Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Delader Herron Hair

Delader Herron Hair

May 24, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Delader Herron Hair, 79, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Herron Family Cemetery. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Mrs. Hair was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter of the late John Henry and Susie Posey Herron. She was...

Brent Nolan Ringler

Brent Nolan Ringler

May 22, 2007

AIKEN, SC – BRENT NOLAN RINGLER, 44, beloved husband of Mindy Ringler, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Brent was born in Ft. Wayne, IN. He worked in sales with Bellsouth and was a member of the M.S. Society. He had moved to Aiken a year ago from Delray Beach, FL. Survivors in addition to his...

John J. "Jack" Dorr

John J. "Jack" Dorr

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC - MR. JOHN J. “JACK” DORR, 76, of Aiken, beloved family man and husband of Willa Berrie Dorr, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Augusta GA, Mr. Dorr was the son of the late Victor A. and Caroline O’Garmon Dorr. He had been a resident of Aiken since 1955. In the...

Rose Riemert

Rose Riemert

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC – ROSE RIEMERT, 77, of Aiken, widow of Eli Riemert, died May 20, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Ashford, WI, Rose was a daughter of the late Peter and Gertrude Dieringer Kahut. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post 5877 Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include a daughter, Terri Lee Riemert, Random...

Elizabeth Haggerty

Elizabeth Haggerty

May 18, 2007

Haggerty, Elizabeth (Betty) passed away May 18, 2007, in Aiken, S.C. She celebrated 92 years of life. She was born in Allegheny, NY, the daughter of Leo and Marie Fassnacht. She was the devoted wife of Jack Haggerty who preceded her in death. She is survived by her six children: Phil and Carol Haggerty, Aiken, SC; Maureen Haggerty, College Station,...

Mary McDaniel Sizemore

Mary McDaniel Sizemore

May 17, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Mary McDaniel Sizemore, 78, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend David Lester and Reverend Cathy Cole will officiate. Interment will follow in the Talatha Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Sizemore, Mike McDaniel, Perry...

Gerald Thomas Dunn

Gerald Thomas Dunn

May 17, 2007

WINDSOR, SC – GERALD THOMAS DUNN, 68, of Windsor, beloved husband of Margaret Goller Burgess Dunn, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at his residence. A native of Mechanicville, NY, Mr. Dunn was a son of the late Irving and Marguerite Kelly Dunn. He was a produce clerk with Piggly Wiggly in Wagener. Survivors in addition to his wife, include four...

Willi Lenz

Willi Lenz

May 14, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Willi Lenz, 75, of Aiken, died Monday, May 14, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Thursday at Aiken Church of Christ with Reverend Mark Hudson officiating. Interment will be private. Mr. Lenz was born in Neuendorf, Germany, a son of the late Adam and Marie Bruckhandler Lenz. He...

Lois Waack

Lois Waack

May 7, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Lois Jean Longberry Waack, 78, beloved wife of Patrick Edward Waack, died Monday, May 7, 2007 in the Carriage Hills Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Waack was born in Antwerp, OH, a daughter of the late John and Francis Tyler Longberry. She was a Registered Nurse and volunteered in the Gift Shop at Fulton County Hospital in Wauseon, OH...

Bill Heaton

Bill Heaton

May 4, 2007

Lilburn, GA- William Roy “Bill” Heaton, 64, died May 4 at Emory East Side Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 8 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment will be private. He was born in Florence, SC to the late...

Edith Grant Walls

Edith Grant Walls

May 3, 2007

Edith Grant Walls, 98, died Thursday, May 03, 2007, in Aiken, SC, after a brief illness. Edith was born July 23, 1908, in Bryson City, NC, one of 9 children of Doc Sidney and Lucy Snyder Grant. She lived most of her life in Hickory, NC, with her husband of 67 years, Glenn Walls. They were long-time members of the...

Willie Ruth Angeley

Willie Ruth Angeley

Apr 30, 2007

Entered into rest Monday, April 30, 2007, Mrs. Willie Ruth Kervin Angeley, 70, of Aiken, SC, daughter of the late John Kervin and Bertha Kervin Correia. Mrs. Angeley was born in Covington, AL and was a resident of Aiken County for 40 years. She was previously employed at Owens-Corning Fiberglass and was a member of the Teamsters Union. Mrs. Angeley...

Estoy Howell Wyatt

Estoy Howell Wyatt

Apr 30, 2007

AIKEN- Mrs. Estoy Howell Wyatt, 88, died April 30. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, May 2 at Town Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III, Rev Jason Willis and Rev. Tommy Knotts officiating. Interment will be private. Mrs. Wyatt was born in Mars Hill, NC to the late Mr. and Mrs. Mac Howell....

Glennen Cordove

Glennen Cordove

Apr 29, 2007

AIKEN-Glennen Claudette Corbin Cordove, 52, died April 29. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 PM Wednesday a tShellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. She was born in St. Augustine, FL to the late Joe Brown and Gladys Claud Long Corbin. She had lived in Aiken for the past fifteen years and was a...

