Recent Obituaries

May 26, 2006

Funeral Services for Mrs. Betty Jo Stewart will be held Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 3pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken with Rev. Brian Gilmer officiating. Interment will take place on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 11am at Leadford Family Cemetery, Montezuma, NC. Visitation will be from 2pm until the time of...

May 25, 2006

Funeral Services for Mr. Wilburn Steven Epley will be held Monday, May 29, 2006 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken, with Rev. Toby Rowell officiating, Visitation will be Sunday, May 28, 2006 from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Building Fund, 857...

May 23, 2006

A memorial service for Bruce M. Hewston, Jr. will take place on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 4pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3pm until the time of the service.

Mr. Hewston, 28 of Aiken, died Tuesday, May 23,...

May 16, 2006

Funeral Services for Mr. Charles Stallings, Jr. will take place on Friday, May 19, 2006 at 5pm at Green Pond Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be: Johnny Hoyle, Ronald Briick, Rick Bernard, Mr. Mack Ross, Sr., Chad Stallings and Fred Stallings. Interment will follow at the Stallings Family Cemetery, Jackson. Visitation will be this evening, 6-8pm at George Funeral Home...

May 15, 2006

Bruce Elwin Telander

Respected Miami attorney for over thirty years in public and private practice, after retirement a teacher in the Grace Lutheran Learning Center, Miami Springs, died May 15 in Aiken, SC. He graduated from the

University of Florida School of Pharmacy in 1957, with membership in Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He completed his...

May 14, 2006

Funeral services for Mrs. Lourene McManus Davidson will be held Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 3 pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW, Aiken with Rev. Jack Hasty officiating. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 1:30 until the time of service. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Alzheimer?s...

May 13, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Gary Arling Bailey will be private. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken, is assisting the family. Mr. Bailey, 70, of Aiken, died suddenly Saturday May 13, 2006 at his residence.

The son of the late Andrew and Georgia Byrd Bailey, he was born in Erie, PA and had lived most of his...

May 6, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Dewitt Townsend Barton will be held Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 1pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW Aiken with Rev. Ernest Webb officiating. Interment will be in Spring Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be WJ Scott, Jason Bryant, Gary Ethridge, Jorge Mendez, Brandon Hall, Robbie Brave. Honorary pallbearer...

May 4, 2006

Funeral Services for Mr. Raymond A. Ferris will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery in Salem, MA. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW is assisting the family. Mr. Ferris, 91, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 4, 2006 at Pepperhill Nursing Center. Born in Beverly, MA, he was the son of the late Frank C. and...

May 4, 2006

A funeral Mass for Marie Morris McCaughin will be celebrated on Monday May 8th at 12 noon at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. The re will be a vigil service on Sunday at 6:00pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW. The family will then receive...

May 4, 2006

A memorial mass for Miss Jennifer Ann Cadek will be celebrated at St. Gerard Catholic Church, 640 Edrie Street, NE, Aiken on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 2pm. Burial will be private. George Funeral Home and Cremation Center 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken is assisting the family. Miss Cadek, 42, of Decatur, GA, died suddenly on Thursday, May 4,...

May 4, 2006

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Irene Benson, 92, who died Thursday, will be held in Colerain, MN, at Peterson Funeral Chapel, 422 Roosevelt Street. She is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Russell, grandson, Robin Scott Hawkins; great granddaughters, Heather J. Hawkinson, Layney Hawkinson, and great grandson, Cody L. Hawkinson, Levi Hawkinson.

May 3, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. James ?Jim? Hiram Fields, III, will be held Monday, May 8, 2006 at 3pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW, Aiken with Rev. Jerry Crisco officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held tonight Sunday from 6 ? 8 pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may...

May 3, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Marion L. ?Jim? Walker will be held on Friday, May 5, 2006 at 2:00pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Langley. Visitation will be on Friday from 1:00pm until the time of the service. Mr. Walker, 95, of Aiken, died Wednesday, May...

May 2, 2006

Additional obituary & Service information will be available on Thursday.

Edith B. Query, 89, of Aiken, died May 1, 2006 at her home. Local arrangements are under the direction of George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Aiken.

Mrs. Query was the daughter of Charles & Bessie Blackwelder of Wadesboro, NC. She was the wife of...

Apr 23, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Don Warren Graham will be held on Friday, April 28, 2006 at 4pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 358 Pine Log Rd. Aiken. Interment will follow. Visitation will be Thursday, 6-8pm at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken, SC. Mr. Graham, 53, of Aiken died suddenly...

Apr 23, 2006

Graveside services for Mrs. Pamula D. Striesfeld Brown, 63, who died Sunday will be held Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 2 pm at Sons of Israel Cemetery. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW is in charge of arrangements.

Apr 12, 2006

Graveside services for Mr. Lloyd Benjamin Dillard will be held Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 1pm at Southlawn Cemetery with Rev. Toby Rowell officiating. Memorial contributions may be directed to the charity of your choice. George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Avenue, SW is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Dillard, 82, of Aiken, died, April...

Apr 5, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Robert M. Radford will be private and under the direction of George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken. Mr. Radford, 85, of Aiken, died Wednesday at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Mr. Radford, a native of Baltimore, MD graduated from the Johns Hopkins University. He served in the Navy during...

Apr 3, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. Roy Henry Pace will be held Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 11am at George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave, SW with Dr. Rev. Eddie Leopard officiating. Interment to follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 5 from 6-8pm at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to Millbrook Baptist...