Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Frances Dudley

Frances Dudley

Nov 14, 2008

AIKEN - Frances Dudley died peacefully at Eden Gardens in Aiken, SC on November 14, 2008. Frances was born in Thomasville, Georgia on July 7, 1914. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Dudley of Greenville SC where she resided until 1969. Ms. Dudley was co-founder of The Snail¹s Pace, A Christian Retreat Center, in Saluda NC...

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Nov 14, 2008

Aiken, SC- Mr. Richard Harry Bookstaver, 88, loving husband to Eleanor Gooden Bookstaver, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wallace Bland, Paul Cloessner, Robert Abshire, Owen Osbon, Harry Harmon, Ray...

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Nov 12, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Addie Mae Canter Hurst, 84, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday in Southlawn Cemetery with Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Mrs. Hurst was born in Orange, TX, a daughter of the late Columbus and Odessa Ratcliff Canter. She was a Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools...

Bessie Marie Baughman

Bessie Marie Baughman

Nov 9, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Bessie Marie Baughman, 95, died Sunday, November 9, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Interment will follow in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Heath, Jeff Heath, Brent Heath, Eric Muhlbaier, Rock Slaughter and Jimmy White. Ms. Baughman was born in...

Merlyn James Hoyt

Merlyn James Hoyt

Nov 8, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Merlyn James Hoyt, 86, died Nov. 8, 2008 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, Nov. 11 at South Aiken Church of God with the Rev. Bruce Fox, Rev. Joe Camp and Rev. William Moss officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hoyt was born in Monticello, ME to the late Harold and Laura...

Katherine Phillips

Katherine Phillips

Nov 8, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Katherine Iverson Phillips, 84, died Saturday, November 8, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Dr. David Cozad and Jane Keisler will officiate. Interment will be held privately in Sunset Memory Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Palmetto Sertoma Club. Mrs. Phillips was born in Clinton, Iowa,...

Ellen M. Sillasen

Ellen M. Sillasen

Nov 5, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Ellen M. Sillasen died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her residence while surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom McCullough, A. Kyle Adams, Tom Young, Sr., Bill Ayers, MD, Samuel...

Hazel Vaughn West

Hazel Vaughn West

Nov 4, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Hazel Vaughn West, 80, died November 4, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 6, 2008 from the graveside in Green Pond Cemetery, Woodruff, SC. Reverend Carol Waddell will officiate. Mrs. West was born in Woodruff, SC to the late Alexzander and Minnie Phillips Vaughn. She was a homemaker and mother, and member of...

Anne Butler Evans

Anne Butler Evans

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANNE BUTLER EVANS, 92, widow of Robert Herron Evans, Jr., died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center. A native of Bradford, MA, Mrs. Evans was a daughter of the late Enoch Howard and Mary Lockwood Butler. She was a longtime member of South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church and held a life membership in...

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Nov 4, 2008

WINDSOR, SC – CLYDE MONROE STANLEY, 90, beloved husband of Doris Shamrock Stanley, died Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at Heartland Hospice in Augusta, GA. A native of Culpepper, VA, Mr. Stanley was a son of the late James and Loreene Wolfrey Stanley. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in World War II and was retired from the...

Richard Charles Weigle

Richard Charles Weigle

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC - Richard Charles Weigle of Aiken, SC entered into rest on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife of sixty-two years, Pauline Watson Weigle. Born in 1921 in East Union, Ohio, Mr. Weigle was an Army veteran who served as a distinguished Infantry officer during World War II. Following the...

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Nov 2, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Eleanor Atwater Cool, 89, wife of the late William H. Cool, died November 2, 2008 at Shadow Oaks. Graveside service will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with funeral services following at 11:00 AM at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. She was born August 31, 1919, in...

Bertha Stokes Carter

Bertha Stokes Carter

Nov 1, 2008

AIKEN –Bertha Stokes Carter, 56, died Nov. 1 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Cemetery. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late William L. Stokes and Lillie Mae Tanner Stokes of Aiken. She...

Madeleine Combier

Madeleine Combier

Oct 31, 2008

AIKEN, SC – MADELEINE COMBIER, 87, beloved wife of Charles Combier, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Le Cheylard, France, Mrs. Combier was a daughter of the late Philippe and Victoria Faure Heritier. Madeleine’s father was a renowned French artist and poet. She and her husband Charles immigrated to The United States in...

