Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Christine Hahn Ropp

Christine Hahn Ropp

May 30, 2008

Columbia, SC- Christine Hahn Ropp, 85. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother died May 30, 2008. Born on Dec. 10, 1922 in Aiken, SC, she was a long-time resident until several years ago when she and her husband moved to Columbia to be closer to her family. A life-long member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken, she was the...

Mona Louise Campbell

Mona Louise Campbell

May 30, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mona Louise Campbell, 1919-2008 It is with great sadness, but with a deep sense of appreciation for an extremely full life, that Mona’s children John Band, Sarah Band and Vicki McRae, announce her death at her home in Aiken, SC The daughter of the late F.K. and Edna L. Morrow, Mona was predeceased by her beloved husband,...

Eddie Glover

Eddie Glover

May 30, 2008

Eddie Glover, 48, died May 30, 2008, at home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. June 4 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Jessimine Cemetery. He was born on July 27, 1959, in Aiken to the late Johnnie and Betty McKevie Glover. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Edward (Elbo) Glover and Johnney...

Jeffrey Leigh Peake

Jeffrey Leigh Peake

May 30, 2008

GRANITEVILLE, SC – JEFFREY LEIGH PEAKE, 41, son of the late William Harold Peake, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A native of Aiken County, Jeff was a son of the late William Harold Peake. Survivors include a daughter, Cassady Marie Peake, a son, Jeffrey Tyler Peake, a brother, Damon Peake and...

Barbara Dowis Hart

Barbara Dowis Hart

May 29, 2008

AIKEN – Barbara Ann Dowis Hart, 75, of Aiken, beloved wife of the late Charles Davis Hart, Jr., died Thursday May 29, 2008 at Shadow Oaks Nursing Home. Mrs. Hart was born in Anderson County, SC, to the late Walter M. and Tencie Lee Kinsey Dowis. She was a former secretary for First Baptist Church of Jackson for 25 years...

St. Clair "Web" Webster

St. Clair "Web" Webster

May 24, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. St. Clair “Web” Webster, 81, beloved husband of Lorine Temples Webster, died Saturday, May 24, in Augusta. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 Tuesday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Louie Anderson and Rev. Taylor Wells officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Cemetery. He was born in Ravenel, SC to the late Charlie...

Marjorie Bowers Allen

Marjorie Bowers Allen

May 22, 2008

AIKEN, SC – MARJORIE BOWERS ALLEN, 84, beloved wife of James R. “Jim” Allen, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Duncannon, PA, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of the late Charles A. and Martha Detz Gehr Bowers. She and her husband moved to Aiken 8 years ago from Connecticut. Mrs. Allen was a...

Myrtle Stewart Sloan

Myrtle Stewart Sloan

May 17, 2008

Aiken, SC-Myrtle Stewart Cook Sloan, 90, of Aiken, died Saturday, May 17 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Tuesday, May 20, at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea and Rev. Louie Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sloan was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter to...

Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson

Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson

May 14, 2008

AIKEN, SC – A memorial service for Mrs. Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church, Aiken, with The Reverend Dr. Fred W. Andrea III will officiating Private graveside services will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens before the memorial service. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the memorial service....

James Calvin Smith

James Calvin Smith

May 8, 2008

AIKEN, SC – JAMES CALVIN SMITH, 72, beloved husband of Joan C. “Peggy” Smith, died Thursday, May 08, 2008 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of East Orange, NJ, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Frederick Calvin and Marjorie Inness Smith. He attended the University of Kentucky and served in the National Guard. Mr. Smith moved to...

James Bernard Padgett

James Bernard Padgett

May 5, 2008

AIKEN, SC – JAMES BERNARD "Po Boy" PADGETT, 78, beloved husband of Gin McCarthy Padgett, died Monday, May 5, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Augusta, GA, Mr. Padgett was a son of the late Harmon Perry and Bertha Seats Padgett, and had lived most of his life in Aiken County He was a retired pipe fitter...

Jacob Herman Baas

Jacob Herman Baas

May 5, 2008

Mr. Jacob Herman Baas, 72, died May 5, 2008 at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. Mr. Baas was born in Elkton, MD, a son of the late Jacob and Anna May Dryden Baas. He was a plumber and waste-water operator, and had lived in the Aiken area for 2 months. Survivors include his beloved wife, Mary Ruth Williams...

Ernest Shaw Reynolds

Ernest Shaw Reynolds

May 3, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Ernest Shaw Reynolds Jr., 90, died at Aiken Regional Medical Center on May 3, 2008. Graveside service will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Gerald Bledsoe officiating. Mr. Reynolds was born in Providence, RI to the late Ernest Shaw Reynolds Sr. and Ruth Caverly Reynolds. He was a retired...

Susie Flowers Corley

Susie Flowers Corley

May 1, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Susie Flowers Corley, 91, died May 1, 2008 in Decatur, GA. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday at St. John’s United Methodist Church. The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Interment will follow in historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Corley was born in Andrews, SC, a daughter of the late John Harris and Lillie...

