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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Infant Levi Allen Hurt

Infant Levi Allen Hurt

Dec 20, 2006

Infant Levi Allen Hurt died Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was the son of Daniel Mason Hurt and Tracy Dawn Turnage. Surviving Levi is his parents; a brother, Daniel Hurt, maternal grandparents, Marlene Mobley and Henry Allen Turnage of Abbeville; and paternal grandparents, B.J. Ferry of Greenwood and Allen Timms of Calhoun Falls. Graveside services...

Charles W. Mcilwain Sr.

Charles W. Mcilwain Sr.

Dec 19, 2006

Charles W. McIlwain, Sr., 84, husband of Lorine Smith McIlwain, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Wesley Commons Healthcare Center. Mr. McIlwain was born in Abbeville County to the late William L. and Sara B. McCord McIlwain. He served in the United States Navy. Mr. McIlwain loved farming as well as the outdoors. He was a former board member of...

Macy Campbell Mcneill

Macy Campbell Mcneill

Dec 17, 2006

Macy Campbell McNeill, 97, of Abbeville, wife of the late Lowrie Wilson McNeill, died Sunday, December 17, 2006 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Cooley and Zillie Wheeler Campbell. Mrs. McNeill was a member of the Sharon United Methodist Church. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death...

Bobby Ray Edwards

Bobby Ray Edwards

Nov 3, 2006

Bobby Ray Edwards, 74, of 3043 Hwy 20 Abbeville died Friday, November 3, 2006 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Lewis Perrin and Daisy Link Edwards. Mr. Edwards worked at the Milliken Abbeville Plant for many years, and spent most of his life farming. He was a member of Upper Long...

Bonner Rayford Haddon

Bonner Rayford Haddon

Nov 1, 2006

Bonner Rayford Haddon, 83, of Abbeville, husband of Kathleen Taylor Haddon, died Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at the Wesley Commons Health Care Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Bonner L. and Annie Miller Haddon. Mr. Haddon was a member of Beulah Baptist Church where he was a member of the Mena?(TM)s Sunday School Class. He retired from...

Robert Charles Kirby

Robert Charles Kirby

Oct 27, 2006

Robert Charles Kirby, 49, of 104 Keowee Rd., died Friday, October 27, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Bervely, England to Patricia Thompson and the late George Robert Kirby. Mr. Kirby was of the Baptist faith and worked for 22 years with Westinghouse Electric Company. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Thompson of Travelers Rest, SC, a...

James Delph Mcdill

James Delph Mcdill

Oct 26, 2006

James Delph McDill, Jr., 73, formally of Abbeville died Thursday, Oct. 26th in Sumter, SC. He was born in New Orleans, LA to the late James Delph and Esther B. McDill, Sr. He was a resident of the Saleeby Center in Hartsville, SC. Surviving are his brother, Edwin McDill, a niece, Amy, grand-nephew, Matthew and a grand-niece, Angel all of...

James C. Prince

James C. Prince

Oct 21, 2006

James C. Prince, 92, of Abbeville, husband of the late Katherine Prince, died Saturday, October 21, 2006. He was born in Abbeville to the late Claude B. and Cora Ferguson Prince. He was a member of Main Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his two granddaughters, Michelle L. Bailey of Seminole, FL and Pam Prince of Ohio, several nieces...

Albert Grady Oliver Dr.

Albert Grady Oliver Dr.

Oct 17, 2006

Dr. Albert Grady Oliver, 86, of Abbeville, husband of Anne Ellenberg Oliver, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Born on June 7, 1920 in Franklin County GA, he was the eldest son of the late Charlie Lake Oliver and the late Rilla Crawford Oliver. He was a faithful and loving husband for sixty-three years...

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis

Oct 16, 2006

Mary Leila Carroll Ellis, 58, of 25 Long Cane Farm Dr. wife of James "Jimmy" E. Ellis, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to the late William Ledlow and Mary Carroll Mundy. She was raised in the home of her grandparents, the late Fred S. and Hazel Carroll. Mrs. Ellis was a member...

