Mayer Funeral

SUSAN TILLER, MOM, GRANDMOTHER, WIFE, FRIEND, ARTIST Mary Susan Stroup Tiller, aged 74, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 23rd, surrounded by family. Susan was born in Lincolnton, NC November 14, 1947, to Chauncey D. Stroup Jr. and Marynette Link Stroup. She was graduated from Lincolnton High School, University of North Carolina-Greensboro with a degree in home economics education and the University of South Carolina with a master's degree in Adult Education. She enjoyed a career in the Georgetown County public school system: first as teacher of Home Economics, and later as Child Nutrition Director for Georgetown County School District for thirty years. After retiring Susan followed...

Georgetown: Richard "Bubber" James Ferdon, Jr. 91, widower of Mary Elizabeth Fielder Ferdon, died April 29, 2022, at Veteran Village in Florence. Mr. Ferdon was born in Georgetown on December 12, 1930, a son of the late Richard James Ferdon, Sr. and Maggie Camlin Ferdon. He was a graduate of Winyah High School and The Citadel, class of 1951, where he was a member of the Summerall Guards, the Boxing Team, and Block "C" Club. Mr. Ferdon served with the 24th Infantry Division in Japan and the 45th Infantry Division in the Korean War as a rifle platoon leader and company commander. He was awarded the Bronze Star for valor with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Infantryman Badge, Korean Service...

Helen Hamilton Ralston died April 28, 2022, following years of declining health. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, James "Jim" Ralston. Mrs. Ralston was born July 8, 1930, and grew up in Edgefield, S.C., the daughter of the late Clyde Henry Hamilton and Edwina Odom Hamilton. She attended Coker College and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation from UNC, she moved to Richmond, Va., to teach elementary school. On a fateful Easter Sunday when she was home for the holiday, a young forester new to the area was invited to the Hamilton home to meet Helen and some of her friends, and a lifetime romance began. Through the years, Jim...

Betty Louise Gunter Bourne, 91, widow of Carlton Russell Bourne, passed away Thursday morning April 28, 2022, at Mt. Pleasant Gardens. Mrs. Bourne was born in Georgetown on January 9, 1931, a daughter of the late William Jesse Gunter and Pearl McKenzie Gunter. She was a step-daughter of the late Troy Poston. Betty graduated from Winyah High School in 1949, and the Medical College of South Carolina School of Nursing in 1953. After graduating, she briefly worked for International Paper Co. Betty then went on to work at Georgetown Memorial Hospital for thirty-eight years. She retired in 1992 as Operating Room Supervisor and Director of Surgical Services. Mrs. Bourne was member a...

Pawleys Island: Arthur Herbert Lachicotte, Jr. September 20, 1926 - April 24, 2022 Arthur Herbert "Doc" Lachicotte, Jr. passed away at home on April 24, 2022. Born in Manning, South Carolina, Doc was the son of the late Virginia Ingram Wilson and Arthur Herbert Lachicotte. He grew up at Waverly Plantation, fishing and hunting the creeks and rivers of the Waccamaw Neck. When his parents opened the original Hammock Shop in 1938, Doc and his friend Joe Ford made all the hammocks, and Ed Brown made the hammock sticks. After graduating from Winyah High School in Georgetown, Doc went to Clemson College and served in the US Army in Japan. Doc was a member of the 1948 Clemson football team...

Pawleys Island: Arthur Herbert Lachicotte, Jr. September 20, 1926 - April 24, 2022 Arthur Herbert "Doc" Lachicotte, Jr. passed away at home on April 24, 2022. Born in Manning, South Carolina, Doc was the son of the late Virginia Ingram Wilson and Arthur Herbert Lachicotte. He grew up at Waverly Plantation, fishing and hunting the creeks and rivers of the Waccamaw Neck. When his parents opened the original Hammock Shop in 1938, Doc and his friend Joe Ford made all the hammocks, and Ed Brown made the hammock sticks. After graduating from Winyah High School in Georgetown, Doc went to Clemson College and served in the US Army in Japan. Doc was a member of the 1948 Clemson football team...

