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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Thelma Dalton Kirby
May 31, 2022
NEW ELLENTON, SC – THELMA DALTON KIRBY, 92, widow of Robert Charles Kirby, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Lakeside Place Senior Living in Lexington.
A native of Gaffney, SC, Thelma was a daughter of the late Kelly Frank and Mae Bright Dalton. She lived in New Ellenton since 1954 and retired as the office manager for Aiken Electric...
Keenan Ezzell Kizer
May 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Keenan Ezzell Kizer, 79, widow of Rudy Kizer, died Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House, Seneca, SC
She was born in 1942 and raised in Lancaster, SC, Keenan was a daughter of the late Mack and Rebecca McManus Ezzell. She attended the public schools. At Lancaster Senior High School she was a...
Shirley Parlantieri
May 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC – SHIRLEY PARLANTIERI, 87, widow of Andrew Parlantieri, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at PruittHealth Aiken.
A native of Lyons, NY, Shirley was a daughter of the late Herbert and Ethel Ferguson Bullock. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her daughter, Andrea Sanford and husband, David, Stuart, FL;...
Stanley David Barnhill
May 29, 2022
AIKEN, SC – STANLEY DAVID BARNHILL, 84, husband of the late Emily F. Barnhill, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022 at NHC Healthcare, North Augusta.
A native of Brittons Neck, SC, Stanley was a son of the late Ole Evan and Mattie Richardson Barnhill. He was the owner of Barnhill Decorating Center. He was well respected for...
Martin William Gunter
May 28, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Martin William Gunter, 72, beloved husband of Jean Gunter passed away, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Clear Water Branch Baptist Church with The Rev. Mike Catoe officiating. The family will receive friends at 1:00 PM. Interment will be held in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will...
Helen Sage Asbill
May 28, 2022
GREENVILLE, SC - Mrs. Helen S. Asbill, 93, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, June 3, 2022 at Memorial Baptist Church. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service in the church. Entombment will be held in historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs....
CPO Richard James O'Rourke, USN, Ret.
May 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - CPO RICHARD JAMES O’ROURKE, USN, Ret., beloved husband of CAPT Amoret Breland O’Rourke, USN, Ret., passed away Friday, May 27, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bath, NY, Richard was a son of the late Michael and Hazel Kranz O’Rourke. He played basketball for St. Ann’s Catholic School in Hornell, NY and graduated from Hornell High School. ...
Kenneth Anthony Reardon
May 27, 2022
Aiken, SC – Kenneth “Kenny” Anthony Reardon, 67, died at his home on May 27th, 2022. Ken was born in Montreal in 1955, the third child of four to parents Kenneth and Suzanne Reardon. Kenny was a realtor and lifelong entrepreneur.
Kenny was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with his three beloved sons. As...
Barbara Jane Gorby
May 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - BARBARA JANE GORBY, 75, widow of The Rev. Roger Lee Gorby, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022, at her residence.
A native of Harrisburg, PA, Barbara was a daughter of the late George and Dessie Blake Dobbs. She attended Marietta Bible College and was a faithful pastor’s wife for 25 years. She moved to Aiken in 2000...
Michael L. Laughlin
May 26, 2022
Michael L. Laughlin passed away on May 26, 2022. Born in 1944 to Thomas and Louise Laughlin, Michael graduated from the former Aiken Preparatory School, the Brooks School in North Andover, MA, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, SC, but withdrew to enter politics and, in...
Martin W. Chovanec
May 26, 2022
AIKEN, SC – MARTIN WILLIAM CHOVANEC, 59, beloved husband of Lindy Steadman Chovanec, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022 at his residence.
Born at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Marty was a son of the late David Arnold Chovanec, Sr. and Patricia Lucille Barton Chovanec Roesky. He grew up in the Sacramento, California area and had a 24-year career...
Joann Coleman
May 24, 2022
AIKEN, SC – MARTHA JOANN COLEMAN, 81, widow of Joe M. Coleman, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Warrenville, Joann was a daughter of the late Heyward and Mildred Williams Hair. She lived in Aiken County most of her life and worked for Hamrick's in North Augusta, retiring after...
Christine Ellen Lovering
May 24, 2022
WINDSOR, SC - Christine Ellen Lovering of Windsor, South Carolina, died at 53 years of age on May 24.
She was predeceased by her partner Peter Regis, also of Windsor, by her parents, Richard Starbuck Lovering and Barbara Ellen Lovering, and by her eldest brother Richard Starbuck Lovering, Jr.
Christine was born in 1968 in Lowell, Massachusetts....
Marian Williamson Bell
May 24, 2022
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marian Williamson Bell, 96, much-loved wife of the late James F. Bell, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Trinity on Laurens.
A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 pm on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Ave, Aiken SC 29803. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May...
