Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Delilah Scroggins Thornton

Delilah Scroggins Thornton

Jul 16, 2009

Aiken-Delilah Scroggins McComas Thornton, 94, died July 16. A private graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM July 19 at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. George Howell officiating. She was born in Grant Co., KY to the late Perry and Myrtle Scroggins McComas. She moved to Aiken in 1951 from Clinton, TN. She was a homemaker and active...

A. Y. Morgan

A. Y. Morgan

Jul 14, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. A.Y. Morgan, 89, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Medical College of Georgia. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM July 15 at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM July 16 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. with the Rev. Dr. David Cozad officiating. The family...

Maurine Johnson Grice

Maurine Johnson Grice

Jul 13, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MAURINE JOHNSON GRICE, 87, widow of James David Grice, Sr., died Monday, July 13, 2009 at University Hospital in Augusta. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Grice was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Bertha Barton Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church and the Young at...

Jack Rogers Carter

Jack Rogers Carter

Jul 13, 2009

Bath-Jack Rogers Carter, 73, died July 13. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 July 17 at Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Hanna officiating. He was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Youngblood Carter. He is survived by his son, Gary W. Carter and sister, Nancy Beard. Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken.

Mary Lee Watson

Mary Lee Watson

Jul 10, 2009

Mrs. Mary Lee Watson, age 100, of 303 Pine Drive NW, Aiken, South Carolina, died Friday evening, July 10, 2009, at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mrs. Watson was born April 19, 1909 in Aiken, South Carolina, a daughter of the late John and Iva Redd Taylor. She was a resident of Boone for the past 6 years. Mrs....

Theodore Andrew Fredericks

Theodore Andrew Fredericks

Jul 8, 2009

AIKEN, SC -- Theodore A. Fredericks, 93, of Cutchogue, New York Theodore A. Fredericks died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at his daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 15, 1915. He moved to Springfield Gardens, Queens in 1951 and retired to Cutchogue, Long Island in 1978. His loving wife Clara Fredericks, to whom...

Mary M. "Polly" Jones

Mary M. "Polly" Jones

Jul 8, 2009

Mary Mayhugh “Polly” Jones Went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2009. A funeral service will be held at Millbrook Baptist Church, Friday, July 10th at 10 a.m., with The Reverend Dr. Chris Masters officiating. Interment will take place at 2 PM Saturday in Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, TN. Honorary pallbearers will be the...

Elliott "Rusty" Preston Houser, Jr.

Elliott "Rusty" Preston Houser, Jr.

Jul 4, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Elliott P. “Rusty” Houser, Jr., died July 4, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, July 7 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home with visitation following the service. He was born in Philadelphia, PA, and was a mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Courtney Houser; son, David A. Houser, Aiken; mother, Ruth F. Houser, Aiken;...

Betty Davis

Betty Davis

Jul 2, 2009

Aiken- Lucinda E. "Betty" Davis, 68, died July 2 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM July 5 at Cedar Creek Church with the Rev. Phillip Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born in Union, SC to the late Silas Russell and Cora Lou Gossett Vinson. She was married to the late...

Henry Bisschop

Henry Bisschop

Jul 1, 2009

Henry Peter Bisschop, 87 died on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in his apartment at Cumberland Village. He was born in Virginia to the late Sir Pieter and Henrietta Hennick Bisschop, natives of the Netherlands. Mr. Bisschop graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and earned a Master’s Degree in Business from George Washington University. He served in the military, then worked for...

Louise Parker Gaddy

Louise Parker Gaddy

Jul 1, 2009

CLINTON, SC - Mrs. Louise P. Gaddy, 85, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Clinton, SC. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday in Aiken Memorial Gardens, followed by a memorial service at 3:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church. Revered Dr. David Cozad will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Gaddy...

Linda Hsiang-yu Chiang Deng

Linda Hsiang-yu Chiang Deng

Jun 30, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Linda Hsiang-yuChiang Deng, 67, died June 30, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers A memorial service will be held at 5PM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Deng was a registered nurse and had been living in Aiken over the last five months. Survivors include her husband, Shyang-Fenn Deng; daughter Ruth R.F. Watt, St. Louis,...

Jerry Ronald Rutland

Jerry Ronald Rutland

Jun 29, 2009

WAXHAW, NC - Mr. Jerry Ronald Rutland, 73, passed from his worldly life to live with his Heavenly Father on June 29, 2009. He was the son of the late Blanche King and Abram Jamelle Rutland. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Frances Dyer Rutland; daughters, Kimberly Jane (James) McManus, Nancy Lee (Scott) Kennedy; son William...

