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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Thomas Jackson Cleator

Thomas Jackson Cleator

Mar 7, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- THOMAS JACKSON CLEATOR, 80, beloved husband of Sarah Papenbrock Cleator, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at his residence, surrounded by his family. A native of Chicago Heights, IL, Mr. Cleator was a son of the late Thomas Edward and Agnes Jackson Cleator. He was a 1952 graduate of Northwestern University and was a U. S. Army veteran...

Virginia Lott Holley

Virginia Lott Holley

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- VIRGINIA LOTT HOLLEY, 86, widow of Thomas T. Holley, Sr., died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Lila Doyle Nursing Care Facility in Seneca, SC. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Holley was a daughter of the late John Wilkes and Willie Mae Fox Lott. She attended Winthrop College for two years before entering Duke...

Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson

Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson

Mar 6, 2011

Aiken- Mrs. Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson, 88, widow of Fletcher Jackson, died March 06, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Jefferson County, GA, Mrs. Jackson was a daughter of the late Bruce Samuel and Frances Pauline Davis Sosebee. She had lived in Aiken since 1961, and was retired from the Graniteville Company’s Hickman Plant. She was a member...

Bettie Woodward Moseley

Bettie Woodward Moseley

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Bettie Woodward Moseley, 79, died Sunday, March 6, 2011. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at Levels Baptist Church with the Reverend Larry Scales officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Folk, Mac Britt, David Turner, Bobby Altman, Rusty Barton and Richard Barton. Honorary pallbearers will be members...

Glenn D. Fox

Glenn D. Fox

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- GLENN DALE FOX, SR. 62, beloved husband of Sandra G. Fox, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Glenn was a son of Lettie S. Matthews and the late M. H. Fox, Jr. He was a farmer and carpenter. He attended Earle Church of God. Survivors include...

William A. Shaver, M.D.

William A. Shaver, M.D.

Mar 5, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- WILLIAM A. SHAVER, M.D., 86, of Aiken, SC, beloved husband of V. Anne Shaver, died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of St. Marys, PA, Dr. Shaver was a son of the late William Patrick and Carrie Friedline Shaver. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1942 and then the Naval Reserves...

Waltraut (Trudy) Fuchs Pryor

Waltraut (Trudy) Fuchs Pryor

Feb 28, 2011

Aiken, SC- Waltraut(Trudy) Fuchs Pryor, 82, died Feb. 28 at home. She was born in Winterberg, Czech Republic. She was the daughter of the late Ludwig and Berta Fuchs, she was preceded in death by her husband William Rabun Pryor. The Funeral Mass will be held March 4 at 1:00 PM at St. Mary Help of Christian Catholic Church with...

Ruth Eichel Scott

Ruth Eichel Scott

Feb 27, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Ruth Eichel Scott, 88, died Sunday, February 27, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Private interment will be held in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Scott was...

Carol Jean Rigsby

Carol Jean Rigsby

Feb 26, 2011

NEW ELLENTON - Ms. Carol Jean Rigsby, 52, passed over Saturday, February 26, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. with the Reverend David Hardy officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Carol was born in Charmco, WV, a daughter of the late...

Julia Hilderbrandt Bohlmann

Julia Hilderbrandt Bohlmann

Feb 24, 2011

Aiken-Julia Hildebrandt Bohlmann, 83, died Thursday, February 25, 2011. She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years Edward Lorenz Bohlmann and a number of nieces and nephews . Mrs. Bohlmann was born in Augusta, GA to the late Nicholas and Edna Mohrmann Hildebrandt. She married her husband in December of 1953 and worked as a clerk at the...

Geraldine Vinson Hamilton

Geraldine Vinson Hamilton

Feb 22, 2011

N. AUGUSTA - Mrs. Geraldine Vinson Hamilton, 83, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Grace Fellowship Church, N. Augusta, with the Reverend Paul Hamilton and the Reverend Phillip Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be staff and friends at Hammond...

Chester Meade Perry

Chester Meade Perry

Feb 21, 2011

AIKEN, SC – CHESTER MEADE PERRY, 93, beloved husband of Pauline Lane Perry, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Perry had been a resident of Aiken for the last 13 years. Survivors, in addition to his wife Paulie, include two sons; Michael Perry of Connecticut and Bruce Perry of Florida and a sister, Marinda Craiger of Ironton,...

Charles "Gene" R. E. Rapp

Charles "Gene" R. E. Rapp

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- CHARLES R. E. "GENE" RAPP, 77, passed away February 19, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers from complications of cancer. He was a member of Sweetwater County Club, PGA, Partners Club, VFW and American Legion. He attended Calvary Chapel of Aiken. He is survived by his wife, Betty J. Rapp, a sister, Rosina McClelland, 6 children; Linn...

Eula Lee Smith Gunter Wood

Eula Lee Smith Gunter Wood

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- EULA LEE SMITH GUNTER WOOD, 85, widow of William Tracy Gunter, entered the Gates of Heaven Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Lexington, SC, Mrs. Wood was a daughter of the late Mark M. and Essie Corder Smith. She had lived in Aiken since 1945, and was retired from Graniteville Company....

