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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Alma Lavern Spence

Alma Lavern Spence

Nov 22, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Alma Lavern Spence, 70, died Saturday, November 22, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday from the graveside at Bethany Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service. Ms. Spence was born in Orangeburg, SC, a daughter of the late Russie and Alice Ferguson Spence. She was a resident of Aiken since 1998....

Doris Livingston Stone

Doris Livingston Stone

Nov 22, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Doris Livingston Stone, 75, died Saturday, November 22, 208 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM Wednesday in the Millbrook Baptist Church Chapel. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry. Pallbearers will be Dick Hunt, Bob Daniels, Raymond Roseberry, Harry Harmon, Billy Hyde, Wallace Bland, Rev. Carlos...

Ruth Nichols Howard

Ruth Nichols Howard

Nov 21, 2008

AIKEN - Ruth Nichols Howard, 90, passed Friday, November 21, 2008, at her home in Aiken. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. The Revs Dr. David Cozad and Mrs. Martha Ebel will officiate. The memorial service will be followed by an organ and harpsichord recital in the...

James L Player, Jr.

James L Player, Jr.

Nov 21, 2008

Aiken,-James L. Player, Jr., known to everyone as “Jimmy”, died Friday, November 21, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday Nov. 25, at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. The family will receive visitors in Ward Hall one hour prior to the...

Edward Thomas Gardner

Edward Thomas Gardner

Nov 19, 2008

AIKEN - Mr. Edward Thomas Gardner, 89, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, and Clif Hall and Ron Stevens. Honorary pallbearers will be Norman Woodward, Bill Bentley, Lauren Fair...

Douglas William Ward

Douglas William Ward

Nov 18, 2008

MUSKEGON, MI – DOUGLAS WILLIAM WARD, 26, of Aiken, SC, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 in Muskegon, MI. A native of Aiken, SC, Douglas was a son of Roger Douglas and Mary Brown Ward. Douglas will now be playing his trombone in Heaven’s glorious orchestra! He was an Eagle Scout with troop 121 of Aiken and a member of the...

George Brown, Jr.

George Brown, Jr.

Nov 16, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. George Brown, Jr., 67, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Thankful Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Freddie Lee Bush and Reverend Sheldonia Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery Mr. Brown was born in Barnwell County, SC, a son of...

Frances Dudley

Frances Dudley

Nov 14, 2008

AIKEN - Frances Dudley died peacefully at Eden Gardens in Aiken, SC on November 14, 2008. Frances was born in Thomasville, Georgia on July 7, 1914. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Dudley of Greenville SC where she resided until 1969. Ms. Dudley was co-founder of The Snail¹s Pace, A Christian Retreat Center, in Saluda NC...

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Nov 14, 2008

Aiken, SC- Mr. Richard Harry Bookstaver, 88, loving husband to Eleanor Gooden Bookstaver, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wallace Bland, Paul Cloessner, Robert Abshire, Owen Osbon, Harry Harmon, Ray...

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Nov 12, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Addie Mae Canter Hurst, 84, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday in Southlawn Cemetery with Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Mrs. Hurst was born in Orange, TX, a daughter of the late Columbus and Odessa Ratcliff Canter. She was a Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools...

Bessie Marie Baughman

Bessie Marie Baughman

Nov 9, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Bessie Marie Baughman, 95, died Sunday, November 9, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Interment will follow in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Heath, Jeff Heath, Brent Heath, Eric Muhlbaier, Rock Slaughter and Jimmy White. Ms. Baughman was born in...

Merlyn James Hoyt

Merlyn James Hoyt

Nov 8, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Merlyn James Hoyt, 86, died Nov. 8, 2008 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, Nov. 11 at South Aiken Church of God with the Rev. Bruce Fox, Rev. Joe Camp and Rev. William Moss officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hoyt was born in Monticello, ME to the late Harold and Laura...

Katherine Phillips

Katherine Phillips

Nov 8, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Katherine Iverson Phillips, 84, died Saturday, November 8, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Dr. David Cozad and Jane Keisler will officiate. Interment will be held privately in Sunset Memory Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Palmetto Sertoma Club. Mrs. Phillips was born in Clinton, Iowa,...

Ellen M. Sillasen

Ellen M. Sillasen

Nov 5, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Ellen M. Sillasen died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her residence while surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom McCullough, A. Kyle Adams, Tom Young, Sr., Bill Ayers, MD, Samuel...

