Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Olin Owen Osbon

Olin Owen Osbon

Aug 15, 2011

Aiken – Mr. Olin Owen Osbon, 78, died Monday, August 15, 2011 Mr. Osbon was a lifelong resident of Aiken, and son of the late Authur Jackson Osbon, Sr., and Lizzie Bell Rumbley Osbon. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War and witnessed the first hydrogen bomb explosion in the Marshall Islands during Operation Ivy. He was...

Frances Hall Gardner

Frances Hall Gardner

Aug 14, 2011

CANDLER, NC - Mrs. Frances Hall Gardner, 84, died Sunday, August 14, 2011 in Candler, NC. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will then receive friends in the church parlor. A private interment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gardner was...

James Wilbur Shaw

James Wilbur Shaw

Aug 11, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- JAMES WILBUR "FUZZY" SHAW, 67, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at his residence. Born in Gloverville, SC, Mr. Shaw was a son of the late James Claude and Bonnie Bell Carver Shaw. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was retired from Phelon. Survivors include two daughters, Diana Shaw...

Joy I. Daniel

Joy I. Daniel

Aug 11, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- JOY IVALENE DANIEL, 66, beloved wife of Tommy G. Daniel, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at her residence. Born in Colorado City, TX, Joy was a daughter of the late Grover and Ruth Geoff Lee. She had lived in Aiken since 1974 and was a homemaker and a member of Levels Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband...

Opal Moore Babb

Opal Moore Babb

Aug 10, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- OPAL MOORE BABB, 87, widow of Roy Babb, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 3 days shy of her 88th birthday at UniHealth PAC of Aiken. Born in Seminary, MS, Mrs. Babb was a daughter of the late Milford Oliver and Frances Callie Lott Moore. She grew up in Hattiesburg, MS and had lived in Aiken since 1951....

Eloise Johnson Burckhalter

Eloise Johnson Burckhalter

Aug 10, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- ELOISE JOHNSON BURCKHALTER, 93, wife of the late John F. Burckhalter, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and live long resident of Aiken, Mrs. Burckhalter was a daughter of the late Lonnie J. and Mary Lou Glover Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church. For many...

Bert W. Walsh

Bert W. Walsh

Aug 9, 2011

NEW ELLENTON, SC - Bert W. Walsh age 82 of Kingston, TN and New Ellenton, SC passed away Tuesday August 9, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, TN. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of New Ellenton, SC and attended Central Baptist Church of Kingston, TN. He retired from Savannah River Site; he...

Murray Madeen

Murray Madeen

Aug 2, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- MURRAY LOUIS MADEEN, JR., 76, beloved husband of Doree Madeen, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at MCG Health in Augusta, GA. Born in Missoula, MT, Mr. Madeen was a son of Virginia Madeen and the late Murray Louis Madeen, Sr., he grew up in Butte, MT where he was married in 1953. He was a veteran of...

John Joseph Marsh

John Joseph Marsh

Aug 1, 2011

AIKEN - Mr. John Joseph Marsh, 54, died Monday, August 1, 2011. Mr. Marsh was born in Springfield, MA, a son of the late Noella Eva Lemay Marsh Sias and Kenneth Rodney Marsh. He was a former contractor and moved to Aiken in 2007. He is survived by his five daughters, Erin Marie Marsh, Aiken, Leah Carolyn Marsh, Feeding Hills,...

Arthur Gregory

Arthur Gregory

Jul 31, 2011

AIKEN - Arthur " Art " Gregory of Aiken, SC entered into eternal rest on Sunday, July 31, 2011. Arthur is survived by his mother, Sophie Christopher Gregory, his siblings, George Gregory (Nancy), Johnny Gregory (Betty), and Maria Taylor (David), and several nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by his father, Euthymios Athan Gregory. Arthur grew up in Aiken and...

Helen Mitchell Bingman

Helen Mitchell Bingman

Jul 31, 2011

Aiken- Helen Mitchell Bingman, 94, entered into eternal rest on July 31, 2011. Mrs. Bingman is survived by her niece, Susan Schultz, Mandan, ND, nephews, Steven Mitchell, Fargo, ND, Charlie Mitchell, Minneapolis, MN and a sister in-law, Dee Mitchell Scottsdale, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Ervin Bingman, sister, Cleo Mitchell, brothers, George Mitchell and John...

James Finnigan

James Finnigan

Jul 30, 2011

Arrangements will be announced by SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC

Ferrell L. Holley

Ferrell L. Holley

Jul 29, 2011

AIKEN, SC - Born October 12, 1919 in Aiken, SC to Clifton Lafayette and Clara Summerall Holley, Ferrell Lafayette Holley died July 29, 2011, at the age of 91 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Following generations of family, he was a life long Aiken resident who enjoyed recalling his time growing up in Aiken among an abundant, caring family and...

Ronald Martin Lyell

Ronald Martin Lyell

Jul 27, 2011

AIKEN-- RONALD MARTIN LYELL, 69, died at his residence on July 27, 2011. Beloved husband of Theresa Albinana Lyell. A native of Madison, TN and a resident of Aiken, SC. He was the son the late Evelyn Maude Martin Lyell and Percy Howard Lyell. He was an Army veteran and served during Bay of Pigs. He began his career at...

