Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Fred Coleman Peeler

Fred Coleman Peeler

May 13, 2005

Fred Coleman Peeler, 40, of 504 Church Street was called home to heaven Friday morning, May 13, 2005 after an extended illness at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to Fred V. Peeler and Janice Bracknell Coleman. Mr. Peeler was married to Janice Wagler and formerly married to Kelly Knox. He was a graduate of Abbeville High School; he...

Richard E. "Dick" Brown

Richard E. "Dick" Brown

May 3, 2005

Richard E. "Dick" Brown, 74, of 1350 Klugh Rd. Abbeville, husband of the late Wilma B. Brown, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Jesse E. and Alma McIlwain Brown. Mr. Brown was a member of the Full Gospel Foundation Church of Greenwood, he was employed with the Abbeville County...

Helen B. Phillips

Helen B. Phillips

Apr 23, 2005

Helen Burson Phillips, 90, resident of The Maples in Honea Path, SC., and of 404 Sunset Dr. Abbeville, widow of Horace Phillips, died Saturday, April 23, 2005 at the Anderson Area Medical Center. The daughter of the late Mahlon and Bessie Jackson Burson, she was born on August 24, 1914, in Walton County, Georgia, and educated there. She was married...

Kenneth Richard Bryce

Kenneth Richard Bryce

Apr 18, 2005

All services will be in Greenville at a later date

Ruth Furen Bradford

Ruth Furen Bradford

Apr 6, 2005

Ruth Furen Bradford, 84, of 210 Millwood Dr. Abbeville died Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Fort Myers, FL. to the late Fredrick and Cola McCutcheon Furen. Mrs. Bradford was married to the late Rev. Howard W. Bradford; she was a retired school teacher and spent most of her time caring for her...

John Paul Ii Pope

John Paul Ii Pope

Apr 2, 2005

, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father,...

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming

Mar 24, 2005

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming, 78, of 435 College Ave. wife of the late James Chester Fleming, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late William David and Emma Mazette Anderson Botts. Mrs. Fleming was a graduate of Abbeville High School, and Lander University. She was a member of Main Street...

Martha Elizabeth Reeder

Martha Elizabeth Reeder

Mar 21, 2005

Martha Elizabeth Reichenbach Reeder, 89, of Rt. 1 Mt. Carmel, wife of the late Mst. Sgt. Thomas K. Reeder, Ret. USAF, died Monday, March 21, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Sunbury, PA to the late Charles and Vergie Leitzel Reichenbach. Mrs. Reeder retired after over 50 years as a registered nurse, she was a former...

Richard B. Dulaney

Richard B. Dulaney

Mar 20, 2005

Richard Burnett (Dick) DuLaney, 67 years of age, of 307 Maple Street, McCormick, South Carolina, husband of Kathryn Watkins DuLaney passed away after a brief illness on March 20, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, South Carolina. Mr. DuLaney was born in Riner, Virginia to the late Leland Burnett DuLaney and the late Hattie Mae C. DuLane Mountcasel. He...

Agnes Kathleen Davis

Agnes Kathleen Davis

Mar 17, 2005

Agnes Kathleen Davis, 91, wife of the late "Buddy" Davis, formally of 303 Richey St. died Thursday, March 17, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mrs. Davis was born in Abbeville to the late Pat James of Greenwood and Maggie Beauford James of Abbeville. She was a retired textile worker and long time member and custodian of the Abbeville A.R.P...

Eula Young Oates

Eula Young Oates

Mar 16, 2005

Eula Young Oates, 80, died March 16, 2005 in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Due West, South Carolina, she was the widow of Thomas M. Oates. She is survived by three children, Lisa Oates Todd of Fayetteville, TN, Jackie Oates Thompson of Greenville, and Dr. Thomas M. Oates, Jr. of Danville, VA. She is also survived by nine grandchildren,...

Warren E. Weaver

Warren E. Weaver

Mar 1, 2005

Warren E. Weaver, 88, of 200 Pineview St. husband of Bertha Parnell Weaver, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 in the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Weaver was born in Johnstown, PA to the late Charles and Florence Savitz Weaver. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Johnstown, PA. He was a Golf Course Superintendent in Dillsburg,...

Ruth Finley Gulledge

Ruth Finley Gulledge

Feb 22, 2005

Ruth Finley Gulledge, 79, of Abbeville died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at the Agape Nursing Facility. She was born in Abbeville to the late Thomas F. and Leila C. Creswell Finley. Mrs. Gulledge was a graduate of Abbeville High School, a member of the Abbeville County Preservation Committee, the Master in Equity for Abbeville County for many years and a...

Rachel Johns Stewart

Rachel Johns Stewart

Feb 20, 2005

Rachel Johns Stewart, 64, of 77 Hummingbird Lane died Sunday, February 20, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Lanett, Ala., to the late Charlie R. and Mattie E. Foster Johns. Ms. Stewart was the former owner and operator of Quiet Acres Nursing Home in Abbeville, and a member of New Life Worship Center. Surviving Ms. Stewart is her...

Margaret E. Fleming

Margaret E. Fleming

Feb 10, 2005

Margaret E. Fleming, 73, the wife of the late Clarence Fleming of 789 Hwy 201 died Thursday, February 10, 2005 at the National Health Care Center. She was born in Abbeville to the late Charles W. and Mattie Uldrick Ellis. Mrs. Fleming was an avid helper, she was a special mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great friend to all that new...

L.T. Kirk

L.T. Kirk

Feb 8, 2005

L.T. Kirk, 90, of Hwy 72 Abbeville, husband of Claire Brooks Kirk, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Bremen, GA to the late J.E. and Maude Barber Kirk. Mr. Kirk was an active member of the Congregational Holiness Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. After many years he retired...

Earl Anderson Botts Sr.

Earl Anderson Botts Sr.

Jan 31, 2005

Earl A. Botts, Sr., 65, of 113 Hunter St. died Monday, January 31, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Greenwood County to the late Clarence M. and Sallie Anderson Botts. Mr. Botts was a graduate of Greenwood High School, he coached American Legion Baseball for several years in Abbeville, and was a big supporter of the Abbeville Booster...

Emily Johnstone

Emily Johnstone

Jan 27, 2005

Emily Johnstone, 93, of the Carlisle Nursing Home, Due West Retirement Center died Thursday, January 27, 2005. She was born on July 23, 1911, in Belfast, Ireland to the late James and Elizabeth Gillies Johnstone. Miss. Johnstone was retired from the Boeing Aerospace Company in Cape Canaveral, FL. and was a member of the Due West A.R.P. Church. She is...

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan Jr.

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan Jr.

Jan 19, 2005

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan, Jr., 60, of 23 Sullivans Circle, the husband of the late Janice Faye Mabry Sullivan died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Anderson County to Mary Wertz Sullivan and the late Allen C. Sullivan, Sr. Mr. Sullivan served in the National Guard, he was a self-employed plumber and attended Gilgal United...

Samuel E. Ferguson Jr.

Samuel E. Ferguson Jr.

Jan 12, 2005

Samuel E. Ferguson, Jr., 83, of 212 Ellis Ave. husband of the late Annie Louise Ferguson, of Abbeville died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at the Richard E. Campbell Nursing Home. Mr. Ferguson was born in Abbeville to the late Samuel E. and Susan Elizabeth Bonds Ferguson, Sr. He was a retired textile worker and security guard. Mr. Ferguson served in...