Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
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
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...
James Bera "Jim" Simpson
Oct 2, 2006
James "Jim" Bera Simpson, Jr., 68, husband of Betty Ashley Simpson, died Monday, October 02, 2006 at his residence. He was the son of the late J. Bera and Edna Purdy Simpson, Sr. Jim retired from Mohawk Carpet Industry as manager of the Filament Yarn Division in Calhoun Falls and was presently the Special Project Coordinator for the City of...
Sarah Miller Overholt
Sep 28, 2006
Sarah Miller Overholt, 86, of 553 Hwy 201, wife of the late Ben Overholt, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at her residence. She was born August 4, 1920 in Hickory, VA to the late Allen and Sarah Detweiler Miller. Mrs. Overholt was a homemaker and a member of the Cold Springs Mennonite Church. She...
Elizabeth Gaston Hunter
Sep 18, 2006
Elizabeth Gaston Hunter, 89, of 113 Bowie St. wife of the late James Oscar Hunter, Sr., died Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Abbeville to the late John R. and Rosa Botts Gaston. Mrs. Hunter was a member of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church and was a beloved mother and friend to all...
Leora Overholt Swartzentruber
Sep 15, 2006
Leora Overholt Swartzentruber, 67, of 110 Colony East, wife of Eldon Swartzentruber. She was born in Virginia Beach, VA to the late William J. and Millie Jones Overholt. Mrs. Swartzentruber was a member of Shiloh Mennonite Church. She is survived by her husband of the home, four sons, David, Richard, Eldon Ray and Merlin, one daughter, Ruth, seven-teen grandchildren, two...
Brigitta E. Barbour
Sep 13, 2006
Brigitta E. Barbour of Abbeville died on September 13, 2006 at the age of 69 from Leukemia. Born in Wels, Austria, Brigitta was the daughter of the late Rudolf and Lea Ransmaier and widow of Roger C. Barbour. Her brothers, Rudy Ransmaier and William Anderson, predeceased her. Surviving are her sons Clayton Brockway and Douglas Brockway of Old Saybrook, CT...
Hugh A. Williams
Aug 31, 2006
Hugh A. Williams, 81, of 307 Brooks St., husband of the late Frances Bowie Williams, died Thursday, August 31, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late Luther L. and Irene Reynolds Williams. Mr. Williams was the past and present owner of several business including, Williams Shell Station from 1957-1973, Burger Town 1973-1975, The Kupboard Restaurant...
Ellis E. "Sam" Mobley
Aug 22, 2006
Ellis E. "Sam" Mobley, 68, of 1652 Rockhill Rd., husband of Ella Powell Mobley, died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Mobley was born in Lincolnton, GA to the late Luther and Rosella Poss Mobley. He retired after many years from the Rug Barn in Abbeville. He was an avid fisherman and loved every minute he spent on...
Ethel A. Garvin
Aug 21, 2006
Ethel A. Garvin, 85, of 3186 Hwy 20, wife of the late Quincy Garvin, died at her residence Monday, August 21, 2006. Mrs. Garvin was born in Barnwell County to the late Thomas and Inez Black Proveaux. Mrs. Garvin was of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by a brother, Tom Aldrich. Surviving Mrs. Garvin are two daughters,...
Kirk Allan Wilson
Aug 12, 2006
Kirk Allan Wilson, 42, of 109-B Greenville St. died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at his residence. He was born in East Liverpool, OH to Daniel K. Wilson, and the late Sue Ann Peck Wilson. Kirk was a known for his organ repair abilities as well as playing the organ for many churches across SC. He attended Trinity Episcopal Church in...
James Raymond "Jim" Mccalla
Aug 9, 2006
James "Jim" R. McCalla, 85, of 257 Main St. Lowndesville, died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at Self Regional HealthCare. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Mattox P. and Ella Nickels McCalla, Sr. Mr. McCalla was a member of Smyrna Methodist Church and served in the United States Army in WWII. Surviving Mr. McCalla is his two sisters,...
Leander N. Miller
Aug 4, 2006
Leander N. Miller, 82, husband of Anna (Schwartz) Miller, passed away on August 4, 2006 at his residence at 78 Cochran Rd. Abbeville. He was born in Hartville, OH, to the late Nathaniel J. and Elizabeth (Hostetler) Miller. He was a member of Whispering Pines Mennonite Church and retired as a mason. Surviving Mr. Miller is his wife of the...
Felix Karl Bauer
Aug 3, 2006
Professor Felix Bauer, South Carolina Holocaust Survivor Felix Bauer, long time professor of art and music at Erskine College, died at age 92 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Born in Vienna, Austria on January 2, 1914 to Rudolf and Risa Bauer, Felix Karl Bauer grew up in that city. He attended the Realschule, studied...
Elizabeth Stone Taylor
Jul 23, 2006
Elizabeth Stone Taylor, 80, of 1423 Cedar Springs Road, wife of Furman Taylor, died Sunday, July 23, 2006 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late Albert and Mary Elizabeth Gordon Stone. Mrs. Taylor was a member of New Hope Presbyterian Church P.C.A., and retired from the Abbeville School District in the Food Services Department....
Usn Ret. Lewis Edwin Warren
Jul 17, 2006
Lewis E. Warren, USN RET., 66, of 200 3rd Ave. Iva, died Monday, July 17, 2006 at An-Med Health in Anderson. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Joel E. and Ada Louise Neece Warren. Mr. Warren retired from the United States Navy and served in the Vietnam War as an Air Craft Mechanic then retired from Timken...
Adolphus Eugene Newell
Jul 3, 2006
Adolphus E. Newell, 83, of 336 Hwy 72 W., died Monday, July 3, 2006 at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Andrew and Louise Milford Newell. Mr. Newell served his country proudly in the United States Army serving in WWII. He was a member of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church...
James M. Newman Rev.
Jun 29, 2006
Rev. James M. Newman, 82, of 1256 Haigler Street Ext., Abbeville, husband of Jeane Ankerman Newman, died Thursday, June 29, 2006, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Columbia, SC to the late Charles E. and Mattie Mattox Newman. After serving his country during WWII in the US Navy, he served the Lord as a Baptist Minister for...
Zelma J. Little
Jun 18, 2006
Zelma Josephine (Jo) Little, 85, formally of Decatur, GA, died Sunday, June 18, 2006 in the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital in Abbeville, SC. Mrs. Little was the wife of the late Thomas Winton Little. She was born in Meridian, Mississippi to the late Norris and Zelma Hendon McClure. Mrs. Little was a former member of the Clairmont Hills Baptist Church...
Arline Lois Wiles
Jun 15, 2006
Arline Wiles, 95, of Iva died Thursday, June 15, 2006 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Anderson County to the late Daniel E. and Essie Campbell Wiles. Ms. Wiles was a life long member of Union Baptist Church in Iva. She was preceded in death by her two brothers, Ralph and Clem Wiles. Surviving Ms. Wiles is...
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