Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Cynthia King Peacock

Cynthia King Peacock

Aug 7, 2007

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Cynthia King Peacock, 83, of Aiken, died August 7, 2007 in Buffalo, NY. Funeral services will be held privately. Mrs. Peacock was born in Bryn Mawr, PA, a daughter of the late William and Ruth Anne Gans King. She moved to Aiken in 1997, was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist, Town and Country,...

Reverend Hayden Wyatt

Reverend Hayden Wyatt

Aug 6, 2007

AIKEN – Reverend Hayden Edward Wyatt, 94, of Aiken, died Monday, August 6, 2007 at Hitchcock House. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Wednesday at Town Creek Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea, III and Reverend Tommy Knotts will officiate. Interment will be private in Southlawn Cemetery. Reverend Wyatt was born in Mayo, SC, a son of the...

Gayle Henderson Rees

Gayle Henderson Rees

Aug 3, 2007

AIKEN, SC – GAYLE HENDERSON REES, 67, widow of Col. Warren K. Rees, U.S. Army, Ret., died Friday, August 03, 2007 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Griffin, GA, Mrs. Rees was a daughter of Gova and Emma Buchannon Henderson. She was a devoted officers wife and was a former president of the Officers Wives Club at Ft....

Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee

Aug 2, 2007

AIKEN, SC – VERNON LEE, 69, beloved husband of Martha Preston Lee, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Georgetown, SC, Mr. Lee was a son of Margie Lee Harrell and the lateRobert E. Lee. He had lived in Aiken most of his life and was a veteran of the United States Air Force....

Albert Edgar Funderburg

Albert Edgar Funderburg

Aug 2, 2007

Aiken-Albert Edgar Funderburg, 84, died August 2, 2007 at home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church. The Reverend Louie Anderson and Reverend Glen Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Funderburg was a life long resident of Aiken County, a son of the late Edgar Funderburg and Cora...

Sandra Gunter Gantt

Sandra Gunter Gantt

Aug 1, 2007

AIKEN, SC – SANDRA GUNTER GANTT, 61, widow of Woodrow Wilson Gantt, died Wednesday, August 01, 2007. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Gantt was a daughter of the late Clinton Lee Gunter and Jamie Seigler Gunter Owens. She retired from Avondale Mills after 40 years, and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Neva Brodie Richardson

Neva Brodie Richardson

Jul 31, 2007

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Neva Brodie Richardson, 82, of Aiken, beloved wife to the late R. L. Richardson, died Saturday July 31, 2007 at Azalea Woods. Born in Aiken County, SC, Mrs. Richardson was a daughter of the late Roy and Myrtle Hutto Brodie. She was a graduate of Winthrop College, and retired from Pet Dairies. She was a former...

Larry Dwayne Leeson

Larry Dwayne Leeson

Jul 29, 2007

AIKEN, SC – LARRY DWAYNE LEESON, 56, of Aiken, beloved husband of Janele Fredrickson Leeson, died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Clarinda, Iowa, Larry was a son of the late Clyde Kenneth and Lucille Hayden Leeson, he had lived in Aiken for 8 years and was an engineer with SKF. Survivors, in addition...

Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield

Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield

Jul 28, 2007

AIKEN, SC – MYRTICE TRUDGEON BURTSFIELD, 89, widow of Alvin Earl Burtsfield, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wolverine, MI, Mrs. Burtsfield was a daughter of the late Robert Henry and Caroline Whear Truegeon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, IN. She was...

Doris Elizabeth Williams

Doris Elizabeth Williams

Jul 27, 2007

Aiken-Doris Elizabeth Williams, 89, died July 27 at Carriage Hills Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at graveside, 12:00 PM July 31 at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC. She was born in Greenville, SC to the late William Clifton and Grace Ora Beam Williams. She was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church of Charlotte, NC, one of the...

Joseph L. Taylor

Joseph L. Taylor

Jul 27, 2007

AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH L. TAYLOR, 77, beloved husband of Margaret Holley-Taylor, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Taylor was born on September 29, 1929 in Aiken County to Joseph Willie and Bertie Shellhouse Taylor. He was a graduate of Aiken High School, served in the navy during the Korean Conflict and was retired from...

Thelma Rodgers Snipes

Thelma Rodgers Snipes

Jul 26, 2007

AIKEN, SC – THELMA RODGERS SNIPES, 94, widow of Alvin Judson Snipes, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Snipes was a native and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Allen and Daisey Seigler Rodgers and was retired from the Graniteville Co. She was a lifetime member of Central Baptist Church, where...

Sam Aubrey Lever

Sam Aubrey Lever

Jul 22, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Sam Aubrey Lever, 82, of Aiken, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Kenosha, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park, Augusta. Mr. Lever was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Sam Jones Lever and...

Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.

Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.

