Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Fred Coleman Peeler

Fred Coleman Peeler

May 13, 2005

Fred Coleman Peeler, 40, of 504 Church Street was called home to heaven Friday morning, May 13, 2005 after an extended illness at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to Fred V. Peeler and Janice Bracknell Coleman. Mr. Peeler was married to Janice Wagler and formerly married to Kelly Knox. He was a graduate of Abbeville High School; he...

Kyle  Knox Thompson

Kyle Knox Thompson

May 6, 2005

Kyle Knox Thompson, 44, resident of 1472 Hwy. 284 wife of Billy Thompson died Friday May 6, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Georgia she was a daughter of James and Alice Faye Knox. She was a homeaker and was the former Pro Shop manager at High Meadows Country Club. She attended Main St. United Methodist Church. survivors...

Carl  Reinhold Johnson

Carl Reinhold Johnson

May 5, 2005

Carl Johnson, 90, of 306 Noble Drive, widower of Blanche Sleator Johnson, died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Ossiniang, N.Y., he was a son of the late Carl Martin and Anna Bengtsson Johnson. He was a retired prison administrator. Surviving are daughters, Barbara Consorte of Abbeville and Judy Kinnamon of Spring City, Tenn.; three...

Richard E. "Dick" Brown

Richard E. "Dick" Brown

May 3, 2005

Richard E. "Dick" Brown, 74, of 1350 Klugh Rd. Abbeville, husband of the late Wilma B. Brown, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Jesse E. and Alma McIlwain Brown. Mr. Brown was a member of the Full Gospel Foundation Church of Greenwood, he was employed with the Abbeville County...

Ophelia "Nell" Carroll Blackwell

Ophelia "Nell" Carroll Blackwell

Apr 30, 2005

Ophelia 'Nell' Carroll Blackwell, 74, resident of 300 Wardlaw St. wife of Rev. James N. Blackwell died Saturday April 30, 2005 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home, Abbeville, SC.

Asa  Reginald Griffin

Asa Reginald Griffin

Apr 25, 2005

Asa Reginald Griffin, Sr, 84, resident of 149 Hwy. 72 East widower of Erline Grant Griffin died quietly Monday April 25, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born Nov. 5, 1920 in Newberry, SC he was a son of the late Asa Benjamin and Lucille Dickert Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a World War II Army veteran. After his completion of service...

Helen B. Phillips

Helen B. Phillips

Apr 23, 2005

Helen Burson Phillips, 90, resident of The Maples in Honea Path, SC., and of 404 Sunset Dr. Abbeville, widow of Horace Phillips, died Saturday, April 23, 2005 at the Anderson Area Medical Center. The daughter of the late Mahlon and Bessie Jackson Burson, she was born on August 24, 1914, in Walton County, Georgia, and educated there. She was married...

Kenneth Richard Bryce

Kenneth Richard Bryce

Apr 18, 2005

All services will be in Greenville at a later date

Benjamin  Franklin Byrd

Benjamin Franklin Byrd

Apr 15, 2005

Benjamin Franklin Byrd, Sr., 87, resident of Belleair Beach, FL formerly of Abbeville, SC widower of Evelyn Byrd died Friday April 15, 2005 at Morton Plant Rehabilitation Center in Clearwater, Florida.Born in Georgia he was a son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Evelyn Hill Byrd.He was a retired employee with the Seaboard Coastline Railroad with over 40 years of...

Mary  Wardlaw Johnson

Mary Wardlaw Johnson

Apr 9, 2005

Mary Wardlaw Johnson, 83, resident of 1504 Greenville St. widow of Dr. William Wilson 'Jack' Johnson, Jr. died Saturday April 9, 2005 at the Bamberg Nursing Home in Bamberg, SC. Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late David Allen and Mae Welborne Wardlaw. She was a homemaker and a very active member of Abbeville Presbyterian Church...

