Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Winaka Knopp

Winaka Knopp

Dec 23, 2009

AIKEN- Mrs. Winaka Cook Knopp, 92, died Wednesday , December 23, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Knopp was born in Glen Rogers, WV, a daughter of the late John Richard and Sophia Davis Cook. She was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Aiken, SC. She was a member of the Eastern Star and Amaranth....

Albert "Ab" C. Allen

Albert "Ab" C. Allen

Dec 23, 2009

Aiken-Albert Clark "Ab" Allen, 76, died Wednesday December 23, at Aiken Regional. The son to the late Albert Clark, Sr. and Agnes Stackhouse Allen. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years Judith Wilder Allen, two sons, Clark (Tricey) Allen, Greenville, SC, and Patrick (Gloria) Allen, Greenville, NC, and four grandchildren, Maggie Allen, Wilder Allen, Jennifer Allen, Matthew...

John M. Reynolds II

John M. Reynolds II

Dec 23, 2009

John M. Reynolds II, 58, of Aiken, South Carolina, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009. The son of the late Julian Phlegar Reynolds and Pearl Bess Reynolds, John was born July 27, 1951, in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in Virginia Beach. He was the grandson of John Madison and Alma Fischer Reynolds, of Reynolds Hardware, formerly in Norfolk. John was...

Odell Eubanks

Odell Eubanks

Dec 22, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Odell Wilson Eubanks, 86, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and the Reverend Dr. Chris Masters officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment will then follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be the Ushers...

Marie Knox Austin

Marie Knox Austin

Dec 22, 2009

New Ellenton, SC -- Mrs. Marie Knox Austin, 88, widow of James Otto Austin, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at her residence. A native of Connelly Springs, NC, Mrs. Austin was a daughter of the late James Dennis and Minnie Berry Knox. She had lived in Aiken County since 1953 and was a homemaker. Mrs. Austin was an active member...

Harold L Seigler

Harold L Seigler

Dec 22, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Harold Lewis Seigler, 82, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 24 at 11:00 Am in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Tom Poteat will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Seigler was born...

Timothy Allen Schibik

Timothy Allen Schibik

Dec 21, 2009

AIKEN, SC – TIMOTHY ALLEN SCHIBIK, 50, beloved husband of Diane Hilderbrand Schibik, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Mr. Schibik was a son of Frank Joseph and Jane Ellen Higgenbottom Schibik, Jr. He was a diesel mechanic and was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition...

James William O'Connor

James William O'Connor

Dec 20, 2009

Lake Worth, FL - Mr. James William O'Connor, 58, died Sunday, December 20, 2009, in the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, FL. Survivors include a brother, Shawn (Laurie) O'Connor, Aiken. Services will be held privately. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Brenda Jones Stone

Brenda Jones Stone

Dec 20, 2009

Aiken-Brenda Joyce Jones Stone, 64, died Dec. 20 at home. A prayer vigil will be celebrated Dec. 22 at 6:00 PM at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Friends are invited to remain after the service as the family will receive until 8:00 PM. The mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 9:00 AM at St. Mary Help...

Laverne McGinley

Laverne McGinley

Dec 20, 2009

AIKEN, SC – LAVERNE W. BORTELL McGINLEY, 90, widow of William Rawlings McGinley, died Saturday, December 20, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Forest City, IL, Mrs. McGinley was a daughter of the late Elmer John and Emma Melissa Knapp Bortell. She had lived in Aiken for 58 years and was a retired bookkeeper. Survivors include a...

Howard Fletcher Reese

Howard Fletcher Reese

Dec 19, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Howard Fletcher Reese, 89, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 A memorial service will be held at 6:30 PM Tuesday at Aiken Church of Christ, 134 Rinehart Way, Aiken, SC 29801 with Minister Brian McCutchen officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Mr. Reese...

Donnie Fox

Donnie Fox

Dec 19, 2009

AIKEN- Mr. Donnie Ray Fox, 50, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held Wednesday December 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home with the Rev. Jamie Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bennie Dicks, Lee Hallman, Buddy...

Pauline Chew Whitesall

Pauline Chew Whitesall

Dec 17, 2009

Aiken- Mrs. Pauline Chew Whitesall, 102, died on Dec. 17, 2009. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Dec. 18th at 2 p.m. at Pepper Hill Nursing Center, 3225 Augusta Rd. NW, Aiken, SC with the Rev. Mike Hallman officiating. Internment will be Private at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Whitesall was born in Philadelphia, PA. A daughter of the late...

