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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Lynn Barry Zody

Lynn Barry Zody

Mar 18, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Lynn Barry Zody, 71, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday at South Aiken Church of God with the Reverend Bruce Fox officiating.  Interment will be held privately. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the USC Aiken Men’s Basketball Team. Mr. Zody was born in Waynesboro, PA,...

Dr. Durward Boye Pridgen

Dr. Durward Boye Pridgen

Mar 16, 2014

AIKEN - Durward B. “Buck” Pridgen, M.D., of North Augusta, South Carolina, died quietly Sunday morning, March 16th at the University Hospital after a long, hard fought struggle with myelodysplastic syndrome.  Board-certified in internal medicine, emergency room medicine, he brought a tender heart, a no-nonsense demeanor, and an extraordinary skill for diagnosis to his practice in Aiken, SC, and most...

Jerry William Gore

Jerry William Gore

Mar 15, 2014

WARRENVILLE – Mr. Jerry William Gore, 52, passed away March 15, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Dexter Lambert officiating.  Interment with military honors will take place in Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 1:00 PM. He is survived by his wife, Peggy G. Gore; children, Angel Brittney...

Sabri Hankinson Smith

Sabri Hankinson Smith

Mar 14, 2014

AIKEN, SC – SABRI HANKINSON SMITH, 92, died Friday, March 14th, 2014 at her residence. A life-long resident of Aiken, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Mayhew Hankinson, Sr. and Blanche H. Hankinson. She was a 1939 Honor Graduate of Aiken High School. Prior to her retirement, she was the office manager of the Aiken Coca-Cola Bottling Company...

Dixie Ellington Day

Dixie Ellington Day

Mar 13, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Dixie Lee Ellington Day, 70, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church with the Reverend Charles Jenkins officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the church.  Interment will be held privately.Mrs. Day was born in Portsmouth, VA, a daughter...

Leonard Chandler Mobley

Leonard Chandler Mobley

Mar 13, 2014

Leonard Chandler Mobley, 90, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, March 16 at 4:00 at Southlawn Cemetery, with the Reverend Dr. Fred W. Andrea, III officiating. Visitation will follow in the First Baptist Church Parlor from 5:00 – 6:00.Mr. Mobley was born in Athens, GA to Hoyt and Wilma Mobley. He moved...

Mary Fox

Mary Fox

Mar 12, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY EDNA BAUGHMAN FOX, 87, beloved wife of Marion Fox, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Fox was a daughter of the late Sam and Lottie Seigler Baughman. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Central Baptist Church. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend,...

Elodia Audrey Foster

Elodia Audrey Foster

Mar 12, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Elodia Audrey Adamo Foster, 89, passed away March 12, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11AM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Foster was born in New York NY, a daughter of the late Maurice and Vera LePerri Adamo. She has been living in the...

William David Culler

William David Culler

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. William David Culler, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, March 13 in Graniteville Cemetery with the Reverend Dr. Ray Litts officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the funeral home. Mr. Culler was born in Union, SC, a son of the...

Louise Lanza Galloway

Louise Lanza Galloway

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Our mother and "Mema," Louise Lanza Galloway of Aiken S.C., died peacefully in her home on March 11, 2014. Though she will be sorely missed by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends, she looked forward to reuniting with her Heavenly family that went before, including her parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins. She also survived...

Susie Burris Morgan

Susie Burris Morgan

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Susie Burris Morgan, 90, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014.Mrs. Morgan was born in Becton, TX, a daughter of the late Ira Herbert and Eta Minnie Price Burris.  Susie and her husband, James Lee Morgan lived in Waco, Texas for many years and Susie was in the Order of the Eastern Star. She moved to Aiken...

John Joseph Ochrenyk

John Joseph Ochrenyk

Mar 10, 2014

AIKEN, SC – John Joseph Ochrenyk, 74, beloved husband of Shan Ai Ochrenyk, died suddenly, Monday, March 10, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.  John was born and raised in Newark, NJ.  He was a son of the late Mary who was born in Poland and John, who was born in Russia. John joined the Army shortly after high school....

Walter John Nayda

Walter John Nayda

Mar 7, 2014

Aiken, SC- Walter J. Nayda, 86, of Aiken SC (formally of Philadelphia, PA; Millville, NJ; Elmer, NJ; Ivanhoe, NC; and Hereford, AZ) passed away peacefully at home on Friday March 7, 2014. He was born on March 21, 1927, the son of Mary Paulachien Keshwe and Peter Nayda. Walt was the husband of the late Anna Homich Nayda and the...

Harold Lynn Fox

Harold Lynn Fox

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HAROLD L. FOX, 68, beloved husband of Sarah Lakins Fox, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at his residence. A native of Morristown, TN, Harold was a son of the late Samuel and Pearl Martin Fox. He was a carpenter for many years in the Morristown and Knoxville TN area before moving to Aiken in 1985. He worked...

