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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

David George "Tojo" Forrester

David George "Tojo" Forrester

Dec 2, 2005

David (Tojo) Forrester, 71, of 1679 Bell Road Antreville, husband of Nancy W. Forrester, died Friday, December 02, 2005 at the Hospice House of the Upstate. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Henry M. and Mary Eliza Suttles Forrester. Mr. Forrester was a retired Pipe Fitter and was presently in his sixteenth year as an Abbeville County...

John Darragh Hannah

John Darragh Hannah

Dec 1, 2005

John Darragh Hannah, 83, husband of the late Maggie Ellis Hannah, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 at the Magnolia Manor in Greenwood. He was born September 10, 1922 to the late Thomas Nickles and Jane Ellen (Ellie) McIlwain Hannah. Mr. Hannah was a member of the Hodges Presbyterian Church where he served as a Deacon and Elder. He served in...

Dorothy C. Murdoch

Dorothy C. Murdoch

Nov 27, 2005

Dorothy Cochran Murdoch, 97, of Abbeville died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at the Ellenburg Nursing Home in Anderson. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Lawrence Earl and Annie Cochran Murdoch. Ms. Murdoch was a retired nurse and a member of the First Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Guy Murdoch, Maxie Murdoch,...

Jesse L. Reese

Jesse L. Reese

Nov 20, 2005

Jesse L. Reese, 83, of 503 Calhoun St. McCormick, husband of Martha "Polly" Reese, died Sunday, November 21, 2005 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. He was born in McCormick to the late James Morgan and Rosalind Cartledge Reese. Mr. Reese was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and great a?" grandfather, and a hard worker; he retired from Cox Furniture...

Betty Mae Asper

Betty Mae Asper

Nov 19, 2005

Betty M. Asper, 78, of 91 Tall Tree Lane Abbeville, wife of Walter B. "Bud" Asper, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont. She was born in Waterville, PA to the late Elmer O. and Edith Brown Bonnell. Mrs. Asper was the co-owner of Tall Tree Products in Abbeville; she was a member of the...

Evelyn H. Bogart

Evelyn H. Bogart

Nov 18, 2005

Evelyn H. Bogart, 77, of 368 April Dr. Iva, wife of Norman P. Bogart, died at her residence on Friday, November 18, 2005. She was born in Jasper County S.C. to the late William E. and Lillian R. Tutten Haselden. Mrs. Bogart retired as a administrative assistant from Clark Schwebel Fiber Glass Company. Surviving Mrs. Bogart is her husband of...

Mary E. Phillips

Mary E. Phillips

Nov 11, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Phillips, 89, formally of 201 Pineview St. died Friday, November 11, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late James Pruitt Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was born in Lowndesville to the late Mason and Maude Parnell. She retired from the Abbeville Milliken Plant after many years and was a life long member of the Lowndesville...

Claude C. Kay Jr.

Claude C. Kay Jr.

Oct 29, 2005

Claude C. Kay, Jr., 87, formally of 425 Campfield Church Rd. died Saturday, October 29, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mr. Kay was born in Abbeville County to the late Claude C. and Mary Uldrick Kay, Sr. He was married to the late Jessie Hall Kay. Mr. Kay retired from the S.C. Highway Department after 40 years of service;...

Thrashley L. Bowie Sr.

Thrashley L. Bowie Sr.

Oct 28, 2005

Thrashley L. Bowie, Sr., 86, of 1000 N. Main St. Abbeville died Friday, October 28, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of Mary Norman Bowie and the late Helen Frances Bowie. Mr. Bowie was born in Abbeville County to the late Allen B. and Mamie Nabors Bowie. He was the owner and operator of Bowies Body...

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis

Oct 19, 2005

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis, 92, formally of the Cold Springs community in Abbeville, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. Mrs. Gaddis was married to the late Ervin Hunter Gaddis. She was born in Abbeville to the late Alfred and Leila Ellis Cochran. Mrs. Gaddis was retired from the Abbeville County Hospital where she was the...

