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A precious soul, Vicky Ann Allman, 71, passed away on April 19, 2022, with her family by her side in Aiken, South Carolina. Mrs. Allman was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1950 and was a graduate of Wheelersburg High School. Mrs. Allman was an entrepreneur who was known for her creativity and devoted her life to her children and grandchildren.
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AIKEN, SC - Joanne Mary Cadotte, 70, passed away suddenly at her home on April 18, 2022.
Joanne was born Joanne Altimas in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in eastern Ontario. At age 6 her father was transferred from RCA Montreal to RCA Prescott. They lived in Ogdensburg, New York, for 4 years and then moved across the river...
James “Stank” Washington gained his angel wings on April 17, 2022, after a short, but tough, battle with cancer. He became a man who took care of anyone around him who needed it, even while he was fighting his own battle. When he wasn’t helping others with odds and ends, you could find him at the church, fishing, watching old...
Frances “Fran” Clement Riley McCaskill arrived at her heavenly home on April 16, 2022.
She was born in Pottsboro, Texas on May 30, 1944 to Col. James A. Riley and Frances J. Clement Riley. She is predeceased by her parents and her siblings, Len S. Allen Jr. and Hyun Sook Riley.
Fran moved frequently as the daughter of a career...
AIKEN, SC – SUE ANNE MARKLAND JONES ELLIS, 84, passed away Friday morning, April 15, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Terre Haute, IN, Sue was a daughter of the late Francis Hughes Markland and Thelma Grace Schott Markland. Her mother died when she was 2 years old. Her father then married Mary Martha Kelley. Her father and stepmother...
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marcia Banks Craddock Bacon Guinn, 87, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Friday, April 15, 2022 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service. Born in Stoneham, MA, Mrs. Guinn was a daughter of the late Holland Worth and Prisilla Irene Crowell Craddock. She...
Aiken – Mr. Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr., 67, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Tony was a lifelong resident of Aiken, son of the late Will Roger Hudson and Joanne Parrish Hudson Walker. He is survived by his son, Thomas Anthony Hudson II, Aiken; sisters, Rebecca Lynn Youngblood, Aiken, Susan Hudson Cliett (Tony), North Augusta, and Dawn Renee...
AIKEN, SC – JOHN KENNETH BLANKENSHIP, 75, beloved husband of Helen Bearden Blankenship, passed away Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bryson City, NC, Ken grew up in Richmond, VA. He was a son of the late Johnnie W. and Kathryn Branton Blankenship. He attended Virginia Tech before graduating from the University of Tennessee. Ken lived...
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
On Friday, April 8, 2022, Leroy Allen Farr, loving husband and devoted father, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Leroy was born on September 23, 1945, in Syracuse, KS to William Sheldon and Thelma Benedict Farr. He received his undergraduate degrees in aeronautical engineering and mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and...
Avera, GA – Mr. Thomas Jackson Almond, transitioned peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022. He was surrounded by his loving family in his country home in Avera, GA. Jack, as he was known, was born in Elberton, GA on September 2, 1941 to Thomas Dallas and Eloise Smith Almond. He opened Quality Metal Products, his lifelong dream, in 1978...
Aiken, SC - Walter Scott Lacher II, age 76, died on April 7th, 2022. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Scott was born on June 27th, 1945, in Wilmington, Delaware and was the youngest child of Jack Hammitt Lacher and Thelma Graham Lacher. Since his father Jack worked as a chemical engineer for...
AIKEN, SC – NICOLE M. DeLOACHE, 68, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Piedmont Hospital, Augusta, GA.
Born in Augusta, GA, Nicole was a daughter of the late George Nichols and Eugenia Joiner DeLoache. She lived most of her life in Aiken and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She loved horses, painting and drawing.
Survivors include her...
Aiken – Ms. Dorothy “Dottie” Smith Kirk, 94, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Born in Wilmington, DE, Ms. Kirk was the only child of the late Walter H. and Eva Pearl Collins Smith. She was a graduate of a secretarial college and entered the work world as a local school secretary. In 1952, as a young wife and mother,...