Bernardine J. Foley

Bernardine J. Foley

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – BERNARDINE J. “BUNNY” FOLEY, 77, widow of Joseph P. Foley, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at her residence. A native of Greenfield, MA, Bunny was a daughter of the late Bernard and Ruby DeRusha Putnam. She moved to New York when she was in her early 20’s and was a former flight attendant for Trans World Airlines....

Caiden Ash Murray

Caiden Ash Murray

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – CAIDEN ASH MURRAY, 3 year old son of Ashley Rettig Murray and Nicholas S. Murray, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Georgia Regents University Children’s Medical Center after a sudden illness. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a brother, Bryce Murray; sister, Kori Murray; brother, Dominick Murray maternal grandparents, Mark and Terri Rettig, Aiken; maternal great...

William "Bill" James Bigelow

William "Bill" James Bigelow

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Born in Lima, Ohio on October 1, 1938, Mr Bigelow succumbed after a long battle with congestive heart failure on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Son of the late William Howard and Mary Bigelow, he was the devoted and beloved husband of Ellen Gail, loving father of Mary Christine Bigelow, and Valerie Elise Bigelow, of San Francisco, California,...

Hannah Barrett Albenesius

Hannah Barrett Albenesius

Mar 4, 2014

CHARLESTON, SC - Hannah Barrett Albenesius passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2014. She was born on June 11, 1991 in Wilmington, DE. During her brief, earthly sojourn, she also lived in Seaford, DE and Camden, Spartanburg (High School) and Charleston, SC. Hannah was a recent graduate of the College of Charleston with dual Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology (B.S.) and...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Feb 28, 2014

AIKEN, SC- MARY COURTNEY DAVIS, 80, beloved wife of Thomas Frederick Davis, died Friday, February 28, 2014. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 11 AM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The Reverend Doctor Ron Hasty officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be David Fogle, Mike Butcher, Blaine Bronson, Neal Cormany, Nick...

Phillip Ross Waybright

Phillip Ross Waybright

Feb 28, 2014

Phillip Ross Waybright AIKEN, SC – PHILLIP ROSS WAYBRIGHT, 86, beloved husband of Frieda May Herold Waybright, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Charleston, WV, Mr. Waybright was a son of the late James Robert and Edith Backus Waybright. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during World War...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Lynn Barry Zody

Lynn Barry Zody

Mar 18, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. Lynn Barry Zody, 71, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday at South Aiken Church of God with the Reverend Bruce Fox officiating.  Interment will be held privately. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the USC Aiken Men’s Basketball Team. Mr. Zody was born in Waynesboro, PA,...

Dr. Durward Boye Pridgen

Dr. Durward Boye Pridgen

Mar 16, 2014

AIKEN - Durward B. “Buck” Pridgen, M.D., of North Augusta, South Carolina, died quietly Sunday morning, March 16th at the University Hospital after a long, hard fought struggle with myelodysplastic syndrome.  Board-certified in internal medicine, emergency room medicine, he brought a tender heart, a no-nonsense demeanor, and an extraordinary skill for diagnosis to his practice in Aiken, SC, and most...

Jerry William Gore

Jerry William Gore

Mar 15, 2014

WARRENVILLE – Mr. Jerry William Gore, 52, passed away March 15, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Friday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Dexter Lambert officiating.  Interment with military honors will take place in Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 1:00 PM. He is survived by his wife, Peggy G. Gore; children, Angel Brittney...

Sabri Hankinson Smith

Sabri Hankinson Smith

Mar 14, 2014

AIKEN, SC – SABRI HANKINSON SMITH, 92, died Friday, March 14th, 2014 at her residence. A life-long resident of Aiken, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Mayhew Hankinson, Sr. and Blanche H. Hankinson. She was a 1939 Honor Graduate of Aiken High School. Prior to her retirement, she was the office manager of the Aiken Coca-Cola Bottling Company...

Dixie Ellington Day

Dixie Ellington Day

Mar 13, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Dixie Lee Ellington Day, 70, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church with the Reverend Charles Jenkins officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the church.  Interment will be held privately.Mrs. Day was born in Portsmouth, VA, a daughter...

Leonard Chandler Mobley

Leonard Chandler Mobley

Mar 13, 2014

Leonard Chandler Mobley, 90, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, March 16 at 4:00 at Southlawn Cemetery, with the Reverend Dr. Fred W. Andrea, III officiating. Visitation will follow in the First Baptist Church Parlor from 5:00 – 6:00.Mr. Mobley was born in Athens, GA to Hoyt and Wilma Mobley. He moved...

Mary Fox

Mary Fox

Mar 12, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY EDNA BAUGHMAN FOX, 87, beloved wife of Marion Fox, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at her residence. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Fox was a daughter of the late Sam and Lottie Seigler Baughman. She was a homemaker and longtime member of Central Baptist Church. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend,...

