Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Bobbie Young Hanvey

Bobbie Young Hanvey

Oct 9, 2010

AIKEN – Bobbie Young Hanvey passed into eternal rest on the morning of October 9th, 2010. Visitation will be held at Shellhouse Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, October 11th. Following a private burial service at Aiken Memorial Gardens, family and friends are invited to a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at Aiken First Presbyterian Church with the Dr....

Joe Carter

Joe Carter

Oct 8, 2010

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Joe Carter, 89, died, October 8, 2010 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, Oct. 11, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL with The Reverend Richard Hughes officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Kelso Cemetery, Kelso, TN. Mr. Carter was born in Madison Co. AL, and...

Thomas Robinson Loftin

Thomas Robinson Loftin

Oct 4, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Thomas Robinson Loftin, 84, died Monday, October 4, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church with the Reverend Father Leslie Drake and the Reverend Father Scotty Nead officiating. Interment with US Military honors and Masonic Rites will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will...

Dorothy Smathers Hart

Dorothy Smathers Hart

Sep 30, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- DOROTHY SMATHERS HART, 78, died Thursday, September 30, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Hart was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Ethel George Smathers. She was born and lived most of her life in Spartanburg County. She is survived by three sisters; Betty J. McWilliams of Conyers, GA, Carol Bodie of Aiken; and Linda G....

Norma Abee Hedrick

Norma Abee Hedrick

Sep 27, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- The memory of Norma Abee Hedrick will remain in the hearts of her loved ones after she joined her eternal friends and family on September 27, 2010. Norma was born in Hickory, NC on July 6, 1921, and was a daughter of the late Esley and Annie Mae Shook Abee. After moving to Aiken from Oak Ridge,...

Alan M. Tewkesbury

Alan M. Tewkesbury

Sep 27, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Alan Matthew Tewkesbury, 89, died Monday, September 27, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. A private interment will be held in Historic Bethany Cemetery with military honors. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons, son-in-law Harry Busbee, and members of the Aiken Coffee...

David M. Lock

David M. Lock

Sep 26, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- David McBrier Lock, entered into rest Sunday, September 26, 2010 at his residence in Seabrook, SC. Mr. Lock was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, on November 26, 1941 to Dr. & Mrs. Frank Ray Lock. Mr. Lock is survived by his wife; Becky, two children; George (Melissa) Lock and Kelly (Joshua) Crouch, grandchildren; Joshua, Olivia, Isaiah,...

David L. Honkonen

David L. Honkonen

Sep 26, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- DAVID LAURI HONKONEN, 81, beloved husband of Mary Gaffney Honkonen, died unexpectedly Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH. A native of Fitchburg, MA, Mr. Honkonen was a son of the late Lauri and Ida Matson Honkonen. He was a graduate of Tufts University with a BS in Nuclear Physics, and moved to Aiken in 1952 from...

Robert Carrol Ellison

Robert Carrol Ellison

Sep 24, 2010

New Ellenton - Mr. Robert Carrol Ellison, 58, died Friday, September 24, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Charles Morris and the Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Interment will follow at Mr. Ellison's empire. Pallbearers will be C.J. Holtsizer, Adam Ellison, Eric Ellison, Eric Owen,...

Ernest Butler, Jr.

Ernest Butler, Jr.

Sep 22, 2010

AIKEN – Ernest Butler, Jr., 80, died after an extended illness Wednesday September 22, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Memorial Baptist Church with the Reverend Steve Gillette and the Reverend Jim Kirk officiating. Interment will follow in Graniteville Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at...

Marion Eather Kaney

Marion Eather Kaney

Sep 15, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Marion Eather Kaney, 85, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday in Bethany Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mr. Kaney was a son of the late Willie and Estelle Redd Kaney. He was a caretaker and heavy equipment operator for the CC Royal Estate.. Mr....

Ellen Davenport Ehrhart

Ellen Davenport Ehrhart

Sep 12, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Ellen Davenport Ehrhart, 74, died Sunday, September 12, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Inurnment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Thursday evening at 9 Woodhill Place, Aiken. Mrs. Ehrhart was born in Richmond, VA, a...

Mitchell Philip Burgess

Mitchell Philip Burgess

Sep 11, 2010

Mitchell Philip Burgess, 90, entered into rest on September 11, 2010 at his residence in Aiken after a long illness. Mr. Burgess was born on Feb. 27, 1920 in Fargo ,N.D. He attended Bemidgie College and graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity. Prior...