Clyde Samuel Heaton

Clyde Samuel Heaton

Oct 31, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Clyde Samuel Heaton, 84, died Oct. 31 at home. Mr. Heaton was born June 19, 1924, in Anderson, S. C., the son of Carrie Gray and Amos E. Heaton. He graduated from Anderson Boy’s High School in 1941. He attended Erskine College in Due West, S. C. He also completed mechanical engineering courses from the International Correspondence School....

Angeline Hopkins Davis

Angeline Hopkins Davis

Oct 29, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Angeline Hopkins Davis, 75, beloved wife of John S. Davis, Sr. died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. She was a native of Albmorle, NA., and was a daughter of the late Lawson and Elizabeth Ferrell Hopkins. She moved to Aiken in 1970 and enjoyed working at Grace Methodist Church in North Augusta, with...

Edna Sharp Watts

Edna Sharp Watts

Oct 28, 2008

AIKEN, SC – EDNA SHARP WATTS, 74, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at National Health Care, N. Augusta, SC. She was a native of Black Mountain, Tenn. and was a daughter of the late Narvil and Maxine Goodman Sharp. She moved to Aiken in 1963, and after leaving the area she returned to Aiken in 1998. She was a graduate...

Ryan Allen Altman

Ryan Allen Altman

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN, SC – RYAN ALLEN ALTMAN, 29, of Aiken, SC, died Sunday at his residence. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Ryan was a son of John Robert Altman, Jr., and Toni Robison Oliphant. Survivors include his mother, Toni Robison (John) Oliphant, his father, John “Bobby” (Jan) Altman, all of Aiken, his daughter, Haley Altman, Elko, SC, maternal grandparents, Fred and...

Onita Coston Robison

Onita Coston Robison

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ONITA COSTON ROBISON, 78, beloved wife of Fred Allen Robison, Jr., died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Eden Gardens. Nita was a native of Winston-Salem, NC and was a daughter of the late Fred E. and Lula Prestwood Coston. She graduated from Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem and Appalachian State University. After graduation, she worked with the...

Norene Johnson Dugan

Norene Johnson Dugan

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Norene Johnson Dugan, 77, died Sunday, October 26, 2008. A reception in Mrs. Dugan’s honor will be held from noon until 2:00 PM Thursday, October 30, 2008 at South Aiken Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dugan was born in Kenosha, WI, a daughter of the late Arthur and Estelle Anderson Johnson. She had been a resident of Atlanta up...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Frances Dudley

Frances Dudley

Nov 14, 2008

AIKEN - Frances Dudley died peacefully at Eden Gardens in Aiken, SC on November 14, 2008. Frances was born in Thomasville, Georgia on July 7, 1914. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Dudley of Greenville SC where she resided until 1969. Ms. Dudley was co-founder of The Snail¹s Pace, A Christian Retreat Center, in Saluda NC...

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Nov 14, 2008

Aiken, SC- Mr. Richard Harry Bookstaver, 88, loving husband to Eleanor Gooden Bookstaver, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wallace Bland, Paul Cloessner, Robert Abshire, Owen Osbon, Harry Harmon, Ray...

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Nov 12, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Addie Mae Canter Hurst, 84, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday in Southlawn Cemetery with Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Mrs. Hurst was born in Orange, TX, a daughter of the late Columbus and Odessa Ratcliff Canter. She was a Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools...

Bessie Marie Baughman

Bessie Marie Baughman

Nov 9, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Bessie Marie Baughman, 95, died Sunday, November 9, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Interment will follow in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Heath, Jeff Heath, Brent Heath, Eric Muhlbaier, Rock Slaughter and Jimmy White. Ms. Baughman was born in...

Merlyn James Hoyt

Merlyn James Hoyt

Nov 8, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Merlyn James Hoyt, 86, died Nov. 8, 2008 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, Nov. 11 at South Aiken Church of God with the Rev. Bruce Fox, Rev. Joe Camp and Rev. William Moss officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hoyt was born in Monticello, ME to the late Harold and Laura...

Katherine Phillips

Katherine Phillips

Nov 8, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Katherine Iverson Phillips, 84, died Saturday, November 8, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Dr. David Cozad and Jane Keisler will officiate. Interment will be held privately in Sunset Memory Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Palmetto Sertoma Club. Mrs. Phillips was born in Clinton, Iowa,...

Ellen M. Sillasen

Ellen M. Sillasen

Nov 5, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Ellen M. Sillasen died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her residence while surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom McCullough, A. Kyle Adams, Tom Young, Sr., Bill Ayers, MD, Samuel...

