Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
Apr 8, 2022
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
On Friday, April 8, 2022, Leroy Allen Farr, loving husband and devoted father, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Leroy was born on September 23, 1945, in Syracuse, KS to William Sheldon and Thelma Benedict Farr. He received his undergraduate degrees in aeronautical engineering and mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and...
Thomas Jackson Almond
Apr 8, 2022
Avera, GA – Mr. Thomas Jackson Almond, transitioned peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022. He was surrounded by his loving family in his country home in Avera, GA. Jack, as he was known, was born in Elberton, GA on September 2, 1941 to Thomas Dallas and Eloise Smith Almond. He opened Quality Metal Products, his lifelong dream, in 1978...
Walter Scott Lacher II
Apr 7, 2022
Aiken, SC - Walter Scott Lacher II, age 76, died on April 7th, 2022. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Scott was born on June 27th, 1945, in Wilmington, Delaware and was the youngest child of Jack Hammitt Lacher and Thelma Graham Lacher. Since his father Jack worked as a chemical engineer for...
Nicole Marie DeLoache
Apr 6, 2022
AIKEN, SC – NICOLE M. DeLOACHE, 68, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Piedmont Hospital, Augusta, GA.
Born in Augusta, GA, Nicole was a daughter of the late George Nichols and Eugenia Joiner DeLoache. She lived most of her life in Aiken and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She loved horses, painting and drawing.
Survivors include her...
Dorothy Smith Kirk
Apr 5, 2022
Aiken – Ms. Dorothy “Dottie” Smith Kirk, 94, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Born in Wilmington, DE, Ms. Kirk was the only child of the late Walter H. and Eva Pearl Collins Smith. She was a graduate of a secretarial college and entered the work world as a local school secretary. In 1952, as a young wife and mother,...
Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley
Apr 5, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley, 77, widow of the late Phillip Allen Trombley, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with The Rev. Alan Quarles officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home an hour prior to the service....
Daniel Claude Gwinn
Apr 4, 2022
On a clear, sunny day, Danny Gwinn (68) passed away unexpectedly from complications of leukemia on April 4, 2022 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.
Danny was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a 1972 graduate of Dorman High School and attended Asheville-Buncombe Tech Community College where he studied Culinary Arts. Danny was a former employee of the...
Vergie Davis McCool
Apr 3, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. McCool was born at home on October 14, 1937 in Telfair County, GA. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC and formerly First Baptist Church of Centerville, GA. She was a former resident of Kathleen, GA before moving to Aiken. She was a military wife and retired as a bookkeeper and tax preparer....
David Bland Herlong
Apr 3, 2022
AIKEN, SC – DAVID BLAND HERLONG, 61, beloved husband of Carolyn Vinson Barton Herlong, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April 3, 2022.
A native of the Harmony Community near Johnston, SC, David was a son of the late William Mack and Ida Williams Herlong. He grew up in the Harmony Community and lived most of his adult life in Aiken. He...
Johnny Ferron Paul
Apr 2, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Johnny Ferron Paul, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Johnny was the son of the late Thomas Ferron and Louise Graham Paul. He was born and raised in Elberton, GA but had made Aiken his home since 2018. He retired after working many years at Athens Regional Hospital...
Joanna Pettit Hopkins
Apr 1, 2022
Joanna Pettit Hopkins passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. She was born on October 28, 1927, in St. Albans, West Virginia to Joseph Pettit and Anna Mae Harrah Pettit. She was the second daughter; her sister Geraldine Pettit Wyatt being born seven years prior. On November 23, 1946, Joanna married a handsome young veteran, and the love...
Gerald "Jerry" T. Hatcher, Jr.
Mar 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC – GERALD T. “JERRY” HATCHER, JR., 58, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 31, 2022 at his residence.
A native and livelong resident of Aiken County, Jerry was a son of Martha Jean Heath Hatcher and the late Gerald T. Hatcher, Sr. He was an avid NASCAR fan, loved to fish and work in the yard.
Surviving are his...
Allan L. Birk
Mar 30, 2022
AIKEN, SC – ALLAN L. BIRK, 72, beloved husband of Marcia Thorston Birk, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Asheville, NC.
Born in St. Cloud, MN, Allan was a son of the late William and Alvina Thul Birk. He grew up in Rockville, MN. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he earned the...
Sandra Heath Gray
Mar 29, 2022
Aiken – Mrs. Sandra LaRusso Heath Gray, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
A lifelong resident of Aiken, Sandra was a daughter of the late Alfred Dominick La Russo and Annie Mae Baughman La Russo. She was a member of South Aiken Baptist Church, and retired from the South Carolina Unemployment Commission where she was a Man Power Specialist.
