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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Travis Brian Tullis
Apr 10, 2017
BEECH ISLAND, SC – TRAVIS BRIAN TULLIS, 38, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at Augusta University Medical Center. A native of Aiken, Travis was a son of Rose Wood Tullis. He lived most of his life in Aiken County. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Iraq. Travis was an industrial mechanic at Halocarbon Products. ...
Bobby Ayers
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – BOBBY NEAL AYERS, 73, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Corinth, MS, Bobby was a son of the late Bobby N and Mable Shaw Ayers. He worked as a maintenance planner in the nuclear industry for various companies. His career took him all over the world, working in Guinea, West...
Arline G. Bence
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – ARLINE G. BENCE, 87, widow of Richard Bence, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her residence. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Arline was a daughter of the late Joseph and Filomena "Minnie" Dallesandre Volpe. A longtime resident of Alpharetta, GA, she moved to Aiken in 2016. Survivors include her daughter, Karen Yoder ( son-in-law, Robert) of Aiken and a...
Marsha Tormay
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – MARSHA LYNNE BILL TORMAY, 69, beloved wife of Mark J. Tormay, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Marsha was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Wudarski Bill. Raised in Pittsburgh, she earned degrees at Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh in Library Science and enjoyed a...
Russell C. Magness
Apr 3, 2017
AIKEN, SC – RUSSELL CLINTON MAGNESS, SR., 85, beloved husband of Genevieve Bolin Magness, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 after a long illness. A native of Gainesville, GA, Russell was a son of the late Robert E. and Minnie Lee Merk Magness. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army for 4 years, serving in Germany during the Korean...
Craig I. Poole
Apr 3, 2017
AIKEN, SC - CRAIG IRVIN POOLE, 48, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at his residence.No services are planned.SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC
Lilly H Bezanson
Mar 31, 2017
AIKEN, SC – LILLY H. BEZANSON, 80, beloved wife of William E. “Bill” Bezanson, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Quincy, MA, Lilly was a daughter of the late Peter Ross and Lilly D. S. Holm Knowles. She grew up in Braintree, MA where she was a former Rainbow Girl. She retired from Union...
Mildred Prial Robinson
Mar 30, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Mildred Prial Robinson, 94, the widow of George J. Robinson II, died peacefully on Thursday, March 30, 2017 soon after receiving the sacrament of healing in Aiken, South Carolina where she has lived with her second daughter for the past four years. Tucky, as she was called since her brother coined the nickname when she was born,...
Michael Dukes
Mar 30, 2017
AIKEN, SC – KENNETH MICHAEL DUKES, 66, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his residence. Born in Columbia, SC, Mike was a son of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes. He lived most his life in Aiken and worked as a procedures writer at the Savannah River Site. He graduated from Aiken High School in 1968 and...
Ellen Stone Ivey
Mar 28, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Ellen Vera Stone Ivey passed away March 28 2017. She was 87 years old. Born in Batesburg, SC, Sept 10, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Ever Lou Cockrell Stone. She was the wife of the late Loren Abbott Ivey, Jr. A member of Millbrook Baptist Church for 48 years and a...
Becky Henshaw
Mar 26, 2017
AIKEN - Becky Henshaw, who covered western South Carolina during three decades as a newspaper reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald, died Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was 92 years old. Her entire newspaper career was in the Chronicle-Herald's Aiken Bureau, where she began in 1968. She held the position of bureau chief for a number of years before retiring in...
Jack Clark Barrell
Mar 26, 2017
AIKEN, SC – JACK CLARK BARRELL, 52, beloved husband of Sandra C. Barrell, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. A native of Toledo, OH, Jack was a son of the late Anna Bell Butcher Barrell. He grew up in Toledo and was a member of the National Guard for 13 years. He moved to Aiken County from Sharon,...
Robert Bruce Pollard
Mar 24, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Robert Bruce Pollard entered into eternal rest on Friday May 24, 2014. He is survived by one brother, Michael Pollard and one sister, Lynn Pollard Lucus. He was preceded in death by one sister, Diane Dorris Pollard, one brother Jeffery Pollard, his mother, Beulah Dorris Pollard and his father, Robert Pollard. He was never married. Bruce was...
The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper
Mar 22, 2017
AIKEN, SC – THE REV. EDWARD EUGENE KEMPER, 85, beloved husband of Dorothy Mae Smith Kemper, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Old Hickory, TN, Ed was a son of the late Edward Carmack and Lila Loreen Medley Kenper. He was a member of the National Guard and served in Korea. He lived...
Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes
Mar 22, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes passed away peacefully in bed while on vacation in Aiken, South Carolina, on March 22, 2017. He is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Louise J. Barnes and his four loving children, Ronald Barnes (Mary Beth), Douglas Barnes (Jennifer), Heather Barnes (Mathew Damico) and Marissa Barnes (Jean Se-guro), as well as...
Dorothy Vail Rucker
Mar 20, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Dorothy Vail Rucker, 94, died peacefully on March 20, 2017 at Hitchcock Place Assisted Living Center after a period of decline. Born in Amherst County, Virginia on July 19, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Vail, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth White. As the Great Depression was ending and WWII loomed ahead, Dot graduated...
William Hunter McCullough
Mar 19, 2017
AIKEN, SC – WILLIAM HUNTER McCULLOUGH died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He is survived by his wife, Betty, a sister, Ann Floyd, Murrell’s Inlet, SC, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary Alice and Sam Britton, Newport News, VA, three nephews, Clark Floyd, Savannah, GA, Mark Matney, Williamsburg, VA, Michael Matney, Ashburn, VA and a niece, Virginia Norris,...
Moses Brown, Sr.
Mar 18, 2017
AIKEN - Moses Brown, Sr. was born October 3, 1949 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to the late Jim and Edith Brown. He departed this life on March 18, 2017. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 4 sisters. He received part of his education from Guinyard Butler in Barnwell, SC. After leaving school after the 6th...
Robert Fred Ausnehmer
Mar 18, 2017
AIKEN, SC – Mr. Robert (Bob) Ausnehmer, 90, beloved husband of Betty Barr Ausnehmer, died Saturday, March 18, 2017. A native of Youngstown, OH, Bob was a son of the late Fred H. and Margaret E. Ausnehmer. He lived in Aiken, SC since October 2005. He was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Bob worked in the Panama Canal Zone,...
James C. King
Mar 17, 2017
WAGENER – Mr. James Corbbitt King, 75, died Friday, March 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the New Holland Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Virgil Parsons officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. King was born in Calhoun County, WV, a son of the late Archabald and...
Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Travis Brian Tullis
Apr 10, 2017
BEECH ISLAND, SC – TRAVIS BRIAN TULLIS, 38, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at Augusta University Medical Center. A native of Aiken, Travis was a son of Rose Wood Tullis. He lived most of his life in Aiken County. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Iraq. Travis was an industrial mechanic at Halocarbon Products. ...
Bobby Ayers
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – BOBBY NEAL AYERS, 73, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Corinth, MS, Bobby was a son of the late Bobby N and Mable Shaw Ayers. He worked as a maintenance planner in the nuclear industry for various companies. His career took him all over the world, working in Guinea, West...
Arline G. Bence
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – ARLINE G. BENCE, 87, widow of Richard Bence, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at her residence. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Arline was a daughter of the late Joseph and Filomena "Minnie" Dallesandre Volpe. A longtime resident of Alpharetta, GA, she moved to Aiken in 2016. Survivors include her daughter, Karen Yoder ( son-in-law, Robert) of Aiken and a...
Marsha Tormay
Apr 5, 2017
AIKEN, SC – MARSHA LYNNE BILL TORMAY, 69, beloved wife of Mark J. Tormay, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Marsha was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Wudarski Bill. Raised in Pittsburgh, she earned degrees at Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh in Library Science and enjoyed a...
Russell C. Magness
Apr 3, 2017
AIKEN, SC – RUSSELL CLINTON MAGNESS, SR., 85, beloved husband of Genevieve Bolin Magness, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 after a long illness. A native of Gainesville, GA, Russell was a son of the late Robert E. and Minnie Lee Merk Magness. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army for 4 years, serving in Germany during the Korean...
Craig I. Poole
Apr 3, 2017
AIKEN, SC - CRAIG IRVIN POOLE, 48, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at his residence.No services are planned.SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC
Lilly H Bezanson
Mar 31, 2017
AIKEN, SC – LILLY H. BEZANSON, 80, beloved wife of William E. “Bill” Bezanson, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Quincy, MA, Lilly was a daughter of the late Peter Ross and Lilly D. S. Holm Knowles. She grew up in Braintree, MA where she was a former Rainbow Girl. She retired from Union...
Mildred Prial Robinson
Mar 30, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Mildred Prial Robinson, 94, the widow of George J. Robinson II, died peacefully on Thursday, March 30, 2017 soon after receiving the sacrament of healing in Aiken, South Carolina where she has lived with her second daughter for the past four years. Tucky, as she was called since her brother coined the nickname when she was born,...