Hazel Vaughn West

Hazel Vaughn West

Nov 4, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Hazel Vaughn West, 80, died November 4, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 6, 2008 from the graveside in Green Pond Cemetery, Woodruff, SC. Reverend Carol Waddell will officiate. Mrs. West was born in Woodruff, SC to the late Alexzander and Minnie Phillips Vaughn. She was a homemaker and mother, and member of...

Anne Butler Evans

Anne Butler Evans

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANNE BUTLER EVANS, 92, widow of Robert Herron Evans, Jr., died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center. A native of Bradford, MA, Mrs. Evans was a daughter of the late Enoch Howard and Mary Lockwood Butler. She was a longtime member of South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church and held a life membership in...

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Nov 4, 2008

WINDSOR, SC – CLYDE MONROE STANLEY, 90, beloved husband of Doris Shamrock Stanley, died Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at Heartland Hospice in Augusta, GA. A native of Culpepper, VA, Mr. Stanley was a son of the late James and Loreene Wolfrey Stanley. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in World War II and was retired from the...

Richard Charles Weigle

Richard Charles Weigle

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC - Richard Charles Weigle of Aiken, SC entered into rest on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife of sixty-two years, Pauline Watson Weigle. Born in 1921 in East Union, Ohio, Mr. Weigle was an Army veteran who served as a distinguished Infantry officer during World War II. Following the...

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Nov 2, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Eleanor Atwater Cool, 89, wife of the late William H. Cool, died November 2, 2008 at Shadow Oaks. Graveside service will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with funeral services following at 11:00 AM at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. She was born August 31, 1919, in...

Bertha Stokes Carter

Bertha Stokes Carter

Nov 1, 2008

AIKEN –Bertha Stokes Carter, 56, died Nov. 1 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Cemetery. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late William L. Stokes and Lillie Mae Tanner Stokes of Aiken. She...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Alma Lavern Spence

Alma Lavern Spence

Nov 22, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Alma Lavern Spence, 70, died Saturday, November 22, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday from the graveside at Bethany Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service. Ms. Spence was born in Orangeburg, SC, a daughter of the late Russie and Alice Ferguson Spence. She was a resident of Aiken since 1998....

Doris Livingston Stone

Doris Livingston Stone

Nov 22, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Doris Livingston Stone, 75, died Saturday, November 22, 208 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM Wednesday in the Millbrook Baptist Church Chapel. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry. Pallbearers will be Dick Hunt, Bob Daniels, Raymond Roseberry, Harry Harmon, Billy Hyde, Wallace Bland, Rev. Carlos...

Ruth Nichols Howard

Ruth Nichols Howard

Nov 21, 2008

AIKEN - Ruth Nichols Howard, 90, passed Friday, November 21, 2008, at her home in Aiken. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. The Revs Dr. David Cozad and Mrs. Martha Ebel will officiate. The memorial service will be followed by an organ and harpsichord recital in the...

James L Player, Jr.

James L Player, Jr.

Nov 21, 2008

Aiken,-James L. Player, Jr., known to everyone as “Jimmy”, died Friday, November 21, 2008, at his residence after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday Nov. 25, at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. The family will receive visitors in Ward Hall one hour prior to the...

Edward Thomas Gardner

Edward Thomas Gardner

Nov 19, 2008

AIKEN - Mr. Edward Thomas Gardner, 89, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea III will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, and Clif Hall and Ron Stevens. Honorary pallbearers will be Norman Woodward, Bill Bentley, Lauren Fair...

Douglas William Ward

Douglas William Ward

Nov 18, 2008

MUSKEGON, MI – DOUGLAS WILLIAM WARD, 26, of Aiken, SC, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 in Muskegon, MI. A native of Aiken, SC, Douglas was a son of Roger Douglas and Mary Brown Ward. Douglas will now be playing his trombone in Heaven’s glorious orchestra! He was an Eagle Scout with troop 121 of Aiken and a member of the...

George Brown, Jr.

George Brown, Jr.

Nov 16, 2008

AIKEN – Mr. George Brown, Jr., 67, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Thankful Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Freddie Lee Bush and Reverend Sheldonia Brown will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery Mr. Brown was born in Barnwell County, SC, a son of...

