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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Robert Theodore Behrendt

Robert Theodore Behrendt

Jan 2, 2006

Robert Theodore Behrendt, of Due West, SC died Monday, January 2, 2006, at the Due West Retirement Center Carlisle Nursing Center. A native of Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Herman F. Behrendt and Ella Benkert Behrendt. Mr. Behrendt served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during WWII. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Josie Ellen Jackson

Josie Ellen Jackson

Dec 22, 2005

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Geraldine Ashley "Gerri" Beauford

Geraldine Ashley "Gerri" Beauford

Dec 19, 2005

Geraldine (Gerri) Ashley Beauford, 76, of 293 Edgewood Dr. Abbeville, wife of the late John Beauford, died Monday, December 19, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Beauford was born in Abbeville County to the late Jason and Addie McClain Ashley. She was an active member of South Side Baptist Church where she was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class....

Gordon W. Simpson

Gordon W. Simpson

Dec 16, 2005

MSGT Gordon W. Simpson, USA, RET., 84, of 5885 Hwy 184 Donalds, husband of Bootise Simpson, died Friday, December 16, 2005 at the HospiceCare of the Piedmont a?" Hospice House. Mr. Simpson was born in Abbeville County to the late Roger and Euphie King Simpson. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon....

Sara W. Davis

Sara W. Davis

Dec 15, 2005

Sara W. Davis, 90, of 22 Depot St. Due West, wife of the late Jack J. Davis, died Thursday, December 15, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Greenwood County to the late Scott A. and Mattie Wren White. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Due West Baptist Church. Her daughter, Betty Brock preceded her in death. She...

Rebecca Trippe Norris

Rebecca Trippe Norris

Dec 10, 2005

Rebecca Trippe Norris, 84, formally of Cedar Springs Road Abbeville died Saturday, December 10, 2005 at the Self Regional Healthcare. She was the widow of the J.E. Norris, Jr. Mrs. Norris was born in Elbert County, Georgia to the late Albert L. and Sevilla Smith Trippe. She was a retired textile employee and clerk, and a member of the First...

James Herbert Coggins

James Herbert Coggins

Dec 9, 2005

MSGT James Herbert Coggins, USAF, Ret., 80, of 212 Huntington Dr., died Friday, December 9, 2005 at the Anderson County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Coggins was married to the late June Shizu Coggins. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Bernard M. and Effie Mae Scott Coggins. Mr. Coggins retired from the United States Air Force after 28 years...

David George "Tojo" Forrester

David George "Tojo" Forrester

Dec 2, 2005

David (Tojo) Forrester, 71, of 1679 Bell Road Antreville, husband of Nancy W. Forrester, died Friday, December 02, 2005 at the Hospice House of the Upstate. He was born in Abbeville County to the late Henry M. and Mary Eliza Suttles Forrester. Mr. Forrester was a retired Pipe Fitter and was presently in his sixteenth year as an Abbeville County...

John Darragh Hannah

John Darragh Hannah

Dec 1, 2005

John Darragh Hannah, 83, husband of the late Maggie Ellis Hannah, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 at the Magnolia Manor in Greenwood. He was born September 10, 1922 to the late Thomas Nickles and Jane Ellen (Ellie) McIlwain Hannah. Mr. Hannah was a member of the Hodges Presbyterian Church where he served as a Deacon and Elder. He served in...

Dorothy C. Murdoch

Dorothy C. Murdoch

Nov 27, 2005

Dorothy Cochran Murdoch, 97, of Abbeville died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at the Ellenburg Nursing Home in Anderson. She was born in Abbeville County to the late Lawrence Earl and Annie Cochran Murdoch. Ms. Murdoch was a retired nurse and a member of the First Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Guy Murdoch, Maxie Murdoch,...

