Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Jewell Turk Fulghum

Jewell Turk Fulghum

Jun 6, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Jewell Turk Fulghum, 88, died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Friday at Beech Island First Baptist Church with the Reverend Finley Limehouse officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church. Mrs. Fulghum was...

David W King

David W King

Jun 5, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DAVID W. KING, 91, beloved husband of Margaret Sepko King, died Thursday, June 4, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Michael Francis Caruso

Michael Francis Caruso

Jun 4, 2009

Services will be held in Lowell, MA

Paul H Pinson

Paul H Pinson

Jun 2, 2009

AIKEN, SC – PAUL H. PINSON, SR., 86, beloved husband of Maude Kammer Pinson, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Elmcroft of Martinez. A native of McCormick, SC, Mr. Pinson was a son of the late Frank Maynard and Mattie White Pinson. He grew up in McCormick and then entered the Maritime Service just prior to Pearl Harbor. He served...

James Albert Brown, Sr.

James Albert Brown, Sr.

Jun 2, 2009

James A. Brown, 78, went to be with the Lord on June 2, 2009, at his residence. He was a husband of 53 years of Carolyn (Patty) Moseley Brown. Born on Feb. 23, 1931, in Jenkins County, Ga., he was the son of Marie and Neal Brown of Augusta. He lived most of his life in Aiken. He worked at...

Durham Steele Hyman

Durham Steele Hyman

Jun 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC -- Durham Steele Hyman, age 93, died Monday, June 01, 2009, at home. Graveside services will be held at Bethany Cemetery on Thursday, June 4 at 11:00 am. Dr. Fred Andrea of First Baptist Church will officiate. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Louise Westermann Hyman; three sons, William Durham Hyman (Patti) of Huntsville, Alabama,...

Ruby Mae McDonald

Ruby Mae McDonald

May 28, 2009

Ruby M. Flake McDonald, 70, widow of George Joseph McDonald Sr. passed away May 28th after extended illness. Mrs. Mcdonald was born Feb. 24, 1939 in Bishopville. Daughter of the late Ebby Flake and Esther Wooten. A devoted and loving mother, wife and Nana. Ruby is survived by her children Delores Albert, George McDonald Jr., Brenda Tant of Leesville, Michael...

Infant Leah Claire Kelly

Infant Leah Claire Kelly

May 28, 2009

Leah Claire Kelly, infant daughter of Sophie Swift Kelly and Chad Eric Kelly, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2009. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother and sister, Chase and Ashlyn Kelly; maternal grandparents, Rev. Richard and Laurie Swift, Aiken; paternal grandparents, Don and Myra Kelly, Aiken. Funeral services will be held privately. Shellhouse Funeral Home,...

Mary Louise Key

Mary Louise Key

May 26, 2009

NEW ELLENTON, SC – MARY LOUISE KEY, 82, beloved wife of Claude J. Key, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at her residence in New Ellenton. A native of St. Augustine, FL, Mrs. Key was a daughter of the late Ellis and Mattie Mixon Kelley. She was a registered nurse and worked at the 376 Station Hospital in Japan post World...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

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...

Jewell Turk Fulghum

Jewell Turk Fulghum

Jun 6, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Jewell Turk Fulghum, 88, died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Friday at Beech Island First Baptist Church with the Reverend Finley Limehouse officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church. Mrs. Fulghum was...

David W King

David W King

Jun 5, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DAVID W. KING, 91, beloved husband of Margaret Sepko King, died Thursday, June 4, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Michael Francis Caruso

Michael Francis Caruso

Jun 4, 2009

Services will be held in Lowell, MA

Paul H Pinson

Paul H Pinson

Jun 2, 2009

AIKEN, SC – PAUL H. PINSON, SR., 86, beloved husband of Maude Kammer Pinson, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Elmcroft of Martinez. A native of McCormick, SC, Mr. Pinson was a son of the late Frank Maynard and Mattie White Pinson. He grew up in McCormick and then entered the Maritime Service just prior to Pearl Harbor. He served...

James Albert Brown, Sr.

James Albert Brown, Sr.

Jun 2, 2009

James A. Brown, 78, went to be with the Lord on June 2, 2009, at his residence. He was a husband of 53 years of Carolyn (Patty) Moseley Brown. Born on Feb. 23, 1931, in Jenkins County, Ga., he was the son of Marie and Neal Brown of Augusta. He lived most of his life in Aiken. He worked at...

Durham Steele Hyman

Durham Steele Hyman

Jun 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC -- Durham Steele Hyman, age 93, died Monday, June 01, 2009, at home. Graveside services will be held at Bethany Cemetery on Thursday, June 4 at 11:00 am. Dr. Fred Andrea of First Baptist Church will officiate. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Louise Westermann Hyman; three sons, William Durham Hyman (Patti) of Huntsville, Alabama,...

Ruby Mae McDonald

Ruby Mae McDonald

May 28, 2009

Ruby M. Flake McDonald, 70, widow of George Joseph McDonald Sr. passed away May 28th after extended illness. Mrs. Mcdonald was born Feb. 24, 1939 in Bishopville. Daughter of the late Ebby Flake and Esther Wooten. A devoted and loving mother, wife and Nana. Ruby is survived by her children Delores Albert, George McDonald Jr., Brenda Tant of Leesville, Michael...

Infant Leah Claire Kelly

Infant Leah Claire Kelly

May 28, 2009

Leah Claire Kelly, infant daughter of Sophie Swift Kelly and Chad Eric Kelly, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2009. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother and sister, Chase and Ashlyn Kelly; maternal grandparents, Rev. Richard and Laurie Swift, Aiken; paternal grandparents, Don and Myra Kelly, Aiken. Funeral services will be held privately. Shellhouse Funeral Home,...

Mary Louise Key

Mary Louise Key

May 26, 2009

NEW ELLENTON, SC – MARY LOUISE KEY, 82, beloved wife of Claude J. Key, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at her residence in New Ellenton. A native of St. Augustine, FL, Mrs. Key was a daughter of the late Ellis and Mattie Mixon Kelley. She was a registered nurse and worked at the 376 Station Hospital in Japan post World...