Frances Dudley

Frances Dudley

Nov 14, 2008

AIKEN - Frances Dudley died peacefully at Eden Gardens in Aiken, SC on November 14, 2008. Frances was born in Thomasville, Georgia on July 7, 1914. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Dudley of Greenville SC where she resided until 1969. Ms. Dudley was co-founder of The Snail¹s Pace, A Christian Retreat Center, in Saluda NC...

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Richard Harry Bookstaver

Nov 14, 2008

Aiken, SC- Mr. Richard Harry Bookstaver, 88, loving husband to Eleanor Gooden Bookstaver, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Millbrook Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard officiating. Entombment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wallace Bland, Paul Cloessner, Robert Abshire, Owen Osbon, Harry Harmon, Ray...

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Addie Mae Canter Hurst

Nov 12, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Addie Mae Canter Hurst, 84, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday in Southlawn Cemetery with Reverend Brancie Stephens officiating. Mrs. Hurst was born in Orange, TX, a daughter of the late Columbus and Odessa Ratcliff Canter. She was a Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools...

Bessie Marie Baughman

Bessie Marie Baughman

Nov 9, 2008

AIKEN – Ms. Bessie Marie Baughman, 95, died Sunday, November 9, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Interment will follow in the Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Heath, Jeff Heath, Brent Heath, Eric Muhlbaier, Rock Slaughter and Jimmy White. Ms. Baughman was born in...

Merlyn James Hoyt

Merlyn James Hoyt

Nov 8, 2008

Aiken- Mr. Merlyn James Hoyt, 86, died Nov. 8, 2008 Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, Nov. 11 at South Aiken Church of God with the Rev. Bruce Fox, Rev. Joe Camp and Rev. William Moss officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hoyt was born in Monticello, ME to the late Harold and Laura...

Katherine Phillips

Katherine Phillips

Nov 8, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Katherine Iverson Phillips, 84, died Saturday, November 8, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. Reverend Dr. David Cozad and Jane Keisler will officiate. Interment will be held privately in Sunset Memory Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Palmetto Sertoma Club. Mrs. Phillips was born in Clinton, Iowa,...

Ellen M. Sillasen

Ellen M. Sillasen

Nov 5, 2008

AIKEN – Mrs. Ellen M. Sillasen died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her residence while surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom McCullough, A. Kyle Adams, Tom Young, Sr., Bill Ayers, MD, Samuel...

Hazel Vaughn West

Hazel Vaughn West

Nov 4, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Hazel Vaughn West, 80, died November 4, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday, November 6, 2008 from the graveside in Green Pond Cemetery, Woodruff, SC. Reverend Carol Waddell will officiate. Mrs. West was born in Woodruff, SC to the late Alexzander and Minnie Phillips Vaughn. She was a homemaker and mother, and member of...

Anne Butler Evans

Anne Butler Evans

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC – ANNE BUTLER EVANS, 92, widow of Robert Herron Evans, Jr., died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Mattie C. Hall Health Care Center. A native of Bradford, MA, Mrs. Evans was a daughter of the late Enoch Howard and Mary Lockwood Butler. She was a longtime member of South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church and held a life membership in...

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Clyde Monroe Stanley

Nov 4, 2008

WINDSOR, SC – CLYDE MONROE STANLEY, 90, beloved husband of Doris Shamrock Stanley, died Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at Heartland Hospice in Augusta, GA. A native of Culpepper, VA, Mr. Stanley was a son of the late James and Loreene Wolfrey Stanley. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in World War II and was retired from the...

Richard Charles Weigle

Richard Charles Weigle

Nov 4, 2008

AIKEN, SC - Richard Charles Weigle of Aiken, SC entered into rest on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife of sixty-two years, Pauline Watson Weigle. Born in 1921 in East Union, Ohio, Mr. Weigle was an Army veteran who served as a distinguished Infantry officer during World War II. Following the...

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Eleanor Atwater Cool

Nov 2, 2008

Aiken- Mrs. Eleanor Atwater Cool, 89, wife of the late William H. Cool, died November 2, 2008 at Shadow Oaks. Graveside service will be Wednesday at 10:00 AM at Aiken Memorial Cemetery with funeral services following at 11:00 AM at St. John’s United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. She was born August 31, 1919, in...

Bertha Stokes Carter

Bertha Stokes Carter

Nov 1, 2008

AIKEN –Bertha Stokes Carter, 56, died Nov. 1 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Monday at Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Lee officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Cemetery. She was born in Anderson, SC to the late William L. Stokes and Lillie Mae Tanner Stokes of Aiken. She...

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