Dorthy I. Mercer Thompson

Dorthy I. Mercer Thompson

Sep 9, 2010

Aiken-Dorothy I. Mercer Thompson, 94, died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Trinity Hospital, in Augusta, Ga. Funeral services will be private. Inurnment at a later date at Oak Noll Cemetery in Palmer, Mass. Mrs. Thompson was born in New Haven, CT to the late Gladys Mae Brass Mercer and Robert Mungall Mercer and is predeceased by her husband Edward Linwood...

Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas

Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas

Sep 6, 2010

Gloverville - Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas, 64, died Monday, September 6, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at the Full Gospel Redemption Center with the Reverend Chris Williams officiating. Interment will follow in St. Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery, New Ellenton. Mrs. Silas was born in Alma, GA, a daughter of the late Mason and...

May Seigler Perry

May Seigler Perry

Sep 5, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- May Seigler Perry went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at age 94. Born in 1916 in Aiken, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dempsey Wardlaw Seigler and Gussie May Wright Seigler. A lifelong resident of Aiken, she graduated from Aiken Institute, lettering in basketball, and later participated in...

Kenneth Stabeck

Kenneth Stabeck

Sep 4, 2010

Arrangements will be announced. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

James Edward Gregory

James Edward Gregory

Sep 3, 2010

BELVEDERE, SC -- JAMES EDWARD GREGORY, 56, beloved husband of Lisa Raborn Gregory, died suddenly Friday, September 3, 2010 at his residence. A native of Augusta, GA, James was a son of the late Frampton Odell and Margie Eloise Reynolds Gregory. He lived all his life in the CSRA. Survivors, in addition to his wife Lisa, include three daughters; Tonya...

Vernon Leon Johnson

Vernon Leon Johnson

Sep 3, 2010

WASHINGTON, GA - Funeral services for Vernon “Leon” Johnson, 90, of Washington, GA, formerly of Aiken, SC, will be held Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2 PM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....

William "Bill" Jasper Owen, Jr.

William "Bill" Jasper Owen, Jr.

Sep 3, 2010

JACKSON, SC -- WILLIAM JASPER "BILL" OWEN, JR., 81, of Jackson, SC, beloved husband of Betty Jo Owen, passed away Friday, September 3, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Owen was born in Brevard, NC on June 28, 1929 and was a son of the late William Jasper and Maude Patterson Owen, Sr. He retired from DuPont at the Savannah River...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Bobbie Young Hanvey

Bobbie Young Hanvey

Oct 9, 2010

AIKEN – Bobbie Young Hanvey passed into eternal rest on the morning of October 9th, 2010. Visitation will be held at Shellhouse Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, October 11th. Following a private burial service at Aiken Memorial Gardens, family and friends are invited to a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at Aiken First Presbyterian Church with the Dr....

Joe Carter

Joe Carter

Oct 8, 2010

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Joe Carter, 89, died, October 8, 2010 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, Oct. 11, at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL with The Reverend Richard Hughes officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Kelso Cemetery, Kelso, TN. Mr. Carter was born in Madison Co. AL, and...

Thomas Robinson Loftin

Thomas Robinson Loftin

Oct 4, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Thomas Robinson Loftin, 84, died Monday, October 4, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church with the Reverend Father Leslie Drake and the Reverend Father Scotty Nead officiating. Interment with US Military honors and Masonic Rites will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will...

Dorothy Smathers Hart

Dorothy Smathers Hart

Sep 30, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- DOROTHY SMATHERS HART, 78, died Thursday, September 30, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Hart was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Ethel George Smathers. She was born and lived most of her life in Spartanburg County. She is survived by three sisters; Betty J. McWilliams of Conyers, GA, Carol Bodie of Aiken; and Linda G....

Norma Abee Hedrick

Norma Abee Hedrick

Sep 27, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- The memory of Norma Abee Hedrick will remain in the hearts of her loved ones after she joined her eternal friends and family on September 27, 2010. Norma was born in Hickory, NC on July 6, 1921, and was a daughter of the late Esley and Annie Mae Shook Abee. After moving to Aiken from Oak Ridge,...

Alan M. Tewkesbury

Alan M. Tewkesbury

Sep 27, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Alan Matthew Tewkesbury, 89, died Monday, September 27, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. A private interment will be held in Historic Bethany Cemetery with military honors. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons, son-in-law Harry Busbee, and members of the Aiken Coffee...

David M. Lock

David M. Lock

Sep 26, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- David McBrier Lock, entered into rest Sunday, September 26, 2010 at his residence in Seabrook, SC. Mr. Lock was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, on November 26, 1941 to Dr. & Mrs. Frank Ray Lock. Mr. Lock is survived by his wife; Becky, two children; George (Melissa) Lock and Kelly (Joshua) Crouch, grandchildren; Joshua, Olivia, Isaiah,...