Ruth Furen Bradford

Ruth Furen Bradford

Apr 6, 2005

Ruth Furen Bradford, 84, of 210 Millwood Dr. Abbeville died Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Fort Myers, FL. to the late Fredrick and Cola McCutcheon Furen. Mrs. Bradford was married to the late Rev. Howard W. Bradford; she was a retired school teacher and spent most of her time caring for her...

Alan  Wesley Smith

Alan Wesley Smith

Apr 3, 2005

Alan Wesley Smith, 57, resident of 89 Watts Rd. husband of Doris Simpson Smith died Sunday April 3, 2005 at Anderson Area Medical Center in Anderson SC. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late James Wesley and Betty Blanchett Smith. He was a Detention Officer with the Abbeville Co. Sheriff's Office. He was also an active...

John Paul Ii Pope

John Paul Ii Pope

Apr 2, 2005

, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father,...

Ruth Elida Foster Hawthorne

Ruth Elida Foster Hawthorne

Mar 30, 2005

Ruth Elida Foster Hawthorne, 90, resident of 1533 Hwy. 201 widow of Claude Thomas Hawthorne died Wednesday March 30, 2005 at her home.Born in Mendota, Wisconsin she was a daughter of the late John Morton and Beatrice Leora Hogan Foster.She was a retired employee of Abbeville Mills and Abbeville Shirt Plant. She was also a faithful member of the Abbeville...

Gerald "Jerry" Simpson Campbell

Gerald "Jerry" Simpson Campbell

Mar 24, 2005

Gerald 'Jerry' Simpson Campbell, 77, resident of 463 Firetower Rd. Husband of Helen Loftis Campbell died Thursday March 24, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home.Born in Abbeville Co. C he was a son of the late Knox Alexander and Elizabeth Simpson Campbell.He was retired from the State Forestery Commission as a Fire Tower Watchman. He attended Bells United Methodist Church.Survivors are:...

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming

Mar 24, 2005

Virginia Marie Botts Fleming, 78, of 435 College Ave. wife of the late James Chester Fleming, died Thursday, March 24, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late William David and Emma Mazette Anderson Botts. Mrs. Fleming was a graduate of Abbeville High School, and Lander University. She was a member of Main Street...

Martha Elizabeth Reeder

Martha Elizabeth Reeder

Mar 21, 2005

Martha Elizabeth Reichenbach Reeder, 89, of Rt. 1 Mt. Carmel, wife of the late Mst. Sgt. Thomas K. Reeder, Ret. USAF, died Monday, March 21, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Sunbury, PA to the late Charles and Vergie Leitzel Reichenbach. Mrs. Reeder retired after over 50 years as a registered nurse, she was a former...

Richard B. Dulaney

Richard B. Dulaney

Mar 20, 2005

Richard Burnett (Dick) DuLaney, 67 years of age, of 307 Maple Street, McCormick, South Carolina, husband of Kathryn Watkins DuLaney passed away after a brief illness on March 20, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, South Carolina. Mr. DuLaney was born in Riner, Virginia to the late Leland Burnett DuLaney and the late Hattie Mae C. DuLane Mountcasel. He...

Marie  Frye Stroud

Marie Frye Stroud

Mar 20, 2005

Marie Frye Stroud, 91, formerly of Abbeville, widow of J.C. Stroud, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at Bay Side Health Care in Virginia Beach, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., she was the adopted daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Irvin Frye of Lexington. She was a homemaker and attended the Methodist church. Surviving are sons, Joal C. Stroud of...

Eugenia "Genie" Smith Lawton

Eugenia "Genie" Smith Lawton

Mar 19, 2005

Eugenia "Genie" Smith Lawton, 76, of 285 Noble Drive, wife of Morris Wallace Lawton, died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at her home. Born in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late James Frank and Annie Simmons Smith. She was a graduate of Lander University and was retired from the Abbeville Milliken Plant. She was also a member of the...