In loving memory of
Antonio Tisdale
August 13, 2008
Antonio Tisdale, a 22-year-old from Andrews, South Carolina, is remembered for his place in family and community life — a young man whose life was cut short on August 13, 2008.
Remembering Antonio
A life held close in memory
Antonio Tisdale was a young man rooted in the small, closely connected town of Andrews, South Carolina. At 22, he was part of the town’s fabric: a neighbor known to people across the community and someone whose life—like so many young adults’—stood between promise and the ordinary routines of family, friends, and daily living.
Public records and court documents show Antonio was present in his hometown the night of August 13, 2008, when he sustained a fatal gunshot wound. He was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital, where he died that evening. Those factual details mark the end of his life but tell little of who he was in private: the relationships he held, the mornings and afternoons spent with loved ones, and the ordinary ambitions that define early adulthood.
Though available public accounts focus on the events surrounding his death and the subsequent legal proceedings, they also make clear that Antonio was known by many in Andrews—people who later provided eyewitness accounts and who identified him at the scene. Court records from later appeals and reporting consistently identify him by name, age and hometown, which confirms his place in the community and the impact his loss had on those who knew him.
There is limited public information about Antonio’s personal interests, employment, or family biography in the sources consulted. Out of respect for him and for family privacy, this remembrance emphasizes what is verifiable: he was a young man from Andrews whose life mattered to others and whose death on August 13, 2008, was felt by his community.
Antonio’s life, though not fully documented in public obituary notices available to this research, deserves to be recalled with dignity. Those who knew him best hold the fullest memories—his voice, laughter, habits of kindness or stubbornness, and the particular ways he fit into the lives around him. This page honors Antonio by acknowledging him as a real person from Andrews, not merely as a name in public records, and by offering a quiet recognition that a life was lost and remembered.
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