Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Clara Forstner Fredericks

Clara Forstner Fredericks

Jul 9, 2007

AIKEN, SC -- Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, New York Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, NY, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 29, 1916. She lived in Springfield Gardens, Queens from 1951-1978 when she and her husband retired to Cutchogue, New York. She was predeceased...

William R. "Willie" Parker

William R. "Willie" Parker

Jul 5, 2007

AIKEN, SC -- Mr. William Randall “Willie” Parker, 62, of Aiken, died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Uninversity Hospital in Augusta, GA. Mr. Parker was born in Hannah Community of Florence County, to the late William Earl and Florence Flowers Parker. He graduated from Hannah High School and attended the South Carolina Police and Fire Academy. Willie retired from the...

James Woodrow Walters

James Woodrow Walters

Jul 3, 2007

James Woodrow “Jim” Walters, 66, of Aiken, loving husband and father of two sons, brother, uncle, and friend to many, died July 3 of cancer at University Hospital in Augusta, G.A. Funeral services will be held in Aiken, S.C. at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, July 8, at Cedar Creek Church www.cedarcreekchurch.net and a reception will follow at Woodside Plantation Country...

Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar

Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar

Jun 30, 2007

Mrs. Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar (Betty) , 85, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at her residence. She was born September 23, 1921 in Rome, Italy to the late Charles William and Helen Bree Dunstan Wright. She graduated from the Chatelard School, Les Avants, Switzerland, the Madeira School, Greenway, VA. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1944, while serving as a...

Lecil Drummond Cushman

Lecil Drummond Cushman

Jun 30, 2007

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM July 3 at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Behtany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Memorials may be diredted to Aiken First Baptist Church, 120 Chesterfield St., Aiken, SC 29801. Please visit Mrs. Cushman’s online memorial at shellhousefuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends...

Audrey Miano

Audrey Miano

Jun 16, 2007

Aiken – Mrs. Audrey Coleman Miano, 85, of Aiken, died Saturday, June 16, 2007. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Miano was born in Wagener, SC a daughter of the late James Duncan and Mary Cullum Coleman. She was a lifelong...

Charles Warner

Charles Warner

Jun 15, 2007

Aiken – Mr. Charles Osborn Warner, 84, of Aiken, died Friday, June 15, 2007 at Cumberland Hills. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 Am Monday, June 18, 2007 at First Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Dr. David Cozad will officiate. Interment will be held at a later date. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the...

Veronica Mellema

Veronica Mellema

Jun 14, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Veronica Mary Vincent Mellema, 81, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday, June 19, at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and Reverend Mike Chandler will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Millbrook Chapel Sunday...

Ronnie Corley

Ronnie Corley

Jun 11, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” Corley, 51, found the peace he searched for June11, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Mark Miller and Reverend Richard Swift will officiate. Interment will be held privately. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Allen, Duane Beck, Mark...

Paulette Hallman

Paulette Hallman

Jun 9, 2007

AIKEN-Paulette Thorne Hallman, 54, died June 9. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Carl Jordon, Rev. John Anderson, and Rev. Richard Swift officiating. Interment will follow at Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. She was born in Aiken to the late Paul Lamar Thorne and Betty Parris Thorne, New Ellenton,...

Janice Sligh Bacot

Janice Sligh Bacot

Jun 4, 2007

AIKEN-Janice Sligh Bacot, 70, died June 4 at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church with the Rev. Bob Byrne officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Bethany Cemetery, downtown, Aiken. She was born in Columbia, SC to the late Ernest Eldridge and Nellie Raynor Sligh. She was a...

Lottie Mae Woodward

Lottie Mae Woodward

May 31, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Lottie Mae White Woodward, 76, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Gareth Hegler will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Terry Woodward, Gareth Woodward, Frank Roe, Grady Roe,...

Harry Lee Hicks

Harry Lee Hicks

May 29, 2007

AIKEN, SC – HARRY LEE HICKS, 88, of Aiken, beloved husband of Anna VonKriegsfield Hicks, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Chapman, IL, Mr. Hicks was a son of the late Clair Cecil and Mary Toberman Hicks. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a...

Mary Anne Rankin

Mary Anne Rankin

May 28, 2007

Aiken- Mrs. Mary Anne Sudder Rankin, 66, died May 28. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 31 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with Father Peter Telencio officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. The Parastas will be celebrated at 7:00 PM Wednesday at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel and the family will receive until 9:00 PM. She...

