Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Mildred Bodie Hodges Powell

Nov 29, 2015

AIKEN – Mrs. Mildred Bodie Hodges Powell entered heaven on November 29, 2015 at the age of 89 to meet her Savior. She was the daughter of Eva and Ollie E. Bodie and was born in Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00 PM Tuesday, December 1, with the funeral service to follow at 3:00 PM in the...

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Donald Thomas Frazier

Nov 28, 2015

AIKEN - Mr. Donald Thomas Frazier, 87, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, December 20, 2015 at the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Watford officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mr. Frazier was born in Valdese, NC to the late Thomas Cone and Ruth Hodge...

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Oliver Bell, Jr.

Nov 25, 2015

AIKEN – Mr. Oliver Alexander Bell, Jr., 72, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015. A memorial service with Eucharist will be held 1:00 PM Monday, November 30, 2015 at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with the Rev. Grant Wiseman officiating. Mr. Bell was born in Wilmington, NC to the late Oliver Alexander and Virginia Hewett Bell, Sr. He worked as an...

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William "Bill" George Riehl

Nov 24, 2015

AIKEN—Mr. William “Bill” George Riehl, 68, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015. A Celebration of his Life will be held at 3 PM, Sunday, December 6, 2015 at Aiken’s First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. A memorial service will also be held in...

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Marsha A. Watkins

Nov 22, 2015

AIKEN, SC – MARSHA ANN WATKINS, 73, died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and life-long resident of Aiken County, Marsha was a daughter of the late Joe Norton and Ruby Maxine Herron Toole. She retired from the Savannah River Site and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Joan...

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Hazel Sanders Ridgeway

Nov 22, 2015

AIKEN, SC – HAZEL OLIVIA ALLEN SANDERS RIDGEWAY, 79, died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Centers. A native of Pelzer SC, Hazel was a daughter of the late James and Mammie Lois McKee Allen. She was Valedictorian of Palmetto High School Class of 1953 and was a proud graduate of the Greenville General School of Nursing in...

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David G. Harvey

Nov 21, 2015

AIKEN, SC – DAVID G. HARVEY, 97, beloved husband of Dell Wright Harvey, died Saturday, November 21, 2015 at his residence. A native of Pinehurst, GA, Mr. Harvey was a son of the late Homer and Emma Faircloth Harvey. He was a Seabee in the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Harvey lived in Aiken since 1952 and...

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Margie Wilson Richardson

Nov 20, 2015

AIKEN, SC – MARGIE WILSON RICHARDSON, 91, widow of Lloyd George Richardson, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Maiden, NC, Mrs. Richardson was a daughter of the late Thomas Maurice and Audrey Hoyle Wilson. She was a retired seamstress from S. R. Skinner. Mrs. Richardson was a member of Redds Branch Baptist Church...

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Winston Everett Merrill

Nov 20, 2015

AIKEN, SC – WINSTON E. MERRILL, 87, husband of the late Christine Lyday Merrill, died Friday, November 20, 2015 at Harbor Chase of Aiken. A native of Henderson County, NC, Winston was a son of the late Otis Carl and Nellie Shipman Merrill. He was a veteran of the United States Army in Korea. He retired from DuPont at the...

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Wilbur Lewis Garrick

Nov 19, 2015

AIKEN - Wilbur L. Garrick, 95, born November 27, 1919, in Statesboro, GA passed away peacefully on November 19, 2015. He was the son of the late Adam B. Garrick and Effie Ethridge Garrick. He was the eldest of six children. Mr. Garrick was a graduate of Brooklet High School in Georgia and was a member of the Georgia National...

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Lorraine Varnadoe McClellan

Nov 17, 2015

AIKEN – Mrs. Lorraine Varnadoe McClellan, 85, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, November 21, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Jackson with the Rev. Marion Britton officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Swearingen, Cameron Swearingen, Justin Leonard, Colton Fugate, Scott Dimeler, Caleb Sistare, Noah Sistare,...

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Karen Busser

Nov 16, 2015

AIKEN, SC - Karen Marie Bass Busser, Beloved wife of William Busser for 48 years, died Monday, November 16, 2015 at her home in Aiken, SC. A native of Wyoming, OH, Karen was a daughter of the late Harland Bass and Jane Rhoads Bass. She graduated as an RN from Good Samaritan Hosp. in Cincinnati, OH. She was a caring...

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Max General

Nov 13, 2015

AIKEN – Mr. Max General, age 82, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. Max is survived by his son, Max, Jr., and his former wife, Kay General who cared for him throughout his illness of Alzheimer’s, and a sister, Dorothy (Walter) Kukich. Max was preceded in death by his mother, Anna Prebeck and...

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Elizabeth Ann Johnson Staudt

Nov 13, 2015

AIKEN, SC - ELIZABETH ANN JOHNSON STAUDT, 87, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at her residence. Interment services will be held in Connecticut. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC

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Patricia Brown Fulmer Atnipp

Nov 10, 2015

AIKEN, SC – PATRICIA BROWN FULMER ATNIPP, 75, beloved wife of Thomas Jack Atnipp, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Ward, SC, Patricia was a daughter of the late Harold Haskel and Rosalyn Grice Brown. She was a lab technician with Dab Foss Company. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church....

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Joseph "Joe" Doyle

Nov 6, 2015

AIKEN, SC - Luther Joseph Doyle spent more than two years fighting cancer, acute T-cell leukemia. Sadly on Friday, November 6, 2015, he was called home to be with the Lord. He was 34. Joe was born on July 13th, 1981, in the City of Chicago, Illinois. The son of Frances Carol Cobb-Workman and Kenneth (KennyBull) Doyle, his family moved...

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Miquela Hawkins Keating

Nov 4, 2015

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Miquela Hawkins Keating, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Mrs. Keating was born in Harrisburg, PA to the late Thomas Sylvester and Edna Mae Swank Hawkins. She worked as a teacher in Chicago, IL. and moved to Aiken in 1994. She was of Catholic faith. Mrs. Keating loved being surrounded by her family, especially her...

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Lynne Anne Lamb

Nov 4, 2015

AIKEN, SC – LYNNE ANNE LAMB, 51, beloved wife of James Alan Lamb, Jr., died Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at her residence. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Lynne was a daughter of George and Mary Catherine Schwartz Solomon. She grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and graduated from Cherry Hill High School West. As a navy wife, Lynne lived in New...

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Audree Elizabeth Boyenger

Nov 3, 2015

AIKEN, SC – AUDREE ELIZABETH BOYENGER, infant daughter of Jarmie and Laura Bellon Boyenger, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at GRU Medical Center, Augusta, GA. Survivors, in addition to her parents of Aiken, include maternal grandparents, Marsha and Michael Arndt, Niles, MI; paternal grandparents, Darlene and Keith Gibbons, Wagener, SC; paternal great-grandmother, Maxine Rowland, Knoxville, TN. Services will be private....

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Elizabeth Scott Gregory

Nov 2, 2015

AIKEN, SC – ELIZABETH SCOTT-GREGORY, 89, died Monday, November 02, 2015 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and life-long resident of Aiken, Lib was a daughter of the late Horace H. and Nancy Sanders Jordan. She was the foster daughter of Jessy J. and Ida Hankinson Widener. She was widowed twice, first by the late Marion A. Scott and...

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