Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Michael Dukes

Michael Dukes

Mar 30, 2017

AIKEN, SC – KENNETH MICHAEL DUKES, 66, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his residence. Born in Columbia, SC, Mike was a son of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes.  He lived most his life in Aiken and worked as a procedures writer at the Savannah River Site.  He graduated from Aiken High School in 1968 and...

Ellen Stone Ivey

Ellen Stone Ivey

Mar 28, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Ellen Vera Stone Ivey passed away March 28 2017. She was 87 years old.     Born in Batesburg, SC, Sept 10, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Ever Lou Cockrell Stone. She was the wife of the late Loren Abbott Ivey, Jr.      A member of Millbrook Baptist Church for 48 years and a...

Becky Henshaw

Becky Henshaw

Mar 26, 2017

AIKEN - Becky Henshaw, who covered western South Carolina during three decades as a newspaper reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald, died Sunday, March 26, 2017.  She was 92 years old. Her entire newspaper career was in the Chronicle-Herald's Aiken Bureau, where she began in 1968.   She held the position of bureau chief for a number of years before retiring in...

Jack Clark Barrell

Jack Clark Barrell

Mar 26, 2017

AIKEN, SC – JACK CLARK BARRELL, 52, beloved husband of Sandra C. Barrell, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. A native of Toledo, OH, Jack was a son of the late Anna Bell Butcher Barrell.  He grew up in Toledo and was a member of the National Guard for 13 years.  He moved to Aiken County from Sharon,...

Robert Bruce Pollard

Robert Bruce Pollard

Mar 24, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Robert Bruce Pollard entered into eternal rest on Friday May 24, 2014.  He is survived by one brother, Michael Pollard and one sister, Lynn Pollard Lucus.  He was preceded in death by one sister, Diane Dorris Pollard, one brother Jeffery Pollard, his mother, Beulah Dorris Pollard and his father, Robert Pollard. He was never married. Bruce was...

The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper

The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper

Mar 22, 2017

AIKEN, SC – THE REV. EDWARD EUGENE KEMPER, 85, beloved husband of Dorothy Mae Smith Kemper, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Old Hickory, TN, Ed was a son of the late Edward Carmack and Lila Loreen Medley Kenper.  He was a member of the National Guard and served in Korea.  He lived...

Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes

Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes

Mar 22, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes passed away peacefully in bed while on vacation in Aiken, South Carolina, on March 22, 2017. He is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Louise J. Barnes and his four loving children, Ronald Barnes (Mary Beth), Douglas Barnes (Jennifer), Heather Barnes (Mathew Damico) and Marissa Barnes (Jean Se-guro), as well as...

Dorothy Vail Rucker

Dorothy Vail Rucker

Mar 20, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Dorothy Vail Rucker, 94, died peacefully on March 20, 2017 at Hitchcock Place Assisted Living Center after a period of decline.  Born in Amherst County, Virginia on July 19, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Vail, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth White. As the Great Depression was ending and WWII loomed ahead, Dot graduated...

William Hunter McCullough

William Hunter McCullough

Mar 19, 2017

AIKEN, SC – WILLIAM HUNTER McCULLOUGH died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He is survived by his wife, Betty, a sister, Ann Floyd, Murrell’s Inlet, SC, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary Alice and Sam Britton, Newport News, VA, three nephews, Clark Floyd, Savannah, GA, Mark Matney, Williamsburg, VA, Michael Matney, Ashburn, VA and a niece, Virginia Norris,...

Moses Brown, Sr.

Moses Brown, Sr.

Mar 18, 2017

AIKEN - Moses Brown, Sr. was born October 3, 1949 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to the late Jim and Edith Brown.  He departed this life on March 18, 2017.  He was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 4 sisters.    He received part of his education from Guinyard Butler in Barnwell, SC.  After leaving school after the 6th...

Robert Fred Ausnehmer

Robert Fred Ausnehmer

Mar 18, 2017

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Robert (Bob) Ausnehmer, 90, beloved husband of Betty Barr Ausnehmer, died Saturday, March 18, 2017. A native of Youngstown, OH, Bob was a son of the late Fred H. and Margaret E. Ausnehmer. He lived in Aiken, SC since October 2005. He was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Bob worked in the Panama Canal Zone,...

James C. King

James C. King

Mar 17, 2017

WAGENER – Mr. James Corbbitt King, 75, died Friday, March 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the New Holland Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Virgil Parsons officiating.  The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. King was born in Calhoun County, WV, a son of the late Archabald and...

Howard Teffeteller

Howard Teffeteller

Mar 16, 2017

AIKEN - Mr. Howard Teffeteller, 90, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Teffeteller was born in Maryville, TN to the late Lee Howard and Lorena Teffeteller. Mr. Howard later moved to Aiken County in 1997, where he received services through Tri-Development Center. He...

Wade North

Wade North

Mar 14, 2017

AIKEN, SC - David Wade North,60, beloved husband of Beth Stanley North, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Allendale County, SC. A native of Augusta, GA, Wade was the son of the late David Edgar and Glenda Irby North. He was a graduate of Butler High School Class of 1975 and was an alumni member of Pi Kappa Phi, Gamma...