Michael Dukes
Mar 30, 2017
AIKEN, SC – KENNETH MICHAEL DUKES, 66, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his residence. Born in Columbia, SC, Mike was a son of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes. He lived most his life in Aiken and worked as a procedures writer at the Savannah River Site. He graduated from Aiken High School in 1968 and...
Ellen Stone Ivey
Mar 28, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Ellen Vera Stone Ivey passed away March 28 2017. She was 87 years old. Born in Batesburg, SC, Sept 10, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Ever Lou Cockrell Stone. She was the wife of the late Loren Abbott Ivey, Jr. A member of Millbrook Baptist Church for 48 years and a...
Becky Henshaw
Mar 26, 2017
AIKEN - Becky Henshaw, who covered western South Carolina during three decades as a newspaper reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald, died Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was 92 years old. Her entire newspaper career was in the Chronicle-Herald's Aiken Bureau, where she began in 1968. She held the position of bureau chief for a number of years before retiring in...
Jack Clark Barrell
Mar 26, 2017
AIKEN, SC – JACK CLARK BARRELL, 52, beloved husband of Sandra C. Barrell, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at his residence. A native of Toledo, OH, Jack was a son of the late Anna Bell Butcher Barrell. He grew up in Toledo and was a member of the National Guard for 13 years. He moved to Aiken County from Sharon,...
Robert Bruce Pollard
Mar 24, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Robert Bruce Pollard entered into eternal rest on Friday May 24, 2014. He is survived by one brother, Michael Pollard and one sister, Lynn Pollard Lucus. He was preceded in death by one sister, Diane Dorris Pollard, one brother Jeffery Pollard, his mother, Beulah Dorris Pollard and his father, Robert Pollard. He was never married. Bruce was...
The Rev. Edward Eugene Kemper
Mar 22, 2017
AIKEN, SC – THE REV. EDWARD EUGENE KEMPER, 85, beloved husband of Dorothy Mae Smith Kemper, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Old Hickory, TN, Ed was a son of the late Edward Carmack and Lila Loreen Medley Kenper. He was a member of the National Guard and served in Korea. He lived...
Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes
Mar 22, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Dr. Arthur Edward Barnes passed away peacefully in bed while on vacation in Aiken, South Carolina, on March 22, 2017. He is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Louise J. Barnes and his four loving children, Ronald Barnes (Mary Beth), Douglas Barnes (Jennifer), Heather Barnes (Mathew Damico) and Marissa Barnes (Jean Se-guro), as well as...
Dorothy Vail Rucker
Mar 20, 2017
AIKEN, SC - Dorothy Vail Rucker, 94, died peacefully on March 20, 2017 at Hitchcock Place Assisted Living Center after a period of decline. Born in Amherst County, Virginia on July 19, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Charlie Lee Vail, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth White. As the Great Depression was ending and WWII loomed ahead, Dot graduated...
William Hunter McCullough
Mar 19, 2017
AIKEN, SC – WILLIAM HUNTER McCULLOUGH died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He is survived by his wife, Betty, a sister, Ann Floyd, Murrell’s Inlet, SC, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary Alice and Sam Britton, Newport News, VA, three nephews, Clark Floyd, Savannah, GA, Mark Matney, Williamsburg, VA, Michael Matney, Ashburn, VA and a niece, Virginia Norris,...
Moses Brown, Sr.
Mar 18, 2017
AIKEN - Moses Brown, Sr. was born October 3, 1949 in Barnwell County, South Carolina to the late Jim and Edith Brown. He departed this life on March 18, 2017. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers and 4 sisters. He received part of his education from Guinyard Butler in Barnwell, SC. After leaving school after the 6th...
Robert Fred Ausnehmer
Mar 18, 2017
AIKEN, SC – Mr. Robert (Bob) Ausnehmer, 90, beloved husband of Betty Barr Ausnehmer, died Saturday, March 18, 2017. A native of Youngstown, OH, Bob was a son of the late Fred H. and Margaret E. Ausnehmer. He lived in Aiken, SC since October 2005. He was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Bob worked in the Panama Canal Zone,...
James C. King
Mar 17, 2017
WAGENER – Mr. James Corbbitt King, 75, died Friday, March 17, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the New Holland Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Virgil Parsons officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. King was born in Calhoun County, WV, a son of the late Archabald and...
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