Hazel Vaughn West

Hazel Vaughn West

Nov 4, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Hazel Vaughn West, 80, died November 4, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 6, 2008 from the graveside in Green Pond Cemetery, Woodruff, SC. Reverend Carol Waddell will officiate. Mrs. West was born in Woodruff, SC to the late Alexzander and Minnie Phillips Vaughn. She was a homemaker and mother, and member of...

Anne Butler Evans

Anne Butler Evans

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANNE BUTLER EVANS, 92, widow of Robert Herron Evans, Jr., died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center. A native of Bradford, MA, Mrs. Evans was a daughter of the late Enoch Howard and Mary Lockwood Butler. She was a longtime member of South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church and held a life membership in...

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Nov 4, 2008

WINDSOR, SC – CLYDE MONROE STANLEY, 90, beloved husband of Doris Shamrock Stanley, died Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at Heartland Hospice in Augusta, GA. A native of Culpepper, VA, Mr. Stanley was a son of the late James and Loreene Wolfrey Stanley. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in World War II and was retired from the...

Richard Charles Weigle

Richard Charles Weigle

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC - Richard Charles Weigle of Aiken, SC entered into rest on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife of sixty-two years, Pauline Watson Weigle. Born in 1921 in East Union, Ohio, Mr. Weigle was an Army veteran who served as a distinguished Infantry officer during World War II. Following the...

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Nov 2, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Eleanor Atwater Cool, 89, wife of the late William H. Cool, died November 2, 2008 at Shadow Oaks. Graveside service will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with funeral services following at 11:00 AM at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. She was born August 31, 1919, in...

Bertha Stokes Carter

Bertha Stokes Carter

Nov 1, 2008

AIKEN –Bertha Stokes Carter, 56, died Nov. 1 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Cemetery. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late William L. Stokes and Lillie Mae Tanner Stokes of Aiken. She...

Madeleine Combier

Madeleine Combier

Oct 31, 2008

AIKEN, SC – MADELEINE COMBIER, 87, beloved wife of Charles Combier, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Le Cheylard, France, Mrs. Combier was a daughter of the late Philippe and Victoria Faure Heritier. Madeleine’s father was a renowned French artist and poet. She and her husband Charles immigrated to The United States in...

Clyde Samuel Heaton

Clyde Samuel Heaton

Oct 31, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Clyde Samuel Heaton, 84, died Oct. 31 at home. Mr. Heaton was born June 19, 1924, in Anderson, S. C., the son of Carrie Gray and Amos E. Heaton. He graduated from Anderson Boy’s High School in 1941. He attended Erskine College in Due West, S. C. He also completed mechanical engineering courses from the International Correspondence School....

Angeline Hopkins Davis

Angeline Hopkins Davis

Oct 29, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Angeline Hopkins Davis, 75, beloved wife of John S. Davis, Sr. died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. She was a native of Albmorle, NA., and was a daughter of the late Lawson and Elizabeth Ferrell Hopkins. She moved to Aiken in 1970 and enjoyed working at Grace Methodist Church in North Augusta, with...

Edna Sharp Watts

Edna Sharp Watts

Oct 28, 2008

AIKEN, SC – EDNA SHARP WATTS, 74, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at National Health Care, N. Augusta, SC. She was a native of Black Mountain, Tenn. and was a daughter of the late Narvil and Maxine Goodman Sharp. She moved to Aiken in 1963, and after leaving the area she returned to Aiken in 1998. She was a graduate...

Ryan Allen Altman

Ryan Allen Altman

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN, SC – RYAN ALLEN ALTMAN, 29, of Aiken, SC, died Sunday at his residence. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Ryan was a son of John Robert Altman, Jr., and Toni Robison Oliphant. Survivors include his mother, Toni Robison (John) Oliphant, his father, John “Bobby” (Jan) Altman, all of Aiken, his daughter, Haley Altman, Elko, SC, maternal grandparents, Fred and...

Onita Coston Robison

Onita Coston Robison

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ONITA COSTON ROBISON, 78, beloved wife of Fred Allen Robison, Jr., died Sunday, October 26, 2008 at Eden Gardens. Nita was a native of Winston-Salem, NC and was a daughter of the late Fred E. and Lula Prestwood Coston. She graduated from Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem and Appalachian State University. After graduation, she worked with the...

Norene Johnson Dugan

Norene Johnson Dugan

Oct 26, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Norene Johnson Dugan, 77, died Sunday, October 26, 2008. A reception in Mrs. Dugan’s honor will be held from noon until 2:00 PM Thursday, October 30, 2008 at South Aiken Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dugan was born in Kenosha, WI, a daughter of the late Arthur and Estelle Anderson Johnson. She had been a resident of Atlanta up...