L. Karl Dernetz

L. Karl Dernetz

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- L. KARL DERNETZ, 62, beloved husband of Linda Cyr Dernetz, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at MUSC Hospital, Charleston, SC. A native of Baltimore, MD, Mr. Dernetz was a son of the late Joseph Conrad and Mildred Lydia Wheeler Dernetz. He served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner for 10 years as a machinist mate. He...

The Reverend Mellie H. Hickey

The Reverend Mellie H. Hickey

Feb 18, 2011

The Rev. Mellie H. Hickey, 94, a pioneering woman in the Episcopal Church, died February 18, 2011 in Aiken, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Monday at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with The Rt. Rev. Andrew Waldo, The Rev. Canon Charles Davis, The Rev. Grant B. Wiseman, The Rev. Joseph S. Whitehurst and The Rev. Charlotte Waldrop...

Infant Christopher Andrew Martz

Infant Christopher Andrew Martz

Feb 16, 2011

MARTINEZ - Christopher Andrew Martz, Jr., infant son of Christopher and Heather Drenning Martz, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Brycson Ethan, Cody and Aiden Ayscue; Maternal grandparents, Cherry and Jerry Baum, Craig Denning; paternal grandparents, Dianne Prickett, Hephzibah, Andrew Martz, Evans. Services will be private. SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC.,...

Ruth Nicholson Buchanan

Ruth Nicholson Buchanan

Feb 16, 2011

Aiken- Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Buchanan, 87, the wife of the late Robert L. Buchanan, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11:00 A. M. graveside at Historic Bethany Cemetery with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Buchanan was...

Nina Faye Cummings Adams

Nina Faye Cummings Adams

Feb 15, 2011

BARNWELL, SC -- NINA FAYE CUMMINGS ADAMS, 81, widow of Henry F. Adams, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at her residence. A native of Maryville, TN, Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late Frank and Lydia Cummings. She was a resident of Aiken County for many years before moving to Barnwell in 2007. She was a member of Foreman...

Dorinda Hubbard

Dorinda Hubbard

Feb 15, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- DORINDA ALDA CARTER HUBBARD, 48, beloved wife of Brent Hubbard, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Orange Park, FL, Dorinda was a daughter of Paullette Faye Curts and Robert Lloyd Carter. She graduated from Augusta State University with a BS in Computer Science and worked as a Program Manager in...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Thomas Jackson Cleator

Thomas Jackson Cleator

Mar 7, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- THOMAS JACKSON CLEATOR, 80, beloved husband of Sarah Papenbrock Cleator, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at his residence, surrounded by his family. A native of Chicago Heights, IL, Mr. Cleator was a son of the late Thomas Edward and Agnes Jackson Cleator. He was a 1952 graduate of Northwestern University and was a U. S. Army veteran...

Virginia Lott Holley

Virginia Lott Holley

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- VIRGINIA LOTT HOLLEY, 86, widow of Thomas T. Holley, Sr., died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Lila Doyle Nursing Care Facility in Seneca, SC. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Holley was a daughter of the late John Wilkes and Willie Mae Fox Lott. She attended Winthrop College for two years before entering Duke...

Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson

Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson

Mar 6, 2011

Aiken- Mrs. Annie Ruth Sosebee Jackson, 88, widow of Fletcher Jackson, died March 06, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Born in Jefferson County, GA, Mrs. Jackson was a daughter of the late Bruce Samuel and Frances Pauline Davis Sosebee. She had lived in Aiken since 1961, and was retired from the Graniteville Company’s Hickman Plant. She was a member...

Bettie Woodward Moseley

Bettie Woodward Moseley

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Bettie Woodward Moseley, 79, died Sunday, March 6, 2011. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at Levels Baptist Church with the Reverend Larry Scales officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Folk, Mac Britt, David Turner, Bobby Altman, Rusty Barton and Richard Barton. Honorary pallbearers will be members...

Glenn D. Fox

Glenn D. Fox

Mar 6, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- GLENN DALE FOX, SR. 62, beloved husband of Sandra G. Fox, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Glenn was a son of Lettie S. Matthews and the late M. H. Fox, Jr. He was a farmer and carpenter. He attended Earle Church of God. Survivors include...

William A. Shaver, M.D.

William A. Shaver, M.D.

Mar 5, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- WILLIAM A. SHAVER, M.D., 86, of Aiken, SC, beloved husband of V. Anne Shaver, died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of St. Marys, PA, Dr. Shaver was a son of the late William Patrick and Carrie Friedline Shaver. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1942 and then the Naval Reserves...

Waltraut (Trudy) Fuchs Pryor

Waltraut (Trudy) Fuchs Pryor

Feb 28, 2011

Aiken, SC- Waltraut(Trudy) Fuchs Pryor, 82, died Feb. 28 at home. She was born in Winterberg, Czech Republic. She was the daughter of the late Ludwig and Berta Fuchs, she was preceded in death by her husband William Rabun Pryor. The Funeral Mass will be held March 4 at 1:00 PM at St. Mary Help of Christian Catholic Church with...

