OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Howard John King

Howard John King

Oct 27, 2016

Howard John King, 92, of Surfside Beach, SC, died on October 27, 2016, at the Hospice House in Georgetown, SC. For over 30 years, he lived in Ocean Lakes in Surfside. He was born in Lake City, SC, on August 11, 1924, to the late Lily Kennedy King and late George G. King. After graduating from Lake City High School...

Norman Pate Prosser

Norman Pate Prosser

Oct 25, 2016

Summerville: Norman Pate Prosser, 66, died suddenly in his home Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Norman was born June 29, 1950 in Johnsonville to Edith Marie Bockhardt and Pate Phillip Prosser. Baptised and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in the Maryville area of Georgetown, he spent his youth surfing at the Pawleys Island Pier. Norman was a Winyah High School Graduate,...

Richard Edward "Ricky" Redick

Richard Edward "Ricky" Redick

Oct 25, 2016

Georgetown: Richard Edward "Ricky" Redick, 54, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Redick was born in Georgetown on June 27, 1962, son of Jack Edward Redick and the late Priscilla F. Redick. He attended Andrews High School. Mr. Redick worked for Wal-Mart as an assembler for over fifteen years. He had a great love for...

Kathryn Leah Malone Thigpen

Kathryn Leah Malone Thigpen

Oct 21, 2016

Murrells Inlet: Kathryn "Katy" Leah Malone Thigpen, 78, died Friday, October 21, 2016, at Waccamaw Community Hospital. Katy was born on March 23, 1938 in St. Joseph, MO a daughter of Billy and Mildred Malone. She attended Benton High School in St. Joseph. Katy spent many of her childhood years in the care of her Aunt and Uncle, Mr. and...

Basil Leon Lambert

Basil Leon Lambert

Oct 11, 2016

Georgetown: Basil Leon Lambert, 74, husband of Elizabeth R. Lambert, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Compass Post Acute Rehabilitation in Conway. Mr. Lambert was born in Georgetown on October 3, 1942, a son of the late Fields Lambert and Lena Hartley Lambert. He attended Andrews High School and was a member of the Saints Delight Pentecostal Holiness Church, where...

Herman Davies Scurry, Sr.

Herman Davies Scurry, Sr.

Oct 11, 2016

Pawleys Island: Herman Davies Scurry, Sr. 82, widower of LeVeta "Lolly" Johnston Scurry, died Monday, October 10, 2016 at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Scurry was born July 30, 1934, a son of the late Kenneth Austin Scurry, Sr. and Sarah Wilma Harrelson Scurry. He was a native and lifelong resident of Pawleys Island, where he was a member and...

Everette Eugene Wigington

Everette Eugene Wigington

Oct 10, 2016

Pawleys Island: Everete Eugene Wigington, 94, died Thursday, October 6, 2016, at The Lakes at Litchfield. No local services will be held. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440 Service: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Martha Parnell Morris

Martha Parnell Morris

Oct 4, 2016

Andrews: Martha Virginia Parnell Morris, 93, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Mrs. Morris was born December 25, 1922, a daughter of the late Hoyt H. Parnell and Leola Coward Parnell. Mrs. Morris was born in Hemingway and graduated from Hemingway High School. She lived most of her life in the Bloomingvale community of Williamsburg County. Mrs....

William "Billy" Henry Thomas, Jr.

William "Billy" Henry Thomas, Jr.

Sep 28, 2016

William H. (Billy) Thomas, Jr., 92, of Murrells Inlet, SC passed away in Waccamaw regional hospital on Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Billy was born in Georgetown August 3, 1924. He was the son of William Henry Thomas and Emma Beaty Thomas.. He is survived by his wife Miriam Parsons Thomas and his sons with Lora Burns Thomas, William H. Thomas,...

Betty Holtzscheiter Paschal

Betty Holtzscheiter Paschal

Sep 27, 2016

Georgetown: Betty Holtzscheiter Paschal, 90, widow of Clarence Elmo Paschal, died Monday, September 26, 2016 at The Lakes at Litchfield at Pawleys Island. Mrs. Paschal was born in Andrews on September 9, 1926, a daughter of the late Charles Leonard Holtzscheiter and Jessie Bernice Williams Holtzscheiter. She grew up in Georgetown County and was a graduate of Winyah High School....

