Recent Obituaries

Feb 7, 2018

Ralph Arthur Carey, 66, of Leesville, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 10, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Morris officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Carey was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico son of Velma Clark Carey...

Feb 7, 2018

James Claude Matthews, 58, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, February 11, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Billy Matthews Cemetery with Rev. Charles Swann officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00-3:00 PM prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Matthews was born in Newberry, SC...

Feb 6, 2018

Ron Harley Black, 54, of Leesville, passed away February 6, 2018. A visitation will be held from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. Mr. Black was born in Greenville, SC son of Miranda H. Baker of Gilbert and Wendell and Muriel Black of Wagner. He worked for Magna International Sign Company. Surviving...

Feb 5, 2018

Funeral services for Donald Lewis Jenkins, 87, of Aiken, will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the Chapel of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. Officiating will be Pastor Phillip Lee, burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral...

Feb 4, 2018

John Victor Denero, 86, peacefully entered into rest Sunday, February 4, 2018 at his home in Aiken, SC. A Requiem mass will be held at the Old St. Mary Help of Christians Church (Park Avenue) on Saturday, February 10 at 1:00 pm. Family will receive friends at the GEORGE FUNERAL HOME, on Friday, February 9 from 5:00 pm to...

Feb 2, 2018

AIKEN, SC - Joan B. Locke [7-13-1937 to 2-2-2018] was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She spent her childhood in Kentucky and Virginia, graduating from Washington-Lee High School in Virginia, 1955. In 1959, she graduated from Duke University School of Nursing with a BSN, and earned her RN certification shortly thereafter. She met her first husband, Edgar B. Mackie, Jr.,...

Feb 1, 2018

Mr. Henry Windmuller of Bloomington, IN died on February 1, 2018 at Monroe Place.

He will be buried at Sons of Israel Cemetery in Aiken, SC.

George Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Born in Andernach, Germany, he was the son of the late Max and Hertha Windmuller.

He was a...

Feb 1, 2018

Mary Ellen Heyward, 64, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 4, at 2:00 PM in Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment at Hall Town Cemetery conducted by Pastor Scott Szalwinski. Mrs. Heyward was born in Aiken, SC daughter of the late Joe F. Clark and Nina Lee Hall Clark....

Jan 31, 2018

Woodrow “Jackie” Boozer, Jr, 80, of Batesburg, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, February 3 at Faith Lutheran Church with Pastor Lisa Isenhower officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the sanctuary. Mr. Boozer was born in Batesburg, SC, son of the late Woodrow Boozer...

Jan 30, 2018

AIKEN, SC— Danny Edison Faulkner, age 68, entered into rest on Tuesday, January 30, 2018.

Danny was born December 26, 1949 in Louisburg, NC to the late Norwood and Annie Faulkner. He had made Aiken, SC his home for the past 33 years and was of the Baptist faith. Danny was a salesman in the automobile industry...

Jan 27, 2018

AIKEN, SC— Julia "Judy" Ann Gilbert, age 65, entered into rest Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Aiken Regional Medical Center.

Judy was born October 25, 1952 in Greenwood, SC to Opal Thompson and the late James Theodore Thompson. She was a life-long area resident and loved her family and son dearly.

In addition to her...

Jan 27, 2018

Louise Kirkland Watkins Smith, 99, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at First Baptist Church of Batesburg with interment in Batesburg Cemetery with Rev. Henry Stamper officiating. Active pallbearers are Will Trotter, Jimmy Trotter, Bart Cochcroft, Larry Cochcroft, Benji Kirkland and Donnie Kirkland. Mrs. Smith was...

Jan 26, 2018

Lois Shealy Crapps, 86, of Leesville, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 29, at Summerland Church with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Ray Massey officiating. Active pallbearers will be her nephews. Mrs. Crapps was born in Leesville, SC, daughter of the late Chester and Viola Shealy Shealy....

Jan 26, 2018

Mary Williams Keisler Cook, 74, of Leesville, passed away January 26, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 30, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Scott Nurse officiating. The family will receive family and friends one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Cook was born in Birmingham,...

Jan 24, 2018

AIKEN, SC-- Betty Lou Armstrong, age 85, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018.

Friends may call on Sunday, January 28, 2018 from 12:30 until 2:00 PM at George Funeral Home with a funeral service beginning at 2:00 PM in the George Funeral Chapel. The Rev. K. Scott Ayers will officate. Interment will be private in Victor Cemetery,...

Jan 24, 2018

Kay Hyler Green, 75, of West Columbia, passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Memorial service will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 28, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Stephen Jumper. Visitation will be held from 2:00-3:00 PM prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Green was born in Saluda, SC daughter of the late...

Jan 23, 2018

Anthony Wade Hankinson, 53, of Aiken, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Born in Aiken , he was a son of the late Jimmy and Myrtle Gantt Hankinson. Mr. Hankinson was a US Army Veteran. He enjoyed putting puzzles together and doing crossword puzzles. He loved to tape Christian music and watching all sports.

Survivors include...

Jan 22, 2018

Harold Owens, 79, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 27, Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Larry Pitts officiating. Mr. Owens was born in Grundy, Virginia, son of the late Sherman and Lucy Owens. Surviving are his wife, Henrietta Carol Owens; son and daughter-in-law, Harold Todd...

Jan 21, 2018

AIKEN, SC - Ann Marie Taperino Schreck, age 74, entered into rest Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Select Specialty Hospital, Augusta, GA, after a bravely borne illness.

Ann Marie was born February 15, 1943 in Hoboken, NJ to the late Dominick and Jennie Taperino. In addition to her parents, Ann Marie was preceded in death by a...

Jan 20, 2018

Diane C. Slingerland, 74, of Leesville, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM at Grace Church of the Nazarene in Columbia, SC. Mrs. Slingerland was born in Buffalo, NY, daughter of the late Louis and Mildred Ruddy Stiles. She was married to the late David Arthur Slingerland. Surviving are her daughters and...