Willie Mae Fillingim Mathison

Willie Mae Fillingim Mathison

Jun 27, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MRS. WILLIE MAE FILLINGIM MATHISON, 93, widow of Elias Taft Mathison, died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at her residence. Born in Barbar County, AL, Mrs. Mathison was a daughter of the late William Robert and Annie Allen Fillingim. She was a homemaker and had lived in Aiken since 1992. She was a member of Charles Wesley United...

Judith Fox Collins

Judith Fox Collins

Jun 22, 2009

Aiken-Judith Dianne Fox Collins, 64, died June 22 at home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Henry Mc Kevie officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. She was born in Harleyville, SC to the late Clarence Erwin and Virginia Greshman Fox. She was a lifelong resident of Aiken and...

Jon Everett Bodendorf

Jon Everett Bodendorf

Jun 21, 2009

Aiken-Jon Everett Bodendorf, 50, died June 21. Funeral is private. He was born in Aiken to Everett Francis and Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf. Survivors include his wife, Nancy C. Ross, daughters, Jennifer Bodendorf, Jessica Bodendorf; grandchild, Chole Bodendorf; sisters, Anna Lebby Guire, Julia Hassler; brothers, Fred Bodendorf and Robert Bodendorf. In lieu of flowers, memorials to a charity of choice....

Triska Baldwin Atteberry

Triska Baldwin Atteberry

Jun 21, 2009

Arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc., 715 E. Pine Log Road, Aiken, SC

Verita Sandifer DeWitt

Verita Sandifer DeWitt

Jun 21, 2009

AIKEN - Verita Sandifer DeWitt, 84, died June 21, 2009 at Eden Gardens. Funeral services will be held at 11 Am Wednesday June 24 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Stephen Phillips will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the DAV. Mrs. DeWitt was born in...

George Hatcher Busbee

George Hatcher Busbee

Jun 15, 2009

Aiken - Mr. George Hatcher Busbee, 86, died Monday June 15, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be the Honorable Donald Hatcher, Paul Scott, Keith Willis, Bryan Willis, Jimmy...

Aurie Jackson Gosnell

Aurie Jackson Gosnell

Jun 11, 2009

Aurie Jackson Gosnell died Thursday, June 11, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 2 pm Sunday, June 14, 2009 at First Baptist Church in Aiken SC with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will greet friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, Mrs Gosnell has requested that memorials be...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Delilah Scroggins Thornton

Delilah Scroggins Thornton

Jul 16, 2009

Aiken-Delilah Scroggins McComas Thornton, 94, died July 16. A private graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM July 19 at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. George Howell officiating. She was born in Grant Co., KY to the late Perry and Myrtle Scroggins McComas. She moved to Aiken in 1951 from Clinton, TN. She was a homemaker and active...

A. Y. Morgan

A. Y. Morgan

Jul 14, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. A.Y. Morgan, 89, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the Medical College of Georgia. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM July 15 at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM July 16 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. with the Rev. Dr. David Cozad officiating. The family...

Maurine Johnson Grice

Maurine Johnson Grice

Jul 13, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MAURINE JOHNSON GRICE, 87, widow of James David Grice, Sr., died Monday, July 13, 2009 at University Hospital in Augusta. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Grice was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Bertha Barton Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church and the Young at...

Jack Rogers Carter

Jack Rogers Carter

Jul 13, 2009

Bath-Jack Rogers Carter, 73, died July 13. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 July 17 at Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Hanna officiating. He was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Youngblood Carter. He is survived by his son, Gary W. Carter and sister, Nancy Beard. Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken.

Mary Lee Watson

Mary Lee Watson

Jul 10, 2009

Mrs. Mary Lee Watson, age 100, of 303 Pine Drive NW, Aiken, South Carolina, died Friday evening, July 10, 2009, at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mrs. Watson was born April 19, 1909 in Aiken, South Carolina, a daughter of the late John and Iva Redd Taylor. She was a resident of Boone for the past 6 years. Mrs....

Theodore Andrew Fredericks

Theodore Andrew Fredericks

Jul 8, 2009

AIKEN, SC -- Theodore A. Fredericks, 93, of Cutchogue, New York Theodore A. Fredericks died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at his daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 15, 1915. He moved to Springfield Gardens, Queens in 1951 and retired to Cutchogue, Long Island in 1978. His loving wife Clara Fredericks, to whom...

Mary M. "Polly" Jones

Mary M. "Polly" Jones

Jul 8, 2009

Mary Mayhugh “Polly” Jones Went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2009. A funeral service will be held at Millbrook Baptist Church, Friday, July 10th at 10 a.m., with The Reverend Dr. Chris Masters officiating. Interment will take place at 2 PM Saturday in Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, TN. Honorary pallbearers will be the...

