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....
Gerald Leon Benton
Aug 28, 2009
Georgetown: Gerald Leon Benton, 55, died Friday, August 28, 2009. Mr. Benton was born in Conway on September 25, 1953, a son of the late George Leon Benton and Lucille Nance Benton Tamplet. He was reared in Murrells Inlet by his Mother and step-father, the late George LaBruce Tamplet. He attended Winyah High School and received an associate degree from...
Donna Kay Freeman Thompson
Aug 26, 2009
Georgetown: Donna Freeman Thompson, 53, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Thompson was born in Georgetown on April 18, 1956, a daughter of the late Robert Freeman, Jr. and Juanita Alford Freeman. She lived most of her life in Georgetown and attended First Baptist Church. Mrs. Freeman was a former office manager at Plantation Shutter Company. Mrs....
Frances Jean Lusk Mercer
Aug 23, 2009
Georgetown: Frances Jean Lusk Mercer, 79, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Mercer was born in Easley in Pickens Co. on September 18, 1929, a daughter of the late Samuel Hampton Lusk and Thelma Ione Lark Lusk. She was a graduate of Lander College. Mrs. Mercer was a retired Elementary School...
Ernest Leroy Lambert, Sr.
Aug 20, 2009
Georgetown: Ernest Leroy Lambert, Sr., 63, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Lambert was born in Georgetown on February 14, 1946, a son of the late Sammie Lambert and Neola Hayes Lambert. He was a retired inspector with Georgetown County Environmental Services. Mr. Lambert was predeceased by: a brother, Louis Legare Lambert and a grandson,...
David Emerson Turner
Aug 12, 2009
Pawleys Island: David Emerson Turner, 91, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Turner was born at Centenary in Marion Co., a son of the late William Monroe Turner and Annie Eliza Lambert Turner. He grew up in Marion Co. and began his career with International Paper Co. in 1937 in Georgetown. Mr. Turner...
John C. Snyder
Aug 11, 2009
Georgetown: John C Snyder, Jr. died Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Born September 14, 1932, he was the son of the late John C. and Bessie King Snyder. Mr. Snyder was a 1954 graduate of Wofford College. He also attended Emory University in Atlanta Ga. and received a Masters in Theology from Vanderbilt University...
Jessie Edward Smith
Aug 9, 2009
Plantersville: Jessie Edward Smith, 44, died Sunday, August 09, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Smith was born in Georgetown on December 26, 1964, a son of Bobbie Jean Harrelson Smith and the late Everette McCloud Smith. He grew up in the Plantersville Community and graduated from Pleasant Hill High School. Mr. Smith was the former owner and operator of...
Frank Willliam Matthews
Aug 9, 2009
Georgetown: Frank William Matthews, 64, died Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Matthews was born in Hemingway on March 22, 1945, a son of the late William A. Matthews and Emmie McDonald Matthews. He was raised by Kenneth and Joyce Matthews of Georgetown. Mr. Matthews grew up in Hemingway and lived most of his life in Georgetown....
