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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Claire I Palmer

Claire I Palmer

Mar 15, 2015

Claire I. Palmer, 88, of Abbeville, formerly of Greenwood, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in San Francisco, CA to the late William & Celina Kate Woodcock Barr. Mrs. Palmer retired after 20 years with the M&M Mars Company. She was a patron of the arts, a member of the Republican Women's Club...

Alexandra Corley Schissler

Alexandra Corley Schissler

Mar 11, 2015

Alexandra Corley Schissler, 68, of the Savannah Lakes Village, wife of Edward Kelly Schissler, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at her home. She was born in Morristown, NJ to the late Ralph A. and Leontine Raymond Corley. Mrs. Schissler retired, after 23 years of devoted service, as a Physical Education teacher in Florida. Following retirement, she and her husband, Edward,...

Annie Maude James

Annie Maude James

Mar 10, 2015

Annie Maude James, 98, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at her residence. She was born in Athens, GA to the late Joseph Levi and Elizabeth Murray James. Ms. James began her working career at a very early age at Abbeville Shirt Plant and later retired from Milliken – Abbeville Plant after many years of dedicated service. She was...

Joe William "Billy" Norryce

Joe William "Billy" Norryce

Mar 10, 2015

Billy Norryce, Jr., 67, of Abbeville, SC, husband of Carol Dilleshaw Norryce, died Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Abbeville, SC to the late Joe William Norryce, Sr and Frances LaBoon Norryce. Mr. Norryce was a 1965 graduate of Abbeville High School, a member of Abbeville First Baptist Church and served in the S.C. National...

Jimmy Dove

Jimmy Dove

Mar 9, 2015

Jimmy Dove, 63, of Calhoun Falls, husband of Pat Brown Dove, died peacefully on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville, SC to Barbara Burton Dove of Calhoun Falls and the late Paul Dove. Jimmy was a graduate of Calhoun Falls High School, Class of 1969. He was employed as an Insurance...

Allen "Chunk" Patterson Sr.

Allen "Chunk" Patterson Sr.

Mar 5, 2015

Allen F. 'Chunk' Patterson, Sr., 86, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of Martha O'Shields Patterson, died Thursday, March 05, 2015, at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born September 1, 1928 in Abbeville, SC to the late Grady Leslie Patterson, Sr. and Claudia McClain Patterson. Mr. Patterson was a 1947 graduate of Calhoun Falls High School and an elder...

Foster Sondley Robinson

Foster Sondley Robinson

Mar 4, 2015

Foster Sondley Robinson, III, 46, of McCormick, died peacefully Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the Georgia Medical University. Foster was born in Gainesville, GA to Connie McAbee Robinson and the late Foster Sondley Robinson, Jr. Foster is survived by his mother of the home; two sisters, Dora Robinson Jones and Vicie Robinson of Greenwood; an aunt, Clair McAbee; an uncle,...

Clemont Jerell Hilley

Clemont Jerell Hilley

Mar 2, 2015

Clemont "Jerell" Hilley, 90, of Calhoun Falls, SC, husband of the late Ada Crocker Hilley, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Monday, March 02, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Iva, SC to the late Luther Allen Hilley and Hattie Campbell Hilley. Mr. Hilley was a veteran of the United States Navy...

Benjamin Thomas Ware

Benjamin Thomas Ware

Mar 1, 2015

Benjamin Thomas Ware, 32, of Due West died Sunday, March 1, 2015 in Greenwood. He was the son of Marion Bond Ware of Due West and the late William (Bill) Ware of Abbeville. Ben was a graduate of Dixie High School, Class of 2000. He graduated from Piedmont Technical College and was a talented automobile mechanic. In addition to his...

Judith A. Cannaday

Judith A. Cannaday

Feb 28, 2015

Judith A. Cannaday, 62, of Iva, wife of Dee Cannaday, died Saturday, February 28, 2015 at her residence. All services will be private.