...
Timothy John Scott Bendle
Mar 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Timothy John Scott Bendle died peacefully Sunday, March 27, 2022 from cancer with his wife Mary at his side. Tim was a true gentleman and, as a gentleman, he was engaged, present, kind and authentic long before these words became trendy.
Tim was born in 1942 in Lahore, Pakistan where his father was a General in the...
Margaret Ogilvie Hamby
Mar 26, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Margaret Ogilvie Hamby, age 79, KF7KAM, passed away at her home in Aiken SC, Saturday March 26, 2022 where she enjoyed retirement with her husband, Horace Hamby.
She moved to South Carolina from Washington State where she raised her family of four children, having moved there from Atlanta Ga. She was born in Charleston SC....
James E. Carter, Jr.
Mar 25, 2022
WINDSOR, SC – JAMES E. CARTER, JR., 78, beloved husband of Linda Stebbins, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022 in Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
A native of Ipswich, MA, James was a son of the late James E., and Amy Hull Carter. Jimmy was an employee of the Ipswich Shellfish Group where he was a driver\salesman for 20 years...
William "Bill" Dearman
Mar 25, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. William "Bill" Dearman, 69, passed away peacefully in his home Friday, March 25, 2022. Bill was the son of the late Joseph Reid and Jetta Mae Yates Dearman. He was born and raised in Batesburg-Leesville, SC, but had made Aiken his home since 1975. He worked at the Savannah River Site for 22 years. After retiring,...
Ollie Clifton Ashley, Jr.
Mar 24, 2022
Aiken – Mr. Ollie Clifton “O.C.” Ashley, Jr., 98, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Ashley was born on December 10, 1923 in Durham, NC, a son of the late Ollie Clifton Ashley, Sr. and Pansy Williams Ashley. A resident of Aiken since 1979, he was an E & I Mechanical...
Gary Eugene Endicott
Mar 23, 2022
AIKEN, SC – GARY EUGENE ENDICOTT, 75, beloved husband of Gretchen Rowe Endicott, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Born in Independence, KS, Gary was a son of Mary Spier Hunt and the late Roy Endicott, Jr. He grew up in Sedan, KS. Gary was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from 1966 until...
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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
Apr 8, 2022
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
On Friday, April 8, 2022, Leroy Allen Farr, loving husband and devoted father, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Leroy was born on September 23, 1945, in Syracuse, KS to William Sheldon and Thelma Benedict Farr. He received his undergraduate degrees in aeronautical engineering and mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and...
Thomas Jackson Almond
Apr 8, 2022
Avera, GA – Mr. Thomas Jackson Almond, transitioned peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022. He was surrounded by his loving family in his country home in Avera, GA. Jack, as he was known, was born in Elberton, GA on September 2, 1941 to Thomas Dallas and Eloise Smith Almond. He opened Quality Metal Products, his lifelong dream, in 1978...
Walter Scott Lacher II
Apr 7, 2022
Aiken, SC - Walter Scott Lacher II, age 76, died on April 7th, 2022. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Scott was born on June 27th, 1945, in Wilmington, Delaware and was the youngest child of Jack Hammitt Lacher and Thelma Graham Lacher. Since his father Jack worked as a chemical engineer for...
Nicole Marie DeLoache
Apr 6, 2022
AIKEN, SC – NICOLE M. DeLOACHE, 68, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Piedmont Hospital, Augusta, GA.
Born in Augusta, GA, Nicole was a daughter of the late George Nichols and Eugenia Joiner DeLoache. She lived most of her life in Aiken and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She loved horses, painting and drawing.
Survivors include her...
Dorothy Smith Kirk
Apr 5, 2022
Aiken – Ms. Dorothy “Dottie” Smith Kirk, 94, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Born in Wilmington, DE, Ms. Kirk was the only child of the late Walter H. and Eva Pearl Collins Smith. She was a graduate of a secretarial college and entered the work world as a local school secretary. In 1952, as a young wife and mother,...
Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley
Apr 5, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley, 77, widow of the late Phillip Allen Trombley, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with The Rev. Alan Quarles officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home an hour prior to the service....
Daniel Claude Gwinn
Apr 4, 2022
On a clear, sunny day, Danny Gwinn (68) passed away unexpectedly from complications of leukemia on April 4, 2022 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.
Danny was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a 1972 graduate of Dorman High School and attended Asheville-Buncombe Tech Community College where he studied Culinary Arts. Danny was a former employee of the...
