OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Rachel Harrelson Thomas Stearns

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Etta Mccormac Siau

Etta Mccormac Siau

Jan 24, 2017

Columbia: Etta McCormac Siau, 69, died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Ms. Siau was born in Williamsburg Co. on November 16, 1947, a daughter of the late John K. McCormac and Marian Rowell McCormac. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School, Class of 1966 and the University of South Carolina, Class...

Frank D. Hutchinson

Frank D. Hutchinson

Jan 19, 2017

McClellanville: Frank D. Hutchinson, 80, died Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Hospice Center of Hospice of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Hutchinson was born in Scranton on August 11, 1936, a son of the late Lexie Hutchinson and Estelle McKnight Hutchinson. He was a graduate of Lake City High School and Wofford College and an Army Veteran. Mr. Hutchinson retired...

John A Wynn

John A Wynn

Jan 18, 2017

Georgetown: John Allen Wynn, Sr., 84, widower of Daphine McKnight Wynn, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at his residence. Mr. Wynn was born in Georgetown County on January 26, 1932, a son of the late Joseph Patrick Wynn and Sadie Johnson Wynn. He grew up in Georgetown County and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Wynn served in the Army...

Enoch Johnston Meekins, Jr.

Enoch Johnston Meekins, Jr.

Jan 17, 2017

Georgetown: Enoch Johnston Meekins, Jr., 96, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at his residence. Mr. Meekins was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and son of the late Enoch Johnston Meekins, Sr. and Ethel Thomas Meekins. He was born December 27, 1920 in Florence. He was one of the last remaining WW II Veterans, having served in the Army Air Corps...

Roy Eugene Therrien

Roy Eugene Therrien

Jan 10, 2017

Georgetown: Roy Eugene Therrien, 80, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at his son's residence. Mr. Therrien was born February 3, 1936, in Windsor, Canada. Services will be private Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral is in charge of arrangement Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440...

 Charles Gary Murphy

Charles Gary Murphy

Jan 5, 2017

Andrews: Charles Gary Murphy, 68, widower of Betty Hager Nichols Murphy died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Murphy was born in Portsmouth, OH on July 12, 1948, a son of the late Arnold Halden Murphy and Opal Thelma Logan Murphy. He grew up in Portsmouth and graduated Portsmouth High School. Mr. Murphy lived most of...

Robert Winslow Lambert

Robert Winslow Lambert

Jan 3, 2017

Andrews: Robert "Charlie" Winslow Lambert, 77, Master Sergeant, US Army, ret., and husband of Mary Allen Lambert, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017, in Charleston at the Medical University of S. C. Medical Center. Mr. Lambert was born in Williamsburg County on December 19, 1939, a son of the late Jerry Washington Lambert and Miriam McCants Lambert. He attended Georgetown County...

Margaret Rogerson Potterfield

Margaret Rogerson Potterfield

Jan 3, 2017

Georgetown: Margaret Rogerson Potterfield, 44, wife of Jay Lamar Potterfield, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Potterfield was born in Georgetown on August 3, 1972, a daughter of Edwin L. Rogerson and Patricia Moore Rogerson. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Georgetown High School. Mrs. Potterfield traveled to Houston, Tex. and Naples, Fla....

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