Dorothy Corbett Driggers

Dorothy Corbett Driggers

Feb 26, 2015

Dorothy "Dot" Corbett Driggers, 95, of Abbeville SC, wife of the late Derrill C. Driggers, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at the Oconee Hospice of the Foothills. She was born in Laurens, SC to the late Irvin Hayne and Sarah Gertrude Hamilton Corbett. Mrs. Driggers was a homemaker and retired secretary of the First Baptist Church of Abbeville where she...

Charles S. "Speedy" Sumner

Charles S. "Speedy" Sumner

Feb 23, 2015

Charles S. 'Speedy' Sumner, 76, of Abbeville, husband of Barbara 'Toots' Bailey Sumner, died Monday, February 23, 2015 at The Renaissance Assisted Living in Due West, SC. He was born in Union, SC to the late Toy and Elsie Boling Sumner. He was a 1961 graduate of Clemson University and a proud Clemson Alumni supporter. Mr. Sumner worked for many...

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris

Feb 21, 2015

Aline Jevetta Kay Norris, 49, received her eternal healing on Saturday, February 21, 2015, surrounded by her family and friends at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood. She was the daughter of Linda Evans Norris and the late Richard Norris. Ms. Norris worked for many years at the West Pointe Stevens Plant in Calhoun Falls. In addition to her father she...

Dealie Mae Dixon

Dealie Mae Dixon

Feb 19, 2015

Dealie Mae Dixon, 82, of Calhoun Falls, SC, wife of the late Ernest Eugene Dixon, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Petra Health & Rehab in McCormick, SC. She was born in Pelzer, SC to the late David Alexander and Van Dora Crocker Gibson. Mrs. Dixon was a member of Northside Baptist Church, Calhoun Falls and attended Faith Harvest Fellowship,...

Edna Wilkerson Parks - May

Edna Wilkerson Parks - May

Feb 17, 2015

Edna Wilkerson Parks-May, 90, formerly of Greenwood, SC, wife of the late Rufus A. May, Sr., died February 17, 2015 at the Sunrise Senior Living Center in Cary, NC. She was the daughter of the late John Edgar and Pauline Norrell Wilkerson of Abbeville, SC. Mrs. Parks-May was a graduate of Abbeville High School and completed a training course in...

Coline Gunn Cain

Coline Gunn Cain

Feb 15, 2015

Coline Gunn Cain, 89, of Greenwood, South Carolina, wife of Rev. Dr. Benson Cain, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Hospice House of Greenwood. She was born in 1925 in Gainesville, FL to the late Colin Donald Gunn & Irene Randall Gunn. Mrs. Cain graduated from Florida State College for Women in 1947 with a degree in Home Economics....

Katherine Wing Bergeron

Katherine Wing Bergeron

Feb 15, 2015

Katherine Wing Bergeron, 86, of Donalds, SC, formally of Richford, VT, wife of the late Norbert Bergeron, died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. She was born in Richford, VT to the late Harold G. and Juliette L. Smith Wing. Mrs. Bergeron and her husband were in the dairy and logging business for many years....

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop

Feb 14, 2015

Mildred Kidd Moss Bishop, 92, wife of the late James 'J.B' Moss, Sr., of Calhoun Falls died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at NHC in Clinton. She was born in Fort Mill, SC to the late Olin N. and Ouida Carruth Kidd. Mrs. Bishop retired from Burlington Industries in Calhoun Falls after many years of dedicated service. After retirement, she spent...

Dale B Brown

Dale B Brown

Feb 6, 2015

Dale B. Brown, 75, of Iva, died Friday, February 06, 2015 at AnMed Health in Anderson. He was born in Iva to the late W. Earl and Edith Loftis Brown. Mr. Brown was self-employed and a member of Generostee ARP Church in Iva. He was a lover of animals and avid hunter and fisherman. In addition to his parents he...

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