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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas
Ruth Magaha Williams
Aug 10, 2017
Ruth Magaha Williams, 78, of Due West, wife of Leroy Williams, died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Anderson County to the late Furman and Myrtle Taylor Magaha. Mrs. Williams graduated from Honea Path High School and retired from Timken Corporation after many years of dedicated service. She was a member of Due West Baptist...
Dorothy Lucille "Herring" Best
Aug 9, 2017
Dorothy Lucille Herring Best, 95, wife of the late Fred Garrison Best, died Wednesday, August 09, 2017, at The Renaissance Assisted Living Facility in Due West, SC. Dorothy, better known to her friends in McClellanville as Miss Dot, was born September 14, 1921 in Meridian, Mississippi. She was the daughter of the late William Perry Herring and Ruby Yarbrough Herring....
Betty Gregory Slater Ware
Aug 5, 2017
Betty Louise Gregory Ware, 97, of Due West, SC died Saturday, August 05, 2017 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. She was born August 10, 1919 in Doraville, GA to the late Willis Russell Gregory and Susan Chesnut Gregory. Mrs. Ware was twice married first to the late, William Leonard Slater and then to the late, Thomas Curtis Ware....
James David "Jim" Rich
Aug 4, 2017
James D. ‘Jim’ Rich, 75, of Due West, husband of Rebecca ‘Becky’ Burton Rich, died Friday, August 04, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Cripple Creek, VA to the late Rev. Fred Rich and Aline Ceary Rich. He served in United States Army during Vietnam and retired as a Sgt. Major of the South Carolina Army National Guard....
Paul Mitchell Porretto
Aug 4, 2017
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William Kenneth "Kenny" Richey Jr.
Jul 26, 2017
William Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Richey, Jr., 71, of Abbeville, SC died Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late William Kenneth Richey, Sr. and Doris Newell Richey. Kenny was a 1964 Graduate of Abbeville High School. He was employed in manufacturing for a number of years and was a member of Upper Long...
Thomas Edward Ledwith Sr.
Jul 25, 2017
Thomas Edward Ledwith, Sr., 74, of Abbeville, husband of Elsa Parisi Ledwith, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Queens, NY to the late Harry V. Ledwith and Mildred Chalmers Ledwith. Mr. Ledwith retired from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, TN. He was a member of the Greenwood Lutheran Church and...
Marvin Ansley Crouch
Jul 25, 2017
Marvin Ansley Crouch, 79, of the Renaissance Retirement Community in Due West, died peacefully Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his daughter’s residence in Abbeville. He was born to the late Marvin Traywick Crouch, Jr. and Jennie Harby Crouch. Born and raised in Columbia, SC, Ansley graduated from Dreher High School in 1956 and in 1960 graduated from Clemson University with...
William Franklin "Teto" Nickles Iii
Jul 24, 2017
William Franklin ‘TeTo’ Nickles, III, 78, of Abbeville, died peacefully Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late William Franklin Nickles, Jr. and Nell Flynn Nickles. Mr. Nickles was a 1956 graduate of Abbeville High School and a 1963 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a BS degree...
T. Vann Waters
Jul 7, 2017
T. Vann Waters, 70, of Abbeville County, husband of Janice Peace Waters, died Friday, July 7, 2017 at AnMed Medical Center in Anderson. He was born in Ayden, NC to the late Dewitt Waters, Jr and Mavis Williams Waters. Mr. Waters, a 1964 graduate of Abbeville High School, honorably served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He...
Claude T. Hughes
Jul 3, 2017
Claude T. Hughes, Brigadier General, SC Army National Guard, Retired, 79, of Greenwood, died Monday, July 3, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Liberty, SC to the late JT and Inez Burgess Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a former member of Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Abbeville where he served as deacon and treasurer. He retired from Milliken &...
Cecil "Pete" Ware
Jul 1, 2017
Cecil ‘Pete’ Ware, 87, of Abbeville County, husband of Jeanette Burton Ware, died peacefully on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Iva, SC to the late Clyde Davis Ware and Carrie Blanchett Ware. Mr. Ware served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He retired...
Johnnie Pearl "Tripp" Harris
Jun 30, 2017
Johnnie Pearl Tripp Harris was born in Crawford County, GA to the late John Wesley Tripp and Curlie Mae Gadson Tripp. She was preceded in death by a son, Marcus James Harris; three brothers, Howard (Maxine), Jesse (Lizzie), and John West Tripp, Jr. (Susanne); and two sisters, Reatha White and Bertha Millard (Jimmy). Johnnie fell asleep in death at the...
Alice Belle Hall Anderson "Brown" Hardy
Jun 28, 2017
Alice Belle Brown Hall Anderson Hardy, 94, of Abbeville, wife of William Hardy, died Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in West Union, SC to the late Claude Knox Brown and Eloise Amanda Shockley Brown. Alice Belle retired from Milliken & Co. – Abbeville Plant with over 30 years of service. She was a...
Orene N. "Polly Newell" Smith
Jun 28, 2017
Orene (Polly) N. Smith, resident of Wesley Commons, Greenwood, SC, wife of the late George Anthony Smith, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Born in Abbeville, SC December 25, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Baskin Newell and Louise Milford Newell. Polly graduated from Abbeville High School. She worked for Southern Bell Telephone Company as...
Pennie "Richards" Brown
Jun 27, 2017
Pennie Richards Brown, 66, of Abbeville, SC died Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Apalachicola, FL to the late John D. and Lula Mae Ramsey Richards. Pennie was twice married, first to Jimmy Wilson and second, to the late Gene Brown. She attended high school in Apalachicola, FL and retired from AB Lifestyles in Antreville,...
E. F. Simpson
Jun 20, 2017
E.F. Simpson, 95, of Greenwood, SC, formerly of Abbeville, SC, husband of Lena White Simpson, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Fenton Hall Simpson and Myrtice Sutherland Simpson. Mr. Simpson graduated from Sharon High School and was honored to serve his country in the United States Army during WWII. ...
Eunice Hazel Powell
Jun 20, 2017
Eunice Hazel Powell, 73, of Calhoun Falls, SC died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. She was born October 20, 1943 to the late John M. and Lou Ella Evans Powell. Eunice never had any children of her own; however, she was regarded as a second mother to many nieces and nephews. Eunice was truly...
Lewis Albert Brown Jr.
Jun 15, 2017
SSGT Lewis Albert Brown, Jr., US Air Force, Retired, 93, of Calhoun Falls, SC husband of Emily Watson Brown, died Thursday, June, 15, 2017 at the Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson. He was born in Elbert County, GA to the late Lewis Albert Brown, Sr. and Muriel Fenetta Freeman Brown. Mr. Brown proudly served his country in the United...
Vera Elwell Hall
Jun 12, 2017
Vera Elwell Hall, 90, of Abbeville, SC, wife of the late William Marshall ‘Unk’ Hall, died Monday, June 12, 2017 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Ware Shoals, SC to the late Henry Thomas Elwell and Mabel Campbell Elwell. Mrs. Hall, employed by Abbeville Mills, Poliakoff’s and Cato Clothing Stores, retired from the Belk Simpson Department Store....
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