Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Norman Fletcher Sorrow
May 2, 2018
Norman Fletcher Sorrow, 74, resident of 48 Colony East Abbeville, SC husband of Linda Hill Sorrow passed away Wednesday May 2, 2018 at his home.Born in Abbeville, SC July 13, 1943 he was the son of Margaret King Sorrow and the late Norman R. Sorrow.Fletcher was a graduate of Abbeville High School where he excelled in sports. He was was...
Johnny Brinkley
Apr 30, 2018
Johnny Brinkley, 68, of McCormick, husband of Linda Barnett Brinkley, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born in McCormick, SC to the late Jack Brinkley and Grace Johnson Hardy. Mr. Brinkley was reared in the home of the late John and Betty Strom from McCormick. Mr. Brinkley was a 1968 graduate of McCormick High...
Harrison Lee Sawyer
Apr 30, 2018
Harrison Lee Sawyer, 76, formerly of Calhoun Falls, SC, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at the Clarendon Hospice House in Baton Rouge, LA. He was born in Needmore, IN to the late Brack Sawyer and Elizabeth Lawson Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer was a graduate of Indiana University. He was an entrepreneur, owning and operating Sawyer’s Grocery Store and later The Latimer...
Thelma Lou "Young" Campbell
Apr 25, 2018
Thelma Lou Young Campbell, 81, of Abbeville, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville to the late Robbie and Fannie Lou Wells Young. Ms. Campbell was entirely family oriented. She cherished spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-granddaughter. Ms. Campbell was a faithful member of Abbeville Church of God. In addition...
Keller Benjamin Bowie
Apr 25, 2018
Keller Benjamin Bowie, 16, resident of 102 Alice Drive passed away Wednesday April 25, 2018.Born in Greenwood, SC he was a son of Ben Allen "Benny" Bowie and Tracey Willis Bowie.Keller was a 9th grade student at Abbeville High School. He enjoyed playing basketball with his friends, fishing, hunting and forging of knives. He also made homemade handles for the...
Margaret Frances "Newell" Young
Apr 24, 2018
Margaret Frances Young, 92, wife of the late Lowry T. Young, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville to the late Arthur and Margaret Hagen Newell. Mrs. Young was in every respect a homemaker. She guided each family member in her loving and caring way. Her home was warm...
Merle Hershberger
Apr 23, 2018
Merle Hershberger, 66, husband of Effie Grace Yoder Hershberger, had an address change to his eternal Heavenly home on Monday, April 23, 2018 at their home in Belton, SC. He was born September 10, 1951 in Norfolk, VA to the late Henry J. and Anna Elizabeth Yoder Hershberger. Mr. Hershberger was a member of Whispering Pines Mennonite Church, Honea Path,...
Winnie Morrison Phillips
Apr 22, 2018
Winnie Morrison Phillips, 98, formerly of York, SC, widow of David G. "Dode" Phillips, III, died Sunday April 22, 2018 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC.Born in York, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Walter Dixon Morrison and Laura Jenkins Morrison.Mrs. Phillips was a life-long member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. She was...
Mary "Ann Gross" Ketron
Apr 21, 2018
Mary “Ann” Ketron, 71, wife of Charles Ketron, of Anderson, SC, formerly of Blountville, TN, died Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Kent General Hospital in Dover, DE. She was born in Washington County, TN to the late James and Gladys Poore Gross. Mrs. Ketron was a graduate of Holston/Boones Creek High School. Selecting her profession proved to be an...
Patricia Faye "Henderson" Gilbert
Apr 20, 2018
Patricia Faye Gilbert, 69, of Greenwood, formerly of Hendersonville, NC, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Self Regional Medical Center. She was born in Hendersonville, NC to the late Roy McKinley Henderson and Ellen Nanny Grasty Henderson. Ms. Gilbert was a graduate of the Cosmetology School in Hendersonville, NC and worked many years as a cosmetologist at the Laurel Park...