A.W. Whittle

A.W. Whittle

May 25, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. A.W. Whittle, 84, of Aiken, died Friday, May 25, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend David Laird will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Edward Whittle, David Savage, Tommy McGeary, Andy Willis, E.C. “Red” Peel and Howell Marchant...

Delader Herron Hair

Delader Herron Hair

May 24, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Delader Herron Hair, 79, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Herron Family Cemetery. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Mrs. Hair was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter of the late John Henry and Susie Posey Herron. She was...

Brent Nolan Ringler

Brent Nolan Ringler

May 22, 2007

AIKEN, SC – BRENT NOLAN RINGLER, 44, beloved husband of Mindy Ringler, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Brent was born in Ft. Wayne, IN. He worked in sales with Bellsouth and was a member of the M.S. Society. He had moved to Aiken a year ago from Delray Beach, FL. Survivors in addition to his...

John J. "Jack" Dorr

John J. "Jack" Dorr

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC - MR. JOHN J. “JACK” DORR, 76, of Aiken, beloved family man and husband of Willa Berrie Dorr, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Augusta GA, Mr. Dorr was the son of the late Victor A. and Caroline O’Garmon Dorr. He had been a resident of Aiken since 1955. In the...

Rose Riemert

Rose Riemert

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC – ROSE RIEMERT, 77, of Aiken, widow of Eli Riemert, died May 20, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Ashford, WI, Rose was a daughter of the late Peter and Gertrude Dieringer Kahut. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post 5877 Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include a daughter, Terri Lee Riemert, Random...

Elizabeth Haggerty

Elizabeth Haggerty

May 18, 2007

Haggerty, Elizabeth (Betty) passed away May 18, 2007, in Aiken, S.C. She celebrated 92 years of life. She was born in Allegheny, NY, the daughter of Leo and Marie Fassnacht. She was the devoted wife of Jack Haggerty who preceded her in death. She is survived by her six children: Phil and Carol Haggerty, Aiken, SC; Maureen Haggerty, College Station,...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Clara Forstner Fredericks

Clara Forstner Fredericks

Jul 9, 2007

AIKEN, SC -- Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, New York Clara Fredericks, 91, of Cutchogue, NY, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Aiken, SC. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 29, 1916. She lived in Springfield Gardens, Queens from 1951-1978 when she and her husband retired to Cutchogue, New York. She was predeceased...

William R. "Willie" Parker

William R. "Willie" Parker

Jul 5, 2007

AIKEN, SC -- Mr. William Randall “Willie” Parker, 62, of Aiken, died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Uninversity Hospital in Augusta, GA. Mr. Parker was born in Hannah Community of Florence County, to the late William Earl and Florence Flowers Parker. He graduated from Hannah High School and attended the South Carolina Police and Fire Academy. Willie retired from the...

James Woodrow Walters

James Woodrow Walters

Jul 3, 2007

James Woodrow “Jim” Walters, 66, of Aiken, loving husband and father of two sons, brother, uncle, and friend to many, died July 3 of cancer at University Hospital in Augusta, G.A. Funeral services will be held in Aiken, S.C. at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, July 8, at Cedar Creek Church www.cedarcreekchurch.net and a reception will follow at Woodside Plantation Country...

Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar

Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar

Jun 30, 2007

Mrs. Beatrice Mary Wright McKellar (Betty) , 85, died Saturday, June 30, 2007, at her residence. She was born September 23, 1921 in Rome, Italy to the late Charles William and Helen Bree Dunstan Wright. She graduated from the Chatelard School, Les Avants, Switzerland, the Madeira School, Greenway, VA. and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. In 1944, while serving as a...

Lecil Drummond Cushman

Lecil Drummond Cushman

Jun 30, 2007

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM July 3 at Aiken First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea, III officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Behtany Cemetery downtown Aiken. Memorials may be diredted to Aiken First Baptist Church, 120 Chesterfield St., Aiken, SC 29801. Please visit Mrs. Cushman’s online memorial at shellhousefuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends...

Audrey Miano

Audrey Miano

Jun 16, 2007

Aiken – Mrs. Audrey Coleman Miano, 85, of Aiken, died Saturday, June 16, 2007. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, June 19, 2007 in the Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Miano was born in Wagener, SC a daughter of the late James Duncan and Mary Cullum Coleman. She was a lifelong...

Charles Warner

Charles Warner

Jun 15, 2007

Aiken – Mr. Charles Osborn Warner, 84, of Aiken, died Friday, June 15, 2007 at Cumberland Hills. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 Am Monday, June 18, 2007 at First Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Dr. David Cozad will officiate. Interment will be held at a later date. The family will receive friends in the church parlor following the...

