Meta Virginia Blakely
Oct 21, 2012
Georgetown: Meta Virginia Blakely, 85, died Sunday, October 21, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Miss Blakely was born in Andrews on April 22, 1927, a daughter of the late Samuel Benjamin Blakely and Henrietta Isokreit Blakely. She moved with her family to Georgetown in 1938 and graduated from Winyah High School. Miss Blakely worked as a secretary for forty-four...
Maxcy Webber Rowell, Sr.
Oct 18, 2012
Andrews: LTC Maxcy Webber Rowell Sr., U.S. Army Retired, 84, husband of Iris Jean Blackmon Rowell for 62 years, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 18, 2012. Coach Rowell was born September 4, 1928 in Kingstree to the late John Horace Rowell and Essie Mae Jones Rowell. He retired as the Principal of Andrews High School and...
Nancy Leigh Bondurant Wilson
Oct 16, 2012
Pawleys Island: Nancy "BaBa", Nancy Leigh Bondurant Wilson passed away Tuesday, October 16th after a short illness. Nancy BaBa, as she was known as by her family and closest friends, a Pawleys Island institution, lived her life bringing her one-of-a-kind wit and love to everyone who crossed her path. After being a tourist at Pawleys since 1958 she and her...
Wade Alonzo Carter, Jr.
Oct 12, 2012
Andrews: Wade Alonzo Carter, Jr., 60, died Friday, October 12, 2012, at Roper Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Carter was born in Gastonia, N.C. on August 13, 1952, a son of the late Wade Alonzo Carter, Sr. and Emo Irene Austin Carter. He grew up in Gastonia and graduated from South Point High School. Mr. Carter earned a Bachelor of Arts...
Linda Moore Hayworth
Sep 22, 2012
Pawleys Island: Linda Moore Hayworth, 68, died Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Hayworth was born in Pinehurst, N.C. on July 20, 1944, a daughter of the late Richard Henry Moore and Loretta Purvis Moore. Her father started a business in Asheboro, N.C., and the family moved there when Linda was five. Mrs. Hayworth graduated from...
Elva Richardson Bailey
Sep 19, 2012
Andrews: Elva Richardson Baily, 95, widow of Arthur Lee Bailey, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Bailey was born in Aynor on September 3, 1917, a daughter of the late William Hampton Richardson and Leta King Richardson. She graduated from Aynor High School and attended Lander College and Appalachian State University. Mrs. Bailey taught in Horry County...
John Sherwin Bracken
Sep 17, 2012
Pawleys Island: John Sherwin Bracken died on September 17, 2012 at his home of seventeen years in Pawleys Island following a serious illness. Born in Sharon, PA, June 27, 1941, the son of John William Bracken and Elizabeth Denardo Sherwin Bracken, he is survived by his wife, Nancy Knowles Bracken, a brother Rodney Bracken and his wife Sherry of Shelton,...
Mabel Isaac Walker
Sep 9, 2012
Georgetown: Mabel Isaac Walker, 89, widow of William P. (Bill) Walker, passed away peacefully in Mt. Pleasant on Sunday evening with her loving family members at her side. The second child of Thomas and Catherine Isaac, Mabel was born on November 19, 1922 in Georgetown, South Carolina. She retired as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent of the Georgetown County Department...
Edna Owens Rowe
Sep 6, 2012
Georgetown: Edna Owens Rowe, 97, died Thursday, September 6, 2012, at Genesis Health Care in Mooresville, N.C. Mrs. Rowe was born in Andrews on May 9, 1915, a daughter of the late Walter Hazard Owens and Beaulah S. Avant Owens. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Rowe was a charter member and the oldest...
Elfriede (Ellen) Illg Tanner
Sep 3, 2012
Andrews: Elfriede "Ellen" Illg Tanner, 86, died Monday, September 3, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Tanner was born in Stuttgart, Germany on July 29, 1926, a daughter of the late Friedrich and Maria Groetzinger Illg. She served in the German Army during World War II, when she met her late husband, Wade Erskine Tanner, who was an American...
