OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Brooke O'Brion Hawkins
Jan 27, 2009
Murrells Inlet: Brooke O'Brion Hawkins age 39 of Murrells Inlet died January 27, 2009. She is survived by: her father, John Clifton Hawkins and his wife Elizabeth Gattshall Hawkins of Pawleys Island; her mother, Suzanne Cecile Baldwin of Charleston; her brother, John Clifton Hawkins II and his wife Masumi of Brookland, N. Y.; her aunt, Anne Hawkins Taber of Charlotte,...
Bobby Joe Morris
Jan 27, 2009
Andrews: Bobby Joe Morris, 69, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at his residence. Mr. Morris was born in Williamsburg Co. on December 7, 1939, a son of the late John Marion Morris and Elizabeth Sports Morris. He was a retired employee of Coastal Wire Co. and the former co-owner of Morris Grocery Store. He was a member of Gourdine's Chapel....
John Wood Bateman
Jan 19, 2009
Georgetown: John Wood Bateman, 66, died Monday, January 19, 2009, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Bateman was born in Springhill, La. on September 11, 1942, a son of the late James William Bateman, Jr. and Percy Suttle Bateman. He was a graduate of Louisiana Tech, The Citadel, and the University of South Carolina and earned Master's Degrees in Clinical...
Martha Gaynell Vernon Simmons
Jan 10, 2009
Myrtle Beach: Martha Gaynell Simmons, 67, died January 10, 2009 at her residence after a brief illness. Mrs. Simmons was born in Luxora, Arkansas on March 19, 1941, daughter of the late Ernest Vernon and Martha Williams Vernon White. She was a graduate of Luxora High School. She was retired from the Myrtle Beach Moose Lodge #1959. She moved to...
Margaret Blakeley Cox
Jan 8, 2009
Andrews: Margaret Blakeley Cox, 82, died Thursday, January 8, 2009, at Prince George Healthcare Center in Georgetown. Mrs. Cox was born near Andrews on March 19, 1926, a daughter of the late James Purvis Blakeley and Minnie Moree Blakeley. She grew up in the Andrews area and was a former employee of Oneita Knitting Mills, B. C. Moore & Son...
George Douglas Funderburk
Dec 29, 2008
Andrews: George D. Funderburk, 62, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Funderburk was born in Monroe, N.C. on November 14, 1946, a son of Billie Hicks Funderburk and the late George F. Funderburk. After graduating from Pageland High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served as crew chief of a helicopter squad...
Arthur Manning Flowers, Jr.
Dec 29, 2008
Andrews: Arthur Manning Flowers, Jr., died Monday, December 29, 2008 at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in West Columbia. Mr. Flowers was born on June 26, 1930 in Andrews, son of the late Arthur Manning Flowers and Mattie Lee Long Flowers. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1951 and served in the United States Air Force during...
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