Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Susan Bailey Powell

Susan Bailey Powell

Dec 16, 2004

Susan Bailey Powell, 82, of Rt. 1 McCormick died Thursday, December 16, 2004 at the Hospice House of the Upstate. She was first married to the late Clyde L. Faggart and then to the late Rufus B. Powell. Mrs. Powell was born in Elberton, GA to the late Dr. D.V. and Susan Mildred Stephens Bailey. Being very active was something...

Bernice J. Hagen

Bernice J. Hagen

Dec 15, 2004

Bernice J. Hagen, 97, of Iva, SC formally of Abbeville, SC and Lakehurst, NJ. died Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Schnectady, NY to the late Jan and Louise Podgorska Tralka. Mrs. Hagen was married to the late Hans Ludwig August Hagen. She was preceded in death by her four sisters, Mae Tralka Arnold, Zora...

Hoke Floyd

Hoke Floyd

Dec 14, 2004

Hoke Floyd, 75, of 185 Keowee Road died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.Born in Hart County, he was a son of the late Robert and Clarkie Carter Floyd. He was a textile employee with Milliken Textiles, Abbeville plant, with more than 51 years of service. He was also a member of Mission Baptist Church.Surviving are widow,...

Mary Tiller Wright

Mary Tiller Wright

Dec 13, 2004

Mary Tiller Wright, 73, of 115 Morse Ave. died Monday, December 13, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to the late Odell and Ida Sorrow Tiller. Ms. Wright worked at the Fovil Manufacturing Plant for 12 years and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving Ms. Wright are her two daughters, Diane Hand, and Carolyn Sink both of...

Helen Louise Page

Helen Louise Page

Dec 9, 2004

Helen Louise Page, 77, of Anderson formally of Abbeville died Thursday, December 9, 2004 at the Anderson Area Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Pete Page. Mrs. Page was born in Abbeville to the late Issac W. and Ethel L. Hutchinson Prince. She retired as a registered nurse from Anderson Area Medical Center after 20 years of...

Alvin  Layfatte Sentell

Alvin Layfatte Sentell

Dec 8, 2004

Alvin Layfatte Sentell, 71, of 208 Hillcrest Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Westminster, he was the son of the late Freeman Layfatte and Ruby Smith Sentell. He was a United States Army veteran having served in the Korean War. He was a retired textile employee of Abbeville Mills with more than 35...

Mary Ella Williams Seawright

Mary Ella Williams Seawright

Nov 21, 2004

Mary Ella Williams Seawright, 95, of 375 Hwy 71, Abbeville, SC, widow of Evans Seawright, died November 21, 2004, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late W. E. and Willie Belle Wilson Williams. She was a graduate of Abbeville High School and Greenwood College of Commerce. She was retired from Gleams Human...

Ruth  Robinson Pressley

Ruth Robinson Pressley

Nov 16, 2004

Ruth Robinson Pressley, 93, of 111 Orange St., widow of Haynes Pressley Sr., died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. Born in Abbeville County, she was the daughter of the late John and Allie Harrison Robinson. She was a retired employee of Abbeville County School District No. 60. She was a faithful member of Washington...

Ralph  Franklin Mobley

Ralph Franklin Mobley

Nov 16, 2004

Ralph Franklin Mobley, 66, resident of 515 Parsons Mt. Rd., husband of Seppie Brewer Mobley died Tuesday, November 17, 2004 at Abbeville Co. Memorial Hospital.Born in Abbeville Co., SC he was a son of the late Jeff and Fannie Mae Gable Mobley.He was a retired farmer and was a very avid outdoorsman having enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was also...

Mary  Simpson Hill

Mary Simpson Hill

Nov 15, 2004

Mary Simpson Hill, 91, resident of 2578 Flat Rock Rd., Nation Community, widow of Frank Hill, died Monday, November 15, 2004 at Abbeville Co. Memorial Hospital.Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Matthew A. and Emma Cann Simpson. She was a retired textile employee with Milliken Mills. She was a faithful member of Bells United...

Janice E. Baldwin

Janice E. Baldwin

Nov 6, 2004

Janice E. Baldwin, 51, of 3316 Horseshoe Rd. died Saturday, November 6, 2004 at a local hospital. She was born in Greenville County to the late Lawrence E. and Margaret Hanley Baldwin. Ms. Baldwin attended Lowndesville Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving Ms. Baldwin is her sister, Iris Wilden and her husband Kenneth of Lowndesville, a nephew, Eli Wilden, and two nieces,...

