Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Virginia Holley Scott

Virginia Holley Scott

Feb 17, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Virginia Holley Scott (“Ginny”), 93, of Aiken SC, and formerly of Spartanburg SC, died peacefully in her sleep on the night of February 16, 2014 among people who loved her. Born on March 9, 1920, in the village of Wakefield RI, Ginny was the daughter and only child of the late Elisha and Charlotte Bell Holley. She...

Jack B. Clements

Jack B. Clements

Feb 17, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. John Brian “Jack” Clements, 85, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014. A Requiem Mass will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Jack was born in Spartanburg, SC, a son of the late Otha and Juanita Matthews Clements and brother of the late Joyce Clements. He was a graduate of...

John Russell Treadwell

John Russell Treadwell

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC – JOHN RUSSELL TREADWELL, LT. COL, US ARMY, RET., 89, husband of the late Constance A. Treadwell, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Salem, MA, Mr. Treadwell was a son of the late James Robinson and Helen Liebsch Treadwell. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point...

Eldora Williams

Eldora Williams

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ELDORA WILLIAMS, 86, entered into rest on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 AM, Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in Sunset Memory Gardens with the Rev. Curtis Blocker officiating. Ms. Williams was a life long resident of Aiken, SC. She was born in Langley, SC, a daughter of the late...

Henry Schultz

Henry Schultz

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HENRY EUGENE SCHULTZ, 77, beloved husband of Linda Meadows Schultz, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Hell Hole Swamp in Charleston County, SC, Henry was a son of the late George W. and Marguerete Wyndham Schultz. He joined the United States Marine Corps when he was 16 years old, and...

Ann Haile Vinson

Ann Haile Vinson

Feb 15, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ANN HAILE VINSON, 81, beloved wife of the late Edward I. Vinson, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held this Wednesday at 10 AM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The Reverends Phillip Hamilton and Paul Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in the Haile Family Cemetery in Jonesville, SC. Pallbearers...

Howard Raymond McKendrick

Howard Raymond McKendrick

Feb 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HOWARD RAYMOND McKENDRICK, Col. USAF Ret., 94, beloved husband of Margaret Virginia “Peg” McKendrick, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wilmington, DE, Mr. McKendrick was a son of the late Walter Bamford and Maude Nelson Asquith McKendrick. He attended the University of Delaware before being called into service in World...

Mary Hellen Golay Selby

Mary Hellen Golay Selby

Feb 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC- MARY HELEN GOLAY SELBY, 90, beloved wife of the late Dennis Bilderback Selby, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Selby was a native of Ponca City, Oklahoma, having made Aiken her home for the past 62 years. She was a homemaker  and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving...

Elizabeth Wooley Christ

Elizabeth Wooley Christ

Feb 12, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ELIZABETH HANSON CHRIST, 74, beloved wife of Paul R. Christ entered into rest Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Crewe, England, Mrs. Christ was the daughter of the late Leonard and Martha May Woolley. She was one of eight children. Three of which preceded in her death. She came to the United...

Bessie M. Emeneker

Bessie M. Emeneker

Feb 10, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Bessie Morton Emeneker, 91, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014. SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 2014 at 3 PM IN BETHANY CEMETERY. The Reverend Charles Jenkins will officiate. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Emeneker was a lifelong resident of Aiken, and daughter of the late Otto and Fannie Cook Morton. She was a...

Debra Eilleen Armstrong

Debra Eilleen Armstrong

Feb 9, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Debra Eilleen Armstrong, 59, died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 17, 2014 at the St. John’s United Methodist Chapel with the Rev. Dr. George Howle and the Rev. Dr. Ray Litts officiating. The family will receive friends in Ward Hall following the...

Christina Burghard

Christina Burghard

Feb 8, 2014

AIKEN, S.C. – Florence Christina Burghard, of Aiken, South Carolina, passed in the peace of her home on Saturday, February 8 after putting up a heroic struggle with a long illness. Christina, as she liked to be known, grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey and worked for over thirty years in school textbook publishing before moving in 2006 to the...

Ethel Nadine Sumner

Ethel Nadine Sumner

Feb 7, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Ethel Nadine Humphries Sumner, 76, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014. A visitation will be held from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM Monday, with the funeral service beginning at 2:00 PM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. The Reverend Terry Newsome will officiate. Interment will follow in Langley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve Kitchens, Timothy Kitchens, Chris...

Ronald Dean Reynolds, Sr.

Ronald Dean Reynolds, Sr.

Feb 7, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC – RONALD D. REYNOLDS, SR., 64, passed away Friday, February 07, 2014 at his residence after a long battle with cancer. Ronnie was the son of E. Dean and Katie Humphries Reynolds. He attended Aiken Public Schools, graduating from Aiken High School in 1967. He later attended the University of South Carolina and was an avid fan...