Eugene "Gene" Sinclair
May 23, 2022
Rhett Eugene (Gene) Sinclair, 90 of Aiken, SC, passed away peacefully, surrounded in the love of family and friends on May 23, 2022. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles Wesley Sinclair and Allie Mosely Sinclair, siblings Lenora and William, half siblings Willis and EP. He is survived by his sister, Jane Sinclair Smith. One son,...
Barbara Faye Zirps
May 21, 2022
AIKEN, SC- Barbara Faye Zirps, 86, beloved wife of 64 years to the late George Thomas Zirps, passed peacefully away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Camellia Walk Assisted Living Facility in Evans, GA, with her daughter by her side.
Born in Columbus, OH, she was a daughter to the late Ray and Ruth Watson Skinner. Her sister (also deceased) was...
Catherine Frances Kirchner
May 21, 2022
CATHERINE FRANCES KIRCHNER, 97, widow of Allen William Kirchner, Sr., passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, in The Place at Pepper Hill.
A native of Baltimore, MD, Catherine was the daughter of the late Joseph Patrick and Catherine Elizabeth Lembach Colleran. She lived most of her life in the Baltimore area and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She was...
Mary Gassett Gardner
May 20, 2022
Aiken, SC - It is with heavy hearts that the family of Mary Pauline Gassett Gardner, 92, of Aiken, SC announce her passing on Friday, May 20, 2022. Mary passed away peacefully in her home. She was born March 8, 1930 to Otis Woodfin and Violet Josephine Hurst Gassett (deceased) in Meigs, GA. Mary is survived by her children, James...
Dillon Patrick Dennis
May 18, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Dillon Patrick Dennis, 30, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 18th in Greenville, SC.
Born in Augusta, GA on February 13th, 1992, he was a lifelong resident of Aiken. Dillon attended South Aiken Baptist Christian School through the 8th grade and graduated from South Aiken High School in 2010. He then attended Tri-County Tech in Clemson, SC.
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Rebecca Ruth Fulton
May 18, 2022
Rebecca Ruth Wood Fulton died quietly on Wednesday May 18, 2022, at her home in Aiken, South Carolina, following an extended illness. She is survived by her husband, William H. Fulton, and one daughter, Jennifer Fulton Ratke (Joseph) of Purcellville, Virginia, and two grandchildren, Evelyn and Henry (Hank) Ratke. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nell Wood...
Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.
Thelma Dalton Kirby
May 31, 2022
NEW ELLENTON, SC – THELMA DALTON KIRBY, 92, widow of Robert Charles Kirby, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Lakeside Place Senior Living in Lexington.
A native of Gaffney, SC, Thelma was a daughter of the late Kelly Frank and Mae Bright Dalton. She lived in New Ellenton since 1954 and retired as the office manager for Aiken Electric...
Keenan Ezzell Kizer
May 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Keenan Ezzell Kizer, 79, widow of Rudy Kizer, died Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House, Seneca, SC
She was born in 1942 and raised in Lancaster, SC, Keenan was a daughter of the late Mack and Rebecca McManus Ezzell. She attended the public schools. At Lancaster Senior High School she was a...
Shirley Parlantieri
May 31, 2022
AIKEN, SC – SHIRLEY PARLANTIERI, 87, widow of Andrew Parlantieri, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at PruittHealth Aiken.
A native of Lyons, NY, Shirley was a daughter of the late Herbert and Ethel Ferguson Bullock. She was a homemaker and a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her daughter, Andrea Sanford and husband, David, Stuart, FL;...
Stanley David Barnhill
May 29, 2022
AIKEN, SC – STANLEY DAVID BARNHILL, 84, husband of the late Emily F. Barnhill, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022 at NHC Healthcare, North Augusta.
A native of Brittons Neck, SC, Stanley was a son of the late Ole Evan and Mattie Richardson Barnhill. He was the owner of Barnhill Decorating Center. He was well respected for...
Martin William Gunter
May 28, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Martin William Gunter, 72, beloved husband of Jean Gunter passed away, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Clear Water Branch Baptist Church with The Rev. Mike Catoe officiating. The family will receive friends at 1:00 PM. Interment will be held in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will...
Helen Sage Asbill
May 28, 2022
GREENVILLE, SC - Mrs. Helen S. Asbill, 93, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, June 3, 2022 at Memorial Baptist Church. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service in the church. Entombment will be held in historic Bethany Cemetery. Mrs....
CPO Richard James O'Rourke, USN, Ret.
May 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - CPO RICHARD JAMES O’ROURKE, USN, Ret., beloved husband of CAPT Amoret Breland O’Rourke, USN, Ret., passed away Friday, May 27, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bath, NY, Richard was a son of the late Michael and Hazel Kranz O’Rourke. He played basketball for St. Ann’s Catholic School in Hornell, NY and graduated from Hornell High School. ...
