Recent Obituaries

Mar 7, 2015

William Edward "Bill" Sanders, 85, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 10, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marvin C. Clark officiating. Visitation will be held following the service at the funeral home. Mr. Sanders was born in Jewer, Kansas, son of the late H.A....

Mar 7, 2015

Melba Marlene Hallman, 59, of Batesburg, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015. A memorial service will be held at a later date at her home. Mrs. Hallman was born in Aiken, SC, daughter of Robert Lee Bryant and Nettie Ruth Kitchings Bryant. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Thomas W. Hallman; son, Steven James Ricker; brother, Jerry Lee...

Mar 6, 2015

Miriam Jernigan Walker, 93, of Aiken passed away Friday, March 06, 2015, at Aiken Regional Medical Center. She was the wife of the late J. Oscar Walker. Mrs. Walker was the daughter of the late Jeff S. and Geneva Jernigan. Miriam loved her church, Couchton Baptist Church, of which she was a charter member. She was a 3rd and...

Mar 4, 2015

Memorial services for Ann Graves Hoormann, 76, of Aiken, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the Chapel of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Mrs. Hoormann, widow of John Louis Hoormann, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Born in Charlotte, she was a...

Mar 4, 2015

A memorial service for Bonnie L. Tumminia will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 14, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 961 Trail Ridge Road, Aiken, SC, 29803, Interment will follow in the St. Paul Columbarium, under the care of GEORGE FUNERAL HOME. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall.

Bonnie entered into eternal rest...

Mar 4, 2015

Roy W. "Snooter" Senterfeit, 65, of Batesburg, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 8, 2015 at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with military honors with Reverend Dennis Metts officiating. Active pallbearers are Chris Connelly, Brian Senterfeit, Michael Rushton, Trent Rushton, Daniel Kneece, Alex Baker and Mike...

Mar 4, 2015

Daisy (Dot) Cockrell, 83, of Batesburg Leesville, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 7, at Samaria Baptist Church of Batesburg with burial in Kneece Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Metts. The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 7 before the service at Samaria...

Mar 3, 2015

AIKEN, SC- SARA W. WARREN, 66, of Huckleberry Drive, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at her residence after a courageous battle against cancer.

Born December 14, 1948 in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late David and Alice Davis White. Sara was of the Baptist faith and made Aiken her home for thirty years....

Mar 1, 2015

Batesburg- Joyce Mae Puckett, 88, passed Sunday, March 1, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 4, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 4, before the service at the funeral home. Active pallbearers...

Feb 28, 2015

Marie Edna Runcorn, 85, of Aiken, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced.

Feb 28, 2015

AIKEN, SC- HELENA SCHILLING, 94, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015.

Born August 9, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Beatrice Stein Rosen. Mrs. Schilling was born into the Jewish faith and later in life she chose to affiliate with The Unitarian Universalist Church. In 1974 she met and...

Feb 28, 2015

Services for Jeffy Bernard Wooten (J.B.), 87, of Gilbert, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel, Batesburg, SC, with burial to follow in Ridge Crest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. prior to the service, other times at his home. Mr....

Feb 27, 2015

David Karraker, 91, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015. Born August 17, 1923, in Anna, Illinois, he was the oldest son of the late Wallace and Margaret Browne Karraker. His undergraduate studies at Southern Illinois University were interrupted by service in the US Army during World War II. He completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry at SIU and completed...

Feb 26, 2015

AIKEN, SC- Heaven gained another angel on February 26, 2015, as our mother, Carole Anne Ouimet (Ulrich), finished her work here on earth, reuniting with her rabble rousing family and friends. This trip would not be complete without her everlasting cup of coffee. She was the daughter of the late Melvin and Odette Ulrich of New Jersey.

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Feb 26, 2015

Frances Elouise Kneece Cone, age 90, of Batesburg went to her heavenly home, February 26, 2015. She was the daughter of Richmond Martin Kneece and Pansy Alma Corder Kneece. Mrs. Cone was born and raised in the rural community of Samaria. She was a graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School and Newberry College. She began her teaching career in Ridge Spring,...

Feb 25, 2015

AIKEN, SC- BROADUS WAYNE PRESCOTT, 73, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, GA.

Born January 20, 1942 in Augusta, GA, he was a son of the late Broadus Davis Prescott and Reba Lovett Prescott. Mr. Prescott was a life-long area resident and a retired iron worker. He enjoyed...

Feb 24, 2015

Mrs. Emma Jane Flatt, 75, of Trenton, widow of Charles Flatt, passed away (at her home on) Tuesday, Februay 24, 2015. Born in Dover, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Stanley and Edith Bayles Levens. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a sister, Joyce Brown and a brother, Charles...

Feb 23, 2015

Jerald Franklin Drafts, 70, of Leesville, passed away February 23, 2015. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, March 1, at Cedar Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery with Rev. William Duty officiating. Mr. Drafts was born in Leesville, SC, son of the late James Franklin "Dick" and Zoe Rose Taylor Drafts. He was a member of Cedar Grove...

Feb 22, 2015

Susan McCullough, 55, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 P.M. Thursday, February 26, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bill Paulling officiating. Viewing and visitation will follow after the service at the funeral home. Ms. McCullough was born in Lexington County, daughter of Colon Hall and Vaughnta Collum....

Feb 22, 2015

Robert Kelly Gantt 91, of Leesville, husband of Jeanette Gunter Gantt passed away Sunday morning February 22, 2015 at his home near Fairview South Carolina. He had recently suffered declining health spending time in the hospital and in rehab at Lexington Extended Care. His only wish while in rehab was to go home and he was able to do that...