OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Carlisle O'Quinn Cox

Carlisle O'Quinn Cox

Sep 23, 2010

Andrews: Carlisle O'Quinn Cox, 74, died Thursday, September 23, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Cox was born in Andrews on December 7, 1935, a son of the late Thomas Alton Cox and Mary Effie Wheeler Cox. He was a man of few words who loved the Lord and loved attending church services. Mr. Cox also loved the beauty of the...

Esther Smith Avant

Esther Smith Avant

Sep 22, 2010

Georgetown: Esther Smith Avant, 101, widow of Lennie Dargan Avant, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010. She was born July 11, 1909 in Andrews, the daughter of Rev. James Luther and Minnie Barwick Smith. She graduated from Andrews High School and Greenwood Business School. Esther retired from International Paper Co., Woodlands Accounting. She then served as a volunteer at Georgetown Memorial...

Doris Mixson Hodge

Doris Mixson Hodge

Sep 16, 2010

Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Luther  Herman Dorn

Luther Herman Dorn

Sep 15, 2010

Pawleys Island: Luther Herman "Red" Dorn, 86, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Dorn was born in Crookston, Neb. on February 8, 1924, a son of the late Rev. Paul John Martin Dorn and Regina Florentina Aichele Dorn. He grew up in Nebraska and later moved south with his parents, who were ministers. Mr. Dorn served in...

Dorothy A. Wilkins

Dorothy A. Wilkins

Sep 14, 2010

Georgetown: Memorial services will be held for sisters Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters, 93, and Dorothy A. Wilkins, 92, on Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home at eleven o'clock. Ruth Walters died Thursday, February 5, 2009 and Dorothy Wilkins died Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer...

Charlie Harry Bodiford

Charlie Harry Bodiford

Sep 13, 2010

Andrews: Charlie "Harry" Bodiford, 89, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at Waccamaw Community Hospital. Mr. Bodiford was born in Williamsburg Co. on December 15, 1920, a son of the late James Robert Bodiford and Lillie Belle Jernigan Bodiford. He grew up in Williamsburg Co. and later joined the Merchant Marines. Mr. Bodiford was a member of Pine Crest Baptist Church,...

Elizabeth Thompson Hall

Elizabeth Thompson Hall

Sep 11, 2010

Pawleys Island: Elizabeth Thompson Hall, 87, of Pawleys Island, SC, passed from this life from natural causes on 9/11/2010, twelve weeks after the death of her beloved husband, Jim. Betty Lou was also preceded in death by her son, James E. Hall, Jr. She is survived by Lucile Hall Cater-Hazelip and Ken Hazelip of Cave Creek, AZ and Elizabeth Hall...

Shane Austin Calhoun

Shane Austin Calhoun

Sep 4, 2010

Pawleys Island: Shane "Austin" Calhoun, 29, went to be with our Lord, Saturday, September 4, 2010 at his home. Austin was born in Greenville, SC on March 19, 1981, son of John Caldwell Calhoun II, "Smokey" and Victoria Simpson. He grew up in Pawleys and was a graduate of Waccamaw High School, where he was loved and treasured by many...

Emma Joanne Howard Blackwell

Emma Joanne Howard Blackwell

Sep 4, 2010

Seneca: Emma Joanne Howard Blackwell, 66, died Saturday, September 4, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Blackwell was born in Andrews on October 4, 1943, a daughter of the late Pratt John Howard and Getty H. Howard. She grew up in Andrews and attended Andrews High School. Mrs. Blackwell lived in Greenville for a number of years before moving to Seneca...

Charles Wilson Stockly

Charles Wilson Stockly

Sep 1, 2010

Georgetown: Charles Wilson Stockly, 86, died Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Stockly was born in Wilmington, Del. on April 19, 1924, a son of the late Ayres Jacques Stockly and Esther Rachel Wilson Stockly. He served in the Navy during World War II and was the former Financial Controller for Continental Can Co. Mr. Stockly served...