William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr.

William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr.

Jul 27, 2011

AIKEN - Mr. William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in Graniteville Cemetery with Dr. Henry Chennault officiating. Mr. Jones was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late William Spurgeon Jones, Sr. and Mary Rebecca Gue' Jones. He was a 1950 graduate of The...

Harriett "Becky" Hutchinson Mason

Harriett "Becky" Hutchinson Mason

Jul 26, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Harriett Rebecca "Becky" Hutchinson Mason, 62, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday in Aiken Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Mark Watford, the Reverend Carl Hayes and the Reverend Robert Huffman officiating. Mrs. Mason was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Beatrice Chapman. She worked for Owens...

Constance Rich Treadwell

Constance Rich Treadwell

Jul 26, 2011

AIKEN-- CONSTANCE (Connie) RICH TREADWELL passed away on July 26, 2011 after a long struggle with illnesses which left her cruelly debilitated. Throughout her travail she retained a positive attitude toward life, a loving countenance, a desire to participate in activities, to be helpful and bring happiness to others. This was Connie throughout her life: giving and asking for nothing...

Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley

Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley

Jul 25, 2011

RIDGE SPRING - Gloria Ellen Leedy-Hartley departed this life, on July 25, 2011,at the age of 84, at the Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Gloria was born September 2, 1926, in Isiban, WV to the late Leonard Walter Leedy SR. and Myrtle Lee Rose-Leedy. Gloria was a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Gloria is survived by her husband of...

Lois Mae Drumm Rupert

Lois Mae Drumm Rupert

Jul 25, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Lois Mae Rupert, 94, died Monday, July 25, 2011. Mrs. Rupert was born in South Williamsport, PA, and is formerly from Hilton Head, SC. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Albert H. Rupert, also born in South Williamsport, PA. Lois leaves one son, Don A. Rupert and daughter-in-law Barbara Rupert of Edgefield; and a...

Mary J. Moseley

Mary J. Moseley

Jul 21, 2011

AIKEN - Miss Mary Jane Moseley, 84, died Thursday, July 21, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday at Levels Baptist Church with the Reverend Larry Scales officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wayne Corley, Jr., Patrick Folk, Brett Laird, Jim Folk and Keith Moseley, Dusty Moseley, Ken Nugyen. Honorary pallbearers will...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Olin Owen Osbon

Olin Owen Osbon

Aug 15, 2011

Aiken – Mr. Olin Owen Osbon, 78, died Monday, August 15, 2011 Mr. Osbon was a lifelong resident of Aiken, and son of the late Authur Jackson Osbon, Sr., and Lizzie Bell Rumbley Osbon. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War and witnessed the first hydrogen bomb explosion in the Marshall Islands during Operation Ivy. He was...

Frances Hall Gardner

Frances Hall Gardner

Aug 14, 2011

CANDLER, NC - Mrs. Frances Hall Gardner, 84, died Sunday, August 14, 2011 in Candler, NC. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will then receive friends in the church parlor. A private interment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gardner was...

James Wilbur Shaw

James Wilbur Shaw

Aug 11, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- JAMES WILBUR "FUZZY" SHAW, 67, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at his residence. Born in Gloverville, SC, Mr. Shaw was a son of the late James Claude and Bonnie Bell Carver Shaw. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was retired from Phelon. Survivors include two daughters, Diana Shaw...

Joy I. Daniel

Joy I. Daniel

Aug 11, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- JOY IVALENE DANIEL, 66, beloved wife of Tommy G. Daniel, died Thursday, August 11, 2011 at her residence. Born in Colorado City, TX, Joy was a daughter of the late Grover and Ruth Geoff Lee. She had lived in Aiken since 1974 and was a homemaker and a member of Levels Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband...

Opal Moore Babb

Opal Moore Babb

Aug 10, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- OPAL MOORE BABB, 87, widow of Roy Babb, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 3 days shy of her 88th birthday at UniHealth PAC of Aiken. Born in Seminary, MS, Mrs. Babb was a daughter of the late Milford Oliver and Frances Callie Lott Moore. She grew up in Hattiesburg, MS and had lived in Aiken since 1951....

Eloise Johnson Burckhalter

Eloise Johnson Burckhalter

Aug 10, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- ELOISE JOHNSON BURCKHALTER, 93, wife of the late John F. Burckhalter, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and live long resident of Aiken, Mrs. Burckhalter was a daughter of the late Lonnie J. and Mary Lou Glover Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church. For many...

Bert W. Walsh

Bert W. Walsh

Aug 9, 2011

NEW ELLENTON, SC - Bert W. Walsh age 82 of Kingston, TN and New Ellenton, SC passed away Tuesday August 9, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, TN. He was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of New Ellenton, SC and attended Central Baptist Church of Kingston, TN. He retired from Savannah River Site; he...

