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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Jimmie Lee Ellis

Jimmie Lee Ellis

May 2, 2009

Jimmie Lee Ellis, 77, of Calhoun Falls, husband of Josie Cheek Ellis, died Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Carl and Ollie Waters Ellis. Mr. Ellis retired from Worley Brother's Granite Company in Elberton after many years of dedicated service and was a former employee with Nickles...

Doris Crittendon Spires

Doris Crittendon Spires

Apr 17, 2009

Doris Crittendon Spires, 78, of Abbeville, wife of Ray Spires, died peacefully, Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Anderson County to the late James M. and Rebe Waters Crittendon. Mrs. Spires was a graduate of Lowndesville High School and was a member of Lowndesville Baptist Church. She and her husband owned and operated...

Sara Parkinson Pressly

Sara Parkinson Pressly

Apr 15, 2009

Sara Adelia Parkinson Pressly January 27, 1914 – April 15, 2009 Mrs. Pressly passed away peacefully on Wednesday with her children and niece present. She was born in Due West, SC, the third of six children born to Edna Ramsey and Gilbert Gordon Parkinson. Mr. Parkinson taught at Erskine Seminary for fifty years. She attended Due West schools and graduation...

James Paul Arduengo Jr.

James Paul Arduengo Jr.

Apr 14, 2009

James Paul Arduengo, 84, of Abbeville, SC died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC after a courageous battle with cancer and dementia. He was a native of Tampa, FL and has been a resident of Abbeville since 1986. Mr. Arduengo was the son of the late James and Barbara Fernandez Arduengo. He was a graduate...

Frances Grace Keenan

Frances Grace Keenan

Apr 7, 2009

Frances G. (nee Beardsley) Keenan, 98, a former longtime resident of Collingdale, on April 7, 2009 in Greenwood, SC. She was born March 28, 1911 in Chester the daughter of the late Albert and Laura (nee Baxter) Beardsley. Beloved wife of the late Bernard A. Keenan; devoted mother of Bernard J. Keenan of Norwood, Joseph M. Keenan of Glenolden and...

Frances Ione Rogers "Onie" Bradley

Frances Ione Rogers "Onie" Bradley

Mar 29, 2009

Frances Ione (Onie) Rogers Bradley died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. She was born on April 11, 1913 to John Frank Rogers and Wilhelmina Hodge Rogers at the old ancestral Clinkscales-Rogers plantation known as "Home Place" in rural Abbeville County, S.C. She first attended Brownlee School on what is now Rogers Road. After completing junior...

June Flynn Slay

June Flynn Slay

Mar 29, 2009

June Flynn Slay, 75, of Abbeville, wife of the late, Samuel R. Slay, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Toccoa, GA to the late Samuel and Ina Alexander Flynn. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Flynn Pankey. Surviving Mrs. Slay is...

Betty Biggs Leslie

Betty Biggs Leslie

Mar 23, 2009

Betty Biggs Leslie, 84, of Due West, wife of Lucian Leslie, died Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Wesley Commons Nursing Home. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late Adrian L. & Lucy Payne Biggs. In 1956, Betty married Lucian Leslie and was named Bride of the Year by the Anderson Independent Mail. Mrs. Leslie was a dedicated...

Gayle D Brown

Gayle D Brown

Mar 16, 2009

Gayle D. Brown, 48, of Lowndesville, wife of Tommy Brown, died Monday, March 16, 2009 at the AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson. She was born in Abbeville County and is the daughter of Mrs. Austeen A. Davis and the late Bobby Ray Davis. Gayle was a faithful and dedicated member of Lowndesville Baptist Church where she was instrumental in...

Mary Nell Hancock Pendley

Mary Nell Hancock Pendley

Mar 14, 2009

Mary Nell Hancock Pendley, 88, of Abbeville, died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the National Healthcare Center in Greenwood. She was born in Bishop, GA to the late William Z. & Eunice Robinson Hancock. Mrs. Pendley was the wife of the late Wallace 'Bill' Pendley. She was a member of the Abbeville First Baptist Church and retired from the Milliken-Abbeville...