Corrine Goins Lambert
Aug 31, 2012
Georgetown: Corrine Goins Lambert, age 91, went to be with her Lord at 7:42 a.m. on August 31, 2012. Mrs. Lambert was born July 4, 1921 in Georgetown County, the widow of Cleveland Lambert, and the daughter of the late Fred Goins and Annie Mitchum Goins. She attended the Georgetown Church of God. A loving mother, she leaves behind 5...
Kathryn Mercer Coutu
Aug 28, 2012
Georgetown: Kathryn Olivia Mercer Coutu, 91, died Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Coutu was born in Andrews on July 9, 1921, a daughter of the late Christopher Columbus Mercer and Sarah Catherine Porter Mercer. She grew up in the Suttons and Oak Grove sections of Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Coutu was...
James C. Bessinger
Aug 28, 2012
Georgetown: James C. "Bee" Bessinger passed peacefully in the company of family members on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. James was born on June 14, 1916 in Denmark, a son of Charles Leroy and Inez Hightower Bessinger. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. He graduated from Denmark-Olar High School prior to being employed as a Deputy Sheriff and...
Charlie Arthur Mcconnell
Aug 27, 2012
Georgetown: Charlie Arthur McConnell died Monday, August 27, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice after a valiant three month ordeal with cancer. Mr. McConnell was born April 29, 1926 in Jenkinsville, SC, to the late William Thomas McConnell and Eva Turkett McConnell, but his birth certificate was not signed until five days later, making his legally recorded birthday May 4, 1926....
William Joseph Getz
Aug 26, 2012
Murrells Inlet: William Joseph "Joe" Getz, 57, died Sunday, August 26, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Getz was born on October 26, 1954 in Barberton, Oh. and graduated from Barberton High School in 1973. He lettered in basketball and football during his high school years. Mr. Getz attended Hiram College and graduated in 1977. He was a fun-loving dad and...
Kent Seignious Kelley Freeman
Aug 26, 2012
Georgetown: Mary Kent Seignious Kelley Freeman, 88, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Kent was born on October 2, 1923 in Greenville, S.C. and was the daughter of Mary Robottom and Francis Pelmoin Seignious. She grew up in Kingstree and graduated from Kingstree High School in 1940. She thereafter graduated from Converse College and remained at the school for...
Johnnie Bell Johnson
Aug 24, 2012
Georgetown: Johnnie Bell Johnson, 98, widower of Kathryn Porter Johnson, died Friday, August 24, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Georgetown County on March 1, 1914, and graduated from Winyah High School. A son of the late John James Johnson and Ada Boyd Ivey Johnson, he was a lifetime farmer and owned and operated Farmer's County Line...
Lottie Mae Richardson Allen
Aug 22, 2012
Port Orange, Fla.: Lottie Mae Richardson Allen, 97, widow of Lawrence W. Allen, died Wednesday, 22, 2012, in Eagle River, Alaska. Mrs. Allen was born in Portageville, Mo. on November 13, 1914, a daughter of the late William Johnson Richardson and Henrietta Harris Richardson. She was a retired employee of General Motors. Mrs. Allen was a former resident of Morningside...
Carol Juanita Mizell Hattaway
Aug 22, 2012
Mt. Pleasant: Carol Mizell Hattaway, 65, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Hattaway was born in Harleyville on December 3, 1946, a daughter of Henry Mizell and the late Annie Bishop Mizell. She grew up in Harleyville and graduated from Harleyville-Ridgeville High School. Mrs. Hattaway was a retired employee of Southern Bell Telephone Co. and a member...
Mable Koth Tamsberg
Aug 16, 2012
Georgetown: Mable Koth Tamsberg passed away on August 16, 2012 in Georgetown. Mrs. Tamsberg was born in Beaufort County, South Carolina on October 31, 1918, the daughter of the late Charles Frederick Koth and Effie Bishop Koth. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-six years, Joseph Lane Tamsberg, Sr., and her daughter, Susan Tamsberg Wise. Mrs. Tamsberg...
