Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Ray Speed

Ray Speed

Apr 19, 2010

NEW ELLENTON -- ARTHUR RAY SPEED, 56, beloved husband of Judy Carroll Speed, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Ray was a son of Betty Stephens Speed and the late Arthur B. Speed. He formerly worked as a timber marker with the U.S. Forest Service. He retired, after...

Drew Allen

Drew Allen

Apr 18, 2010

DREW ALLEN AIKEN, SC -- DOUGLAS DREW ALLEN, 20, tragically entered into rest Sunday, April 18, 2010 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born on September 17, 1989 in Aiken, SC, Drew was a son of Phyliss McLane Allen and Quince "Buddy" Allen III. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken and was a graduate of Silver Bluff High...

Robert Walter Christie, Sr.

Robert Walter Christie, Sr.

Apr 17, 2010

AIKEN, SC – Robert W. Christie, 98, died Friday, April 17, 2010 in Aiken, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, April 22nd at Grace Lutheran Church, Queens Village, NY. Interment with military honors will follow at Ocean View Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. Mr. Christie was a US Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in...

Margaret Timmerman Yonce

Margaret Timmerman Yonce

Apr 16, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- MARGARET TIMMERMAN YONCE. 89, widow of Vernon Yonce, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Pepperhill Nursing Center. A native of Edgefield County, SC, Mrs. Yonce was a daughter of the late Percy and Pearl Price Timmerman. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church in North Augusta. She will be remembered as a fun...

Mary Frances Hair Wilson

Mary Frances Hair Wilson

Apr 15, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Mary Frances Hair Wilson, 84, died Thursday, April 15, 2010. Funeral services will be held privately from the graveside in Old Field Cemetery, Barnwell, SC. Reverend Chuck Byrd will officiate. Mrs. Wilson was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Samuel Matthias and Susie May Webb Hair. She was a school teacher for over 40 years,...

Charles Smith Webster

Charles Smith Webster

Apr 13, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Charles Smith Webster, 98, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Mr. Webster was born in Worcester, MA, a son of the late John T. and Elizabeth Haskins Webster. He attended schools in Newton, MA before graduating from Dartmouth College in 1933, majoring at Amostrok School of Administration and Finance. Mr. Webster spent his entire business career with Nabisco,...

William Belton Oneil Courtney

William Belton Oneil Courtney

Apr 7, 2010

William “Will” Belton Oneil Courtney, III, age 23, of Newberry, Florida passed away on April 7, 2010. He was born in Anderson, SC on September 15, 1986. Will is survived by his parents, Bill and Kathy Courtney, Newberry, FL; maternal grandmother, Frances Hall, Aiken, S.C.; paternal grandparents, Oneil and Yvonne Courtney, Aiken, S.C.; uncles, Ricky (Debbie) Hall, Graniteville, S.C., Dwayne...

Golda Eichinger Allin

Golda Eichinger Allin

Apr 7, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- GOLDA EICHINGER ALLIN, 89, widow of Charles W. Allin, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at her residence. A native of Chester, OH, Golda was a daughter of the late George Edward and Ida Mae Willard Eichinger. She grew up in Pomeroy, OH and had lived in Aiken since 1952. Golda had been a member of St. Paul...

Ethel Leverich Fowler

Ethel Leverich Fowler

Apr 6, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- ETHEL LEVERICH FOWLER, 86, widow of George William Fowler, Sr., died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 3 days shy of her 87th birthday. A native of Union City, OK, Mrs. Fowler was a daughter of the late Oscar Harman and Ina Keen Leverich. She and her husband lived in Saluda, SC from 1959 until his death in 1995,...

James Patrick Kelley

James Patrick Kelley

Apr 5, 2010

AIKEN- James Patrick Kelley passed away April 5, 2010 in Aiken, SC. Mr. Kelley is a native of Haddonfield, NJ. He was a son to Kathleen Wertley Kelley and the late Charles Kelley. Mr. Kelley was an engineer at Savannah River site. Funeral services will be private. Please sign the online register book at shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME,...

Louise Tobias Wise

Louise Tobias Wise

Mar 30, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- LOUISE TOBIAS WISE, 78, widow of Oscar G. Wise, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Uni Health Post Acute Care of Aiken. A native of Columbia, SC, Mrs. Wise formerly lived in Augusta, GA and was a former member of Sherwood Baptist Church and was active in the Sunshine Club. After moving to Aiken, she became affiliated...

James William Franklin

James William Franklin

Mar 30, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. James William Franklin, 85, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at First Presbyterian Church, Aiken with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Mr. Franklin was born in Ridgeway, SC, a son of the late...

Henrietta Dellamora

Henrietta Dellamora

Mar 29, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- Henrietta Dellamora peacefully passed away on March 29, 2010. Born in Windsor, Ontario on October 30, 1917, she was the daughter of caring parents Frank and Severina Peco. Henrietta spent most of her life in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Chicago in the mid 90’s and then on to Aiken in 2004. Aiken was a place of...

