Ralph Howard Ward
Mar 29, 2017
Pawleys Island: Ralph Howard Ward, 77, husband of Frances Ann Jones Ward, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Myrtle Beach Manor after a long illness. Mr. Ward was born in Conway on January 17, 1940, the son of the late Ralph Ward and Johnnie Woodbury Ward. He grew up in Georgetown and Pawleys Island and graduated from Winyah High School...
Richard Lofton Cox
Mar 27, 2017
Pawleys Isand: Richard Lofton Cox, Jr., 68, husband of Linda Servant Cox, died Monday, March 27, 2017, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cox was born in Columbia on September 30, 1948, a son of the late Richard Lofton Cox and Louise Boyd Cox. He grew up in Hemingway and graduated from Hemingway High School. Mr. Cox received a Bachelor's...
Virginia Bruorton Skinner
Mar 27, 2017
Georgetown: Virginia Bruorton Skinner, 87, widow of Wright Sparks Skinner, Jr., died Monday, March 27, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Skinner was born in Georgetown on November 11, 1929, a daughter of the late Henry Brightman Bruorton and Reba Young Bruorton. She graduated from Winyah High School, Class of 1946 and Limestone College in 1950 with a BS in Chemistry....
Evelyn Lambert Floyd
Mar 21, 2017
Andrews; Evelyn Lambert Floyd, 75, wife of Homer H. Floyd, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at her residence. Mrs. Floyd was born in Georgetown on March 5, 1942, a daughter of the late Willie Thero "Buster" Lambert and Letha Mae Creel Lambert. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Evelyn and Homer were married July 16,...
Rosa Parker Vereen
Mar 20, 2017
Georgetown: Rosa Parker Vereen, 31, died Monday, March 20, 2017, in West Columbia. Ms. Vereen was born October 28, 1985 in Marion, a daughter of Angela Winesett Watkins and Ralph Edgar 'Bubby" Vereen. Rosa was a loving mother to Nate "Noonie", daughter and friend. Everyone that met her appreciated her keen sense of humor. She could always put a smile...
Glenn Sheldon Fields
Mar 19, 2017
Ballston Lake, NY Glenn Sheldon Fields, 69, husband of Mary Susan Gibion Fields, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital. Mr. Fields was born in Philadelphia on June 5, 1947, the son of Andrew Rudolph Fields and Elizabeth Evelyn Keller Fields. He was a consultant for the Tidelands Hospital System. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Sign a...
Glenn Sheldon Fields
Mar 19, 2017
Ballston Lake, NY Glenn Sheldon Fields, 69, husband of Mary Susan Gibson Fields, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Tidelands Waccamaw Hospital. Mr. Fields was born in Philadelphia on June 5, 1947, the son of Andrew Rudolph Fields and Elizabeth Evelyn Keller Fields. He was a consultant for the Tidelands Hospital System. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Sign a...
Bertie Maude Clardy Scragg
Mar 16, 2017
Gilbert: Bertie Maude Clardy Sylvester Peace Scragg, 102, died peacefully on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Born in Andrews on August 19, 1914, she was the only daughter of Henry Stacy and Bertie Susannah Stalvey Clardy. She was preceded by her brothers Herman Stacy Clardy (Mary Virginia Cox) and Karl Menick Clardy. She is survived: by her daughter, Suzanna Sylvester Thomas...
Rachel Harrelson Thomas Stearns
Mar 16, 2017
Georgetown: Rachel Harrelson Thomas Stearns, 90, departed this life on March 16, 1917. Mrs. Stearns was born in Georgetown on March 7, 1927, a daughter of the late William Cleveland Harrelson and Esther Porter Harrelson. She is survived by a twin brother, Reuben Harrelson (Betty) of Tennessee; three sons, James B. Thomas, Jr., William S. Thomas (Deborah), and Richard A.Thomas...
Clifford Thomas Bell, Iii
Mar 3, 2017
Surfside Beach: Clifford "Cliff" Thomas Bell, III, 56, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 in Surfside Beach. Funeral service will be held at Georgetown Presbyterian Church on Wednesday morning, March 8, 2017 at 11:00 o'clock, with Rev. Dr. William H. Pucket, Jr. and Bruce M. Carl officiating. Burial will follow at Andrews Memorial Cemetery in Andrews. Visitation will be...
