Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Winston Everett Merrill

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...

Wilbur Lewis Garrick

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...

Lorraine Varnadoe McClellan

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,...

Karen Busser

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...

Max General

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...

Elizabeth Ann Johnson Staudt

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

Patricia Brown Fulmer Atnipp

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....

Joseph "Joe" Doyle

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...

Miquela Hawkins Keating

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...

Lynne Anne Lamb

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...

Audree Elizabeth Boyenger

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....

Elizabeth Scott Gregory

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...

Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams

Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams

Nov 1, 2015

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams, 89, passed away peacefully at an Augusta, GA. Hospital Sunday, November 01, 2015. She was born May 20, 1926 in Dierks, Arkansas to the late Authur H. and Selma Lewey Scoggin. Mrs. Williams graduated from Dierks high school and received her BA in Library Science from East Texas State University. She worked...

Polly Hair Chapman

Polly Hair Chapman

Nov 1, 2015

COUCHTON, SC – POLLY ANNA HAIR CHAPMAN, 83, died Sunday, November 1, 2015 at her residence. A native and life-long resident of Aiken County, Polly was a daughter of the late Samuel Matthias and Susie May Webb Hair. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors include her life sharing partner, Huey Pullum; a son, Billy Chapman, Charlotte, NC;...

Russell Edwin Schurtz, MD

Russell Edwin Schurtz, MD

Oct 28, 2015

AIKEN - Dr. Russell E Schurtz passed peacefully into history on Wednesday, October 28 in Aiken where he has been a resident for the past 10 years. He was born on October 19, 1941 to Harold E. Schurtz and his wife Mildred A. Schurtz in Mason City Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa's College of Medicine and received...

Ernest Harold Owen

Ernest Harold Owen

Oct 28, 2015

NEW ELLENTON, SC – ERNEST HAROLD OWEN, 87, beloved husband of Montez Masters Owen, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Lake Toxaway, NC, Harold was a son of the late William Jasper and Maude Patterson Owen. He was a veteran of the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Army, serving as a Sergeant First...

JoAnne Cole Bernacchi

JoAnne Cole Bernacchi

Oct 27, 2015

AIKEN – Mrs. JoAnne Cole Bernacchi, 59, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel, Hayne Ave. The Reverend Ken McDonald will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. JoAnne was born in St. Petersburg, FL, a daughter of Mary Vondenberger...

William Murray Brown, Jr.

William Murray Brown, Jr.

Oct 26, 2015

AIKEN, SC - William M. Brown, Jr. "Bill" passed from his human form into God's arms at his home in Aiken, South Carolina on October 26th, 2015. He was the son of William Brown and Alice (Bolam) Brown of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania where he was born on March 9th, 1927. Bill was a graduate of Penn State where he met his...

David Gordon Koester

David Gordon Koester

Oct 18, 2015

WINDSOR, SC – DAVID G. KOESTER, 73, beloved husband of Mary Grant Koester, died Sunday, October 18, 2015 at University Hospital. A native of Milwaukee, WI, David was a son of the late Gordon Ernest and Ardeth Nelson Koester. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of...

James Edward Williamson

James Edward Williamson

Oct 18, 2015

WINDSOR, SC – JAMES EDWARD WILLIAMSON, 48, died suddenly, Sunday, October 18, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Jimmy was a son of Lilly Gunter Williamson Boyd and the late Johnny Vernell Williamson. He was a fourth generation carpenter and was a residential home builder, working 25 years for Essex...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Winston Everett Merrill

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...

Wilbur Lewis Garrick

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...

Lorraine Varnadoe McClellan

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,...

Karen Busser

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...

Max General

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...

Elizabeth Ann Johnson Staudt

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

Patricia Brown Fulmer Atnipp

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....

Joseph "Joe" Doyle

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...

Miquela Hawkins Keating

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...

Lynne Anne Lamb

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...

Audree Elizabeth Boyenger

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....

Elizabeth Scott Gregory

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...

Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams

Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams

Nov 1, 2015

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Autha Janelle Scoggin Williams, 89, passed away peacefully at an Augusta, GA. Hospital Sunday, November 01, 2015. She was born May 20, 1926 in Dierks, Arkansas to the late Authur H. and Selma Lewey Scoggin. Mrs. Williams graduated from Dierks high school and received her BA in Library Science from East Texas State University. She worked...

Polly Hair Chapman

Polly Hair Chapman

Nov 1, 2015

COUCHTON, SC – POLLY ANNA HAIR CHAPMAN, 83, died Sunday, November 1, 2015 at her residence. A native and life-long resident of Aiken County, Polly was a daughter of the late Samuel Matthias and Susie May Webb Hair. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church. Survivors include her life sharing partner, Huey Pullum; a son, Billy Chapman, Charlotte, NC;...

Russell Edwin Schurtz, MD

Russell Edwin Schurtz, MD

Oct 28, 2015

AIKEN - Dr. Russell E Schurtz passed peacefully into history on Wednesday, October 28 in Aiken where he has been a resident for the past 10 years. He was born on October 19, 1941 to Harold E. Schurtz and his wife Mildred A. Schurtz in Mason City Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa's College of Medicine and received...

Ernest Harold Owen

Ernest Harold Owen

Oct 28, 2015

NEW ELLENTON, SC – ERNEST HAROLD OWEN, 87, beloved husband of Montez Masters Owen, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Lake Toxaway, NC, Harold was a son of the late William Jasper and Maude Patterson Owen. He was a veteran of the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Army, serving as a Sergeant First...

JoAnne Cole Bernacchi

JoAnne Cole Bernacchi

Oct 27, 2015

AIKEN – Mrs. JoAnne Cole Bernacchi, 59, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel, Hayne Ave. The Reverend Ken McDonald will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. JoAnne was born in St. Petersburg, FL, a daughter of Mary Vondenberger...

William Murray Brown, Jr.

William Murray Brown, Jr.

Oct 26, 2015

AIKEN, SC - William M. Brown, Jr. "Bill" passed from his human form into God's arms at his home in Aiken, South Carolina on October 26th, 2015. He was the son of William Brown and Alice (Bolam) Brown of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania where he was born on March 9th, 1927. Bill was a graduate of Penn State where he met his...

David Gordon Koester

David Gordon Koester

Oct 18, 2015

WINDSOR, SC – DAVID G. KOESTER, 73, beloved husband of Mary Grant Koester, died Sunday, October 18, 2015 at University Hospital. A native of Milwaukee, WI, David was a son of the late Gordon Ernest and Ardeth Nelson Koester. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of...

James Edward Williamson

James Edward Williamson

Oct 18, 2015

WINDSOR, SC – JAMES EDWARD WILLIAMSON, 48, died suddenly, Sunday, October 18, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Jimmy was a son of Lilly Gunter Williamson Boyd and the late Johnny Vernell Williamson. He was a fourth generation carpenter and was a residential home builder, working 25 years for Essex...