Lucius Clifton "L.C." Sloan, Sr.

Lucius Clifton "L.C." Sloan, Sr.

Sep 27, 2016

Georgetown: Lucius Clifton (L. C.) Sloan, Sr., 92, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Lucius Clifton Sloan, Sr., was born September 29, 1924 in Hall County Georgia, (near Gainesville) the seventh child of Jorney Cooper (J. C.) Sloan and Mary Adaline (Addie) Williams Sloan. The family lived in an area called Poplar Springs, just south of...

Jessie David Shokes

Jessie David Shokes

Sep 22, 2016

Jessie David Shokes, 84, of Georgetown, SC. died Thursday, September 22, 2016 at MUSC. Mr. Shokes was born in Georgetown, SC. on November 22, 1931, a son of the late Warren Jackson Shokes and Daisy Morgan Shokes. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. He was a Sgt. Major in H/H 374th in the Army until...

Robert Jay Shank

Robert Jay Shank

Sep 20, 2016

Georgetown: Mr. Robert Jay Shank, 61, husband of Debra Lou Thompson Shank, died Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Shank was born in Johnstown, PA on January 1, 1955, a son of Robert James Shank and the late Alma June Moss Shank. He was a school teacher for the Georgetown County School District, where he taught...

Bernard Benjamin Horton

Bernard Benjamin Horton

Sep 17, 2016

Pawleys Island: Bernard Benjamin Horton, 73, beloved Low County Artist, died Saturday, September 17, 2016. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Reba Howard Ard

Reba Howard Ard

Sep 15, 2016

Murrells Inlet: Reba H. Ard, 87, passed peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Ard was born on May 20, 1929 in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of the late Bailey Ward Howard, Sr. and Flossie Maybelle Bone Howard Sports. She was retired from the Horry County School System. She was a homemaker and loved being with her family. Mrs....

Peter "Pete" Anthony Thomas

Peter "Pete" Anthony Thomas

Sep 8, 2016

Georgetown: Peter A. Thomas passed away on September 8, 2016 after 92 wonderful years of a life filled with family, friends and a town that he loved and that loved him. He died peacefully in his home on Front Street where his family had lived since 1937. Pete was born on August 2, 1924 and was the son of Escie...

Thomas Pascal Duke, Iii

Thomas Pascal Duke, Iii

Sep 8, 2016

McClellanville: Thomas Pascal ("Tommy") Duke III, age 67, died on September 8, 2016. A lifelong resident of the village of McClellanville, SC, Tommy was the son of Thomas P. Duke, Jr. and Lillian Woodard Duke. He was born in his family home on May 1st, 1949, graduated from McClellanville High School, and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from...

Nancy Stacey Altman

Nancy Stacey Altman

Aug 26, 2016

Pawleys Island: Nancy Stacey Altman passed away on August 26, 2016 at Lakes of Litchfield. Nancy was born on December 28, 1929 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Nancy is survived by her husband, Linwood Altman, two daughters, Nancy Altman (Randy), and Ann Morris (Chet), 7 grandchildren: Sarah Weston (Dalton), Casey Maui (Mark), Jake, Stacey, Alex, Dean, and Gracie, and one great-grandchild, Tripp,...

Lajean Barrineau Owens Kinder

Lajean Barrineau Owens Kinder

Aug 25, 2016

Andrews: LaJean Barrineau Owens Kinder, 82, wife of Dr. Jack D. Kinder and widow of Walter Hazard Owens, Jr., passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Kinder was born in Georgetown February 6, 1934, a daughter of the late Carrol Theodore Barrineau, Sr. and Lizzie Ann B. Barrineau. She grew up in Andrews...

Carol Jean Carter Sorokach

Carol Jean Carter Sorokach

Aug 24, 2016

Georgetown: Carol Jean Carter Sorokach, 80, wife of Michael Sorokach, passed away at Savannah Grace Nursing Home in Mt. Pleasant on August 24, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Carol was born January 15, 1936 in Pleasant Hill, a daughter of the late James and Addie Carter. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and a 1958 graduate of...

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