Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Sandra Gunter Gantt
Aug 1, 2007
AIKEN, SC – SANDRA GUNTER GANTT, 61, widow of Woodrow Wilson Gantt, died Wednesday, August 01, 2007. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Gantt was a daughter of the late Clinton Lee Gunter and Jamie Seigler Gunter Owens. She retired from Avondale Mills after 40 years, and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Neva Brodie Richardson
Jul 31, 2007
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Neva Brodie Richardson, 82, of Aiken, beloved wife to the late R. L. Richardson, died Saturday July 31, 2007 at Azalea Woods. Born in Aiken County, SC, Mrs. Richardson was a daughter of the late Roy and Myrtle Hutto Brodie. She was a graduate of Winthrop College, and retired from Pet Dairies. She was a former...
Larry Dwayne Leeson
Jul 29, 2007
AIKEN, SC – LARRY DWAYNE LEESON, 56, of Aiken, beloved husband of Janele Fredrickson Leeson, died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Clarinda, Iowa, Larry was a son of the late Clyde Kenneth and Lucille Hayden Leeson, he had lived in Aiken for 8 years and was an engineer with SKF. Survivors, in addition...
Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield
Jul 28, 2007
AIKEN, SC – MYRTICE TRUDGEON BURTSFIELD, 89, widow of Alvin Earl Burtsfield, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wolverine, MI, Mrs. Burtsfield was a daughter of the late Robert Henry and Caroline Whear Truegeon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, IN. She was...
Doris Elizabeth Williams
Jul 27, 2007
Aiken-Doris Elizabeth Williams, 89, died July 27 at Carriage Hills Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at graveside, 12:00 PM July 31 at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC. She was born in Greenville, SC to the late William Clifton and Grace Ora Beam Williams. She was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church of Charlotte, NC, one of the...
Joseph L. Taylor
Jul 27, 2007
AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH L. TAYLOR, 77, beloved husband of Margaret Holley-Taylor, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Taylor was born on September 29, 1929 in Aiken County to Joseph Willie and Bertie Shellhouse Taylor. He was a graduate of Aiken High School, served in the navy during the Korean Conflict and was retired from...
Thelma Rodgers Snipes
Jul 26, 2007
AIKEN, SC – THELMA RODGERS SNIPES, 94, widow of Alvin Judson Snipes, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Snipes was a native and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Allen and Daisey Seigler Rodgers and was retired from the Graniteville Co. She was a lifetime member of Central Baptist Church, where...
Sam Aubrey Lever
Jul 22, 2007
AIKEN – Mr. Sam Aubrey Lever, 82, of Aiken, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Kenosha, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park, Augusta. Mr. Lever was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Sam Jones Lever and...
Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.
Jul 21, 2007
AIKEN, SC—LAWRENCE STEARNS POTTER, JR., 78, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Potter was a son of the late Lawrence Stearns and Mary Dubbs Potter, Sr.. He was a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI and earned his Masters of Physics at Syracuse University. He was a veteran of...
Shirley Champlin Parker
Jul 18, 2007
AIKEN – Ms. Shirley Champlin Parker, 78, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A Memorial service will be held at 11 Am Friday, July 27, 2007 at in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave.. Interment will be private. Mrs. Parker was born in Alfred, NY, a daughter of the late Archie Earl and...
Louise McClung Kemp
Jul 17, 2007
AIKEN, SC- Louise McClung Kemp, 78, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Benson, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial, Augusta, GA. A native of Hawkinsville, GA, Mrs. Kemp was a daughter of the late Samuel Alexander and Mittie Torbert McClung. She was preceded in death by...
Melissa Martindale Bernard
Jul 16, 2007
Melissa Erin Martindale Bernard, 34, died Monday, July 16, 2007 in the University of Alabama, Birmingham Medical Center in Birmingham, AL after an eight month battle with cancer. Melissa was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Aiken when she was a child. She was raised in Aiken and graduated from S. A. High School and attended USC-A. She...
Donald Louis McGee
Jul 15, 2007
Graniteville- Donald Lousi McGee, 63, died July 15 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM July 17 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Grice officiating. The family will Recieve friends following the service. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken Co., member of Unity Holiness Church and Ret. Security Guard at Aiken Regional Hospital....
