Recent Obituaries

Feb 2, 2016

Margie Lee Smith, 77, of Batesburg, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 4 at Mt. Ebal Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Starrett Hall officiating. Mrs. Smith was born in Batesburg, SC, daughter of the late Calvin and Gracie Hall Smith. She was married to the late Thyril Smith. She...

Jan 31, 2016

A memorial service for Mrs. Leslie Arlene Dawson, will be held at 7 pm Thursday, February 4, 2016, in the chapel of the historic GEORGE FUNERAL HOME, 211 Park Ave., SW, Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the National Brain Tumor Society...

Jan 31, 2016

Tommy Doyle Motes, 52, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 P.M. Thursday, February 4, at First Baptist Church of Lexington. Mr. Motes was born in Macon, GA, son of Leila Senn and the late Billy D. Motes. Surviving are his wife, Monica Motes of Leesville; mother, Leila Senn Motes of...

Jan 30, 2016

A Funeral Liturgy for Joseph "Joe" Miano will be celebrated at 6 pm Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at the Historic GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends from 4-6 pm prior to the service.

Mr. Miano, 80, of Aiken, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2016. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he...

Jan 30, 2016

Geneva Sue Berry Black, 77, of Saluda, widow of the late Valton G. Black, went home to be with our Lord and Savior January 30, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 3, at Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. Dennis Campbell and Rev. Burton Campbell officiating. Born on December 3, 1938 in Saluda, SC, she...

Jan 29, 2016

Mrs. Cherieann Wimberly Herndon, 78, of Aiken, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2016. Born in St. George, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Wimberly and Lucylle Mizzell Rowell. Mrs. Herndon was an active communicant of St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Frank "Buddy"...

Jan 29, 2016

Paul Ray "Roebuck" Miller, 83,of Leesville, passed away Friday, January 29, 2016. No services will be held at this time. Mr. Miller was born in Leesville, SC, son of the late Boyd and Fannie Asbil Miller. He was a member of Faith Riders for Christ. Mr. Miller was a popular and admired musician. He enjoyed his later years playing gospel...

Jan 26, 2016

AIKEN, SC-Lieutenant Colonel Bobby Dwight Johnson, US Army (Ret.) passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 27, 2016 at the age of 73.

Bobby was born July 1, 1942 in Wellington, Alabama to the late Clifford and Lola Green Johnson. He received his MBA from the University of Alabama. Bobby proudly served his country in the United States Army...

Jan 26, 2016

Gary Edwin Swinford, 80, of Gilbert, passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 30, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Swinford was born in Covington, KY, son of the late Edwin B. and Mary E. Ferguson Swinford. Surviving are...

Jan 25, 2016

Funeral services for Iva Mae Hegler, 88, of Aiken, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 29, 2016 at Levels Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Gareth Hegler. Burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery, under the care of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. Pallbearers will be the grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Bethany Sunday School...

Jan 25, 2016

Mary Frances Easler, 73, of Saluda, passed away Monday, January 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, January 28, at Amick Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Larry Smith officiating. Active pallbearers will be Larry Clark, Chuck Clark, Mike Yarborough, Stevie McCormick, Mike Russell, and Randy Anderson. Mrs. Easler was...

Jan 22, 2016

James E. (Turk) Harrison passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at his home in Aiken, South Carolina.

He was born on December 7, 1926 in Old Hickory, Tennessee, a DuPont company town. The second child of six loving brothers and sisters, he was the oldest boy of Tennie and Red Harrison.

At seventeen, against his...

Jan 22, 2016

Fredrika P. Long, 86, of Leesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 26 at Leesville Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born in Batesburg, SC, daughter of the late Barney and Mattie Kneece Prater. She was married to the late Dewey H. "Sonny" Long. She was a home maker...

Jan 20, 2016

AIKEN, SC- Mr. Daryl Brickman at rest Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Daryl was the husband of Diane Brickman and the proud father of Randy Brickman and his wife Bonnie of Deerfield, Illinois and Marc Brickman and his wife Maureen of Aiken, South Carolina. He was the loving grandfather of three, Justin, Dustin and Jordan.

Dee,...

Jan 19, 2016

AIKEN, SC- Mrs. Letha Lorene Peterson, age 84, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Home.

Mrs. Peterson was born February 15, 1931 in Henderson, Texas to the late Troy Verdell Skinner and the late Cora Jane Lauderdale Skinner. She had made Aiken, SC her home since 1952 where she worked for the Aiken County...

Jan 19, 2016

AIKEN, SC- Mrs. Catherine D. Dwyer, age 90, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

Mrs. Dwyer will be conveyed to the Park Funeral Chapel, Garden City Park, NY (516.747.4300) for funeral services and interment.

Jan 19, 2016

Mrs. Idell A. Shealy, 94, of Leesville, went home to her Lord and Savior on January 19, 2016. She was born on October 9, 1921 to Minick and Stella Shealy. Mrs. Shealy retired from the sewing industry and was a talented seamstress. She enjoyed quilting with her sisters and delighted in tending to her garden and flowers. She was one...

Jan 18, 2016

AIKEN, SC- Alvin Dewitt "Dee" Herndon, 85, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016, in Williamsburg, VA.

Dee was born May 2, 1930, in Grover, NC, to the late Ernest Blanton Herndon, Sr., and the late Lorene Bookout Herndon. He married the former Esther Elizabeth "Betsy" Silver in 1951. Dee enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950,...

Jan 18, 2016

Veronica Madeline Gunter Padgett, 72, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, January 22, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Brad Willis with burial in Samaria Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. at the funeral home before the service. Active pallbearers...

Jan 18, 2016

Larry Greene, 66, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 21, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with internment in the Vaucluse Cemetery with Rev. Ron Doss officiating. Honorary pallbearers are the Senior Sunday School Class of Pine Forest Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 12:30 -2:00 PM Thursday, prior...