OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Shirley Diane Bowden Burgan

Shirley Diane Bowden Burgan

May 2, 2016

Andrews: Shirley Diane Bowden Burgan, 70, widow of Walter C. Johnson, died Monday, May 2, 2016, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. Mrs. Burgan was born in San Jose, Calif. on February 23, 1946, a daughter of the late Leonard and Ruby Martin Bowden. She grew up in San Jose and was a Licensed Practical Nurse. Mrs. Bowden worked at...

Jeanette Cooper Ray

Jeanette Cooper Ray

Apr 29, 2016

Andrews: Jeanette Cooper Ray, 70, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016, at her residence. Mrs. Ray was born June 6, 1945, a daughter of the late Walter "Goldie" Cooper and Marguerite Elizabeth Knight Cooper. She was a member of Piney Forest Baptist Church and attended Happy Home Original Freewill Baptist. Mrs. Ray grew up in Andrews and graduated from Williamsburg...

Cleona Hardee Gore

Cleona Hardee Gore

Apr 28, 2016

Georgetown: Cleona Hardee Gore, widow of Elbert Jennings Gore, Jr., entered into eternal rest on Thursday, April 28, at the Lexington Medical Center. Mrs. Gore was born in Horry County on March 9, 1930, a daughter of the late Grover Wilson Hardee and Florence Anderson Hardee. She was an honor graduate (Salutatorian) of Loris High School, a charter member of...

William Clark Tims, Iii

William Clark Tims, Iii

Apr 27, 2016

Andrews: William Clark Tims, III, passed away on April 27, 2016 at his river house outside of Andrews. He was the widower of Kaye B. Tims, whom he was married to for over thirty years. Though he had struggled with a decline in his health in recent years, he was known to say time and time again, "I've had a...

Walter Edward Watford, Sr.

Walter Edward Watford, Sr.

Apr 18, 2016

Andrews: Walter Edward "Ed" Watford, Sr., 88, widower of Lila Elizabeth Ward Watford, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016, at his residence. Mr. Watford was born in Florence Co. on June 19, 1927, a son of the late Mack Cleveland Watford and Bertie Maybelle McKenzie Watford. He grew up in Andrews and graduated from Williamsburg High School. Mr. Watford served...

Duncan Mcnair "Mac" Chapman

Duncan Mcnair "Mac" Chapman

Apr 18, 2016

Pawleys Island: Duncan McNair "Mac" Chapman, 81, husband of Elizabeth "Dibbie" Crosland Chapman, died Monday, April 18, 2016, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Chapman was born in Cheraw on May 4, 1934, a son of the late Duncan McNair Chapman, Jr. and Beulah Dawkins Chapman. He grew up in Cheraw and graduated from Cheraw High School in 1952 and...

Amanda Jean Malone Lambert

Amanda Jean Malone Lambert

Apr 14, 2016

Georgetown, S.C.: Amanda Jean Malone Lambert, 50, wife of Daniel K. Lambert, died Thursday, April 14, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown:. Mrs. Lambert was born in Philippi, W. Va. on August 11, 1965, the daughter of James Cecil Malone and Ruth Marie Reneman Malone. She grew up in Grafton, W. Va. and graduated from Grafton High School....

John Barringer Woolson

John Barringer Woolson

Apr 10, 2016

Pawleys Island: John Barringer Woolston, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Richard "Ricky" Wendell Cumbie

Richard "Ricky" Wendell Cumbie

Apr 10, 2016

Andrews: Richard "Ricky" Wendell Cumbie, 60, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cumbie was born in Kingstree on May 28, 1955, a son of Mattie Deola McAlister Cumbie and the late Bobby Rhem Cumbie. He grew up in Andrews, graduated from Williamsburg High School, and attended Williamsburg Technical College. Mr. Cumbie was the former owner...

Marie Gallo Wassmer

Marie Gallo Wassmer

Apr 6, 2016

Myrtle Beach, Marie Gallo Wassmer, 86, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Arrangements are private. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Phyllis  Kathleen Morley Graham

Phyllis Kathleen Morley Graham

Apr 6, 2016

Phyllis Kathleen Morley Graham of Pawleys Island, SC passed away on 06 April 2016 at the Tidelands Hospice Center, Georgetown, SC. Mrs. Graham was preceded in death by her husband Marion Wilson Graham on 31 December 2006. Mrs. Graham's parents emigrated to the United States from London England in the early 1920s, and she was born in Detroit Michigan on...

