OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Anthony  James Shortino

Anthony James Shortino

Mar 23, 2009

Pawleys Island: Anthony "Tony" James Shortino, 66, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Shortino was born in Lancaster, Pa. on February 12, 1943, a son of Frank Anthony Shortino and the late Margaret Maloney Shortino. He moved to Pawleys Island in 1985 from Florence. Mr. Shortino was a member of Precious Blood of Christ Catholic Church....

Jeanie Wilson Parsons

Jeanie Wilson Parsons

Mar 16, 2009

Andrews: Jeanie Wilson Parsons, 54, died Monday, March 16, 2009, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. Mrs. Parsons was born in Georgetown on September 11, 1954, a daughter of the late Frank Lee Wilson and Lucile Blakely Wilson. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mrs. Parsons was an employee of ArcelorMittal Steel Mill in Georgetown...

John Cecil Blakely

John Cecil Blakely

Mar 16, 2009

Andrews: John Cecil Blakely, 68, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence. Mr. Blakely was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on February 15, 1941, a son of the late John Henry Blakely and Nealy Mae Wiggins Blakely. He lived all of his life in the Suttons Community of Williamsburg Co. and served in the Army...

Robert L. Billy Owens, Jr.

Robert L. Billy Owens, Jr.

Mar 8, 2009

Georgetown: Robert L. "Billy" Owens, Jr., 78, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Owens was born in Georgetown on May 18, 1930, son of the late Robert Lee Owens and Ila Mae Harrelson Owens. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Owens worked for...

Denise A. Barrineau Wheeler

Denise A. Barrineau Wheeler

Mar 6, 2009

Andrews: Denise A. Barrineau Wheeler, 52, died Friday, March 6, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Georgetown on December 17, 1956, a daughter of the late Benjamin "Bozie" Barrineau and Margaret Ann Owens Barrineau. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews Academy. Mrs. Wheeler was a former receptionist at Joseph & Joseph dental office...

Marjorie Taylor Sneath

Marjorie Taylor Sneath

Mar 5, 2009

Georgetown: Marjorie Taylor Sneath, 78, died March 5, 2009, at National Healthcare of Garden City. Mrs. Sneath was born October 9, 1930 in Audenshaw, Lancashire, England, a daughter of the late George Taylor and Leticia E. Ward Taylor. She grew up in England and lived in Canada and Ohio. Mrs. Sneath later moved to McClellanville and then to Georgetown in...

Hammond Jackson Gunnell, Jr.

Hammond Jackson Gunnell, Jr.

Mar 5, 2009

Pawleys Island: Hammond Jackson Gunnell, Jr, of Pawleys Island, 78, died Thursday, the 5th of March 2009, at the Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet Mr. Gunnell was born in Vienna, VA, attended Fairfax High School and the Abbott School of Art in Washington, DC. He worked several years for the Army Map Service and twenty years for the Central...

Elsie Taylor Cumbie

Elsie Taylor Cumbie

Mar 1, 2009

Andrews: Elsie Taylor Cumbie, 70, died Sunday, March 1, 2009, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cumbie was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on October 22, 1938, a daughter for the late Daniel Wesley Taylor and Melva Hanna Taylor. She lived all of her life in the Warsaw-Piney Forest communities of Williamsburg Co. Mrs. Cumbie was a former employee of...

Kenneth Avis

Kenneth Avis

Feb 27, 2009

Georgetown: Kenneth Avis, 63, died Friday, February 27, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Avis was born in Cleveland, Oh. on June 23, 1945, the son of the late Earl Avis and Margaret Wellman Avis. He grew up in North Royalton, Oh. and served in the Air Force. Mr. Avis moved to Andrews in 1988 from Middlefield, Oh. He retired from...

