Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

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...

Tina Carol Sellers Spencer

Tina Carol Sellers Spencer

Jan 20, 2005

Tina Carol Spencer, 37, resident of 501 Orange St. wife of David D. Spencer died Thursday Jan. 20, 2005 at her home. Born in Clinton, SC she was a daughter of Eugene and Edith Hardin Sellers.She was a homemaker and of the baptist faith. Survivors are: Husband-David D. Spencer-of the home. 2-daughters-Brittney Leigh Spencer-of the home, Edith Kayla Spencer-of the...

John "JC" Charley Kimsey

John "JC" Charley Kimsey

Jan 20, 2005

Charley "J.C." Kimsey, 76, resident of 802 S. Main St., widower of Ruth McCurry Kimsey, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. Born in Abbeville County, he was the son of the late Charley and Ruth Saxon Kimsey. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a retired loom fixer with Bloomsburg...

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan Jr.

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan Jr.

Jan 19, 2005

Allen C. "Red" Sullivan, Jr., 60, of 23 Sullivans Circle, the husband of the late Janice Faye Mabry Sullivan died Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Anderson County to Mary Wertz Sullivan and the late Allen C. Sullivan, Sr. Mr. Sullivan served in the National Guard, he was a self-employed plumber and attended Gilgal United...

Henry  "Shorty" Mitchell

Henry "Shorty" Mitchell

Jan 15, 2005

Henry "Shorty" Mitchell, 75, of 1029 S.C. 72 West, widower of Maeline Graham Mitchell, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.Born in Iva, he was a son of the late Manning and Annie Belle Poole Mitchell. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a retired employee of Rocky River Mills.Surviving...

Samuel E. Ferguson Jr.

Samuel E. Ferguson Jr.

Jan 12, 2005

Samuel E. Ferguson, Jr., 83, of 212 Ellis Ave. husband of the late Annie Louise Ferguson, of Abbeville died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at the Richard E. Campbell Nursing Home. Mr. Ferguson was born in Abbeville to the late Samuel E. and Susan Elizabeth Bonds Ferguson, Sr. He was a retired textile worker and security guard. Mr. Ferguson served in...

Horace David Trawick

Horace David Trawick

Jan 6, 2005

Horace David Trawick, Sr., 90, of Abbeville, formally of Mobile, AL died Thursday, January 06, 2005 at his daughtera?(TM)s residence. He was born in Evergreen, AL to the late Sim and Eugenia Sanders Trawick. Mr. Trawick was married to the late Virginia Collins Quigley Trawick. He worked for many years in the management of a sawmill company, and was of...

Bernard "Bernie" Paul Mahlar

Bernard "Bernie" Paul Mahlar

Jan 4, 2005

Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Mahlar, 100, resident of 208 Ellis Ave., widower of Elizabeth (Betty) Woodyard Mahlar died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home.He was born August 29, 1904 in Woodbury, CT. He graduated from Woodbury, CT public schools. Because of his interest in the Bible, he became associated with Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1923, the family moved to Glendale,...

Frances Orene Martin

Frances Orene Martin

Jan 2, 2005

Frances Evans Martin, 89, formally of Abbeville died Sunday, January 2, 2005 in Tarboro, NC. She was married to the late Lucien Martin. Mrs. Martin was born in Abbeville to the late Clark and Fannie Gray Evans. She was preceded in death by her son Franklin Martin. Surviving Mrs. Martin is her daughter, Judy Martin Ward and her husband Dr....

Rita Mary Hawco Rooney

Rita Mary Hawco Rooney

Dec 29, 2004

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Aunt Mrs. Rita Mary (Hawco) Rooney, 99, on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at the Abbeville Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Harbor Main, Newfoundland on October 21, 1905 and the daughter of the late Patrick Joseph and Anna (Sullivan) Hawco.Mrs. Rooney immigrated to the...

Derrell  Simpson Caldwell

Derrell Simpson Caldwell

Dec 29, 2004

Derrell Simpson Caldwell, 83, of 116 Henry St. died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Hospice House in Anderson.Born in Abbeville, she was a retired employee with the Seaboard Railroad as a freight agent manager with more than 33 years of service. She also received the National Honorary Postmaster certification from its association. She was a former member of the Eastern...

Roy Lee Duskin

Roy Lee Duskin

Dec 26, 2004

Roy Lee Duskin, 64, of 1590 Hwy 20 Abbeville husband of Carolyn Ethridge Wiley Duskin, died Sunday, December 26, 2004 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Duskin was born in Cullman, AL to the late Vernal W. and Exer Mae Hill Duskin. He was a member of Westside Baptist Church and retired from the fast food service industry after over...

Robert Allen Hamby

Robert Allen Hamby

Dec 25, 2004

Robert Allen Hamby, 62, of 265 Old Douglas Mill Road, husband of Faye Perry Hamby, died Saturday, December 25, 2004 at Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, SC. He was born in Greenwood and was the son of the late Jimmy and Wilma Wilson Brown. Mr. Hamby worked at Greenwood Packing as a truck mechanic. He was a member of Lebanon...

William C. Sharpton

William C. Sharpton

Dec 19, 2004

William C. Sharpton, Jr., 78, of 107 McGowan Ave. Abbeville husband of Carolyn Fisher Sharpton died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at Self Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sharpton was born in Abbeville to the late William C. and Margaret Louise Smith Sharpton, Sr. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and retired from the Abbeville Maintenance Shop of the S.C....

Meredyth M. Thompson

Meredyth M. Thompson

Dec 18, 2004

All Services where held at the home.