Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Gene Smith

Gene Smith

Feb 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC – Gene Smith, 62, husband of the late Judy McDaniel Smith died February 1, 2009 from injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Born in Monticello, MS Mr. Smith was a son of Roberta Mullins Smith and the late J.P. Smith He was a Navy Veteran, and served two tours in Vietnam. He was a member of the Augusta...

Harvey Wallace Starbuck

Harvey Wallace Starbuck

Jan 31, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Harvey Wallace Starbuck, 89, died January 31, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Starbuck was born in Staples, MN, a son of the late Lester and Agnes Hall Starbuck. He served in the US Marines during WWII, and he and his wife moved to Aiken in 1952. He was a pipe-fitter for E.I. DuPont at the...

Irene Moore Ussery

Irene Moore Ussery

Jan 30, 2009

NEW ELLENTON, SC – IRENE MOORE USSERY, 83, widow of Burnis E. Ussery, died Friday, January 30, 2009 at her son’s home. Mrs. Ussery was born in Eastman, GA on August 4, 1925 to Samuel C. and Annie Foster Moore. She moved to New Ellenton in 1954 where her husband B. E. Ussery took one of the first jobs as...

Lila Walker Breeland

Lila Walker Breeland

Jan 28, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Lila Christine Walker Breeland, 86, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Trinity Lutheran Home. Mrs. Breeland was born in Graniteville, SC, a daughter of the late Albert and Marie Holsonbake Walker. She was a resident of Aiken since 1987, a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church, and loved her animals. She is survived by her...

James E. Drips

James E. Drips

Jan 26, 2009

BATH, SC – Mr. James E. “Tony” Drips, 68, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his residence. A kind, gentle man and loving father and grandfather that will be deeply missed my his family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday Feb. 7th in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Wes Holbrook will...

Harold Judson Franz

Harold Judson Franz

Jan 21, 2009

Dr. Harold Judson Franz, 86, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at his home, after a four month battle with cancer. He went to be with Jesus, his faithful Lord and Savior. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Wilma Ristvedt Franz. A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 2 pm at New Covenant...

Mary Skill Mowry

Mary Skill Mowry

Jan 21, 2009

Mary Skill Mowry, 92, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, surrounded by family. She was born in White Salmon, Washington in 1916. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Molly Skill; three brothers – Wes, Don and Bob Skill; by her husband Art Mowry; and by her son, Stephen Mowry. She grew up in Washington State and...

Vickie Garrick Crain

Vickie Garrick Crain

Jan 19, 2009

AIKEN, SC – VICKIE LYNN GARRICK CRAIN, 54, of Aiken, died Monday, January 19, 2009 at Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Ms Crain was a daughter of Wilbur L. Garrick and the late Bonnie Hodges Garrick. She was a retired secretary from Westinghouse at the Savannah River Site. Survivors, in addition...

Eleanor Richardson Duncan

Eleanor Richardson Duncan

Jan 19, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Eleanor Richardson Duncan, 78, died Monday, January 19, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Redds Branch Baptist Church. Reverend Gary Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Graniteville Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of the late Lonnie and Evelyn Ford Richardson. She was a homemaker and...

Joseph Garritano

Joseph Garritano

Jan 18, 2009

AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH GARRITANO, 84, beloved husband of Robbie Garritano, died January 18, 2009 at University Hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...

Vincent O Richardson

Vincent O Richardson

Jan 16, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Vincent O’Neal Richardson, Sr., departed this life to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, January 16, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Kedron Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Brad Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in the Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Vincent O. Richardson, Jr., John A...

Mary Eunice Sizemore

Mary Eunice Sizemore

Jan 7, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Mary Eunice Johnson Sizemore, 85, wife of the late James Sizemore, Jr., died Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Family will receive friends following the service. Interment will be private at Talatha Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sizemore was...

Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson

Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson

Jan 5, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson, “Miss Ann”, 46, died Monday, January 5, 2009. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday in the Kedron Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Brad Willis officiating. Mrs. Stevenson was born in Augusta, GA, a daughter of the late Billy Severe and Gladys Isbell Lyles. She was a resident of...

Donald Frederick Kaercher

Donald Frederick Kaercher

Jan 5, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DONALD FREDERICK KAERCHER, 85, beloved husband of Margaret Proctor Kaercher, died Monday, January 5, 2009 at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, SC. A native of Allentown, PA, Mr. Kaercher was a son of the late Charles and Theresa Schmaldienst Kaercher. He proudly served his country during World War II in the Army Infantry. He attended Temple University...

