Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Joseph Michael Arant

Joseph Michael Arant

Jun 8, 2015

Joseph Michael Arant, 38, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Carmen Noblin Arant, died Monday, June 8, 2015. He was born in Monroe, NC to Lynn Arant and Joyce Faye Oliver Price. Michael was employed with Almond Tree Construction Co. He was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church and was on staff at Lighthouse with the jail ministry. Michael was formerly...

Guy Randall Simpson

Guy Randall Simpson

Jun 7, 2015

Guy Randall Simpson, 72, of McCormick, husband of Alma Luquire Simpson died Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Guy Simpson and Ruth New Simpson. Randall graduated from Abbeville High School and retired from GTE Telephone Co. after 25 years of service. He was a member of the Congregational Holiness...

Robert Korhn

Robert Korhn

Jun 6, 2015

Robert Ewing Korhn, 64, a free spirit with a beautiful soul departed from this life Saturday, June 6, 2015. Bob was a self-employed gentle man. He never met a stranger. He loved people, since his work allowed him extensive travel, he acquired many dear and life-long friends across the United States. Bob is preceded in death by his beloved grandmother,...

Dorn Keith Saylors

Dorn Keith Saylors

Jun 3, 2015

Dorn Keith Saylors, 50, of Abbeville, died suddenly on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late Wilton T. "Red" & Linda Long Saylors. Dorn was an entrepreneur at heart. He loved his boys and was a lifetime member of the Clinton Masonic Lodge #3. In his early years, his passion was fishing...

Henry C. "Dusty" Oates Sr Coach

Henry C. "Dusty" Oates Sr Coach

Jun 2, 2015

Henry C. 'Dusty' Oates, Sr., 88, of Due West, SC, husband of Zelda Gambrell Oates, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 at his residence. He was born in York, SC to the late William Thomas Oates, Sr and Martha Belle Campbell Oates. Mr. Oates was most affectionately known as 'Coach Oates'. He was a WWII Veteran having served in...

Mable Scott Wilkerson

Mable Scott Wilkerson

May 31, 2015

Mable Scott Wilkerson, wife of the late T.R.Wilkerson, peacefully entered into heaven on May 31, 2015 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina surrounded by her family. She was born October 10, 1922 to Henry J Scott and Allie Mae Broadwell Scott in Iva, South Carolina. Mrs. Wilkerson was the current oldest member of Central Presbyterian Church in Athens,...

Willa Dean Kay

Willa Dean Kay

May 28, 2015

Willa Dean Kay, 86, of Abbeville, SC, died Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville County (Antreville) to the late James Berry Kay and Euzelia Bowen Kay. Ms. Kay was a graduate of Antreville High School and Perry Business School. She retired from Bank of America after 32 years of service. Ms. Kay...

Betty P. Dye

Betty P. Dye

May 26, 2015

Betty Partridge Dye, 72, of Abbeville, wife of Thomas N. Dye, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Fester Jones Partridge and Mary Phillips Partridge. Betty retired from Flexible Technologies with over 20 years of service and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her...

John Marvin Ellis Jr.

John Marvin Ellis Jr.

May 25, 2015

John Marvin Ellis, Jr., 80, of Abbeville, husband of Geraldine Mocnik Ellis, died peacefully on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late John M. Ellis, Sr. and Maude Rebecca Ware Ellis. Mr. Ellis served in the U.S. Army and was a proud veteran of the Korean...

Frances Watson Crisp Mccullough

Frances Watson Crisp Mccullough

May 24, 2015

Frances Watson Crisp McCullough, 93, of Abbeville, died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the Exalted Health Care in Iva. She was born in Simpsonville, SC to the late John W. and Sally Garrett Watson. Mrs. McCullough retired after 11 years of dedicated service with the Union Carbide Corp. She was a member of Asaville Baptist Church. In addition to her...

Vera Wiley Leverette

Vera Wiley Leverette

May 18, 2015

Vera Wiley Leverette, 89, of Calhoun Falls, wife of the late, John "Pee Wee" Leverette, died Monday, May 18, 2015 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in McCormick, SC to the late Jody Wiley, Sr. and Sallie Butler Wiley. Mrs. Leverette retired after 44 years of service with the West Point Stevens Plant and was a member of the...

Harlan Cyrell Bizzell

Harlan Cyrell Bizzell

May 17, 2015

Harlan C. Bizzell, 93 years old, died May 17, 2015, at Savannah Commons. He was born October 19, 1921, in Norway, SC, to Zebulon D. and Vera Delle Garick Bizzell. He retired from the Seaboard Coastline Railroad in 1981 after working 41 years as a dispatcher. Harlan was a life-long Presbyterian and was a deacon and elder in Hull Memorial...

Darrell M New Rev.

Darrell M New Rev.

May 9, 2015

Rev. Darrell M. New, 82, of Abbeville, husband of the late Nancy Simpson New, died at his home Saturday, May 09, 2015 surrounded by his family. Rev. New was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Miller Boyd and Clarkie Scott New. He served in the U.S. Army and retired from Milliken after 45 years of dedicated service. Rev. New...

Virgil L. Manning Rev.

Virgil L. Manning Rev.

May 8, 2015

Rev. Virgil L. Manning, 80, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Dorothy Kidd Manning, died peacefully on Friday, May 8, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late Henry N. and Clora Beauford Manning. Rev. Manning proudly served in the U.S. Army and retired from the S.C. National Guard with 26 years of total service....

Don N. Ross

Don N. Ross

May 3, 2015

Don N. Ross, 64, of Abbeville, husband of Jeanette Davis Ross, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, May 03, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Ross was born in Greenville County to the late Homer C. and Syble Andrews Ross. In 1972, he received his Bachelors' Degree from Clemson University and in 1975, his Master's Degree. In 1983, Mr....

Thelma Juanita Ware

Thelma Juanita Ware

Apr 29, 2015

Thelma Ware, 79, of the Level Land Community died Thursday, April 29, 2015 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late William Ralph and Iral Leonard Ware. Ms. Ware was a 1953 graduate of Due West High School. She retired from Milliken – Sharon Plant after many years of dedicated service and was a devoted...

Polly Sullivan

Polly Sullivan

Apr 27, 2015

Polly Sullivan, 84, of McCormick, died Monday, April 27, 2015, at her residence. She was born in Crum, West Virginia to the late Morgan Crum and Jennie Prince Crum. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Waller. Ms. Sullivan attended Buffalo Baptist Church. She was active in the McCormick Senior Center and will...

Brenda Campbell Duckett

Brenda Campbell Duckett

Apr 24, 2015

Brenda Campbell Duckett, 69, of Calhoun Falls, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Bernice and Gertrude Edwards Campbell. Ms. Duckett was a loving mother, sister and friend. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her daughter, Allison B. Wilson and a brother, Roger Campbell. Ms....

Frances Mcnamara

Frances Mcnamara

Apr 22, 2015

Frances McNamara, 87, of Abbeville, wife of the late John McNamara, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late John Allen Martin and Lillie Cox Martin. Mrs. McNamara retired from the Milliken & Co. after many dedicated years of service. Following retirement, she was the biscuit maker at...