OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Iva Long Lockliear

Iva Long Lockliear

May 29, 2014

Trio: Iva Long Lockliear, 82, widow of Cecil Rufus Lockliear, died Thursday, May 29, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Lockliear was born in Williamsburg Co. on August 9, 1931, a daughter of the late Kizzie Bell Long. She grew up in the Andrews area and attended Andrews High School. Mrs. Lockliear was a member of Trio United Methodist Church and...

Jacob Henry Monte, Jr.

Jacob Henry Monte, Jr.

May 28, 2014

Georgetown: Jacob Henry Monte, Jr., 86, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at Prince George HealthCare. Mr. Monte was born in Greensboro, NC on September 16, 1928, a son of the late Jacob Henry Monte, Sr. and Marvel Milloway Monte. He grew up in Georgetown, graduated from Winyah High School, and attended The Citadel. Mr. Monte served in the US Army...

Frances Rebecca Carraway

Frances Rebecca Carraway

May 26, 2014

Georgetown: Frances Rebecca "Fanny Beck" Carraway, 83, died Monday, May 26, 2014, at Tidelands Hospice House. Memorial services will be private. The family suggests memorials be made to: Tidelands Community Hospice, Inc., 2591 N. Fraser St., Georgetown, SC 29440, or to St. Frances Animal Center, 125 N. Ridge St., Georgetown, SC 29440. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is...

Ernest Henry Johanning Iii

Ernest Henry Johanning Iii

May 26, 2014

Andrews: Ernest Henry Johanning III, 73, died Sunday, May 25, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Johanning was born in Kansas City, MO, on October 2, 1940, a son of the late Earnest Henry Johanning, II and Henrietta McIlvenny Moore. He grew up in Kansas City where he also graduated High School. He served in the US Navy and attained the...

Pamela Diane Korb Calhoun

Pamela Diane Korb Calhoun

May 26, 2014

Mt. Pleasant: Pamela Diane Korb Calhoun, 62, died Monday, May 26, 2014. Mrs. Calhoun was born in Columbia on December 27, 1951, a daughter of the late Harry Williams Korb, Jr. and Carolyn Campbell Korb. She grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mrs. Calhoun attended Erskin College, the University of SC, and Horry Georgetown Technical College....

Lillian Irene Hicks Haselden

Lillian Irene Hicks Haselden

May 21, 2014

Andrews: Lillian Irene Hicks Haselden, 93, widow of Willie Beckman Haselden, died Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Haselden was born in Pageland on January 27, 1921, a daughter of the late James Madison Hicks and Fannie Ada Pigg Hicks. She grew up in Pageland and graduated from Wingate College. Mrs. Haselden taught school for a year before...

Jack Walker Ewart

Jack Walker Ewart

May 17, 2014

Obituary to be posted at a later date. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Mary Elizabeth Fielder Ferdon

Mary Elizabeth Fielder Ferdon

May 16, 2014

Georgetown: Mary Elizabeth Fielder Ferdon, 82, died Friday, May 16, 2014, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Ferdon was born in Spartanburg on September 27, 1931, a daughter of the late Thomas Franklin Fielder and Elvira Jackson Fielder. She graduated from Spartanburg High School and Limestone College, Cum Laude in 1952. While at Limestone, Mrs. Ferdon was a member of...

John Beale Wood, Sr.

John Beale Wood, Sr.

May 10, 2014

Greenville John B. Wood, Sr., widower of Alyce Valaer Wood of Greenville, SC and Pawleys Island, SC, died Saturday, May 10, 2014. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, he was a son of the late Charles Edward and Sarah Goodwin Wood. John was a graduate of Guilford College, served in the United States Navy and a member of Pawleys Island Presbyterian Church....

William Edwin "Bubba" Jayroe, Sr.

William Edwin "Bubba" Jayroe, Sr.

May 3, 2014

Georgetown: William Edwin "Bubba" Jayroe, Sr., 86, died Saturday, May 03, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Jayroe was born in Georgetown on October 24, 1927, a son of the late Peter Columbus Jayroe and Pearl Florence Skinner Jayroe. He grew up on Benvenue Plantation and graduated from Winyah High School. Mr. Jayroe was a former employee of SCDNR and a...

