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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Teresa Elizabeth "Eliza" Hedger

Teresa Elizabeth "Eliza" Hedger

Jun 6, 2016

Teresa Elizabeth 'Eliza' Hedger, 53, of Due West, died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Calhoun Falls State Park. She was born in Middletown, Ohio to the late Robert Sylvester and Clementine Wise Hedger. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Hedger and sister, Paulette Dick. Eliza is survived by her beloved partner of...

Katherine Makarski

Katherine Makarski

Jun 2, 2016

Katherine T. Makarski, 59, of Lincolnton, GA, wife of Robert Makarski, Sr., passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016 from an unforeseen medical condition at Doctor's Hospital of Augusta, GA. She was born in Cherry Point, NC to the late John F. and Elaine Barry O'Meara. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Michael O'Meara....

Kenneth Leo Miller

Kenneth Leo Miller

May 30, 2016

Kenneth L. Miller, 81, of Lowndesville, SC, husband of Arline Gionet Miller, died Monday, May 30, 2016 at his home. He was born in Swissvale, PA to the late Leo A. and Anna George Miller. Mr. Miller was twice married, first to the late Janet C. Van Jeune, and secondly to Arline Miller, to whom he was married for 25...

Wilma Singleton Norris

Wilma Singleton Norris

May 30, 2016

Wilma Singleton Norris, 81, of Abbeville, wife of the late David Pressley Norris, Sr., died Monday, May 30, 2016 at Self Regional Healthcare. She was born in Kannapolis, NC to the late I.F. and Carrie Elizabeth Reynolds Singleton. Mrs. Norris was a 1954 graduate of Abbeville High School, retired from Milliken & Co. after 23 years of service and was...

Karen Hedden "Kay" Burton

Karen Hedden "Kay" Burton

May 28, 2016

Karen 'Kay' Hedden Burton, 59, of Calhoun Falls, died Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville to the late James V. Hedden and Helen Allsep Hedden Mann. Kay was a 1975 graduate of Abbeville High School and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by two sons, Gus Burton and Austin...

Randy 'Lance Gaylord' Nichols

Randy 'Lance Gaylord' Nichols

May 24, 2016

George Randall 'Randy' Nichols, 53, of Piedmont, SC died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Elberton, GA to Mary Elizabeth Bonds Nichols and the late J. Lee Nichols. Randy was reared in Calhoun Falls, SC and lived in Piedmont, SC. He was employed by Dana Transport, Greenville, SC as a driver. Randy was a...

Claude Shirley

Claude Shirley

May 23, 2016

Claude Shirley, 69, of Abbeville, husband of Pamela Lynn Howard Shirley, died Monday, May 23, 2016 at his home. He was born in Greenwood to Johnny Marshall Shirley and the late Ruth McKee Shirley. Claude was twice married, first to the late Gilda Faye Scott Shirley and second, to Pamela Lynn Howard Shirley. Claude was a retired construction worker with...

Suzanne Clouser

Suzanne Clouser

May 19, 2016

Suzanne S. Clouser, 70, of Savannah Lakes Village, McCormick, SC, wife of Calvin G. Clouser, died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Niagara Falls, NY to the late Charles F. and Ina Englund Schmoyer. Mrs. Clouser was a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University and received her MBA from the University of Hartford. She served...

Tony R Ellis

Tony R Ellis

May 19, 2016

Tony R. Ellis, 60, of Abbeville, husband of Lynn Mattison Ellis, died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Self Regional Healthcare. He was born in Anderson, SC to the late James Robert Ellis and Sue Ambrose Williams and was reared in the home of the late James Douglas Ellis and Mildred Saxon Ellis. Tony attended Abbeville High School and served in...

Andrew Dove

Andrew Dove

May 18, 2016

Andrew Dove, 9, of Calhoun Falls, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at his home. He was born in Abbeville to Sam Dove and Laura Gates Vaughn. Andrew was a 3rd grader at John C. Calhoun Elementary School and was a member of Northside Baptist Church. He was enthusiastic, active and involved in all areas of his life as an outstanding...

