Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Elsie S. Uldrick

Elsie S. Uldrick

Jun 7, 2005

Elsie S. Uldrick, 89, formally of 810 Hwy 201 Abbeville, wife of the late Harold E. Uldrick, died Tuesday, April 7, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Hart County, GA to the late James L. and Elizabeth Dooley Stamps. Mrs. Uldrick was a retired seamstress and a member of the New Hope Presbyterian Church where she was...

Barbara Yvonne Deese Rousey

Barbara Yvonne Deese Rousey

Jun 7, 2005

Barbara Yvonne Rousey, 52, resident of 114 Whitehall St. wife of Danny 'Red' Rousey died Tuesday June 7, 2005 at her home. Born in Dothan, Alabama she was a daughter of William Earl and Robbie Nell Martin Deese. She was formerly employeed with Wal-Mart, Inc. and was of the Baptist faith. survivors are: her husband Danny 'Red' Rousey of the...

Lowry T. Young

Lowry T. Young

Jun 4, 2005

Lowry T .Young, 80, of 1210 Hwy 20 Abbeville, husband of Margaret F. Newell Young, died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Grady C. and Dora Temple Young. Mr. Young was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church where he served on the property committee for many...

Robert "Bobby" Emory Ware

Robert "Bobby" Emory Ware

May 26, 2005

Robert Emory 'Bobby' Ware, 76, resident of 406 Magazine St. husband of Betty Sprouse Ware died Thursday May 26, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late Willie James, Sr. and Elizabeth McNeill Ware. He was a retired employee of Abbeville Mills, Milliken Plant as a Department Manager. He was...

James  Pickett Wright

James Pickett Wright

May 22, 2005

James P. 'Jim' Wright. 90, a resident of Oakmont Nursing Home, Greenville, SC formerly of Marshall Ave. Abbeville, SC widower of Frances Herlong Wright died Sunday May 22, 2005 at the nursing home. Born in Seneca., SC April 21, 1915 he was a son of the late James R. and Cornelia Pickett Wright. He ownes and operated "The Wright Jewrely...

Joseph Leon "Joe" Savitz Jr.

Joseph Leon "Joe" Savitz Jr.

May 22, 2005

Joseph "Joe" Leon Savitz, Jr., 74, of 206 Millwood Rd. husband of Lucy C. Savitz, died Sunday, May 22, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Holly Hill, SC to the late Joseph L. and Catherine Faulkner Savitz, Sr. Mr. Savitz was a graduate of Abbeville High School, Class of 1947, he was a graduate of the University Of...

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...