Navy "Robertson" Rita L. Simmons Ret. Us
Apr 20, 2018
Rita L. Robertson Simmons, Petty Officer First Class, US Navy, Ret., 64, of Honea Path, SC, formerly of South Bend, IN, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson, SC. She was born in South Bend, IN to the late Charles T. Robertson and Muriel A. Wegner Robertson. Ms. Simmons, a 1971 graduate...
Merrell Quincy Garvin
Apr 18, 2018
Merrell Quincy Garvin, 67, husband of Pia Garvin, of Abbeville, SC died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Aiken to the late Quincy Garvin and Ethel Aldrich Garvin. Mr. Garvin received his Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson University and his Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University. He worked...
Laurie Olivia "Creswell" Cowan
Apr 17, 2018
Laurie Cowan, 53, wife of Ronnie Cowan, of Abbeville, SC died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Abbeville to Margaret Martin Creswell Mulholland and the late James Oliver Creswell, Sr. Laurie was a graduate of Westside Christian School and earned an Associate Degree in Business from Piedmont Technical College. She brought much joy to...
Floyd Dwight Thomas
Apr 16, 2018
Floyd Dwight Thomas, 73, husband of Peggy Thomas (née Tuckey), of Savannah Lakes died Monday, April 16, 2018, at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. Born in Mishawauka, Indiana, he was the son of the late Raymond Dwight Thomas and Sara Silberman Thomas. Mr. Thomas honorably served his country in the United States Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was...
Jewell Botts
Apr 13, 2018
Jewel Grace Loftis Botts, 95, of the nation's Community, Abbeville, SC, wife of the late Lt. Col Billy Botts, USA, Ret. died on April 13, 2018 in Abbeville. She was the daughter of the late John Evans Loftis and Lula Mae Watkins Loftis."Mama John" as the family affectionately called her was an active member of Smyrna Methodist Church in Lowndesville,...
James Oliver Creswell
Apr 13, 2018
James Oliver "Jimmy" Creswell, Jr., 64, resident of 119 Stone Oak Lane, Greenwood, SC husband of Nancy Craven Creswell passed away Friday April 13, 2018 at Self Regional Medical Center.Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of Margaret Martin Mulholland and the late James Oliver Creswell, Sr.He was retired from the SC Dept. of Transportation with over 20 plus...
Arial Dean "Honey Prince" Irwin
Apr 12, 2018
Arial Dean “Honey” Prince Irwin, 91, of Abbeville, died Thursday, April 12, 2018 at her home. She was born in Abbeville to the late Joseph M. and Marselle Patterson Prince. “Honey,” as she was affectionately known, was most recently employed by the Abbeville Nursing Home. Ms. Irwin was a member of Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition to her parents,...
Doris "Moss" Tucker
Apr 7, 2018
Doris Moss Tucker, 82, of Abbeville, wife of the late James Cleveland Tucker, died Saturday, April 7, 2018 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Elberton, GA to the late Floyd Moss, Sr. and Virginia Johnson Moss. Mrs. Tucker was a 1954 graduate of the Nancy Hart High School in Elberton, GA. In 1956 she married the...
Milton William "Milt" Becker
Apr 7, 2018
Milton “Milt” William Becker, 70, husband of Kathy Petersen Becker, of Anderson, SC died Saturday, April 7, 2018 at AnMed Health Medical Center; his family was with him. He was born in Chicago, IL to the late Harold and Evelyn Hanich Becker. Milt served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He received his Bachelor of...
Marcia Laura Bowers Woolbright
Apr 6, 2018
Marcia Laura Bowers Woolbright, 89, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home widow of Bill Woolbright passed away Friday April 6, 2018 at the nursing home.Born in Lancaster, SC she was a daughter of the late Willie Bowers and Blanche Small Bowers.She was a homemaker and a member of Rice Memorial Baptist Church. The family would like to extend a big THANK...
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