Jimmy Lee Davis

Jimmy Lee Davis

May 16, 2016

Jimmy Lee Davis, 71, of Abbeville, husband of the late Patricia Atkins Davis died Monday, May 16, 2016 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. He was born in Abbeville to the late George Floyd and Luevenia Williams Davis. Mr. Davis was a 1963 graduate of Abbeville High School and served in the SC National Guard for 6 years. He retired from...

Paul Davis

Paul Davis

May 10, 2016

Paul Davis, 82, of Abbeville entered into rest on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Agape Hospice House in Lexington, SC. Mr. Davis was born January 4, 1934 in Abbeville, SC, the son of the late William McKnight Davis and Jettie Ashley Davis. He was a 1953 graduate of Abbeville High School, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Newberry College...

Donald W. ' Doodle' Dove

Donald W. ' Doodle' Dove

May 9, 2016

Donald W. 'Doodle' Dove, 61, of Calhoun Falls died Monday, May 9, 2016 at his home. He was born in Elberton, GA to Barbara Burton Dove of Calhoun Falls and the late Paul Dove. 'Doodle', as he was affectionately known, was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Calhoun Falls and attended Calhoun Falls High School. In addition to his...

Janelle Jackson Martin

Janelle Jackson Martin

May 9, 2016

Janelle Rose Jackson Martin, 28, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, exchanged her cancer-stricken body for her glorious eternal one at her childhood home in Abbeville, SC on May 9, 2016, surrounded by her loving husband of three years, Shannon Martin, her son Dylan Casey, and her and her husband's families. In addition to her husband and son, she...

Sylvester "Scotty" Bies

Sylvester "Scotty" Bies

May 8, 2016

Sylvester 'Scotty' Bies, 88, of Savannah Lakes Village, SC, husband of Rita Larkin Bies, died Sunday, May 8, 2016 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. He was born on August 23, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY to Sylvester J. and Barbara K. Bies from Queens Village, Long Island, NY. Scotty is survived by his dear friend and loving wife of...

Walter Bruce "Buddy" Clinkscales

Walter Bruce "Buddy" Clinkscales

May 7, 2016

Walter Bruce 'Buddy' Clinkscales, 66, of Abbeville, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville County to the late William Bruce and Catherine Cannon Clinkscales. Mr. Clinkscales was a 1967 graduate of Dixie High School and a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Air Force. 'Buddy', as he...

Charles S. Burden

Charles S. Burden

May 5, 2016

Charles Stephen Burden, 89, of Calhoun Falls, husband of the late Betty Jordan Burden, died Thursday, May 5, 2016 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born in Elberton, GA to the late Lee Llewellyn Burden and Myrtle Chastain Burden. Mr. Burden served our country in the United States Navy for four years during World War II and was a member...

James Bobby Brown

James Bobby Brown

Apr 28, 2016

James Bobby Brown, 78, of Calhoun Falls, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. He was born in Calhoun Falls to the late Larry Brooks and Rebecca Clyde Mattox Brown. Mr. Brown retired from the Burlington Plant in Calhoun Falls and was the grounds keeper for Tommy Hite for many years. The family expresses sincere appreciation to...

Kenneth Jay Thomason

Kenneth Jay Thomason

Apr 28, 2016

Jay Thomason, 45, of Taylors, SC, formerly of Lincolnton, GA, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 in Taylors, SC. Born February 12, 1971, in Greenwood, SC, to Joseph B. Thomason, Jr and Jackie Gable Smith. Jay was a 1989 graduate of Abbeville High School and was of the Baptist faith. He loved his family and enjoyed time spent with them. In...

Jessie Cromer Ellis

Jessie Cromer Ellis

Apr 25, 2016

Jessie Cromer Ellis, 87, of Abbeville, wife of the late Edward 'Ed' Rose Ellis, died Monday, April 25, 2016, at the home of her son, Jimmy Ellis. She was born in Abbeville, SC to the late John Henry Cromer, Sr. and Mary Erwin Cromer. Mrs. Ellis was employed with Bloomsburg Mills. She was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church...

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