Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Timothy James Rogers, Jr.

Timothy James Rogers, Jr.

Mar 8, 2010

AIKEN- Timothy James Rogers, Jr., 18 month old son of Timothy James and Jane Nicole Woodward Rogers, died March 8, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:00 at First Baptist Church, Windsor, SC with the Rev. Jason Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Rogers Family Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wesley...

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh

Mar 8, 2010

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh, 82, died, March 8, 2010, at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Shirley was born September 19, 1927 in Minneola, FL, to the late Neil and Margie Thurmond. She was a graduate of Alexander Park High School in Portsmouth, VA. She has been a resident of New Ellenton, SC from 1950 until 1999, and in Aiken, SC the last...

Joseph H. Farmer

Joseph H. Farmer

Mar 7, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Joseph H. Farmer, 89, died Sunday, March 7, 2010. Inurnment will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, March 19 at the First Presbyterian Church Columbarium with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Farmer was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Geames and Edna Allen Farmer....

Christine Lyday Merrill

Christine Lyday Merrill

Mar 5, 2010

Aiken- Christine Caroline Lyday Merrill, 77, died March 5 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. She was born in Transylvania, NC to the late Ernest William and Frances Gray Lyday and was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors include her loving husband, Winston Everette Merrill and beloved children, Deborah Kay Merrill, Aiken, and David Wayne Merrill, Lexington. In addition to...

Barbara Paschal Mortimer

Barbara Paschal Mortimer

Mar 5, 2010

Arrangements are incomplete. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

Charles Weiss

Charles Weiss

Mar 4, 2010

Arrangements are incomplete. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair

Mar 4, 2010

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair Homemaker and Community Leader Montmorenci, S. C.-Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair, 85, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Montmorenci First Baptist Church with Reverend Tommy Richardson, Reverend Ted Robertson and Reverend William Bradley Bird officiating. Interment will be held at 11:00 AM Monday in the...

Rev. Loman Foster Fish

Rev. Loman Foster Fish

Mar 4, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- Loman Foster Fish, 82, retired United Methodist minister, died March 4, 2010 at his residence, HarborChase of Aiken, where he has lived for the last 3 ½ years. A native of Sherrodsville, Ohio, Loman was married to Ilene (Muzzy) Fish for 56 years prior to her death in 2005. He was a graduate of Asbury College and...

Minnie Lee Fox Courtney

Minnie Lee Fox Courtney

Mar 3, 2010

CHARLESTON, SC - Mrs. Minnie Lee Fox Courtney, 92, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in North Charleston, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave., with Reverend Charles Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Courtney was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Rufus and...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Timothy James Rogers, Jr.

Timothy James Rogers, Jr.

Mar 8, 2010

AIKEN- Timothy James Rogers, Jr., 18 month old son of Timothy James and Jane Nicole Woodward Rogers, died March 8, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:00 at First Baptist Church, Windsor, SC with the Rev. Jason Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Rogers Family Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wesley...

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh

Mar 8, 2010

Shirley Thurmond Arbaugh, 82, died, March 8, 2010, at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Shirley was born September 19, 1927 in Minneola, FL, to the late Neil and Margie Thurmond. She was a graduate of Alexander Park High School in Portsmouth, VA. She has been a resident of New Ellenton, SC from 1950 until 1999, and in Aiken, SC the last...

Joseph H. Farmer

Joseph H. Farmer

Mar 7, 2010

AIKEN - Mr. Joseph H. Farmer, 89, died Sunday, March 7, 2010. Inurnment will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, March 19 at the First Presbyterian Church Columbarium with the Reverend Dr. David Cozad officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Farmer was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Geames and Edna Allen Farmer....

Christine Lyday Merrill

Christine Lyday Merrill

Mar 5, 2010

Aiken- Christine Caroline Lyday Merrill, 77, died March 5 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. She was born in Transylvania, NC to the late Ernest William and Frances Gray Lyday and was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors include her loving husband, Winston Everette Merrill and beloved children, Deborah Kay Merrill, Aiken, and David Wayne Merrill, Lexington. In addition to...

Barbara Paschal Mortimer

Barbara Paschal Mortimer

Mar 5, 2010

Arrangements are incomplete. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

Charles Weiss

Charles Weiss

Mar 4, 2010

Arrangements are incomplete. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair

Mar 4, 2010

Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair Homemaker and Community Leader Montmorenci, S. C.-Lorraine Spates Carlisle McNair, 85, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Montmorenci First Baptist Church with Reverend Tommy Richardson, Reverend Ted Robertson and Reverend William Bradley Bird officiating. Interment will be held at 11:00 AM Monday in the...

Rev. Loman Foster Fish

Rev. Loman Foster Fish

Mar 4, 2010

AIKEN, SC -- Loman Foster Fish, 82, retired United Methodist minister, died March 4, 2010 at his residence, HarborChase of Aiken, where he has lived for the last 3 ½ years. A native of Sherrodsville, Ohio, Loman was married to Ilene (Muzzy) Fish for 56 years prior to her death in 2005. He was a graduate of Asbury College and...

Minnie Lee Fox Courtney

Minnie Lee Fox Courtney

Mar 3, 2010

CHARLESTON, SC - Mrs. Minnie Lee Fox Courtney, 92, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in North Charleston, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave., with Reverend Charles Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Courtney was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Rufus and...