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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Carolyn Evans Botts

Carolyn Evans Botts

May 5, 2010

Carolyn Evans Botts, 81, of Abbeville, wife of H.M. "Bub" Botts, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at AnMed Medical Center in Anderson. She was born in Abbeville to the late Clark Link Evans & Fannie Clementine Gray Evans. Carolyn was a member of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church. She retired from Milliken & Co., Abbeville Plant after 42 years...

Katie Bowie Davis

Katie Bowie Davis

May 4, 2010

Katie Bowie Davis, 84, of Abbeville, wife of the late Jasper B. Davis, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mrs. Davis was born in Abbeville to the late Olin A. and Claudia Bell Simpson Bowie. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Lillian Killingsworth Sunday School...

Thomas F. Crawford

Thomas F. Crawford

Apr 25, 2010

Thomas F. Tommy Crawford, 78, of Abbeville died Sunday, April 25, 2010 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Tommy was born in Abbeville, SC on July 29, 1931 to the late William Thomas and Mary Reid Crawford. Mr. Crawford was retired from Pirelli with 37 years of service. He was a member of Little Mountain Presbyterian Church and was...

Inez Scott Stone

Inez Scott Stone

Apr 24, 2010

Inez Scott Stone, 83, of Abbeville, widow of Lowry S. Stone, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Abbeville County to the late George Emmett and Pearl MaHaffey Scott. Mrs. Stone was a member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Emmett Scott, William H....

Blanche Cox Ferguson

Blanche Cox Ferguson

Apr 24, 2010

Blanche Cox Ferguson, 91, passed away on April 24, 2010 at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. Blanche was born in Abbeville, SC on June 1, 1918. She grew up and lived in Abbeville until 2001 when she moved to Covenant Way in Due West, SC. Blanche graduated from Abbeville High School and attended business school in Greenwood, SC....

Janice Dickey Ivester Davis

Janice Dickey Ivester Davis

Apr 16, 2010

Janice Melinda Dickey Davis, 73, of Abbeville, wife of Paul Davis, entered into rest on Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Carlisle Nursing Home in Due West. Mrs. Davis was born November 30, 1936 in Great Falls SC, the daughter of the late William David "W.D." and Lila Edwards Dickey. She graduated Great Falls High School in 1954 and attended...

Joan Brooks Sawyer

Joan Brooks Sawyer

Apr 16, 2010

Joan Brooks Sawyer of Abbeville passed away Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Saluda Nursing Center after courageously fighting a long illness. Born and raised in Winnsboro, SC she was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Alexis Brooks and Marion Center Brooks of Fairfield County. Surviving Mrs. Sawyer is her husband of 59 years, William "Buz" Black Sawyer; three...

Robbie Ann Ashley

Robbie Ann Ashley

Apr 10, 2010

Robbie Ann South Ashley, 59, of Abbeville, died suddenly at her residence on Saturday, April 10, 2010. She was born in Abbeville to the late Robert F. & Almena Edwards South. Ms. Ashley was a graduate of Abbeville High School Class of 1968 and a former employee with Flexible Technologies in Abbeville. She was a member of the Abbeville First...

James D. Strawhorn

James D. Strawhorn

Apr 8, 2010

James D. Strawhorn, 74, of Abbeville, husband of Leila Bowie Campbell Strawhorn, died peacefully at his residence on Thursday, April 8, 2010 surrounded by his family. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Thomas Edward & Nellie Carrington Strawhorn. Mr. Strawhorn was a 1953 graduate of Abbeville High School and retired from the Seaboard Coastline (CSX) Railroad after...

William "Bill" Ware

William "Bill" Ware

Mar 19, 2010

William T. "Bill" Ware, 56, of Abbeville, died Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville County to William T. & Edna "Pat" Scott Ware. Mr. Ware was a 1971 graduate of Abbeville High School and a 1975 graduate of Clemson University. He was a retired professor with Piedmont Technical College in the...