Nancy Louise Vanderventer Miller

Nancy Louise Vanderventer Miller

Jan 4, 2009

On January 4, 2009, God and all his angels called our loving mother, grandmother and best friend home to the eternal mansion he had prepared for her, a promise of no more pain and suffering. Go in peace mom, and know that the greatest gift you gave us all was God’s salvation. You will be missed, but heaven was your...

James Green Cato, Jr.

James Green Cato, Jr.

Jan 4, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. James Green Cato, Jr., 92, died Saturday, January 3, 2009 at the Pepper Hill Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday from the graveside in Westview Cemetery, Moultrie, GA. Reverend William McCoy will officiate. Military honors will follow. Honorary pallbearers will be Ben Wyman, Charlie Wyman, Rusty Davidson, Jeremiah Hutto, Doug Eldgridge and...

Gordon G. Bonvallet

Gordon G. Bonvallet

Jan 3, 2009

Arrangements will be announced.

Keith Paul Bersticker

Keith Paul Bersticker

Dec 29, 2008

Aiken--Keith Paul Bersticker, 59, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Cerniglia officiating. Mr. Bersticker was born in Toledo, OH to Herman and the late Wilma Bersticker. He graduated from Bowsher High School in 1967. He graduated from the United States...

Charles H. Marvin, III

Charles H. Marvin, III

Dec 28, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. Charles H. Marvin, III, 66, died December 28, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. A private interment will be held prior to the funeral service in Bethany Cemetery. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Mr. Marvin was a lifelong resident of Aiken. He was a banker,...

Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer

Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer

Dec 27, 2008

AIKEN – Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer, 67, died Saturday, December 27, 2008. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Mark Miller will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. Dr. Greer was born in Easley, SC, a son of the late Ansel Dewitt and Rachael Elizabeth Black Greer....

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Gene Smith

Gene Smith

Feb 1, 2009

AIKEN, SC – Gene Smith, 62, husband of the late Judy McDaniel Smith died February 1, 2009 from injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Born in Monticello, MS Mr. Smith was a son of Roberta Mullins Smith and the late J.P. Smith He was a Navy Veteran, and served two tours in Vietnam. He was a member of the Augusta...

Harvey Wallace Starbuck

Harvey Wallace Starbuck

Jan 31, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Harvey Wallace Starbuck, 89, died January 31, 2009 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Starbuck was born in Staples, MN, a son of the late Lester and Agnes Hall Starbuck. He served in the US Marines during WWII, and he and his wife moved to Aiken in 1952. He was a pipe-fitter for E.I. DuPont at the...

Irene Moore Ussery

Irene Moore Ussery

Jan 30, 2009

NEW ELLENTON, SC – IRENE MOORE USSERY, 83, widow of Burnis E. Ussery, died Friday, January 30, 2009 at her son’s home. Mrs. Ussery was born in Eastman, GA on August 4, 1925 to Samuel C. and Annie Foster Moore. She moved to New Ellenton in 1954 where her husband B. E. Ussery took one of the first jobs as...

Lila Walker Breeland

Lila Walker Breeland

Jan 28, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Lila Christine Walker Breeland, 86, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Trinity Lutheran Home. Mrs. Breeland was born in Graniteville, SC, a daughter of the late Albert and Marie Holsonbake Walker. She was a resident of Aiken since 1987, a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church, and loved her animals. She is survived by her...

James E. Drips

James E. Drips

Jan 26, 2009

BATH, SC – Mr. James E. “Tony” Drips, 68, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his residence. A kind, gentle man and loving father and grandfather that will be deeply missed my his family and friends. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday Feb. 7th in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Wes Holbrook will...

Harold Judson Franz

Harold Judson Franz

Jan 21, 2009

Dr. Harold Judson Franz, 86, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at his home, after a four month battle with cancer. He went to be with Jesus, his faithful Lord and Savior. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Wilma Ristvedt Franz. A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 2 pm at New Covenant...

Mary Skill Mowry

Mary Skill Mowry

Jan 21, 2009

Mary Skill Mowry, 92, passed away Wednesday, January 21, 2009, surrounded by family. She was born in White Salmon, Washington in 1916. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Molly Skill; three brothers – Wes, Don and Bob Skill; by her husband Art Mowry; and by her son, Stephen Mowry. She grew up in Washington State and...

