Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Marguerite M. Bannister

Marguerite M. Bannister

Jan 17, 2007

Marguerite M. Bannister, 81, of 150 Wilton Rd. Abbeville, wife of the late James T. Bannister, Sr., died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Mrs. Bannister was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late Henry N. and Clora Beauford Manning. She was a member of the Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church and retired from Abbeville Shirt Plant....

Patty Wiley Guy

Patty Wiley Guy

Jan 16, 2007

Patty W. Guy, 47, wife of George V. Guy, of 104 Sunset Dr. Abbeville, died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center due to an accident. She was born in Abbeville to Carolyn Ethridge Wiley Duskin, and the late John Franklin Wiley. Patty was the office manager of the Check-n-Go in Greenwood, a member of Main Street United...

Ella Brooks Ferguson Knox

Ella Brooks Ferguson Knox

Jan 13, 2007

Ella Brooks Ferguson Knox, 90, of 103 Lee St. , Abbeville died Saturday, January 13, 2007. Born in Abbeville County , she was the daughter of the late James Henry and Annie Wilson Ferguson. Mrs. Knox was a housewife, a mother, grandmother and a life long member of Warrenton Presbyterian Church. She was the last surviving member of her generation....

Richard F. "Dick" Billings

Richard F. "Dick" Billings

Jan 9, 2007

Richard F. "Dick" Billings, Sr., 86, of Abbeville, husband of Helen Walker Billings, died Tuesday, January 09, 2007 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. He was born in Meriden, CT to the late Joseph and Anna Markowski Billings. Mr. Billings served as a 1st Lt. in the United States Army serving in WWII and was of the Catholic faith. Mr. Billings...

Jasper Brown Davis

Jasper Brown Davis

Jan 1, 2007

Jasper Brown Davis, 85, of Abbeville, husband of Katie Bowie Davis, died Monday, January 01, 2007 in Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Abbeville, he was the son of the late William McKnight Davis and Jettie Ashley Davis. He owned and operated the Kum-Bak restaurant from 1945 until 1968. Jasper was the Abbeville County Auditor for 28 Years. He served in...

Carol Ann Hulsman

Carol Ann Hulsman

Dec 31, 2006

Carol Ann Hulsman, 61, of Abbeville died Sunday, December 31, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Quyncy, MA to the late Rodger and Virginia Ladd Lehman. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Surviving Mrs. Hulsman is her sister, Sandra Crider of Abbeville. All services will be private. Online condolences may be sent to the Hulsman...

Elizabeth Hughes Allison

Elizabeth Hughes Allison

Dec 30, 2006

Elizabeth Hughes Allison, 78, of Abbeville, wife of the late Clarence F. Allison, died Saturday, December 30, 2006 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Newport, TN to the late Charles and Hattie Hatley Hughes. Mrs. Allison retired from the Fovil Manufactoring Plant after many years. In addition to her parents and her husband she was preceded...

Infant Levi Allen Hurt

Infant Levi Allen Hurt

Dec 20, 2006

Infant Levi Allen Hurt died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was the son of Daniel Mason Hurt and Tracy Dawn Turnage. Surviving Levi is his parents; a brother, Daniel Hurt, maternal grandparents, Marlene Mobley and Henry Allen Turnage of Abbeville; and paternal grandparents, B.J. Ferry of Greenwood and Allen Timms of Calhoun Falls. Graveside services...

Charles W. Mcilwain Sr.

Charles W. Mcilwain Sr.

Dec 19, 2006

Charles W. McIlwain, Sr., 84, husband of Lorine Smith McIlwain, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Wesley Commons Healthcare Center. Mr. McIlwain was born in Abbeville County to the late William L. and Sara B. McCord McIlwain. He served in the United States Navy. Mr. McIlwain loved farming as well as the outdoors. He was a former board member of...

Macy Campbell Mcneill

Macy Campbell Mcneill

Dec 17, 2006

Macy Campbell McNeill, 97, of Abbeville, wife of the late Lowrie Wilson McNeill, died Sunday, December 17, 2006 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Cooley and Zillie Wheeler Campbell. Mrs. McNeill was a member of the Sharon United Methodist Church. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death...