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley, 77, widow of the late Phillip Allen Trombley, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with The Rev. Alan Quarles officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home an hour prior to the service....
On a clear, sunny day, Danny Gwinn (68) passed away unexpectedly from complications of leukemia on April 4, 2022 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.
Danny was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a 1972 graduate of Dorman High School and attended Asheville-Buncombe Tech Community College where he studied Culinary Arts. Danny was a former employee of the...
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. McCool was born at home on October 14, 1937 in Telfair County, GA. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC and formerly First Baptist Church of Centerville, GA. She was a former resident of Kathleen, GA before moving to Aiken. She was a military wife and retired as a bookkeeper and tax preparer....
AIKEN, SC – DAVID BLAND HERLONG, 61, beloved husband of Carolyn Vinson Barton Herlong, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April 3, 2022.
A native of the Harmony Community near Johnston, SC, David was a son of the late William Mack and Ida Williams Herlong. He grew up in the Harmony Community and lived most of his adult life in Aiken. He...
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Johnny Ferron Paul, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Johnny was the son of the late Thomas Ferron and Louise Graham Paul. He was born and raised in Elberton, GA but had made Aiken his home since 2018. He retired after working many years at Athens Regional Hospital...
Joanna Pettit Hopkins passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. She was born on October 28, 1927, in St. Albans, West Virginia to Joseph Pettit and Anna Mae Harrah Pettit. She was the second daughter; her sister Geraldine Pettit Wyatt being born seven years prior. On November 23, 1946, Joanna married a handsome young veteran, and the love...
AIKEN, SC – GERALD T. “JERRY” HATCHER, JR., 58, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 31, 2022 at his residence.
A native and livelong resident of Aiken County, Jerry was a son of Martha Jean Heath Hatcher and the late Gerald T. Hatcher, Sr. He was an avid NASCAR fan, loved to fish and work in the yard.
Surviving are his...
A precious soul, Vicky Ann Allman, 71, passed away on April 19, 2022, with her family by her side in Aiken, South Carolina. Mrs. Allman was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1950 and was a graduate of Wheelersburg High School. Mrs. Allman was an entrepreneur who was known for her creativity and devoted her life to her children and grandchildren.
...
AIKEN, SC - Joanne Mary Cadotte, 70, passed away suddenly at her home on April 18, 2022.
Joanne was born Joanne Altimas in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in eastern Ontario. At age 6 her father was transferred from RCA Montreal to RCA Prescott. They lived in Ogdensburg, New York, for 4 years and then moved across the river...
James “Stank” Washington gained his angel wings on April 17, 2022, after a short, but tough, battle with cancer. He became a man who took care of anyone around him who needed it, even while he was fighting his own battle. When he wasn’t helping others with odds and ends, you could find him at the church, fishing, watching old...
Frances “Fran” Clement Riley McCaskill arrived at her heavenly home on April 16, 2022.
She was born in Pottsboro, Texas on May 30, 1944 to Col. James A. Riley and Frances J. Clement Riley. She is predeceased by her parents and her siblings, Len S. Allen Jr. and Hyun Sook Riley.
Fran moved frequently as the daughter of a career...
AIKEN, SC – SUE ANNE MARKLAND JONES ELLIS, 84, passed away Friday morning, April 15, 2022 at her residence.
A native of Terre Haute, IN, Sue was a daughter of the late Francis Hughes Markland and Thelma Grace Schott Markland. Her mother died when she was 2 years old. Her father then married Mary Martha Kelley. Her father and stepmother...
AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Marcia Banks Craddock Bacon Guinn, 87, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Friday, April 15, 2022 in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service. Born in Stoneham, MA, Mrs. Guinn was a daughter of the late Holland Worth and Prisilla Irene Crowell Craddock. She...
Aiken – Mr. Thomas Anthony Hudson, Sr., 67, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Tony was a lifelong resident of Aiken, son of the late Will Roger Hudson and Joanne Parrish Hudson Walker. He is survived by his son, Thomas Anthony Hudson II, Aiken; sisters, Rebecca Lynn Youngblood, Aiken, Susan Hudson Cliett (Tony), North Augusta, and Dawn Renee...