Elaine Veronica James Fitzgerald

Elaine Veronica James Fitzgerald

May 1, 2014

Georgetown: Elaine Veronica James Fitzgerald, 97, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Agape Rehabilitation of Conway. Born and raised in Apalachicola, Fla. on November 5, 1916, Mrs. Fitzgerald was a daughter of the late Emanuel James and Annie Martina James. She retired from the Dept. of Commerce in 1975. Mrs. Fitzgerald enjoyed playing bridge and was a great animal lover....

Bennie "Benjy" Grier West, Jr.

Bennie "Benjy" Grier West, Jr.

Apr 21, 2014

Yauhannah: Bennie "Benjy" Grier West, Jr., 69, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at his residence. Mr. West was born in Hemingway on July 7, 1944, a son of the late Bennie Grier West, Sr. and Sadie Belle West. He grew up in the Yauhannah community of Georgetown County. Mr. West managed Bates Hill Plantation for 36 years. He was an...

Mary Griffin Stevens Mcallister

Mary Griffin Stevens Mcallister

Apr 13, 2014

Georgetown: Mary Stevens McAllister, a true daughter of the South, took her leave from this earth at sunrise on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2014. Mary was born in Greenville, SC, in 1949, the daughter of Henry and Mary Stevens. She graduated from Ashley Hall in 1968 and received an Associate's Degree from the University of South Carolina. She was equally...

Clara Port Rion

Clara Port Rion

Apr 11, 2014

Pawleys Island: Clara Port Rion, age 91, died peacefully surrounded by all of her children on Friday, April 11, 2014 at Waccamaw Regional Medical Center. Born in Bucksport, SC, Clara was the daughter of the late Franklin and Rebecca Cox Port. In addition to her parents, Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Weir Rion, her brothers, Joseph...

Herbert Teal Jacobs

Herbert Teal Jacobs

Apr 10, 2014

Summerville: Herbert "Larry" "Jake" Teal Jacobs entered into eternal rest on April 10, 2014 at his residence. Any man can be a father, but it takes a very special man to be a dad. Mr. Jacobs was born in Georgetown on February 12, 1948, a son of the late Harbard Teal Jacobs and Annie Geneva Cribb Jacobs. He grew up...

Nell Ethridge Watson

Nell Ethridge Watson

Apr 9, 2014

Andrews: Nell Ethridge Watson, 74, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Tidelands Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Watson was born in Andrews on October 24, 1939, a daughter of the late Barney Roberson Ethridge and Blanche Feagin Ethridge. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Watson worked for Oneita Knitting Mills for many years. She...

Patricia Spires Cooke

Patricia Spires Cooke

Apr 9, 2014

Pawleys Island: Patricia "Pat" Cooke, 82, of North Litchfield Beach, went home to be with the Lord, April 9, 2014 after a short battle with COPD. A cancer survivor, Pat was a devoted, loving wife and mother and a caring Christian. Born in Greenwood to the late Joseph Adie Spires and Eunice Chastain Spires, she grew up in Bamberg, where...

Pearle Abbott Floyld Barrineau

Pearle Abbott Floyld Barrineau

Apr 5, 2014

Andrews: Pearle Abbott Floyd Barrineau, 90, widow of Freddie James Barrineau, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Hospice of Charleston Hospice Center in Mount Pleasant. Mrs. Barrineau was born in Green Sea on August 15, 1923, a daughter of the late Johnce Floyd and Sarah Helen Shelley Floyd. She grew up in Green Sea and graduated from Green Sea High...

William Edward Oliver

William Edward Oliver

Mar 27, 2014

Surfside Beach: William Edward "Eddie" Oliver, 72, died Thursday, March 27, 2014, at his residence. Eddie and his twin brother, Dickie, were born in Georgetown on April 11, 1941, to the late Edward Curtis Oliver and Geneva Cribb Oliver. They were born in the home of his late aunt, Leta Cribb Ulmer, in what is now known as the oldest...

Owen Moore Evans

Owen Moore Evans

Mar 23, 2014

Georgetown: Owen Moore Evans, 88, died March 23, 2014, at his home. Mr. Evans was born in Henderson, N.C. on October 17, 1925, a son of the late Owen Davis Evans and Dorothy Evans Slocum. He was a former Vice President of People's Trust Company in Rock Hill. Mr. Evans was a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church. He...

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