Ricky Donald Stapleton, Sr.

Ricky Donald Stapleton, Sr.

Apr 29, 2007

Aiken, SC- Rickey Donald Stapleton, Sr., 54, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Union, SC, Mr. Stapleton was a son of George Mitchell and Lee Gault Stapleton, Jr. Survivors include his mother Lee Stapleton, Couchton, his daughter, Shellie Stapleton, Aiken, SC, his son, Rickey D. (Jackie) Stapleton, Jr., Beech Island, SC, four grandchildren,...

Thomas Willis, Sr.

Thomas Willis, Sr.

Apr 29, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Thomas Edward Willis, Sr., 78, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Heartland Hospice, Augusta, GA. Funeral services will be held at 300 PM Tuesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Maurice Peace, Houston Brown, Clayton Moseley, Quinn Baldy, Clifford Melton, Rodney Melton....

Betty Grubbs Pardue

Betty Grubbs Pardue

Apr 28, 2007

Betty Grubbs Pardue AIKEN - Loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Betty Grubbs Pardue, has died at the age of 76. She was the dearly loved wife of George Stewart Pardue and mother of Ann Pardue Flanagan and Kim Pardue Cross. Born June 9, 1930 to Joseph Wade Grubbs and Ethel Hartzog Grubbs of Blackville, South Carolina, Betty was a...

Robert E. Hagins

Robert E. Hagins

Apr 27, 2007

Aiken- Mr. Robert E. Hagins, 81, died Friday April 27, 2007 at Shadow Oaks Assisted Living. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Wednesday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Hagins was born in Columbia, SC. He served in the US Navy during WWII, and moved to Aiken in...

Bill McAlister

Bill McAlister

Apr 26, 2007

Rosman, N.C. - Bill S. McAlister, Sr. passed away at the Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care’s Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC on Thursday, April 26, 2007 after a brave battle with cancer. Born on August 4, 1936 in Rugby, Texas, Bill was the son of the late Jimmie and Burris McAlister. Bill is survived by his wife, DeLane,...

Vivian Smith Verenes

Vivian Smith Verenes

Apr 26, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Vivian Smith Verenes, 83, of Aiken, died Thursday, April 26, 2007 at Eden Gardens. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM April 28 at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church. The Reverend Ella Breckenridge will officiate. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Mrs. Verenes was born in Gaffney, SC, a daughter of the late Vaud...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Delader Herron Hair

Delader Herron Hair

May 24, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Delader Herron Hair, 79, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Herron Family Cemetery. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Mrs. Hair was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter of the late John Henry and Susie Posey Herron. She was...

Brent Nolan Ringler

Brent Nolan Ringler

May 22, 2007

AIKEN, SC – BRENT NOLAN RINGLER, 44, beloved husband of Mindy Ringler, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Brent was born in Ft. Wayne, IN. He worked in sales with Bellsouth and was a member of the M.S. Society. He had moved to Aiken a year ago from Delray Beach, FL. Survivors in addition to his...

John J. "Jack" Dorr

John J. "Jack" Dorr

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC - MR. JOHN J. “JACK” DORR, 76, of Aiken, beloved family man and husband of Willa Berrie Dorr, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Augusta GA, Mr. Dorr was the son of the late Victor A. and Caroline O’Garmon Dorr. He had been a resident of Aiken since 1955. In the...

Rose Riemert

Rose Riemert

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC – ROSE RIEMERT, 77, of Aiken, widow of Eli Riemert, died May 20, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Ashford, WI, Rose was a daughter of the late Peter and Gertrude Dieringer Kahut. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post 5877 Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include a daughter, Terri Lee Riemert, Random...

Elizabeth Haggerty

Elizabeth Haggerty

May 18, 2007

Haggerty, Elizabeth (Betty) passed away May 18, 2007, in Aiken, S.C. She celebrated 92 years of life. She was born in Allegheny, NY, the daughter of Leo and Marie Fassnacht. She was the devoted wife of Jack Haggerty who preceded her in death. She is survived by her six children: Phil and Carol Haggerty, Aiken, SC; Maureen Haggerty, College Station,...

Mary McDaniel Sizemore

Mary McDaniel Sizemore

May 17, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Mary McDaniel Sizemore, 78, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend David Lester and Reverend Cathy Cole will officiate. Interment will follow in the Talatha Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Sizemore, Mike McDaniel, Perry...

Gerald Thomas Dunn

Gerald Thomas Dunn

May 17, 2007

WINDSOR, SC – GERALD THOMAS DUNN, 68, of Windsor, beloved husband of Margaret Goller Burgess Dunn, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at his residence. A native of Mechanicville, NY, Mr. Dunn was a son of the late Irving and Marguerite Kelly Dunn. He was a produce clerk with Piggly Wiggly in Wagener. Survivors in addition to his wife, include four...