Harry Lee Butler
Jul 11, 2007
AIKEN – Mr. Harry Lee Butler, 74, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at St. Johns United Methodist Church The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Gas Car Club. The family will receive friends following the...
Ronald F. Anderson
Jul 11, 2007
AIKEN, SC – RONALD F. ANDERSON, 65, beloved husband of Ellen Carpenter Anderson, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. A native of Winter Garden, FL, Mr. Anderson was a son of the late Ruben and Annis Cannon Anderson. He attended the University of Florida, University of Alabama and graduated from Rollins College. He was a retired engineer with...
Clara Forstner Fredericks
Jul 9, 2007
AIKEN, SC -- Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, New York Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, NY, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 29, 1916. She lived in Springfield Gardens, Queens from 1951-1978 when she and her husband retired to Cutchogue, New York. She was predeceased...
William R. "Willie" Parker
Jul 5, 2007
AIKEN, SC -- Mr. William Randall “Willie” Parker, 62, of Aiken, died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Uninversity Hospital in Augusta, GA. Mr. Parker was born in Hannah Community of Florence County, to the late William Earl and Florence Flowers Parker. He graduated from Hannah High School and attended the South Carolina Police and Fire Academy. Willie retired from the...
James Woodrow Walters
Jul 3, 2007
James Woodrow “Jim” Walters, 66, of Aiken, loving husband and father of two sons, brother, uncle, and friend to many, died July 3 of cancer at University Hospital in Augusta, G.A. Funeral services will be held in Aiken, S.C. at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, July 8, at Cedar Creek Church www.cedarcreekchurch.net and a reception will follow at Woodside Plantation Country...
Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar
Jun 30, 2007
Mrs. Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar (Betty) , 85, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at her residence. She was born September 23, 1921 in Rome, Italy to the late Charles William and Helen Bree Dunstan Wright. She graduated from the Chatelard School, Les Avants, Switzerland, the Madeira School, Greenway, VA. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1944, while serving as a...
Lecil Drummond Cushman
Jun 30, 2007
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM July 3 at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Behtany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Memorials may be diredted to Aiken First Baptist Church, 120 Chesterfield St., Aiken, SC 29801. Please visit Mrs. Cushman’s online memorial at shellhousefuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends...
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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Sandra Gunter Gantt
Aug 1, 2007
AIKEN, SC – SANDRA GUNTER GANTT, 61, widow of Woodrow Wilson Gantt, died Wednesday, August 01, 2007. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Gantt was a daughter of the late Clinton Lee Gunter and Jamie Seigler Gunter Owens. She retired from Avondale Mills after 40 years, and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Neva Brodie Richardson
Jul 31, 2007
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Neva Brodie Richardson, 82, of Aiken, beloved wife to the late R. L. Richardson, died Saturday July 31, 2007 at Azalea Woods. Born in Aiken County, SC, Mrs. Richardson was a daughter of the late Roy and Myrtle Hutto Brodie. She was a graduate of Winthrop College, and retired from Pet Dairies. She was a former...
Larry Dwayne Leeson
Jul 29, 2007
AIKEN, SC – LARRY DWAYNE LEESON, 56, of Aiken, beloved husband of Janele Fredrickson Leeson, died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Clarinda, Iowa, Larry was a son of the late Clyde Kenneth and Lucille Hayden Leeson, he had lived in Aiken for 8 years and was an engineer with SKF. Survivors, in addition...
Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield
Jul 28, 2007
AIKEN, SC – MYRTICE TRUDGEON BURTSFIELD, 89, widow of Alvin Earl Burtsfield, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wolverine, MI, Mrs. Burtsfield was a daughter of the late Robert Henry and Caroline Whear Truegeon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, IN. She was...
Doris Elizabeth Williams
Jul 27, 2007
Aiken-Doris Elizabeth Williams, 89, died July 27 at Carriage Hills Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at graveside, 12:00 PM July 31 at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC. She was born in Greenville, SC to the late William Clifton and Grace Ora Beam Williams. She was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church of Charlotte, NC, one of the...
Joseph L. Taylor
Jul 27, 2007
AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH L. TAYLOR, 77, beloved husband of Margaret Holley-Taylor, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Taylor was born on September 29, 1929 in Aiken County to Joseph Willie and Bertie Shellhouse Taylor. He was a graduate of Aiken High School, served in the navy during the Korean Conflict and was retired from...
