OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Georgetown, Andrews, and the Surrounding Areas

James Madison Cooper

James Madison Cooper

Nov 6, 2007

Georgetown: James Madison "Walter" Cooper, 95, husband of the late Mary High Cooper, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at his home. Mr. Cooper was born in Georgetown on October 25, 1912, the son of the late Nelson and Charlotte Cooper. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he held a record of over fifty years of perfect attendance....

Shirley Powell Connelly

Shirley Powell Connelly

Nov 4, 2007

Andrews: Shirley Powell Connelly, 71, died Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Connelly was born in Andrews on January 12, 1936, a daughter of the late Dallas Powell and Flossie Ethridge Powell. She was a member of Holy Trinity Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Connelly was the widow of Julius James Connelly. Surviving are: two sons, Phillip Connelly...

Sarah Edna Thomas Sawyer

Sarah Edna Thomas Sawyer

Nov 1, 2007

Georgetown: Sarah Edna Thomas Sawyer, 89, widow of Tom McCutcheon Sawyer, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mrs. Sawyer was born in the Sampit Community of Georgetown Co. on June 11, 1918, a daughter of the late Samuel Sidney Thomas and Sallie Gertrude Budd Thomas. She grew up in Georgetown Co. and was a graduate of...

Frederick Donald Vine

Frederick Donald Vine

Oct 21, 2007

Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440

Wayne Larry Creel

Wayne Larry Creel

Oct 15, 2007

Andrews: Wayne Larry Creel, 49, died Monday, October 15, 2007, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Creel was born in Georgetown on April 1, 1958, a son of Sam W. Creel and the late M. Margaret Moon Creel. He lived all of his life in the Earle Community of Williamsburg Co. and was a former co-owner and operator of the Seaboard...

Ernest Victor Fox

Ernest Victor Fox

Oct 12, 2007

Georgetown: Ernest Victor Fox, 57, died Friday, October 12, 2007, at Georgetown Healthcare & Rehab. 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

Billy Daniel Bratcher

Billy Daniel Bratcher

Oct 11, 2007

Andrews: Billy Daniel Bratcher, 61, died Thursday, October 11, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Bratcher was born in Hemingway on May 3, 1946, a son of Daniel Alexander Bratcher and the late Ruby Mae Ward Bratcher. He was a graduate of Andrews High School, where he loved playing football. Mr. Bratcher worked for Georgetown Textile Manufacturing Co. for a time...

Thomas A. Allen, Jr.

Thomas A. Allen, Jr.

Oct 4, 2007

Pawley's Island: Thomas "Tonnie" A. Allen, Jr., 47, died Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Tidelands Community Hospice House. Mr. Allen was born in Charlotte, N. C. on January 31, 1960, a son of Thomas Art Allen, Sr. and Brenda B. Brewer. He was raised and attended school in Charlotte. Mr. Allen spent most of his life in Charlotte and moved...

Rachel Martin Lambert

Rachel Martin Lambert

Oct 2, 2007

Andrews: Rachel Martin Lambert, 56, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at the Medical University of S.C. Hospital in Charleston. Mrs. Lambert was born in Andrews on September 6, 1951, a daughter of the late George Army Martin and Mary Linda Thomas Martin. She grew up in Andrews and attended school there. Mrs. Lambert was an employee of the Piggly Wiggly...

Albert Melton Tilton

Albert Melton Tilton

Oct 2, 2007

Andrews: Albert Melton Tilton, 79, of Andrews, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at MUSC Hospital in Charleston. Funeral services will be held at three o'clock Thursday afternoon, October 4, 2007, at Happy Home Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. Thad Jacobs and the Rev. Ronald Deas officiating. Burial will follow in Piney Forest Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Morgan Leanne Ward

Morgan Leanne Ward

Sep 30, 2007

Andrews: Morgan Leanne Ward, 4, died Sunday September 30, 2007, at the Medical University of S.C. Children's Hospital. Morgan was born in Florence on February 20, 2003, a daughter of Brian Scott Ward and Krista Wilson Ward. She was predeceased by: paternal grandfather, Leo Thomas Ward. Surviving in addition to her parents of Andrews are: a sister, Whitney Ward of...

