OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
William Thomas Billy Gamble
Nov 16, 2009
Andrews: William Thomas "Billy" Gamble, 69, died Monday, November 16, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Gamble was born in Georgetown on February 8, 1940, a son of the late William Arthur Gamble and Pearl Thomas Gamble. He grew up in Andrews and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mr. Gamble retired after thirty-eight years employment with M &...
Brenda Belk Brewer
Nov 4, 2009
Pawleys Island: Brenda Belk Brewer, 67, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Brewer was born in Charlotte, N. C. on October 12, 1942, the daughter of the late William Harold Belk and Iva Faye Kennedy Belk. She grew up in Charlotte, was a graduate of Central High School, and attended Central Piedmont Community College. Mrs. Brewer moved...
John Harold Roberts, Sr.
Nov 3, 2009
Georgetown: John Harold Roberts, Sr., 73, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Roberts was born in Georgetown on October 19, 1936, a son of the late LeRoy William Roberts, Sr. and Ida Belle Richardson Roberts. He served in the U. S. Air Force and the S. C. Air National Guard. Mr. Roberts was a retired employee...
Mary Lenora Harper
Oct 27, 2009
Andrews: Mary L. Harper of Andrews died at her residence on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Miss Harper was born on February 25, 1922, a daughter of Samuel Paul Harper and Clara Montgomery Harper. She was an Episcopalian. Her work included a number of years in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and in the public schools of Georgetown and Williamsburg...
Virgil Holmes Mixon
Oct 26, 2009
Andrews: Virgil Holmes Mixon, 71, died Monday, October 26, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Mixon was born on December 7, 1937 in Andrews, a son of the late Ansel Lee Mixon and Rebecca Ard Mixon. He grew up in Andrews and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mr. Mixon served in the U. S. Navy from 1957 to...
Bernard Mellville Meany
Oct 26, 2009
Georgetown: Bernard Mellville Meany, 90, died on October 26, 2009 at Prince George Health Care Center. Mr. Meany was born in Ottumwa, Iowa on May 2, 1919, the son of Bernard A. Meany and Clara Mitchell Meany. He married Lucille Meagher on September 13, 1941 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Mr. Meany enlisted in the U. S. Navy in December 1941. He...
William Ira Murphy Flowers
Oct 22, 2009
Andrews: William Ira "Murphy" Flowers, 73, died Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Mt. Pleasant Manor in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Flowers was born on September 4, 1936 in Williamsburg County, a son of the late Robert Murphy Flowers and Lottie Belle Newton Flowers. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps and was the owner of Murphy's Home Service. Mr. Flowers...
Ruby Seigler Mcclellan
Oct 19, 2009
McClellanville: Ruby Seigler McClellan, 92, died at home on October 19, 2009. She was born April 3, 1917 in Round O, a twin daughter of John Irvin and Viola Beach Seigler. She was the widow of the late Rev. J. O. McClellan, Jr., with whom she shared her life for 70 years. God blessed their home with five children: James...
Albert Otis Tompkins
Oct 14, 2009
Georgetown: Otis Tompkins, 64, died Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Tompkins was born in Georgetown Co. on August 15, 1945, a son of the late Sam Albert Tompkins and Lila Goude Tompkins West. He grew up in Georgetown and served with the U.S. Army in Germany. Mr. Tompkins was a commercial fisherman and shrimper for...
Stuart Gordon Gilmer, Jr.
Oct 12, 2009
Pawleys Island: Stuart Gordon Gilmer, Jr., 44, died Monday, October 12, 2009, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Gilmer was born in Stephenville, Tex. on April 26, 1965, a son of Stuart Gordon Gilmer and Anne Grant Gilmer. He was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and the College of Charleston. Mr. Gilmer lived in Birmingham, Ala. prior...
Emily Walshock Bunch Sweatman
Oct 10, 2009
Georgetown: Emily Walshock Bunch Sweatman, 82, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Sweatman was born in Sheppton, Pa. on October 11, 1926, a daughter of the late Stephan Andrew Walshock and Susan Potts Walshock. She was a graduate of Liberty High School and attended Bethlehem School of Business. Mrs. Sweatman moved to Charleston in 1944...
Margie Johnson Watts
Oct 1, 2009
Georgetown: Margie Johnson Watts, 78, widow of The Rev. Jack Daniel Watts, Sr., died Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Prince George Healthcare Center. Mrs. Watts was born in Loris, a daughter of the late Ivey and Eunice Johnson on October 20, 1930. Surviving are: a son, Jack D. Watts, Jr. of Gray Court; two daughters, Joyce W. Brown of Mullins...
John Henning Pitts
Sep 28, 2009
Andrews: John Henning Pitts, 73, died Monday, September 28, 2009, in the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Pitts was born in Andrews on September 24, 1936, a son of the late Randolph Rivals Pitts and Amelia Higbe Pitts. He grew up in Andrews and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mr. Pitts served in the...
Eunice Emma Wiley Fraser
Sep 18, 2009
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Eunice Wiley Fraser, 94, , widow of Samuel Sydney Fraser, Jr. and former resident of Georgetown, died Friday, September 18, 2009, at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla. Mrs. Fraser was born in Thornwood, W. Va. on December 16, 1914, a daughter of the late James Howard Wiley and Effie Emma Elbon Wiley. While living...
Martha Jane Short Simpson
Sep 15, 2009
Pawleys Island: Martha Jane Short Simpson, 40, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009, in Whiteville, N. C. Mrs. Simpson was born December 4, 1968 in Norfolk, Va. a daughter of Carl W. Short and Alice Letherman Short. She grew up in Pawleys Island and was a graduate of Georgetown High School. Mrs. Simpson earned a business degree from the College of...
Ralph Norton Cliff
Sep 14, 2009
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Elizabeth Bulger Dawson
Sep 9, 2009
McClellanville: Mary Elizabeth Bulger Dawson, wife of Ted Dawson, died September 9, 2009 in an automobile accident. Elizabeth was born in Connecticut on November 12, 1940. She was a graduate of Southern Illinois University and was a high school English teacher and guidance councilor at Archibald Rutledge Academy for many years. In later years, she worked part time at the...
Carnell Bass Chinlund
Sep 7, 2009
Mrs. Carnell Bass Chinlund of Pawleys Island, South Carolina entered into eternal rest on September 7, 2009 at the age of 96. Mrs. Chinlund was born in Lake Charles, LA but spent most of her life in Baltimore, Maryland where she graduated from The Bryn Mawr School in 1933, raised her family, and was a member of the Baltimore County...
Theresa Gaechter Deacon
Aug 31, 2009
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Wilbur Roslyn Chandler
Aug 29, 2009
Georgetown Wilbur Roslyn "Rossie" Chandler died peacefully at Tidelands Hospice Saturday, August 29, 2009 after a long and well-lived life. Mr. Chandler was born on December 19, 1916 in Swainsboro, GA., a son of the late William Roslyn and Mary Harriett Small Chandler. He was reared and educated in Williamsburg County and spent all of his adult life in Georgetown....
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