July 23, 2017, at his residence. Commander Short was born July 27, 1924, in Covington, TN., a son of the late Martin Wise Short and Ora Myrtle Proctor Short. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1949, with a BBA in Professional Accounting and had a long career...
David Ellis Gilleland, Iii
Jul 22, 2017
Georgetown: David Ellis Gilleland, III, 16, son of David Ellis Gilleland, Jr. and Alicia Flowers Gilleland, died Friday, July 21, 2017, in Georgetown. Mr. Gilleland was born in Mt. Pleasant on, May 15, 2001. He grew up in Georgetown and attended Georgetown High school, where he was a raising junior. Mr. Gilleland was a member of the Naval ROTC, the...
Mildred Marian George Ballard
Jul 21, 2017
Georgetown: Mildred George Ballard, 95, wife of the late Gerald S. Ballard, Sr., passed away on Friday, July 21, 2017, at Prince George Healthcare. Mrs. Ballard was born on August 22, 1921, in Knoxville, TN, the daughter of the late William Pierce George and Birdie Kirk George. She was a graduate of Knoxville High School and Knoxville Business College. Mrs....
Mark Gladstone Rosen
Jul 18, 2017
Irmo: Mark Gladstone Rosen, 64, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia. Mr. Rosen was born in Georgetown on November 29, 1952, the son of Meyer Rosen and the late Lillian Rubin Rosen. He grew up in Georgetown and was a graduate of Winyah High School and the University of South Carolina. Mr. Rosen was...
Clifford Earl Morris
Jul 17, 2017
Andrews: Clifford Earl "Kip" Morris, 66, died Monday, July 17, 2017, at his residence. Kip was born in Georgetown on September 21, 1950, the son of the late Robert Jackson Morris and Frances Helen Mobley Morris. He was a graduate of Williamsburg High School and a faithful member of Elim United Methodist Church. He worked as a Conductor and Brakeman...
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