Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Frances Clement Riley McCaskill
Apr 16, 2022
Frances “Fran” Clement Riley McCaskill arrived at her heavenly home on April 16, 2022.
She was born in Pottsboro, Texas on May 30, 1944 to Col. James A. Riley and Frances J. Clement Riley. She is predeceased by her parents and her siblings, Len S. Allen Jr. and Hyun Sook Riley.
Fran moved frequently as the daughter of a career...
Sue Jones Ellis
Apr 15, 2022
AIKEN, SC – SUE ANNE MARKLAND JONES ELLIS, 84, passed away Friday morning, April 15, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Terre Haute, IN, Sue was a daughter of the late Francis Hughes Markland and Thelma Grace Schott Markland. Her mother died when she was 2 years old. Her father then married Mary Martha Kelley. Her father and stepmother...
Marcia Craddock Guinn
Apr 12, 2022
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marcia Banks Craddock Bacon Guinn, 87, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Friday, April 15, 2022 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service. Born in Stoneham, MA, Mrs. Guinn was a daughter of the late Holland Worth and Prisilla Irene Crowell Craddock. She...
Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr.
Apr 12, 2022
Aiken – Mr. Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr., 67, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Tony was a lifelong resident of Aiken, son of the late Will Roger Hudson and Joanne Parrish Hudson Walker. He is survived by his son, Thomas Anthony Hudson II, Aiken; sisters, Rebecca Lynn Youngblood, Aiken, Susan Hudson Cliett (Tony), North Augusta, and Dawn Renee...
Kenneth Blankenship
Apr 12, 2022
AIKEN, SC – JOHN KENNETH BLANKENSHIP, 75, beloved husband of Helen Bearden Blankenship, passed away Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bryson City, NC, Ken grew up in Richmond, VA. He was a son of the late Johnnie W. and Kathryn Branton Blankenship. He attended Virginia Tech before graduating from the University of Tennessee. Ken lived...
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.
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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...
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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Frances Clement Riley McCaskill
Apr 16, 2022
Frances “Fran” Clement Riley McCaskill arrived at her heavenly home on April 16, 2022.
She was born in Pottsboro, Texas on May 30, 1944 to Col. James A. Riley and Frances J. Clement Riley. She is predeceased by her parents and her siblings, Len S. Allen Jr. and Hyun Sook Riley.
Fran moved frequently as the daughter of a career...
Sue Jones Ellis
Apr 15, 2022
AIKEN, SC – SUE ANNE MARKLAND JONES ELLIS, 84, passed away Friday morning, April 15, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Terre Haute, IN, Sue was a daughter of the late Francis Hughes Markland and Thelma Grace Schott Markland. Her mother died when she was 2 years old. Her father then married Mary Martha Kelley. Her father and stepmother...
Marcia Craddock Guinn
Apr 12, 2022
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marcia Banks Craddock Bacon Guinn, 87, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Friday, April 15, 2022 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service. Born in Stoneham, MA, Mrs. Guinn was a daughter of the late Holland Worth and Prisilla Irene Crowell Craddock. She...
Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr.
Apr 12, 2022
Aiken – Mr. Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr., 67, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Tony was a lifelong resident of Aiken, son of the late Will Roger Hudson and Joanne Parrish Hudson Walker. He is survived by his son, Thomas Anthony Hudson II, Aiken; sisters, Rebecca Lynn Youngblood, Aiken, Susan Hudson Cliett (Tony), North Augusta, and Dawn Renee...
Kenneth Blankenship
Apr 12, 2022
AIKEN, SC – JOHN KENNETH BLANKENSHIP, 75, beloved husband of Helen Bearden Blankenship, passed away Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bryson City, NC, Ken grew up in Richmond, VA. He was a son of the late Johnnie W. and Kathryn Branton Blankenship. He attended Virginia Tech before graduating from the University of Tennessee. Ken lived...
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...
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