OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Johnnie Bell Johnson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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