David L. Honkonen

David L. Honkonen

Sep 26, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- DAVID LAURI HONKONEN, 81, beloved husband of Mary Gaffney Honkonen, died unexpectedly Sunday, September 26, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH. A native of Fitchburg, MA, Mr. Honkonen was a son of the late Lauri and Ida Matson Honkonen. He was a graduate of Tufts University with a BS in Nuclear Physics, and moved to Aiken in 1952 from...

Robert Carrol Ellison

Robert Carrol Ellison

Sep 24, 2010

New Ellenton - Mr. Robert Carrol Ellison, 58, died Friday, September 24, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Charles Morris and the Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Interment will follow at Mr. Ellison's empire. Pallbearers will be C.J. Holtsizer, Adam Ellison, Eric Ellison, Eric Owen,...

Ernest Butler, Jr.

Ernest Butler, Jr.

Sep 22, 2010

AIKEN – Ernest Butler, Jr., 80, died after an extended illness Wednesday September 22, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Memorial Baptist Church with the Reverend Steve Gillette and the Reverend Jim Kirk officiating. Interment will follow in Graniteville Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at...

Marion Eather Kaney

Marion Eather Kaney

Sep 15, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Marion Eather Kaney, 85, died Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Friday in Bethany Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mr. Kaney was a son of the late Willie and Estelle Redd Kaney. He was a caretaker and heavy equipment operator for the CC Royal Estate.. Mr....

Ellen Davenport Ehrhart

Ellen Davenport Ehrhart

Sep 12, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Ellen Davenport Ehrhart, 74, died Sunday, September 12, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Inurnment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Thursday evening at 9 Woodhill Place, Aiken. Mrs. Ehrhart was born in Richmond, VA, a...

Mitchell Philip Burgess

Mitchell Philip Burgess

Sep 11, 2010

Mitchell Philip Burgess, 90, entered into rest on September 11, 2010 at his residence in Aiken after a long illness. Mr. Burgess was born on Feb. 27, 1920 in Fargo ,N.D. He attended Bemidgie College and graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He was a member of Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity. Prior...

Dorthy I. Mercer Thompson

Dorthy I. Mercer Thompson

Sep 9, 2010

Aiken-Dorothy I. Mercer Thompson, 94, died Thursday, September 9, 2010 at Trinity Hospital, in Augusta, Ga. Funeral services will be private. Inurnment at a later date at Oak Noll Cemetery in Palmer, Mass. Mrs. Thompson was born in New Haven, CT to the late Gladys Mae Brass Mercer and Robert Mungall Mercer and is predeceased by her husband Edward Linwood...

Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas

Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas

Sep 6, 2010

Gloverville - Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Barber Silas, 64, died Monday, September 6, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at the Full Gospel Redemption Center with the Reverend Chris Williams officiating. Interment will follow in St. Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery, New Ellenton. Mrs. Silas was born in Alma, GA, a daughter of the late Mason and...

May Seigler Perry

May Seigler Perry

Sep 5, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- May Seigler Perry went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at age 94. Born in 1916 in Aiken, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dempsey Wardlaw Seigler and Gussie May Wright Seigler. A lifelong resident of Aiken, she graduated from Aiken Institute, lettering in basketball, and later participated in...

Kenneth Stabeck

Kenneth Stabeck

Sep 4, 2010

Arrangements will be announced. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

James Edward Gregory

James Edward Gregory

Sep 3, 2010

BELVEDERE, SC -- JAMES EDWARD GREGORY, 56, beloved husband of Lisa Raborn Gregory, died suddenly Friday, September 3, 2010 at his residence. A native of Augusta, GA, James was a son of the late Frampton Odell and Margie Eloise Reynolds Gregory. He lived all his life in the CSRA. Survivors, in addition to his wife Lisa, include three daughters; Tonya...

Vernon Leon Johnson

Vernon Leon Johnson

Sep 3, 2010

WASHINGTON, GA - Funeral services for Vernon “Leon” Johnson, 90, of Washington, GA, formerly of Aiken, SC, will be held Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 2 PM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....

William "Bill" Jasper Owen, Jr.

William "Bill" Jasper Owen, Jr.

Sep 3, 2010

JACKSON, SC -- WILLIAM JASPER "BILL" OWEN, JR., 81, of Jackson, SC, beloved husband of Betty Jo Owen, passed away Friday, September 3, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Owen was born in Brevard, NC on June 28, 1929 and was a son of the late William Jasper and Maude Patterson Owen, Sr. He retired from DuPont at the Savannah River...