Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Aug 28, 2007

Minnie Kornegay Byrd, 82, resident of 200 Wardlaw St. Apt.#1 widow of Jeff T. Byrd, Jr. died Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in New Caney, Texas she was a daughter of the late Henry Grady and Ollie Finkles Kornegay. Min attended TCU University and was a retired secretary having worked many years...

Aug 27, 2007

Margaret Louise McClinton, 83, of McCormick County has died. She was the daughter of John Horace and Lula Hunter McClinton. Ms. McClinton retired from the U.S Forestry Service and was a member of the Willington Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers; Luther and Bill McClinton. She is survived by her brother,...

Aug 27, 2007

Martha Ellenburg Roche, 81, resident of 1400 North Main St. wife of Pat Roche died Monday Aug. 27, 2007 at her home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Ozzie and Mattie Williams Ellenburg. She was a retired Department Store Manager with Sky City in Abbeville, SC. She was also a member of Westside Baptist...

Aug 25, 2007

Marie Harrison Cann Ashley, 69, wife of C.V. Buddy Ashley, died Saturday, August 25, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville County to Clara Brown Harrison and the late James Rayford Harrison. Mrs. Ashley was a retired nurse working most of her years as an ICU nurse at the Abbeville Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the...

Aug 20, 2007

Norris Vivian Wiles, 68, resident of 521 Audrey Hardy Rd. died Monday Aug. 20, 2007 at his home. Born in Iva, SC he was a son of the late William Clemson and Icie Lee Ozmint Wiles. He was a retired Mechanical Supervisor with Duke Power. He was a United States Air Force veteran. He was also of the Baptist faith....

Aug 19, 2007

Janelle M. Cavall, 50, of Abbeville, wife of Len Cavall, died Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Alhambra, CA to the late Alwin and Betty Lee Van Aikin Winnen. Mrs. Cavall was the former President & Owner of Carolina Medical Transcript. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister and friend to all that...

Aug 18, 2007

Sarah C. (Sally) Romein, 90, widow of Dr. Tunis Romein, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 at Carlisle Nursing Center at Due West Retirement Center. Born in Clarksburg, W. Virginia on Dec. 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Bertha Harris. After graduating from Massachusetts Memorial Hospital as a Registered Nurse, she served as an Army...

Aug 16, 2007

Charles Alpheus Johnson, 58, resident of 3015 Pineland Dr. Waycross, GA, husband of Debra Grimes Johnson, died August 16, 2007 at his residence.Survivors include his wife, Debra, daughter, Rebecca Taylor Johnson and son, Joseph Fletcher "Jodie" Johnson of the home; sister, Tonita Johnson Thompson of Anderson, SC and brother, Robert Fletcher Johnson, Jr. of California. He was the son of...

Aug 15, 2007

Ernest Hall Norris, 85, resident of 1974 Cedar Springs Rd. widower of Elizabeth "Lib" McKee Norris died Wednesday Aug. 15, 2007 at his home. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late Jessie Edgar and Sudie Perry Norris. Hall was a US Army veteran having served in the 70th Anti-Aircraft Battery during World War II. He was...

Aug 11, 2007

Fred T. Bridges, Jr., age 86, of the Due West Retirement Center, Due West, S.C., died on Saturday, August 11, 2007. His parents were the late Fred T., Sr., and Delpha Maddox Bridges, of Atlanta, Georgia.Bridges was born in Dublin, Georgia, but at the age of two, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended the Public Schools, graduating...

Aug 9, 2007

William Edwin "Billy" Parker, Jr., 74, resident of 33 Pine Drive husband of Alice Pruitt Parker died Thursday Aug. 9, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in McCormick, SC he was a son of the late William Edwin, Sr. and Woodrow Wilson Parker. Billy was a retired automotive mechanic with Prince Motor Co. After retirement Billy began working for...

Aug 7, 2007

Ava Belle Glace, 97, formally of 100 Pinewood Circle, Abbeville, SC, died August 7, 2007 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was the widow of Robert Roscoe Glace and was preceded in death by her son, William R. Glace.Born January 21, 1910 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Jacoby McCormick and William Ranson McCormick. She...

Aug 6, 2007

Gerard Joseph Brownett, 44, resident of 71 Carwellyn Rd. died Monday Aug. 6, 2007 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. Born in Red Bank, N.J. he was the son of Harry Andrew Brownett, Jr. and the late Joan Cavanagh Brownett. He was a graduate of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in N.J. and attended Lander University. He was a...

Jul 28, 2007

Margaret Hanvey Glenn, 85, resident of Carlisle Nursing Center In Due West, SC formerly of 305 Millwood Rd. Abbeville, SC widow of James "Jimmy" Oscar Glenn died Saturday July 28, 2007 at Carlisle Nursing Center. Born in Anderson, SC she was a daughter of the late Claude Benjamin and Nancy Hardin Hanvey. Margaret was a devoted homemaker and a member...

Jul 27, 2007

Mildred Saxon Ellis, 93, of Abbeville, wife of the late James Douglas Ellis, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. She was born in Elbert County, GA to the late Hugh B. and Lena G. Scott Saxon. Mrs. Ellis was devoted member of the Congregational Holiness Church as well as the oldest member of the...

Jul 26, 2007

Nell Tatom West, 82, widow of the late Fred D. West, Jr. went to live with the Lord Thursday, July 26, 2007. She was a resident of Abbeville, SC before entering the NHC Nursing Home in Greenwood January 2002.Born in Troy, Alabama on February 21, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Roy Lamar Tatom and Johnnie Camp Tatom.She...

Jul 23, 2007

Jul 17, 2007

Eileen V. Jameson, 70, wife of George H. Jameson, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was born in Morris County, New Jersey to the late Stephen and Josephine Bentley Emery. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her grandson, Peter George Sopolosky. Mrs. Jameson retired after 25 years as a school bus...

Jul 16, 2007

John W. McCalla, Sr., 79, of Iva, husband of Jean King McCalla, died Monday, July 16, 2007 at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson. He was born in Greenwood County to the late Mattox P. and Ella Nickels McCalla, Sr. Mr. McCalla was reared by his beloved aunt and uncle, the late John W. and Parniece Brown McCalla. He served...

Jul 14, 2007

Donald "Don" E. McGill, Sr., 72, resident of 3084 Lake Secession Rd. widower of Tina DeMarco McGill died Saturday July 14, 2007 at Willow Creek Nursing Center in Iva, SC. Born in Anderson, SC he was a son of the late Albert and Ophelia Bain McGill. He was a United States Air Force veteran. Don retired as owner & operator...