Elliott "Rusty" Preston Houser, Jr.

Elliott "Rusty" Preston Houser, Jr.

Jul 4, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Elliott P. “Rusty” Houser, Jr., died July 4, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, July 7 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home with visitation following the service. He was born in Philadelphia, PA, and was a mechanic. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Courtney Houser; son, David A. Houser, Aiken; mother, Ruth F. Houser, Aiken;...

Betty Davis

Betty Davis

Jul 2, 2009

Aiken- Lucinda E. "Betty" Davis, 68, died July 2 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM July 5 at Cedar Creek Church with the Rev. Phillip Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born in Union, SC to the late Silas Russell and Cora Lou Gossett Vinson. She was married to the late...

Henry Bisschop

Henry Bisschop

Jul 1, 2009

Henry Peter Bisschop, 87 died on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in his apartment at Cumberland Village. He was born in Virginia to the late Sir Pieter and Henrietta Hennick Bisschop, natives of the Netherlands. Mr. Bisschop graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and earned a Master’s Degree in Business from George Washington University. He served in the military, then worked for...

Louise Parker Gaddy

Louise Parker Gaddy

Jul 1, 2009

CLINTON, SC - Mrs. Louise P. Gaddy, 85, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Clinton, SC. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday in Aiken Memorial Gardens, followed by a memorial service at 3:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church. Revered Dr. David Cozad will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the Fellowship Hall. Mrs. Gaddy...

Linda Hsiang-yu Chiang Deng

Linda Hsiang-yu Chiang Deng

Jun 30, 2009

AIKEN - Mrs. Linda Hsiang-yuChiang Deng, 67, died June 30, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers A memorial service will be held at 5PM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Deng was a registered nurse and had been living in Aiken over the last five months. Survivors include her husband, Shyang-Fenn Deng; daughter Ruth R.F. Watt, St. Louis,...

Jerry Ronald Rutland

Jerry Ronald Rutland

Jun 29, 2009

WAXHAW, NC - Mr. Jerry Ronald Rutland, 73, passed from his worldly life to live with his Heavenly Father on June 29, 2009. He was the son of the late Blanche King and Abram Jamelle Rutland. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Frances Dyer Rutland; daughters, Kimberly Jane (James) McManus, Nancy Lee (Scott) Kennedy; son William...

Willie Mae Fillingim Mathison

Willie Mae Fillingim Mathison

Jun 27, 2009

AIKEN, SC – MRS. WILLIE MAE FILLINGIM MATHISON, 93, widow of Elias Taft Mathison, died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at her residence. Born in Barbar County, AL, Mrs. Mathison was a daughter of the late William Robert and Annie Allen Fillingim. She was a homemaker and had lived in Aiken since 1992. She was a member of Charles Wesley United...

Judith Fox Collins

Judith Fox Collins

Jun 22, 2009

Aiken-Judith Dianne Fox Collins, 64, died June 22 at home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Henry Mc Kevie officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. She was born in Harleyville, SC to the late Clarence Erwin and Virginia Greshman Fox. She was a lifelong resident of Aiken and...

Jon Everett Bodendorf

Jon Everett Bodendorf

Jun 21, 2009

Aiken-Jon Everett Bodendorf, 50, died June 21. Funeral is private. He was born in Aiken to Everett Francis and Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf. Survivors include his wife, Nancy C. Ross, daughters, Jennifer Bodendorf, Jessica Bodendorf; grandchild, Chole Bodendorf; sisters, Anna Lebby Guire, Julia Hassler; brothers, Fred Bodendorf and Robert Bodendorf. In lieu of flowers, memorials to a charity of choice....

Triska Baldwin Atteberry

Triska Baldwin Atteberry

Jun 21, 2009

Arrangements will be announced by Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc., 715 E. Pine Log Road, Aiken, SC

Verita Sandifer DeWitt

Verita Sandifer DeWitt

Jun 21, 2009

AIKEN - Verita Sandifer DeWitt, 84, died June 21, 2009 at Eden Gardens. Funeral services will be held at 11 Am Wednesday June 24 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Stephen Phillips will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the DAV. Mrs. DeWitt was born in...

George Hatcher Busbee

George Hatcher Busbee

Jun 15, 2009

Aiken - Mr. George Hatcher Busbee, 86, died Monday June 15, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be the Honorable Donald Hatcher, Paul Scott, Keith Willis, Bryan Willis, Jimmy...

Aurie Jackson Gosnell

Aurie Jackson Gosnell

Jun 11, 2009

Aurie Jackson Gosnell died Thursday, June 11, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 2 pm Sunday, June 14, 2009 at First Baptist Church in Aiken SC with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will greet friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, Mrs Gosnell has requested that memorials be...