Mary Ann Parmelee

Mary Ann Parmelee

Feb 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY ANN PARMELEE, 70, beloved wife of Thomas W. Parmelee, died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Georgia Regents University Medical Center, Augusta, GA. A native of Grand Rapids, MI, Mary was a daughter of the late Eiso L. and Pauline Wagner Bruggema. Mary was a well-known teacher, trainer and clinician in the equestrian community with clients ranging...

Geraldine "Gerri" Yonce Johnson

Geraldine "Gerri" Yonce Johnson

Feb 1, 2014

AIKEN – Ms. Gerri Y. Johnson, 71, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 PM Wednesday with funeral services to follow at 2:00 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. Reverend Mike Hallman and Reverend Chris Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Michael...

Albert Clement Stasko

Albert Clement Stasko

Jan 30, 2014

AIKEN, SC – ALBERT CLEMENT STASKO, 93, husband of the late Naomi McDonough Stasko, died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Hitchcock House. A native of Homestead, PA, Albert was a son of the late John and Anna Yocubik Stasko. He graduated from Munhall High School and The University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Stasko proudly served his country during World War II...

Mary Jo Quinn Jenkins

Mary Jo Quinn Jenkins

Jan 29, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY JO JENKINS. 83, widow of Harley Jenkins, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Greene County, GA, Mary Jo was a daughter of the late Joe W. and Marian Powell Quinn. She worked as a technician at Riegal Textiles and also worked a number of years at Warneke Cleaners. She...

Robert Sheldon Matthews

Robert Sheldon Matthews

Jan 29, 2014

Aiken, SC-Robert Sheldon Matthews, 83, died at home Jan. 29, 2014. Loving husband of Suzanne Dubie Matthews. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK to the late Tandy Sheldon Matthews and Ruth Butler Mathews. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and retired from Columbia Nitrogen and Westinghouse, SRP. Mr. Matthews was an Army Veteran of the Korean War....

Eloise Floyd Fair

Eloise Floyd Fair

Jan 26, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Eloise Floyd Fair, 88, passed away Sunday, January 26rd, 2014. Mrs. Fair was born in Tillman, SC, a daughter of the late George Dewey Sr. and Maude Smith Floyd. She had been a resident of Aiken since 1952, and worked as a real estate agent for many years.She loved all of her large family and her wonderful...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Virginia Holley Scott

Virginia Holley Scott

Feb 17, 2014

AIKEN, SC - Virginia Holley Scott (“Ginny”), 93, of Aiken SC, and formerly of Spartanburg SC, died peacefully in her sleep on the night of February 16, 2014 among people who loved her. Born on March 9, 1920, in the village of Wakefield RI, Ginny was the daughter and only child of the late Elisha and Charlotte Bell Holley. She...

Jack B. Clements

Jack B. Clements

Feb 17, 2014

AIKEN – Mr. John Brian “Jack” Clements, 85, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014. A Requiem Mass will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Jack was born in Spartanburg, SC, a son of the late Otha and Juanita Matthews Clements and brother of the late Joyce Clements. He was a graduate of...

John Russell Treadwell

John Russell Treadwell

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC – JOHN RUSSELL TREADWELL, LT. COL, US ARMY, RET., 89, husband of the late Constance A. Treadwell, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Salem, MA, Mr. Treadwell was a son of the late James Robinson and Helen Liebsch Treadwell. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point...

Eldora Williams

Eldora Williams

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ELDORA WILLIAMS, 86, entered into rest on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 AM, Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in Sunset Memory Gardens with the Rev. Curtis Blocker officiating. Ms. Williams was a life long resident of Aiken, SC. She was born in Langley, SC, a daughter of the late...

Henry Schultz

Henry Schultz

Feb 16, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HENRY EUGENE SCHULTZ, 77, beloved husband of Linda Meadows Schultz, died Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Hell Hole Swamp in Charleston County, SC, Henry was a son of the late George W. and Marguerete Wyndham Schultz. He joined the United States Marine Corps when he was 16 years old, and...

Ann Haile Vinson

Ann Haile Vinson

Feb 15, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ANN HAILE VINSON, 81, beloved wife of the late Edward I. Vinson, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held this Wednesday at 10 AM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. The Reverends Phillip Hamilton and Paul Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in the Haile Family Cemetery in Jonesville, SC. Pallbearers...

Howard Raymond McKendrick

Howard Raymond McKendrick

Feb 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC – HOWARD RAYMOND McKENDRICK, Col. USAF Ret., 94, beloved husband of Margaret Virginia “Peg” McKendrick, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wilmington, DE, Mr. McKendrick was a son of the late Walter Bamford and Maude Nelson Asquith McKendrick. He attended the University of Delaware before being called into service in World...

Mary Hellen Golay Selby

Mary Hellen Golay Selby

Feb 13, 2014

AIKEN, SC- MARY HELEN GOLAY SELBY, 90, beloved wife of the late Dennis Bilderback Selby, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Selby was a native of Ponca City, Oklahoma, having made Aiken her home for the past 62 years. She was a homemaker  and a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. She will be remembered as a loving...

