Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Margaret Creswell Mulholland (Martin)

Margaret Creswell Mulholland (Martin)

Jun 28, 2021

Margaret Martin Creswell Mulholland, 93, of Abbeville, died Monday, June 28, 2021 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was twice married, first to the late James O. Creswell and second, to the late James Mulholland. Born in 1927, Mrs. Mulholland was the daughter of the late Adger and Bertha Partridge Martin. A graduate of Calhoun Falls High School, she was...

Herschel Bob Brewer

Herschel Bob Brewer

Jun 28, 2021

Herschel Robert “Bob” Brewer, 79, husband of Cletta Whitley Brewer, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was a son of the late Herschel Conrad Brewer and Lillie Camp Brewer. The Brewer’s moved to Abbeville in 1975 to work for Seaboard Coastline Railroad. Bob’s hobbies included working in the garden, fishing, going...

Clifton "Clif" Griffin

Clifton "Clif" Griffin

Jun 27, 2021

Clifton Michael “Clif” Griffin, 41, resident of 121 College Ave. went to be with his Lord Sunday June 27, 2021.

Born in Greenwood, SC he was a son of Mike and Carlene Talbert Griffin.Clif loved hunting, fishing, making hash for benefits, cooking, spending time with family and friends. He also enjoyed weekend work with his friend Daryl “Duck” Dodgen and...

Charlotte Scoggins

Charlotte Scoggins

Jun 26, 2021

Charlotte Campbell Scoggins, 88, resident of 2935 Cedar Springs Rd.widow of Alvin Scoggins passed away Saturday June 26, 2021 at Abbeville Area Medical Center.

Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of Claude and Lillie Pruitt Campbell.Charlotte was a retired textile employee with Abbeville Mills for over 42 years. She enjoyed reading and watching Atlanta Braves baseball. She was a...

Judith Y. Ferguson (Young)

Judith Y. Ferguson (Young)

Jun 25, 2021

Judith Young Ferguson, 80, of Abbeville, wife of the late Wendell Ferguson, died Friday, June 25, 2021 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Abbeville to the late Robbie and Fannie Lou Wells Young. Mrs. Ferguson was a 1959 graduate of Abbeville High School and a dedicated member of the Abbeville Church of God. She retired after many...

Imogene G. Scoggins (Greenway)

Imogene G. Scoggins (Greenway)

Jun 25, 2021

Imogene Scoggins, 89, of Lowndesville, wife of the late James W. ‘Jimmy’ Scoggins, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Rainey Hospice House. She was born in Anderson to the late Alex and Lessie Tyner Greenway. Mrs. Scoggins retired from the Bigelow-Sanford/ Rocky River Mill with over 30 years of dedicated service. Cooking, canning, spending time with...

Pat Bryant

Pat Bryant

Jun 25, 2021

On Friday, June 25, 2021, John “Pat” Bryant, entered eternal rest at the age of 57 at Self Regional Healthcare. Pat was born on September 18, 1963 in Abbeville, SC to Thelma Kennedy Bryant and the late John Thomas Bryant. He attended Calhoun Falls High School and furthered his education in welding at Job Corp in Kentucky. Pat worked many...

John Vincent Douglas Marchi

John Vincent Douglas Marchi

Jun 22, 2021

John Vincent Douglas Marchi, 82, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Camilla Marchi, died Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland to the late Vincent Douglas Marchi and Adelaide Wilson Marchi. Mr. Marchi relocated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen, living in Florida, Greenwood, SC and Abbeville, SC. He honorably served his...

William Donald 'Don' Lindley

William Donald 'Don' Lindley

Jun 22, 2021

William Donald, ‘Don’, Lindley, 74, of Abbeville, husband of Nancy Earline Pruitt Lindley, died Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at his residence. He was born in Bordeaux, SC to the late Mary Ellen Lindley. A graduate of the John de la Howe School, he retired from Carolina Home Shopping Services after 30 years of dedicated service. He was also employed with...

Lynn Proctor (Davis)

Lynn Proctor (Davis)

Jun 21, 2021

Lynn Davis Proctor, 64, of Abbeville, wife of Jerald Proctor, died Monday, June 21, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Abbeville, SC, to the late William Jack Davis and Betty Ruth Perry Davis. Lynn was a 1974 graduate of Abbeville High School. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Jerald; a son, Jerald Proctor, II...

