Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Lucile Eliza Dunlap Turman
May 12, 2009
Lucile Eliza Dunlap Turman, 100, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home, widow of Lewis Capus Turman passed away Tuesday May 12, 2009 at the nursing home.Born in Westminster, SC, she was a daughter of the late John Fletcher and Sally Elizabeth Adams Dunlap. Mrs. Turman was a retired seamstress with the Abbeville Shirt Plant. She was a faithful member of Abbeville...
John E Wagler
May 12, 2009
John Eli Wagler was born September 25, 1951 in Canton, Ohio, the son of the late Eli H. and Mary E. (Byler) Wagler. He gained his eternal reward on May 12, 2009 at the age of 57 in his home in Abbeville, SC, surrounded by his family. John loved the Lord and remained faithful until his death. He was a...
James "Gene" Eugene Garrett
May 4, 2009
James Eugene 'Gene' Garrett, 85, resident of Abbeville Arms Apts. # 1803 widower of Nancy Argo Garrett passed away Monday May 4, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Greenwood, SC, he was a son of the late Thomas Ray and Eula Wylie Garrett.Gene was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. After completing his...
Jimmie Lee Ellis
May 2, 2009
Jimmie Lee Ellis, 77, of Calhoun Falls, husband of Josie Cheek Ellis, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Carl and Ollie Waters Ellis. Mr. Ellis retired from Worley Brother's Granite Company in Elberton after many years of dedicated service and was a former employee with Nickles...
Mary Greene Bostic
Apr 23, 2009
Mary Greene Bostic, 98, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home formerly of 634 Noble Dr. widow of Jessie T. Bostic passed away Thursday April 23, 2009 at the nursing home. Born in Spartanburg, SC she was the daughter of the late John H. Kelly and Annie Reid Kelly. She was twice married first to the late W. Winslow Greene. She was...
Doris Crittendon Spires
Apr 17, 2009
Doris Crittendon Spires, 78, of Abbeville, wife of Ray Spires, died peacefully, Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Anderson County to the late James M. and Rebe Waters Crittendon. Mrs. Spires was a graduate of Lowndesville High School and was a member of Lowndesville Baptist Church. She and her husband owned and operated...
Sara Parkinson Pressly
Apr 15, 2009
Sara Adelia Parkinson Pressly January 27, 1914 – April 15, 2009 Mrs. Pressly passed away peacefully on Wednesday with her children and niece present. She was born in Due West, SC, the third of six children born to Edna Ramsey and Gilbert Gordon Parkinson. Mr. Parkinson taught at Erskine Seminary for fifty years. She attended Due West schools and graduation...
James Paul Arduengo Jr.
Apr 14, 2009
James Paul Arduengo, 84, of Abbeville, SC died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC after a courageous battle with cancer and dementia. He was a native of Tampa, FL and has been a resident of Abbeville since 1986. Mr. Arduengo was the son of the late James and Barbara Fernandez Arduengo. He was a graduate...
Arthur Blease Ballenger
Apr 7, 2009
Arthur Blease Ballenger, Jr., 66, resident of 104 West Pinckney St. husband of Peggy Fowler Ballenger passed away Tuesday April 7, 2009 at his home.Born in Duncan, SC he was a son of the late A.B. Ballenger, Sr. and Georgia Smith Ballenger.Arthur was a graduate of Byrnes High School. He served his country as a United States Air Force veteran...
Frances Grace Keenan
Apr 7, 2009
Frances G. (nee Beardsley) Keenan, 98, a former longtime resident of Collingdale, on April 7, 2009 in Greenwood, SC. She was born March 28, 1911 in Chester the daughter of the late Albert and Laura (nee Baxter) Beardsley. Beloved wife of the late Bernard A. Keenan; devoted mother of Bernard J. Keenan of Norwood, Joseph M. Keenan of Glenolden and...
William Basil Gunter
Apr 5, 2009
William B. Gunter, Jr., 84, resident of 455 Hwy. 20 widower of Frances Bowie Gunter passed away Sunday April 5, 2009 at his home.Born in Abbeville Co. SC, he was a son of the late William Basil Gunter, Sr. and Willie Jeanette Moore Gunter.He was a United States Navy veteran serving as a Sonar Technician of World War II. He...
June Flynn Slay
Mar 29, 2009
June Flynn Slay, 75, of Abbeville, wife of the late, Samuel R. Slay, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Toccoa, GA to the late Samuel and Ina Alexander Flynn. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Flynn Pankey. Surviving Mrs. Slay is...
Frances Ione Rogers "Onie" Bradley
Mar 29, 2009
Frances Ione (Onie) Rogers Bradley died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. She was born on April 11, 1913 to John Frank Rogers and Wilhelmina Hodge Rogers at the old ancestral Clinkscales-Rogers plantation known as "Home Place" in rural Abbeville County, S.C. She first attended Brownlee School on what is now Rogers Road. After completing junior...
Naydean Martin Baker
Mar 26, 2009
Naydean Martin Baker, 72, resident of Edisto Island, SC, formerly of Abbeville, SC passed away Thursday March 26, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, SC.Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of Geneva Martin Baker and the late Robert Lee Baker.Naydean was very smart; chose to leave Abbeville High School after her junior year to enter The University...
Betty Biggs Leslie
Mar 23, 2009
Betty Biggs Leslie, 84, of Due West, wife of Lucian Leslie, died Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Wesley Commons Nursing Home. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late Adrian L. & Lucy Payne Biggs. In 1956, Betty married Lucian Leslie and was named Bride of the Year by the Anderson Independent Mail. Mrs. Leslie was a dedicated...
Julianne Dye Trenholm
Mar 20, 2009
Longtime Abbeville resident Julianne Dye Trenholm, age 79, died Friday, March 20, 2009 in the home she had shared on Millwood Road with her beloved husband of 53 years, the late Peter Trenholm. Julie was born June 21, 1929 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Theodore Cole Dye and Eleanor Brueshaber Dye. She was preceded in death by...
Gayle D Brown
Mar 16, 2009
Gayle D. Brown, 48, of Lowndesville, wife of Tommy Brown, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at the AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson. She was born in Abbeville County and is the daughter of Mrs. Austeen A. Davis and the late Bobby Ray Davis. Gayle was a faithful and dedicated member of Lowndesville Baptist Church where she was instrumental in...
Mary Nell Hancock Pendley
Mar 14, 2009
Mary Nell Hancock Pendley, 88, of Abbeville, died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the National Healthcare Center in Greenwood. She was born in Bishop, GA to the late William Z. & Eunice Robinson Hancock. Mrs. Pendley was the wife of the late Wallace 'Bill' Pendley. She was a member of the Abbeville First Baptist Church and retired from the Milliken-Abbeville...
Michael "Killer" James Gilliam
Mar 10, 2009
Michael James "Mike" Gilliam, Sr., 64, residence of 1797 Hwy. 72 West husband of Sandra Smith Gilliam passed away Tuesday March 10, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SCBorn in Caerphilly, Wales he was the son of the late James Andrew "Buddy" Gilliam and Gwawrwen (Gwynne) Lewis-Williams Gilliam.Mike was a graduate of Carlisle Military Academy in Bamberg, SC...
Joshua Doug Mcclain Sr.
Mar 10, 2009
Joshua Douglas "Doug" McClain, Sr., 78, of Iva, husband of Barbara Ann Wilson McClain, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville County to the late James H. and Grace Ashley McClain. Mr. McClain retired from Clark – Schwebel Textile Company after many years of service. He served in the U.S. Air...
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