Pawleys Island: Arthur Herbert Lachicotte, Jr. September 20, 1926 - April 24, 2022 Arthur Herbert "Doc" Lachicotte, Jr. passed away at home on April 24, 2022. Born in Manning, South Carolina, Doc was the son of the late Virginia Ingram Wilson and Arthur Herbert Lachicotte. He grew up at Waverly Plantation, fishing and hunting the creeks and rivers of the Waccamaw Neck. When his parents opened the original Hammock Shop in 1938, Doc and his friend Joe Ford made all the hammocks, and Ed Brown made the hammock sticks. After graduating from Winyah High School in Georgetown, Doc went to Clemson College and served in the US Army in Japan. Doc was a member of the 1948 Clemson football team...

Pawleys Island: Arthur Herbert Lachicotte, Jr. September 20, 1926 - April 24, 2022 Arthur Herbert "Doc" Lachicotte, Jr. passed away at home on April 24, 2022. Born in Manning, South Carolina, Doc was the son of the late Virginia Ingram Wilson and Arthur Herbert Lachicotte. He grew up at Waverly Plantation, fishing and hunting the creeks and rivers of the Waccamaw Neck. When his parents opened the original Hammock Shop in 1938, Doc and his friend Joe Ford made all the hammocks, and Ed Brown made the hammock sticks. After graduating from Winyah High School in Georgetown, Doc went to Clemson College and served in the US Army in Japan. Doc was a member of the 1948 Clemson football team...

Celie passed away peacefully at the home she loved with her son and daughter by her side. Celie was loved by everyone who knew her. She possessed a servant's heart, loved unconditionally, and always put others before herself. Her infectious laugh made everyone smile. She continually lifted others up with her kind, encouraging words. Celie was an optimist who found joy in the small things. Celie grew up in Copperhill, Tennessee. In high school, she had the wonderful opportunity to live with her older sister and her family in Nashville, and attend Harpeth Hall, a school Celie loved. Abounding in courage and adventure, Celie later opted to spend her senior year of high school at a new...

Celie passed away peacefully at the home she loved, with her son and daughter by her side. Celie was loved by everyone who knew her. She possessed a servant's heart, loved unconditionally, and always put others before herself. Her infectious laugh made everyone smile. She continually lifted others up with her kind, encouraging words. Celie was an optimist who found joy in the small things. Celie grew up in Copperhill, Tennessee. In high school, she had the wonderful opportunity to live with her older sister and her family in Nashville, and attend Harpeth Hall, a school Celie loved. Abounding in courage and adventure, Celie later opted to spend her senior year of high school at a new...

Georgetown: Sarah Parker Lumpkin died on Friday, February 25, 2022 surrounded by her family at her home in Georgetown, South Carolina. Sarah was born in Columbia, South Carolina, June 11, 1926. She was the daughter of James Rose Parker and Sarah "Sally" Clarke deSaussure. Sarah had two sisters, Penelope Bentley Parker (Peterson) (predeceased) and Martha Allston Parker (Allison). Sarah grew up on Front Street in Georgetown South Carolina and attended Winyah High School. She graduated Converse College in 1946 where she majored in chemistry. She was the beloved wife of Dr. Robert Lucas Lumpkin whom she married after his graduation from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1951. Sarah was...

William "Bill" Stuckey, 77, passed away on February 23, 2022. Bill was the son of the late Dr. William Addison Stuckey and Mary Frances Tucker Stuckey. He was born and raised in Sumter, SC. He spent the last sixteen years in Georgetown with his wife of fifty-four years, Nina Osteen Stuckey. Bill was a graduate of Clemson College where he was a member of The Numeral Society. After graduation, Bill served as a Captain in the USAF. After an honorable discharge, Bill moved back to Sumter where he owned and operated several businesses - Stuckey Construction Company; Nu Idea School Supply; Gamble & Stuckey Construction. Bill was a member and Deacon at Georgetown Presbyterian Church,...

Ernest Julian Fox Jr, DVM, 79, of Georgetown, SC, passed away February 11, 2022. Ernest was born on August 25, 1942 to Ernest Julian Fox, Sr. and Isolene Kinard Fox in Walterboro, SC. After graduating from Walterboro High School in 1959, he graduated from Clemson University and later, The University Of Georgia (1968), where he studied Veterinary Medicine. In 1968, Ernest was 1 of 6 Veterinary students in the country picked for a Small Animal Veterinary Internship at UC Davis. Following this, Ernest was an instrumental part of a research study on animal kidney transplants at Sacramento Hospital in Sacramento, California. After graduation, he opened Westview Animal Hospital in...

