Obituaries

James  Edward Arnold

James Edward Arnold

Oct 4, 2007

James Edward Arnold, 69, resident of 112 Clearcreek Drive husband of Susan Cannon Arnold died Thursday Oct. 4, 2007 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Center in Spartanburg, SC. He was a United States Army veteran a member of the Special Forces. He was a retired executive with Pirelli Cable Company. Survivors include his wife, Susan Cannon Arnold of the home; 1...

Joseph "Joe Buddy" Meadows Creswell

Joseph "Joe Buddy" Meadows Creswell

Oct 4, 2007

Joe Buddy Creswell, 82, resident of 4228 Hwy. 201 husband of Vivian Pruitt Creswell died Thursday Oct. 4, 2007 at his home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late Joseph M. and Janie Martin Creswell. Joe Buddy attended Abbeville Co. Schools and was a U.S. Marine veteran having served in the Marshall Islands. After working...

Bertha Mae Smith Harrison

Bertha Mae Smith Harrison

Oct 3, 2007

Bertha Mae Smith Harrison, 86, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home formerly of 1013 Island Ford Rd. widow of G. Wesley Harrison died Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Millan, GA she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Annie Maude McGhee Smith. She was a retired textile weaver with Bloomsburg Mills with over 40 years...

James "Bull" Raymond Ashley

James "Bull" Raymond Ashley

Sep 26, 2007

James Raymond "Bull" Ashley, 83, resident of 870 Hwy. 185 South husband of Helen Gambrell Ashley died Wednesday Sept. 26, 2007 at his home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late James Oscar and Edna Richey Ashley. He was a retired decorated veteran of World War II US Army. He was a retired employee of...

Billy  Joe Minor

Billy Joe Minor

Sep 24, 2007

Billy Joe Minor, 67, resident of # 3 Edgewood Drive husband of Betty Jo Powell Minor died Monday Sept. 24, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born on Abbeville, SC he was the son of Mary Alice Ashley Minor and the late Joe Berry Minor. He was a retired self employed painter and a member of the...

Neigel  O'Neil Gillespie

Neigel O'Neil Gillespie

Sep 24, 2007

Neigel O'Neil Gillespie, 69, of 410 Laurel Tree Lane, husband of Connie Bosler Gillespie, died Monday, September 24, 2007 at his residence, following an extended illness.Born in Abbeville, S.C., he was the son of the late John Gregg and Gertrude Miller Gillespie.Mr. Gillespie was retired from Binswanger Glass and of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Army veteran.Surviving,...

Beulah  Patterson Hill

Beulah Patterson Hill

Sep 22, 2007

Beulah Patterson Hill, 83, resident of Willow Creek Living Center, Iva, SC formerly of 565 Rogers Rd, Abbeville, SC, widow of James Rayford Hill, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Willow Creek Living Center.Born in Abbeville, SC, Mrs. Hill was the daughter of the late James Thomas Patterson and Emma Ellis Patterson. She was retired from the Abbeville Shirt Plant....

Minnie  Kornegay Byrd

Minnie Kornegay Byrd

Aug 28, 2007

Minnie Kornegay Byrd, 82, resident of 200 Wardlaw St. Apt.#1 widow of Jeff T. Byrd, Jr. died Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in New Caney, Texas she was a daughter of the late Henry Grady and Ollie Finkles Kornegay. Min attended TCU University and was a retired secretary having worked many years...

Martha Ellenburg Tiller Roche

Martha Ellenburg Tiller Roche

Aug 27, 2007

Martha Ellenburg Roche, 81, resident of 1400 North Main St. wife of Pat Roche died Monday Aug. 27, 2007 at her home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Ozzie and Mattie Williams Ellenburg. She was a retired Department Store Manager with Sky City in Abbeville, SC. She was also a member of Westside Baptist...

Norris  Vivian Wiles

Norris Vivian Wiles

Aug 20, 2007

Norris Vivian Wiles, 68, resident of 521 Audrey Hardy Rd. died Monday Aug. 20, 2007 at his home. Born in Iva, SC he was a son of the late William Clemson and Icie Lee Ozmint Wiles. He was a retired Mechanical Supervisor with Duke Power. He was a United States Air Force veteran. He was also of the Baptist faith....