Marilyn Wilson Fisher

Marilyn Wilson Fisher

Mar 13, 2017

AIKEN, SC – MARILYN STORM WILSON FISHER, 66, beloved wife of James R. “Jim” Fisher, died Monday, March 13, 2017 at her residence. A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Marilyn was a daughter of the late John and Geraldine Cornell Storm.  She lived in Aiken since 1988 and was a retired from Kroger as a meat cutter. Survivors include her...

Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead

Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead

Mar 13, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on March 13.   A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Hamline University School of Law (St. Paul MN), he made his home in Aiken and practiced law in South Carolina and Georgia.  Equipped with a quick wit and wicked sense of humor, he brought joy and laughter to...

Shelley Johnston

Shelley Johnston

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC – SHELLEY JO JOHNSTON, 54, beloved wife of Robert H. “Bob” Johnston, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her residence. Born in New Castle, IN, Shelley grew up in Indiana and Illinois.  She had lived in Aiken since 1995 and was a corporate officer of Armstrong and Johnston Fire Protection, Inc.  She was a veterinarian technician and was...

James F. Skidmore

James F. Skidmore

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Mr. James Franklin Skidmore, age 91, died March 12 at his residence. He was born in Roane County, TN and grew up in Lenoir City, TN.  After serving as a Flight Specialist/Bombardier in WWII, he married Hazel Stevens Skidmore, his wife of 71 years.  In 1953, the couple moved to Aiken, SC when he accepted a job...

Sheryll "Sherrie" Dawn Brewer

Sheryll "Sherrie" Dawn Brewer

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC – SHERYLL “SHERRIE” DAWN KRIEGER BREWER, 63, beloved wife of Gary Robert Brewer, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Niagra Falls, NY, Sherrie was a daughter of the late Robert Charles and Evelyn Ruth Smith Krieger.  She lived in Anderson, SC from 1979 until 1986, during which time both sons were...

Carina Ann Robertson

Carina Ann Robertson

Mar 8, 2017

AIKEN, SC – CARINA ANN ROBERTSON, 51, beloved wife of Phillip Scott Robertson, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at her home. A native of Suffern, NY, Carina was a daughter of Patrick Carmen Littier and Lynn O’Lori.  She was an accountant and moved to Aiken 6 years ago from Ellenville, NY.  She was a member of Cedar Creek Church. Survivors,...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Michael Dukes

Michael Dukes

Mar 30, 2017

AIKEN, SC – KENNETH MICHAEL DUKES, 66, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his residence. Born in Columbia, SC, Mike was a son of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes.  He lived most his life in Aiken and worked as a procedures writer at the Savannah River Site.  He graduated from Aiken High School in 1968 and...

Ellen Stone Ivey

Ellen Stone Ivey

Mar 28, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Ellen Vera Stone Ivey passed away March 28 2017. She was 87 years old.     Born in Batesburg, SC, Sept 10, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Ever Lou Cockrell Stone. She was the wife of the late Loren Abbott Ivey, Jr.      A member of Millbrook Baptist Church for 48 years and a...

Becky Henshaw

Becky Henshaw

Mar 26, 2017

AIKEN - Becky Henshaw, who covered western South Carolina during three decades as a newspaper reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald, died Sunday, March 26, 2017.  She was 92 years old. Her entire newspaper career was in the Chronicle-Herald's Aiken Bureau, where she began in 1968.   She held the position of bureau chief for a number of years before retiring in...

Jack Clark Barrell

Jack Clark Barrell

Mar 26, 2017

AIKEN, SC – JACK CLARK BARRELL, 52, beloved husband of Sandra C. Barrell, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. A native of Toledo, OH, Jack was a son of the late Anna Bell Butcher Barrell.  He grew up in Toledo and was a member of the National Guard for 13 years.  He moved to Aiken County from Sharon,...

Robert Bruce Pollard

Robert Bruce Pollard

Mar 24, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Robert Bruce Pollard entered into eternal rest on Friday May 24, 2014.  He is survived by one brother, Michael Pollard and one sister, Lynn Pollard Lucus.  He was preceded in death by one sister, Diane Dorris Pollard, one brother Jeffery Pollard, his mother, Beulah Dorris Pollard and his father, Robert Pollard. He was never married. Bruce was...

The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper

The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper

Mar 22, 2017

AIKEN, SC – THE REV. EDWARD EUGENE KEMPER, 85, beloved husband of Dorothy Mae Smith Kemper, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Old Hickory, TN, Ed was a son of the late Edward Carmack and Lila Loreen Medley Kenper.  He was a member of the National Guard and served in Korea.  He lived...

Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes

Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes

Mar 22, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes passed away peacefully in bed while on vacation in Aiken, South Carolina, on March 22, 2017. He is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Louise J. Barnes and his four loving children, Ronald Barnes (Mary Beth), Douglas Barnes (Jennifer), Heather Barnes (Mathew Damico) and Marissa Barnes (Jean Se-guro), as well as...

