Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris

Feb 21, 2015

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris, 49, received her eternal healing on Saturday, February 21, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. She was the daughter of Linda Evans Norris and the late Richard Norris. Ms. Norris worked for many years at the West Pointe Stevens Plant in Calhoun Falls. In addition to her father she...

Dealie Mae Dixon

Dealie Mae Dixon

Feb 19, 2015

Dealie Mae Dixon, 82, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Ernest Eugene Dixon, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Petra Health & Rehab in McCormick, SC. She was born in Pelzer, SC to the late David Alexander and Van Dora Crocker Gibson. Mrs. Dixon was a member of Northside Baptist Church, Calhoun Falls and attended Faith Harvest Fellowship,...

Edna Wilkerson Parks - May

Edna Wilkerson Parks - May

Feb 17, 2015

Edna Wilkerson Parks-May, 90, formerly of Greenwood, SC, wife of the late Rufus A. May, Sr., died February 17, 2015 at the Sunrise Senior Living Center in Cary, NC. She was the daughter of the late John Edgar and Pauline Norrell Wilkerson of Abbeville, SC. Mrs. Parks-May was a graduate of Abbeville High School and completed a training course in...

Coline Gunn Cain

Coline Gunn Cain

Feb 15, 2015

Coline Gunn Cain, 89, of Greenwood, South Carolina, wife of Rev. Dr. Benson Cain, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Hospice House of Greenwood. She was born in 1925 in Gainesville, FL to the late Colin Donald Gunn & Irene Randall Gunn. Mrs. Cain graduated from Florida State College for Women in 1947 with a degree in Home Economics....

Katherine Wing Bergeron

Katherine Wing Bergeron

Feb 15, 2015

Katherine Wing Bergeron, 86, of Donalds, SC, formally of Richford, VT, wife of the late Norbert Bergeron, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. She was born in Richford, VT to the late Harold G. and Juliette L. Smith Wing. Mrs. Bergeron and her husband were in the dairy and logging business for many years....

Shirley Bond Hazel Morse

Shirley Bond Hazel Morse

Feb 14, 2015

Shirley Bond Hazel Morse, 73, resident of Magnolia Manor, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Saturday February 14, 2015 at Magnolia Manor in Greenwood, SC.Born in Abbeville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Carl Bond and Pauline Erwin Bond.Shirley was a retired textile employee and a Patient Care Provider. She will be missed...

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop

Feb 14, 2015

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop, 92, wife of the late James 'J.B' Moss, Sr., of Calhoun Falls died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at NHC in Clinton. She was born in Fort Mill, SC to the late Olin N. and Ouida Carruth Kidd. Mrs. Bishop retired from Burlington Industries in Calhoun Falls after many years of dedicated service. After retirement, she spent...

Dale B Brown

Dale B Brown

Feb 6, 2015

Dale B. Brown, 75, of Iva, died Friday, February 06, 2015 at AnMed Health in Anderson. He was born in Iva to the late W. Earl and Edith Loftis Brown. Mr. Brown was self-employed and a member of Generostee ARP Church in Iva. He was a lover of animals and avid hunter and fisherman. In addition to his parents he...

Doris  Garrett Blakely

Doris Garrett Blakely

Feb 6, 2015

Doris Garrett Blakely, 82, resident of 117 Braircliff Ave., wife of William "Bill" Blakely, passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Greenville, SC, she was a daughter of the late William Haskell Garrett and Hazel Painter Garrett.Doris was retired from the Abbeville County School District office with over 20 years of service....

Kenneth  Shealy McCrary

Kenneth Shealy McCrary

Feb 1, 2015

Kenneth "Ken" Shealy McCrary, 79, resident of 306 Cedar St. passed away Sunday Feb. 1, 2015 at NHC in Clinton, SC.Born in Clinton, SC Aug. 1, 1935 he was a son of the late Clyde H. McCrary Sr. and Frances Mobley McCrary.Ken was a retired Assistant Vice President of Banking at M.S. Bailey & Son Bankers in Clinton, SC with...

Ray A. "Gus" Crawford Jr.

Ray A. "Gus" Crawford Jr.

Feb 1, 2015

Ray 'Gus' Augustus Crawford, Jr., 67, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Shirley C. Crawford, died February 1, 2015 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Ray Augustus, Sr. and Wilma Lucille Uldrick Crawford. Mr. Crawford was a graduate of Abbeville High School and attended Clemson University. He was honored to serve his country...

Claud W. Bond Iii

Claud W. Bond Iii

Feb 1, 2015

Claud W. Bond III, 67, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Robyn Garner Bond, died February 1, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late Claud, Jr and Rebecca Baughman Bond. Mr. Bond was a 1965 graduate of Abbeville High and a graduate of Anderson College. He was an Engineer with the CSX Railroad...

Steve O. Rauton

Steve O. Rauton

Jan 29, 2015

Steve O. Rauton, 53, of Iva, died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. He was born in Anderson, SC to the late Charlie O. and Mamie Evans Rauton. Steve enjoyed life, people, music and was a jack of all trades. His is survived by his daughter, Kana R. Keller and her husband Chris of Iva;...

James Baker Speer

James Baker Speer

Jan 28, 2015

James Baker Speer, 88, of Abbeville, husband of the late Mary Young Speer, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Mr. Speer was born in Abbeville to the late Beverly and Eva Cann Speer. Mr. Speer was a WWII Veteran having served in the U.S. Navy. He worked at the Milliken-Abbeville Plant for 15 years and retired from the Monsanto Plant after...

Edward A Bakay Sr.

Edward A Bakay Sr.

Jan 28, 2015

Edward Anthony Bakay, Sr., 90, of McCormick, SC, widow of Ruth Shirley Bakay, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Passic, New Jersey to the late Frank and Ethal Pleznovky Bakay. Mr. Bakay proudly served his country in the US Naval Service as an Aviation Machinist on the USS Princeton. He...

Jared Coleman Peeler

Jared Coleman Peeler

Jan 27, 2015

Jared Coleman Peeler, 26, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at the Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, SC. He was born in Abbeville, SC to Kelly Knox Peeler and the late Coleman Peeler. Jared was a Welder employed by Arc Energy Services, Inc. He enjoyed hunting and was an avid coon hunter. Jared was a 2007 graduate of Abbeville...

Irene Ferguson

Irene Ferguson

Jan 27, 2015

Eunice Irene Ferguson, 93, of Abbeville, SC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. She was born in Abbeville to the late William Glen Ferguson, Sr. and Lillian Irene Campbell Ferguson. Ms. Irene was a homemaker who helped raise all of her nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Each of them loved and respected her....

Charles M. Perry Rev.

Charles M. Perry Rev.

Jan 25, 2015

Rev. Charles M. Perry, 82, of Calhoun Falls, husband of Catherine Fuller Perry, died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the Ellenburg Nursing Center in Anderson, SC. He was born in Woodruff, SC to the late John and Ella Mary Ann Phillips Perry. Rev. Perry served the Lord as a minister for over 30 years. He was an avid golfer and...

Arthur "Art" Anthony DiRienzo

Arthur "Art" Anthony DiRienzo

Jan 25, 2015

Arthur DiRienzo, 91, resident of 501 Sunset Drive widower of Janet E. Hamre DiRienzo passed away Sunday Jan. 25, 2015 at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. Born in Revere, MA he was a son of the late Joseph DiRienzo and Cecelia Chigisola DiRienzo. Art worked as a maintenance supervisor and recreation center manager. In his spare time he...