Bobby Ray Edwards

Bobby Ray Edwards

Nov 3, 2006

Bobby Ray Edwards, 74, of 3043 Hwy 20 Abbeville died Friday, November 3, 2006 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Lewis Perrin and Daisy Link Edwards. Mr. Edwards worked at the Milliken Abbeville Plant for many years, and spent most of his life farming. He was a member of Upper Long...

Bonner Rayford Haddon

Bonner Rayford Haddon

Nov 1, 2006

Bonner Rayford Haddon, 83, of Abbeville, husband of Kathleen Taylor Haddon, died Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at the Wesley Commons Health Care Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Bonner L. and Annie Miller Haddon. Mr. Haddon was a member of Beulah Baptist Church where he was a member of the Mena?(TM)s Sunday School Class. He retired from...

Robert Charles Kirby

Robert Charles Kirby

Oct 27, 2006

Robert Charles Kirby, 49, of 104 Keowee Rd., died Friday, October 27, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Bervely, England to Patricia Thompson and the late George Robert Kirby. Mr. Kirby was of the Baptist faith and worked for 22 years with Westinghouse Electric Company. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Thompson of Travelers Rest, SC, a...

James Delph Mcdill

James Delph Mcdill

Oct 26, 2006

James Delph McDill, Jr., 73, formally of Abbeville died Thursday, Oct. 26th in Sumter, SC. He was born in New Orleans, LA to the late James Delph and Esther B. McDill, Sr. He was a resident of the Saleeby Center in Hartsville, SC. Surviving are his brother, Edwin McDill, a niece, Amy, grand-nephew, Matthew and a grand-niece, Angel all of...

James C. Prince

James C. Prince

Oct 21, 2006

James C. Prince, 92, of Abbeville, husband of the late Katherine Prince, died Saturday, October 21, 2006. He was born in Abbeville to the late Claude B. and Cora Ferguson Prince. He was a member of Main Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his two granddaughters, Michelle L. Bailey of Seminole, FL and Pam Prince of Ohio, several nieces...

Albert Grady Oliver Dr.

Albert Grady Oliver Dr.

Oct 17, 2006

Dr. Albert Grady Oliver, 86, of Abbeville, husband of Anne Ellenberg Oliver, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Born on June 7, 1920 in Franklin County GA, he was the eldest son of the late Charlie Lake Oliver and the late Rilla Crawford Oliver. He was a faithful and loving husband for sixty-three years...

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis

Oct 16, 2006

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis, 58, of 25 Long Cane Farm Dr. wife of James "Jimmy" E. Ellis, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to the late William Ledlow and Mary Carroll Mundy. She was raised in the home of her grandparents, the late Fred S. and Hazel Carroll. Mrs. Ellis was a member...

Vikki T. Gowan

Vikki T. Gowan

Oct 11, 2006

Vikki T. Gowan, 46, of 127 Richardson Dr., wife of J. Allen Gowan, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. She was born Dec. 18, 1959 in Greenwood, SC, the daughter of Gary Teseneer and the late Shirley Neal Teseneer. She attended Mt. Calvary Presbyterian Church in Roebuck. Surviving in addition to her husband and father, are her sister, Gina Schmitz and...

Virginia Vaughn Hess

Virginia Vaughn Hess

Oct 8, 2006

Virginia Vaughn Hess, 84, of 30 Zackary Dr., wife of the late Charles Hess, died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Oconee County, SC to the late Joel S. and Fannie A. Albertson Vaughn. Mrs. Hess was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the VFW Auxiliary Post #6087. In addition to her parents and...

Janie Powell Lewis

Janie Powell Lewis

Oct 7, 2006

Janie Powell Lewis, 89, of 125 Pinewood Circle, died Saturday, October 7, 2006 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Abbeville to the late John and Mary Ellison Powell. Mrs. Lewis retired from the Milliken Abbeville Plant after 48 years of service and was the oldest living member of the Congregational Holiness Church. She was a member of the...