Jul 21, 2007

AIKEN, SC—LAWRENCE STEARNS POTTER, JR., 78, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Potter was a son of the late Lawrence Stearns and Mary Dubbs Potter, Sr.. He was a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI and earned his Masters of Physics at Syracuse University. He was a veteran of...

Shirley Champlin Parker

Shirley Champlin Parker

Jul 18, 2007

AIKEN – Ms. Shirley Champlin Parker, 78, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A Memorial service will be held at 11 Am Friday, July 27, 2007 at in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave.. Interment will be private. Mrs. Parker was born in Alfred, NY, a daughter of the late Archie Earl and...

Louise McClung Kemp

Louise McClung Kemp

Jul 17, 2007

AIKEN, SC- Louise McClung Kemp, 78, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Benson, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial, Augusta, GA. A native of Hawkinsville, GA, Mrs. Kemp was a daughter of the late Samuel Alexander and Mittie Torbert McClung. She was preceded in death by...

Melissa Martindale Bernard

Melissa Martindale Bernard

Jul 16, 2007

Melissa Erin Martindale Bernard, 34, died Monday, July 16, 2007 in the University of Alabama, Birmingham Medical Center in Birmingham, AL after an eight month battle with cancer. Melissa was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Aiken when she was a child. She was raised in Aiken and graduated from S. A. High School and attended USC-A. She...

Donald Louis McGee

Donald Louis McGee

Jul 15, 2007

Graniteville- Donald Lousi McGee, 63, died July 15 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM July 17 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Grice officiating. The family will Recieve friends following the service. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken Co., member of Unity Holiness Church and Ret. Security Guard at Aiken Regional Hospital....

Harry Lee Butler

Harry Lee Butler

Jul 11, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Harry Lee Butler, 74, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at St. Johns United Methodist Church The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Gas Car Club. The family will receive friends following the...

Ronald F. Anderson

Ronald F. Anderson

Jul 11, 2007

AIKEN, SC – RONALD F. ANDERSON, 65, beloved husband of Ellen Carpenter Anderson, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. A native of Winter Garden, FL, Mr. Anderson was a son of the late Ruben and Annis Cannon Anderson. He attended the University of Florida, University of Alabama and graduated from Rollins College. He was a retired engineer with...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Cynthia King Peacock

Cynthia King Peacock

Aug 7, 2007

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Cynthia King Peacock, 83, of Aiken, died August 7, 2007 in Buffalo, NY. Funeral services will be held privately. Mrs. Peacock was born in Bryn Mawr, PA, a daughter of the late William and Ruth Anne Gans King. She moved to Aiken in 1997, was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist, Town and Country,...

Reverend Hayden Wyatt

Reverend Hayden Wyatt

Aug 6, 2007

AIKEN – Reverend Hayden Edward Wyatt, 94, of Aiken, died Monday, August 6, 2007 at Hitchcock House. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Wednesday at Town Creek Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Fred Andrea, III and Reverend Tommy Knotts will officiate. Interment will be private in Southlawn Cemetery. Reverend Wyatt was born in Mayo, SC, a son of the...

Gayle Henderson Rees

Gayle Henderson Rees

Aug 3, 2007

AIKEN, SC – GAYLE HENDERSON REES, 67, widow of Col. Warren K. Rees, U.S. Army, Ret., died Friday, August 03, 2007 at University Hospital, Augusta, GA. A native of Griffin, GA, Mrs. Rees was a daughter of Gova and Emma Buchannon Henderson. She was a devoted officers wife and was a former president of the Officers Wives Club at Ft....

Vernon Lee

Vernon Lee

Aug 2, 2007

AIKEN, SC – VERNON LEE, 69, beloved husband of Martha Preston Lee, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Georgetown, SC, Mr. Lee was a son of Margie Lee Harrell and the lateRobert E. Lee. He had lived in Aiken most of his life and was a veteran of the United States Air Force....

Albert Edgar Funderburg

Albert Edgar Funderburg

Aug 2, 2007

Aiken-Albert Edgar Funderburg, 84, died August 2, 2007 at home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church. The Reverend Louie Anderson and Reverend Glen Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Funderburg was a life long resident of Aiken County, a son of the late Edgar Funderburg and Cora...

Sandra Gunter Gantt

Sandra Gunter Gantt

Aug 1, 2007

AIKEN, SC – SANDRA GUNTER GANTT, 61, widow of Woodrow Wilson Gantt, died Wednesday, August 01, 2007. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Mrs. Gantt was a daughter of the late Clinton Lee Gunter and Jamie Seigler Gunter Owens. She retired from Avondale Mills after 40 years, and was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Neva Brodie Richardson

Neva Brodie Richardson

Jul 31, 2007

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Neva Brodie Richardson, 82, of Aiken, beloved wife to the late R. L. Richardson, died Saturday July 31, 2007 at Azalea Woods. Born in Aiken County, SC, Mrs. Richardson was a daughter of the late Roy and Myrtle Hutto Brodie. She was a graduate of Winthrop College, and retired from Pet Dairies. She was a former...