Thelma Rodgers Snipes
Jul 26, 2007
AIKEN, SC – THELMA RODGERS SNIPES, 94, widow of Alvin Judson Snipes, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Snipes was a native and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Allen and Daisey Seigler Rodgers and was retired from the Graniteville Co. She was a lifetime member of Central Baptist Church, where...
Sam Aubrey Lever
Jul 22, 2007
AIKEN – Mr. Sam Aubrey Lever, 82, of Aiken, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Kenosha, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park, Augusta. Mr. Lever was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Sam Jones Lever and...
Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.
Jul 21, 2007
AIKEN, SC—LAWRENCE STEARNS POTTER, JR., 78, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Potter was a son of the late Lawrence Stearns and Mary Dubbs Potter, Sr.. He was a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI and earned his Masters of Physics at Syracuse University. He was a veteran of...
Shirley Champlin Parker
Jul 18, 2007
AIKEN – Ms. Shirley Champlin Parker, 78, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A Memorial service will be held at 11 Am Friday, July 27, 2007 at in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave.. Interment will be private. Mrs. Parker was born in Alfred, NY, a daughter of the late Archie Earl and...
Louise McClung Kemp
Jul 17, 2007
AIKEN, SC- Louise McClung Kemp, 78, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Benson, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial, Augusta, GA. A native of Hawkinsville, GA, Mrs. Kemp was a daughter of the late Samuel Alexander and Mittie Torbert McClung. She was preceded in death by...
Melissa Martindale Bernard
Jul 16, 2007
Melissa Erin Martindale Bernard, 34, died Monday, July 16, 2007 in the University of Alabama, Birmingham Medical Center in Birmingham, AL after an eight month battle with cancer. Melissa was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Aiken when she was a child. She was raised in Aiken and graduated from S. A. High School and attended USC-A. She...
Donald Louis McGee
Jul 15, 2007
Graniteville- Donald Lousi McGee, 63, died July 15 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM July 17 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Grice officiating. The family will Recieve friends following the service. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken Co., member of Unity Holiness Church and Ret. Security Guard at Aiken Regional Hospital....
Harry Lee Butler
Jul 11, 2007
AIKEN – Mr. Harry Lee Butler, 74, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at St. Johns United Methodist Church The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Gas Car Club. The family will receive friends following the...
Ronald F. Anderson
Jul 11, 2007
AIKEN, SC – RONALD F. ANDERSON, 65, beloved husband of Ellen Carpenter Anderson, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. A native of Winter Garden, FL, Mr. Anderson was a son of the late Ruben and Annis Cannon Anderson. He attended the University of Florida, University of Alabama and graduated from Rollins College. He was a retired engineer with...
Clara Forstner Fredericks
Jul 9, 2007
AIKEN, SC -- Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, New York Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, NY, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 29, 1916. She lived in Springfield Gardens, Queens from 1951-1978 when she and her husband retired to Cutchogue, New York. She was predeceased...
William R. "Willie" Parker
Jul 5, 2007
AIKEN, SC -- Mr. William Randall “Willie” Parker, 62, of Aiken, died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Uninversity Hospital in Augusta, GA. Mr. Parker was born in Hannah Community of Florence County, to the late William Earl and Florence Flowers Parker. He graduated from Hannah High School and attended the South Carolina Police and Fire Academy. Willie retired from the...
James Woodrow Walters
Jul 3, 2007
James Woodrow “Jim” Walters, 66, of Aiken, loving husband and father of two sons, brother, uncle, and friend to many, died July 3 of cancer at University Hospital in Augusta, G.A. Funeral services will be held in Aiken, S.C. at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, July 8, at Cedar Creek Church www.cedarcreekchurch.net and a reception will follow at Woodside Plantation Country...
Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar
Jun 30, 2007
Mrs. Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar (Betty) , 85, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at her residence. She was born September 23, 1921 in Rome, Italy to the late Charles William and Helen Bree Dunstan Wright. She graduated from the Chatelard School, Les Avants, Switzerland, the Madeira School, Greenway, VA. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1944, while serving as a...
Lecil Drummond Cushman
Jun 30, 2007
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM July 3 at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Behtany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Memorials may be diredted to Aiken First Baptist Church, 120 Chesterfield St., Aiken, SC 29801. Please visit Mrs. Cushman’s online memorial at shellhousefuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends...
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