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....
Charles Kenneth Cheezem
Aug 7, 2009
Weston, Fla.: Charles K. Cheezem, 87, died Friday, August 7, 2009, in Weston, Fla. Mr. Cheezem was born at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma on October 25, 1921, a son of the late William Leroy Cheezem and Eva Moss Cheezem. He grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School, Class of 1939. While in High School he won the S....
Thomas Leech Brown
Aug 4, 2009
Charlotte, N. C.: Thomas Leech Brown entered into eternal rest on August 4, 2009 at his home in Charlotte, N. C. He was born in Hickory Grove, S. C. on April 12, 1924, the son of Lucile Leech and Thomas Palmer Brown. Mr. Brown graduated from Charleston High School and entered the Navy in 1942. He served in the Mediterranean...
Sarah Elizabeth Ogrosky Stellings
Jul 29, 2009
Pawleys Island: Sarah Elizabeth Ogrosky Stellings, 31, died Thursday, July 29, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Miss Stellings was born in Atlanta, Ga. on August 25, 1977, a daughter Dr. Deborah Eversole Stellings and Ernest George Stellings, Jr. She grew up in Rock Hill and attended South Georgia College of Nursing and Clayton...
John Benjamin Cooper
Jul 28, 2009
Andrews: John Benjamin Cooper "Johnny", 64, of Andrews, husband of the late Mary Catherine Gamble Cooper, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cooper was born January 9, 1945 in Kingstree, a son of the late Samuel L. Cooper and Ruby C. Cooper. He grew up in Trio and graduated from Williamsburg High School. After completion of...
Billy Ray Michau
Jul 23, 2009
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Nicholas Stephen Medved
Jul 23, 2009
Murrells Inlet: Nicholas Stephen Medved, 67, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at Waccamaw Community Hospital. Mr. Medved was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. on October 6, 1941, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Medved. He grew up in Wilmerding, Pa. and graduated from Wilmerding High School. Mr. Medved served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and...
George Wilbur Harrelson
Jul 21, 2009
Andrews: George Wilbur Harrelson, 72, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence. Mr. Harrelson was born in Georgetown County on October 24, 1936, a son of the late W. Ed. Harrelson and Lottie Pope Harrelson. He was the former owner and operator of T & L Tire Service in Andrews and retired from Morgan Corp. as...
Ruffin Smilth
Jul 7, 2009
Georgetown: Dr. Ruffin Smith, 80, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Dr. Smith was born in Durham, N. C. on December 21, 1928, a son of the late William Ruffin Smith and Nancy Hart Smith. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and earned a Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina. Dr....
Jack A. Butts, Jr.
Jul 6, 2009
Hanover, Va.: Jack A. Butts, Jr., 61 gained Independence on Saturday, July 4, 2009. Jack served proudly in the U. S. Marine Corps during Vietnam, where he received the Purple Heart. He was a Past Master of Ashland, Va. Masonic Lodge #168 A.F. &A.M., and a member of the Scottish Rite, Shrines, and Royal Arch. He is survived by his...
Frank Anthony Shortino
Jul 5, 2009
Pawleys Island: Frank Anthony Shortino, 88, died Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mr. Shortino was born in York, Pa. on July 28, 1920, a son of the late Anthony Shortino and Angela Curti Shortino. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Mr. Shortino moved to Pawleys Island in 1985 from...
Paula Marie Pollock
Jul 5, 2009
Hemingway: Paula Marie Pollock, 32, died Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Miss Pollock was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 12, 1976, a daughter of Kathleen Olli and the late Francis Carl Beinlich. She grew up in Philadelphia, graduated from Wellsboro High School in Wellsboro Pa., and attended Ashford University of Clinton, Iowa. She was a devout...
James Eugene Hall, Jr.
Jul 1, 2009
Pawleys Island: James Eugene Hall, Jr., 56, died in Glynn Co., Ga. Mr. Hall was born in Wake Co., N. C., a son of James Eugene Hall, Sr. and Betty Lou Thompson Hall. He was the owner of Pawley Island Heating and Cooling. Surviving in addition to his parents of Pawleys Island are: two daughters, Emily Hall and Elizabeth Hall,...
