Recent Obituaries

Jan 10, 2011

Funeral services for Mr. Raymond Garwood will take place on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 11am at the chapel of George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW, Aiken, SC, with Rev. Roy Kiser officiating. Entombment, with military honors, will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 10:30am until the time of...

Jan 10, 2011

Funeral services for Mr. Jimmie Ray Cumbee, Sr. will be held on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 2pm at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight Thursday from 6-8pm at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken. Memorial contributions may be directed to Shiloh Baptist Church,...

Jan 9, 2011

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Rudean Brown Arowood will be held on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 1pm at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken. Interment will follow in Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight Thursday from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to Aiken...

Jan 8, 2011

A Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Shelia Ann Roberts will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 2pm at Cedar Creek Church. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 12pm until the hour of service at the church. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be...

Jan 8, 2011

A Celebration of Life service for Mrs. Brenda Lee Jett Adams will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 2pm at Cedar Creek Church. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 12pm until the hour of service at the church. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may...

Jan 6, 2011

A Funeral Mass for Miriam Frances Hyslop Brown will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Internment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 from 6-8pm at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken, SC with wake...

Jan 2, 2011

Funeral arrangements for Mr. Paul Heniford Lewis, 56, of Aiken, who died Monday, January 03, 2011 will be private. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 7, 2011 from 3-5pm at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave, Aiken. Memorial donations may be directed to Solaris Hospice, 156 University Parkway, Suite 101, Aiken, SC 29801.

Jan 2, 2011

Funeral services for Mr. Vance Duane Vandervelde will be private. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to Aiken SPCA, 401 Wire Rd, Aiken, SC, 29801.

Mr. Vandervelde, 81, of Aiken, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

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Dec 30, 2010

Funeral services for Ms. Katie Scott, 22, of Aiken, who died Thursday, December 30, 2010 as a result of a motor vehicle accident, will be held on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 11am at Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken with Rev. Brian Atkison officiating Pallbearers will be Brandon Barenie honorary, Mitchell Stapleton, Michael Browers, Shawn Walton, Shannon Boothe, Chris Smith,...

Dec 25, 2010

Mr. Wilson R. Jones, 82, of Aiken, SC, beloved husband of Frances N. Jones, entered into eternal rest on Saturday. December 25, 2010 at Unihealth-PAC, Aiken.

Born in Smithfield, VA, he was the son of the late Vernon Wilson Jones and Della Blanche Hooker. He was a veteran of WW II, having served in the US Coast...

Dec 22, 2010

Mrs. Lori L. Carter, 53, of Aiken, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at her residence. Arrangements will be private

Dec 22, 2010

A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Evelyn E. O'Connell will be celebrated at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church on Monday, December 27, 2010 at 7:00pm. Interment will follow the next morning, Tuesday, December 28th at 10am at Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER 211 Park Ave. SW on Monday, 5-6:30pm....

Dec 21, 2010

Mr. Henry Struthers, 86, of Aiken died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be Tuesday, December 28th, 2pm at Aiken Memorial Gardens with Rev. Bill Howard officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity one's choice.

Born in Wakefield, RI, he was the son of the late James Struthers and Emma...

Dec 21, 2010

Arrangements are private

Dec 20, 2010

A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Jennie B. Szczygiel will be celebrated on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 3pm at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. Interment will take place at a later date in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Indian Orchard, MA. Memorial contributions may be directed to Alzheimer's Association, South Carolina Chapter, 4124 Clemson Blvd - Ste L,...

Dec 20, 2010

Arrangements are incomplete and will be published as soon as they are available.

Dec 19, 2010

Cdr. George Philip Powers, US Navy, ret. 89, of Aiken, died Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers

Born in Delaware, OH, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Zaidee L. Yates Powers.

He moved to Aiken in 2009. George was a naval aviator and flew torpedo bombers on the USS...

Dec 19, 2010

Complete obituary will be published as soon as it is available.

Dec 18, 2010

Charles Kramer Stoeppler died on December 18, 2010 of heart disease, just short of his 97th birthday.

He was often described as a "true gentleman". He was gentle, kind and gracious. He was a man of principal, acerbic wit and a longing for harmony among all peoples in this world. The Aiken community which he called his...

Dec 14, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Watts Riley will take place on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 1pm at Memorial Baptist Church, 3100 Vaucluse Rd., Aiken with Rev. Steve Gillette officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, SC. The family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 6-8pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park...