Sarah "Sally" C. Romein

Sarah "Sally" C. Romein

Aug 18, 2007

Sarah C. (Sally) Romein, 90, widow of Dr. Tunis Romein, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 at Carlisle Nursing Center at Due West Retirement Center. Born in Clarksburg, W. Virginia on Dec. 31, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Bertha Harris. After graduating from Massachusetts Memorial Hospital as a Registered Nurse, she served as an Army...

Charles  Alpheus Johnson

Charles Alpheus Johnson

Aug 16, 2007

Charles Alpheus Johnson, 58, resident of 3015 Pineland Dr. Waycross, GA, husband of Debra Grimes Johnson, died August 16, 2007 at his residence.Survivors include his wife, Debra, daughter, Rebecca Taylor Johnson and son, Joseph Fletcher "Jodie" Johnson of the home; sister, Tonita Johnson Thompson of Anderson, SC and brother, Robert Fletcher Johnson, Jr. of California. He was the son of...

Ernest  Hall Norris

Ernest Hall Norris

Aug 15, 2007

Ernest Hall Norris, 85, resident of 1974 Cedar Springs Rd. widower of Elizabeth "Lib" McKee Norris died Wednesday Aug. 15, 2007 at his home. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late Jessie Edgar and Sudie Perry Norris. Hall was a US Army veteran having served in the 70th Anti-Aircraft Battery during World War II. He was...

Fred  T. Bridges

Fred T. Bridges

Aug 11, 2007

Fred T. Bridges, Jr., age 86, of the Due West Retirement Center, Due West, S.C., died on Saturday, August 11, 2007. His parents were the late Fred T., Sr., and Delpha Maddox Bridges, of Atlanta, Georgia.Bridges was born in Dublin, Georgia, but at the age of two, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended the Public Schools, graduating...

William "Billy" Edwin Parker

William "Billy" Edwin Parker

Aug 9, 2007

William Edwin "Billy" Parker, Jr., 74, resident of 33 Pine Drive husband of Alice Pruitt Parker died Thursday Aug. 9, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in McCormick, SC he was a son of the late William Edwin, Sr. and Woodrow Wilson Parker. Billy was a retired automotive mechanic with Prince Motor Co. After retirement Billy began working for...

Ava "Grammy" Belle Glace

Ava "Grammy" Belle Glace

Aug 7, 2007

Ava Belle Glace, 97, formally of 100 Pinewood Circle, Abbeville, SC, died August 7, 2007 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was the widow of Robert Roscoe Glace and was preceded in death by her son, William R. Glace.Born January 21, 1910 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Jacoby McCormick and William Ranson McCormick. She...

Gerard  Joseph Brownett

Gerard Joseph Brownett

Aug 6, 2007

Gerard Joseph Brownett, 44, resident of 71 Carwellyn Rd. died Monday Aug. 6, 2007 at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. Born in Red Bank, N.J. he was the son of Harry Andrew Brownett, Jr. and the late Joan Cavanagh Brownett. He was a graduate of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in N.J. and attended Lander University. He was a...

Margaret  Hanvey Glenn

Margaret Hanvey Glenn

Jul 28, 2007

Margaret Hanvey Glenn, 85, resident of Carlisle Nursing Center In Due West, SC formerly of 305 Millwood Rd. Abbeville, SC widow of James "Jimmy" Oscar Glenn died Saturday July 28, 2007 at Carlisle Nursing Center. Born in Anderson, SC she was a daughter of the late Claude Benjamin and Nancy Hardin Hanvey. Margaret was a devoted homemaker and a member...

Nell  Tatom West

Nell Tatom West

Jul 26, 2007

Nell Tatom West, 82, widow of the late Fred D. West, Jr. went to live with the Lord Thursday, July 26, 2007. She was a resident of Abbeville, SC before entering the NHC Nursing Home in Greenwood January 2002.Born in Troy, Alabama on February 21, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Roy Lamar Tatom and Johnnie Camp Tatom.She...