Helen Shoemake

Helen Shoemake

Dec 16, 2009

MONAHANS-TX, Mrs. Helen Shoemake, 69, beloved wife of William Shoemake and native of Aiken, SC, died December 16, 2009 in Texas. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 2:00 PM at Good Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Jackson officiating, interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM till 2:00...

Sally Ackerman

Sally Ackerman

Dec 14, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Sally Hausen Ackerman, 78, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Ackerman was born in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Dorothy Judge Hausen and Sidney Hausen. She was a resident of Aiken for the last two years, a homemaker, and of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors include her beloved husband of fifty...

Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr.

Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr.

Dec 14, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr., died December 14, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be held privately in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Blystone was born in the Panama Canal Zone, a son of Elsie Zona Aruda Blystone, Aiken, and the...

Inez Bridwell Merritt

Inez Bridwell Merritt

Dec 13, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Inez Bridwell Merritt, 83, died December 13, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverends Dr. Eddie Leopard and Dr. Chris Masters will officiate. Interment will be held at 3:30 PM in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC. Honorary pallbearers will be the Jim Langford Sunday School Class and the Essie...

Violet Evans Martin

Violet Evans Martin

Dec 13, 2009

AIKEN, SC- VIOLET EVANS MARTIN, 69, loving wife of Bobby B. Martin, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Martin was a native of Florence County, South Carolina. She was a daughter of the late Johnny and Roxie Yarborough Evans. She was a Registered Nurse specializing in home health care and was a member of Christ...

Ellen Howell Miskey

Ellen Howell Miskey

Dec 12, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Ellen Louise Howell Miskey, 76, has entered into God's hands on December 12, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Beloved wife of 57 years to William Miskey, loving mother of Steven W. Miskey,doughter inlaw, Patrice Miskey, Huntington Station, NY; two loving sisters, Ruth Browne, Orlando, FL, Karen Walls, Thomasville, NC; brother, Charles Howell, East Rockaway, NY. She...

Alfred N. Mitchell

Alfred N. Mitchell

Dec 9, 2009

Aiken-Alfred Noilton Mitchell, 80, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 15, 2010 at 2p.m. in the chapel at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Soule officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Mitchell, loving husband, father, and grandfather, was born in Villa Rica, GA to the late Sally Kate...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Winaka Knopp

Winaka Knopp

Dec 23, 2009

AIKEN- Mrs. Winaka Cook Knopp, 92, died Wednesday , December 23, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Knopp was born in Glen Rogers, WV, a daughter of the late John Richard and Sophia Davis Cook. She was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Aiken, SC. She was a member of the Eastern Star and Amaranth....

Albert "Ab" C. Allen

Albert "Ab" C. Allen

Dec 23, 2009

Aiken-Albert Clark "Ab" Allen, 76, died Wednesday December 23, at Aiken Regional. The son to the late Albert Clark, Sr. and Agnes Stackhouse Allen. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years Judith Wilder Allen, two sons, Clark (Tricey) Allen, Greenville, SC, and Patrick (Gloria) Allen, Greenville, NC, and four grandchildren, Maggie Allen, Wilder Allen, Jennifer Allen, Matthew...

John M. Reynolds II

John M. Reynolds II

Dec 23, 2009

John M. Reynolds II, 58, of Aiken, South Carolina, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009. The son of the late Julian Phlegar Reynolds and Pearl Bess Reynolds, John was born July 27, 1951, in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in Virginia Beach. He was the grandson of John Madison and Alma Fischer Reynolds, of Reynolds Hardware, formerly in Norfolk. John was...

Odell Eubanks

Odell Eubanks

Dec 22, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Odell Wilson Eubanks, 86, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and the Reverend Dr. Chris Masters officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment will then follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be the Ushers...

Marie Knox Austin

Marie Knox Austin

Dec 22, 2009

New Ellenton, SC -- Mrs. Marie Knox Austin, 88, widow of James Otto Austin, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at her residence. A native of Connelly Springs, NC, Mrs. Austin was a daughter of the late James Dennis and Minnie Berry Knox. She had lived in Aiken County since 1953 and was a homemaker. Mrs. Austin was an active member...

Harold L Seigler

Harold L Seigler

Dec 22, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Harold Lewis Seigler, 82, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 24 at 11:00 Am in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Tom Poteat will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Seigler was born...

Timothy Allen Schibik

Timothy Allen Schibik

Dec 21, 2009

AIKEN, SC – TIMOTHY ALLEN SCHIBIK, 50, beloved husband of Diane Hilderbrand Schibik, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Mr. Schibik was a son of Frank Joseph and Jane Ellen Higgenbottom Schibik, Jr. He was a diesel mechanic and was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition...