Elizabeth Wooley Christ

Elizabeth Wooley Christ

Feb 12, 2014

AIKEN, SC- ELIZABETH HANSON CHRIST, 74, beloved wife of Paul R. Christ entered into rest Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Crewe, England, Mrs. Christ was the daughter of the late Leonard and Martha May Woolley. She was one of eight children. Three of which preceded in her death. She came to the United...

Bessie M. Emeneker

Bessie M. Emeneker

Feb 10, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Bessie Morton Emeneker, 91, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014. SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 2014 at 3 PM IN BETHANY CEMETERY. The Reverend Charles Jenkins will officiate. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery. Mrs. Emeneker was a lifelong resident of Aiken, and daughter of the late Otto and Fannie Cook Morton. She was a...

Debra Eilleen Armstrong

Debra Eilleen Armstrong

Feb 9, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Debra Eilleen Armstrong, 59, died Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 17, 2014 at the St. John’s United Methodist Chapel with the Rev. Dr. George Howle and the Rev. Dr. Ray Litts officiating. The family will receive friends in Ward Hall following the...

Christina Burghard

Christina Burghard

Feb 8, 2014

AIKEN, S.C. – Florence Christina Burghard, of Aiken, South Carolina, passed in the peace of her home on Saturday, February 8 after putting up a heroic struggle with a long illness. Christina, as she liked to be known, grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey and worked for over thirty years in school textbook publishing before moving in 2006 to the...

Ethel Nadine Sumner

Ethel Nadine Sumner

Feb 7, 2014

AIKEN – Mrs. Ethel Nadine Humphries Sumner, 76, passed away Friday, February 7, 2014. A visitation will be held from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM Monday, with the funeral service beginning at 2:00 PM in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. The Reverend Terry Newsome will officiate. Interment will follow in Langley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve Kitchens, Timothy Kitchens, Chris...

Ronald Dean Reynolds, Sr.

Ronald Dean Reynolds, Sr.

Feb 7, 2014

NEW ELLENTON, SC – RONALD D. REYNOLDS, SR., 64, passed away Friday, February 07, 2014 at his residence after a long battle with cancer. Ronnie was the son of E. Dean and Katie Humphries Reynolds. He attended Aiken Public Schools, graduating from Aiken High School in 1967. He later attended the University of South Carolina and was an avid fan...

Mary Ann Parmelee

Mary Ann Parmelee

Feb 6, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY ANN PARMELEE, 70, beloved wife of Thomas W. Parmelee, died Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Georgia Regents University Medical Center, Augusta, GA. A native of Grand Rapids, MI, Mary was a daughter of the late Eiso L. and Pauline Wagner Bruggema. Mary was a well-known teacher, trainer and clinician in the equestrian community with clients ranging...

Geraldine "Gerri" Yonce Johnson

Geraldine "Gerri" Yonce Johnson

Feb 1, 2014

AIKEN – Ms. Gerri Y. Johnson, 71, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 PM Wednesday with funeral services to follow at 2:00 in the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. Reverend Mike Hallman and Reverend Chris Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Michael...

Albert Clement Stasko

Albert Clement Stasko

Jan 30, 2014

AIKEN, SC – ALBERT CLEMENT STASKO, 93, husband of the late Naomi McDonough Stasko, died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Hitchcock House. A native of Homestead, PA, Albert was a son of the late John and Anna Yocubik Stasko. He graduated from Munhall High School and The University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Stasko proudly served his country during World War II...

Mary Jo Quinn Jenkins

Mary Jo Quinn Jenkins

Jan 29, 2014

AIKEN, SC – MARY JO JENKINS. 83, widow of Harley Jenkins, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Greene County, GA, Mary Jo was a daughter of the late Joe W. and Marian Powell Quinn. She worked as a technician at Riegal Textiles and also worked a number of years at Warneke Cleaners. She...

Robert Sheldon Matthews

Robert Sheldon Matthews

Jan 29, 2014

Aiken, SC-Robert Sheldon Matthews, 83, died at home Jan. 29, 2014. Loving husband of Suzanne Dubie Matthews. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK to the late Tandy Sheldon Matthews and Ruth Butler Mathews. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and retired from Columbia Nitrogen and Westinghouse, SRP. Mr. Matthews was an Army Veteran of the Korean War....

Eloise Floyd Fair

Eloise Floyd Fair

Jan 26, 2014

AIKEN - Mrs. Eloise Floyd Fair, 88, passed away Sunday, January 26rd, 2014. Mrs. Fair was born in Tillman, SC, a daughter of the late George Dewey Sr. and Maude Smith Floyd. She had been a resident of Aiken since 1952, and worked as a real estate agent for many years.She loved all of her large family and her wonderful...