Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Gladys  Plowden Kennedy

Gladys Plowden Kennedy

Mar 17, 2005

Gladys Plowden Kennedy, 88, resident of the Due West Retirement Center, Due West, SC, died March 17, 2005. She was the widow of Barron D. Kennedy, Jr. and the daughter of Estelle Youngblood and Jesse Clifton Plowden, having been born in Greenville, SC, where she lived until moving to Due West in 1992.Mrs. Kennedy graduated from Furman University in 1938....

Agnes Kathleen Davis

Agnes Kathleen Davis

Mar 17, 2005

Agnes Kathleen Davis, 91, wife of the late "Buddy" Davis, formally of 303 Richey St. died Thursday, March 17, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mrs. Davis was born in Abbeville to the late Pat James of Greenwood and Maggie Beauford James of Abbeville. She was a retired textile worker and long time member and custodian of the Abbeville A.R.P...

Eula Young Oates

Eula Young Oates

Mar 16, 2005

Eula Young Oates, 80, died March 16, 2005 in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Due West, South Carolina, she was the widow of Thomas M. Oates. She is survived by three children, Lisa Oates Todd of Fayetteville, TN, Jackie Oates Thompson of Greenville, and Dr. Thomas M. Oates, Jr. of Danville, VA. She is also survived by nine grandchildren,...

Ruby  Holmes Bowie

Ruby Holmes Bowie

Mar 16, 2005

Ruby Holmes Bowie, 94, formerly of 212 Marshall Ave. died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at the home of her grandson, Tommy Winn in Murrells Inlet. Born in Abbeville County, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Leila Ashworth Holmes. She was a homemaker and retired from Milliken Textiles. She was a member of the Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church....

Floride "Floss" Frances Edwards Turner

Floride "Floss" Frances Edwards Turner

Mar 13, 2005

Floride "Floss" Edwards Turner, 101, resident of McCormick Health Care, formerly of 101 Turner Lane, widow of George Crawford Turner, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 at McCormick Health Care. Born in Abbeville County, she was the daughter of the late James and Lillie Edwards. She attended Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton. She was a homemaker and a member of Lebanon Presbyterian...

Elizabeth "Lib" Loftis Mundy

Elizabeth "Lib" Loftis Mundy

Mar 10, 2005

Elizabeth "Lib" Loftis Mundy, 83, resident of 116 McGowan Ave. widow of David Lenwood "Doc" Mundy died Thursday, March 10, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Abbeville Co. SC, she was a daughter of the late Herman Reid and Lillie Smith Loftis. She was raised in the home of her aunt and uncle, Alonso and Pearl...

William "Bill" Thomas Morris

William "Bill" Thomas Morris

Mar 5, 2005

William Thomas "Bill" Morris, 66, of 2529 Broadway Lake Road died Saturday, March 5, 2005, at his home. Born in Sherwood, Tenn., he was the son of the late Luther and Dona Mae Morris. He was a retired electrician with the Park Dale Plant in Gastonia, N.C. He was employed with the Anderson-Independent newspaper. He attended the Church of God....

Jones "Cal" Calvin Koonts

Jones "Cal" Calvin Koonts

Mar 4, 2005

Dr. J. Calvin "Cal" Koonts, 80, resident of 10 Haynes St., husband of Cortlandt "Corky" Morper Koonts, died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at his home.Born in Lexington, NC, he was a son of the late Harvey Hill and Elsie T. Koonts. Dr. J. Calvin Koonts earned his AB degree, Magna Cum Lauda from Catawba College and his MA and Ph.D....

Warren E. Weaver

Warren E. Weaver

Mar 1, 2005

Warren E. Weaver, 88, of 200 Pineview St. husband of Bertha Parnell Weaver, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 in the Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Weaver was born in Johnstown, PA to the late Charles and Florence Savitz Weaver. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Johnstown, PA. He was a Golf Course Superintendent in Dillsburg,...

Ruth Finley Gulledge

Ruth Finley Gulledge

Feb 22, 2005

Ruth Finley Gulledge, 79, of Abbeville died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at the Agape Nursing Facility. She was born in Abbeville to the late Thomas F. and Leila C. Creswell Finley. Mrs. Gulledge was a graduate of Abbeville High School, a member of the Abbeville County Preservation Committee, the Master in Equity for Abbeville County for many years and a...

