OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Robert J. Kilgore

Robert J. Kilgore

Mar 14, 2013

Pawleys Island: Robert J. Kilgore, age 87, died at home in Pawleys Island, South Carolina on Thursday, March 14, 2013 Beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Kilgore was born on May 12, 1925, in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Charles D. and Mary Jane Lee Kilgore. General Counsel and Senior Vice President for 24 years at Hammermill Paper Company, Kilgore...

Arthur Prescott Gilman, Jr.

Arthur Prescott Gilman, Jr.

Mar 14, 2013

Georgetown: Arthur Prescott Gilman, Jr., 84, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gilman was born in Boston, Mass. on May 14, 1928, a son of the late Arthur Prescott Gilman, Sr. and Josephine Fraser Mackenzie Gilman. He graduated from Rutgers University and served in Korea in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Gilman was...

Lois Roberts Barnes

Lois Roberts Barnes

Mar 14, 2013

Georgetown: Lois Roberts Barnes, 64, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Barnes was born in Charlottesville, Va. on April 26, 1948, a daughter of the late John Samuel Roberts and Lizzie Ann Shifflett Roberts. She was employed at Carver's Bay Store for approximately ten years, where her customers were her family. Mrs. Barnes was a loving...

James Allen Moore

James Allen Moore

Mar 12, 2013

Georgetown: James Allen Moore, 66, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at MUSC Medical Center in Charleston. Mr. Moore was born in Kingstree on July 18, 1946, a son of the late Furman Harley Moore and Annie Lee McCutchen Moore. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School and Palmer Business College. Mr. Moore served in the U....

Joie Lindsay Holland

Joie Lindsay Holland

Feb 27, 2013

Georgetown: Joie Lindsay Holland, 78, died Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Holland was born in Panama City, Fla. on January 3, 1935, a son of the late Jack R. Holland and Ellen Bunn Holland. He moved with his family to Georgetown in 1949. Mr. Holland graduated from Winyah High School in 1952, where, as a...

Etta "Peggy" Gladson Turner

Etta "Peggy" Gladson Turner

Feb 21, 2013

Pawleys Island: Etta "Peggy" Gladson Turner, 92, widow of David Emerson Turner, died peacefully at home on Thursday, February 21, 2013, after a short illness. Mrs. Turner was born in the Sampit community of Georgetown on April 22, 1920, a daughter of the late Godfrey Dempsey Gladson and Elizabeth Caroline "Carrie" Smith Gladson. She graduated from Andrews High School in...

Dr. George Ashley Colbert, Jr.

Dr. George Ashley Colbert, Jr.

Feb 20, 2013

Tampa, Fla.: George Ashley Colbert, Jr., MD, passed away February 20, 2013 at home surrounded by his children and beloved cat Winston. He was born July 6, 1936 in Georgetown, SC. He was preceded in death by his father George A Colbert Sr, his mother Mary Virginia Boatwright, sister Virginia Ford and son George A. Colbert, III. Survivors include his...

Elda Kathleen Tephabock Girvin

Elda Kathleen Tephabock Girvin

Feb 18, 2013

Georgetown: Elda Kathleen Tephabock Girvin, 87, died Monday, February 18, 2013, at Agape Rehabilitation of Conway. Mrs. Girvin was born in Laurel Dale, W. Va. on January 28, 1926, a daughter of the late Junior Emil Tephabock and Margaret Onee Conrad Tephabock. She moved to Maryland from W. Va. as a young woman. Mrs. Girvin work for Glenn L. Martin...

Eugene Jacob Seitter, Sr.

Eugene Jacob Seitter, Sr.

Feb 17, 2013

Georgetown: Eugene Jacob Seitter, Sr., 90, entered into eternal rest on February 17, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice. Mr. Seitter was born on February 4, 1923, in Wilmington, N. C., a son of the late Charles F. Seitter and Wilhelmina C. Burger Seitter. He was a graduate of New Hanover High School in Wilmington and settled in Georgetown County to...

Thomas Edward Unrue, Jr.

Thomas Edward Unrue, Jr.

Feb 9, 2013

Thomas Edward "Jay" Unrue Jr., 37, of Georgetown, SC, was taken from this life too soon on February 9, 2013, a victim of a senseless homicide. He is survided by his wife, Teresa, and two step-children, Skyla and Lance. He is the son of June Pauley of Georgetown and Thomas Unrue Sr. of Surfside Beach. He is the grandson of...

Dorothy Elliott Ethridge

Dorothy Elliott Ethridge

Feb 9, 2013

Andrews: Dorothy Elliott Ethridge, 98, widow of Walter B. Ethridge, died Saturday, February 9, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Ethridge was born in Williamsburg Co., near Andrews, on August 1, 1914, a daughter of the late Matthew Allen Elliott and Flossie Bell Cannon Elliott. She ran a catering business for a time and was the oldest member of Piney Forest...

Reba Melise Tyler Mercer

Reba Melise Tyler Mercer

Feb 9, 2013

Georgetown: Reba Melise Tyler Mercer, 84, widow of William Dan Mercer, died Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Mercer was born in Georgetown on July 27, 1928, a daughter of the late Rollin Moyd Tyler and Lucille Bass Tyler. She grew up in the Pleasant Hill community of Georgetown County, graduated from Georgetown County schools, and...

Ann Asendorf Harper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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