OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

Chad Nicholas Ward

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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;...

Hazel Mercer Bryson

Hazel Mercer Bryson

Jul 24, 2008

Georgetown: Hazel Mercer Bryson, 88, died Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Bryson was born in Andrews on February 16, 1920, a daughter of the late William Danie Mercer and Ida Virginia Munn Mercer.  She grew up in Andrews, graduated from Andrews High School, and attended business school in Florence.  Mrs. Bryson worked at the Charleston Navy...

Janie M. Morris

Janie M. Morris

Jul 23, 2008

Funeral Home: Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 409 S. Morgan Avenue Andrews, SC US 29510

William Andrew Drew Lofton

William Andrew Drew Lofton

Jul 21, 2008

Myrtle Beach: William Andrew "Drew" Lofton, 54, died Monday, July 21, 2008. Mr. Lofton was born in McClellanville on February 12, 1954, a son of the late Henry Michael Lofton and Pearl Golden Lofton. He was a graduate of Winyah Academy and attended the College of Charleston. Mr. Lofton worked for Andrews Bank and Trust Co., R.M. Moore Co., and...

Harry Edward Woodbury, Sr.

Harry Edward Woodbury, Sr.

Jul 20, 2008

Georgetown: Harry Edward Woodbury, Sr., 91, died Sunday, July 20, 2008, at Prince George Healthcare. Mr. Woodbury was born in Marion Co. on February 26, 1917, a son of the late William J. Woodbury and Etta Hucks Woodbury. He served as Chief Petty Officer in the Navy during WWII and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Mr. Woodbury retired from the...

Lois Hanna Fletcher

Lois Hanna Fletcher

Jul 19, 2008

Pawleys Island: Lois Hanna Fletcher, 79, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Fletcher was born near Andrews in the Big Dam community of Georgetown Co., a daughter of the late Edward Hanna and Emma Ethridge Hanna Powell. She was reared by her mother and late step-father, Gilpen B. Powell. Mrs. Fletcher worked at Georgetown Dress Co....

William Gordon Welch

William Gordon Welch

Jul 17, 2008

Georgetown: William Gordon Welch, 82, of Atlanta, Ga., died Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Georgetown of complications from pneumonia. Mr. Welch was born on November 10, 1925 in Riverside, Ill. He graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kingsport, N.Y. and the University of Illinois in 1950, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Mr. Welch founded...

Geraldine Grainger Barnhill

Geraldine Grainger Barnhill

Jul 16, 2008

Georgetown: Geraldine Grainger Barnhill, 73, died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown. Mrs. Barnhill was born in Conway on July 9, 1935, a daughter of the late Harvey Pink Grainger and Marian Cadie Graham Grainger. She was formerly of Columbia, where she was a member of Alpine Baptist Church. Mrs. Barnhill retired from Wal-Mart in...

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