Doris Lawrimore Kowalke

Doris Lawrimore Kowalke

Sep 28, 2007

Georgetown: Doris Louise Lawrimore Kowalke, 71, died Friday, September 28, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Kowalke was born in Georgetown on October 11, 1935, a daughter of the late D. Lester Lowrimore and Bessie Moore Lowrimore Rogers. She lived most of her life in central Florida and returned to live in Georgetown in 2006. Surviving are: three daughters, Ruth (Gene)...

Doris Mcalister Lee

Doris Mcalister Lee

Sep 27, 2007

Georgetown: Doris McAlister Lee, 80, died Thursday, September 27, 2007, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Mrs. Lee was born in Lake City on August 24, 1927, a daughter of the late Thomas Baker McAlister and Velma Ward McAlister. She lived the majority of her life in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School. Mrs. Lee was a member of First...

Julianne Blakeley

Julianne Blakeley

Sep 26, 2007

Pawleys Island: Julianne Blakeley, 63, died Wednesday, September 26 2007, at her residence. Ms. Blakeley was born in Panama City, Fla. on February 19, 1944, a daughter of the late John Muldrew Blakeley and Kate Nelson Blakeley. She grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Ms. Blakeley graduated from Columbia College and received her Masters from Converse...

Otto Eugene Nesbitt, Sr.

Otto Eugene Nesbitt, Sr.

Sep 26, 2007

Andrews: Otto Eugene Nesbitt, Sr., 84, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Nesbitt was born in Cheraw on June 28, 1923, a son of the late Major Braxton Nesbitt and Minnie Lee Casselman Nesbitt. He served in the U. S. Army during W. W. II. Mr. Nesbitt retired from the Container Division of International Paper Company...

Vera Mcdaniel Wrobel

Vera Mcdaniel Wrobel

Sep 26, 2007

Pawleys Island: Vera McDaniel Wrobel, 91, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Regency Hospital of Florence. Mrs. Wrobel was born in the Indiantown community of Williamsburg Co. on February 4, 1916, a daughter of the late Perry Durant McDaniel and Annie Rogers McDaniel. She grew up in the Prospect community of Florence Co. and attended the schools there. Mrs. Wrobel...

Jonathan Mcclellan Parker

Jonathan Mcclellan Parker

Sep 25, 2007

Georgetown: Jonathan McClellan Parker, 47, died Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Parker was born in Georgetown on June 25, 1960, a son of Priscilla McClellan Parker and Cecil Ulice Parker. He grew up in McClellanville and attended the McClellanville Schools and the Merchant Marine school in Piney Point, Md. Mr. Parker served in the Merchant Marine for...

Jackson David Young, Jr.

Jackson David Young, Jr.

Sep 24, 2007

Pawleys Island: Jackson David Young, Jr., 47, died Monday, September 24, 2007, at the Medical University of S. C. Hospital in Charleston from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Mr. Young was born in born in Georgetown on March 27, 1960, a son of Joanne Port Young and the late Jackson David Young. He grew up in Buffalo, Tex and...

Thelma Altman Ward

Thelma Altman Ward

Sep 18, 2007

Andrews: Thelma Altman Ward, 79, died Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ward was born in the Sutton community of Williamsburg Co. on January 4, 1928, a daughter of the late William Bryant Altman and Middie Louise Moore Altman. She was reared by her father and step-mother, Milba Pelt Altman, and was a graduate of Andrews High...

Usher Thomasson Winslett, Jr.

Usher Thomasson Winslett, Jr.

Sep 18, 2007

Georgetown: Usher Thomasson Winslett, Jr., of Georgetown, South Carolina, died Tuesday, September 18, in Georgetown Memorial Hospital at age 75. Mr. Winslett was born July 16, 1932 in Macon, Georgia. He received his degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 1955, and went to work in cement and construction materials business. He spent the last eight years of his...

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