Elodia Audrey Foster

Elodia Audrey Foster

Mar 12, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Elodia Audrey Adamo Foster, 89, passed away March 12, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11AM Saturday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Foster was born in New York NY, a daughter of the late Maurice and Vera LePerri Adamo. She has been living in the...

William David Culler

William David Culler

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. William David Culler, 86, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, March 13 in Graniteville Cemetery with the Reverend Dr. Ray Litts officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5-7 PM at the funeral home. Mr. Culler was born in Union, SC, a son of the...

Louise Lanza Galloway

Louise Lanza Galloway

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Our mother and "Mema," Louise Lanza Galloway of Aiken S.C., died peacefully in her home on March 11, 2014. Though she will be sorely missed by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends, she looked forward to reuniting with her Heavenly family that went before, including her parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins. She also survived...

Susie Burris Morgan

Susie Burris Morgan

Mar 11, 2014

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Susie Burris Morgan, 90, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014.Mrs. Morgan was born in Becton, TX, a daughter of the late Ira Herbert and Eta Minnie Price Burris.  Susie and her husband, James Lee Morgan lived in Waco, Texas for many years and Susie was in the Order of the Eastern Star. She moved to Aiken...

John Joseph Ochrenyk

John Joseph Ochrenyk

Mar 10, 2014

AIKEN, SC – John Joseph Ochrenyk, 74, beloved husband of Shan Ai Ochrenyk, died suddenly, Monday, March 10, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.  John was born and raised in Newark, NJ.  He was a son of the late Mary who was born in Poland and John, who was born in Russia. John joined the Army shortly after high school....

Walter John Nayda

Walter John Nayda

Mar 7, 2014

Aiken, SC- Walter J. Nayda, 86, of Aiken SC (formally of Philadelphia, PA; Millville, NJ; Elmer, NJ; Ivanhoe, NC; and Hereford, AZ) passed away peacefully at home on Friday March 7, 2014. He was born on March 21, 1927, the son of Mary Paulachien Keshwe and Peter Nayda. Walt was the husband of the late Anna Homich Nayda and the...

Harold Lynn Fox

Harold Lynn Fox

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HAROLD L. FOX, 68, beloved husband of Sarah Lakins Fox, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at his residence. A native of Morristown, TN, Harold was a son of the late Samuel and Pearl Martin Fox. He was a carpenter for many years in the Morristown and Knoxville TN area before moving to Aiken in 1985. He worked...

Bernardine J. Foley

Bernardine J. Foley

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – BERNARDINE J. “BUNNY” FOLEY, 77, widow of Joseph P. Foley, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at her residence. A native of Greenfield, MA, Bunny was a daughter of the late Bernard and Ruby DeRusha Putnam. She moved to New York when she was in her early 20’s and was a former flight attendant for Trans World Airlines....

Caiden Ash Murray

Caiden Ash Murray

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – CAIDEN ASH MURRAY, 3 year old son of Ashley Rettig Murray and Nicholas S. Murray, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Georgia Regents University Children’s Medical Center after a sudden illness. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a brother, Bryce Murray; sister, Kori Murray; brother, Dominick Murray maternal grandparents, Mark and Terri Rettig, Aiken; maternal great...

William "Bill" James Bigelow

William "Bill" James Bigelow

Mar 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Born in Lima, Ohio on October 1, 1938, Mr Bigelow succumbed after a long battle with congestive heart failure on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Son of the late William Howard and Mary Bigelow, he was the devoted and beloved husband of Ellen Gail, loving father of Mary Christine Bigelow, and Valerie Elise Bigelow, of San Francisco, California,...

Hannah Barrett Albenesius

Hannah Barrett Albenesius

Mar 4, 2014

CHARLESTON, SC - Hannah Barrett Albenesius passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2014. She was born on June 11, 1991 in Wilmington, DE. During her brief, earthly sojourn, she also lived in Seaford, DE and Camden, Spartanburg (High School) and Charleston, SC. Hannah was a recent graduate of the College of Charleston with dual Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology (B.S.) and...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Feb 28, 2014

AIKEN, SC- MARY COURTNEY DAVIS, 80, beloved wife of Thomas Frederick Davis, died Friday, February 28, 2014. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 11 AM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The Reverend Doctor Ron Hasty officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be David Fogle, Mike Butcher, Blaine Bronson, Neal Cormany, Nick...

Phillip Ross Waybright

Phillip Ross Waybright

Feb 28, 2014

Phillip Ross Waybright AIKEN, SC – PHILLIP ROSS WAYBRIGHT, 86, beloved husband of Frieda May Herold Waybright, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Charleston, WV, Mr. Waybright was a son of the late James Robert and Edith Backus Waybright. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during World War...

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