Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Margaret Nickles Bell

Margaret Nickles Bell

Feb 21, 2010

Margaret Nickles Bell, 97, of Donalds, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Joe Wilhite Smith and Pauline Austin Smith. Mrs. Bell was a graduate of Due West High School and was a retired receptionist from Erskine College. She was a life long member of...

Kathy Pruitt Wilson

Kathy Pruitt Wilson

Feb 17, 2010

Kathy P. Wilson, 59, of 2550 Hwy 284 Abbeville, wife of Walter W. Wilson, Jr., died Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Self Regional HealthCare in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville County to Betty Bradberry Pruitt and the late Harold A. Pruitt. She was self-employed with Wilson Bait Distributor. Kathy is survived by her husband of 39 years of the...

Jimmy Lee Mcconnell

Jimmy Lee Mcconnell

Feb 16, 2010

Jimmy Lee McConnell, 61, of Abbeville, husband of Heidi McConnell, died suddenly Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late John W. & Ruby Minor Sutherland. Jimmy was of the Presbyterian faith and will be remembered as a loving husband, dad, brother and a wonderful "PaPaw". He was a Mason with membership at Parksville...

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown

Feb 15, 2010

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown, 95, formerly of, 705 Grace Street, Greenwood, SC, widow of Millis Monroe Brown, Jr., passed away Monday, February 15, 2010, at Carlisle Nursing Center, Covenant Way, Due West, SC. Born in Monroe, NC, September 8, 1914, she was a daughter of Benjamin Franklin & Annie Jane Monroe Sanford. She was a descendant of early families from...

Nathan J. Wagler

Nathan J. Wagler

Feb 12, 2010

Nathan J. Wagler, 44, of Cross Hill, SC, husband of Connie Schrock Wagler, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. He was born in Washington, Indiana to Joel E. and Mary Catherine Graber Wagler. Mr. Wagler was a member of Cross Hill Mennonite Church and a Poultry Farmer. He was preceded in death by...

John C. Kay

John C. Kay

Feb 12, 2010

Capt. John C. Kay, RET., U.S. Army, 87, of Abbeville, husband of the late Dorothy Hall Kay, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Abbeville to the late Frank and Ollie Sharpe Kay. Mr. Kay was a life-long member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and a member of the Long...

Billie Roberta Smith

Billie Roberta Smith

Feb 11, 2010

Billie Roberta Smith, 85, resident of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, died at Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood, South Carolina on Thursday, February 11, 2010. She was born in Chappells, South Carolina on May 19, 1924, the third daughter of the late William Robert and Nell Williams Smith. In addition to her parents, two sisters preceded her in death,...

Sam A Ferguson

Sam A Ferguson

Feb 10, 2010

Sam A. Ferguson, 87, of Abbeville, husband of Elizabeth Crawford Ferguson, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at Willow Creek Living Center in Iva, SC. He was born in Abbeville County to the late John P. and Maggie Adela Nance Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a lifelong member of Bells United Methodist Church where he was former Chairman of the...

Ella Grace Powell Mobley

Ella Grace Powell Mobley

Feb 6, 2010

Ella Grace Powell Mobley, 75, of Abbeville, widow of the late Sam Mobley, died Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. She was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late John M. & Lou Ella Evans Powell. Mrs. Mobley retired from the textile industry and was a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to...

Claire Brooks Kirk

Claire Brooks Kirk

Feb 5, 2010

Claire B. Kirk, 89, of Abbeville, widow of L. T. Kirk, went to be with her Lord on Friday, February 5, 2010 at her home. Born in Rockmart, Ga., she was the daughter of the late John P. and Alice Brown Brooks. Mrs. Kirk was a devoted member of the Congregational Holiness Church in Abbeville where she was a Youth...

Harry Nance

Harry Nance

Feb 4, 2010

Harry Nance, 92, of Abbeville, husband of Bessie Lee Fleming Nance, died Thursday, February 4, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late John A. & Legal McElroy Nance. Mr. Nance attended the First Baptist Church of Abbeville. He retired, after many dedicated years of service, as an accountant with the Shell Oil Company in Abbeville....

Margaret Christine Finley Minor

Margaret Christine Finley Minor

Feb 3, 2010

Margaret Christine Finley Minor, 82, of Abbeville, wife of the late Riley E. Minor, died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late Tom & Margaret Cox Finley. Mrs. Minor was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Greenwood, SC and a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend. She is...

Terry L Bannister Dr.

Terry L Bannister Dr.

Feb 3, 2010

Dr. Terry L. Bannister, 55, of Stone Mountain, GA, husband of Dr. Carolyn Fleming Bannister, died suddenly on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. He was born in Abbeville to Murrell Prince Bannister and the late Fred T. Bannister. Terry was a graduate of Dixie High School and the University of South Carolina. He was a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church in...

Doris Simpson Giles

Doris Simpson Giles

Jan 28, 2010

Doris Simpson Giles, 90, from the Nation Community of Abbeville County, died Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Anderson County to the late Thomas D. & Mamie Simpson. Mrs. Giles was married to the late Robert Giles, Sr. She was a faithful member of Bells United Methodist Church and a beloved wife,...

Jane Maroney Whitworth

Jane Maroney Whitworth

Jan 19, 2010

Jane Maroney Whitworth, 59, of Abbeville, wife of Barrie K. Whitworth, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Batesburg, SC to the late James W. & Saluda Whittle Maroney. Mrs. Whitworth was a member of Light House Baptist Church in Abbeville. Surviving Mrs. Whitworth is her husband of 36 years of the home;...

Jane Ferguson Lawton

Jane Ferguson Lawton

Jan 14, 2010

Jane F. Lawton, 58, wife of Rocky Lawton, died suddenly Thursday, January 14, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville County to the late John Wallace & Dorothy Young Ferguson. Mrs. Lawton was presently employed at Dr. John T. Hicks office in Greenwood. She was a graduate of Abbeville High School and a member of Bells United Methodist...

Pat Adams

Pat Adams

Jan 13, 2010

Pat Sutherland Adams, 72, wife of James Buddy Adams, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the Savannah Heights Living Center in McCormick. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Russell and Ethel Campbell Sutherland. Mrs. Adams was a former member of Friendship Baptist Church and former co-owner and operator of Cherokee Trail Convenience Store. She is...

Edward Ralph Watson

Edward Ralph Watson

Jan 9, 2010

All services were held in Weber City, VA

Helen E Darby

Helen E Darby

Jan 9, 2010

Helen F. Norris Darby, 82, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Frank Darby, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the Elbert Memorial Hospital. She was born in Calhoun Falls to the late Frank & Olivia Hagood Fain. Mrs. Darby was a member of the Fairfield Street Church of God in Calhoun Falls. In addition to her husband and...

Betty Jane Miller

Betty Jane Miller

Jan 5, 2010

Betty Jane Miller, 69, of Abbeville, SC, formally of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in Abbeville. She was born in Virginia Beach, VA to the late Jonas & Kate Petersheim Miller. She lived most of her life in Virginia Beach and was employed by Yoder Dairies for 35 years. Ms. Miller was a member...