OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Elizabeth Bulger Dawson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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