Mary Louise "Weezie" Parrish Ford died peacefully at home surrounded by family on January 17, 2022. She was born September 6, 1927 in Georgetown, SC to Joel Phillips Parrish and Mary Louise Butt Parrish. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Francis Bell "Jeep" Ford; her son, Joel Parrish Ford; and older sisters, Sara Parrish Barnes and Alyce Parrish Flenniken. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Louise Ford Stott (Charlie) and son, Francis Bell (Jeepy) Ford, Jr (Lawly). She has five grandchildren: Mary Louise Bahnson (Steve), Francis Bell Ford, III (Mari), Wallace Pate Ford (Caroline), Stella Ford Dawson, and (Andrew). and Phillip Ford (fianc? Ashley), In her later...

Pawleys Island: Mike Travis died peacefully at his home on January 5, 2022, cared for by his loving wife of 52 years. The family is grateful to have spent a special Christmas with him before his illness progressed. Mike grew up in Whitwell, Tennessee, and later attended the Baylor School in Chattanooga. He then enjoyed some of his greatest years at the University of Georgia, where he loved being a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, made life-long friends, and had the nickname, "Babe." In 1969, Mike married Cecelia Burns, and together they raised two children, Hallie and Britt, in various cities, including Basking Ridge, New Jersey and St. Louis, Missouri, before settling in...

Mabrey Ann Roberts Howell Hanna, 84, widow of Arthur Roberts and Arthur Neil Howell, died Friday, December 10, 2021, at Tidelands Waccamaw Regional Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mrs. Hanna was born in Leland, NC on March 11, 1937, a daughter of the late Henry Clyde Roberts, Sr. and Annie Laura Sikes Roberts. She was a graduate of Winyah High School class of 1955 where she was the Editor of the Student Print the school newspaper. Mr. Hanna attended the Georgetown Church of God. She was retired from Rose/Maxway after about thirty-five years of employment, having been a salesperson, office and store manager. In addition to her husbands and parents, Mrs. Hanna is predeceased by: five...

Mertice Gaskins Cumbee , 85, of McClellanville, SC Wednesday December 8. Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home.

Dr. Richard Leland (Lee) Morrison, 86, of McClellanville SC, died peacefully at Embrace Hospice House on December 5, 2021. Doc, as he was known, was born in McClellanville SC on April 25, 1935 before moving to Georgetown SC. He Graduated from Winyah High School and then attended The Citadel Military College where he was a proud member of the Regimental Band. He graduated in 1957 and then attended The Medical University of South Carolina Medical College. He graduated in 1961 with a Doctorate of Medicine. It was here that he met the love of his life, Jackie Lavigno Morrison who predeceased him in 2015. After an intern year in Columbia SC they moved to Fort Meyer Virginia where Lee...

On Friday, October 15, South Carolina lost one of its most talented wood artisans. Leonard Pergeous Rogers (LP) went to be with his lord about 12:30pm. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Jones Rogers, his two daughters, Wendy Rogers Jones, her husband Al, Leitha Grace Farnsworth, her husband, Bill, and six beautiful grandchildren. Though LP had civilian jobs in the teaching sector, he is best known and appreciated for his incredible woodworking talent. He was instrumental in discovering and working with Ancient Cypress wood, some dating to 55,000 years old. He has several pieces on display in the South Carolina governor's mansion, as well, as many interesting handmade pieces scattered...

Evelyn C. Nann, 75, passed away October 9, 2021, peacefully in Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Evelyn (Evy) was born on September 22, 1945, in Newport, RI. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Fernandes and Evelyn Gomes Fernandes. She is survived by her husband, Peter A. Nann of 35 years and a son Joseph J. Marques of Middletown, RI. Evelyn graduated from Middletown High School in 1964. After graduation, she worked at several part time jobs, such as: Dunkin Doughnuts, in Nursing Homes as a Nurse's Aide, and a Hotel Banquet waitress in the Sheraton Islander Hotel in Newport. She also helped her father run his dairy farm in Middleton. After a few years of waitressing in the...

Essie Jeter Blalock, 79, wife of George Robert Blalock, Jr., died peacefully at home Tuesday evening, September 28, 2021. She was born in Columbia, SC, the daughter of David Gilliam Jeter and Vera Johnson Jeter. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Elizabeth B. Gibson (Chad) and grandchildren, Brooks and Christopher, as well as a brother, David Gilliam Jeter (Nell) and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, as well as two sons, George Robert Blalock, III and David Jeter Blalock. She graduated from Dreher High School, where she was known as "Jeter the Jet" due to her athletic prowess. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BA in...