Kenneth Anthony Reardon
May 27, 2022
Aiken, SC – Kenneth “Kenny” Anthony Reardon, 67, died at his home on May 27th, 2022. Ken was born in Montreal in 1955, the third child of four to parents Kenneth and Suzanne Reardon. Kenny was a realtor and lifelong entrepreneur.
Kenny was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with his three beloved sons. As...
Barbara Jane Gorby
May 27, 2022
AIKEN, SC - BARBARA JANE GORBY, 75, widow of The Rev. Roger Lee Gorby, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022, at her residence.
A native of Harrisburg, PA, Barbara was a daughter of the late George and Dessie Blake Dobbs. She attended Marietta Bible College and was a faithful pastor’s wife for 25 years. She moved to Aiken in 2000...
Michael L. Laughlin
May 26, 2022
Michael L. Laughlin passed away on May 26, 2022. Born in 1944 to Thomas and Louise Laughlin, Michael graduated from the former Aiken Preparatory School, the Brooks School in North Andover, MA, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, SC, but withdrew to enter politics and, in...
Martin W. Chovanec
May 26, 2022
AIKEN, SC – MARTIN WILLIAM CHOVANEC, 59, beloved husband of Lindy Steadman Chovanec, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022 at his residence.
Born at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Marty was a son of the late David Arnold Chovanec, Sr. and Patricia Lucille Barton Chovanec Roesky. He grew up in the Sacramento, California area and had a 24-year career...
Joann Coleman
May 24, 2022
AIKEN, SC – MARTHA JOANN COLEMAN, 81, widow of Joe M. Coleman, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Warrenville, Joann was a daughter of the late Heyward and Mildred Williams Hair. She lived in Aiken County most of her life and worked for Hamrick's in North Augusta, retiring after...
Christine Ellen Lovering
May 24, 2022
WINDSOR, SC - Christine Ellen Lovering of Windsor, South Carolina, died at 53 years of age on May 24.
She was predeceased by her partner Peter Regis, also of Windsor, by her parents, Richard Starbuck Lovering and Barbara Ellen Lovering, and by her eldest brother Richard Starbuck Lovering, Jr.
Christine was born in 1968 in Lowell, Massachusetts....
Marian Williamson Bell
May 24, 2022
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marian Williamson Bell, 96, much-loved wife of the late James F. Bell, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Trinity on Laurens.
A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 pm on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at Shellhouse Funeral Home, 924 Hayne Ave, Aiken SC 29803. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May...
Eugene "Gene" Sinclair
May 23, 2022
Rhett Eugene (Gene) Sinclair, 90 of Aiken, SC, passed away peacefully, surrounded in the love of family and friends on May 23, 2022. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles Wesley Sinclair and Allie Mosely Sinclair, siblings Lenora and William, half siblings Willis and EP. He is survived by his sister, Jane Sinclair Smith. One son,...
Barbara Faye Zirps
May 21, 2022
AIKEN, SC- Barbara Faye Zirps, 86, beloved wife of 64 years to the late George Thomas Zirps, passed peacefully away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Camellia Walk Assisted Living Facility in Evans, GA, with her daughter by her side.
Born in Columbus, OH, she was a daughter to the late Ray and Ruth Watson Skinner. Her sister (also deceased) was...
Catherine Frances Kirchner
May 21, 2022
CATHERINE FRANCES KIRCHNER, 97, widow of Allen William Kirchner, Sr., passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, in The Place at Pepper Hill.
A native of Baltimore, MD, Catherine was the daughter of the late Joseph Patrick and Catherine Elizabeth Lembach Colleran. She lived most of her life in the Baltimore area and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She was...
Mary Gassett Gardner
May 20, 2022
Aiken, SC - It is with heavy hearts that the family of Mary Pauline Gassett Gardner, 92, of Aiken, SC announce her passing on Friday, May 20, 2022. Mary passed away peacefully in her home. She was born March 8, 1930 to Otis Woodfin and Violet Josephine Hurst Gassett (deceased) in Meigs, GA. Mary is survived by her children, James...
Dillon Patrick Dennis
May 18, 2022
AIKEN, SC - Dillon Patrick Dennis, 30, entered into rest on Wednesday, May 18th in Greenville, SC.
Born in Augusta, GA on February 13th, 1992, he was a lifelong resident of Aiken. Dillon attended South Aiken Baptist Christian School through the 8th grade and graduated from South Aiken High School in 2010. He then attended Tri-County Tech in Clemson, SC.
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Rebecca Ruth Fulton
May 18, 2022
Rebecca Ruth Wood Fulton died quietly on Wednesday May 18, 2022, at her home in Aiken, South Carolina, following an extended illness. She is survived by her husband, William H. Fulton, and one daughter, Jennifer Fulton Ratke (Joseph) of Purcellville, Virginia, and two grandchildren, Evelyn and Henry (Hank) Ratke. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nell Wood...
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