South Carolina Obituaries online lists obituary collections and death notices from libraries, newspaper publishers, transcribed collections, and others with published information related to the death of an individual such as:

• • Name of the deceased person

  • Age of deceased person at the time of death

  • Birth date and place

  • Death date and place

  • Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives

  • Residence of the deceased person

  • Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities

  • Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication

  • Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home

This is a preliminary listing and the key has not been updated

Also see:

South Carolina Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

South Carolina Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

South Carolina Funeral Home Records online

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KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
• Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
• Arc$ – Archives – fee site
• MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
• N$ – Newspapers.com – fee site
• NA$ – NewspaperArchive.com – fee site
• NAb$ – Newspaper Abstracts.com – fee site
• NB$ – NewsBank – fee site
• OA$ – ObitsArchives.com – fee site (free index)
• AA – Advantage Archives
• AG – AfriGeneas
• CO – CurrentObituary.com
• GB – GenealogyBuff.com
• GBk – GenealogyBank
• GL – GenLookups.com
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• SCGW – SCGenWeb
• SCGWA – SCGenWeb Archives
• L – Legacy.com
• OC – ObitCity.com
• OH – Obituaries Help
• RW – RootsWeb

South Carolina obituaries online at the federal level

US – Obituaries – HeritageHub collection of obituaries and death notices all 50 states, 1704-present, at NB$

US – Obituaries – Current Obituaries, at CO

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Obituary Daily Times Searchable Index, at RW

US – Obituaries – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Tributes.com, MH$

US – Obituaries – United States Obituary Notices, at FMP$

US – Obituaries – U.S., American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – The United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs Index, at GCAH

US – Current Obituaries – Online Obituaries, at Arc$

State level South Carolina Obituaries online

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina obituaries, 1980-2014, at FS

South Carolina – Obituaries – Death notices in the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775, at FS

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Advocate Obituary index, at SCUMC

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project, at USGWA

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituary Index, at RW

South Carolina – Obituaries – African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, at BC

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituaries, at OC

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituary and Death Notice Archive, at GL

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituaries 2000-present, at L

South Carolina – Obituaries – Genealogy Bank Obituaries, at GBk

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituaries, at GB

South Carolina – Obituaries – Web: South Carolina, U.S., Wofford College Library Obituary Index, 1837-2008, at Anc$ 

South Carolina – Obituaries – South Carolina Obituary Search, at OA$

South Carolina – Current Obituaries – South Carolina Obituaries at Funeral.com

South Carolina – Newspapers – South Carolina Newspapers, at Anc$ 

South Carolina – Newspapers – Newspaper Abstracts South Carolina, at NAb$

South Carolina – Newspapers – NewspaperArchive, at NA$

County level South Carolina Obituaries online

Abbeville County – Newspaper Extracts – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Abbeville County – Obituaries – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Abbeville County – Obituaries – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Allendale County – Obituaries – Allendale County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Local Obituary Index, at ACLS

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Bamberg County – Obituaries – Bamberg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Barnwell County – Obituaries – Barnwell County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Barnwell County – Obituaries – Barnwell County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Online Obituary Index, at BCL

Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices in the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices in the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices, Mostly from Charleston Newspapers, from Elzas Papers, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Cherokee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Gaffney Ledger Obituary Index, 2000-present, at L

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Spartanburg Herald-Journal Obituary Index, at L

Chester County – Obituaries – Chester County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Chester County – Obituaries – Chester County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield Obituary Archives, at CDCSCGS

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Clarendon County – Obituaries – Clarendon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Clarendon County – Obituaries – Clarendon County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Colleton County – Obituaries – Colleton County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Colleton County – Obituaries – The Press and Standard Newspaper Obituaries, ca. 1873-2019, at CGS

Darlington County – Obituaries – Darlington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Darlington County – Obituaries – Darlington County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon Herald Obituaries Index 1931-2011, HLC

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County SC Obituaries & Death Notices, SCHG

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Dorchester County – Obituaries – Dorchester County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dorchester County – Obituaries – Dorchester County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Fairfield County – Obituaries – Fairfield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Fairfield County – Obituaries – Fairfield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Florence County – Obituaries – Florence County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Florence County – Obituaries – Florence County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Florence County – Vital Records – Florence County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Greenville County – Obituaries – Obituary Index for Greenwood SC Newspapers, at GCL

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Library System Obituary Index, at GCLS

Greenville County – Obituaries – Web: Greenville County, South Carolina, U.S., Obituary Index, 1901-1975, at Anc$

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Hampton County – Obituaries – Hampton County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Horry County – Obituaries – Horry County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Horry County – Obituaries – Horry County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Jasper County – Obituaries – Jasper County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Kershaw County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Kershaw County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Marriages and Death Notices Abstracted from Newspapers Published in Camden, South Carolina, 1822-1842, at FS

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Laurens County – Obituaries – Laurens County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lee County – Obituaries – Lee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lee County – Obituaries – Lee County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituary Index, LCPL

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County SC Obituaries & Death Notices, SCHG

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County SC Obituaries, SCHG

Mccormick County – Obituaries – Mccormick County Obituaries online, at GTHG

McCormick County – Obituaries – McCormick County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Newberry County – Obituaries – Newberry County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Newberry County – Obituaries – Newberry County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Oconee County – Obituaries – Oconee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Oconee County – Obituaries – Oconee County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Orangeburg County – Obituaries – Orangeburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Orangeburg County – Obituaries – Orangeburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Pickens County – Obituaries – Pickens County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Pickens County – Obituaries – Pickens County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland Library Obituary Index, at RL

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Richland County – Obituaries – World War I Obituary Set, at RCPL

Richland County – Obituaries – Web: Richland County, South Carolina, U.S., Obituary Index, 1892-2000, at Anc$

Saluda County – Obituaries – Saluda County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Saluda County – Obituaries – Saluda County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Death and Obituary Notice Search, at SCPL

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Sumter County – Obituaries – Sumter County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Sumter County – Obituaries – Sumter County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Sumter County – Obituaries – Sumter District Death Notices and Obituaries, at RW

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Williamsburg County – Obituaries – Williamsburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Williamsburg County – Obituaries – Williamsburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

York County – Death Notices – York County Death Notices online, at SCGW

York County – Obituaries – York County Obituaries online, at GTHG

York County – Obituaries – York County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

York County – Obituaries – The News and Obituary Index, at YCL

City level South Carolina Obituaries online

Camden – Obituaries – Marriages and death notices abstracted from newspapers published in Camden, South Carolina, 1822-1842, at FS

Charleston – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Rapides Parish Library Louisiana, at AA (obituary search capability) – The Tri-Weekly Mercury

Charleston – Obituaries – Death Notices, Mostly from Charleston Newspapers, from Elzas Papers, at FS

Columbia – Obituaries – We Extend Our Sympathy : Florence Orpha (Potts) Berkey, at FS

Greenwood – Obituaries – We Extend Our Sympathy : Lorine Lane Studebaker, at FS

Greenville – Obituaries – Greenville County Library System Obituary Index, at GCLS

Greenville – Obituaries – Obituary Index for Greenwood SC Newspapers, at GCL

Lexington – Obituaries – Lexington Public Library Local History Index 1787-2007 (from local newspapers), at LPL

Newberry – Obituaries – Newberry happenings newspapers abstracts, 1878-1905, at FS

Richland – Obituaries – Richland Library Obituary Index, at RL