Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

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...

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...