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...
Jurmie Eugene Watkins
Aug 14, 2012
Pawleys Island: Jurmie "Newt" Eugene Watkins, 90, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mr. Watkins was born in Ashwood on April 26, 1922, a son of the late George Washington Watkins and Nannie Baker Watkins. He grew up in Lee County, moved to Georgetown in 1940, and to Pawleys Island in 1948. Mr. Watkins...
Cecelia Loretta Elliott Figgins
Aug 12, 2012
Georgetown: Cecelia Loretta Elliott Figgins, 90, widow of Fielden Lawrence Figgins, died Sunday, August 12, 2012, at NHC Healthcare in Garden City. Mrs. Figgins was born in Andrews on August 5, 1922, a daughter of the late Johnnie Samuel Elliott and Janie McCants Elliott. She obtained an associate's degree in business school and worked for the City of Georgetown for...
Rosa Lee Casselman Fulton
Jul 29, 2012
Georgetown: Rosa Lee Casselman Fulton, 90, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Fulton was born in Andrews on February 12, 1922, a daughter of the late John Louis Casselman and Carrie Ora Belle Perry Casselman. She grew up in the Big Damn Swamp area of Andrews and was a member of Black River Free Will Baptist Church....
Billy Burnette Bourne
Jul 25, 2012
Georgetown: Billy Burnette Bourne, 80, died Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Laughlin-Service Funeral Home in Hunstville, Ala. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Julia Augusta Farrior Drake
Jul 17, 2012
Julia "Judy" Augusta Farrior Drake, passed away in Saluda on July 17, 2012. She was born October 5, 1914, in Tampa, Fla., to Dr. Joseph Brown Farrior Sr. and Evelyn Gray Searcy Farrior. The family is of seven generations of doctors, artists and lawyers. She attended University of Alabama and Florida State (Kappa Delta Sorority) and graduated in 1938 from...
Claude Carroll Robbins
Jul 10, 2012
Georgetown: Claude Carroll Robbins, 92, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Robbins was born in Rutherford County, N.C. on November 7, 1919, a son of the late Lawrence Bookter Robbins and Mary Etta Carroll Robbins. He grew up in N.C. and served as a U.S. Naval aviator in the Pacific Theatre during World War II....
Lila Elizabeth Ward Watford
Jul 1, 2012
Andrews: Lila Elizabeth Ward Watford, 80, died Sunday, July 1, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Watford was born in Georgetown Co. on January 14, 1932, a daughter of the late William Rhodus Ward, Sr. and Hessie Richardson Ward. She retired as owner of Watford's Oceda Grocery in 1986. Mrs. Watford was a member of Gourdine's Chapel and was active in...
Thomas Mckay Gaede
Jun 30, 2012
Georgetown: Thomas McKay Gaede, 70, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Gaede was born in Charlotte, N.C. on April 2, 1942, a son of the late Constance McKay Gaede and Anton Henry Gaede, Sr. He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy. Mr. Gaede sailed around the world and served in Antarctica aboard...
