Recent Obituaries

Mar 4, 2016

Reba Ann Jennings, 83, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. There will be a visitation Thursday, March 10, 2016, from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 11, at St. James Lutheran Church with Pastor Gina Metze officiating. Mrs....

Mar 3, 2016

Charles Lee Swope, 57, of Aiken, S.C. departed this life on Thursday, March 3, 2016. Born in Augusta, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Swope and Pauline Lyon Swope. He was preceded in death by a sister, Paula Jean Swope.

Charles was a member of Tri-Development Community and lived in a group home on...

Mar 2, 2016

Funeral services for Myrtle Lee Widener Baird, 79, of Aiken, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2016 at St. Catherine Orthodox Church. Celebrants will be Father Mark Mancuso and Father Gregory Rogers. Burial will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wayne Baird, Mike Baird, Robert Baird, Matthew Dillon Baird Cavalcante, Johnathan Baird and Joshua...

Feb 29, 2016

Dwight "Snag" Maroney, 64, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 2, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Russell Whittle officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Maroney was born in Batesburg, SC, son of the late Woodrow and Ruby Reynolds...

Feb 28, 2016

Funeral services for Carol Diane Dami, 49, of Windsor, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Chapel of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. Burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Stephen Dami, Justin Johnson, Matthew Farrell, Zachary Morris, William Pierron and Travis Sweetnam. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 3,...

Feb 28, 2016

Dorothy Irene Shealy, 73, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 P.M. Thursday, March 3, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Shealy was born in Akron, OH, daughter of the late Guy and Lula Galloway. She was married to the late Samuel Ansel Shealy. She was a homemaker. Surviving are...

Feb 15, 2016

Herbert Theodore DeWell, 76, of Goose Creek, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2016.

Born in Springfield, Ohio, he was a son of the late Harold and Kathryn DeWell. He was a retired US Army Veteran and commercial driver. Mr. DeWell was a member of the VFW Post 10256, Goose Creek.

Graveside services with military...

Feb 15, 2016

AIKEN, SC- Mrs. Ollie Williams Herron, of South Boundary Ave., passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 in the comfort of her home at the age of 75.

Mrs. Herron was born May 18, 1940 in Orangeburg, SC to the late Olin and Beulah Williams. She had made Aiken, SC her home for the past twenty-five years. Mrs....

Feb 14, 2016

Johnnie William Boatwright, 84, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2016. Memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday, February 18, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Dan Williams. Visitation will follow after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Boatwright was born in Batesburg, SC son of the late George Harvey and Minnie Crapps Boatwright. He...

Feb 13, 2016

Marjorie Lee Padgett, 94, of Leesville, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, February 16, at Pauline Church of Christ with interment in church cemetery with Rev. Rick Farwell officiating. Active pallbearers are Marion Rish, Todd Oswald, Alan Rish, Dennis Rish, Lendel Hutto, Dean Padgett, Jim Padgett and Buddy Welch. Visitation will...

Feb 11, 2016

Tommy Langston, 62, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 P.M. Saturday, February 20, at United in Christ Church in Summit. Service: 5:00 P.M. Saturday, February 20 United in Christ Church in Summit

Feb 10, 2016

AIKEN, SC- James Gamble, age 82, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016.

Mr. Gamble was born February 15, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA to the late James and June Wohlar Gamble. He proudly served his country in the US Navy and retired as Plant Supervisor from Ducane Heating in Blackville, SC. Mr. Gamble had made Aiken, SC his...

Feb 8, 2016

Lewis Jackson Oswald, 77, of Batesburg, passed away Monday February 8, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 11, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Kneece Family Cemetery with Rev. Bill Watkins officiating. Active pallbearers will be Larry Wheeler, Stanley Whittle, L.C. Smith, Jr., Charlie Oswald, Dean Oswalt, and Carl Burgess Mr. Oswald...

Feb 5, 2016

Rita Elisabeth Cvikl, age 77, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2016, after a more than 30 year battle with ovarian cancer in her home in Aiken, SC, surrounded by her family. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister.

She was born on April 19, 1938, in Homburg/Saar, Germany, to...

Feb 3, 2016

Mr. W. A. Nance, 97, of Aiken, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.

Feb 3, 2016

Rose Marie Corder Bagwell, 76, of Batesburg, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. She was born in Batesburg, SC daughter of the late Felix Corder and Ruby Parrish Corder. She was married to the late James Bagwell Sr. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, James Bagwell Jr. (Rejina): daughters and sons-in-law, Jan Day (Archie); Barbara...

Feb 2, 2016

Darrell G. Brown, 56, of Aiken County, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.

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...