Rachel Johns Stewart

Rachel Johns Stewart

Feb 20, 2005

Rachel Johns Stewart, 64, of 77 Hummingbird Lane died Sunday, February 20, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Lanett, Ala., to the late Charlie R. and Mattie E. Foster Johns. Ms. Stewart was the former owner and operator of Quiet Acres Nursing Home in Abbeville, and a member of New Life Worship Center. Surviving Ms. Stewart is her...

Evelyn  McAllister Clinkscales

Evelyn McAllister Clinkscales

Feb 18, 2005

Evelyn McAllister Clinkscales, 98, resident of Wesley Commons, Greenwood, formerly of 409 Greenville St., Abbeville, widower of William Edward Clinkscales, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 at Wesley Commons in Greenwood. She was a daughter of the late Horace Ramey and Caroline Miller McAllister. She was a retired clerical assistant with the Agricultural Conservation Service of the U.S. Government. She was...

Charles  Ira Burdette

Charles Ira Burdette

Feb 10, 2005

Charles Ira Burdette, 82, resident of Richard Campbell Veterans Home, formerly of 200 Haigler St., widower of Ethel Burdette, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at Richard Campbell Home. Born in Abbeville County, he was the son of the late Ira and Mary Lou Busby Burdette. He was a World War II Navy veteran and was a retired textile fixer with...

Margaret E. Fleming

Margaret E. Fleming

Feb 10, 2005

Margaret E. Fleming, 73, the wife of the late Clarence Fleming of 789 Hwy 201 died Thursday, February 10, 2005 at the National Health Care Center. She was born in Abbeville to the late Charles W. and Mattie Uldrick Ellis. Mrs. Fleming was an avid helper, she was a special mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great friend to all that new...

L.T. Kirk

L.T. Kirk

Feb 8, 2005

L.T. Kirk, 90, of Hwy 72 Abbeville, husband of Claire Brooks Kirk, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Bremen, GA to the late J.E. and Maude Barber Kirk. Mr. Kirk was an active member of the Congregational Holiness Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher. After many years he retired...

Jesse  Lee Bouchillon

Jesse Lee Bouchillon

Jan 31, 2005

Jesse Lee Bouchillon, 16, resident of 531 Bouchillon Rd., Nation Community, Abbeville, SC, died Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at his home.Born in Anderson, SC, he was a son of Dave Pruitt Bouchillon and Rita Whitfield Thomas.He was a sophomore at Dixie High School where he was very active in school activities. He was a member of the Dixie High School...

Earl Anderson Botts Sr.

Earl Anderson Botts Sr.

Jan 31, 2005

Earl A. Botts, Sr., 65, of 113 Hunter St. died Monday, January 31, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Greenwood County to the late Clarence M. and Sallie Anderson Botts. Mr. Botts was a graduate of Greenwood High School, he coached American Legion Baseball for several years in Abbeville, and was a big supporter of the Abbeville Booster...

James "Joe Joe" Lester Waters

James "Joe Joe" Lester Waters

Jan 29, 2005

James Lester "Joe Joe" Waters, Jr., 62, resident of 114 Horseshoe Rd., Lowndesville, SC, died Saturday, January 29, 2005 at the South Carolina Medical University in Charleston, SC.Born in Lowndesville, SC, he was a son of the late James Lester, Sr. and Macie Parnell Waters.He was a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was employed with Rocky...

Emily Johnstone

Emily Johnstone

Jan 27, 2005

Emily Johnstone, 93, of the Carlisle Nursing Home, Due West Retirement Center died Thursday, January 27, 2005. She was born on July 23, 1911, in Belfast, Ireland to the late James and Elizabeth Gillies Johnstone. Miss. Johnstone was retired from the Boeing Aerospace Company in Cape Canaveral, FL. and was a member of the Due West A.R.P. Church. She is...

Nikki  Ellinas Knox

Nikki Ellinas Knox

Jan 23, 2005

Nikki Ellinas Knox, 75, resident of 1303 Hwy 72, widow of Edward Lawrence Knox, Jr. died Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Rosevelt Center in Warm Springs, GA.She was a daughter of the late Jon and Angelina Ellinas.She was a homemaker and a member of Sharon United Methodist Church where she was also a member of the church choir.Survivors are one...