Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Dorothy Lucille "Herring" Best
Aug 9, 2017
Dorothy Lucille Herring Best, 95, wife of the late Fred Garrison Best, died Wednesday, August 09, 2017, at The Renaissance Assisted Living Facility in Due West, SC. Dorothy, better known to her friends in McClellanville as Miss Dot, was born September 14, 1921 in Meridian, Mississippi. She was the daughter of the late William Perry Herring and Ruby Yarbrough Herring....
Betty Gregory Slater Ware
Aug 5, 2017
Betty Louise Gregory Ware, 97, of Due West, SC died Saturday, August 05, 2017 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. She was born August 10, 1919 in Doraville, GA to the late Willis Russell Gregory and Susan Chesnut Gregory. Mrs. Ware was twice married first to the late, William Leonard Slater and then to the late, Thomas Curtis Ware....
Paul Mitchell Porretto
Aug 4, 2017
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James David "Jim" Rich
Aug 4, 2017
James D. ‘Jim’ Rich, 75, of Due West, husband of Rebecca ‘Becky’ Burton Rich, died Friday, August 04, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Cripple Creek, VA to the late Rev. Fred Rich and Aline Ceary Rich. He served in United States Army during Vietnam and retired as a Sgt. Major of the South Carolina Army National Guard....
William Kenneth "Kenny" Richey Jr.
Jul 26, 2017
William Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Richey, Jr., 71, of Abbeville, SC died Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late William Kenneth Richey, Sr. and Doris Newell Richey. Kenny was a 1964 Graduate of Abbeville High School. He was employed in manufacturing for a number of years and was a member of Upper Long...
Marvin Ansley Crouch
Jul 25, 2017
Marvin Ansley Crouch, 79, of the Renaissance Retirement Community in Due West, died peacefully Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his daughter’s residence in Abbeville. He was born to the late Marvin Traywick Crouch, Jr. and Jennie Harby Crouch. Born and raised in Columbia, SC, Ansley graduated from Dreher High School in 1956 and in 1960 graduated from Clemson University with...
Andrew Huyler Ramsey
Jul 25, 2017
Andrew Huyler Ramsey, age 22, of Weston, MA, died July 25, 2017, in Dublin, Ireland. Born March 12, 1995 in Boston, MA, Andrew was the son of Peter R. Ramsey and Isabel B. Phillips, residents of Weston. He had just completed an exhilarating summer program abroad at the Gaiety School of Acting-National Theater School of Ireland, where he studied "Acting...
Thomas Edward Ledwith Sr.
Jul 25, 2017
Thomas Edward Ledwith, Sr., 74, of Abbeville, husband of Elsa Parisi Ledwith, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Queens, NY to the late Harry V. Ledwith and Mildred Chalmers Ledwith. Mr. Ledwith retired from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, TN. He was a member of the Greenwood Lutheran Church and...
Robert "Bobby" Wallace Young, Jr
Jul 24, 2017
Robert "Bobby" Wallace Young, Jr., 72, resident of 308 Old Douglas Mill Rd. husband of Frances Major Young passed away Monday July 24, 2017 at Abbeville Area Medical Center.Born Aug. 21, 1944, Bobby was a son of the late Robert Wallace Young, Sr. and Fannie Lou Wells Young.Bobby was a United States Army veteran. He was a former textile employee...
William Franklin "Teto" Nickles Iii
Jul 24, 2017
William Franklin ‘TeTo’ Nickles, III, 78, of Abbeville, died peacefully Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late William Franklin Nickles, Jr. and Nell Flynn Nickles. Mr. Nickles was a 1956 graduate of Abbeville High School and a 1963 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BS degree...
Dorothy Young Greene
Jul 23, 2017
Dorothy Young Greene, 90, resident of 303 Hwy. 71 widow of Charles William "Bill" Greene passed away July 23, 2017 at her home.Born in Abbeville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Charles Issac Young and Fannie Edmunds Young Johnson.Dorothy was a graduate of Anderson Nursing Hospital College. She worked as a registered nurse for Dr. Rosenberg and was...
Sarah Fleming Underwood
Jul 23, 2017
Sarah Fleming Underwood, 88, resident of 277 Galilee Rd. widow of William Eugene Underwood passed away Sunday July 23, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Middleton, Georgia she was a daughter of the late Neuffer Fleming, Sr. and Ludie Mae Fleming.Sarah was a 1945 graduate of Antreville High School and The College of Commerce. She was...
Ted "Teddy" Montgomery Allen
Jul 19, 2017
Ted Montgomery Allen, son of Mary Lee Allen and the late Sgt. Frank Edward Allen, went to be with his Lord on July 19th, 2017.Born March 22, 1957, Ted was raised in Abbeville, where he graduated from Abbeville High School in 1975. To follow his lifelong passion for air travel, Ted enlisted in the Army to receive training in air...
Betty Jean Martin Turner
Jul 12, 2017
Betty Martin Turner, 82, resident of 103 Turner Lane widow of William F. "Bill" Turner passed away peacefully Wednesday morning July 12, 2017 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC with her loving family by her side.Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late Frank LeFoy Martin and Myrtle Rebecca Edwards Martin.Betty was a retired homemaker and...
T. Vann Waters
Jul 7, 2017
T. Vann Waters, 70, of Abbeville County, husband of Janice Peace Waters, died Friday, July 7, 2017 at AnMed Medical Center in Anderson. He was born in Ayden, NC to the late Dewitt Waters, Jr and Mavis Williams Waters. Mr. Waters, a 1964 graduate of Abbeville High School, honorably served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He...
Mildred Harper Mundy
Jul 6, 2017
Mildred Harper Mundy, 96, of 104 Middle Brook Road, Greer, South Carolina died July 6, 2017 at her daughter's house in Palm Bay, Florida. A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles Lincoln and Lillie Bracknell Harper. She was the widow of W. Thomas Mundy, Jr. and was predeceased by a brother, Charles Edward...
Theresa Ann Tessener Ethridge
Jul 6, 2017
Theresa Ann Tessener Ethridge, 64, a longtime resident of the Abbeville area, was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven on July 6th 2017 in Abbeville, SC.Theresa was born in Shelby, NC to the late Charlie Tessener and Ginnie Pollard Cain on October 24th, 1952. She went to high school at Greenwood High and graduated in 1971. She worked at Park...
Claude T. Hughes
Jul 3, 2017
Claude T. Hughes, Brigadier General, SC Army National Guard, Retired, 79, of Greenwood, died Monday, July 3, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Liberty, SC to the late JT and Inez Burgess Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a former member of Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Abbeville where he served as deacon and treasurer. He retired from Milliken &...
Cecil "Pete" Ware
Jul 1, 2017
Cecil ‘Pete’ Ware, 87, of Abbeville County, husband of Jeanette Burton Ware, died peacefully on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Iva, SC to the late Clyde Davis Ware and Carrie Blanchett Ware. Mr. Ware served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He retired...
Johnnie Pearl "Tripp" Harris
Jun 30, 2017
Johnnie Pearl Tripp Harris was born in Crawford County, GA to the late John Wesley Tripp and Curlie Mae Gadson Tripp. She was preceded in death by a son, Marcus James Harris; three brothers, Howard (Maxine), Jesse (Lizzie), and John West Tripp, Jr. (Susanne); and two sisters, Reatha White and Bertha Millard (Jimmy). Johnnie fell asleep in death at the...
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