OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
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...
Winford Johnson
Jun 23, 2012
Georgetown: Winford Johnson, 83, died Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born in Conway on April 10, 1929, a son of the late Will Johnson and Mary Jane Page Johnson. He retired in 1994 from International Paper Co. after 47 years employment. Mr. Johnson was a member of Screven Baptist Church. Surviving are: his wife,...
Edgar Russell Bryan
Jun 15, 2012
Andrews: Edgar Russell Bryan, 76, widower of Frances Cooper Bryan, died Friday, June 15, 2012, at his daughter's home in Georgetown. Mr. Bryan was born in Andrews on October 23, 1935, a son of the late Lorenzo Benjamin Bryan and Lena Mae Sports Bryan. He grew up in the Piney Forest community of Williamsburg Co. and graduated from Williamsburg High...
Rothie Bennett Altman, Jr.
Jun 15, 2012
Georgetown: Rothie Bennett Altman, Jr., 88, widower of Lydia Turner Altman, died Friday, June 15, 2012, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mr. Altman was born in Georgetown on July 25, 1923, a son of the late Rothie Bennett Altman, Sr. and Agnes Bertha Luckan Altman. He was a Master Mason and member of Winyah Lodge # 40, A.F.M. and a...
Judith Rebecca Howard Duncan
Jun 12, 2012
Conway: Judith Rebecca Howard Duncan, 73, widow of Riley Wiebens "Buddy" Duncan, died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Duncan was born in Mooresville, N.C. on July 31, 1938, a daughter of the late E. Y. Howard and Edna Mae Aiken Howard. She grew up in Mooresville and graduated from high school...
Andrew Wadies Thompson
Jun 5, 2012
Murrells Inlet: Andrew Wadies Thompson, 86, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Waccamaw Community Hospital. Mr. Thompson was born in the Vox community of Florence County on March 4, 1926, a son of the late Callie Thompson and Elizabeth Brigham Thompson. He was predeceased by his son, Andrew Wadies Thompson, Jr. of Pawleys Island. Surviving are: his wife, Patience B....
Karen Elaine Hein Shahan
Jun 3, 2012
Karen Elaine Hein Shahan, 58, widow of Sterling Dale Shahan, died Sunday, June 3, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Shahan was born in Huntington, WV on January 26, 1954, a daughter of the late Charles Herman Hein and Mary Eleanor Nicholas Hein. She is survived by a brother, Charles G. Hein of Niceville, Florida. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer...
Alice Elizabeth Mclean Smith
Jun 3, 2012
Andrews: Alice McLean Smith, 94, widow of Arthur Woodrow Smith died Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Alice was born in Dunn, N. C. on June 11, 1917, a daughter of the late William Jordan McLean and Emily Tarte McLean. She grew up in N. C. and S. C. and graduated from Winyah High School...
William Henry Schoff, Iii
Jun 2, 2012
Pawleys Island: William Henry Schroff, III, 70, died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Schroff was born in Chicago, Ill. on May 23, 1942, a son of the late William Henry Schroff, II and Elizabeth Pauline Conkey Schroff. He was a U. S. Air Force Reserve veteran and a member of the American Legion, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Moose...
Pamela Beal Winter
Jun 2, 2012
Georgetown: Pamela Beal Winter, 68, died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Winter was born November 15, 1943, in Dallas Tex., the daughter of the late Harold Francis Beal, Jr. and Doris Nebel Beal. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and attended Barry University. Mrs. Winter retired after 23 years from The Department of Social Services...
Wesley Sandel Ragin
Jun 1, 2012
Georgetown: W. S. "Sandy" Ragin died June 1, 2012, at his home. Mr. Ragin was born in Rock Hill on December 8, 1941, a son of the late John James and Naomi Sandel Ragin. He was predeceased in death by his sister, Louisa Ragin Craig Dills. Mr. Ragin was a member of Georgetown Presbyterian Church. After graduating from Rock Hill...
Mary Cordes Lucas Easley
May 31, 2012
Pawleys Island: Mary Cordes Lucas Easley died on May 31, 2012 at The Lakes at Litchfield. Mrs. Easley was born in Georgetown on November 24, 1930, the daughter of Thomas Cordes Lucas and Alice Vaughan Lucas of Georgetown and widow of Joseph Hyde Easley, Jr. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and Winthrop College and a communicant of...
Violet Regan Farrell
May 31, 2012
Georgetown: Violet Regan Farrell, 84, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Farrell was born in Roxboro, N.C. on October 2, 1928, the daughter of the late Isaac Verne Regan and Pallie Dunn Regan, and widow of Charles Roy Farrell, Jr. She and Charles were married on March 23, 1950. Mrs. Farrell was a loving wife, mother,...
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