Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Thomas "Buddy" Ray Garrett
Jan 21, 2018
Thomas Ray "Buddy" Garrett, 66, resident of Greenville, SC passed away Sunday Jan. 21, 2018.Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late James Eugene Garrett and Nancy Argo Garrett.Buddy had a degree as a culinary chef. He was formerly employed as a counselor at Turning Point Home for Men. He was of the Methodist faith.Survivors include his...
Rodney Thomas "Tommy" Elliott Sr.
Jan 20, 2018
Rodney Thomas ‘Big Tommy’ Elliott, Sr., 65, of Abbeville, husband of Wanda Beasley Elliott, died Saturday, January 20, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late R.B. and Rose Sorrow Elliott. Big Tommy, as he was fondly known, retired after 21 years of service as a Sergeant from the SC National Guard, Company A 111 Signal...
Donnie L. Shiflet
Jan 17, 2018
Donnie L. Shiflet, 69, husband of Linda Gilliam Shiflet, of Calhoun Falls, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Richard Roy Shiflet, Sr. and Freida Mae McKinney Shiflet. Mr. Shiflet retired from the West Point Stevens Plant in Calhoun Falls after 40 years of dedicated service. He worshipped at the...
George Davis Ware
Jan 16, 2018
George Davis Ware, 92, of Ashlan Village, Lyman, husband of Martha Elwell Ware, died Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Clyde Davis Ware and Carrie Blanchett Ware. Mr. Ware served his country in the United States Army during WWII, graduated from Clemson University, and...
Janice Coleman Stroud Peeler Terry
Jan 15, 2018
Janice Coleman Stroud Peeler Terry, 78, of Abbeville, entered into eternal life Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Greenwood to the late Wiley T. and Sara Bracknell Coleman. Janice was a 1957 graduate of Abbeville High School and a 1970 graduate of Lander University. She was a retired elementary school teacher having taught...
William "Marty" Morris Jr.
Jan 11, 2018
William “Marty’ Morris, Jr., 66, of Due West, died Thursday, January 11, 2018 at The Renaissance in Due West. Graveside services will be 1:00 PM, Friday, January 12, 2018 in M.J. ‘Dolly’ Cooper Veterans Cemetery, 140 Inway Drive, Anderson, SC 29621. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com . Harris Funeral Home and Cremation...
Pamela C. "Carroll" Wilson
Jan 10, 2018
Pamela “Pam” Carroll Wilson, 63, of Abbeville, died Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at her home. She was born in Clinton to the late Edward Franklin Carroll and Bernice Hall Carroll. Pam was a nurse technician and retired from Abbeville Area Medical Center. She enjoyed working in the garden and growing flowers. Playing the guitar was a favorite pastime for her....
Betty Ruth Perry Davis
Jan 7, 2018
Betty Ruth Perry Davis, 85, of Abbeville, wife of the late William ‘Jack’ Davis died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to the late Willie and Bessie Sorrow Perry. Mrs. Davis was a member of Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her brother,...
Judy Longcore Seigler
Jan 2, 2018
Judy Longcore Seigler, 70, of McCormick died Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Sussex, NJ to the late Ernest J. Longcore and Dorothy E. Sliker Longcore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Roxanne Christian. Ms. Seigler is survived by her three sons, Riley Romines (Ami) of Lincolnton,...
Gloria Patricia "Pat" Newman Coker
Jan 1, 2018
Gloria Patricia "Pat" Newman Coker departed this life on Monday, January 1, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was the epitome of a true southern wife, mother and homemaker. Married to Don Earle Coker since 1958, she raised three children; Donna Coker Dubovsky (Jim), Lisa Coker Hurtebize (Pascal) and David Earl Coker (Lisa). Pat helped with school projects, was...
Elizabeth "Beth" Sloan Clarke
Dec 31, 2017
Elizabeth Sloan Clarke (Beth) passed away on December, 31, 2017. She was born in Fayetteville, TN, on August 9, 1926, the only child of Dr. Everette Askins Sloan and Anna May Pressly Sloan. The family moved to Chicago in 1936 for her father to obtain his Ph.D. in organic chemistry. In 1938, they moved to Due West, South Carolina where...
Mary Emma Hawthorne Bowie
Dec 30, 2017
Mary Emma Hawthorne Bowie, 94, resident of 2 Kennedy St Due West passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Abbeville Area Medical Center.Born March 5, 1921 in the Arborville Community of Abbeville County SC, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Lee and Ethel Jane "Polly" Nickles Hawthorne and the widow of Calvin Newell Bowie.Mary Emma was a faithful...
James C. Spires. Jr.
Dec 28, 2017
James C. Spires, Jr., 78, of Falls Church, VA died Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Arlington, VA. He was born in Greenwood to the late James C. Spires, Sr. and Lucille McDonald Spires. Mr. Spires is survived by his sister, Ida C. McColl, and her husband, D.R., of Abbeville. Graveside services will be 2:00PM Saturday, January 6, 2018 in Barnwell...
Karen "Kinane" Porst
Dec 27, 2017
Karen Porst, 78, of the Savannah Lakes Village, wife of the late Robert ‘Bob’ Porst, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late Daniel Kinane and Charlotte Munzer Kinane. Karen was an active member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, a Eucharistic Minister, served on the Bereavement committee...
Barbara Ashley Jones
Dec 27, 2017
Barbara Olivia Ashley Jones, 83, resident of 1877 Cedar Springs Rd. widow of James Benjamin Jones, Jr. passed away Wednesday Dec. 27, 2017 at her home with her loving family by her side.Born in Anderson County, SC, Nov. 9, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Alton Ashley and Geneva Catherine Bowen Ashley.Barbara retired as part owner &...
Rosa Ella Thompson Harris
Dec 26, 2017
Rosa Ella Thompson Harris, 96, resident of 95 Cedar Lane widow of Robert Harris, Sr. passed away Tuesday Dec. 26, 2017 at her home with her loving family by her side.Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late Jake Thompson and Sallie Lou Thompson.Rosa was a homemaker and a member of Glover's AME Church. She had a...
James Dale Gidlow
Dec 25, 2017
James Dale Gidlow, 75, husband of Kathleen Wirsing Gidlow, of Greenwood, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at his home. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Syliva Goldman Gidlow and the late Oscar Julius Gidlow. All services will be private. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com. Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services...
Edna Ray Rose Jones
Dec 24, 2017
Edna Ray Rose Jones, 77, resident of 16 Haynes St. passed away Sunday December 24, 2017 at the home of her daughter.Edna, born March 24,1940, was the daughter of the late James Raymond and Edna Wagoner Rose.Edna graduated from Appalachian State University in 1962 and taught in Rockingham County, NC schools for 40 years. She had a special love of...
Nellie Ruth Capps Abbott Ware
Dec 24, 2017
Nellie Ruth Capps Abbott Ware, 87, of Greenwood, SC died Sunday, December 24, 2017 at her residence. She was born at home in Kirksey, SC on November 23, 1930, the daughter of the late Bertie Pauline Arledge Capps and Norman Carradine Capps. Mrs. Ware was twice married, first to the late Raymond Isaiah Abbott and second to the late John...
Bill Smart Sr. Chief
Dec 21, 2017
Chief Bill Smart, Sr., United States Navy, Ret., 85, of Plum Branch, SC, husband of Dianna Collins Smart, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Conway, SC to the late Needham Benjamin Smart and Annie Russ Smart. Chief Smart honorably served his country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, Cuban Conflict and...
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