Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

James "Jim" Bowie

James "Jim" Bowie

Apr 22, 2015

James Wallace "Jim" Bowie passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015 following a brief illness. He was born in Greenwood, SC on August 8, 1953, son of Sara Watt Bowie and the late William Maurice Bowie. Jim grew up in Ware Shoals, SC. He was the grandson of the late Wallace and Mary Lou Bowie of Ware Shoals, SC and the...

Evelyn B. Page

Evelyn B. Page

Apr 22, 2015

Evelyn Bratcher Page, 89, of Abbeville, wife of the late Benjamin L. Page, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Ellis Clyde Bratcher and Macy Estell Campbell Bratcher. Mrs. Page was a life-long member of South Side Baptist Church where she was a member of the Dorcas Sunday School class....

William Claude Sutherland

William Claude Sutherland

Apr 21, 2015

Claude Sutherland, 68, of Abbeville, husband of Deborah Greeson Sutherland, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Samuel "Tom" Sutherland, Sr. and Dorothy Ware Sutherland. Claude was a proud member of the Abbeville High School Class of 1965. He retired from N.W. White and Company where...

Thomas Henry Gorry

Thomas Henry Gorry

Apr 14, 2015

Thomas Henry Gorry, 79, Maryville, Missouri, formerly of Due West, South Carolina, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at his daughter's home in Maryville. Thomas (Tom) was born September 9, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York to Thomas Henry Gorry and Christine (Steel) Gorry. He and Odette Nahas Gorry were married in Brooklyn, NY January 22, 1961. Tom served his country with...

David Fogle Jr.

David Fogle Jr.

Apr 14, 2015

David Fogle, 81, of Abbeville, husband of the late Bernice Ellis Fogle, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Abbeville Nursing Home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Orangeburg, SC to the late Webster David Fogle, Sr. and Lula Etheridge Fogle. Mr. Fogle served his country in the U.S. Army and was of the Baptist faith. He...

Patty Dellinger

Patty Dellinger

Apr 14, 2015

Patty Dellinger, 61, of Anderson, SC, formerly of Abbeville, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville, SC to the late John Louie Dellinger and Kathleen Tomlinson Dellinger. Patty was 1971 graduate of Abbeville High School where she proudly participated in the Grenadier Band. In 1975, she received her bachelor's degree from Furman University. She...

Loretta B. Hammett

Loretta B. Hammett

Apr 10, 2015

Loretta B. Hammett, 50, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Thomas Hammett, Sr., died Friday, April 10, 2015 at her home. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Yancey. Mrs. Hammett is survived by two sons, Harvey Fowler, Jr. of Great Falls, SC and Thomas Hammett, Jr of Calhoun Falls, SC;...

Carrie L. Morrow

Carrie L. Morrow

Apr 7, 2015

Carrie Lee Morrow, 79, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Alvin W. Morrow, Sr., died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Morrow was a retired seamstress and an avid gardener. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Morrow is survived by four sons,...

Vivian Logan Swofford

Vivian Logan Swofford

Apr 4, 2015

Vivian Logan Swofford, 89, of Due West, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her residence. She was formerly of Spartanburg, SC and was married to the late James Edward Swofford. Mrs. Swofford was born in Edgefield County, SC to the late Samuel Francis Logan and Ruth Strom Logan. Mrs. Swofford was a 1947 graduate of Limestone College. She worked for...

Vivian Ann Cook

Vivian Ann Cook

Apr 2, 2015

Vivian Ann (Matestic) Cook, 72, of McCormick, SC, formerly of Canton, MI, passed away on April 2, 2015 in Greenwood, SC due to pancreatic cancer. Vivian was born on December 16, 1942 in Detroit, MI to John and Elizabeth Matestic. She graduated from Henry Ford Community College with a degree in nursing. She married David Cook on April 7, 1973....

Bobbie Sue Childs Mundy

Bobbie Sue Childs Mundy

Mar 28, 2015

Bobbie Sue Childs Mundy, 84, of Abbeville, (The Watts Community), died peacefully on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was married to the late Richard Langley Mundy. Mrs. Mundy was born in Elberton, GA to the late Benjamin Tillman Childs and Eva Robinson Childs. She was a 1949 graduate of Sharon School in Abbeville and...

Robert Bruce Davis

Robert Bruce Davis

Mar 16, 2015

Robert Bruce Davis, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 16, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born in Asheville, NC to Joan Williams Davis and the late Clarence W. Davis. Bruce is survived by his mother, Joan Williams Davis of the home; his brother, Derek Davis and his wife Debbie of Greenville; and two sisters, Jan Davis...

Claire I Palmer

Claire I Palmer

Mar 15, 2015

Claire I. Palmer, 88, of Abbeville, formerly of Greenwood, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in San Francisco, CA to the late William & Celina Kate Woodcock Barr. Mrs. Palmer retired after 20 years with the M&M Mars Company. She was a patron of the arts, a member of the Republican Women's Club...

Alexandra Corley Schissler

Alexandra Corley Schissler

Mar 11, 2015

Alexandra Corley Schissler, 68, of the Savannah Lakes Village, wife of Edward Kelly Schissler, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at her home. She was born in Morristown, NJ to the late Ralph A. and Leontine Raymond Corley. Mrs. Schissler retired, after 23 years of devoted service, as a Physical Education teacher in Florida. Following retirement, she and her husband, Edward,...

Annie Maude James

Annie Maude James

Mar 10, 2015

Annie Maude James, 98, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Athens, GA to the late Joseph Levi and Elizabeth Murray James. Ms. James began her working career at a very early age at Abbeville Shirt Plant and later retired from Milliken – Abbeville Plant after many years of dedicated service. She was...

Joe William "Billy" Norryce

Joe William "Billy" Norryce

Mar 10, 2015

Billy Norryce, Jr., 67, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Carol Dilleshaw Norryce, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Joe William Norryce, Sr and Frances LaBoon Norryce. Mr. Norryce was a 1965 graduate of Abbeville High School, a member of Abbeville First Baptist Church and served in the S.C. National...

Jimmy Dove

Jimmy Dove

Mar 9, 2015

Jimmy Dove, 63, of Calhoun Falls, husband of Pat Brown Dove, died peacefully on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville, SC to Barbara Burton Dove of Calhoun Falls and the late Paul Dove. Jimmy was a graduate of Calhoun Falls High School, Class of 1969. He was employed as an Insurance...

Allen "Chunk" Patterson Sr.

Allen "Chunk" Patterson Sr.

Mar 5, 2015

Allen F. 'Chunk' Patterson, Sr., 86, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of Martha O'Shields Patterson, died Thursday, March 05, 2015, at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born September 1, 1928 in Abbeville, SC to the late Grady Leslie Patterson, Sr. and Claudia McClain Patterson. Mr. Patterson was a 1947 graduate of Calhoun Falls High School and an elder...

Foster Sondley Robinson

Foster Sondley Robinson

Mar 4, 2015

Foster Sondley Robinson, III, 46, of McCormick, died peacefully Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the Georgia Medical University. Foster was born in Gainesville, GA to Connie McAbee Robinson and the late Foster Sondley Robinson, Jr. Foster is survived by his mother of the home; two sisters, Dora Robinson Jones and Vicie Robinson of Greenwood; an aunt, Clair McAbee; an uncle,...

Clemont Jerell Hilley

Clemont Jerell Hilley

Mar 2, 2015

Clemont "Jerell" Hilley, 90, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of the late Ada Crocker Hilley, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Monday, March 02, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iva, SC to the late Luther Allen Hilley and Hattie Campbell Hilley. Mr. Hilley was a veteran of the United States Navy...