Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Earl C. Cox

Earl C. Cox

Mar 21, 2006

Earl C. Cox, 71, of Abbeville died Tuesday, March 21, at Self Regional Healthcare. Mr. Cox was born in the Providence of Quebec in Canada. He grew up in a Monastery in Quebec until he moved to the United States in 1959. Mr. Cox started his career in the restaurant business working in many states such as New York, Washington,...

Sue Ellen Gaines Hyatt

Sue Ellen Gaines Hyatt

Mar 19, 2006

Sue Ellen Gaines Hyatt, 59, of DeLand, FL., wife of Larry Boyd Hyatt, died Sunday, March 19, 2006 at the Florida Hospital DeLand. Sue was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Thomas Ervin and Lucille Dellinger Gaines. Sue was a graduate of Dorman High School in Spartanburg. In addition to her husband of 40 years, Sue is survived by...

Conley M. Roller

Conley M. Roller

Mar 7, 2006

Conley M. Roller, 83, of 121 West St. Abbeville, husband of the late Margaret O. Roller, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Fairview, VA to the late Emit and Eliza Lawson Roller. Mr. Roller lived the majority of his life in Whitmire, SC. He retired from Whitten Village in Clinton, SC. He was a...

Joe Prince Bryan

Joe Prince Bryan

Mar 5, 2006

Joe Prince Bryan, 80, of 1110 Marshall Rd. Treehouse Apt. 4019, husband of Helen Gentry Bryan, died Sunday, March 5, 2006 at Self Regional Medical Center. Mr. Bryan was born in Greenwood County to the late James E. and Ruby Logue Bryan, Sr. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Greenwood and a former member of Little...

Lowry Strawhorn Stone

Lowry Strawhorn Stone

Feb 27, 2006

Lowry Strawhorn Stone, 79, of 687 Thomson Circle, husband of Inez S. Stone, died Monday, February 27, 2006 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. Mr. Stone was born in Abbeville to the late Elbert and Eva Stawhorn Stone. He was a member of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and retired from the Milliken Sharon Plant. Mr. Stone served in...

Michael R. Ferguson

Michael R. Ferguson

Feb 24, 2006

Michael R. Ferguson, 50, of Laurens, SC died Friday, February 24, 2006 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Lubbock, TX to Betty Crabtree Ferguson and the late James A. Ferguson. He was very much loved and will be missed by many. Surviving Mr. Ferguson is his mother, of Lubbock, TX, a son Michael A. Ferguson of Green Bay,...

James R. O'Bannon

James R. O'Bannon

Jan 30, 2006

James R. "Jim" Oa?(TM)Bannon, Jr., 69, of 241 Austen Rd, husband of the late Wendy Louise Oa?(TM)Bannon, died Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Boone County, Missouri to the late James R. and Mary F. Martin Oa?(TM)Bannon, Sr. Mr. Oa?(TM)Bannon was a former member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired in the...

Thomas W. Shea Sr.

Thomas W. Shea Sr.

Jan 27, 2006

Thomas W. Shea Sr., 70, beloved husband of Frances M. Keenan Shea, died Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. Born in Port Richmond Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Henry Miduski of Florida and the late Helen T. Slysz Shea of Villas, N.J. Mr. Shea graduated from North East Catholic High School in...

Inez Hodges Thompson

Inez Hodges Thompson

Jan 23, 2006

Inez "Tiny" Hodges Thompson, 85, of 181 Noble Dr., wife of the late James R. Thompson, Sr. died Monday, January 23, 2006 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Thompson was born in Abbeville to the late Milton J. and Sallie Patterson Hodges. She was a member of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by...

Lizzie Eva Price Davis

Lizzie Eva Price Davis

Jan 23, 2006

Lizzie Eva Price Davis, 89, of 461 Calhoun Hill Road, wife of Joe M. Davis, died Tuesday, January 23, 2006 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Hill Tonia, GA., to the late Adam Samuel and Lizzie Sikes Taylor. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Calhoun Falls Pentecostal Holiness Church. She retired from the Abbeville and...

Elmer J. Hersberger

Elmer J. Hersberger

Jan 11, 2006

Elmer J. Hershberger, 92, of Due West, SC died peacefully January 11, 2006, at his home. He was born in Gauge County Ohio on January 4, 1914 to Joseph I. and Mary Ann Miller Hershberger. When he was eight years old, he moved with his family to Virginia Beach, Va. On January 18, 1942, he married Sarah Bontrager. IN 1962,...

Bertha Nissley Helmuth

Bertha Nissley Helmuth

Jan 5, 2006

Bertha Nissley Helmuth, 85, died Wednesday, January 5, 2006 at her daughters residence. Born in Exeland, WI to the late Ira and Barbara Schlabach Nissley. She is survived by sixteen children. The family will receive friends 1:00PM to 4:00PM and from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the Oak Grove Mennonite Church in Aroda, VA. Funeral Services will...

Robert Theodore Behrendt

Robert Theodore Behrendt

Jan 2, 2006

Robert Theodore Behrendt, of Due West, SC died Monday, January 2, 2006, at the Due West Retirement Center Carlisle Nursing Center. A native of Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Herman F. Behrendt and Ella Benkert Behrendt. Mr. Behrendt served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during WWII. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Josie Ellen Jackson

Josie Ellen Jackson

Dec 22, 2005

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Geraldine Ashley "Gerri" Beauford

Geraldine Ashley "Gerri" Beauford

Dec 19, 2005

Geraldine (Gerri) Ashley Beauford, 76, of 293 Edgewood Dr. Abbeville, wife of the late John Beauford, died Monday, December 19, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Beauford was born in Abbeville County to the late Jason and Addie McClain Ashley. She was an active member of South Side Baptist Church where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class....

Gordon W. Simpson

Gordon W. Simpson

Dec 16, 2005

MSGT Gordon W. Simpson, USA, RET., 84, of 5885 Hwy 184 Donalds, husband of Bootise Simpson, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at the HospiceCare of the Piedmont a?" Hospice House. Mr. Simpson was born in Abbeville County to the late Roger and Euphie King Simpson. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon....

Sara W. Davis

Sara W. Davis

Dec 15, 2005

Sara W. Davis, 90, of 22 Depot St. Due West, wife of the late Jack J. Davis, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Greenwood County to the late Scott A. and Mattie Wren White. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Due West Baptist Church. Her daughter, Betty Brock preceded her in death. She...

Rebecca Trippe Norris

Rebecca Trippe Norris

Dec 10, 2005

Rebecca Trippe Norris, 84, formally of Cedar Springs Road Abbeville died Saturday, December 10, 2005 at the Self Regional Healthcare. She was the widow of the J.E. Norris, Jr. Mrs. Norris was born in Elbert County, Georgia to the late Albert L. and Sevilla Smith Trippe. She was a retired textile employee and clerk, and a member of the First...

James Herbert Coggins

James Herbert Coggins

Dec 9, 2005

MSGT James Herbert Coggins, USAF, Ret., 80, of 212 Huntington Dr., died Friday, December 9, 2005 at the Anderson County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Coggins was married to the late June Shizu Coggins. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Bernard M. and Effie Mae Scott Coggins. Mr. Coggins retired from the United States Air Force after 28 years...

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...