OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Ernestine Mercer Wyndham

Ernestine Mercer Wyndham

Nov 3, 2008

Pawleys Island: Ernestine Mercer Wyndham, 88, died Monday, November 3, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Wyndham was born in Georgetown on August 10, 1920, a daughter of the late Richard Orland Mercer and Leah Eaddy Mercer. She was a graduate of Memminger High School and Columbia College. Mrs. Wyndham taught school at Andrews High School, Winyah High School, Kensington Elementary...

Faye Poole Lambert

Faye Poole Lambert

Nov 2, 2008

Georgetown: Faye Poole Lambert, 75, died Sunday, November 2, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lambert was born in Georgetown on July 1, 1933, a daughter of the late John Carey Poole and Fannie Mobley Poole. She was a graduate of Winyah High School and lived all of her life in Georgetown. Mrs. Lambert was a member of Duncan Memorial...

Peggy Perry Seabolt

Peggy Perry Seabolt

Oct 26, 2008

Georgetown: Peggy Perry Seabolt, 71, of Georgetown died October 25, 2008 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Seabolt was born September 28, 1937 in Hemingway, South Carolina and spent the majority of her life in Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet and Charleston. She was the widow of Horace Seabolt, who passed away in 2003. Mrs. Seabolt was preceded in death by a...

Fred C. Gragg

Fred C. Gragg

Oct 24, 2008

Mobile, Ala. Fred C. Gragg, a native of Georgia and a longtime resident of Mobile, AL, died Friday, October 24 after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by Louise Burson Gragg and his daughter, Beverly Louise Gragg. He is survived by his wife, Anne Hammons Gragg, and his daughter, Patricia, of Mobile, AL. He is also survived by...

Anne Ruth Marsh Williams

Anne Ruth Marsh Williams

Oct 21, 2008

Georgetown: Anne Ruth Marsh Williams, 89, devoted wife and loving mother, died Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Williams was born in Johnsonville on May 4, 1919, the daughter of the late Wade Hampton Marsh and Annie Martha Eaddy Marsh. She was a graduate of Johnsonville High School. Mrs. Williams was a very active member...

Joseph Hyde Easley, Jr.

Joseph Hyde Easley, Jr.

Oct 19, 2008

Georgetown: Joseph H. Easley, Jr., 76, died Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Easley was born in Rock Hill on August 13, 1932, the son of the late Joseph H. and Harriet P. Easley. He was a 1954 graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Mr. Easley was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant...

Mary Barbara J. Rouquie

Mary Barbara J. Rouquie

Oct 19, 2008

Georgetown: Mary Barbara Ohlsen J. Rouquie , formerly of Columbia died Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Ms. Rouquie was born in Wilmington, N. C., a daughter of the late Jack Knute Ohlsen and Mary Lucas Davis Ohlsen Jones.  As the owner and director of Rocky/ The Barbara Rouquie Shop, a successful and exclusive ready-to-wear shop located...

William Hollis  Gaultney

William Hollis Gaultney

Oct 15, 2008

Georgetown: William H. Gaultney, 61, died at his residence of natural causes on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at Mayer Funeral Home, 222 St. James Street in Georgetown on Sunday, October 19 at three o'clock. Friends may visit with the family between two and three o'clock. Mr. Gaultney was born...

Evan Ernest Smith

Evan Ernest Smith

Oct 15, 2008

Myrtle Beach: Evan Ernest Smith, 55, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mr. Smith was born in Lynn, Mass. on March 7, 1953, a son of Claire Rheaume McLaughlin and the late William Joseph Smith. He grew up in Massachusetts and Georgetown and attended the Georgetown County Schools. Mr. Smith was a former employee...

Rodney Preston Brantley

Rodney Preston Brantley

Oct 8, 2008

Andrews: Rodney Preston Brantley, 41, passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Brantley was born January 9, 1967 in Charleston, a beloved son of Robert Preston Brantley and the late Gladys Parrott Brantley. He was a member of Trio United Methodist Church, where he helped to raise funds for the building of the fellowship hall. Rodney...

Clara Durant Moore

Clara Durant Moore

Oct 7, 2008

Georgetown: Clara Douglass DuRant Moore, 91, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Moore was born November 3, 1916 in Clarendon Co. on November 3, 1916, a daughter of the late John and Melle Durant. She was a graduate of Manning High School and the University of S. C. with a Masters in Education. She taught in...

Marjorie Ambrose  Holliday

Marjorie Ambrose Holliday

Oct 3, 2008

Georgetown: Marjorie Ambrose Holliday, 87, died Friday, October 3, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Holliday was born in Georgetown March 24, 1921, a daughter of the late Luther Rutherford Ambrose and Minnie Plexico Ambrose. She graduated as Valedictorian from Winyah High School and also was a graduate of Winthrop College. Mrs. Holliday was a former Postmaster of Plantersville...

Lucille Lachicotte Spearman

Lucille Lachicotte Spearman

Oct 3, 2008

Lucille Lachicotte Spearman "Mom Lucille" Mrs. Spearman, 82, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC surrounded by family after having a stroke. She was born May 14, 1926 to the late Albert Springs Lachicotte, Sr. and Lucille Pitt Lachicotte of Pawleys Island, SC. Lucille graduated from Winyah High School and Winthrop College. On December 11, 1948...

Kenneth Merldon Matthews, Jr.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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