Obituaries

Leroy  Ernest Martin

Leroy Ernest Martin

Mar 27, 2007

Leroy Ernest Martin, 102, resident of 203 Hunter St. widower of Edna Blair Martin died Tuesday March 27, 2007 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late William Steele and Kate Blanchett Martin. Mr. Martin was a retired textile employee having worked for many years at the Abbeville Milliken Plant. He was a...

Roy  Campbell Lewis

Roy Campbell Lewis

Mar 24, 2007

Roy 'Campbell' Lewis, 66, resident of 127 Whip-O-Will Rd. husband of Judy Roberts Lewis died Saturday March 24, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. He was a son of the late Joe Earl and Tommie Campbell Lewis. Campbell was a retired owner & operator of Lewis retail car sales. He was a loyal member of Main St....

Emma "Granny" Busby Browning Dickerson

Emma "Granny" Busby Browning Dickerson

Mar 19, 2007

Emma Busby Dickerson, 81, formerly of Abbeville, SC known by many in Abbeville as "Granny" widow of Warren Dickerson died Monday March 19, 2007 at the home of her daughter Dee Bloch in Atlanta, GA. Born in Anderson, SC she was a daughter of the late James and Ida Smith Busby. She was twide married first to the late Sterling...

Robert  Gaston Hall

Robert Gaston Hall

Mar 19, 2007

Rev. Dr. Robert Gaston Hall, 81, resident of 14 Abbeville St. Due West, SC very beloved husband of Helen Brown Hall died Monday March 19, 2007 at the Hospice of the Piedmont, Hospice House in Greenwood, SC after a lenghty illness. Born in Westminster, SC he was a son of the late Dr. Thomas Gaston and Sally Rion Jones Hall....

Margaret  Bryant Griffith

Margaret Bryant Griffith

Mar 16, 2007

Margaret Bryant Griffith, 77, resident of 222 Brookside Drive widow of Jessie Kirkland Griffith died Friday March 16, 2007 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC. Born in Greenwood, SC she was a daughter of the late Mack and Ophelia Strickland Bryant. She was a retired textile spinner.Survivors include 2 daughters: Linda Crenshaw and her husband Harold of Gaffney,...

Talmadge Hall

Talmadge Hall

Mar 16, 2007

Talmadge Hall, 74, resident of 103 Philips St. husband of Bobbie Jean Briggs Hall died Friday March 16, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in Elbert Co., GA he was a son of the late Samuel Lee and Ruby Eliza Rousey Hall. Talmadge was a graduate of Erskine College having earned his BA degree. He was a retired Purchasing...

Mildred Ann Stone McNeill

Mildred Ann Stone McNeill

Mar 13, 2007

Inthe midst of our sadness, we praise God and give thanks for the life of a woman we were privileged to call beloved wife, cherished mother, devoted grandmother, and dear friend. On March 13, 2007 at Emory-Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, GA, Mildred Ann Stone McNeill beheld the face of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mildred was a resident...

Frances Jane Seawright McGaha

Frances Jane Seawright McGaha

Mar 12, 2007

Frances Jane Seawright McGaha, 73, resident of 324 Church St. Donalds, SC wife of Homer McGaha died Monday March 12, 2007 at AnMed Medical Center in Anderson, SC. Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of the late George G. and Bessie Ferguson Seawright, Sr. She was a retired seamstress with the Abbeville Shirt Plant and was a member...

William "Bud" H. Scott

William "Bud" H. Scott

Mar 8, 2007

William H. "Bud" Scott, 91, resident of 1401 Cedar Springs Rd. husband of Georgia Satcher Scott died Thursday March 8, 2007 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Abbeville SC he was a son of the late George E. and Pearl Mahaffey Scott. Bud was a retired textile employee fixer with Abbeville Mills. He was a loyal member of the Abbeville...

Phillip "Phil" Rodney Manley

Phillip "Phil" Rodney Manley

Feb 25, 2007

Phillip "Phil" Rodney Manley, Sr., 52, resident of 43 Horne Rd. husband of Beverly Hill Manley died Sunday Feb. 25, 2007 at his home. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of Rebecca Reynolds Manley and the late Jessie Manley. Phil was the maintanance supervisor at Abbeville Arms Apts. in Abbeville and attended Grace United Methodist Church. Survivors include...

