OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Ann Asendorf Harper
Feb 3, 2013
Andrews: Ann Asendorf Harper, 91, widow of Samuel Montgomery Harper, and beloved mother of seven passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013. Ann was born July 20, 1921, in Savannah, Ga., daughter of John Martin and Virginia Elizabeth Smith. She was a life-long Catholic and a member of St. Mary, Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church in Georgetown. Ann was a...
Lillian Elphick Moore
Feb 2, 2013
Georgetown: Lillian Elphick Moore, 86, widow of Henry Singleton Moore, Sr., went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice surrounded by her family. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend who will be deeply missed by those who knew and loved her. Mrs. Moore was born on March 13, 1926...
John George Szabo
Feb 2, 2013
Pawleys Island: John George Szabo, 93, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Szabo was born in Dante, Va. on August 11, 1919, a son of the late Joseph Szabo and Rosalia Toth Szabo. He grew up in West Virginia, served in the Civilian Conservation Corps as a young man, and attended Tri-State College...
Arthur Lambert
Feb 2, 2013
Georgetown: Arthur Lambert, 83, widower of Janice Byrdie Lambert and Faye Poole Lambert, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Lambert was born in Jamestown on May 6, 1929, a son of the late William Benjamin Lambert, Jr. and Doolie Lambert Lambert. After losing his mother at a young age, Mr. Lambert was reared by his...
Wiley Mcteer Bell
Feb 1, 2013
Georgetown: Wiley McTeer Bell died Friday, February 1, 2013, at MUSC Hospital in Charleston. Wiley was born on January 2, 2013 to Wiley Craig Bell and Jennifer Pursley Brown Bell of Georgetown. In addition to his parents, he is survived by: his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Miller of Milledgeville, Ga.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis...
Elaine Dusenbury Hawley
Jan 28, 2013
Georgetown: Elaine Dusenbury Hawley, 91, died peacefully Monday, January 28, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Donna Griffith, of Irmo. Mrs. Hawley was born in Conway on October 5, 1921, a daughter of the late Edith Dusenbury Woodbury and Donald Dusenbury and wife of the late Bert Hawley. She attended Lander College where she was Miss Lander College. She...
Florrie Bernice Cox
Jan 26, 2013
Andrews: Florrie Bernice Cox, 70, went home to be with her heavenly father on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Ms. Cox was born in Andrews on July 21, 1942, a daughter of the late Cleve Cox and Leila Idell Avant Cox. She grew up in the Piney Forest community of Andrews and was retired from working in...
Elizabeth Anne Redmond Kimbrough
Jan 26, 2013
Georgetown: Elizabeth Anne Redmond Kimbrough, 88, widow of Edward Shields Kimbrough, died Saturday, January 26, 2013, at Palmetto Health Baptist in Columbia. Mrs. Kimbrough was born in Hattiesburg, Miss. on June 18, 1924, a daughter of the late John Lawrence Redmond and Carrie Hegwood Redmond. She moved to Pawleys Island before moving to Georgetown and graduating from Winyah High School....
Robert "Bob" Olin Watts, Sr.
Jan 25, 2013
Georgetown: Robert "Bob" Olin Watts, Sr., 85, died Friday, January 25, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Watts was born in Georgetown on April 1, 1927, a son of the late James Pringle Watts and Eliza Rebecca Roberts Watts. He grew up in the Sampit community of Georgetown and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr....
Thomas Alton Cox
Jan 24, 2013
Georgetown: Thomas Alton Cox, 67, died Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice. Mr. Cox was born in Georgetown on June 19, 1945, a son of Bennie Walker Cox, Sr. and Janie Etta Smith Cox. He grew up in Georgetown and attended the county schools. Mr. Cox was a life time member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, a...
Richard Lee Piepenbring
Jan 23, 2013
Georgetown: Richard Lee "Dick" Piepenbring, 89, passed away January 23, 2013. Mr. Piepenbring was born February 1, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Frank Otto and Sylvia Bernard Piepenbring. He was a member of Georgetown Presbyterian Church for forty-two years, where he was a deacon. Mr. Piepenbring served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during WW II. Afterward,...
Samuel Aventer Walters
Jan 23, 2013
Georgetown: Samuel Aventer Walters, 87, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Walters was born October 27, 1925 in the Suttons Community of Williamsburg County, a son of the late Samuel James Walters and Letha Estelle Broach Walters. He grew up in Suttons, graduated from Williamsburg High School, and served in the U. S. Air Force. Mr....
James Adelbert Merchant, Jr.
Jan 19, 2013
Myrtle Beach: James Adelbert (Del) Merchant lost his long battle with cancer on January 19, 2013, at the Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown. He was born on January 9, 1946, in Greenville, the son of the Reverend James A. and Ruth J. Merchant. As the son of a Methodist minister, he lived in Greenville, Hickory Grove, Seneca, Dillon, Orangeburg and...
Leopold Eden Scott, Jr.
Jan 18, 2013
Georgetown: Leopold Eden Scott, Jr., 91, died Friday, January 18, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Scott was born in Beaumont, Tex. on January 16, 1922, a son of the late Leopold Eden Scott and May Ruppe Scott. He grew up in Holly Hill, Fla. and graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. After serving in the U.S....
Robbie Grace Ray Aldridge
Jan 12, 2013
Georgetown Mrs. Robbie Aldridge, 86, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, L. Jay Aldridge and her grandson, Levi Singletary. She is survived by her children, Shelia Sullivan (Bill) of Georgetown and Sheree Brown (Larry) of Tampa, FL and Shelley Singletary of Bushnell, FL; a brother Frank Ray of Dothan, AL and a...
Elma Fay Moore
Jan 11, 2013
Andrews: Faye Moore, 69, died Friday, January 11, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Ms. Moore was born on November 24, 1943 in the Sutton community near Andrews, a daughter of the late George Pressley Moore and Thelma Lee Michau Moore. She was a private caregiver and loved gardening and fishing. Ms. Moore was a loving mother and grandmother. Surviving are:...
David William Mckenzie
Jan 9, 2013
Andrews: David William McKenzie, 91, widower of Maude Moore McKenzie, went to be in glory on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. McKenzie was born in Andrews on April 4, 1921, a son of the late David McKenzie and Edith Bertha Swails McKenzie. He grew up and lived in the Ten Acre Community of Andrews and was...
Elsie Firesheets Waters Ellington
Jan 3, 2013
Georgetown: Elsie Waters Ellington, 87, artist and wife of the late J. Burns Ellington, died Thursday, January 3, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ellington was born in Florence on April 6, 1925, daughter of the late Cyril A. Waters and Elsie Firesheets Waters. She graduated from Florence High School and Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. Mrs. Ellington studied art...
Daniel Curtis Hall
Dec 31, 2012
Pawleys Island Daniel Curtis Hall, 89, widower of Mary Reeder Hall, died Monday, December 31, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hall was born March 31, 1923, in Washington, D.C., a son of the late Daniel Curtis Hall and Lelia Vaughn Hall. He grew up in Washington and graduated from High School there. Mr. Hall served in the Army during...
Lillie Tanner Creel
Dec 22, 2012
Georgetown: Lillie Tanner Creel, 75, died Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Creel was born in the Pleasant Hill community of Georgetown Co. on December 1, 1937, a daughter of the late Willie Davis Tanner and Eva Mae Cribb Tanner. She grew up in the Pleasant Hill community and graduated from Pleasant Hill High School. Mrs. Creel...
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