Lucille Key Porter

Lucille Key Porter

Mar 29, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- LUCILLE KEY PORTER, 84, widow of Ancil M. Porter, died Monday, March 29, 2010. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Lucille was the daughter of the late Jessie and Viola Key. She began her career as a teller at Farmers and Merchants Bank and 35 years later retired from C & S Bank. Mrs. Porter...

Charles Hampton Jones

Charles Hampton Jones

Mar 20, 2010

Aiken-Charles Hampton Jones, 83, died March 20. Loving husband of Barbara Nan Nettles Jones. He was born in Charleston, SC to the late Carl B. Jones, Sr. and Helyn Plowden Jones Whitley. He was a graduate of Coker College and Navy Veteran of WWII. He was a member of Aiken First Presbyterian Church and retired supervisor with EI Dupont and...

Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf

Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf

Mar 20, 2010

AIKEN - Anna Lebby Prothro (Bing) Bodendorf, born in Augusta, GA on October 24, 1930. She left this world on March 20, 2010. She always considered herself a lifelong resident of Aiken, being raised here by her mother Anna Lebby Rhodes and father Wilson E. Prothro and stepfather William R. Rhodes. She attended Ashley Hall and Winthrop College. She met...

Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt

Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt

Mar 17, 2010

Beech Island, SC - Mrs. Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt, 88, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Augusta, GA. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc., 715 East Pine Log Road, Aikne, SC

Mary Muse

Mary Muse

Mar 15, 2010

RIDGE SPRING, SC - Mrs. Mary Muse, 82, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at her residence. Local arrangements are being handled by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Margaret Mullen Mehm

Margaret Mullen Mehm

Mar 13, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Margaret Mullen Mehm, beloved mother of Colleen Jones, died Saturday March 13, 2010 at University Hospital, Augusta. Funeral services will be held in New Jersey at a later date. Local arrangements are being handled by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Teresa Bryant Coffey

Teresa Bryant Coffey

Mar 9, 2010

Windsor- Teresa Bryant Coffey, 53, died March 9. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, March 11 at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with the Rev. Olan Sizemore officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She was born in Aiken to James and Nettie Kitchings Woodward, Windsor, SC. Other survivors include her loving sons, David Allen Speissegger, Moncks...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Ray Speed

Ray Speed

Apr 19, 2010

NEW ELLENTON -- ARTHUR RAY SPEED, 56, beloved husband of Judy Carroll Speed, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Ray was a son of Betty Stephens Speed and the late Arthur B. Speed. He formerly worked as a timber marker with the U.S. Forest Service. He retired, after...

Drew Allen

Drew Allen

Apr 18, 2010

DREW ALLEN AIKEN, SC -- DOUGLAS DREW ALLEN, 20, tragically entered into rest Sunday, April 18, 2010 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born on September 17, 1989 in Aiken, SC, Drew was a son of Phyliss McLane Allen and Quince "Buddy" Allen III. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken and was a graduate of Silver Bluff High...

Robert Walter Christie, Sr.

Robert Walter Christie, Sr.

Apr 17, 2010

AIKEN, SC – Robert W. Christie, 98, died Friday, April 17, 2010 in Aiken, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, April 22nd at Grace Lutheran Church, Queens Village, NY. Interment with military honors will follow at Ocean View Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. Mr. Christie was a US Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in...

Margaret Timmerman Yonce

Margaret Timmerman Yonce

Apr 16, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- MARGARET TIMMERMAN YONCE. 89, widow of Vernon Yonce, died Friday, April 16, 2010 at Pepperhill Nursing Center. A native of Edgefield County, SC, Mrs. Yonce was a daughter of the late Percy and Pearl Price Timmerman. She was a homemaker and a member of Victory Baptist Church in North Augusta. She will be remembered as a fun...

Mary Frances Hair Wilson

Mary Frances Hair Wilson

Apr 15, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Mary Frances Hair Wilson, 84, died Thursday, April 15, 2010. Funeral services will be held privately from the graveside in Old Field Cemetery, Barnwell, SC. Reverend Chuck Byrd will officiate. Mrs. Wilson was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Samuel Matthias and Susie May Webb Hair. She was a school teacher for over 40 years,...

Charles Smith Webster

Charles Smith Webster

Apr 13, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Charles Smith Webster, 98, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Mr. Webster was born in Worcester, MA, a son of the late John T. and Elizabeth Haskins Webster. He attended schools in Newton, MA before graduating from Dartmouth College in 1933, majoring at Amostrok School of Administration and Finance. Mr. Webster spent his entire business career with Nabisco,...