Ann G Ellis

Ann G Ellis

Mar 17, 2010

Ann G. Ellis, 62, of Abbeville, wife of Rayford Ellis, died suddenly on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Clinton, SC to the late W. Leon & Juanita Sims Glen. Mrs. Ellis was a devoted member of Congregational Holiness Church and will be remembered as a loving, wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs....

James William "Bill" Sutherland

James William "Bill" Sutherland

Mar 16, 2010

James W. "Bill" Sutherland, 74, of Abbeville, husband of Trudy Gilmer Sutherland, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late Francis Russell & Ethel Campbell Sutherland. Mr. Sutherland was a member of the Congregational Holiness Church and a former employee of the West Point Stevens...

Thomas D. "Tommy Copperhead" Bond

Thomas D. "Tommy Copperhead" Bond

Mar 11, 2010

Thomas D. "Tommy" "Copperhead" Bond, 60, husband of Susan Turman Bond died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at his granddaughter's house in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Abbeville to Willie Adams Ozmint and the late L.T. Bond. Mr. Bond was a truck driver with Smith & Water's Trucking Company in Ware Shoals, SC. He was a member of Friendship Baptist...

Margaret Nickles Bell

Margaret Nickles Bell

Feb 21, 2010

Margaret Nickles Bell, 97, of Donalds, passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Joe Wilhite Smith and Pauline Austin Smith. Mrs. Bell was a graduate of Due West High School and was a retired receptionist from Erskine College. She was a life long member of...

Kathy Pruitt Wilson

Kathy Pruitt Wilson

Feb 17, 2010

Kathy P. Wilson, 59, of 2550 Hwy 284 Abbeville, wife of Walter W. Wilson, Jr., died Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Self Regional HealthCare in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville County to Betty Bradberry Pruitt and the late Harold A. Pruitt. She was self-employed with Wilson Bait Distributor. Kathy is survived by her husband of 39 years of the...

Jimmy Lee Mcconnell

Jimmy Lee Mcconnell

Feb 16, 2010

Jimmy Lee McConnell, 61, of Abbeville, husband of Heidi McConnell, died suddenly Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late John W. & Ruby Minor Sutherland. Jimmy was of the Presbyterian faith and will be remembered as a loving husband, dad, brother and a wonderful "PaPaw". He was a Mason with membership at Parksville...

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown

Feb 15, 2010

Eva Elizabeth Sanford Brown, 95, formerly of, 705 Grace Street, Greenwood, SC, widow of Millis Monroe Brown, Jr., passed away Monday, February 15, 2010, at Carlisle Nursing Center, Covenant Way, Due West, SC. Born in Monroe, NC, September 8, 1914, she was a daughter of Benjamin Franklin & Annie Jane Monroe Sanford. She was a descendant of early families from...

Nathan J. Wagler

Nathan J. Wagler

Feb 12, 2010

Nathan J. Wagler, 44, of Cross Hill, SC, husband of Connie Schrock Wagler, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. He was born in Washington, Indiana to Joel E. and Mary Catherine Graber Wagler. Mr. Wagler was a member of Cross Hill Mennonite Church and a Poultry Farmer. He was preceded in death by...

John C. Kay

John C. Kay

Feb 12, 2010

Capt. John C. Kay, RET., U.S. Army, 87, of Abbeville, husband of the late Dorothy Hall Kay, died Friday, February 12, 2010 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Abbeville to the late Frank and Ollie Sharpe Kay. Mr. Kay was a life-long member of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and a member of the Long...

Billie Roberta Smith

Billie Roberta Smith

Feb 11, 2010

Billie Roberta Smith, 85, resident of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, died at Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood, South Carolina on Thursday, February 11, 2010. She was born in Chappells, South Carolina on May 19, 1924, the third daughter of the late William Robert and Nell Williams Smith. In addition to her parents, two sisters preceded her in death,...

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