Vikki T. Gowan

Vikki T. Gowan

Oct 11, 2006

Vikki T. Gowan, 46, of 127 Richardson Dr., wife of J. Allen Gowan, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. She was born Dec. 18, 1959 in Greenwood, SC, the daughter of Gary Teseneer and the late Shirley Neal Teseneer. She attended Mt. Calvary Presbyterian Church in Roebuck. Surviving in addition to her husband and father, are her sister, Gina Schmitz and...

Virginia Vaughn Hess

Virginia Vaughn Hess

Oct 8, 2006

Virginia Vaughn Hess, 84, of 30 Zackary Dr., wife of the late Charles Hess, died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Oconee County, SC to the late Joel S. and Fannie A. Albertson Vaughn. Mrs. Hess was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the VFW Auxiliary Post #6087. In addition to her parents and...

Janie Powell Lewis

Janie Powell Lewis

Oct 7, 2006

Janie Powell Lewis, 89, of 125 Pinewood Circle, died Saturday, October 7, 2006 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Abbeville to the late John and Mary Ellison Powell. Mrs. Lewis retired from the Milliken Abbeville Plant after 48 years of service and was the oldest living member of the Congregational Holiness Church. She was a member of the...

James Bera "Jim" Simpson

James Bera "Jim" Simpson

Oct 2, 2006

James "Jim" Bera Simpson, Jr., 68, husband of Betty Ashley Simpson, died Monday, October 02, 2006 at his residence. He was the son of the late J. Bera and Edna Purdy Simpson, Sr. Jim retired from Mohawk Carpet Industry as manager of the Filament Yarn Division in Calhoun Falls and was presently the Special Project Coordinator for the City of...

Sarah Miller Overholt

Sarah Miller Overholt

Sep 28, 2006

Sarah Miller Overholt, 86, of 553 Hwy 201, wife of the late Ben Overholt, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at her residence. She was born August 4, 1920 in Hickory, VA to the late Allen and Sarah Detweiler Miller. Mrs. Overholt was a homemaker and a member of the Cold Springs Mennonite Church. She...

Elizabeth Gaston Hunter

Elizabeth Gaston Hunter

Sep 18, 2006

Elizabeth Gaston Hunter, 89, of 113 Bowie St. wife of the late James Oscar Hunter, Sr., died Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. She was born in Abbeville to the late John R. and Rosa Botts Gaston. Mrs. Hunter was a member of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church and was a beloved mother and friend to all...

Leora Overholt Swartzentruber

Leora Overholt Swartzentruber

Sep 15, 2006

Leora Overholt Swartzentruber, 67, of 110 Colony East, wife of Eldon Swartzentruber. She was born in Virginia Beach, VA to the late William J. and Millie Jones Overholt. Mrs. Swartzentruber was a member of Shiloh Mennonite Church. She is survived by her husband of the home, four sons, David, Richard, Eldon Ray and Merlin, one daughter, Ruth, seven-teen grandchildren, two...

Brigitta E. Barbour

Brigitta E. Barbour

Sep 13, 2006

Brigitta E. Barbour of Abbeville died on September 13, 2006 at the age of 69 from Leukemia. Born in Wels, Austria, Brigitta was the daughter of the late Rudolf and Lea Ransmaier and widow of Roger C. Barbour. Her brothers, Rudy Ransmaier and William Anderson, predeceased her. Surviving are her sons Clayton Brockway and Douglas Brockway of Old Saybrook, CT...

Hugh A. Williams

Hugh A. Williams

Aug 31, 2006

Hugh A. Williams, 81, of 307 Brooks St., husband of the late Frances Bowie Williams, died Thursday, August 31, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville to the late Luther L. and Irene Reynolds Williams. Mr. Williams was the past and present owner of several business including, Williams Shell Station from 1957-1973, Burger Town 1973-1975, The Kupboard Restaurant...

Ellis E. "Sam" Mobley

Ellis E. "Sam" Mobley

Aug 22, 2006

Ellis E. "Sam" Mobley, 68, of 1652 Rockhill Rd., husband of Ella Powell Mobley, died Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Mobley was born in Lincolnton, GA to the late Luther and Rosella Poss Mobley. He retired after many years from the Rug Barn in Abbeville. He was an avid fisherman and loved every minute he spent on...

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