AIKEN, SC – JOHN KENNETH BLANKENSHIP, 75, beloved husband of Helen Bearden Blankenship, passed away Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022 at his residence.
Born in Bryson City, NC, Ken grew up in Richmond, VA. He was a son of the late Johnnie W. and Kathryn Branton Blankenship. He attended Virginia Tech before graduating from the University of Tennessee. Ken lived...
Capt. Leroy A. Farr, USN, Ret
On Friday, April 8, 2022, Leroy Allen Farr, loving husband and devoted father, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Leroy was born on September 23, 1945, in Syracuse, KS to William Sheldon and Thelma Benedict Farr. He received his undergraduate degrees in aeronautical engineering and mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and...
Avera, GA – Mr. Thomas Jackson Almond, transitioned peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022. He was surrounded by his loving family in his country home in Avera, GA. Jack, as he was known, was born in Elberton, GA on September 2, 1941 to Thomas Dallas and Eloise Smith Almond. He opened Quality Metal Products, his lifelong dream, in 1978...
Aiken, SC - Walter Scott Lacher II, age 76, died on April 7th, 2022. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. Scott was born on June 27th, 1945, in Wilmington, Delaware and was the youngest child of Jack Hammitt Lacher and Thelma Graham Lacher. Since his father Jack worked as a chemical engineer for...
AIKEN, SC – NICOLE M. DeLOACHE, 68, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Piedmont Hospital, Augusta, GA.
Born in Augusta, GA, Nicole was a daughter of the late George Nichols and Eugenia Joiner DeLoache. She lived most of her life in Aiken and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She loved horses, painting and drawing.
Survivors include her...
Aiken – Ms. Dorothy “Dottie” Smith Kirk, 94, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Born in Wilmington, DE, Ms. Kirk was the only child of the late Walter H. and Eva Pearl Collins Smith. She was a graduate of a secretarial college and entered the work world as a local school secretary. In 1952, as a young wife and mother,...
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Lucy Ann "LuAnn" Trombley, 77, widow of the late Phillip Allen Trombley, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel with The Rev. Alan Quarles officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home an hour prior to the service....
On a clear, sunny day, Danny Gwinn (68) passed away unexpectedly from complications of leukemia on April 4, 2022 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.
Danny was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a 1972 graduate of Dorman High School and attended Asheville-Buncombe Tech Community College where he studied Culinary Arts. Danny was a former employee of the...
AIKEN, SC - Mrs. McCool was born at home on October 14, 1937 in Telfair County, GA. She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC and formerly First Baptist Church of Centerville, GA. She was a former resident of Kathleen, GA before moving to Aiken. She was a military wife and retired as a bookkeeper and tax preparer....
AIKEN, SC – DAVID BLAND HERLONG, 61, beloved husband of Carolyn Vinson Barton Herlong, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, April 3, 2022.
A native of the Harmony Community near Johnston, SC, David was a son of the late William Mack and Ida Williams Herlong. He grew up in the Harmony Community and lived most of his adult life in Aiken. He...
AIKEN, SC - Mr. Johnny Ferron Paul, 66, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Johnny was the son of the late Thomas Ferron and Louise Graham Paul. He was born and raised in Elberton, GA but had made Aiken his home since 2018. He retired after working many years at Athens Regional Hospital...
Joanna Pettit Hopkins passed away peacefully at home on April 1, 2022. She was born on October 28, 1927, in St. Albans, West Virginia to Joseph Pettit and Anna Mae Harrah Pettit. She was the second daughter; her sister Geraldine Pettit Wyatt being born seven years prior. On November 23, 1946, Joanna married a handsome young veteran, and the love...
AIKEN, SC – GERALD T. “JERRY” HATCHER, JR., 58, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 31, 2022 at his residence.
A native and livelong resident of Aiken County, Jerry was a son of Martha Jean Heath Hatcher and the late Gerald T. Hatcher, Sr. He was an avid NASCAR fan, loved to fish and work in the yard.
Surviving are his...
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