Rebecca "Becky" Ewing Wilkinson

Rebecca "Becky" Ewing Wilkinson

Nov 1, 2004

Rebecca "Becky' Ewing Wilkinson, 91, resident of Carlisle Nursing Drive, Due West, widow of Bert Wilkinson, died Monday, Nov. 1, 2004, at Carlisle Nursing Center. A graveside memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Little Mountain Presbyterian Church cemetery with the Rev. John Parks officiating. The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home, Abbeville, is in charge of arrangements.

Ethel S. Brewer

Ethel S. Brewer

Oct 18, 2004

Ethel S. Brewer, 72, of 904 Garrison St. wife of the late Sam R. Brewer died Monday, October 18, 2004 at Self Regional HealthCare. She was born in Commerce, GA to the late Fred L. and Myrtle Bruce Sears. Mrs. Brewer was a member of the Pressly A.R.P. Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, Charles...

Lou Ellen Creswell Gable

Lou Ellen Creswell Gable

Oct 14, 2004

Lou Ellen Gable, 72, resident of 3578 Hwy. 28 North, widow of Edwin T. Gable died Thursday, October 14, 2004 at Abbeville Co. Memorial Hospital.Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Vivian E. ''Hook'' and Lois Russun Creswell.She was a retired textile employee with Bloomsburg Mills. She was currently a volunteer assistant at Abbeville Co....

Carl  Hitch Davis

Carl Hitch Davis

Oct 11, 2004

Carl H. Davis, 78, resident of 1307 N. Main St., husband of Grace Link Davis died Monday, October 11, 2004 at Abbeville Co. Memorial Hospital.Born in Abbeville, SC, he was the son of the late William McKnight and Jettie Ashley Davis.His career in textiles covered a span of 39 years. Thirteen of those years with Milliken Textiles in Abbeville, SC,...

James  Bobby Kilgore

James Bobby Kilgore

Oct 11, 2004

James "Bobby" Kilgore, 73, of Hospice House in Anderson died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at Hospice House. Born in Abbeville County, he was the son of the late Claude DeWitt Sr. and Ruby Powell Kilgore. He was a United States Air Force veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a retired body shop manager with White's Automotive in Zanesville, Ohio....

Pauline Plank Wagler

Pauline Plank Wagler

Oct 11, 2004

Pauline Plank Wagler was born July 17, 1952 in Virginia Beach, VA., the daughter of Isaac and Amanda Yoder Plank. She gained her eternal reward on October 11, 2004, at the age of 52 in her residence 110 Cochran Rd. Abbeville, following a 9 month battle with cancer. She accepted Christ in her youth and was a member of the...

Blanche Johnson

Blanche Johnson

Oct 10, 2004

Blanche Johnson, 88, of Abbeville, wife of Carl Johnson died Sunday, October 10, 2004 at her home. She was born in Ossining, NY to the late Fred and Anna Noak Sleator. Mrs. Johnson will be remembered for being a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 68 years Carl Johnson of Abbeville, two daughters, Barbara...

James "Jim" Kenneth Edens

James "Jim" Kenneth Edens

Oct 10, 2004

James ''Jim'' Kenneth Edens, II, beloved husband of Neannie Parkins Edens, died Sunday morning, October 10, 2004 at Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, SC.His father, James Kenneth Edens, Sr. predeceased him. He is survived by his mother, Mary Ann Culpepper Edens of Abbeville, SC; brothers, Joseph Lee Edens and fiance, Sandra Standridge of Ware Shoals, SC and Robert Anthony Edens...

Milton Clyde Sharpe Jr.

Milton Clyde Sharpe Jr.

Oct 9, 2004

Milton Clyde Sharpe, Jr., 81, a native of Abbeville, husband of Mary A. "Jinx" Sharpe, died Saturday, October 9, 2004 at a local hospital in Austell, GA. He was born in Abbeville to the late Milton C. and Elise Brownlee Sharpe, Sr. He was a retired mechanical engineer and was of the Presbyterian faith. Mr. Sharpe is survived by his...