Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Rufus William Gosnell

Rufus William Gosnell

Dec 8, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Rufus William Gosnell, 94, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at First Baptist Church, Aiken. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the service. A private interment will be held at 12:45 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will...

Sarah Lowe Heath

Sarah Lowe Heath

Dec 6, 2009

AIKEN, SC – SARAH LOWE HEATH, 92, widow of Geddings Heath, died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Heath was a native, and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Fred and Viola Grant Lowe and step-daughter of the late Lila Boyd Lowe. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Pearly H Sellers, Jr.

Pearly H Sellers, Jr.

Dec 5, 2009

Aiken - Mr. Pearly H. Sellers, Jr., 84, died Saturday, December 5, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and Reverend Dr. Chris Masters will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sellers was born in Horry County, a son of the late Pearly H. Sellers, Sr....

Victoria Dean Adams

Victoria Dean Adams

Dec 4, 2009

Aiken, SC - Mrs. Victoria Dean Adams, 61, slipped quietly into the arms of Jesus on Friday, December 4, 2009. Victoria was born in Dothan, AL, a daughter of the late Leon Dean and Doris Grantham Sutton. She was a resident of Aiken since 1975, and a member of Levels Baptist Church. She was survived by her beloved husband, Danny...

Dorothy "Dottie" K Zorn

Dorothy "Dottie" K Zorn

Dec 4, 2009

AIKEN - Dorothy K. "Dottie" Zorn, died Friday, December 4, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at First Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. The family will receive freinds in the church parlor followng the service. Interment will then follow in Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Zorn was the daughter of Henry B. and Ella...

Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr.

Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr.

Dec 1, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr., 61, died November 30, 2009 in Columbia, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Jason Redd will officiate. Interment will be held privately. Mr. Youngblood was born in Aiken, a son of the late William Clarence and Doris Evelyn Bell Youngblood. He was...

James " Bo " Albert Brown Jr.

James " Bo " Albert Brown Jr.

Dec 1, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. James Albert “Bo” Brown, Jr., 56, died December 1, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Levels Baptist Church. Reverend Larry Scales will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of Levels Baptist Church, Allen Sturkey, Wayman Corley and Tommy Davis. Bo was born...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Rufus William Gosnell

Rufus William Gosnell

Dec 8, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Rufus William Gosnell, 94, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at First Baptist Church, Aiken. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the service. A private interment will be held at 12:45 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will...

Sarah Lowe Heath

Sarah Lowe Heath

Dec 6, 2009

AIKEN, SC – SARAH LOWE HEATH, 92, widow of Geddings Heath, died Sunday, December 6, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mrs. Heath was a native, and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Fred and Viola Grant Lowe and step-daughter of the late Lila Boyd Lowe. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Pearly H Sellers, Jr.

Pearly H Sellers, Jr.

Dec 5, 2009

Aiken - Mr. Pearly H. Sellers, Jr., 84, died Saturday, December 5, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and Reverend Dr. Chris Masters will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sellers was born in Horry County, a son of the late Pearly H. Sellers, Sr....

Victoria Dean Adams

Victoria Dean Adams

Dec 4, 2009

Aiken, SC - Mrs. Victoria Dean Adams, 61, slipped quietly into the arms of Jesus on Friday, December 4, 2009. Victoria was born in Dothan, AL, a daughter of the late Leon Dean and Doris Grantham Sutton. She was a resident of Aiken since 1975, and a member of Levels Baptist Church. She was survived by her beloved husband, Danny...

Dorothy "Dottie" K Zorn

Dorothy "Dottie" K Zorn

Dec 4, 2009

AIKEN - Dorothy K. "Dottie" Zorn, died Friday, December 4, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at First Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. The family will receive freinds in the church parlor followng the service. Interment will then follow in Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Zorn was the daughter of Henry B. and Ella...

Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr.

Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr.

Dec 1, 2009

AIKEN - Mr. Don Curtis Youngblood, Sr., 61, died November 30, 2009 in Columbia, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Jason Redd will officiate. Interment will be held privately. Mr. Youngblood was born in Aiken, a son of the late William Clarence and Doris Evelyn Bell Youngblood. He was...

James " Bo " Albert Brown Jr.

James " Bo " Albert Brown Jr.

Dec 1, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. James Albert “Bo” Brown, Jr., 56, died December 1, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Levels Baptist Church. Reverend Larry Scales will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of Levels Baptist Church, Allen Sturkey, Wayman Corley and Tommy Davis. Bo was born...