Recent Obituaries

Mar 14, 2010

A funeral Mass for Frances Louise Calabro will be celebrated on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 2pm at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Interment will take place at St. Charles Cemetery in Pinelawn, NY. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken is assisting the family. Memorial donations may be directed to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, PO Box...

Mar 13, 2010

A memorial service celebrating the life of Mr. Charlie Davidson Anderson, Sr. will take place on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM at The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 825 Greene St. Augusta, GA, 30901.The family will receive friends at the church following the service Memorials may be directed to the church. George Funeral Home & Cremation...

Mar 13, 2010

Elizabeth Findlay Girdler, 94, of Aiken, South Carolina, passed away at Aiken Regional Medical Centers on Saturday, March 13, 2010. No funeral services are planned.

Born in Minas del Tofo, Coquimbo Region, Chile on May 5, 1915, to James Franklin Findlay and Rebecca Craighead Findlay, Betty attended Duke University and graduated in 1937 from Syracuse University with...

Mar 12, 2010

Funeral services for Skylar Keaton Posey, infant son of Kyle Posey and Sara Lowthian of Aiken will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken. Interment will follow at Darien Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Matthew Lowthian, Samuel Posey, Mark Buchmiller and Tony Toole. The...

Mar 12, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Jean Evans will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center Chapel, 211 Park Ave, SW Aiken with Rev. Brian Adkinson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Dustin Bowles, Jon Kindt, Bret Snouffer, Jonathan Kindt, Fred Patterson and Chris Simmiobs. The...

Mar 12, 2010

Funeral Services, military honors for Mr. Peter William Beller will take place on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 11am at Christian Heritage Church, 285 Ascuaga Lake Rd., Graniteville, SC. Visitation will be on Thursday morning, 9am -10am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken, SC. Memorial donations may be directed to the American Cancer...

Mar 4, 2010

Mr. Milton Hunt Foster, 76, of Aiken, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services will be private and are under the direction of George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken.

A son of the late Milton Hunt Foster Sr. and Lola Young Foster, he was born in Culleoka, TN. He had lived in McLean,...

Mar 1, 2010

Funeral services for Mr. Louie Dell Fields, Jr. will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 3pm at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kevin Turner, Larry Turner, Jimmy Watson, Tom Key, John Cromer, and Roy Fields. Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Men's Bible Class. The family will receive friends...

Mar 1, 2010

A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Audrey Marie Polson will be celebrated on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Hunter Johnson, David Hewitt, Waylon Brown, Larry Hicks, Mike Abney, and Angie Hart. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Dedmon, Ty Tyler, Danny Hart, David...

Mar 1, 2010

Edward Brainard Holley, Jr. 90, passed away in The Woodlands, Texas, on March 2, 2010.

Edward was born in Aiken, SC, to Lillian Odom Holley and Edward B. Holley, Sr. He was the eldest of three siblings. After graduating from Clemson University, he joined the military where he served in the Navy for 27 years and attained...

Feb 27, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Avis Maude Barron, 97, of Aiken, who died peacefully on February 27, 2010 will be private. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center is assisting the Wimborne Family. Memorial donations may be directed to the St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church Building Fund, PO Box 438 Aiken, SC 29802

A daughter of the...

Feb 27, 2010

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Maxine Roselee Ward will take place on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 11am at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev. Jerome W. Lewis officiating.For those wishing, memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's research.

Mrs. Ward, 75, of Beech Island, died Saturday, February 27, 2010 at UniHealth PAC, Aiken. A daughter of the...

Feb 25, 2010

Mrs. Cecile Ross Schwalb, 67, of Aiken, SC, entered into the realm of angels Wed. night, Feb. 24, surrounded by immediate family, after a courageous battle with cancer. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 am, Wed., March 3, 2010 at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, reception to follow at the Reserve Club in Woodside Plantation....

Feb 23, 2010

A memorial service for Cordelia "Corky" Ferrell, will be held on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 4pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc. 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends from 3pm until the time of the service. Memorial donations may be directed to the Aiken County SPCA, 109 Park Ave. SE, Aiken,...

Feb 23, 2010

Mrs. Jean Tribble McFerrin, 82, died peacefully at Harbor Chase Assisted Living in Aiken, SC on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 following an extended illness.

Born on June 17, 1927 in Donalds, SC, Jean was the daughter of Lemuel Pierce Tribble and Annie Pettigrew Tribble. After her father's passing and the untimely death of her older brother Walter...

Feb 22, 2010

A funeral mass for Mrs. Geraldine R. "Jeri" Burkett will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11am at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. Interment at Calvary Cemetery will be private for the family.

Mrs. Burkett, 75, of Aiken, died Monday, February 22, 2010 at her residence.

She was born in...

Feb 20, 2010

Memorial services for Mrs. Greta Mageline Jeffreys Garen will be held on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 4pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken with Rev. Mike Phillips officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home until 6:30pm.

Mrs. Garen, 78, of...

Feb 17, 2010

Mr. Robert William Rapp, 84, of Aiken, died Wednesday February 17, 2010 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home, Aiken Private graveside funeral services will take place at All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc. is assisting the family. Memorial donations may be directed to All Saints Anglican Church, 110 Fairfield St. NE, Aiken, SC 29801...

Feb 17, 2010

Funeral Services for Mr. James Robert Johnson, Sr. will take place today at 2pm at Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2559 Augusta Rd Hwy 1, Warrenville. Interment, with military honors, will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30pm until the time of the service.

Mr. Johnson, 87, of Aiken died...

Feb 15, 2010

Kathryn Kennedy Grimes died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at Ruleme Center, Eustis, Fla., of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 87.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at George Funeral Home, Aiken, S.C. Burial to follow immediately at Southlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Golden...