OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Evelyn Neil Thomas
Oct 10, 2017
Andrews: Evelyn Neil Thomas, 93, widow of Robert Eugene Thomas, died Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Kingstree Nursing Facility in Kingstree. Mrs. Thomas was born in Louisville, KY on December 22, 1923, a daughter of the late James Neil and Ethel Knox Neil. She grew up in Fairfax, graduated from Fairfax High School, and attended Coker College. Mrs. Thomas was...
William Eric Chidley
Oct 7, 2017
William Eric Chidley, 83, beloved husband of Emma Hall Chidley (née Gorman Hall), died on Saturday, Oct. 7, at home, peacefully and surrounded by his family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Eric was born on Jan. 19, 1934 in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, the son of Stewart and Olive Chidley, and younger brother of Raymond (deceased). Growing up...
Elizabeth "Bette" Rose Greenwald Fogel
Oct 4, 2017
Georgetown: Elizabeth "Bette" Rose Greenwald Fogel, 99, widow of Abraham "Abe" Irving Fogel, died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at Bishop Gadsden in Charleston. Mrs. Fogel was born September 19, 1918, in Trenton, NJ, a daughter of the late Sidney Greenwald and Madeline Fuld Greenwald White. She grew up in Baltimore, MD. Mrs. Fogel married prior to World War II and...
Mary Frances Bootle O'Donnell
Oct 2, 2017
Mary Frances Bootle O'Donnell, 69, of Georgetown, South Carolina passed away peacefully, gazing at the ocean, surrounded by her closest friends and family at her home, also known as her "happy place", on Monday, October 2, 2017. Born on May 11, 1948 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Doyle Odell and Helen Brown Bootle. She...
Iris Shoemaker Harrelson
Oct 1, 2017
Georgetown: Iris Shoemaker Harrelson, 94, widow of the Daniel "Dan" James Harrelson, died Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Lakes at Litchfield in Pawleys Island. Mrs. Harrelson was born in Statesville, NC on June 11, 1923, a daughter of the late Roy Albert Shoemaker and O'Shield Dingler Shoemaker. She attended Irdell County Schools and later received a degree in nursing....
Willie "Bubba" Ernest Morris, Jr.
Sep 25, 2017
Georgetown: Willie "Bubba" Ernest Morris, Jr., 72, died Monday, September 25, 2017, at a relative's residence. Mr. Morris was born in Conway on February 14, 1945, the son of the late Willie Earnest Morris and Nella Mae Sarvis Morris. He lived in Georgetown until his parents moved to Florida and graduated high school in Florida. Mr. Morris returned to Georgetown...
William Reed "Bubba" Mozley
Sep 22, 2017
Georgetown: William "Bubba" Reed Mozley, 76, died Friday, September 22, 2017, at his residence in Georgetown. Mr. Mozley was born in Panama City, FL on December 28, 1940, the son of the late William Worth Mozley and Annie Lou Elizabeth Reed Mozley. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Mozley started working for International Paper...
Arnie Lavern "Sleepy" Brinson
Sep 18, 2017
Charleston: Arnie Lavern "Sleepy" Brinson, 80, died Monday, September 18, 2017, at his daughter's residence in Mr. Pleasant. Mr. Brinson was born June 24, 1937, in Mt. Pleasant, the son of the late Arnie Elgin Brinson and Sarah Leona Lambert Brinson. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School where he was a star basketball player. Mr....
Raymond Zabel, Jr.
Sep 17, 2017
Georgetown: Raymond Zabel, Jr., 77, died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. The Mass of Christian Burial will be ten o'clock Thursday morning, September 21, 2017, at St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church. A reception will follow in the church Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Brookgreen Gardens...
Brandon Vaughan Madden
Sep 11, 2017
Brandon Vaughan Madden, of Columbia and Pawleys Island, died in Columbia on September 11. She was 83. Mrs. Madden was born April 15, 1934 in Roxboro, NC. She was the daughter of Celina McGregor Vaughan and James Alexander Vaughan. Brandy grew up in Columbia and met her one and true love, Arthur Madden, there. She studied at Converse College and...
Sheldon Herman Gershman
Sep 11, 2017
Georgetown: Sheldon Herman Gershman, 95, widower of Beatrice "Bea" Berest Gershman, died September 11, 2017, at the Lakes at Litchfield at Pawleys Island. Mr. Gershman was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 29, 1922, a son of the late Harry Gershman and Tillie Drucker Gershman. He served in World War II. Mr. Gershan was a founder of El Al Airline...
Donna Marie Duncan Scott
Sep 9, 2017
McClellanville: Donna Marie Duncan Scott, 67, wife of Larry Garner, died Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Scott was born in Charlotte, NC on March 9, 1950, a daughter of the late Paul Harrill Duncan, Jr. and Mary Kabas Duncan Moore. She graduated from McClellanville High School and Winthrop College. Mrs. Scott taught in the middle schools in...
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...
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