Laura Peace Echols Dupont
Feb 24, 2017
Laura Peace Echols duPont passed away peacefully in her home at The Cascades February 24, 2017. She was predeceased by her former husbands, James Shuttleworth Johnston and William Wilson Pate, Jr; her husband, Eugene duPont, III; and her sister, Suzanne Echols DeLapp Hudson. Mrs. duPont was born April 13, 1924, in Greenville, the daughter of the late Clarence Terrell and...
Clarence "Buddy" Leslie Hudson
Feb 19, 2017
Georgetown: Clarence "Buddy" Leslie Hudson, 66, husband of Lisa Pope Hudson, died Sunday morning, February 19, 2017, at his residence. Mr. Hudson was born in Stedman, N. C. on August 6, 1950, a son of the late Thurmond Dixon Hudson and Venie Mae Tillette Hudson. He grew up in Fayetteville, N. C. and graduated from Stedman High School. Mr. Hudson...
Laura Patricia "Pat" Davis Doyle
Feb 17, 2017
GEORGETOWN Local historian and library advocate Patricia D. Doyle, affectionately known as "Pat", died peacefully at her home on February 17. Born in Columbia, SC on November 6, 1930, Laura Patricia Davis was the child of Brigadier General Luther Cecil Davis and Irene Colbert Davis. She was married to her childhood sweetheart Patrick James Doyle for 59 years until his...
Robert Owen Jones, Md
Feb 15, 2017
Pawleys Island: Robert Owen Jones, M.D., 88, widower of Margaret F. Jones, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Dr. Jones was born in Indianapolis, Ind. on October 5, 1928, son of the late Morris Owen Jones and Lillian Strickland Jones. He grew up in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Evanston Township High School there. Dr. Jones...
Willis Leon "Lee" Ragland, Jr.
Feb 9, 2017
Pawleys Island: Willis Leon "Lee" Ragland, Jr., 74, husband of Mary Ruth Harper Ragland, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Ragland was born in Andrews on May 11, 1942, a son of the late Willis Leon "Pete" Ragland and Genevieve Estelle Moore Ragland. Surviving are: his wife of Pawleys Island; a son Montgomery Lee...
Cecilia Lockwood Mcdonald
Feb 8, 2017
Pawleys Island: Cecilia "Celia" Lockwood McDonald, 89, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. She was born in Charleston on November 9, 1927 to the late James Jervey Lockwood and Lucy Rabb Lockwood. She was preceded in death by her husband, WalBern McDonald of Georgetown, whom she married in 1951. Celia graduated from...
Michael John Fookes
Jan 31, 2017
N. Litchfield Beach: Michael John O'Connell Fookes, 79, died Monday, January 31, 2017, at MUSC Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Fookes was born in Brighton, England on March 24, 1937, the son of the late Leslie and Frances Fookes. He grew up in England and graduated from London University. He moved to Canada in 1967, to Georgetown in 1970, and...
Charles Carter Elliott, Sr.
Jan 31, 2017
Georgetown: Charles Carter Elliott, Sr., 77, died Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Elliott was born in Hemingway on September 30, 1939, a son of the late Robert Lee Elliott and Mary Leonard Carter Elliott. He grew up in Pleasant Hill and graduated from Pleasant Hill High School and Newberry College. Mr. Elliott earned a Master's...
James Carlisle Clemons
Jan 31, 2017
Andrews: James "Jimmy" Carlisle Clemons, 74, husband of Jimmie Faye Brantley Clemons, died Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Clemons was born April 8, 1942 in McCloud Hospital, Florence, a son of the late Carlisle Clemons and Mary Adelaide McFaddin Clemons. "Goat", nicknamed by his Uncle Sam Clemons, grew up in Andrews and attended Williamsburg High School. He...
Nellie Cox Lawrimore
Jan 24, 2017
Georgetown: Nellie Byrd Cox Lawrimore, 79, widow of Chalmers P. Lawrimore, died Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Lawrimore was born in Conway on February 4, 1937, a daughter of the late Dillion Ansel Cox and Margueriete Cooper Cox. She grew up in Conway and graduated from Conway High School. Mrs. Lawrimore was a member of...
