Recent Obituaries

May 7, 2017

Joye Senterfeit Smith, 72, of Gilbert, passed away Sunday, May 07, 2017. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 10, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith was born in Samaria, SC, daughter of the late Homer Senterfeit and Annie Lee Johnson Senterfeit. She was an avid reader. Surviving are her husband, Ralph W. Smith;...

May 6, 2017

Johnny Thomas Craps, 62, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, May 15, at Westside Holiness Church, 527 Augusta Street, West Columbia, SC 29169. Mr. Craps was born in Lexington, SC, son of the late William D. and Urma Rhea Swygert Craps. Surviving are his son, Garrett (Jessica) Craps; daughters,...

May 4, 2017

Memorial services for Jean McElveen Abreo, 81, of Aiken, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2017 at St. James Lutheran Church, in Graniteville under the care of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. James Lutheran Church, 200 Laurel Street, Graniteville, SC 29829.

Mrs. Abreo, passed away...

May 4, 2017

William Edward Johnson, 48, passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017. A private family service will be held at a later date in Minnesota. Mr. Johnson was born at Ft. Jackson Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC, son of Michal W. and Charlene Grittner Johnson. He is survived by his parents, maternal grandmother, daughter and family members. He was preceded in death by...

May 1, 2017

Services for Wesley E. “W.E.” Eargle, Jr, 94, will be conducted at 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 3, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Preston West officiating. Burial will follow in the Batesburg Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. Wednesday before the service at the funeral home, other times at the home of his daughter,...

Apr 30, 2017

Funeral services for Robert Lee Ogden, Sr., 87, of New Ellenton, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Chapel of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. Officiating will be Pastor Danny Wilson. Burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may...

Apr 29, 2017

GROVETOWN, GA—Charles Edgar Puette II, age 70, entered into rest on Saturday, April 29, 2017.

Charles was born December 31, 1946 in Columbia, SC to the late Lyman Bruce Puette and the late Virginia Watford Puette. He served two four year tours in the U.S. Air Force and retired as an E-4 Sergeant. After his service in...

Apr 28, 2017

Peggy Rodgers Douglas peacefully transitioned to her heavenly home on April 28, 2017. Born March 16, 1943, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Rodgers & Ruth Corley Rodgers and raised in Batesburg, SC. She was blessed with two brothers, Ray Rodgers & Jimmy Rodgers, and a sister Muriel Rodgers Hall. Her two sisters in law, Annette Rodgers and Betty Rodgers and...

Apr 28, 2017

Horace Allen Thomas, 79, of Leesville, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, May 5, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Thomas was born in Aiken, SC, son of the late Kern and Carrie Johnson Thomas....

Apr 25, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Randy Dale Watson, M.D., age 63, entered into rest on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Dr. Watson was born August 18, 1953 in Royston, GA to the late Derl and Jimmie Watson. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and Medical Degree from the Medical University of South Carolina...

Apr 25, 2017

A memorial service for Alfred Prichard Niver (Al) ,73, of Lexington, will be held of 11 a.m., Saturday April 29th at Faith Lutheran Church in Batesburg, SC. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service in the church fellowship hall. Mr. Niver died peacefully Monday, April 25, at MUSC in Charleston after a brief illness. Born in...

Apr 24, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Thursa Ann Sotak, age 74, entered into eternal rest Monday, April 24, 2017.

Mrs. Sotak was born February 14, 1943 in New York, New York to the late Walter and Thursa Frances Horbatuk. She married Arthur P. Sotak on May 22, 1971 in Sacred Heart Church, Yonkers, New York. She attended Westchester Community College....

Apr 21, 2017

A Requiem Mass for Joan Lillian Hartman, will be held at 1 PM, Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the old St. Mary Help of Christian Catholic Church, under the care of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME, burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Cumbee Center, http://www.cumbeecenter.org/donate.html.

Mrs. Hartman, 73, passed away on...

Apr 19, 2017

Elouise Kathryn Haag Fellers, 91, of Aiken, South Carolina and formerly of Greenwich, New York and Boerne, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Elouise was born in Berea, Ohio to the late William C. Haag and Hulda E. Haag. She is survived by her devoted husband of sixty-eight years,...

Apr 14, 2017

Lois K. Hall entered into her Heavenly Home on Friday, April 14, 2017 at the age of 83.

Lois was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Stephen Kirton and mother, Hessie L. Ethridge Kirton, brothers, T.J. Kirton and Charlie Eugene Kirton, a sister Margaret Kirton and her husband and father of her five children, D.J. Nance....

Apr 10, 2017

Walter Harold Parrish, 88, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, April 13, at Bethlehem Baptist Church with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev Justin Eshleman officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. Thursday before the service at the church, other times at the...

Apr 9, 2017

AIKEN, SC - Donald Alfred Orth, Ph.D., passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the age of 93.

Dr. Orth was born October 24, 1923 in San Francisco, CA to the late Richard Louis Orth and the late Helen Wilson Orth Magee. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army's 513th Airborne Signal Co. where...

Apr 6, 2017

Jerry David Risinger, 74, passed away Thursday, April 06, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 8, at Providence Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Pitts and Rev. Tom Mims officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the church. Mr. Risinger was born in Leesville, SC, son of the late Odell James and Mary...

Apr 2, 2017

James Edwin “Eddie” Whitman, 57, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 5 at Ebenezer Southern Methodist Church with Rev. John Hood and Rev. Nels Ledwel officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the church, other times at the home of his mother. Honorary...

Apr 1, 2017

Ernest Calvin Bedenbaugh, 65, of the Ridge Road Community, in Leesville, SC passed into eternity, on April 1, 2017. Calvin was born to Eddie Calvin Bedenbaugh and Annie Laurie Cannon Bedenbaugh on October 5, 1951. Calvin was a devoted husband and a father. He loved woodwork and was a cabinet maker by trade. He spent his working years as a...