Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
June Haralson Fleming
Mar 22, 2013
June Haralson Fleming, 82, resident of 678 Wall St., Iva, widow of Joseph "Joe" Branyon Fleming passed away Friday March 22, 2013 at AnMed Health in Anderson, SC. Born in Abbeville Co. SC, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Early Haralson and Jessie Lee Patterson Haralson. June was a retired textile employee having worked for Bloomsburg Mills and...
Daniel "Dan" Clyde Hagan
Mar 16, 2013
Daniel Clyde "Dan" Hagan, 60, resident of 818 Lindsey Cemetery Rd. widower of Phyllis Kennedy Hagan passed away Saturday March 16, 2013 at his home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC, he was a son of the late Edward Livingston Hagan and Miriam Seawright Hagan. Dan was a former owner and operator of Hagan-Kennedy Service Station in Due West, SC for...
Henry Broadus Collins
Mar 11, 2013
Henry Broadus Collins, 90, husband of Ivadell Talbert Collins, of Bradley died Monday, March 11, 2013 at his home. He was born in McCormick to the late D.H. and Francis Dorn Collins. Mr. Collins served his country as a member of the United States Navy during WWII. He retired from Monsanto with many years of service. Mr. Collins was a...
Marvin Gordon Haynie
Mar 10, 2013
M. Gordon Haynie, 56, resident of Hwy. 178 North passed away Sunday March 10, 2013 at his home. Born in Winter Park, FL he was the son of Ellen McKee Treece and the late Marvin G. Haynie. Gordon was a retired heavy equipment construction operator. Survivors include his mother Ellen McKee Treece of Due West, SC; 1 sister Angela Urps...
Jane Troglin Harden
Mar 8, 2013
Jane Harden 73, resident of 103 Ridgeway St. wife of Robert "Bob" Harden passed away Friday March 8, 2013 at her home with her loving family by her side. Born in Marietta, Georgia she was a daughter of the Bertha Dobbs Troglin and the late Ed Troglin.Jane was a retired bank teller with former Bankers Trust in Abbeville, SC. She...
James Larry McDonald
Feb 28, 2013
SMSGT James Larry McDonald, Retired, 78, beloved husband of Dorothy Uldrick McDonald entered into eternal rest Thursday Feb. 28, 2013 at Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. Born August 9, 1934 in Calhoun Falls, SC he was a son of the late Larry Edward McDonald and Geneva Waters McDonald. He was a resident of 304 Northside Drive Greenwood, SC. James served...
Hilda Clinkscales Purdy
Feb 27, 2013
Hilda Clinkscales Purdy, 85, wife of the late Carroll Boyd Purdy, of Lowndesville went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at her home. Born in Lowndesville, July 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Orr and Olivia Clinkscales. She was retired from Bloomsberg Industries and was a lifelong member of Providence Presbyterian Church in...
Sybil Ricketts Shirley
Feb 26, 2013
Sybil Frances Ricketts Shirley, 82, formerly of 7985 Hwy. 20 Honea Path, SC widow of James Ray Shirley passed away Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born June 29, 1930 she was a daughter of the late William Clarence and Ruby Leona Adams Ricketts. She retired from Dixie High School as a Study Hall Teacher with over 25...
Benjamin "BJ" Carroll Garner
Feb 24, 2013
Benjamin Carroll Garner, Jr., "B.J", 26, resident of Bulls Horne Rd. Nation Community died Sunday Feb. 24, 2013 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born Oct. 2, 1986 in Abbeville , SC he was the son of Benjie and Lori McMahan Garner. BJ attended Diamond Hill Elementary School , and graduated from Dixie High School in 2005. He then...
Ray A. Crawford Sr.
Feb 17, 2013
Ray A. Crawford, Sr., 94, husband of Wilma Uldrick Crawford, of Abbeville died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at his home. He was born in Abbeville to the late William J. and Ollie Hodge Crawford. Mr. Crawford attended Abbeville Schools and was a WWII veteran serving in the U.S. Army. He was a conductor for the Seaboard Airline and Seaboard Coast...
Howard Emory Kay
Feb 15, 2013
Howard Emory Kay, 93, husband of Leuna Bouchillon Kay, of Abbeville died Friday, February 15, 2013 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Claude and Mary Uldrick Kay. Mr. Kay worked as a repairer of sewing machines and retired from the Abbeville Shirt Plant. He was well known and appreciated for his ability to...
Essie Blanchett Sparks
Feb 13, 2013
Essie Blanchett Sparks, 70, resident of 999 Old Calhoun Falls Rd. wife of Doug Sparks passed away Wednesday Feb. 13, 2013 at her home.Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late William Guy Blanchett and Sallie Mae Bond Blanchett.Essie was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. She was also of the Protestant faith. She will be...
Stevie Cutter
Feb 9, 2013
Stevie Cutter, 50, of Abbeville, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Greenwood to Leland Cutter and Linda Noblin Kirkland. He was a member of New Life Worship Center and was an avid Gamecock Fan. Stevie had a great love for music and spending time with his friends. He is survived by...
Jessie "Cissy" Matthews Baldwin Coward
Feb 4, 2013
Jessie (Cissy) Matthews BALDWIN Coward died February 4, 2013, of natural causes at a local, private Nursing Home, in Black Forest, CO. Jessie was born in West Columbia, SC, March 17, 1930, daughter of Atticus Hagood Baldwin and Jessie Mae Matthews Baldwin. After her mother's death her father married Sarah Elizabeth Smith who raised Jessie and four other sisters. Mrs....
Jim Henry Porter Jr.
Jan 30, 2013
Jim Henry Porter, Jr., 68, husband of Linda Brown Porter, of Calhoun Falls died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late Jim Henry Porter, Sr. and Florine Moore Porter. Mr. Porter served his country in the United States Army and retired from Westpoint Stevens Plant with many years...
Christine Sanford Pegg
Jan 28, 2013
Christine Sanford Pegg, 56, wife of Wayne Pegg, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at the Anmed Health in Anderson. She was born in Buncombe County, NC to the late Thurmond and Ruth Moss Sanford. Surviving Mrs. Pegg is her husband of 37 years of the home; a sister, Judy Sanford of North Carolina and a host of extended family and...
Frank Marion Smith
Jan 28, 2013
Frank Marion Smith, 86, resident of 116 Calhoun St. husband of Viola Slay Smith passed away Monday Jan. 28, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Wilkes County Georgia he was a son of the late Simon Welborn Smith and Mamie Agee Smith.Frank was a United States Army veteran and was retired from Life of Georgia...
Tommy Joe Payne Sr Rev.
Jan 23, 2013
Tommy Joe Payne, Sr., 82, passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 23, 2013. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00PM on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2:00PM in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in Long Cane Cemetery. Tommy was born July 22, 1930 in Nettleton, Mississippi to Ewell and...
Douglas Ray Howard
Jan 20, 2013
Douglas Ray Howard, 74, of 111 Suffolk Road went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at Park Place Assisted Living. He was the husband of Judy Coleman Howard.Mr. Howard was born at Fort McClellan, AL and was the son of the late Phil Houston and Anne Meads Howard. He was a retired band director and...
Gennie Vinson Sparks
Jan 18, 2013
Gennie Vinson Sparks, 89, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 18, 2013 at her home. She was the widow of James Walter Sparks. Mrs. Sparks was born in Greenville County to the late George Washington Vinson, Sr., and Essie Bryant Vinson on November 1, 1923. She was reared most of her life by her father and step-mother...
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