Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Harry Andrew Brownett
Dec 27, 2008
Harry Brownett, 81, resident of 85 Dogwood Lane Lake Secession widower of Joan Marie Cavanagh Brownett passed away Saturday Dec. 27, 2008 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was a son of the late Harry and Eleanor "Nellie" Sweeney Brownett. He was a graduate of Bayonne High School in New Jersey. He...
Ruth Jones Owens
Dec 25, 2008
Ruth Jones Owens, 75, resident of 4594 Old Calhoun Falls Rd. widow of Wayne Richard Owens, Sr. passed away Thursday Dec. 25, 2008 at her home. Ruth was a retired sales clerk and a devoted homemaker. She is survived by a son Wayne Owens, Jr. and his wife Judy of the home and 2 grandsons Chad and Dakota Owens of...
Edna Brown Harris
Dec 25, 2008
Edna Brown Harris, 81, wife of the late Gerald S. Harris, Sr. of Abbeville died Thursday, December 25, 2008 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Charlie Earl and Annie Spence Brown. She was a retired nurse who tirelessly served the people of Abbeville at the office of Dr. George Fort and Abbeville Area...
Charlotte Frances Hawthorne
Dec 24, 2008
Charlotte F. Hawthorne, 90, resident of Carlisle Nursing Center, (Covenant Way) passed away Wednesday Dec. 24, 2008 at Carlisle Nursing Center.Born in Abbeville Co. SC, July 11, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Robert Weston and Mamie Bowie Hawthorne.Miss Charlotte was a graduate of Spartanburg School of Nursing and was a World War II Army veteran having served...
Margaret Gilliam Copeland
Dec 23, 2008
Margaret Gilliam Copeland, 84, resident of Due West Retirement Center, widow of Guy Hunter Copeland, Jr., passed away Tuesday Dec. 23, 2008 at Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC.Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late Oscar Motte and Margaret McKenzie Gilliam.Her mother died when she was 11 months old and she was raised by her...
Danny Eugene Beauford
Dec 22, 2008
Danny Eugene Beauford, 54, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of Pat Willoughby Beauford died Monday, December 22, 2008 at his home in Calhoun Falls. He was born to the late James J. and Cleo Jane Lovern Beauford of Abbeville, SC. Mr. Beauford was a former truck driver for different granite companies of Elberton, GA. He was a member of Solid...
Jack Pressley McGaha
Dec 22, 2008
Jack Pressley McGaha, 78, of Jacksonville, FL, formally of Donalds, SC, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, FL.Born in Abbeville County, SC, he was the son of the late Sam and Gladys Prince McGaha. He was of the Baptist faith and was a retired automobile salesman.Survivors include his daughter, Evelyn Bowie and her husband, Felix,...
Katherine Ellizabeth "Kay" Olsen
Dec 5, 2008
Katherine Elizabeth "Kay" Olsen, 93, of 18 Frank Pressly Dr., Due West, The Covenant Way Community, died Friday, December 5, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Seattle, WA to the late Oswald Wilmore and Martha Vaha Saari Lehto. Mrs. Olsen was formally of Scotts Valley, CA and was the beloved wife of the late Rev. Enoch Olsen. She...
Louie Alexander Richey
Dec 5, 2008
Louie Richey, Sr.,85, resident of 488 Hwy. 185 South widower of Earline Slay Richey passed away Friday Dec. 5, 2008 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in Antreville, SC he was a son of the late William A. and Minnie Winona Bell Richey. Mr. Richey was a United States Army veteran. He retired from the Maintenance Dept. of Greenwood Mills...
Rocco Frank "Rocky" Viracola
Dec 4, 2008
Rocco Frank "Rocky" Viracola, 42, of Charlotte, N.C., died at his residence in Suwanne, GA on Thursday, December 4, 2008. He was born in Greenwood, SC on October 17, 1966 the son of Joseph R. & Betsy Still Viracola. Rocky is survived by his wife, Danielle Viracola of Charlotte; three sons, Tony, Joey and Vinnie Viracola; three daughters, Balli, Lexi...
Helen Louise - Wilkerson Salley
Dec 3, 2008
Helen W. Salley, 90, beloved wife of Harry G. Salley, died Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at the Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC. She was born in Hickory Grove, SC on April 3, 1918, the daughter of the late Samuel Claude and Lucile Rabb Wilkerson. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Erskine College in 1939, she taught school for...
Boyd Michael Davison
Nov 28, 2008
Boyd Michael Davison, 80, resident of 302 Sunset Drive, beloved husband of Gayle Hinson Davison passed away Friday Nov. 28, 2008 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.He was born in Portland, Oregon Sept. 28, 1928, a son of the late Victor and Alice Boyd Davison.Boyd was a world traveler and lived in the Panama Canal Zone where he...
Curtis Carroll Ferguson
Nov 27, 2008
Curtis Carroll Ferguson, 83, of Iva, husband of Louise Truxal Ferguson, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at the Hospice House of the Upstate in Anderson. He was born in Abbeville County to the late John P. and Maggie Nance Ferguson. He was a graduate of Erskine College and continued his advanced studies at the University of South Carolina. He was...
William "Smokey" Carl Bond
Nov 24, 2008
William Carl "Smokey" Bond, Sr., 81, resident of 136 Ballenger Rd. Hodges, SC formerly of Railroad St. Abbeville widower of Frances Anglin Bond passed away Monday Nov. 24, 2008 at Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late Carl S. and Helen Clark Bond.He was a United States Navy veteran of WWII, serving...
Lillie Pearl Hall
Nov 24, 2008
Lillie Pearl Hall, 73, of Donalds, formally of Philadelphia, MS, died Monday, November 24, 2008 at her residence. Born in Clera, Ala. to the late Joseph and Annie Bell Boyanton Weldon. She was a member of the First Church of God in Philadelphia, MS. Mrs. Hall is survived by her son, Michael Morris and his wife Nancy Davis Morris of...
Earle C. Murdoch
Nov 24, 2008
Earle Cochran Murdoch, 101, husband of the late Alice Mollenhoff Murdoch, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2008 at the Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC. He was born in the Antreville Community of Abbeville County on December 31, 1906 to the late Lawrence Earle and Annie Cochran Murdoch. Mr. Murdoch was a 1929 graduate of Clemson University and...
Mary Emily Blanchett Lange
Nov 20, 2008
Mary Emily Blanchett Lange, 87, of Abbeville, wife of the late Earl F. Lange, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the Savannah Heights Living Center in McCormick. She was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late Robert P. and Lilly Belle Castleman Blanchett. Mrs. Lange retired from Burlington Industries after many years of service and was a devoted member...
Bobby Reid Bailey
Nov 18, 2008
Bobby R. Bailey, 78, of Abbeville, husband of Virginia Allen Bailey, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Union, SC to the late Jesse B. and Lily Palmer Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a 1950 graduate of Lockhart High School and a 1954 graduate of Newberry College. At Newberry, Bobby was an All- Star performer his...
Watson Louie Jolly
Nov 18, 2008
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