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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Mary Anness Harper Hite

Mary Anness Harper Hite

Aug 21, 2008

Mary Anness Harper Hite passed away on August 21, 2008 at the Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, S.C. She was born in Tabor City, N.C. on January 26, 1917. Her parents were Matt Cleveland and Cara Lea Harper. She grew up in Marion, South Carolina and graduated from Marion High School. She attended Winthrop College and graduated from Farmville...

Racheal C. Pressley

Racheal C. Pressley

Aug 15, 2008

Racheal C. Pressley, 82, of Abbeville, SC, wife of the late Charles L. Pressley, died Friday, August 15, 2008, at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Social Circle, GA to the late Albert C. and Mary Josephine Norris Cheek. Racheal retired from the Milliken Abbeville Plant after 43 years of service. She was a member of Grace United...

Steve William Mahoney

Steve William Mahoney

Aug 14, 2008

Steve William Mahoney, 59, of Troy, SC, died peacefully on Thursday, August 14, 2008, with his wife of 34 years, Cheryl Brock Mahoney, by his side. Steve was diagnosed in February of 2008 with cancer. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late George R. and Louise Winn Mahoney. Steve was an employee of Embarq Telephone Co. He and...

Edna A Banister

Edna A Banister

Aug 14, 2008

Edna A. Banister, 81, of Abbeville, died Thursday, August 14, 2008 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was twice married, first to the late Wilbert Ashley and then to the late Raymond Banister. Mrs. Banister was born in Abbeville to the late Lawrence and Bessie Ashley. She was a member of Keowee Baptist Church and a former employee with the...

Carl D Kinard Sr.

Carl D Kinard Sr.

Aug 10, 2008

Carl D. Kinard, Sr., 78, of Abbeville, husband of Rachel Mundy Kinard, died August 10, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Pomaria, SC to the late Clark O. and Mary Elizabeth Long Kinard. Mr. Kinard served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He retired from the CSX Railroad with over 40 years of dedicated service and...

Helen K. Boyd

Helen K. Boyd

Aug 7, 2008

Helen K. Boyd, 74, of Iva, wife of the late William "Bill" Boyd, died Thursday, August 7, 2008 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville County to the late James and Ethel Miller Holbert. She was a former member of the Little Mountain Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Sanders; two brothers, Larry...

Mary E. Miller

Mary E. Miller

Aug 2, 2008

Mary E. Miller, 68, of Georgetown, OH, wife of Ray Miller, died Saturday, August 02, 2008 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center in Abbeville, SC. She was born in Mt. Eaton, OH to the late Enos and Elizabeth Miller Wengerd. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Still Waters Mennonite Church in Georgetown, OH and a devoted wife, mother and...

Jean Wham - "Tootsie" Wilson

Jean Wham - "Tootsie" Wilson

Jul 31, 2008

Jean "Tootsie" Wham Wilson, 69, of Abbeville, SC died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville to the late Alvin H. and Minnie Estelle Meece Wham. Ms. Wilson was a member of Lebanon Presbyterian Church and was a devoted mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Barry Dale Ivester

Barry Dale Ivester

Jul 25, 2008

Barry Dale Ivester, 56, of Abbeville, husband of Shirley Ivester, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late Horace and Dorothy Cannon Ivester. He was a former employee of Reelco Industrial Company. Barry is survived by his wife of 22 years of the home; a step-daughter, Stacy...

William "Billy" Ferguson

William "Billy" Ferguson

Jul 24, 2008

Billy Ferguson, 81, of Abbeville, husband of Gladys Culbreth Ferguson, died on Thursday, July 24, 2008, surrounded by his family, at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late Andrew S. and Martha Pressley Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson was a member of Lebanon Presbyterian Church and was a WWII veteran having served in the U.S. Navy. He retired from...

Ludie Mae Grant

Ludie Mae Grant

Jul 22, 2008

Ludie Mae Grant, 84, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Seneca, SC to the late Hoyt and Ida Mae Taylor Gibson. Ms. Grant retired from the Jockey Textile Plant and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was a faithful and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be...

Edna Pearl Elliott

Edna Pearl Elliott

Jul 22, 2008

Edna Pearl Elliott, 84, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Franklin, NC to the late John and Carolyn Parris McIntyre. Ms. Elliott was a devoted member of the Bible Baptist Church in Abbeville. She is survived by her three sons, Lee Elliott of Abbeville, Mack Elliott of Franklin, NC...

Leonard Pete Canfield

Leonard Pete Canfield

Jul 6, 2008

Mr. Leonard "Pete" Canfield, 75, of Abbeville, husband of Wilma Powell Canfield, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Greenwood to the late Jesse Odell Canfield and Odessa Oliver Canfield. Pete was a retired textile supervisor and former owner of Cherokee Trail. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...

Sara G. Dixon

Sara G. Dixon

Jun 23, 2008

Sara G. Dixon, 84, of Abbeville, wife of Theron F. Dixon, died Monday, June 23, 2008 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Anderson County to the late J.B. and Marie Wilson Gasaway. Mrs. Dixon was a graduate of Forest College in Anderson and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Jack "Daddy Jack" Whaley

Jack "Daddy Jack" Whaley

Jun 18, 2008

Jack "Daddy Jack" Whaley, 90, of Abbeville, husband of Martha Bowie Whaley, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson. He was born in Abbeville County to the late John Henry and Maud Wilson Whaley. Mr. Whaley retired as an Engineer with the Seaboard Coastline (CSX) after...

Richard Lee Mcconnell

Richard Lee Mcconnell

Jun 14, 2008

Richard "Lee" McConnell, 51, of Abbeville, SC, died Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont, Greenwood, SC. Lee was the son of Louise Anderson McConnell of Abbeville, SC and the late Robert Edward McConnell. He was an electrician. Lee was an avid motorcyclist and a member of the Easyriders Motorcycle Club. Lee, along with his sister, was...

Terri H. Gagnon

Terri H. Gagnon

May 29, 2008

Terri Hardee Gagnon, 48, of Abbeville, wife of Dr. Craig A. Gagnon, died peacefully Thursday morning May 29, 2008, surrounded by her family, at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Columbus, GA to James T. Hardee and the late Pauline Heaton Hardee. Terri was a 1981 graduate of the Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing. She was...

James E. Fisher

James E. Fisher

May 24, 2008

James E. Fisher, 77, of Plum Branch, SC, made his transition to a new adventure after a long illness Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. He was born in Neville Island, PA on Nov. 30, 1930, the son of the late Blanche (Dumount) and Christopher Fischer. In addition to his parents, he was...

Fredrick D Lewis

Fredrick D Lewis

May 16, 2008

Fred D. Lewis, 70, of 1509 Cedar Springs Rd, Abbeville, SC lost his battle with cancer, passing peacefully at home, Friday, May 16, 2008. Born 1937 in Cleveland, MS, Fred was the son of Albert and Kathyran Lewis. Graduating in 1956 from Frayser High School in Memphis, TN, he went on to serve his country overseas and domestically as a...

Nelle Gordon Hagan

Nelle Gordon Hagan

May 15, 2008

Nelle Gordon Hagan passed on to eternal life on May 15, 2008 at the Carlisle Nursing Center. She was born on March 22, 1915 in Donalds, S.C. to Mallie Smith Gordon and Thomas Herbert Gordon. She is predeceased by her loving husband, Paul Nickles Hagan. She was the youngest of seven children and was the last surviving sibling. She was...

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