Recent Obituaries

Mar 16, 2008

Memorial services for Mr. John Robert Wilson will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm at George Funeral Home, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken. The service will be conducted by his friend Pastor Ken McDonald of the First Christian Church. The family will receive friends from 12:00 pm until the hour of service at the funeral...

Mar 14, 2008

Memorial services for Mrs. Cheryl Lynn Merriett will be held Monday March 17 2008 , 4:00 pm at George Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken. In lieu of flowers the family request Memorial contributions be directed to Research at the American Heart Association 520 Gervais Street Suite 300 Columbia, SC 29201 or to Research at...

Mar 13, 2008

Memorial services for Mr. Frank Jay Moore will be held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2pm at First Baptist Church of Williston. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6-8pm at the church office commons area. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to...

Mar 12, 2008

Funeral services for Mr. David Brian Krall, Sr. will be held at later date. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to Parkinson Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509 New York, New York 10018.

Mr. Krall, 68, of Aiken, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008...

Mar 9, 2008

Graveside services for Mrs. Betty Louise Lyle will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 11am in Aiken Memorial Gardens. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to Aiken SPCA, 401 Wire Road, Aiken, SC, 29803 or Equine Rescue of Aiken, 532 Glenwood Dr. Aiken,...

Mar 9, 2008

A Funeral Mass for Col. George A. Gibson, USMC, ret. will be celebrated on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 1pm at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. Interment, with honors, will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, 6-8pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken. Memorial donations may be...

Mar 8, 2008

Funeral services for Mr. Darrell Danny Campbell will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 2pm at Apostolic Lighthouse Church, Aiken. Burial will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1pm until the hour of service at the church. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken is assisting the family....

Mar 1, 2008

Greta Halvorsen Estes Betty, age 81 of Aiken, SC, wife of the late Robert G. Estes, died March 1, 2008. Born January 12, 1927 in White Plains, NY, Betty was the daughter of Greta Schwartz Halvorsen and George Halvorsen. She graduated in 1945 from Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, NY and received her R.N. in 1948 from St. Lukes...

Feb 29, 2008

Funeral services for Alice Virginia Spencer Thrailkill will be held Monday March 3, 2008, at 10am at the South Aiken Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Dyar officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Sunday evening at George Funeral Home and Cremation Center 211 Park Ave SW Aiken. In lieu of flowers memorials...

Feb 28, 2008

A Funeral Mass for Margaret Mary Walsh will be celebrated at 1pm on Monday March 3, 2008 at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken, SC. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken on Saturday from 6-8pm and on Sunday from 2-4pm. Memorial donations...

Feb 23, 2008

A memorial service for Mr. Arne A. Johnson will be held on Friday March 7, 2008 at 2pm at Cumberland Village with The Rev. Mr. Christopher Davies of All Saints Anglican Church officiating. Memorial donations may be directed to Savannah River Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 3694, Aiken, SC 29802. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center 211 Park Ave. SW...

Feb 22, 2008

Drusilla Dunkin Selkirk, 93 years old and a native of Knoxville, TN, passed away to join her Heavenly Father, Friday, 22 February 2008, at Oaklawn Nursing and Rehab Center in Louisville, KY. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11am on Friday February 29, 2008 at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Thursday evening from 6-8pm at George...

Feb 18, 2008

Funeral services for Mr. William Bryan Hewston, Jr. will be held at 11am on Friday, February 22, 2008 at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 6-8pm at the funeral home.

Mr. Hewston, 81, of...

Feb 15, 2008

Funeral Services for Phillip M. New will be held Monday February 18, 2008 at 1: pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center 211 Park Avenue SW Aiken. Rev. David Laird will officiate and interment will follow in the Clearwater Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday 12noon until service time. Memorials...

Feb 14, 2008

Funeral Services for Mr. Arnold Lee Burke will take place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 1:30pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken with Rev. Mike Chandler officiating. Interment, with military honors, will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30 until the time of...

Feb 14, 2008

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10am on Monday, February 18, 2008 at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery.

The family will recieve friends from 6-8pm Sunday at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken, with a Wake Service at 6:30pm.

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Feb 13, 2008

George J. Hoffman, Jr., 86, died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease February 13, 2008. He was born in Elyria, OH, to the late George and Martha Auxer-Moss Hoffman. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Lucille B. Baron Hoffman.

Mr. Hoffman, a recent resident of Aiken, relocated to South Carolina from St. Petersburg,...

Feb 13, 2008

Evelyn Greer Bridges, 97, of Eden Gardens, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, Dr. James M. Bridges.

Survivors include a son Robert Nancy Bridges, Rochester, NY; daughters, Patricia Wendell Belew, Aiken; Diane Jim Keplinger, Sullivan, ME.; grandchildren, Scott, Hatton and Jim Valentine; Colleen, Tracie, and Brad Bridges,...

Feb 12, 2008

Memorial services for Mr. Samuel A. Young are private. Memorial contributions may be directed to The Regency Hospice 105 Summerwood Way, Aiken SC 29803.

Mr. Young, 61, of Aiken, died Tuesday February 12, 2008 at his residence.

Born in Aiken, SC, he was the son of the late Melvin Young and Geneva Mary Overstreet of...

Feb 10, 2008

Elizabeth Stratton Faraci died Sunday, February 10, 2008 at home from acute Leukemia. She was the daughter of Tilman Patterson "Pat" Cantrell and Clata Mai Cantrell of Smithville, TN. She participated in several spiritual, humanitarian, and civic activities in the Aiken, SC area.

Elizabeth is survived by her husband Jean Pierre Faraci and seven children: Linda Stratton...