Obituaries

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...

Ronnie  David Greenway

Ronnie David Greenway

Dec 5, 2006

Ronnie David Greenway, 59, resident of 1303 Hwy. 284 husband of Joyce Greenway died Tuesday Dec. 5, 2006 at Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson, SC. Born in Hartwell, GA he was the son of the late George Tommy and Wilma Evelyn Worley Greenway. He was employed with Owens-Corning Fiberglass of Anderson, SC. Survivors include his wife Joyce Greenway of...

Patricia "Pat" Ann Parnell Stone

Patricia "Pat" Ann Parnell Stone

Nov 19, 2006

Patricia 'Pat' Ann Stone, 36, resident of 753 Arborville Center Rd. died Sunday Nov. 19, 2006 from injuries sustained in and accident. Born in Abbeville, SC she was a daughter of Mary Jo Parnell and the late Charles C. 'Red' Parnell. She was employed with the Town Cafe in Honea Path, SC. She also enjoyed riding with the Hardwood Crusiers...

Margaret  Sherard Cothran

Margaret Sherard Cothran

Nov 19, 2006

Margaret Sherard Cothran, 84, resident of 34 Gallick Rd., Waymart, PA formerly of Abbeville, SC died Sunday Nov. 19, 2006 at Abington Manor, Clark Summit, PA. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late Moffatt Grier Sr. and Myrtle H. Sherard. Margaret was educated at Lander College and Furman University. During her married life to the...

Judy  Norman McNair

Judy Norman McNair

Nov 18, 2006

Judy Norman McNair, 59, resident of 612 Cherokee St. wife of Ken McNair died Saturday Nov. 18, 2006 at her home. Born in Elberton, GA she was a daughter of the late George Thomas and Martha Moorehead Norman. She was the retired director of the Abbeville City Chamber of Commerce. She was also an active member of Southside Baptist Church...

Lucille  Fisher Black

Lucille Fisher Black

Nov 16, 2006

Lucile Fisher Black, 85, resident of 219 SO. Main St. wife of Herbert David Black, Jr. died Thursday Nov. 16, 2006 at Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC. Born in Abbeville Co. SC she was a daughter of the late John Linton and Annie Gable Fisher. She was a retired school teacher having graduated from Antreville High School. She...

Leman  Edward Greene

Leman Edward Greene

Nov 7, 2006

Leman Edward Greene, Sr., 83, resident of 720 E. Greenwood St. husband of Nora Odom Greene died Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006 at The Hospice House. Born Sept. 30, 1923 in Immanuel County Georgia he was a son of the late Daniel Edward and Flora Greenway Greene. After graduating from Summerville High School, he served in the United States Navy, two...

Phil  Hall Crawford

Phil Hall Crawford

Nov 7, 2006

Phil Hall Crawford, 91, resident of 262 Crawford Rd. Due West died Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Anderson, SC. Born in Due West, SC he was a son of the late Jesse Arthur and Lyda Hall Crawford. He was a Graduate of Erskine College with a AB Degree in Education and received his...

Eleanor ""Citty"" Davis Davis

Eleanor ""Citty"" Davis Davis

Nov 5, 2006

Eleanor "Citty" Davis Davis, 74, resident of 401 Marshall Ave. widow of Andrew Davis died Sunday Nov. 5, 2006 at her home. Born in Honea Path, SC she was a daughter of the late Jesse Wade and Ruth Cain Davis. She was formerly employed with Abbeville Shirtmakers and ARA Vending Company . She was an active member of New Hope...

Mary  Williams Dusenberry

Mary Williams Dusenberry

Oct 10, 2006

Mary Williams Dusenberry, 81, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006. Born in Abbeville, SC, on February 20, 1925, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Mamie Plexico Williams. She had been a Hampton resident since 1979 and was a member of the Elizabeth Lakes Estates Garden Club. Mrs. Dusenberry had worked in secretarial support for the Manhattan Project...

John "Johnny" T. Hawthorne

John "Johnny" T. Hawthorne

Oct 6, 2006

John T. "Johnny" Hawthorne, 65, resident of 907 Winona Church Rd. husband of Marlene Lollis Hawthorne died Friday Oct. 6, 2006 at Abbeville Area Medical Center. Born in Anderson, SC he was a son of the late Tully S. and Marie Pearman Hawthorne. He was retired from Monsanto Manufacturing in Greenwood, SC. He was a member and deacon in Winona...