Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

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.

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....