Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Angelina "Angie" Patrixia Torchia
Aug 19, 2017
Angelina Patrixia Torchia, 51, resident of Apt. 604 Abbeville Arms passed away Saturday Aug. 19, 2017 at her home.Born in McCormick, SC she was a daughter of Carol Hutto and the late Arthur Hill, Jr.Angie was a former employee of GLEAMNS Headstart of Greenwood, SC. She was a member of Friendship Worship Center. She was a devoted mother to her...
Tommy Lee Slay
Aug 16, 2017
Tommy Lee Slay, 69, of Abbeville, husband of Susan Uldrick Slay, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017 surrounded by his loving family at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville, SC, he was the beloved son of the late Sallie Mae Turman Slay. He was a graduate of Abbeville High School and retired after 22 years with the City...
Audrey A. "Andrews" Wilson
Aug 15, 2017
Audrey Andrews Wilson, 87, of Anderson, SC, wife of the late Vernon L. Wilson, went home to be with her Lord Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Mrs. Wilson was born in Greenwood, SC to the late Ralph D. Andrews, Sr. and Audrey Land Andrews. Mrs. Wilson was a graduate of Kings Business College in Charlotte, NC and retired from M. Lowenstein...
Nima Jean "Burleson" Powell
Aug 13, 2017
Nima Jean Powell, 80, of Greenwood, died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Haleyville, AL to the late John Marvin Burleson and Ovelia Moody Burleson. Mrs. Powell retired from the General Service Administration Federal Supply Service as an administrative associate. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwood. In addition to her...
Gordon Stone
Aug 11, 2017
Albert Gordon Stone, 78, of Donalds, husband of Shelby Moore Stone, died Friday, August 11, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville County to the late William Albert and Mary Elizabeth Gordon Stone. Mr. Stone was a member of SouthSide Baptist Church in Honea Path and retired from The SC Forestry Commission after 23 years of dedicated service....
Ruth Magaha Williams
Aug 10, 2017
Ruth Magaha Williams, 78, of Due West, wife of Leroy Williams, died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Anderson County to the late Furman and Myrtle Taylor Magaha. Mrs. Williams graduated from Honea Path High School and retired from Timken Corporation after many years of dedicated service. She was a member of Due West Baptist...
Dorothy Lucille "Herring" Best
Aug 9, 2017
Dorothy Lucille Herring Best, 95, wife of the late Fred Garrison Best, died Wednesday, August 09, 2017, at The Renaissance Assisted Living Facility in Due West, SC. Dorothy, better known to her friends in McClellanville as Miss Dot, was born September 14, 1921 in Meridian, Mississippi. She was the daughter of the late William Perry Herring and Ruby Yarbrough Herring....
Betty Gregory Slater Ware
Aug 5, 2017
Betty Louise Gregory Ware, 97, of Due West, SC died Saturday, August 05, 2017 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. She was born August 10, 1919 in Doraville, GA to the late Willis Russell Gregory and Susan Chesnut Gregory. Mrs. Ware was twice married first to the late, William Leonard Slater and then to the late, Thomas Curtis Ware....
Paul Mitchell Porretto
Aug 4, 2017
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James David "Jim" Rich
Aug 4, 2017
James D. ‘Jim’ Rich, 75, of Due West, husband of Rebecca ‘Becky’ Burton Rich, died Friday, August 04, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Cripple Creek, VA to the late Rev. Fred Rich and Aline Ceary Rich. He served in United States Army during Vietnam and retired as a Sgt. Major of the South Carolina Army National Guard....
William Kenneth "Kenny" Richey Jr.
Jul 26, 2017
William Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Richey, Jr., 71, of Abbeville, SC died Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late William Kenneth Richey, Sr. and Doris Newell Richey. Kenny was a 1964 Graduate of Abbeville High School. He was employed in manufacturing for a number of years and was a member of Upper Long...
Marvin Ansley Crouch
Jul 25, 2017
Marvin Ansley Crouch, 79, of the Renaissance Retirement Community in Due West, died peacefully Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his daughter’s residence in Abbeville. He was born to the late Marvin Traywick Crouch, Jr. and Jennie Harby Crouch. Born and raised in Columbia, SC, Ansley graduated from Dreher High School in 1956 and in 1960 graduated from Clemson University with...
Andrew Huyler Ramsey
Jul 25, 2017
Andrew Huyler Ramsey, age 22, of Weston, MA, died July 25, 2017, in Dublin, Ireland. Born March 12, 1995 in Boston, MA, Andrew was the son of Peter R. Ramsey and Isabel B. Phillips, residents of Weston. He had just completed an exhilarating summer program abroad at the Gaiety School of Acting-National Theater School of Ireland, where he studied "Acting...
Thomas Edward Ledwith Sr.
Jul 25, 2017
Thomas Edward Ledwith, Sr., 74, of Abbeville, husband of Elsa Parisi Ledwith, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Queens, NY to the late Harry V. Ledwith and Mildred Chalmers Ledwith. Mr. Ledwith retired from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, TN. He was a member of the Greenwood Lutheran Church and...
Robert "Bobby" Wallace Young, Jr
Jul 24, 2017
Robert "Bobby" Wallace Young, Jr., 72, resident of 308 Old Douglas Mill Rd. husband of Frances Major Young passed away Monday July 24, 2017 at Abbeville Area Medical Center.Born Aug. 21, 1944, Bobby was a son of the late Robert Wallace Young, Sr. and Fannie Lou Wells Young.Bobby was a United States Army veteran. He was a former textile employee...
William Franklin "Teto" Nickles Iii
Jul 24, 2017
William Franklin ‘TeTo’ Nickles, III, 78, of Abbeville, died peacefully Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late William Franklin Nickles, Jr. and Nell Flynn Nickles. Mr. Nickles was a 1956 graduate of Abbeville High School and a 1963 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BS degree...
Dorothy Young Greene
Jul 23, 2017
Dorothy Young Greene, 90, resident of 303 Hwy. 71 widow of Charles William "Bill" Greene passed away July 23, 2017 at her home.Born in Abbeville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Charles Issac Young and Fannie Edmunds Young Johnson.Dorothy was a graduate of Anderson Nursing Hospital College. She worked as a registered nurse for Dr. Rosenberg and was...
Sarah Fleming Underwood
Jul 23, 2017
Sarah Fleming Underwood, 88, resident of 277 Galilee Rd. widow of William Eugene Underwood passed away Sunday July 23, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC.Born in Middleton, Georgia she was a daughter of the late Neuffer Fleming, Sr. and Ludie Mae Fleming.Sarah was a 1945 graduate of Antreville High School and The College of Commerce. She was...
Ted "Teddy" Montgomery Allen
Jul 19, 2017
Ted Montgomery Allen, son of Mary Lee Allen and the late Sgt. Frank Edward Allen, went to be with his Lord on July 19th, 2017.Born March 22, 1957, Ted was raised in Abbeville, where he graduated from Abbeville High School in 1975. To follow his lifelong passion for air travel, Ted enlisted in the Army to receive training in air...
Betty Jean Martin Turner
Jul 12, 2017
Betty Martin Turner, 82, resident of 103 Turner Lane widow of William F. "Bill" Turner passed away peacefully Wednesday morning July 12, 2017 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC with her loving family by her side.Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late Frank LeFoy Martin and Myrtle Rebecca Edwards Martin.Betty was a retired homemaker and...
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