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Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Cindy Martin Freeman

Cindy Martin Freeman

Jan 20, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Cindy Martin Freeman, 56, beloved wife of Rex E. Freeman, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020.   Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 24, 2020 at the SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME Chapel on HAYNE AVE. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Louis Wilson, Will Wilson, Randy Woodward, Dennis Dyer,...

Mark Pettus Hudgins

Mark Pettus Hudgins

Jan 17, 2020

Mark Pettus Hudgins, 59, beloved husband of Michelle H. Hudgins, died peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2020, at Hospice at the Piedmont in Charlottesville, VA following an aneurysm repair.

Born Sept. 21, 1960, in Aiken, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Phillip D. Hudgins, Jr. and Nancy D. Scruggs of Aiken, South Carolina.  He was proud of...

Harriet Sydney Reynolds

Harriet Sydney Reynolds

Jan 17, 2020

Aiken – Mrs. Harriet Sydney Reynolds, 76, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020.      Sydney was born in Richmond, VA, a daughter of the late Wilbur C. and Catherine Collier Wilson.  She had been a resident of Aiken since 2006,  and member of First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. She graduated from the Medical College Of Virginia- School of Physical...

Elizabeth "JoAnne" Keenan Gilbert

Elizabeth "JoAnne" Keenan Gilbert

Jan 14, 2020

AIKEN, SC – ELIZABETH “JOANNE” KEENAN GILBERT, 48, passed away, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at her residence.

A native of Aiken County, JoAnne was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert and Elizabeth Joyce Lark Keenan. She was born in Aiken, SC, grew up and lived in Belmont, NC for a number of years before moving back to Aiken 15 years ago. She...

Gary Scott Anthony

Gary Scott Anthony

Jan 12, 2020

Aiken – Gary Scott Anthony, 47, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020.

Scott, as he was known, was born in Hickory, NC, a son of Sandy Davis Anthony, Aiken, and the late William Gary Anthony.  He was an artist, and deeply loved his family who he was very, very proud of.

In addition to his mother, Scott is survived by...

Donna Trollinger Waters

Donna Trollinger Waters

Jan 9, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Donna Trollinger Waters, 79, of Aiken, SC died January 9, 2020 after an extended illness.   Born on December 13, 1940 in Burlington, NC, Mrs. Waters was a retired teacher of religion at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School in Aiken where she taught for 31 years.  A resident of Aiken since 1968, Mrs. Waters was...

Carol Ann McCarthy

Carol Ann McCarthy

Jan 9, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Carol Ann McCarthy peacefully passed in the hospice care of Aiken Regional Medical Center on Jan. 9, 2020.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, William F. McCarthy, June 28, 2012, her first husband of 30 years Richard J. Lotter, Nov. 18, 2010, and her eldest son, Richard H. Lotter, June 8, 2018. 

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Betty Hayes Seigler

Betty Hayes Seigler

Jan 4, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Betty Hayes Seigler, 88, of Aiken, South Carolina, passed away peacefully Saturday night at her home surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness with cancer.

     Mrs. Seigler was born March 3, 1931, in Clanton, Alabama, and graduated from West End High School in Birmingham, Alabama.   Mrs. Seigler retired from E.I. DuPont and Westinghouse, Savannah...

Yvonne "Skeet" Brunson

Yvonne "Skeet" Brunson

Jan 4, 2020

AIKEN, SC – YVONNE “SKEET” HANKINSON BRUNSON, 68, died Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

     A native of Aiken County, Skeet was a daughter of the late Harvey Hankinson and Margaret Berry Kneece. 

     Witty, funny, mean, beautiful, giving, one of a kind, stingy, loved and talked about family all the time, talented, could sew anything,...

Michael Domenic Appolonia

Michael Domenic Appolonia

Jan 3, 2020

CLINTON CORNERS, NY - Michael Domenic Appolonia, 85, of Clinton Corners, New York and more recently, Aiken, South Carolina, passed away on January 3, 2020 from a heart related illness.  He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and his three children by a previous marriage, Michael and wife Karen, Lisa and husband Vincent, and David and girlfriend Weidi, and his...

