Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Harold  Stanley Wimberley

Harold Stanley Wimberley

Feb 11, 2006

Harold Stanley Wimberley, 72, resident of 509 Ocean Spray Drive died Saturday Feb. 11, 2006 at Craven Regional Medical Center in New Bern, NC. Born in Angier, NC he was a son of the late Roger O. Wimberley and the late Mary Kelly Wimberley Ferrell. He was a retired General Construction Superintendent. Survivors are: 2 daughters Connie Sheorn of Camden,...

George  Herron Schrimpf

George Herron Schrimpf

Feb 7, 2006

George Herron Schrimpf, 91, resident of 401 Greenville St. husband of Sarah Brown Schrimpf died Tuesday Feb. 7, 2006 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. Born in Anderson, SC he was a son of the late Fred Robert and Ottie Herron Schrimpf. Mr. Schrimpf Graduated from Iva High School and attended Erskine College. George retired from...

Charles  Joseph Smith

Charles Joseph Smith

Feb 1, 2006

Charles Joseph Smith, Sr., 91, resident of 503 Marshall Ave. husband of Edith Rhodes Rook Smith died Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late Henry Smith and the late Blanche Smith Borders. Mr. Smith was a retired conductor with the Seaboard Railroad...

Joe  Marshall Davis

Joe Marshall Davis

Jan 31, 2006

Joe Marshall Davis, 91, resident of 911 Cypress Church Rd. died Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late William Cape and Macie Wright Davis. He was twice married first to the late Cora Sparks Davis and the late Liza Eva Price Davis. He...

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...

Thomas  Milton Seawright

Thomas Milton Seawright

Jan 21, 2006

Thomas 'Milton' Seawright, 79, resident of 210 Bell Rd. Abbeville, SC husband of Ruby Wilson Seawright died Saturday Jan. 21, 2006 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late George Gary, Sr. and Bessie Ferguson Seawright. He was retired from the maintenance dept. of the South...

Jesse "Frank" Franklin Manning

Jesse "Frank" Franklin Manning

Jan 19, 2006

The Reverend Jesse Franklin Manning, 72, husband (52 1/2 years) of Martha Joyce Richardson Manning, of 299 Noble Drive, Abbeville, SC entered into his eternal home, January 29th, 2006, after an extended illness at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, SC. He was born March 10, 1933 to the late Rennie Franklin Manning and Daisy Bell Cann Manning in Abbeville, SC....

Harry  George Emden

Harry George Emden

Jan 17, 2006

Harry George Emden, Jr., 80, resident of 209 Marshall Ave. formerly of East Aurora, N.Y. husband of Shirley Sciolino Emden died Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. he was a son of the late Harry George, Sr. and Estelle Wurtenburg Emden. He was a United States Coast Guard veteran of...

Donald  Genar Ferguson

Donald Genar Ferguson

Jan 11, 2006

Donald Genar Ferguson, 50, husband of Krissy Salvo Ferguson died Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Born in Pickens, SC he was a son of Evelyn Merck Senn and the late Genar William Ferguson. He was a 1977 graduate of Clemson University having earned a BS Degree in Recreational Parks Administaration.He was...

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,...

Sue Purser Larkin Cox

Sue Purser Larkin Cox

Jan 11, 2006

Sue Purser Larkin Cox, 88, resident of Lexington Extended Health Care widow of Jack Cox died Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006 at Lexington Extended Health Care. Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Eva Kine Purser. Mrs. Cox spent the last nine years in the care of her daughter Fredna Thornton in Lexington. She was...

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...

Mary Eunice Beasley Ashley

Mary Eunice Beasley Ashley

Jan 4, 2006

Mary 'Eunice' Beasley Ashley, 67, resident of 434 Old Greenwood Hwy. wife of Leonard Jessie Ashley, Sr. died Wednesday Jan. 4, 2006 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Ware Shoals, SC she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee and Ella Marie Hodges Beasley.Mrs. Ashley was a retired employee of Abbeville Shirt Plant and Kemet Industries....

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...

Sandra Anne Fleming McMahan

Sandra Anne Fleming McMahan

Jan 1, 2006

Sandra Fleming McMahan, 43, resident of 20 Madden Drive wife of Bob McMahan died Sunday Jan. 1, 2006 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. She was born August 16, 1962 the daughter of Charles and the late Ila Anne Fleming. She was employed in the Development Office at Erskine College. Sandra was an active member of Midway Baptist Church for 21...

Josie Ellen Jackson

Josie Ellen Jackson

Dec 22, 2005

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Martha "Mott" Tolbert Funk

Martha "Mott" Tolbert Funk

Dec 22, 2005

Martha "Mott" Tolbert Funk, 91, resident of 108 Parker St. widow of Clarence E. Funk died Thursday Dec. 22, 2005 at her home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Martin L. and Ivy McIlwain Tolbert. She attended Abbeville public schools and graduated from Winthrop College. She begain her teaching career in 1936 at St....