Jean Smith Taylor

Jean Smith Taylor

May 1, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Jean Smith Taylor, 82, died at her residence in Aiken on May 1, 2008. Mrs. Taylor was born in Reform, AL to the late James William and Ella Mae Smith. She was a retired registered nurse with the Baptist Medical Centers in Birmingham, AL. She moved to Aiken in 1997 and enjoyed life at Kalmia Landing...

J. Russell Harrison

J. Russell Harrison

Apr 29, 2008

Aiken- John Russell Harrison, 73, died Tuesday, April 29. Mr. Harrison was the son of the late John Albert and Marie Gastyla Harrison. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Senz Harrison, beloved children, Patricia (Barry) Gardebled, Fishkill, NY, Sharon Flanagan, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Harrison, Greenville, SC and four grandchildren William Bonar, Nicole Bonar, Robert Flanagan, and Cassie Flanagan....

Ann Fox Smith

Ann Fox Smith

Apr 25, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANN STORY FOX SMITH, 47, died at her home on April 25, 2008. She was a native of Atlanta, GA and had made Aiken her home since 1988. She was a daughter of the late Carl Louis Fox, Jr. and Marcia Mansfield Fox. Ann graduated from Presbyterian College and received her Masters degree from Converse College. She...

John E Fleming

John E Fleming

Apr 21, 2008

AIKEN, SC-John “Jack” E. Fleming completed life’s journey and entered into eternal rest Monday April 21, 2008. Born September 4, 1923 in Sharon, PA. The son of the late William McIntyre Fleming and Edna Billings Fleming. Mr. Fleming lived most of his life in Pittsburgh, PA. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1942, he served 3 years in...

Albert Stanley Yascavage

Albert Stanley Yascavage

Apr 17, 2008

AIKEN – Albert Stanley Yascavage, 83, died Thursday April 17, 2008 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Monday, April 21, at St. Mary’s Help of Christian Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Mr. Yascavage was born in Shamokin, PA to Nicholas and Victoria Yascavage. He was a member at St. Mary’s...

James Lee Whitmire

James Lee Whitmire

Apr 15, 2008

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Mr. James Lee Whitmire, 42, died Tuesday April 15, 2008 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Mr. Whitmire was born in Asheville, NC to Elmer L. and Betty Jenkins Whitmire. Mr. Whitmire was a graduate from Silver Bluff High School. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of the Hospital Corpsman “A” School...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Christine Hahn Ropp

Christine Hahn Ropp

May 30, 2008

Columbia, SC- Christine Hahn Ropp, 85. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother died May 30, 2008. Born on Dec. 10, 1922 in Aiken, SC, she was a long-time resident until several years ago when she and her husband moved to Columbia to be closer to her family. A life-long member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken, she was the...

Mona Louise Campbell

Mona Louise Campbell

May 30, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mona Louise Campbell, 1919-2008 It is with great sadness, but with a deep sense of appreciation for an extremely full life, that Mona’s children John Band, Sarah Band and Vicki McRae, announce her death at her home in Aiken, SC The daughter of the late F.K. and Edna L. Morrow, Mona was predeceased by her beloved husband,...

Eddie Glover

Eddie Glover

May 30, 2008

Eddie Glover, 48, died May 30, 2008, at home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. June 4 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Jessimine Cemetery. He was born on July 27, 1959, in Aiken to the late Johnnie and Betty McKevie Glover. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Edward (Elbo) Glover and Johnney...

Jeffrey Leigh Peake

Jeffrey Leigh Peake

May 30, 2008

GRANITEVILLE, SC – JEFFREY LEIGH PEAKE, 41, son of the late William Harold Peake, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A native of Aiken County, Jeff was a son of the late William Harold Peake. Survivors include a daughter, Cassady Marie Peake, a son, Jeffrey Tyler Peake, a brother, Damon Peake and...

Barbara Dowis Hart

Barbara Dowis Hart

May 29, 2008

AIKEN – Barbara Ann Dowis Hart, 75, of Aiken, beloved wife of the late Charles Davis Hart, Jr., died Thursday May 29, 2008 at Shadow Oaks Nursing Home. Mrs. Hart was born in Anderson County, SC, to the late Walter M. and Tencie Lee Kinsey Dowis. She was a former secretary for First Baptist Church of Jackson for 25 years...

St. Clair "Web" Webster

St. Clair "Web" Webster

May 24, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. St. Clair “Web” Webster, 81, beloved husband of Lorine Temples Webster, died Saturday, May 24, in Augusta. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 Tuesday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Louie Anderson and Rev. Taylor Wells officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Cemetery. He was born in Ravenel, SC to the late Charlie...

Marjorie Bowers Allen

Marjorie Bowers Allen

May 22, 2008

AIKEN, SC – MARJORIE BOWERS ALLEN, 84, beloved wife of James R. “Jim” Allen, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Duncannon, PA, Mrs. Allen was a daughter of the late Charles A. and Martha Detz Gehr Bowers. She and her husband moved to Aiken 8 years ago from Connecticut. Mrs. Allen was a...