Vickie Garrick Crain

Vickie Garrick Crain

Jan 19, 2009

AIKEN, SC – VICKIE LYNN GARRICK CRAIN, 54, of Aiken, died Monday, January 19, 2009 at Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Ms Crain was a daughter of Wilbur L. Garrick and the late Bonnie Hodges Garrick. She was a retired secretary from Westinghouse at the Savannah River Site. Survivors, in addition...

Eleanor Richardson Duncan

Eleanor Richardson Duncan

Jan 19, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Eleanor Richardson Duncan, 78, died Monday, January 19, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Redds Branch Baptist Church. Reverend Gary Hanna will officiate. Interment will follow in Graniteville Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Duncan was a daughter of the late Lonnie and Evelyn Ford Richardson. She was a homemaker and...

Joseph Garritano

Joseph Garritano

Jan 18, 2009

AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH GARRITANO, 84, beloved husband of Robbie Garritano, died January 18, 2009 at University Hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home, 715 East Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...

Vincent O Richardson

Vincent O Richardson

Jan 16, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. Vincent O’Neal Richardson, Sr., departed this life to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, January 16, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at Kedron Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Brad Willis will officiate. Interment will follow in the Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Vincent O. Richardson, Jr., John A...

Mary Eunice Sizemore

Mary Eunice Sizemore

Jan 7, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Mary Eunice Johnson Sizemore, 85, wife of the late James Sizemore, Jr., died Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Family will receive friends following the service. Interment will be private at Talatha Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sizemore was...

Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson

Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson

Jan 5, 2009

AIKEN – Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Lyles Stevenson, “Miss Ann”, 46, died Monday, January 5, 2009. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday in the Kedron Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Brad Willis officiating. Mrs. Stevenson was born in Augusta, GA, a daughter of the late Billy Severe and Gladys Isbell Lyles. She was a resident of...

Donald Frederick Kaercher

Donald Frederick Kaercher

Jan 5, 2009

AIKEN, SC – DONALD FREDERICK KAERCHER, 85, beloved husband of Margaret Proctor Kaercher, died Monday, January 5, 2009 at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, SC. A native of Allentown, PA, Mr. Kaercher was a son of the late Charles and Theresa Schmaldienst Kaercher. He proudly served his country during World War II in the Army Infantry. He attended Temple University...

Nancy Louise Vanderventer Miller

Nancy Louise Vanderventer Miller

Jan 4, 2009

On January 4, 2009, God and all his angels called our loving mother, grandmother and best friend home to the eternal mansion he had prepared for her, a promise of no more pain and suffering. Go in peace mom, and know that the greatest gift you gave us all was God’s salvation. You will be missed, but heaven was your...

James Green Cato, Jr.

James Green Cato, Jr.

Jan 4, 2009

AIKEN – Mr. James Green Cato, Jr., 92, died Saturday, January 3, 2009 at the Pepper Hill Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday from the graveside in Westview Cemetery, Moultrie, GA. Reverend William McCoy will officiate. Military honors will follow. Honorary pallbearers will be Ben Wyman, Charlie Wyman, Rusty Davidson, Jeremiah Hutto, Doug Eldgridge and...

Gordon G. Bonvallet

Gordon G. Bonvallet

Jan 3, 2009

Arrangements will be announced.

Keith Paul Bersticker

Keith Paul Bersticker

Dec 29, 2008

Aiken--Keith Paul Bersticker, 59, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Cerniglia officiating. Mr. Bersticker was born in Toledo, OH to Herman and the late Wilma Bersticker. He graduated from Bowsher High School in 1967. He graduated from the United States...

Charles H. Marvin, III

Charles H. Marvin, III

Dec 28, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. Charles H. Marvin, III, 66, died December 28, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 Am Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. A private interment will be held prior to the funeral service in Bethany Cemetery. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Mr. Marvin was a lifelong resident of Aiken. He was a banker,...

Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer

Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer

Dec 27, 2008

AIKEN – Dr. Douglas Edwin Greer, 67, died Saturday, December 27, 2008. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Mark Miller will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. Dr. Greer was born in Easley, SC, a son of the late Ansel Dewitt and Rachael Elizabeth Black Greer....