Martin Wesley Meredith

Martin Wesley Meredith

Aug 30, 2010

Greenville: Martin Wesley Meredith, 74, died Monday, August 30, 2010 at Brighton Gardens of Greenville. Mr. Meredith was born in East Orange, N. J. on December 14, 1935, a son of the late Everett Wesley Meredith and Margaret Elizabeth Jones Meredith. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and retired with the rank of Major in...

Margaret Martin Forbes Grant

Margaret Martin Forbes Grant

Aug 29, 2010

Pawleys Island: Margaret Martin Forbes Grant, 95, died in her home on August 29, 2010. Born in Norfolk, Va. on November 25, 1914, she was the daughter of James Green Martin and Henrietta Niemeyer Martin. She was graduated from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va. in 1937 and married Dr. Henry Louis Forbes of Columbia S.C. that same year....

Joseph Bivens Groverman

Joseph Bivens Groverman

Aug 28, 2010

Georgetown: Joseph Bivens Groverman, 85, died Saturday, August 28, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Groverman was born in Georgetown on November 25, 1924, a son of the late Henry John Groverman and Mary Catherine Bivens Groverman. He served in the Army during World War II and was a business man and farmer. Mr. Groverman was a member of First Baptist...

Richard Harvey Gross, Ii

Richard Harvey Gross, Ii

Aug 25, 2010

McClellanville: Richard Harvey Gross, II, 66, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Mr. Gross was born in Baltimore, Md. on April 23, 1944, a son of the late John Richard Gross and Mollie Jeanette Cypull Gross. He grew up in Jarrettsville, Md. and moved to McClellanville in 1988. Mr. Gross was President of Precision Fabrication and Restoration in McClellanville. He was...

Doris Nebel Beal

Doris Nebel Beal

Aug 24, 2010

Pawleys Island: Doris Nebel Beal, 88, died August 24, 2010, at her residence in Litchfield Plantation. Mrs. Beal was born on January 24, 1922 in Apex, N.C., a daughter of the late William Nebel and Marion Phillips Nebel. She attended Salem College and was a lifetime summer resident of Blowing Rock, N.C. She was predeceased by her husband of 56...

Mary Louise Collins Doyle

Mary Louise Collins Doyle

Aug 16, 2010

Georgetown: Mary Louise Collins Doyle, 87 of Georgetown, SC, peacefully passed away on August 16, 2010. She was born August 30, 1922 in Wheeling, WV, the daughter of the late Dr. Okey Maxwell Staats and Josephine Fast Staats. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1944. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Stokes Collins, Jr. of...

Charles Philip Meador

Charles Philip Meador

Aug 13, 2010

Georgetown: Charles Philip Meador, 22, of Georgetown, unexpectedly passed into the presence of the Lord, on August 13, 2010. He was born on January 2, 1988, in Columbia, SC, to Philip Glenn and Leesa Peters Meador. Charlie was a 2006 graduate of Waccamaw High School, attended Coastal Carolina University, and was currently a student at the University of South Carolina...

Jennie Maude Nexsen Reed

Jennie Maude Nexsen Reed

Aug 10, 2010

Andrews: Jennie �Nuggie� Nexsen Reed, 84, entered into eternal rest August 10, 2010 at Prince George HealthCare in Georgetown. Mrs. Reed was born in Andrews on April 22, 1926, a daughter of the late Ralph D. Nexsen and Lurline K. Nexsen. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School in 1944. Mrs. Reed worked in the dry...

Frank William Musselman

Frank William Musselman

Aug 9, 2010

Pawleys Island: Frank W. Musselman, 90, passed away Monday, August 9, 2010, in the comfort of his home. A brief memorial service will take place at the South End of Pawleys Island on Friday, August 13, 2010 at seven-thirty o'clock. Sign a guest book at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to: Regency Hospice, 11943 Grandhaven Dr.,...

James Stuart Chandler, Jr.

James Stuart Chandler, Jr.

Aug 7, 2010

Pawleys Island: James Stuart Chandler, Jr., 60, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Mr. Chandler was born in Conway on December 4, 1949, a son of the late James Stuart Chandler and Sara May McKinney Chandler. He attended Georgetown County schools and graduated from Winyah High School in 1968. Mr. Chandler graduated...

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