Frances Ellen Anderson Palisi

Frances Ellen Anderson Palisi

Feb 23, 2009

Georgetown: Frances Ellen Anderson Palisi, 89, died Monday, February 23, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Palisi was born in Georgetown on July 7, 1919, a daughter of the late John Walter Anderson and Maude Roberts Anderson. She grew up in Georgetown and attended Winyah High School. Mrs. Anderson lived in Long Island, N. Y and Milledgeville, Ga. prior...

John Edward Brooks

John Edward Brooks

Feb 15, 2009

Murrells Inlet: John "Jack" E. Brooks, 90, of Wachesaw Plantation, died February 15th, 2009 at Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet. Mr. Brooks was born September 4th, 1918 at Mt. Kisco, NY, the eldest son of seven sons of Alicia Mary O'Brien and John E. Brooks. His grandparents were Bridget Elizabeth O'Connor and John E. Brooks of Brewster, NY and Susan...

Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters

Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters

Feb 5, 2009

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...

Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters

Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters

Feb 5, 2009

Georgetown: Ruth Elizabeth Wilkins Walters, 93, died Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Servicew will be held at a later date. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the famiy. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Deborah  Blake Pierce

Deborah Blake Pierce

Feb 4, 2009

Georgetown: Deborah Blake Pierce, 56, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Pierce was born in Georgetown on July 24, 1952, a daughter of the late James Lester Blake and Myrtle Thomas Blake. She grew up in the Sampit community of Georgetown Co. and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mrs. Pierce worked with the Georgetown...

Cleo Oliver Eaddy

Cleo Oliver Eaddy

Feb 3, 2009

Georgetown: Cleo Oliver Eaddy, 82, died Tuesday, February 03, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice. Arrangements will be announced by the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Dr. Peter Anthony Tucci

Dr. Peter Anthony Tucci

Feb 2, 2009

Conway: Peter Anthony Tucci, MD, 87, of Conway died at NHC on Feb 2, 2009. He was born in Montclair, NJ, the son of Michael and Antionette Tucci. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 yrs., Ann McGoldrick Tucci. Dr. Tucci graduated from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ with honors in 1943 and Marquette University School of Medicine,...

Edwin Lavalle Rogerson

Edwin Lavalle Rogerson

Feb 2, 2009

Georgetown: Edwin Lavalle Rogerson, Sr., 98, husband of Adell Cooper Rogerson departed this life Monday, February 2, 2009 at Tidelands Community Hospice House. The son of William Humphrey and Margaret Rhodes Rogerson, he was born in Georgetown and resided here his entire life. Lavalle was a member of the U. S. Naval Reserves and the U. S. Coast Guard and...

Alma Elder Maddox

Alma Elder Maddox

Jan 30, 2009

Georgetown: Alma Elder Maddox, 86, died Friday, January 30, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Maddox was born in Bel Alton, Md. on July 13, 1922, a daughter of the late Albert Leo Elder and Agnes Genevieve Hayden Elder. She grew up in Bel Alton and graduated from nurse's school at Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D. C....

Betty Claire Ozburn

Betty Claire Ozburn

Jan 29, 2009

Andrews: Betty Claire Ozburn, 80, died Thursday, January 29, 2009, at her residence. Miss Ozburn was born in Macon, Ga. on January 25, 1929, a daughter of the late Joseph Lee Ozburn and Jewell Ammons Ozburn. She moved to Andrews in 1939 as a young girl and graduated from Andrews High School. Miss Ozburn served in the U. S. Air...

Eleanor Jane Mckinley O'Rourke

Eleanor Jane Mckinley O'Rourke

Jan 28, 2009

Pawley's Island: Eleanor J. O'Rourke, 73, widow of the late Franklyn S. O'Rourke, MD of Georgetown, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 following a brief illness. Mrs. O'Rourke was born April 25, 1935 in Brooklyn, N. Y., a daughter of the late John McKinley and Jean McAlpine McKinley. She was a retired Registered nurse and homemaker. Mrs. O'Rourke was a graduate...

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