Patrick James Doyle

Patrick James Doyle

Mar 30, 2016

Georgetown: Patrick James Doyle, 87, died peacefully on March 30, 2016, at Prince George Healthcare. Mr. Doyle was born at McLeod Infirmary in Florence, S. C. on March 23, 1929. He was the third in a set of triplets born to Joseph Ambrose Doyle and Ruth Hattie Hazard Doyle. An Eagle Scout, he graduated from Winyah High School and The...

Abram "Abe" Austin Brassington

Abram "Abe" Austin Brassington

Mar 28, 2016

Georgetown, SC: Abram "Abe" Austin Brassington, 80, died peacefully Easter Sunday, surrounded by family, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Born in Frackville, Pennsylvania, he was the loving husband of Sharon Gascon Brassington and the son of the late Abram and Emma Derr Brassington. A graduate of Bloomsburg College in PA, he was a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church...

Margaret Fitzsimons Jones

Margaret Fitzsimons Jones

Mar 26, 2016

Pawleys Island, S. C.: Margaret F. Jones, 86, wife of Dr. Robert O. Jones, died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Margaret was born in Charlotte, N. C., a daughter of the late E. Owen Fitzsimons and Joy Draper Fitzsimons. She later married George W. Brice, who also grew up on Sherwood Ave. in Charlotte. She was...

Alfred Magruder Dillard, Jr.

Alfred Magruder Dillard, Jr.

Mar 23, 2016

Pawleys Island, S.C.: Alfred Magruder Dillard, Jr., 77, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Dillard was born in Richmond, Va. on April 3, 1938, a son of the late Alfred Magruder Dillard, Sr. and Margaret Leonard Dillard. Mac was a graduate of Camden High School in 1956 and Wofford College in 1965. He served in Germany with...

Thomas Monroe Moore

Thomas Monroe Moore

Mar 22, 2016

Thomas Monroe "Woe" Moore, Jr., 75, widower of Mary Kabas Moore, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Roper Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Moore was born in Andrews on January 24, 1941, a son of the late Thomas Monroe Moore and Adril Player Moore. He grew up in Andrews and was a graduated from high school there. Mr. Moore served in...

Reba Davis Cusack

Reba Davis Cusack

Mar 21, 2016

Reba Davis Cusack, 91, widow of Leonard C. "L.C." Cusack, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Cusack was born in Georgetown County on May15, 1924, a daughter of the late Jasper Clyde Davis and Leila Gertrude Baxley Davis. She grew up in the Pleasant Hill Community of Georgetown County. Mrs. Cusack was a member of...

Ernestine Parks Henson

Ernestine Parks Henson

Mar 16, 2016

Thompson's Station, Tenn.: Ernestine Parks Henson, 80, wife of Joe M. Henson, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at her Litchfield Beach, S. C. vacation home. Mrs. Henson was born in Friendsville, Tenn. on April 11, 1935, a daughter of the late Ernest Donald Parks and Cordelia McClellan Parks. She was a member of the Georgetown, S.C. Presbyterian Church and the...

Frances "Dookie" Davis Cromwell

Frances "Dookie" Davis Cromwell

Mar 15, 2016

Pawleys Island: Frances Ward "Dookie" Davis Cromwell passed away Tuesday March 15, 2016 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. She was born May 2, 1931 in Florence, South Carolina, the daughter of Russell E. Davis and Frances M. Ward Davis. Dookie lived with her grandparents, Captain and Mrs. Joshua J. Ward, at Oak Hill, a portion of Arcadia Plantation once owned by...

Virginia Pinner Hearl

Virginia Pinner Hearl

Mar 11, 2016

Georgetown: Virginia "Gin" Pinner Hearl, 94, widow of Richard E. Hearl, died Friday, March 11, 2016, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Hearl was born in Bucksport on April 21, 1921, a daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin Pinner and Alice Louise Edge Pinner. She was a homemaker and worked in retail for a number of years. Mrs. Hearl was...

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