Willi Lenz

Willi Lenz

May 14, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Willi Lenz, 75, of Aiken, died Monday, May 14, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Thursday at Aiken Church of Christ with Reverend Mark Hudson officiating. Interment will be private. Mr. Lenz was born in Neuendorf, Germany, a son of the late Adam and Marie Bruckhandler Lenz. He...

Lois Waack

Lois Waack

May 7, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Lois Jean Longberry Waack, 78, beloved wife of Patrick Edward Waack, died Monday, May 7, 2007 in the Carriage Hills Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Waack was born in Antwerp, OH, a daughter of the late John and Francis Tyler Longberry. She was a Registered Nurse and volunteered in the Gift Shop at Fulton County Hospital in Wauseon, OH...

Bill Heaton

Bill Heaton

May 4, 2007

Lilburn, GA- William Roy “Bill” Heaton, 64, died May 4 at Emory East Side Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 8 at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment will be private. He was born in Florence, SC to the late...

Edith Grant Walls

Edith Grant Walls

May 3, 2007

Edith Grant Walls, 98, died Thursday, May 03, 2007, in Aiken, SC, after a brief illness. Edith was born July 23, 1908, in Bryson City, NC, one of 9 children of Doc Sidney and Lucy Snyder Grant. She lived most of her life in Hickory, NC, with her husband of 67 years, Glenn Walls. They were long-time members of the...

Willie Ruth Angeley

Willie Ruth Angeley

Apr 30, 2007

Entered into rest Monday, April 30, 2007, Mrs. Willie Ruth Kervin Angeley, 70, of Aiken, SC, daughter of the late John Kervin and Bertha Kervin Correia. Mrs. Angeley was born in Covington, AL and was a resident of Aiken County for 40 years. She was previously employed at Owens-Corning Fiberglass and was a member of the Teamsters Union. Mrs. Angeley...

Estoy Howell Wyatt

Estoy Howell Wyatt

Apr 30, 2007

AIKEN- Mrs. Estoy Howell Wyatt, 88, died April 30. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, May 2 at Town Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III, Rev Jason Willis and Rev. Tommy Knotts officiating. Interment will be private. Mrs. Wyatt was born in Mars Hill, NC to the late Mr. and Mrs. Mac Howell....

Glennen Cordove

Glennen Cordove

Apr 29, 2007

AIKEN-Glennen Claudette Corbin Cordove, 52, died April 29. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 PM Wednesday a tShellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. She was born in St. Augustine, FL to the late Joe Brown and Gladys Claud Long Corbin. She had lived in Aiken for the past fifteen years and was a...

Ricky Donald Stapleton, Sr.

Ricky Donald Stapleton, Sr.

Apr 29, 2007

Aiken, SC- Rickey Donald Stapleton, Sr., 54, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Union, SC, Mr. Stapleton was a son of George Mitchell and Lee Gault Stapleton, Jr. Survivors include his mother Lee Stapleton, Couchton, his daughter, Shellie Stapleton, Aiken, SC, his son, Rickey D. (Jackie) Stapleton, Jr., Beech Island, SC, four grandchildren,...

Thomas Willis, Sr.

Thomas Willis, Sr.

Apr 29, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Thomas Edward Willis, Sr., 78, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Heartland Hospice, Augusta, GA. Funeral services will be held at 300 PM Tuesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Maurice Peace, Houston Brown, Clayton Moseley, Quinn Baldy, Clifford Melton, Rodney Melton....

Betty Grubbs Pardue

Betty Grubbs Pardue

Apr 28, 2007

Betty Grubbs Pardue AIKEN - Loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Betty Grubbs Pardue, has died at the age of 76. She was the dearly loved wife of George Stewart Pardue and mother of Ann Pardue Flanagan and Kim Pardue Cross. Born June 9, 1930 to Joseph Wade Grubbs and Ethel Hartzog Grubbs of Blackville, South Carolina, Betty was a...

Robert E. Hagins

Robert E. Hagins

Apr 27, 2007

Aiken- Mr. Robert E. Hagins, 81, died Friday April 27, 2007 at Shadow Oaks Assisted Living. A memorial service will be held at 11 AM Wednesday in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Hagins was born in Columbia, SC. He served in the US Navy during WWII, and moved to Aiken in...

Bill McAlister

Bill McAlister

Apr 26, 2007

Rosman, N.C. - Bill S. McAlister, Sr. passed away at the Four Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care’s Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC on Thursday, April 26, 2007 after a brave battle with cancer. Born on August 4, 1936 in Rugby, Texas, Bill was the son of the late Jimmie and Burris McAlister. Bill is survived by his wife, DeLane,...

Vivian Smith Verenes

Vivian Smith Verenes

Apr 26, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Vivian Smith Verenes, 83, of Aiken, died Thursday, April 26, 2007 at Eden Gardens. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM April 28 at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church. The Reverend Ella Breckenridge will officiate. Interment will follow in Historic Bethany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Mrs. Verenes was born in Gaffney, SC, a daughter of the late Vaud...