Carl Johnson

Carl Johnson

Dec 30, 2019

NEW ELLENTON, SC – SAMUEL CARL JOHNSON, 37, beloved husband of Erica Rains Johnson, died Monday, December 30, 2019 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers following a sudden illness.

A native and life-long resident of Aiken County, Carl was a son of Daphne Key Johnson and the late Samuel Lee “Sammy” Johnson.  He was a 2001 graduate of Silver Bluff High...

Terri Lynn Haynes

Terri Lynn Haynes

Dec 23, 2019

AIKEN, SC - Terri Lynn Haynes, 66, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at her residence.   The family will receive friends Friday, December 27, 2019 from 10:00 -11:00 AM at Shellhouse Funeral Home (924 Hayne Ave.). Funeral services will follow at 11 AM with The Rev. Lee Phillips officiating. Interment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be...

Martha Converse Culler

Martha Converse Culler

Dec 21, 2019

Aiken-Mrs. Martha Converse Culler, 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 21st, 2019.

A lifelong resident of Aiken, Martha was a daughter of the late Sherman and Hilda Converse. She was a homemaker and an avid cook.  She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church and a 1949 graduate of Furman University. Martha was a loving mother, grandmother...

Dale McKee

Dale McKee

Dec 21, 2019

AIKEN, SC – DALE W. McKEE, 62, beloved wife of Rocky McKee, died suddenly, Saturday, December 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV.

     A native and life-long resident of Aiken, Dale was a daughter of the late Charles Leon Wade, Jr. and Betty Jean Bane Wade.  She was a graduate of Aiken High School, Class of 1975.  Dale was a...

Dottie Gunter

Dottie Gunter

Dec 20, 2019

Beech Island – Mrs. Dottie M. Boone Gunter, 77, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019. Dottie was born in Meridan, CT and was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Moore and Dorothy (Knott) Moore.  She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly (Michael) Fulford of Trenton,  and sons Robert "Mike" (Donna) Boone of Beech Island, and Richard Boone of Snellville, GA.  Her...

Mattie Bonnett Bell

Mattie Bonnett Bell

Dec 18, 2019

Aiken – Mrs. Mattie Bonnett Bell, 92, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the late Brantley and Irene Oswalt Bonnett.  She was a homemaker, and a member of Central Baptist Church. Mattie was a loving mother and grandmother, she never had a bad word to say about anyone. 

She...

Ronald W. Bartlett

Ronald W. Bartlett

Dec 18, 2019

AIKEN, SC – RONALD WAYNE BARTLETT, 83, beloved husband of Sandra McFarland Bartlett, passed away suddenly, Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

     A native of Evans, GA, Ronald was a son of the late Otis S. and Mary James Bartlett.  He retired from the US Air Force after 20 years as a TSGT.  After his retirement he returned to Augusta and...

John Yates Smith

John Yates Smith

Dec 16, 2019

New Ellenton, SC - Mr. John Yates Smith, 86, passed away Monday, December 16, 2019. Mr. Smith was born in Trenton, SC, a son of the late Marion B. and Myrtis Yates Smith.  He was a lifelong resident of New Ellenton, and retired as co-owner of CSRA Computer Services. Mr. Smith is survived by a daughter, Linda Smith Gay, Chattanooga,...

Joan Haase

Joan Haase

Dec 15, 2019

  Aiken - Mrs. Joan Haase, 79, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019.

Joan was born in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late Adolph T. and Lillian Woodward Plitt. She and her late husband, George Frederick Haase, moved to Aiken and were residents there for over 58 years. Joan worked for many years at Plum Pudding. She loved travel...

Toni Myers

Toni Myers

Dec 13, 2019

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Toni Myers, 74, passed away at her home in Aiken on December 13, 2019. 

     She was a resident of Aiken since 2000.  Toni was an active and creative member of the community, helping the SPCA establish “Adopt-A-Pet” page in the Aiken Standard.  She also started the “Westmutster Dog Show" and helped FOTUS start and organize...

Local Obituaries for Aiken South Carolina & Surrounding Areas.

