OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Mary Sue Burroughs Skipper

Mary Sue Burroughs Skipper

Dec 6, 2012

Andrews: Mary Sue Burroughs Skipper, 77, widow of William Leslie Skipper, Jr., died Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Skipper was born in Andrews on September 28, 1935, a daughter of the late William Rogers Burroughs and Maggie Ola Hughes Burroughs. She lived all of her life in the Andrews area and was a...

Caroel Ann White Nowak

Caroel Ann White Nowak

Nov 24, 2012

Andrews: Caroel Ann White-Nowak died peacefully on Saturday morning, November 24, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Caroel was born in Miami, Fla. on February 3, 1937. Her family moved from Miami to Andrews in the late 1930s when her father found work at the Kraft Paper Mill in Georgetown. The White family lived in the house located on highway 41...

Julius Elmore Cameron, Jr.

Julius Elmore Cameron, Jr.

Nov 18, 2012

Pawleys Island: Julius Elmore Cameron, Jr., 80, widower of Anne Skinner Cameron, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Cameron was born in Marion on June 25, 1932, a son of the late Julius Elmore Cameron, Sr. and Tommie Belle Godbold Cameron. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School and...

James Dalvin Avant, Sr.

James Dalvin Avant, Sr.

Nov 18, 2012

Georgetown: Dalvin Avant, 94, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Avant was born March 31, 1918, in Georgetown County, a son of the late Landy Wood Avant, Sr. and Mary Ella Grier Avant. He grew up in Georgetown, and graduated from Winyah High School. After serving in the Navy prior to World War II,...

Ivan Earl Parsons

Ivan Earl Parsons

Nov 15, 2012

Georgetown: Ivan Earl "Big Daddy" Parsons, Sr., 85, widower of Barbara Gaultney Parsons, died Friday, November 15, 2012, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mr. Parsons was born on October 13, 1927 in Andrews, a son of the late Clifford Delmaine Parsons and Lucile Nona McConnell Parsons. He grew up in Georgetown and attended Winyah High School. Mr. Parsons served in...

Edythe Lang Myers

Edythe Lang Myers

Nov 15, 2012

Pawleys Island: Edythe Lang Myers, 92, died Thursday, November 15, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Myers was the daughter of the late Carrie Austin Lang and Noah "Capt. Buck" Lang. She was a member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church and had served as a member of the altar guild and the United Methodist Women....

Edith Ann Smith Duffy

Edith Ann Smith Duffy

Nov 9, 2012

Georgetown: Edith "Edie" Ann Smith Duffy, 64, died Friday, November 9, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Ms. Duffy was born in Clarinda, Iowa on February 26, 1948, a daughter of Edith Sheaffer Smith and the late Eugene F. Smith. She grew up in Munhall, Pa. and graduated from Villa Maria College with a B.S. degree in nursing. Ms. Duffy...

Beatrice Berest Gershman

Beatrice Berest Gershman

Nov 9, 2012

Georgetown: Beatrice "Bea" Berest Gershman, 89, died November 9, 2012, in Riviera Maya, Mexico while on vacation. Mrs. Gershman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and grew up in Queens, N.Y., where she met her husband, Sheldon H. Gershman. She graduated from Franklin K. Lane High School in N.Y. and lived abroad for many years. Mrs. Gershman moved to Georgetown in...

Frances Schultz Ward Goldstein

Frances Schultz Ward Goldstein

Oct 31, 2012

Inman: Frances Ward Goldstein, 91, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend went home to be with the Lord on October 31, 2012. She had been a resident of Rosecrest Lutheran Home in Inman during the last year and a half of her life and at Sunrise Home in Charlotte, NC before that for several years to be close to...

Charles Edward Casselman

Charles Edward Casselman

Oct 26, 2012

Andrews: Charles Edward Casselman, 59, died Friday, October 26, 2012 in an automobile accident on Old River Rd. in Florence County near Kingsburg. Mr. Casselman was born in Georgetown on September 25, 1953, a son of Vincent Kirton Casselman and the late Charlie Frasier Casselman. He lived all his life in Andrews and served in the U. S. Army and...

Winnie Haselden Harris

Winnie Haselden Harris

Oct 25, 2012

SAVANNAH, GA Winnie Hampton Harris, 90, died Thursday, October 25, 2012 under the care of Odyssey Hospice in Savannah, GA. Ms. Harris was born in Georgetown County, SC on August 29, 1922, the daughter of the late William D. and Ada Belle Benton Haselden. She was a longtime member of Bible Baptist Church where she participated in the nursery department...

Roy Bell Ted Harrelson, Jr.

Roy Bell Ted Harrelson, Jr.

Oct 23, 2012

Georgetown: Roy Bell "Ted" Harrelson, Jr., 76, passed away at a local hospital Tuesday morning, October 23, 2012, due to a medical illness. Ted was a fun loving person and always enjoyed interacting with others. He loved to tell stories and always had a smile on his face. Ted will greatly be missed by his family and friends. Ted was...

Meta Virginia Blakely

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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