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Local Obituaries for Abbeville County, SC & Surrounding Areas

Martha L. Hoertz

Martha L. Hoertz

Mar 24, 2013

Martha L. Hoertz, 78, of Abbeville died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at NHC in Greenwood. She was born in Abbeville to the late J.B. and Pauline Timms. Ms. Hoertz was a 1953 graduate of Greenwood High School and worked as a sales representative for Gibbs-Louis department store. She had a special appreciation for books and reading allowed her to enjoy...

Henry Broadus Collins

Henry Broadus Collins

Mar 11, 2013

Henry Broadus Collins, 90, husband of Ivadell Talbert Collins, of Bradley died Monday, March 11, 2013 at his home. He was born in McCormick to the late D.H. and Francis Dorn Collins. Mr. Collins served his country as a member of the United States Navy during WWII. He retired from Monsanto with many years of service. Mr. Collins was a...

Hilda Clinkscales Purdy

Hilda Clinkscales Purdy

Feb 27, 2013

Hilda Clinkscales Purdy, 85, wife of the late Carroll Boyd Purdy, of Lowndesville went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at her home. Born in Lowndesville, July 10, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Orr and Olivia Clinkscales. She was retired from Bloomsberg Industries and was a lifelong member of Providence Presbyterian Church in...

Ray A. Crawford Sr.

Ray A. Crawford Sr.

Feb 17, 2013

Ray A. Crawford, Sr., 94, husband of Wilma Uldrick Crawford, of Abbeville died Sunday, February 17, 2013 at his home. He was born in Abbeville to the late William J. and Ollie Hodge Crawford. Mr. Crawford attended Abbeville Schools and was a WWII veteran serving in the U.S. Army. He was a conductor for the Seaboard Airline and Seaboard Coast...

Howard Emory Kay

Howard Emory Kay

Feb 15, 2013

Howard Emory Kay, 93, husband of Leuna Bouchillon Kay, of Abbeville died Friday, February 15, 2013 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Abbeville to the late Claude and Mary Uldrick Kay. Mr. Kay worked as a repairer of sewing machines and retired from the Abbeville Shirt Plant. He was well known and appreciated for his ability to...

Stevie Cutter

Stevie Cutter

Feb 9, 2013

Stevie Cutter, 50, of Abbeville, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. He was born in Greenwood to Leland Cutter and Linda Noblin Kirkland. He was a member of New Life Worship Center and was an avid Gamecock Fan. Stevie had a great love for music and spending time with his friends. He is survived by...

Jim Henry Porter Jr.

Jim Henry Porter Jr.

Jan 30, 2013

Jim Henry Porter, Jr., 68, husband of Linda Brown Porter, of Calhoun Falls died Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late Jim Henry Porter, Sr. and Florine Moore Porter. Mr. Porter served his country in the United States Army and retired from Westpoint Stevens Plant with many years...

Christine Sanford Pegg

Christine Sanford Pegg

Jan 28, 2013

Christine Sanford Pegg, 56, wife of Wayne Pegg, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at the Anmed Health in Anderson. She was born in Buncombe County, NC to the late Thurmond and Ruth Moss Sanford. Surviving Mrs. Pegg is her husband of 37 years of the home; a sister, Judy Sanford of North Carolina and a host of extended family and...

Tommy Joe Payne Sr Rev.

Tommy Joe Payne Sr Rev.

Jan 23, 2013

Tommy Joe Payne, Sr., 82, passed away peacefully Wednesday, January 23, 2013. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00PM on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 2:00PM in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow in Long Cane Cemetery. Tommy was born July 22, 1930 in Nettleton, Mississippi to Ewell and...

Gennie Vinson Sparks

Gennie Vinson Sparks

Jan 18, 2013

Gennie Vinson Sparks, 89, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 18, 2013 at her home. She was the widow of James Walter Sparks. Mrs. Sparks was born in Greenville County to the late George Washington Vinson, Sr., and Essie Bryant Vinson on November 1, 1923. She was reared most of her life by her father and step-mother...

