OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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