Warren Dalton

Warren Dalton

Jun 20, 2021

Paul Warren Dalton, 73, of Lake Lure, NC, died Sunday, June 20, 2021 at his residence in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Lake Lure, NC to the late Paul Grayson Dalton and Ethel Crawford Dalton. Warren was 1966 graduate of R.S. Central High School in Rutherford, NC and a member of Bill’s Creek Baptist Church in Lake Lure, NC....

Rev. Dr. Robert ‘Bobby’ E. Jones

Rev. Dr. Robert ‘Bobby’ E. Jones

Jun 18, 2021

Dr. Robert Edward “Bobby” Jones, age 75, went home to Glory on June 18, 2021, at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. Born in Abbeville County, SC on February 12, 1946, he was the son of the late Lewis Edward Jones and Mozelle Leona Taylor Jones. Bobby was educated in Abbeville, graduating from Abbeville High School, class of 1964, where he...

Robbie L Van Turner (Glover)

Robbie L Van Turner (Glover)

Jun 18, 2021

Mrs. Robbie Lee Gilliard Van Turner, 104, departed this life on June 18, 2021 at the home of her niece, Minnie Gilliard Johnson. She was born in McCormick, SC on September 1, 1916, a daughter of the late Robert and Drucilla A’Dolphus Gilliard. At an early age, she lost both of her parents and was reared in Detroit, Michigan by...

Frances 'Millie' Camilla Mcdonald

Frances 'Millie' Camilla Mcdonald

Jun 13, 2021

Frances Camilla “Millie” McDonald, 59, of Donalds, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Millie was the daughter of the late James W. and Katherine Patricia “Patsy” Pearman McDonald. A graduate of Winthrop University, she spent her career with the YMCA in Anderson and the Center for Child Care Career Development in Greenville. Millie was a dog lover...

Kathy Ann Bergeon

Kathy Ann Bergeon

Jun 12, 2021

Kathy Bergeon, 71, of Waterloo, wife of the late Charles Daniel Attaway, Sr., died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Greenwood to the late Marshall James and Roxie Juanita Smith Cobb. A devoted homemaker, Kathy attended Greenwood High School and was employed in textiles. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother...

Shirley Mae Wilson (Hizer)

Shirley Mae Wilson (Hizer)

Jun 6, 2021

Shirley Mae Wilson, 74, of Abbeville, died Sunday, June 6, 2021 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Blue Sulfur Springs, West Virginia to the late Raymond John Hizer and Helen Blanche Tincher Hizer. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Abbeville First Baptist Church and volunteered at the Abbeville Area Medical Center in the Gift Shop. Surviving...

Terry 'Pistol-Ball' Glenn Simpson

Terry 'Pistol-Ball' Glenn Simpson

Jun 4, 2021

Terry G. Simpson, better known as ‘Pistol-Ball’, 67, of the Level Land Community, died Friday, June 4. 2021 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville County to Eleanor Alewine Holmes and the late Terry D. Simpson. Pistol-Ball was a 1971 graduate of Dixie High School and attended Mission Baptist Church. He could operate any piece of heavy equipment. Many...

Joe G. Charping

Joe G. Charping

Jun 4, 2021

Joe G. Charping, 76, of Lowndesville, husband of the late Loretta Young Charping, died Friday, June 4, 2021 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Joseph Charping and Jeanette Billings Charping. Mr. Charping attended Calhoun Falls High School and was employed with Mohawk Industries for many years. He enjoyed fishing; however, time spent...

Van Hughes

Van Hughes

Jun 4, 2021

William “Van” Hughes, 71, resident of 112 Calhoun St. passed away Friday June 4, 2021 at his home.

Born I Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late John George Hughes, Sr. and Doris Kirby Hughes.

Van was a self employed paint contractor and owned his own Landscaping Service.Survivors include: two sisters Tena Prince of Abbeville and Doris Hammond of Anderson,...

Thomas “Shorty” Loftis

Thomas “Shorty” Loftis

Jun 3, 2021

Harold “Thomas” Loftis, 81, resident of 514 Aiken St. widower of Frances Cheek Loftis passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday June 3, 2021.

Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late William Lewis Loftis and Lilly Loftis.Thomas affectionately known by his friends and family as “Shorty” was a retired textile employee having worked for...