James William O'Connor

James William O'Connor

Dec 20, 2009

Lake Worth, FL - Mr. James William O'Connor, 58, died Sunday, December 20, 2009, in the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, FL. Survivors include a brother, Shawn (Laurie) O'Connor, Aiken. Services will be held privately. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC

Brenda Jones Stone

Brenda Jones Stone

Dec 20, 2009

Aiken-Brenda Joyce Jones Stone, 64, died Dec. 20 at home. A prayer vigil will be celebrated Dec. 22 at 6:00 PM at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Friends are invited to remain after the service as the family will receive until 8:00 PM. The mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 9:00 AM at St. Mary Help...

Laverne McGinley

Laverne McGinley

Dec 20, 2009

AIKEN, SC – LAVERNE W. BORTELL McGINLEY, 90, widow of William Rawlings McGinley, died Saturday, December 20, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Forest City, IL, Mrs. McGinley was a daughter of the late Elmer John and Emma Melissa Knapp Bortell. She had lived in Aiken for 58 years and was a retired bookkeeper. Survivors include a...

Howard Fletcher Reese

Howard Fletcher Reese

Dec 19, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Howard Fletcher Reese, 89, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 A memorial service will be held at 6:30 PM Tuesday at Aiken Church of Christ, 134 Rinehart Way, Aiken, SC 29801 with Minister Brian McCutchen officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Mr. Reese...

Donnie Fox

Donnie Fox

Dec 19, 2009

AIKEN- Mr. Donnie Ray Fox, 50, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held Wednesday December 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home with the Rev. Jamie Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bennie Dicks, Lee Hallman, Buddy...

Pauline Chew Whitesall

Pauline Chew Whitesall

Dec 17, 2009

Aiken- Mrs. Pauline Chew Whitesall, 102, died on Dec. 17, 2009. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Dec. 18th at 2 p.m. at Pepper Hill Nursing Center, 3225 Augusta Rd. NW, Aiken, SC with the Rev. Mike Hallman officiating. Internment will be Private at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Whitesall was born in Philadelphia, PA. A daughter of the late...

Helen Shoemake

Helen Shoemake

Dec 16, 2009

MONAHANS-TX, Mrs. Helen Shoemake, 69, beloved wife of William Shoemake and native of Aiken, SC, died December 16, 2009 in Texas. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 2:00 PM at Good Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Jackson officiating, interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM till 2:00...

Sally Ackerman

Sally Ackerman

Dec 14, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Sally Hausen Ackerman, 78, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Ackerman was born in Buffalo, NY, a daughter of the late Dorothy Judge Hausen and Sidney Hausen. She was a resident of Aiken for the last two years, a homemaker, and of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors include her beloved husband of fifty...

Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr.

Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr.

Dec 14, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr., died December 14, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be held privately in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Blystone was born in the Panama Canal Zone, a son of Elsie Zona Aruda Blystone, Aiken, and the...

Inez Bridwell Merritt

Inez Bridwell Merritt

Dec 13, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Inez Bridwell Merritt, 83, died December 13, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverends Dr. Eddie Leopard and Dr. Chris Masters will officiate. Interment will be held at 3:30 PM in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC. Honorary pallbearers will be the Jim Langford Sunday School Class and the Essie...

Violet Evans Martin

Violet Evans Martin

Dec 13, 2009

AIKEN, SC- VIOLET EVANS MARTIN, 69, loving wife of Bobby B. Martin, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Martin was a native of Florence County, South Carolina. She was a daughter of the late Johnny and Roxie Yarborough Evans. She was a Registered Nurse specializing in home health care and was a member of Christ...

Ellen Howell Miskey

Ellen Howell Miskey

Dec 12, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Ellen Louise Howell Miskey, 76, has entered into God's hands on December 12, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Beloved wife of 57 years to William Miskey, loving mother of Steven W. Miskey,doughter inlaw, Patrice Miskey, Huntington Station, NY; two loving sisters, Ruth Browne, Orlando, FL, Karen Walls, Thomasville, NC; brother, Charles Howell, East Rockaway, NY. She...

Alfred N. Mitchell

Alfred N. Mitchell

Dec 9, 2009

Aiken-Alfred Noilton Mitchell, 80, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 15, 2010 at 2p.m. in the chapel at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Soule officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Mitchell, loving husband, father, and grandfather, was born in Villa Rica, GA to the late Sally Kate...