OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
Kenneth Merldon Matthews, Jr.
Oct 1, 2008
Pawleys Island: Kenneth Merldon "Banjo" Matthews, Jr., 51, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston. Mr. Matthews was born in Hemingway on December 17, 1956, a son of Kenith Merldon Matthews and Joyce Ard Matthews. He grew up in Georgetown and was a graduate of Howard High School in 1974 and attended...
Bobby Rhem Cumbie
Sep 29, 2008
Andrews: Bobby Rhem Cumbie, 73, died Monday, September 29, 2008, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. Mr. Cumbie was born in Williamsburg Co. on November 13, 1934, a son of the late George H. Cumbie, Sr. and Bernice Inez Poston Cumbie. He lived all his life in the Warsaw community of Georgetown Co. Mr. Cumbie was a retired employee...
Riva Lynn Jordan Waldron
Sep 24, 2008
Georgetown: Riva Lynn Jordan Waldron, 57, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at the home of her mother. Riva was born on August 20, 1951 in Morganfield, Ky., a daughter of Geneva McCracken Jordan Baumeister and the late William Hubbard Jordan. She was a graduate of Lower Richland High School in Hopkins and Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Riva was an employee of...
Josephine Braciszewski Kane
Sep 20, 2008
Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440
Rutledge Baker Leland, Jr.
Sep 19, 2008
McClellanville: Rutledge Baker Leland, Jr., "Wewa", 92, died Friday, September 19, 2008, at Hospice of Charleston Hospice Center in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Leland was born in McClellanville on February 11, 1916, a son of the late Rutledge Baker Leland and Claudia Lucille Morrison Leland. He was a lifelong resident of his beloved McClellanville. Mr. Leland attended Clemson University and served...
Nellie Joseph Dorion
Sep 14, 2008
Beaufort: Nellie Joseph Dorion, 91, former resident of Georgetown and widow of Lawrence Cecil Dorion, died Sunday, September 14, 2008, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dorion was born in Richmond, Va. on June 8, 1917, a daughter of John Joseph and Selma Azouri Joseph. She was a retired in 1980 from International Paper Co. Mrs. Dorion was a member of...
Mabel Mercer Hamilton
Sep 7, 2008
Georgetown: Mabel Mercer Hamilton, 96, died Sunday, September 7, 2008, at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Georgetown on January 6, 1912, a daughter of the late Samuel Edward Mercer ad Mable Leffingwell Mercer. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and Winthrop College, Class of 1933. Mrs. Hamilton taught in...
Chad Nicholas Ward
Sep 6, 2008
Andrews: Chad Nicholas Ward, 20, died Saturday, September 6, 2008, in a vehicle accident near Andrews. Mr. Ward was born in Georgetown on October 8, 1987, a son of Bruce Anthony Ward and Sharon Ray Ward. He lived all his life in the Andrews area and was a graduate of Andrews High School. Mr. Ward was an employee of Pierce...
Helen Goodwin Manning
Aug 27, 2008
Georgetown: Helen Goodwin Manning, 81, died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Manning was born in Rye, N. Y. on July 15, 1927, a daughter of the late Walter Brown and Mary Law Goodwin Brown. She grew up in Bronxville, N. Y. and graduated from high school there. Mrs. Manning worked for a time as a...
Max Thomas Lamar Glazier
Aug 23, 2008
Pawleys Island: Max Thomas Lamar Glazier, 17, died Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Max was born in Roanoke, Va. on April 28, 1991, a son of Michael Glazier and Laura Jean Mills Glazier. He was a senior at Waccamaw High School and attended his junior year at the S. C. Governor's School for Arts and Humanities in...
Michael Ulman
Aug 22, 2008
Reading, Pa.: Michael Ulman, 63, died Friday, August 22, 2008, in Reading. Mr. Ulman was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. on December 5, 1944, a son of the late William Ulman and Lillian Zasloff Ulman. He lived in Reading since 1986, where he was owner and operator of Deck The Wall framing shop. Surviving are: a son, Michael W. Ulman...
Shirley Channel Walters
Aug 22, 2008
Andrews: Shirley Channel Walters was born November 28, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado to John H. And Bessie A. (Calkins) Channel. She grew up in Greeley and graduated from Greeley Central High School in 1957. She briefly attended Colorado State College, now known as University of Northern Colorado. In 1958, Shirley married Edgar Walters II and moved to Charleston, South Carolina....
Joanna Smith Kann
Aug 20, 2008
Georgetown: Joanna Smith Kann, 73, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Kann was born in Marion on May 16, 1935, a daughter of the late Clarence Smith and Daisy Collins Smith. She grew up in Socastee and lived on Johns Island prior to moving to the North Santee Community of Georgetown County. Mrs. Kann was predeceased by:...
Walter Jay Brown
Aug 17, 2008
Georgetown: Walter Jay Brown, 88, died Sunday, August 17, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Brown was born in Rochester, Ind. on August 4, 1920, a son of the late Selden J. Brown and Grace Ella Middleton Brown. He graduated from Purdue University in 1943 with a degree in Forestry. Mr. Brown retired from the Woodlands Division of the...
Lama Mcdaniel Hamer
Aug 13, 2008
Georgetown: Lama McDaniel Hamer, 91, died Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hamer was born in Nichols on November 23, 1916, a daughter of the late Murray McDaniel and Narcie Stroud McDaniel. She grew up in Horry County and was a graduate of Floyd's High School and Limestone College. Mrs. Hamer taught Home Economics in the schools...
William Ancel Hamer, Jr.
Aug 12, 2008
Georgetown: William "Wila" Ancel Hamer, Jr., 58, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hamer was born in Marion on October 19, 1949, a son of Lama McDaniel Hamer and the late William Ancel Hamer. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and received a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree from the University of South...
Charles Harold Shoemaker
Aug 3, 2008
Georgetown: Charles "Chuck" Harold Shoemaker, 80, died Sunday, August 03, 2008, at the Medical University Hospital of S. C. Mr. Shoemaker was born in Rivesville, W. Va. on August 14, 1927, a son of the late Harold Claude Shoemaker and Agnes Willa Smith. He was formerly a service and branch manager for Ryder Truck Rental. Mr. Shoemaker was a Veteran...
Milba Pelt Altman
Aug 2, 2008
Andrews: Milba Pelt Altman, 88, died Saturday, August 2, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Altman was born March 18, 1920 in Trio, a daughter of the late Garson E. Pelt and Lottie Belle Morris Pelt. She attended the Williamsburg Co. School. Mrs. Altman retired from Tupperware in Hemingway and once was the owner-operator of Carolina Drive-In...
Paul E. Ethridge
Jul 28, 2008
Andrews: Paul E. Ethridge, 86, died Monday, July 28, 2008, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ethridge was born in Williamsburg Co. near Andrews on May 26, 1922, a son of the late Lizzie Corrine Ethridge. He served in the Navy during WWII and retired after 41 years with International Paper Company. After retirement, Mr. Ethridge worked with S.C. Wildlife and...
Norman H. Parsons
Jul 24, 2008
Largo, Fla.: Norman Harvey Parsons, 79, died July 24, 2008 at home. Mr. Parsons was born in Georgetown and moved to Largo in 1960 from Aiken. He was a veteran of the Army, having served during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Parsons was a manager at General Electric for 35 years. Survivors include: his wife of 30 years, Linda Dawson Parsons;...
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