George Walter Taylor

George Walter Taylor

Jan 14, 2013

George Walter Taylor, 79, formerly of Minneapolis, KS, passed away January 14, 2013 in Anderson, SC, after a lengthy illness. Born in Guide Rock, Nebraska, on July 7, 1933, he was the son of Ralph and Goldie (Weigel) Taylor. George graduated from Mpls High School and married Shirley Jean Kriegh, Nov 28, 1954. George served in the Navy during the...

Bella Salmon

Bella Salmon

Jan 14, 2013

Baby Bella Salmon, infant daughter of James and Margaret Teal Salmon, died Monday, Jan. 14. The family will recieve friends from 6:00PM to 7:00PM Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 at Harris Funeral Home.

Ronnie "Friendship" Erwin

Ronnie "Friendship" Erwin

Jan 12, 2013

Ronnie 'Friendship' Erwin, 71, husband of Donna Smith Erwin, of Abbeville died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Hospice House in Greenwood. He was born in Abbeville to the late Langdon A. Erwin, Jr. and Darliene Sorrow Erwin. Mr. Erwin was a 1960 graduate of Abbeville High School and served his country in the United States Army. He retired from...

Ruth Derrick Clark

Ruth Derrick Clark

Jan 12, 2013

Theresa Ruth Derrick Clark, 91, wife of the late Cecil Horace Clark, of Abbeville died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Greenwood to the late William and Nina Campbell Derrick. Mrs. Clark retired from the J.P. Stevens Clemson Plant with many years of service and was a member of Rice Memorial Baptist Church...

Martha Shiflet Suttles

Martha Shiflet Suttles

Jan 6, 2013

Martha Shiflet Suttles, 77, of Abbeville, wife of the late Jack J. Suttles, died Sunday, January 06, 2013 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Calhoun Falls, SC to the late Frank and Bertie Evans Shiflet. Mrs. Suttles retired after many years with the Abbeville Manufacturing Plant and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. In addition to...

Martha Ann Miller

Martha Ann Miller

Jan 3, 2013

Martha Ann Miller, 63, of Due West, wife of Walter E. Miller, died suddenly on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence. She was born in Stark County, OH to the late Daniel and Susan Raber Sommers. She was a beloved wife, mother and friend to all. Mrs. Miller attended Shiloh Mennonite Church and was the caregiver for her family....

Mary Norman Bowie

Mary Norman Bowie

Dec 30, 2012

Mary Norman Bowie, 85, of Abbeville, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Abbeville Area Medical Center. Mrs. Bowie was born in Wilkes County, GA to the late James and Elizabeth Andrews Scott. She was twice married; first to the late Roy W. Norman, then to the late Thrashley Bowie. Mrs. Bowie was a member of the former Calvary Baptist...

Robbie Mabry Brown

Robbie Mabry Brown

Dec 30, 2012

Robbie M. Brown, 54, of Abbeville, wife of Wayne L. 'Scooter' Brown, died suddenly on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Abbeville to the late Robert L. and Kathleen Horton Mabry. Robbie was a 1976 graduate of Abbeville High School and a member of Rice Memorial Baptist Church. She was employed with Nicholson, Meredith &...

Carol Johnson Copeland

Carol Johnson Copeland

Dec 30, 2012

Carol Johnson Copeland, 56, of Abbeville died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. She was born in Orangeburg to A.M. and Frankie Rourk Johnson. Ms. Copeland was a 1975 graduate of Abbeville High School and she attended South Side Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a son, John Rhett Copeland...

Anne E. Oliver

Anne E. Oliver

Dec 27, 2012

Anne E. Oliver, 94, of Abbeville, wife of the late Dr. A. Grady Oliver, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 27, 2012. Born on August 6, 1918 in Ninety-Six, SC, she was one of nine children born to the late William Thomas and Annie Smith Ellenberg. After graduating from Emmanuel Junior College, Mrs. Oliver taught school...

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