Ruth Eichel Scott

Ruth Eichel Scott

Feb 27, 2011

AIKEN - Mrs. Ruth Eichel Scott, 88, died Sunday, February 27, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday at First Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parlor. Private interment will be held in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Scott was...

Carol Jean Rigsby

Carol Jean Rigsby

Feb 26, 2011

NEW ELLENTON - Ms. Carol Jean Rigsby, 52, passed over Saturday, February 26, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. with the Reverend David Hardy officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Carol was born in Charmco, WV, a daughter of the late...

Julia Hilderbrandt Bohlmann

Julia Hilderbrandt Bohlmann

Feb 24, 2011

Aiken-Julia Hildebrandt Bohlmann, 83, died Thursday, February 25, 2011. She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years Edward Lorenz Bohlmann and a number of nieces and nephews . Mrs. Bohlmann was born in Augusta, GA to the late Nicholas and Edna Mohrmann Hildebrandt. She married her husband in December of 1953 and worked as a clerk at the...

Geraldine Vinson Hamilton

Geraldine Vinson Hamilton

Feb 22, 2011

N. AUGUSTA - Mrs. Geraldine Vinson Hamilton, 83, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday at Grace Fellowship Church, N. Augusta, with the Reverend Paul Hamilton and the Reverend Phillip Hamilton officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be staff and friends at Hammond...

Chester Meade Perry

Chester Meade Perry

Feb 21, 2011

AIKEN, SC – CHESTER MEADE PERRY, 93, beloved husband of Pauline Lane Perry, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Perry had been a resident of Aiken for the last 13 years. Survivors, in addition to his wife Paulie, include two sons; Michael Perry of Connecticut and Bruce Perry of Florida and a sister, Marinda Craiger of Ironton,...

Charles "Gene" R. E. Rapp

Charles "Gene" R. E. Rapp

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- CHARLES R. E. "GENE" RAPP, 77, passed away February 19, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers from complications of cancer. He was a member of Sweetwater County Club, PGA, Partners Club, VFW and American Legion. He attended Calvary Chapel of Aiken. He is survived by his wife, Betty J. Rapp, a sister, Rosina McClelland, 6 children; Linn...

Eula Lee Smith Gunter Wood

Eula Lee Smith Gunter Wood

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- EULA LEE SMITH GUNTER WOOD, 85, widow of William Tracy Gunter, entered the Gates of Heaven Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Lexington, SC, Mrs. Wood was a daughter of the late Mark M. and Essie Corder Smith. She had lived in Aiken since 1945, and was retired from Graniteville Company....

L. Karl Dernetz

L. Karl Dernetz

Feb 19, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- L. KARL DERNETZ, 62, beloved husband of Linda Cyr Dernetz, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at MUSC Hospital, Charleston, SC. A native of Baltimore, MD, Mr. Dernetz was a son of the late Joseph Conrad and Mildred Lydia Wheeler Dernetz. He served in the U.S. Navy as a submariner for 10 years as a machinist mate. He...

The Reverend Mellie H. Hickey

The Reverend Mellie H. Hickey

Feb 18, 2011

The Rev. Mellie H. Hickey, 94, a pioneering woman in the Episcopal Church, died February 18, 2011 in Aiken, SC. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Monday at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with The Rt. Rev. Andrew Waldo, The Rev. Canon Charles Davis, The Rev. Grant B. Wiseman, The Rev. Joseph S. Whitehurst and The Rev. Charlotte Waldrop...

Infant Christopher Andrew Martz

Infant Christopher Andrew Martz

Feb 16, 2011

MARTINEZ - Christopher Andrew Martz, Jr., infant son of Christopher and Heather Drenning Martz, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four brothers, Brycson Ethan, Cody and Aiden Ayscue; Maternal grandparents, Cherry and Jerry Baum, Craig Denning; paternal grandparents, Dianne Prickett, Hephzibah, Andrew Martz, Evans. Services will be private. SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC.,...

Ruth Nicholson Buchanan

Ruth Nicholson Buchanan

Feb 16, 2011

Aiken- Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Buchanan, 87, the wife of the late Robert L. Buchanan, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11:00 A. M. graveside at Historic Bethany Cemetery with the Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Buchanan was...

Nina Faye Cummings Adams

Nina Faye Cummings Adams

Feb 15, 2011

BARNWELL, SC -- NINA FAYE CUMMINGS ADAMS, 81, widow of Henry F. Adams, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at her residence. A native of Maryville, TN, Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late Frank and Lydia Cummings. She was a resident of Aiken County for many years before moving to Barnwell in 2007. She was a member of Foreman...

Dorinda Hubbard

Dorinda Hubbard

Feb 15, 2011

AIKEN, SC -- DORINDA ALDA CARTER HUBBARD, 48, beloved wife of Brent Hubbard, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Orange Park, FL, Dorinda was a daughter of Paullette Faye Curts and Robert Lloyd Carter. She graduated from Augusta State University with a BS in Computer Science and worked as a Program Manager in...

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