Myrtle Stewart Sloan

Myrtle Stewart Sloan

May 17, 2008

Aiken, SC-Myrtle Stewart Cook Sloan, 90, of Aiken, died Saturday, May 17 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Tuesday, May 20, at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea and Rev. Louie Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sloan was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter to...

Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson

Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson

May 14, 2008

AIKEN, SC – A memorial service for Mrs. Vera Mincey Heaton-Johnson will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church, Aiken, with The Reverend Dr. Fred W. Andrea III will officiating Private graveside services will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens before the memorial service. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the memorial service....

James Calvin Smith

James Calvin Smith

May 8, 2008

AIKEN, SC – JAMES CALVIN SMITH, 72, beloved husband of Joan C. “Peggy” Smith, died Thursday, May 08, 2008 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of East Orange, NJ, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Frederick Calvin and Marjorie Inness Smith. He attended the University of Kentucky and served in the National Guard. Mr. Smith moved to...

James Bernard Padgett

James Bernard Padgett

May 5, 2008

AIKEN, SC – JAMES BERNARD "Po Boy" PADGETT, 78, beloved husband of Gin McCarthy Padgett, died Monday, May 5, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Augusta, GA, Mr. Padgett was a son of the late Harmon Perry and Bertha Seats Padgett, and had lived most of his life in Aiken County He was a retired pipe fitter...

Jacob Herman Baas

Jacob Herman Baas

May 5, 2008

Mr. Jacob Herman Baas, 72, died May 5, 2008 at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. Mr. Baas was born in Elkton, MD, a son of the late Jacob and Anna May Dryden Baas. He was a plumber and waste-water operator, and had lived in the Aiken area for 2 months. Survivors include his beloved wife, Mary Ruth Williams...

Ernest Shaw Reynolds

Ernest Shaw Reynolds

May 3, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Ernest Shaw Reynolds Jr., 90, died at Aiken Regional Medical Center on May 3, 2008. Graveside service will be held Tuesday at 3:00 PM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Gerald Bledsoe officiating. Mr. Reynolds was born in Providence, RI to the late Ernest Shaw Reynolds Sr. and Ruth Caverly Reynolds. He was a retired...

Susie Flowers Corley

Susie Flowers Corley

May 1, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Susie Flowers Corley, 91, died May 1, 2008 in Decatur, GA. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday at St. John’s United Methodist Church. The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Interment will follow in historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Corley was born in Andrews, SC, a daughter of the late John Harris and Lillie...

Jean Smith Taylor

Jean Smith Taylor

May 1, 2008

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Jean Smith Taylor, 82, died at her residence in Aiken on May 1, 2008. Mrs. Taylor was born in Reform, AL to the late James William and Ella Mae Smith. She was a retired registered nurse with the Baptist Medical Centers in Birmingham, AL. She moved to Aiken in 1997 and enjoyed life at Kalmia Landing...

J. Russell Harrison

J. Russell Harrison

Apr 29, 2008

Aiken- John Russell Harrison, 73, died Tuesday, April 29. Mr. Harrison was the son of the late John Albert and Marie Gastyla Harrison. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Senz Harrison, beloved children, Patricia (Barry) Gardebled, Fishkill, NY, Sharon Flanagan, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Harrison, Greenville, SC and four grandchildren William Bonar, Nicole Bonar, Robert Flanagan, and Cassie Flanagan....

Ann Fox Smith

Ann Fox Smith

Apr 25, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANN STORY FOX SMITH, 47, died at her home on April 25, 2008. She was a native of Atlanta, GA and had made Aiken her home since 1988. She was a daughter of the late Carl Louis Fox, Jr. and Marcia Mansfield Fox. Ann graduated from Presbyterian College and received her Masters degree from Converse College. She...

John E Fleming

John E Fleming

Apr 21, 2008

AIKEN, SC-John “Jack” E. Fleming completed life’s journey and entered into eternal rest Monday April 21, 2008. Born September 4, 1923 in Sharon, PA. The son of the late William McIntyre Fleming and Edna Billings Fleming. Mr. Fleming lived most of his life in Pittsburgh, PA. After graduating from Central Catholic High School in 1942, he served 3 years in...

Albert Stanley Yascavage

Albert Stanley Yascavage

Apr 17, 2008

AIKEN – Albert Stanley Yascavage, 83, died Thursday April 17, 2008 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Monday, April 21, at St. Mary’s Help of Christian Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Mr. Yascavage was born in Shamokin, PA to Nicholas and Victoria Yascavage. He was a member at St. Mary’s...

James Lee Whitmire

James Lee Whitmire

Apr 15, 2008

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Mr. James Lee Whitmire, 42, died Tuesday April 15, 2008 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Mr. Whitmire was born in Asheville, NC to Elmer L. and Betty Jenkins Whitmire. Mr. Whitmire was a graduate from Silver Bluff High School. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of the Hospital Corpsman “A” School...