Lulie  Janet Calvert

Lulie Janet Calvert

Feb 14, 2007

Lulie Janet Calvert died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, in Carlisle at Due West Retirement Center surrounded by her loving caregivers and friends. Born Feb. 13, 1917, in Abbeville, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Eakin Calvert and Lulie Callaway Calvert. She was predeceased by sisters, Martha Compton and Grace Parler. She is survived by three generations of...

John "Driggers" Arvil Hanks

John "Driggers" Arvil Hanks

Feb 11, 2007

John Avril "Driggers" Hanks, 85, resident of 3012 Hwy. 20 widower of Alta Lee Uldrick Hanks died Sunday Feb. 11, 2007 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in Abbeville, SC he was a son of the late Thomas H. and Elizabeth Pearman Hanks. He was a retired automobile salesman. After retirement Mr. Hanks became very active in cattle farming. He...

Lavinia  Gossett McDill

Lavinia Gossett McDill

Feb 1, 2007

Lavinia Gossett McDill, 83, resident of 25 Abbeville St. Due West, SC, widow of John W. McDill, Sr, died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at National Health Care in Greenwood, SC. Born in Williamston, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul Henry and Julia Pinckney Gossett and was a graduate of Erskine College. Mrs. McDill was Librarian for Dixie...

Ray  Duckworth McMahan

Ray Duckworth McMahan

Jan 29, 2007

Ray Duckworth McMahan, 83, husband of Colleen Suttles McMahan of 396 Ray McMahan Rd. Iva, SC died Monday, January 29, 2007 at Anderson Area Medical Center, Anderson, SC. Born in Abbeville County, he was the son of the late Floyd F. and Sadie Lewis McMahan. He is survived by his wife, Colleen of the home; one son, Mickey McMahan of...

Frances Elizabeth Crawford Sloan

Frances Elizabeth Crawford Sloan

Jan 17, 2007

Frances Elizabeth Crawford Sloan, 94, resident of 695 Crawford Rd. widow of Ben F. Sloan died Wednesday Jan. 17, 2007 at her home. Born on Antreville, SC she was a daughter of the late Jessie Arthur and Lida Hall Crawford. Mrs. Sloan was a 1934 graduate of Anderson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She worked as a registered nurse for...

Doris  Kirby Hughes

Doris Kirby Hughes

Jan 10, 2007

Doris Kirby Hughes, 84, resident of 401 Magazine St. died Wednesday Jan. 10, 2007 at the Hospice House in Greenwood, SC. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Roland and Martha Norrell Wilson Kirby. She was a retired Librarian for over 40 years and a homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith. She was a...

William  Murry Thompson

William Murry Thompson

Dec 22, 2006

William Murry Thompson, Sr., 89, resident of 33 Woodview Apts. widower of Ruby Culbreth Thompson died Friday Dec. 22, 2006 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in Hillsborough, NC he was a son of the late Daniel Covington and Catherine Nye Thompson. He was a World War II United States Air Force veteran. He was a retired merchant in retail...

Rufus  Wood Hutchinson

Rufus Wood Hutchinson

Dec 20, 2006

Rufus Wood Hutchinson, Jr., Lt. Col. USAF Res. Ret., husband of May Robertson Baskin Hutchinson, died December 20, 2006, at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in West Pelzer, South Carolina, he was the son of Rufus Wood Hutchinson, Sr. and Leila Fulmer Hutchinson. He graduated from Easley High School, attended Furman University, and graduated from Oglethorpe University. He pursued graduate...

Julius "Buddy" Hamilton King

Julius "Buddy" Hamilton King

Dec 13, 2006

Julius Hamilton "Buddy" King, 80, resident of 365 Bulls Horne Rd. husband of Jean Bradberry King died Wednesday Dec. 13, 2006 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC he was a son of the late Benjamin H. and Bessie Ervin King. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Buddy was retired from the United States Postal Service...

Malvenia Parker

Malvenia Parker

Dec 7, 2006

Malvenia Parker, 66, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home 83 Thomson Circle died Thursday Nov. 7, 2006 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late William Edwin, Sr. and Woodrow Wilson Parker. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Presbyterian Church. Survivors include brother William Edwin "Billly" Parker, Jr. and...