OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Lois Jones Kanehl

Lois Jones Kanehl

Dec 15, 2009

Georgetown: Lois Jones Kanehl, 99, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Kanehl was born in Bastrop, La. on January 11, 1910, a daughter of the late James Jones and Fannie Middlebrooks Jones. She lived in Georgetown for many years and was a retired employee of Holliday Oil Co. Mrs. Kanehl was a member of the Church...

Jimy Alexis Cipriano-Hernandez

Jimy Alexis Cipriano-Hernandez

Dec 11, 2009

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

Donald Beverly Armstrong, Jr.

Donald Beverly Armstrong, Jr.

Nov 26, 2009

Mason, Ohio: Donald Beverly Armstrong, Jr. passed away suddenly Thursday, November 26, 2009. He was preceded in death by: his parents, Donald B. and Lucille Armstrong; Mr. Armstrong was a devoted husband of Karen Pryor Armstrong; cherished father of Russell Moore Armstrong and Donald Reid Armstrong; and loving brother of Karin (Sambo) Harper and Sheila (Jimmy) Hutto; doting uncle of...

Aletta Lietz Mishoe

Aletta Lietz Mishoe

Nov 18, 2009

Georgetown: Aletta Lietz Mishoe, 88, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Agap� Senior Conway. Mrs. Mishoe was born in Elkton, Mo. on December 28, 1920, a daughter of the late Amos Benjamin Charles Lietz and Nora Eskew Lietz. She attended Springfield College in Springfield, Mo. During World War II, she worked in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. as a secretarial...

William Thomas Billy Gamble

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ralph Norton Cliff

Sep 14, 2009

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

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