Murray Madeen

Murray Madeen

Aug 2, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- MURRAY LOUIS MADEEN, JR., 76, beloved husband of Doree Madeen, died Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at MCG Health in Augusta, GA. Born in Missoula, MT, Mr. Madeen was a son of Virginia Madeen and the late Murray Louis Madeen, Sr., he grew up in Butte, MT where he was married in 1953. He was a veteran of...

John Joseph Marsh

John Joseph Marsh

Aug 1, 2011

AIKEN - Mr. John Joseph Marsh, 54, died Monday, August 1, 2011. Mr. Marsh was born in Springfield, MA, a son of the late Noella Eva Lemay Marsh Sias and Kenneth Rodney Marsh. He was a former contractor and moved to Aiken in 2007. He is survived by his five daughters, Erin Marie Marsh, Aiken, Leah Carolyn Marsh, Feeding Hills,...

Arthur Gregory

Arthur Gregory

Jul 31, 2011

AIKEN - Arthur " Art " Gregory of Aiken, SC entered into eternal rest on Sunday, July 31, 2011. Arthur is survived by his mother, Sophie Christopher Gregory, his siblings, George Gregory (Nancy), Johnny Gregory (Betty), and Maria Taylor (David), and several nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by his father, Euthymios Athan Gregory. Arthur grew up in Aiken and...

Helen Mitchell Bingman

Helen Mitchell Bingman

Jul 31, 2011

Aiken- Helen Mitchell Bingman, 94, entered into eternal rest on July 31, 2011. Mrs. Bingman is survived by her niece, Susan Schultz, Mandan, ND, nephews, Steven Mitchell, Fargo, ND, Charlie Mitchell, Minneapolis, MN and a sister in-law, Dee Mitchell Scottsdale, AZ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Ervin Bingman, sister, Cleo Mitchell, brothers, George Mitchell and John...

James Finnigan

James Finnigan

Jul 30, 2011

Arrangements will be announced by SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC

Ferrell L. Holley

Ferrell L. Holley

Jul 29, 2011

AIKEN, SC - Born October 12, 1919 in Aiken, SC to Clifton Lafayette and Clara Summerall Holley, Ferrell Lafayette Holley died July 29, 2011, at the age of 91 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Following generations of family, he was a life long Aiken resident who enjoyed recalling his time growing up in Aiken among an abundant, caring family and...

Ronald Martin Lyell

Ronald Martin Lyell

Jul 27, 2011

AIKEN-- RONALD MARTIN LYELL, 69, died at his residence on July 27, 2011. Beloved husband of Theresa Albinana Lyell. A native of Madison, TN and a resident of Aiken, SC. He was the son the late Evelyn Maude Martin Lyell and Percy Howard Lyell. He was an Army veteran and served during Bay of Pigs. He began his career at...

William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr.

William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr.

Jul 27, 2011

AIKEN - Mr. William "Bill" Spurgeon Jones, Jr., 85, died Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in Graniteville Cemetery with Dr. Henry Chennault officiating. Mr. Jones was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late William Spurgeon Jones, Sr. and Mary Rebecca Gue' Jones. He was a 1950 graduate of The...

Harriett "Becky" Hutchinson Mason

Harriett "Becky" Hutchinson Mason

Jul 26, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Harriett Rebecca "Becky" Hutchinson Mason, 62, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday in Aiken Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Mark Watford, the Reverend Carl Hayes and the Reverend Robert Huffman officiating. Mrs. Mason was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Beatrice Chapman. She worked for Owens...

Constance Rich Treadwell

Constance Rich Treadwell

Jul 26, 2011

AIKEN-- CONSTANCE (Connie) RICH TREADWELL passed away on July 26, 2011 after a long struggle with illnesses which left her cruelly debilitated. Throughout her travail she retained a positive attitude toward life, a loving countenance, a desire to participate in activities, to be helpful and bring happiness to others. This was Connie throughout her life: giving and asking for nothing...

Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley

Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley

Jul 25, 2011

RIDGE SPRING - Gloria Ellen Leedy-Hartley departed this life, on July 25, 2011,at the age of 84, at the Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Gloria was born September 2, 1926, in Isiban, WV to the late Leonard Walter Leedy SR. and Myrtle Lee Rose-Leedy. Gloria was a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Gloria is survived by her husband of...

Lois Mae Drumm Rupert

Lois Mae Drumm Rupert

Jul 25, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Lois Mae Rupert, 94, died Monday, July 25, 2011. Mrs. Rupert was born in South Williamsport, PA, and is formerly from Hilton Head, SC. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Albert H. Rupert, also born in South Williamsport, PA. Lois leaves one son, Don A. Rupert and daughter-in-law Barbara Rupert of Edgefield; and a...

Mary J. Moseley

Mary J. Moseley

Jul 21, 2011

AIKEN - Miss Mary Jane Moseley, 84, died Thursday, July 21, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday at Levels Baptist Church with the Reverend Larry Scales officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wayne Corley, Jr., Patrick Folk, Brett Laird, Jim Folk and Keith Moseley, Dusty Moseley, Ken Nugyen. Honorary pallbearers will...