Joshua Doug Mcclain Sr.

Joshua Doug Mcclain Sr.

Mar 10, 2009

Joshua Douglas "Doug" McClain, Sr., 78, of Iva, husband of Barbara Ann Wilson McClain, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville County to the late James H. and Grace Ashley McClain. Mr. McClain retired from Clark – Schwebel Textile Company after many years of service. He served in the U.S. Air...

Amy Lynn Willoughby

Amy Lynn Willoughby

Mar 7, 2009

Amy L. Willoughby, 29, of Calhoun Falls, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to Ernest C. and Tenia Strickland Willoughby. She was a graduate of Calhoun Falls High School and a member of the Solid Rock Community Church in Calhoun Falls. Amy is survived by her parents of the home; two sons, Roy...

Charlie B. "Joe" Shaw Jr.

Charlie B. "Joe" Shaw Jr.

Feb 26, 2009

Charlie B. 'Joe' Shaw, Jr., 74, of Abbeville, died Thursday, February 26, 2009 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late Charlie B. and Bertha McMahan Shaw. Mr. Shaw was a dedicated member of Rocky River Baptist Church where he was a member of the Men's Bible Class. He retired from Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc....

Charles "Mike" Mangum

Charles "Mike" Mangum

Feb 24, 2009

Charles "Mike" Mangum, 58, of Abbeville, husband of Joyce Hall Mangum, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at Greenville Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained from an automobile accident. He was born in Brevard, NC to the late Zella Mae Orr & James Drafton Mangum. Mr. Mangum was a dedicated member of Midway Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and...

Grace Marie Tapscott

Grace Marie Tapscott

Feb 21, 2009

Grace M. Tapscott, 87, of Abbeville, died Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Charlottesville, VA. Mrs. Tapscott was married to the late John L. Tapscott for 56 years until his death in 1996. She was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed spending time with her family. Mrs. Tapscott will be most remembered...

Mary Kathleen Nation

Mary Kathleen Nation

Feb 15, 2009

Mary Kathleen Nation, 91, of Abbeville, died Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in McCormick County to the late Thomas and Sallie O. Carroll. Following her parent's death, at a young age, she was raised by the late Mr. and Mrs. George Williams. Mrs. Nation was twice married first to the late Rev. John...

Tommy Eugene Mitchell

Tommy Eugene Mitchell

Feb 14, 2009

Tommy E. Mitchell, 65, of Abbeville, husband of Ann Sinner Mitchell, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Anderson, SC to the late George F. and Cinderella Harris Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell was a graduate of Wren High School and served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He retired...

A. Raymond Cellura Dr.

A. Raymond Cellura Dr.

Feb 10, 2009

Dr. Raymond Cellura, has a master's degree in clinical psychology from Long Island University, a master's degree in education from the State University of New York and doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Rochester. He is a licensed psychologist in Georgia and Massachusetts and is listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology and Who's...

Thomas L. Vernon

Thomas L. Vernon

Feb 7, 2009

Thomas L. "Tom" Vernon, 73, of Cedar Springs Road in Abbeville, husband of Patricia Clark Vernon, died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Sharpsburg, NC to the late Reginald Hicks Vernon and Jesse Watson Vernon. Mr. Vernon retired after many years with Pecan Grove Apartments as the Maintenance Engineer. He was of...

Marian Brown Brock

Marian Brown Brock

Jan 31, 2009

Marian Brown Brock, 87, of Troy, SC, a loving mother and friend to all, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was the daughter of the late Charlie E. and Annie Spence Brown. Mrs. Brock was a devoted member of the Troy A.R.P. Church. She was preceded in death by Ansel Brock; sisters, Edna Harris...

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