Dorothy Vail Rucker

Dorothy Vail Rucker

Mar 20, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Dorothy Vail Rucker, 94, died peacefully on March 20, 2017 at Hitchcock Place Assisted Living Center after a period of decline.  Born in Amherst County, Virginia on July 19, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Vail, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth White. As the Great Depression was ending and WWII loomed ahead, Dot graduated...

William Hunter McCullough

William Hunter McCullough

Mar 19, 2017

AIKEN, SC – WILLIAM HUNTER McCULLOUGH died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He is survived by his wife, Betty, a sister, Ann Floyd, Murrell’s Inlet, SC, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary Alice and Sam Britton, Newport News, VA, three nephews, Clark Floyd, Savannah, GA, Mark Matney, Williamsburg, VA, Michael Matney, Ashburn, VA and a niece, Virginia Norris,...

Moses Brown, Sr.

Moses Brown, Sr.

Mar 18, 2017

AIKEN - Moses Brown, Sr. was born October 3, 1949 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to the late Jim and Edith Brown.  He departed this life on March 18, 2017.  He was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 4 sisters.    He received part of his education from Guinyard Butler in Barnwell, SC.  After leaving school after the 6th...

Robert Fred Ausnehmer

Robert Fred Ausnehmer

Mar 18, 2017

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Robert (Bob) Ausnehmer, 90, beloved husband of Betty Barr Ausnehmer, died Saturday, March 18, 2017. A native of Youngstown, OH, Bob was a son of the late Fred H. and Margaret E. Ausnehmer. He lived in Aiken, SC since October 2005. He was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Bob worked in the Panama Canal Zone,...

James C. King

James C. King

Mar 17, 2017

WAGENER – Mr. James Corbbitt King, 75, died Friday, March 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the New Holland Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Virgil Parsons officiating.  The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. King was born in Calhoun County, WV, a son of the late Archabald and...

Howard Teffeteller

Howard Teffeteller

Mar 16, 2017

AIKEN - Mr. Howard Teffeteller, 90, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Teffeteller was born in Maryville, TN to the late Lee Howard and Lorena Teffeteller. Mr. Howard later moved to Aiken County in 1997, where he received services through Tri-Development Center. He...

Wade North

Wade North

Mar 14, 2017

AIKEN, SC - David Wade North,60, beloved husband of Beth Stanley North, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Allendale County, SC. A native of Augusta, GA, Wade was the son of the late David Edgar and Glenda Irby North. He was a graduate of Butler High School Class of 1975 and was an alumni member of Pi Kappa Phi, Gamma...

Marilyn Wilson Fisher

Marilyn Wilson Fisher

Mar 13, 2017

AIKEN, SC – MARILYN STORM WILSON FISHER, 66, beloved wife of James R. “Jim” Fisher, died Monday, March 13, 2017 at her residence. A native of Oklahoma City, OK, Marilyn was a daughter of the late John and Geraldine Cornell Storm.  She lived in Aiken since 1988 and was a retired from Kroger as a meat cutter. Survivors include her...

Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead

Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead

Mar 13, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Jeffrey Raymond Moorehead, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on March 13.   A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Hamline University School of Law (St. Paul MN), he made his home in Aiken and practiced law in South Carolina and Georgia.  Equipped with a quick wit and wicked sense of humor, he brought joy and laughter to...

Shelley Johnston

Shelley Johnston

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC – SHELLEY JO JOHNSTON, 54, beloved wife of Robert H. “Bob” Johnston, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at her residence. Born in New Castle, IN, Shelley grew up in Indiana and Illinois.  She had lived in Aiken since 1995 and was a corporate officer of Armstrong and Johnston Fire Protection, Inc.  She was a veterinarian technician and was...

James F. Skidmore

James F. Skidmore

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Mr. James Franklin Skidmore, age 91, died March 12 at his residence. He was born in Roane County, TN and grew up in Lenoir City, TN.  After serving as a Flight Specialist/Bombardier in WWII, he married Hazel Stevens Skidmore, his wife of 71 years.  In 1953, the couple moved to Aiken, SC when he accepted a job...

Sheryll "Sherrie" Dawn Brewer

Sheryll "Sherrie" Dawn Brewer

Mar 12, 2017

AIKEN, SC – SHERYLL “SHERRIE” DAWN KRIEGER BREWER, 63, beloved wife of Gary Robert Brewer, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Niagra Falls, NY, Sherrie was a daughter of the late Robert Charles and Evelyn Ruth Smith Krieger.  She lived in Anderson, SC from 1979 until 1986, during which time both sons were...

Carina Ann Robertson

Carina Ann Robertson

Mar 8, 2017

AIKEN, SC – CARINA ANN ROBERTSON, 51, beloved wife of Phillip Scott Robertson, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at her home. A native of Suffern, NY, Carina was a daughter of Patrick Carmen Littier and Lynn O’Lori.  She was an accountant and moved to Aiken 6 years ago from Ellenville, NY.  She was a member of Cedar Creek Church. Survivors,...