Cindy Martin Freeman

Cindy Martin Freeman

Jan 20, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Cindy Martin Freeman, 56, beloved wife of Rex E. Freeman, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020.   Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 24, 2020 at the SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME Chapel on HAYNE AVE. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Louis Wilson, Will Wilson, Randy Woodward, Dennis Dyer,...

Mark Pettus Hudgins

Mark Pettus Hudgins

Jan 17, 2020

Mark Pettus Hudgins, 59, beloved husband of Michelle H. Hudgins, died peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2020, at Hospice at the Piedmont in Charlottesville, VA following an aneurysm repair.

Born Sept. 21, 1960, in Aiken, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Phillip D. Hudgins, Jr. and Nancy D. Scruggs of Aiken, South Carolina.  He was proud of...

Harriet Sydney Reynolds

Harriet Sydney Reynolds

Jan 17, 2020

Aiken – Mrs. Harriet Sydney Reynolds, 76, passed away Friday, January 17, 2020.      Sydney was born in Richmond, VA, a daughter of the late Wilbur C. and Catherine Collier Wilson.  She had been a resident of Aiken since 2006,  and member of First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. She graduated from the Medical College Of Virginia- School of Physical...

Elizabeth "JoAnne" Keenan Gilbert

Elizabeth "JoAnne" Keenan Gilbert

Jan 14, 2020

AIKEN, SC – ELIZABETH “JOANNE” KEENAN GILBERT, 48, passed away, Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at her residence.

A native of Aiken County, JoAnne was the daughter of the late Joseph Albert and Elizabeth Joyce Lark Keenan. She was born in Aiken, SC, grew up and lived in Belmont, NC for a number of years before moving back to Aiken 15 years ago. She...

Gary Scott Anthony

Gary Scott Anthony

Jan 12, 2020

Aiken – Gary Scott Anthony, 47, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020.

Scott, as he was known, was born in Hickory, NC, a son of Sandy Davis Anthony, Aiken, and the late William Gary Anthony.  He was an artist, and deeply loved his family who he was very, very proud of.

In addition to his mother, Scott is survived by...

Donna Trollinger Waters

Donna Trollinger Waters

Jan 9, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Donna Trollinger Waters, 79, of Aiken, SC died January 9, 2020 after an extended illness.   Born on December 13, 1940 in Burlington, NC, Mrs. Waters was a retired teacher of religion at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School in Aiken where she taught for 31 years.  A resident of Aiken since 1968, Mrs. Waters was...

Carol Ann McCarthy

Carol Ann McCarthy

Jan 9, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Carol Ann McCarthy peacefully passed in the hospice care of Aiken Regional Medical Center on Jan. 9, 2020.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, William F. McCarthy, June 28, 2012, her first husband of 30 years Richard J. Lotter, Nov. 18, 2010, and her eldest son, Richard H. Lotter, June 8, 2018. 

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Betty Hayes Seigler

Betty Hayes Seigler

Jan 4, 2020

AIKEN, SC - Mrs. Betty Hayes Seigler, 88, of Aiken, South Carolina, passed away peacefully Saturday night at her home surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness with cancer.

     Mrs. Seigler was born March 3, 1931, in Clanton, Alabama, and graduated from West End High School in Birmingham, Alabama.   Mrs. Seigler retired from E.I. DuPont and Westinghouse, Savannah...

Yvonne "Skeet" Brunson

Yvonne "Skeet" Brunson

Jan 4, 2020

AIKEN, SC – YVONNE “SKEET” HANKINSON BRUNSON, 68, died Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

     A native of Aiken County, Skeet was a daughter of the late Harvey Hankinson and Margaret Berry Kneece. 

     Witty, funny, mean, beautiful, giving, one of a kind, stingy, loved and talked about family all the time, talented, could sew anything,...

Michael Domenic Appolonia

Michael Domenic Appolonia

Jan 3, 2020

CLINTON CORNERS, NY - Michael Domenic Appolonia, 85, of Clinton Corners, New York and more recently, Aiken, South Carolina, passed away on January 3, 2020 from a heart related illness.  He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and his three children by a previous marriage, Michael and wife Karen, Lisa and husband Vincent, and David and girlfriend Weidi, and his...