Vergie Davis McCool
Apr 3, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. McCool was born at home on October 14, 1937 in Telfair County, GA. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC and formerly First Baptist Church of Centerville, GA. She was a former resident of Kathleen, GA before moving to Aiken. She was a military wife and retired as a bookkeeper and tax preparer....
David Bland Herlong
Apr 3, 2022
AIKEN, SC – DAVID BLAND HERLONG, 61, beloved husband of Carolyn Vinson Barton Herlong, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April 3, 2022.
A native of the Harmony Community near Johnston, SC, David was a son of the late William Mack and Ida Williams Herlong. He grew up in the Harmony Community and lived most of his adult life in Aiken. He...
Johnny Ferron Paul
Apr 2, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Johnny Ferron Paul, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Johnny was the son of the late Thomas Ferron and Louise Graham Paul. He was born and raised in Elberton, GA but had made Aiken his home since 2018. He retired after working many years at Athens Regional Hospital...
Joanna Pettit Hopkins
Apr 1, 2022
Joanna Pettit Hopkins passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. She was born on October 28, 1927, in St. Albans, West Virginia to Joseph Pettit and Anna Mae Harrah Pettit. She was the second daughter; her sister Geraldine Pettit Wyatt being born seven years prior. On November 23, 1946, Joanna married a handsome young veteran, and the love...
Gerald "Jerry" T. Hatcher, Jr.
Mar 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC – GERALD T. “JERRY” HATCHER, JR., 58, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 31, 2022 at his residence.
A native and livelong resident of Aiken County, Jerry was a son of Martha Jean Heath Hatcher and the late Gerald T. Hatcher, Sr. He was an avid NASCAR fan, loved to fish and work in the yard.
Surviving are his...
Allan L. Birk
Mar 30, 2022
AIKEN, SC – ALLAN L. BIRK, 72, beloved husband of Marcia Thorston Birk, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Asheville, NC.
Born in St. Cloud, MN, Allan was a son of the late William and Alvina Thul Birk. He grew up in Rockville, MN. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he earned the...
Sandra Heath Gray
Mar 29, 2022
Aiken – Mrs. Sandra LaRusso Heath Gray, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
A lifelong resident of Aiken, Sandra was a daughter of the late Alfred Dominick La Russo and Annie Mae Baughman La Russo. She was a member of South Aiken Baptist Church, and retired from the South Carolina Unemployment Commission where she was a Man Power Specialist.
...
Timothy John Scott Bendle
Mar 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Timothy John Scott Bendle died peacefully Sunday, March 27, 2022 from cancer with his wife Mary at his side. Tim was a true gentleman and, as a gentleman, he was engaged, present, kind and authentic long before these words became trendy.
Tim was born in 1942 in Lahore, Pakistan where his father was a General in the...
Margaret Ogilvie Hamby
Mar 26, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Margaret Ogilvie Hamby, age 79, KF7KAM, passed away at her home in Aiken SC, Saturday March 26, 2022 where she enjoyed retirement with her husband, Horace Hamby.
She moved to South Carolina from Washington State where she raised her family of four children, having moved there from Atlanta Ga. She was born in Charleston SC....
James E. Carter, Jr.
Mar 25, 2022
WINDSOR, SC – JAMES E. CARTER, JR., 78, beloved husband of Linda Stebbins, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022 in Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
A native of Ipswich, MA, James was a son of the late James E., and Amy Hull Carter. Jimmy was an employee of the Ipswich Shellfish Group where he was a driver\salesman for 20 years...
William "Bill" Dearman
Mar 25, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. William "Bill" Dearman, 69, passed away peacefully in his home Friday, March 25, 2022. Bill was the son of the late Joseph Reid and Jetta Mae Yates Dearman. He was born and raised in Batesburg-Leesville, SC, but had made Aiken his home since 1975. He worked at the Savannah River Site for 22 years. After retiring,...
Ollie Clifton Ashley, Jr.
Mar 24, 2022
Aiken – Mr. Ollie Clifton “O.C.” Ashley, Jr., 98, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at his residence. Mr. Ashley was born on December 10, 1923 in Durham, NC, a son of the late Ollie Clifton Ashley, Sr. and Pansy Williams Ashley. A resident of Aiken since 1979, he was an E & I Mechanical...
Gary Eugene Endicott
Mar 23, 2022
AIKEN, SC – GARY EUGENE ENDICOTT, 75, beloved husband of Gretchen Rowe Endicott, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Born in Independence, KS, Gary was a son of Mary Spier Hunt and the late Roy Endicott, Jr. He grew up in Sedan, KS. Gary was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force from 1966 until...
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