OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Mary Bennett Herbert Davis
May 30, 2013
Georgetown: Mary Bennett Herbert Davis died Thursday, May 30, 2013, at her residence. Wife of the late Thomas Pettigrew Davis, Editor and Publisher of The Georgetown Times and Associate Editor of The Marlboro Herald Advocate, Bennettsville, S.C., Mrs. Davis was a native of Blackstone, Virginia and the daughter of the late Rita Moore and Thomas Jesse Herbert. Mrs. Davis was...
Johnnie Lee Walker
May 29, 2013
Edisto Island: Johnnie Lee Walker, 71, husband of Susan Willie Walker passed away peacefully on May 29, 2013. The family will receive friends at their home from 5:00 – 7:00 on Friday, May 31st. Graveside services will be at All Saints Church Cemetery in Pawley's Island at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. Johnnie was born on January 15, 1942...
Edith Frances Mcdaniel Edwards
May 26, 2013
Andrews: Edith Frances McDaniel Edwards, 85, widow of Hugh Washington "Skeet" Edwards died Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Edwards was born in Florence on January 1, 1928, a daughter of the late Sanders Rudolph McDaniel and Blanche Windham McDaniel Cordrey. She worked at the Andrews Library for many years and was a member of...
Lela Cooper Mayer
May 23, 2013
Georgetown: Lela Howard Cooper Mayer, 69, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at MUSC Medical Center in Charleston. Mrs. Mayer was born in Conway on July 21, 1943, a daughter of the late Henry Clifford Cooper and Annie Lela Howard Cooper. She lived in West Virginia for a time and moved back to Georgetown as a young girl, where she graduated...
Jean Blackmon Rowell
May 20, 2013
Jean Blackmon Rowell, 86, widow of Maxcy Webber Rowell Sr., passed away on May 20, 2013, after a long and wonderful life. She was born in Heath Springs, S.C. on Dec. 6, 1926, to Beuna Estell Sturgis and Lucius Alston Blackmon. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was strong, smart, outspoken, loyal and always...
Arthur Hazard Doyle
May 16, 2013
Georgetown: Arthur Hazard Doyle departed this world on Thursday, May 16, 2013 after a short illness at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Arthur was born March 23, 1929 in Florence to Joseph A. Doyle and Ruth H. Doyle. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and The Citadel. Arthur taught English, History, and Science at Winyah Jr. High School. He was...
Shirley Dean Cannon Wilson
May 15, 2013
Georgetown: Shirley Dean Cannon Wilson, 63, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wilson was born in Conway on February 27, 1950, a daughter of Arthurleen Hardwick Alford and the late Earl Samuel Cannon. She grew up in Georgetown and attended Georgetown County Schools. Mrs. Wilson was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Surviving are: her husband,...
Herman Esmond Newton
May 9, 2013
Andrews: Herman Esmond Newton, 74, died Thursday, May 09, 2013, at Carolinas Hospital in Florence. Mr. Newton was born in Andrews on August 21, 1938, a son of the late Robert B. Newton and Mary Cleo Thomas Newton. He graduated from Andrews High School and lived all of his live in the Andrews area. Mr. Newton was a former employee...
Thomas William Fuener
May 8, 2013
Georgetown: Thomas William Fuener, 96, widower of Elizabeth Derby Fuener, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Fuener was born in Chicago, Ill. on December 28, 1916, a son of the late Thomas J. O'Shaughnessy and Madeleine Sanesec O'Shaughnessy Fuener. He graduated from Purdue University in 1939 and served four years in the U.S. Army in Persia...
Linda Still Miller
Apr 25, 2013
Pawleys Island: Linda Still Miller, 69, passed away after a long illness on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Miller was born in Columbia on September 26, 1943, a daughter of the late Henry David Still, III and Helen Brooker Still. She grew up in Blackville and graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston in...
Jennie Parker Saussy
Apr 25, 2013
Georgetown: Jennie Parker Saussy, 90, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at home. Jennie was born in Sumter to the late Jennie Scarborough Parker and Thornwell Hay Parker. She attended the University of South Carolina, studied classical piano in Washington, DC, and later in life received a Master's in Interdisciplinary Studies from Coastal Carolina. Jennie was married to George...
Beverly Hampton Sawyer, Jr.
Apr 23, 2013
Pawley's Island: Beverly Hampton Sawyer, Jr., 74, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice. Mr. Sawyer was born February 21, 1939 in Georgetown, a son of the late Beverly Hampton Sawyer and Emily Skinner Sawyer. He grew up in Georgetown, graduated from Winyah High School and East Carolina University. Mr. Sawyer served in the U. S. Army and...
Gregory Dupree Elliott
Apr 20, 2013
Georgetown: Gregory Dupree Elliott, 60, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Elliott was born in Mullins on August 30, 1952, a son of the late Eddie Dupree Elliott and Eunice Mae Hodges Elliott. He was a member of the Quarter Century Club at International Paper Company, where he worked for 40 years. Mr. Elliott was an avid...
Glenda Gail Rogers Ray
Apr 13, 2013
Andrews: Glenda Rogers Ray, 69, widow of Gene Marshall Ray, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ray was born in Marion on June 5, 1943, a daughter of the late Samuel "Shorty" Rogers and Eva Scott Rogers. She lived in Hemingway prior to moving to Andrews. Mrs. Ray was a former employee of several textile manufacturers....
James Grover Shuler
Apr 8, 2013
Pawleys Island: J. Grover Shuler, 69, died Monday, April 8, 2013, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Shuler was born in Summerville on November 7, 1943, a son of the late James Glenn Shuler and Annie Laurie Sarvis Shuler. He grew up in Georgetown, attended Winyah High School, and graduated from Carlisle Military Academy. Mr. Shuler worked as...
Billie Carr Houghton
Apr 7, 2013
Billie Fisher Carr Houghton died peacefully at home in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, on Sunday night, April 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family and wonderful caregivers. An avid reader and traveler who had a special touch with babies, Billie lived a full and active 81 years of life. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 20, 1932. She...
Linda Morris Smith
Apr 7, 2013
Andrews: Linda Morris Smith, 65, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Linda was born on October 26, 1947 in Hemingway, a daughter of the late Thomas Whitfield Morris, Sr. and Sudie Mae Howard Morris. She grew up in the Piney Forest community of Williamsburg Co. and graduated from Williamsburg High School. Linda was a licensed practical nurse...
Pamela Lee Hill
Mar 30, 2013
Georgetown: Pamela Lee Hill, 54, died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House after a lifetime illness. Miss Hill was born in Georgetown on August 29, 1958, a daughter of the late Robert Walter Hill, Jr. and Nita Weaver Hill. Pamela was one of God's Special Angels who was loaned to the Hill family, and she was a...
Dolphin Dunnaha Overton, Iii
Mar 25, 2013
Georgetown: Dolphin Dunnaha Overton III, April 2, 1927 – March 25th, 2013. Distinguished Korean War flying ace (South Carolina's first), businessman, devoted husband, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather-to-be died peacefully surrounded by his wife and children at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown, SC. Born in Andrews, SC, as a child Overton built balsa model planes and devoured popular books about...
Jean Mcgill Wise
Mar 17, 2013
Pawleys Island: Jean McGill Wise, 72, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Tideland Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Wise was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on November 14, 1940, a daughter of the late Charles Lalen McGill and Marian Lees McGill. She grew up in North East Philadelphia and graduated from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa. with a Bachelor's degree...
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