Veronica Mellema

Veronica Mellema

Jun 14, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Veronica Mary Vincent Mellema, 81, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Tuesday, June 19, at Millbrook Baptist Church. Reverend Dr. Eddie Leopard and Reverend Mike Chandler will officiate. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Millbrook Chapel Sunday...

Ronnie Corley

Ronnie Corley

Jun 11, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” Corley, 51, found the peace he searched for June11, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 4 PM Wednesday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Mark Miller and Reverend Richard Swift will officiate. Interment will be held privately. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Allen, Duane Beck, Mark...

Paulette Hallman

Paulette Hallman

Jun 9, 2007

AIKEN-Paulette Thorne Hallman, 54, died June 9. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Carl Jordon, Rev. John Anderson, and Rev. Richard Swift officiating. Interment will follow at Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. She was born in Aiken to the late Paul Lamar Thorne and Betty Parris Thorne, New Ellenton,...

Janice Sligh Bacot

Janice Sligh Bacot

Jun 4, 2007

AIKEN-Janice Sligh Bacot, 70, died June 4 at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday at St. Paul Lutheran Church with the Rev. Bob Byrne officiating. Interment will follow at Historic Bethany Cemetery, downtown, Aiken. She was born in Columbia, SC to the late Ernest Eldridge and Nellie Raynor Sligh. She was a...

Lottie Mae Woodward

Lottie Mae Woodward

May 31, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Lottie Mae White Woodward, 76, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel, Hayne Ave. Reverend Gareth Hegler will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Terry Woodward, Gareth Woodward, Frank Roe, Grady Roe,...

Harry Lee Hicks

Harry Lee Hicks

May 29, 2007

AIKEN, SC – HARRY LEE HICKS, 88, of Aiken, beloved husband of Anna VonKriegsfield Hicks, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Chapman, IL, Mr. Hicks was a son of the late Clair Cecil and Mary Toberman Hicks. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a...

Mary Anne Rankin

Mary Anne Rankin

May 28, 2007

Aiken- Mrs. Mary Anne Sudder Rankin, 66, died May 28. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 31 at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel with Father Peter Telencio officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. The Parastas will be celebrated at 7:00 PM Wednesday at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home Chapel and the family will receive until 9:00 PM. She...

A.W. Whittle

A.W. Whittle

May 25, 2007

AIKEN – Mr. A.W. Whittle, 84, of Aiken, died Friday, May 25, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend David Laird will officiate. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Edward Whittle, David Savage, Tommy McGeary, Andy Willis, E.C. “Red” Peel and Howell Marchant...

Delader Herron Hair

Delader Herron Hair

May 24, 2007

AIKEN – Mrs. Delader Herron Hair, 79, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Herron Family Cemetery. Reverend Brancie Stephens will officiate. Mrs. Hair was a lifelong resident of Aiken, a daughter of the late John Henry and Susie Posey Herron. She was...

Brent Nolan Ringler

Brent Nolan Ringler

May 22, 2007

AIKEN, SC – BRENT NOLAN RINGLER, 44, beloved husband of Mindy Ringler, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Brent was born in Ft. Wayne, IN. He worked in sales with Bellsouth and was a member of the M.S. Society. He had moved to Aiken a year ago from Delray Beach, FL. Survivors in addition to his...

John J. "Jack" Dorr

John J. "Jack" Dorr

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC - MR. JOHN J. “JACK” DORR, 76, of Aiken, beloved family man and husband of Willa Berrie Dorr, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home. A native of Augusta GA, Mr. Dorr was the son of the late Victor A. and Caroline O’Garmon Dorr. He had been a resident of Aiken since 1955. In the...

Rose Riemert

Rose Riemert

May 20, 2007

AIKEN, SC – ROSE RIEMERT, 77, of Aiken, widow of Eli Riemert, died May 20, 2007 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A native of Ashford, WI, Rose was a daughter of the late Peter and Gertrude Dieringer Kahut. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Post 5877 Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include a daughter, Terri Lee Riemert, Random...

Elizabeth Haggerty

Elizabeth Haggerty

May 18, 2007

Haggerty, Elizabeth (Betty) passed away May 18, 2007, in Aiken, S.C. She celebrated 92 years of life. She was born in Allegheny, NY, the daughter of Leo and Marie Fassnacht. She was the devoted wife of Jack Haggerty who preceded her in death. She is survived by her six children: Phil and Carol Haggerty, Aiken, SC; Maureen Haggerty, College Station,...