Recent Obituaries

Oct 29, 2003

Funeral services for Mr. John M. Peace will be held Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 2 PM at Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC, with Reverend Dr. James Rivers and Reverend Dr. Tommy Pillows officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery Aiken, SC. Pallbearers will be Hubert Baker, Houston Brown, Ray Feaster, Harry Harmon, Stan Harmon, and John Longshore. Deacons...

Oct 23, 2003

Mrs. Elizabeth Sturrock Crossley, 97, died Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Cumberland Village. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Delaware. She was the wife of the late Harry C. Crossley for 40 years and Willard W. Tryon for 3 years.

Mrs. Crossley was born in Knoxville, PA to the late James and...

Oct 21, 2003

Memorial services for Mr. Walter Henry Marrs will be held Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 2:30 PM at George Funeral Homes, Historic Downtown Chapel, 211 Park Ave., SW, Aiken, SC, with Pastor Donald J. Shires officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 25, 2003 from 1:30 until the hour of service and immediately following the service at the...

Oct 17, 2003

Mrs. Marie Dewing Rodman, 80, wife of the late Robert G. Rodman, died Friday, October 17 , 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held 11AM Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at George Funeral Homes, Historic Downtown Chapel with Rev. Howard Hess officiating. Internment: Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from 5:30-8PM at the funeral home....

Oct 16, 2003

Funeral services for Mr. Bassil E. Richburg will be held Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 3 PM at George Funeral Homes, Southside Chapel, 3175 Whiskey Rd., Aiken, SC, with Pastor Randy Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in St. Paul United Methodist Church Cemetery, New Ellenton, SC. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends immediately following...

Oct 15, 2003

Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Bell Apone will be held Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 2 PM from the graveside in Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Windsor, SC, with Rev. Dr. W.C. Lowe officiating. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Mrs. Apone, 82, of Aiken, SC, died Wednesday, afternoon, October 15, 2003 at Pepperhill...

Oct 15, 2003

A Mass of Christian Burial for John Henry Griswold, Sr., will be celebrated on Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 11am at St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken. Interment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from 6-8pm at George Funeral Homes Historic Downtown Chapel 211 Park Ave. SW, Aiken, SC....

Oct 7, 2003

Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Norman L. Stevens will be celebrated Saturday, October 11, 2003 at 11AM at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Aiken, SC, with the Reverend Gade Show Reddy celebrant. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the residence.

Mr. Stevens, 70, of Aiken, SC,...

Oct 5, 2003

Homemaker

Clearwater, SC

Mrs. Evangeline P. Hankins, 64, wife of the late Charles Allen Hankins, died Sunday, October 5, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral Services will be private.

Mrs. Hankins was the daughter of the late Henderson and Flora Mae Trent. She was a native of North Carolina, moving to Clearwater,...

Oct 2, 2003

Mr. Douglas Rene Becker, 82, husband of Florence Lowe Becker, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at Carriage Hills Nursing Center.

A memorial service will be held Monday at 4:30 p.m. at George Funeral Home, Historic Downtown Chapel with the Rev. John E. Wertz officiating. Burial of his remains will be held at a later date in Arlington...

Oct 2, 2003

Mrs. Marie Anna Tankersley, 99, died Thursday, October 2, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. She was born in Swiss Vale, PA and had lived in Oceanside, CA before moving to Aiken in 2002. She was the widow of Eugene Roosevelt Tankersley, who died in January of 2002. She is survived by two Sons, Gene Tankersley of Los Altos,...

Oct 1, 2003

A memorial service for Muriel Webster McCarroll will be held on Saturday October 4, 2003 at 4pm at New Covenant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Wesley Holland officiating. Interment at Southlawn Cemetery will be private. Memorial donations, in her memory, may be directed to New Covenant Presbyterian Church Missions 526 Hitchcock Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801. George Funeral Homes Historic Downtown...

Sep 30, 2003

Graveside Funeral Services for Mrs. Lottie Butka Zuchowski will be held Monday October 6, 2003 at Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach, California at 1:30pm. Memorial donations can be directed to the American Cancer Society 115 Greenville St. SW, Aiken, SC 29801. Mrs. Zuchowski, 92, of Aiken, died Tuesday September 30, 2003 at Carriage Hills Plantation.

She was...

Sep 30, 2003

Funeral services for Mrs. Yvonne ?Pete? Woodward Fox will be held Friday, October 3, 2003 at 11 AM at Shiloh Baptist Church, Aiken, SC, with Pastor Louie Anderson officiating. Mrs. Fox will be placed in the church at 10 on Friday. Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday, October 2, 2003 from 6...

Sep 30, 2003

Mary Elizabeth Cook Daves, widow of Harold Leon Daves died Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at Rosecrest Retirement Community near Spartanburg, SC. Born in Eutaw, Alabama, Mrs. Daves was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Lida Stanfield Cook. She moved to Aiken with her husband during the startup of Savannah River Site. She was active in various local...

Sep 29, 2003

Mrs. Edna Parris Dillard, 82, wife of Lloyd B. Dillard, died Monday, September 29, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Graveside services will be held 2PM Thursday at Southlawn Cemetery with Rev. Herbert Gladden and Toby Rowell officiating.

Mrs. Dillard was the daughter of the late Zeb and Nettie Parris. She was born in Addie, NC, moving...

Sep 28, 2003

Mrs. Ruby Lee Towery, 82, wife of the late Everett Towery, died Sunday, September 28, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Funeral services will be held 11:30AM, Wednesday at George Funeral Homes, Historic Downtown Chapel with Rev. Jack Hasty officiating. Visitation will be held tonight from 6-8PM at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be nephews. Interment: Aiken...

Sep 25, 2003

Mr. Stephen Clayton Upchurch, 53, husband of Susan E. Geddings Upchurch, died Thursday, September 25, 2003 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A memorial gathering will be held Sunday at the home, from 2-4 p.m.

Steve was born in Georgia, and moved to Aiken in April from Columbia. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Ruth...

Sep 25, 2003

Funeral services for Mrs. Beverly Gail Richardson Robinson will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 3 PM at George Funeral Homes, Historic Downtown Chapel, 211 Park Ave., SW, Aiken, SC, with Pastor Derrick Strickland officiating. Interment will follow in the Holsenback Family Cemetery, Aiken, SC. The family will receive friends Tuesday, September 30, 2003 from 6-8 PM at...

Sep 23, 2003

Memorial services for Mrs. Betty Jane Moore will be private.

Mrs. Moore, 79, of Aiken, SC, wife of the late Chauncey Aaron Moore, died Monday, night, September 23, 2003 at Shadow Oaks Assisted Living Community following an extended illness.

Born in Washington Court House, OH, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Ethel...