OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
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...
Tabitha Marie Hanna
Dec 20, 2012
Georgetown: Tabitha "Tabby" Marie Hanna, 25, died Thursday, December 20, 2012, at her residence. Ms. Hanna was born in Georgetown on February 24, 1987, a daughter of Robin R. Lambert and the late James "Jim" Montgomery Hanna. She lived all her life in Georgetown and attended Georgetown High School. Ms. Hanna was a loving companion and mother and loved helping...
Vivian Jeanette Arsenault Parker
Dec 19, 2012
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Creola Strong Foster
Dec 15, 2012
Andrews: Creola Strong Foster, 91, widow of Walter "John" Leroy Foster, died Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital in Georgetown. Mrs. Foster was born in Andrews on July 31, 1921, a daughter of the late Ernest Strong and Lottie A. Morris Strong. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Foster was a retired...
Gene Mccoy Prosser
Dec 14, 2012
Georgetown: Gene McCoy Prosser, 73, died Friday, December 14, 2012 at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Prosser was born in Florence on May 26, 1939, a son of the late Allard McCoy Prosser and Amanda Magnolia Powell Prosser. He was educated in Georgetown County Public Schools and was a member of Georgetown Pentecostal Holiness Church, where he was active in...
Bernice Wilson Johnson Wilkinson
Dec 13, 2012
Georgetown: Bernice Wilkinson, 91, died December 13, 2012, at her home. Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Murrells Inlet, a daughter of the late Herman Kelner Wilson and Frances Vereen Wilson. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include: her daughter, Anne Forbes of Georgetown; a son, Chris Johnson (Susie) of Georgetown; three grandchildren, Brooke Sigmon (Bernie), Greg Cameron,...
Alyce Valaer Wood
Dec 11, 2012
Greenville: Alyce Valaer Wood, wife of John Beale Wood, Sr., died Tuesday, November 11, 2012. Born in Atlanta, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Paul V. Valaer and Lanius Massey Valaer. Alyce was a homemaker and enjoyed playing golf, tennis and bridge. She attended Guilford College and was a member of Christ the King, Waccamaw in Pawleys Island....
John Earl Goodwin, Jr.
Dec 11, 2012
Georgetown: John "Earl" Goodwin, Jr., 80, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at MUSC Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Goodwin was born in Fork on October 28, 1932, a son of the late John "Sam" Earl Goodwin and Nellie McKenzie Goodwin. He lived most of his life in Georgetown and served in the Georgetown Army National Guard. Mr. Goodwin was a former...
Catherine Elizabeth Thomas
Dec 9, 2012
Murrells Inlet: Catherine E. Thomas, 90, died Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Agape Senior Garden City. Catherine was born in Union on June 24, 1922, a daughter of the late Rosco Thomas and Mellie C. Sullivan Thomas. She lived in Spartanburg for many years prior to moving to Pawleys Island and later to Murrells Inlet. She was a retired employee...
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