Jesse L. Reese

Jesse L. Reese

Nov 20, 2005

Jesse L. Reese, 83, of 503 Calhoun St. McCormick, husband of Martha "Polly" Reese, died Sunday, November 21, 2005 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. He was born in McCormick to the late James Morgan and Rosalind Cartledge Reese. Mr. Reese was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and great a?" grandfather, and a hard worker; he retired from Cox Furniture...

Betty Mae Asper

Betty Mae Asper

Nov 19, 2005

Betty M. Asper, 78, of 91 Tall Tree Lane Abbeville, wife of Walter B. "Bud" Asper, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont. She was born in Waterville, PA to the late Elmer O. and Edith Brown Bonnell. Mrs. Asper was the co-owner of Tall Tree Products in Abbeville; she was a member of the...

Evelyn H. Bogart

Evelyn H. Bogart

Nov 18, 2005

Evelyn H. Bogart, 77, of 368 April Dr. Iva, wife of Norman P. Bogart, died at her residence on Friday, November 18, 2005. She was born in Jasper County S.C. to the late William E. and Lillian R. Tutten Haselden. Mrs. Bogart retired as a administrative assistant from Clark Schwebel Fiber Glass Company. Surviving Mrs. Bogart is her husband of...

Mary E. Phillips

Mary E. Phillips

Nov 11, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Phillips, 89, formally of 201 Pineview St. died Friday, November 11, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late James Pruitt Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was born in Lowndesville to the late Mason and Maude Parnell. She retired from the Abbeville Milliken Plant after many years and was a life long member of the Lowndesville...

Claude C. Kay Jr.

Claude C. Kay Jr.

Oct 29, 2005

Claude C. Kay, Jr., 87, formally of 425 Campfield Church Rd. died Saturday, October 29, 2005 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. Mr. Kay was born in Abbeville County to the late Claude C. and Mary Uldrick Kay, Sr. He was married to the late Jessie Hall Kay. Mr. Kay retired from the S.C. Highway Department after 40 years of service;...

Thrashley L. Bowie Sr.

Thrashley L. Bowie Sr.

Oct 28, 2005

Thrashley L. Bowie, Sr., 86, of 1000 N. Main St. Abbeville died Friday, October 28, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of Mary Norman Bowie and the late Helen Frances Bowie. Mr. Bowie was born in Abbeville County to the late Allen B. and Mamie Nabors Bowie. He was the owner and operator of Bowies Body...

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis

Oct 19, 2005

Elizabeth Cochran Gaddis, 92, formally of the Cold Springs community in Abbeville, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. Mrs. Gaddis was married to the late Ervin Hunter Gaddis. She was born in Abbeville to the late Alfred and Leila Ellis Cochran. Mrs. Gaddis was retired from the Abbeville County Hospital where she was the...

George E. Arbour

George E. Arbour

Oct 8, 2005

George E. Arbour, 66, of 176 Durham Rd. Abbeville died Saturday, October 08, 2005 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Elkton, MD to the late Eugene and Dorothea Dutcher Arbour. Mr. Arbour was a retired operating engineer with an asphalt plant in Waterford Works, NJ. He is survived by his three sisters, Nona Iuliucci and her...

C. Jack Piotrowski Jr.

C. Jack Piotrowski Jr.

Oct 8, 2005

C. Jack Piotrowski, Jr., 47, of 85 Deer Run Abbeville, husband of Patricia P. Piotrowski died at his residence on Saturday, October 8, 2005. He was born in Rockfall, CT., to Genevieve Nowotynski Piotrowski and the late Clemens J. Piotrowski, Sr. Jack was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and worked for the United States Postal Service for...

James B. O'Neal

James B. O'Neal

Sep 15, 2005

James B. Oa?(TM)Neal, 69, of 714 E. Greenwood St. husband of Cary Leigh Harris Oa?(TM)Neal died Thursday, September 15, 2005 at Self Regional HealthCare. He was born in Killarney, West Virginia to the late Boyd M. and Rheda Dent Oa?(TM)Neal. He was a graduate of the University of Richmond where he played football. Mr. Oa?(TM)Neal served in the United States...

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