Recent Obituaries

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...

Dec 11, 2010

Funeral Services for Mr. Douglas "Doug" Kenyon Manter will be held on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 1pm at Aiken's First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER is assisting the family. There will be no calling hours at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to Aiken's First Baptist...

Dec 6, 2010

Funeral services for Opal L. Reeves will take place on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 1pm at Town Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Clint Smith officiating. Pallbearers will be Taylor Glass, Mark Goss, Mike Goss, Brent DeGennaro, Dale Slack and Jimmy Miles. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, 6-8 at...

Dec 5, 2010

A Funeral Mass for Ronald J. Kulpa will be celebrated by Fr. James LeBlanc at 10:30am on Friday, December 10, 2010 at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. Interment will be private. Memorial donations may be directed to the Aiken SPCA, 401 Wire Rd. Aiken, SC 29801. GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 PARK AVE SW,...

Dec 5, 2010

Funeral services for Mr. Vincent Merlin Howell will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 3pm at Aiken Seventh-day Adventist Church. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 PARK AVE SW, AIKEN is assisting the family. There will be no calling hours at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed...

Nov 29, 2010

Funeral services for Miss Adeline "Addie" Jones will take place on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 1pm at St. Paul Lutheran Church South Bypass at Trailridge Rd with Rev. W. Sherrell Dunn officiating. Pallbearers will be Jeff Ford, Rick Bruce, Robert Knight, Emmory Hale, Jimmie Bodie, Jim Boner and Jim Monk. Honorary pallbearers will be Addie's friends and co-workers...

Nov 28, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Corinna Ada Rollins "Snookie" Golding will take place on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW, Aiken, with Rev. Dewayne Anderson officiating. Pallbearers will be Michael Golding, Jeremy Golding, Jimmy Golding, Scott Heath, Craig Heath and Chris Busch. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the...

Nov 21, 2010

A memorial service for Mr. Clayson James White will be held on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 11am at St. John's United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. George K. Howle officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends tonight Tuesday from 6-8pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken. Memorial contributions may...

Nov 19, 2010

Patrina Mount, age 95 years, of Aiken, SC, died on Friday, November 19,

2010, in Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Born in Croton, NJ, August 29, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Forejt Enea. She had formerly resided in Flemington, NJ and Ringoes, NJ, moving to South Carolina in 1988.

Nov 16, 2010

Funeral services for Mr. William "Bill" Monroe Hires will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken. Interment will be private. Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Adkins, Corey Causey, Jerome Bank, Larry Rogers, Steven Hires, and Fausinto Martinez. The family will receive friends tonight Friday from...

Nov 16, 2010

Mrs. Marie Killen Deans, 90, a long-time resident of Aiken, died on November 16, 2010 in Marietta, Georgia after a long illness. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken, is assisting the Deans family. Memorial donations may be made to the Mead Hall Episcopal School, 125 Pendleton St. SW Aiken, SC 29801

Mrs. Deans was known for...

Nov 12, 2010

Robert F. Hodgson, 92, of Aiken, SC, died Friday November 12, 2010. He was born in Cleveland Ohio on March 23, 1918. He lived in Chagrin Falls Ohio as a child. In 1940 Robert graduated from Case Institute of Technology. He lived and worked in Ohio and Michigan and retired as Vice President of engineering at Commercial Shearing Inc....

Oct 30, 2010

Ms. Jean E. Roche died October 30, 2010 Unihealth Post Acute Care in Aiken.

Born in Rochester, NY on July 3, 1922, she was the daughter of the late William and Anna Miller Roche. She had resided in Aiken for the past twenty-five years. A professional artist in the mediums of painting and drawing, she attended a...

Oct 30, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Malinda Moore Vigil will be private. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 from 2-6pm at the residence. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor New York, NY 10004.

Mrs. Vigil, 60, of...

Oct 27, 2010

Funeral services for Mr. John Victor "Jack" Mace will take place on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 5pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken with Rev. Martha Vinson officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday evening, from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be directed to the "Deli Dad Foundation...

Oct 25, 2010

Audrey Alda Alexander Sommer, 71, of Montmorenci, SC died Monday, October 25, 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken, South Carolina.

Audrey was born in San Francisco, California on May 29, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Victor and Harriet Newell Evans Alexander. She was the widow of the late Colonel William Everett Sommer of...