Larry Dwayne Leeson

Larry Dwayne Leeson

Jul 29, 2007

AIKEN, SC – LARRY DWAYNE LEESON, 56, of Aiken, beloved husband of Janele Fredrickson Leeson, died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Clarinda, Iowa, Larry was a son of the late Clyde Kenneth and Lucille Hayden Leeson, he had lived in Aiken for 8 years and was an engineer with SKF. Survivors, in addition...

Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield

Myrtice Trudgeon Burtsfield

Jul 28, 2007

AIKEN, SC – MYRTICE TRUDGEON BURTSFIELD, 89, widow of Alvin Earl Burtsfield, died Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Wolverine, MI, Mrs. Burtsfield was a daughter of the late Robert Henry and Caroline Whear Truegeon. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, IN. She was...

Doris Elizabeth Williams

Doris Elizabeth Williams

Jul 27, 2007

Aiken-Doris Elizabeth Williams, 89, died July 27 at Carriage Hills Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at graveside, 12:00 PM July 31 at Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC. She was born in Greenville, SC to the late William Clifton and Grace Ora Beam Williams. She was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church of Charlotte, NC, one of the...

Joseph L. Taylor

Joseph L. Taylor

Jul 27, 2007

AIKEN, SC – JOSEPH L. TAYLOR, 77, beloved husband of Margaret Holley-Taylor, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Mr. Taylor was born on September 29, 1929 in Aiken County to Joseph Willie and Bertie Shellhouse Taylor. He was a graduate of Aiken High School, served in the navy during the Korean Conflict and was retired from...

Thelma Rodgers Snipes

Thelma Rodgers Snipes

Jul 26, 2007

AIKEN, SC – THELMA RODGERS SNIPES, 94, widow of Alvin Judson Snipes, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Snipes was a native and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She was a daughter of the late Allen and Daisey Seigler Rodgers and was retired from the Graniteville Co. She was a lifetime member of Central Baptist Church, where...

Sam Aubrey Lever

Sam Aubrey Lever

Jul 22, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Sam Aubrey Lever, 82, of Aiken, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 in Kenosha, WI. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park, Augusta. Mr. Lever was born in Augusta, GA, a son of the late Sam Jones Lever and...

Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.

Lawrence Stearns Potter, Jr.

Jul 21, 2007

AIKEN, SC—LAWRENCE STEARNS POTTER, JR., 78, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Potter was a son of the late Lawrence Stearns and Mary Dubbs Potter, Sr.. He was a graduate of Lawrence University in Appleton, WI and earned his Masters of Physics at Syracuse University. He was a veteran of...

Shirley Champlin Parker

Shirley Champlin Parker

Jul 18, 2007

AIKEN – Ms. Shirley Champlin Parker, 78, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A Memorial service will be held at 11 Am Friday, July 27, 2007 at in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave.. Interment will be private. Mrs. Parker was born in Alfred, NY, a daughter of the late Archie Earl and...

Louise McClung Kemp

Louise McClung Kemp

Jul 17, 2007

AIKEN, SC- Louise McClung Kemp, 78, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Benson, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Millbrook Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial, Augusta, GA. A native of Hawkinsville, GA, Mrs. Kemp was a daughter of the late Samuel Alexander and Mittie Torbert McClung. She was preceded in death by...

Melissa Martindale Bernard

Melissa Martindale Bernard

Jul 16, 2007

Melissa Erin Martindale Bernard, 34, died Monday, July 16, 2007 in the University of Alabama, Birmingham Medical Center in Birmingham, AL after an eight month battle with cancer. Melissa was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Aiken when she was a child. She was raised in Aiken and graduated from S. A. High School and attended USC-A. She...

Donald Louis McGee

Donald Louis McGee

Jul 15, 2007

Graniteville- Donald Lousi McGee, 63, died July 15 at home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM July 17 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Grice officiating. The family will Recieve friends following the service. He was a lifelong resident of Aiken Co., member of Unity Holiness Church and Ret. Security Guard at Aiken Regional Hospital....

Harry Lee Butler

Harry Lee Butler

Jul 11, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Harry Lee Butler, 74, of Aiken, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 2:30 PM Sunday at St. Johns United Methodist Church The Reverend Dr. George K. Howle will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Gas Car Club. The family will receive friends following the...

Ronald F. Anderson

Ronald F. Anderson

Jul 11, 2007

AIKEN, SC – RONALD F. ANDERSON, 65, beloved husband of Ellen Carpenter Anderson, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. A native of Winter Garden, FL, Mr. Anderson was a son of the late Ruben and Annis Cannon Anderson. He attended the University of Florida, University of Alabama and graduated from Rollins College. He was a retired engineer with...