Carl Johnson

Carl Johnson

Dec 30, 2019

NEW ELLENTON, SC – SAMUEL CARL JOHNSON, 37, beloved husband of Erica Rains Johnson, died Monday, December 30, 2019 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers following a sudden illness.

A native and life-long resident of Aiken County, Carl was a son of Daphne Key Johnson and the late Samuel Lee “Sammy” Johnson.  He was a 2001 graduate of Silver Bluff High...

Terri Lynn Haynes

Terri Lynn Haynes

Dec 23, 2019

AIKEN, SC - Terri Lynn Haynes, 66, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at her residence.   The family will receive friends Friday, December 27, 2019 from 10:00 -11:00 AM at Shellhouse Funeral Home (924 Hayne Ave.). Funeral services will follow at 11 AM with The Rev. Lee Phillips officiating. Interment will be held in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be...

Martha Converse Culler

Martha Converse Culler

Dec 21, 2019

Aiken-Mrs. Martha Converse Culler, 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 21st, 2019.

A lifelong resident of Aiken, Martha was a daughter of the late Sherman and Hilda Converse. She was a homemaker and an avid cook.  She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church and a 1949 graduate of Furman University. Martha was a loving mother, grandmother...

Dale McKee

Dale McKee

Dec 21, 2019

AIKEN, SC – DALE W. McKEE, 62, beloved wife of Rocky McKee, died suddenly, Saturday, December 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV.

     A native and life-long resident of Aiken, Dale was a daughter of the late Charles Leon Wade, Jr. and Betty Jean Bane Wade.  She was a graduate of Aiken High School, Class of 1975.  Dale was a...

Dottie Gunter

Dottie Gunter

Dec 20, 2019

Beech Island – Mrs. Dottie M. Boone Gunter, 77, passed away Friday, December 20, 2019. Dottie was born in Meridan, CT and was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Moore and Dorothy (Knott) Moore.  She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly (Michael) Fulford of Trenton,  and sons Robert "Mike" (Donna) Boone of Beech Island, and Richard Boone of Snellville, GA.  Her...

Mattie Bonnett Bell

Mattie Bonnett Bell

Dec 18, 2019

Aiken – Mrs. Mattie Bonnett Bell, 92, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

A lifelong resident of Aiken, Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the late Brantley and Irene Oswalt Bonnett.  She was a homemaker, and a member of Central Baptist Church. Mattie was a loving mother and grandmother, she never had a bad word to say about anyone. 

She...

Ronald W. Bartlett

Ronald W. Bartlett

Dec 18, 2019

AIKEN, SC – RONALD WAYNE BARTLETT, 83, beloved husband of Sandra McFarland Bartlett, passed away suddenly, Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

     A native of Evans, GA, Ronald was a son of the late Otis S. and Mary James Bartlett.  He retired from the US Air Force after 20 years as a TSGT.  After his retirement he returned to Augusta and...

John Yates Smith

John Yates Smith

Dec 16, 2019

New Ellenton, SC - Mr. John Yates Smith, 86, passed away Monday, December 16, 2019. Mr. Smith was born in Trenton, SC, a son of the late Marion B. and Myrtis Yates Smith.  He was a lifelong resident of New Ellenton, and retired as co-owner of CSRA Computer Services. Mr. Smith is survived by a daughter, Linda Smith Gay, Chattanooga,...

Joan Haase

Joan Haase

Dec 15, 2019

  Aiken - Mrs. Joan Haase, 79, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019.

Joan was born in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late Adolph T. and Lillian Woodward Plitt. She and her late husband, George Frederick Haase, moved to Aiken and were residents there for over 58 years. Joan worked for many years at Plum Pudding. She loved travel...

Toni Myers

Toni Myers

Dec 13, 2019

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Toni Myers, 74, passed away at her home in Aiken on December 13, 2019. 

     She was a resident of Aiken since 2000.  Toni was an active and creative member of the community, helping the SPCA establish “Adopt-A-Pet” page in the Aiken Standard.  She also started the “Westmutster Dog Show" and helped FOTUS start and organize...

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