George E. Arbour

George E. Arbour

Oct 8, 2005

George E. Arbour, 66, of 176 Durham Rd. Abbeville died Saturday, October 08, 2005 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Elkton, MD to the late Eugene and Dorothea Dutcher Arbour. Mr. Arbour was a retired operating engineer with an asphalt plant in Waterford Works, NJ. He is survived by his three sisters, Nona Iuliucci and her...

C. Jack Piotrowski Jr.

C. Jack Piotrowski Jr.

Oct 8, 2005

C. Jack Piotrowski, Jr., 47, of 85 Deer Run Abbeville, husband of Patricia P. Piotrowski died at his residence on Saturday, October 8, 2005. He was born in Rockfall, CT., to Genevieve Nowotynski Piotrowski and the late Clemens J. Piotrowski, Sr. Jack was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and worked for the United States Postal Service for...

James B. O'Neal

James B. O'Neal

Sep 15, 2005

James B. Oa?(TM)Neal, 69, of 714 E. Greenwood St. husband of Cary Leigh Harris Oa?(TM)Neal died Thursday, September 15, 2005 at Self Regional HealthCare. He was born in Killarney, West Virginia to the late Boyd M. and Rheda Dent Oa?(TM)Neal. He was a graduate of the University of Richmond where he played football. Mr. Oa?(TM)Neal served in the United States...

Alice Simpson Seawright

Alice Simpson Seawright

Sep 8, 2005

Alice Simpson Seawright, 78, of 4627 Highway 28 North died Thursday, September 8, 2005 at the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in McCormick County, she was the daughter of the late James Monroe and Anna Goff Simpson. She was a member of Little Mountain Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Seawright is the widow of the late Allen Power Seawright. She was a...

George Robert Gage

George Robert Gage

Aug 30, 2005

Age 73 of Middletown died Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in Charleston, SC. He was born March 30, 1932 in Butler, PA, the son of the late Gordon and Irma Smith Gage. He was a graduate of Exeter Academy, studied engineering at Yale University for three years, and graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. degree in economics in 1955....

Sadler Mcmullin "Mack" Beaty Jr.

Sadler Mcmullin "Mack" Beaty Jr.

Aug 28, 2005

Sadler McMullin (Mack) Beaty, Jr., 90, of 1156 Hwy 28 S. died Sunday, August 28, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mr. Beaty was born in Anderson County, he was the son of the late S.M. and Grace Young Beaty, Sr. He was a member and an Elder Emeritus of the Abbeville A.R.P. Church. Mr. Beaty was a veteran of...

Josephine Finley Evans

Josephine Finley Evans

Aug 25, 2005

Josephine Finley Evans, 86, of 618 Church St. Abbeville died Friday, August 26, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Abbeville to the late John and Belle Clark Finley. Mrs. Evans retired from Milliken Abbeville Plant. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Graveside services will be 4:00PM Saturday, August 27, 2005 in Melrose...

Sarah O. Milford

Sarah O. Milford

Aug 22, 2005

Sarah O. Milford, 88, of 708 Brook St. passed away on Monday, August 22, 2005 at the Hospice House of Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville to the late Edward W. and Ludie Sharpe Milford. After many years of service Ms. Milford retired from Abbeville Shirtmakers, and was a dedicated member of the Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded...

Andrea Raab

Andrea Raab

Aug 1, 2005

Andrea H. Raab, 60, of 48 Rocky Rd. Iva, died August 1, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Sellersville, PA to the late Abram and Marian Detweiler and Andrew and Henrietta Raab. Ms. Raab attended the Emmanuel Baptist Church. She retired after 43 years of service with the United States Department of Defense. Ms. Raab was a licensed...

Vivian Weathers Cooper

Vivian Weathers Cooper

Jul 27, 2005

Vivian Weathers Cooper, 82, formally of 105 McGowan Ave. and wife of the late B.J. Cooper, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at Abbeville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Greenville, SC to the late Claude C. and Tessie Kelley Wilkinson Weathers. Mrs. Cooper was retired as a Kindergarten Teacher after 20 years; she also was a former employee of Abbeville...

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