William Belton Oneil Courtney

William Belton Oneil Courtney

Apr 7, 2010

William “Will” Belton Oneil Courtney, III, age 23, of Newberry, Florida passed away on April 7, 2010. He was born in Anderson, SC on September 15, 1986. Will is survived by his parents, Bill and Kathy Courtney, Newberry, FL; maternal grandmother, Frances Hall, Aiken, S.C.; paternal grandparents, Oneil and Yvonne Courtney, Aiken, S.C.; uncles, Ricky (Debbie) Hall, Graniteville, S.C., Dwayne...

Golda Eichinger Allin

Golda Eichinger Allin

Apr 7, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- GOLDA EICHINGER ALLIN, 89, widow of Charles W. Allin, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at her residence. A native of Chester, OH, Golda was a daughter of the late George Edward and Ida Mae Willard Eichinger. She grew up in Pomeroy, OH and had lived in Aiken since 1952. Golda had been a member of St. Paul...

Ethel Leverich Fowler

Ethel Leverich Fowler

Apr 6, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- ETHEL LEVERICH FOWLER, 86, widow of George William Fowler, Sr., died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 3 days shy of her 87th birthday. A native of Union City, OK, Mrs. Fowler was a daughter of the late Oscar Harman and Ina Keen Leverich. She and her husband lived in Saluda, SC from 1959 until his death in 1995,...

James Patrick Kelley

James Patrick Kelley

Apr 5, 2010

AIKEN- James Patrick Kelley passed away April 5, 2010 in Aiken, SC. Mr. Kelley is a native of Haddonfield, NJ. He was a son to Kathleen Wertley Kelley and the late Charles Kelley. Mr. Kelley was an engineer at Savannah River site. Funeral services will be private. Please sign the online register book at shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME,...

Louise Tobias Wise

Louise Tobias Wise

Mar 30, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- LOUISE TOBIAS WISE, 78, widow of Oscar G. Wise, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Uni Health Post Acute Care of Aiken. A native of Columbia, SC, Mrs. Wise formerly lived in Augusta, GA and was a former member of Sherwood Baptist Church and was active in the Sunshine Club. After moving to Aiken, she became affiliated...

James William Franklin

James William Franklin

Mar 30, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. James William Franklin, 85, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at First Presbyterian Church, Aiken with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Mr. Franklin was born in Ridgeway, SC, a son of the late...

Henrietta Dellamora

Henrietta Dellamora

Mar 29, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- Henrietta Dellamora peacefully passed away on March 29, 2010. Born in Windsor, Ontario on October 30, 1917, she was the daughter of caring parents Frank and Severina Peco. Henrietta spent most of her life in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Chicago in the mid 90’s and then on to Aiken in 2004. Aiken was a place of...

Lucille Key Porter

Lucille Key Porter

Mar 29, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- LUCILLE KEY PORTER, 84, widow of Ancil M. Porter, died Monday, March 29, 2010. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Lucille was the daughter of the late Jessie and Viola Key. She began her career as a teller at Farmers and Merchants Bank and 35 years later retired from C & S Bank. Mrs. Porter...

Charles Hampton Jones

Charles Hampton Jones

Mar 20, 2010

Aiken-Charles Hampton Jones, 83, died March 20. Loving husband of Barbara Nan Nettles Jones. He was born in Charleston, SC to the late Carl B. Jones, Sr. and Helyn Plowden Jones Whitley. He was a graduate of Coker College and Navy Veteran of WWII. He was a member of Aiken First Presbyterian Church and retired supervisor with EI Dupont and...

Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf

Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf

Mar 20, 2010

AIKEN - Anna Lebby Prothro (Bing) Bodendorf, born in Augusta, GA on October 24, 1930. She left this world on March 20, 2010. She always considered herself a lifelong resident of Aiken, being raised here by her mother Anna Lebby Rhodes and father Wilson E. Prothro and stepfather William R. Rhodes. She attended Ashley Hall and Winthrop College. She met...

Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt

Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt

Mar 17, 2010

Beech Island, SC - Mrs. Mattie Gertrude Carson DeWitt, 88, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Augusta, GA. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc., 715 East Pine Log Road, Aikne, SC

Mary Muse

Mary Muse

Mar 15, 2010

RIDGE SPRING, SC - Mrs. Mary Muse, 82, died Monday, March 15, 2010 at her residence. Local arrangements are being handled by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Margaret Mullen Mehm

Margaret Mullen Mehm

Mar 13, 2010

AIKEN - Mrs. Margaret Mullen Mehm, beloved mother of Colleen Jones, died Saturday March 13, 2010 at University Hospital, Augusta. Funeral services will be held in New Jersey at a later date. Local arrangements are being handled by Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Teresa Bryant Coffey

Teresa Bryant Coffey

Mar 9, 2010

Windsor- Teresa Bryant Coffey, 53, died March 9. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, March 11 at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with the Rev. Olan Sizemore officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She was born in Aiken to James and Nettie Kitchings Woodward, Windsor, SC. Other survivors include her loving sons, David Allen Speissegger, Moncks...