Recent Obituaries
Patricia "Pat" Jeffcoat
Aug 21, 2020
Patricia “Pat” Jeffcoat, 82, went home to be with Jesus on Friday, August 21, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, August 25, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Bowman Town Cemetery with Rev. Ken Freeman and Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral...
Kenneth Dupree Laws
Aug 16, 2020
Kenneth Dupree Laws, 84, passed away Sunday, August 16th, 2020. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 22nd, at Wagener Cemetery. Mr. Laws was born in Spartanburg, SC, the son of the late Oscar and Annie Kate Israel Laws. He was married to the late Sadie A. Laws. He was a United States Navy Veteran serving...
Glenn Edward Swygert
Aug 15, 2020
Glenn Edward Swygert, 74, of Gilbert, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 15th, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 18th at Beulah United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Tony Rowell officiating. Mr. Swygert was born in Gilbert, SC, a son of the late Albert F. and Vera...
Ralph Corbesero, Jr.
Aug 10, 2020
Ralph Corbesero, Jr, 89, of Lexington, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 23, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Corbesero was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of the late Ralph Corbesero, Sr and Bertha Youhess. He was married to the late Sharon Grace Smith Corbesero. Mr....
Martha Ellen Amick
Aug 8, 2020
Martha Ellen Amick, 89, of Gilbert, SC passed away eighth of August, 2020. She was born in Gilbert, SC on February 14, 1931, the third of ten children to the late Horace Clayburn Amick and Eva Rosabelle Frick Amick. Martha attended the Gilbert School System grades 1-12. She was unable to complete the last few weeks of her 12th grade...
James Ray Rikard
Aug 5, 2020
James Ray Rikard, 92, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 surrounded by his wife and children. Graveside service will be conducted on Saturday, August 8, at 3:00 PM at Nazareth United Methodist Church Cemetery with Reverend Roger Phillips officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. He was born on August 18, 1927 to Horace S. and Lizzie...
Michael Christopher "Tweety Bird" Terrell
Aug 4, 2020
Michael Christopher “Tweety Bird” Terrell, 53, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2020. He was born in Abbeville, SC son of William R. Terrell Sr, and Donna J. Wise. He worked as a Boiler Maker and Welder for 35 years. He liked to hunt, fish and play golf. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Donna J. Wise and Jean C. Wise...
Robert E. "Bobby" Miller
Aug 1, 2020
Robert E. “Bobby” Miller, 74, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020. A celebration of life will be held at a later date due to COVID-19 concerns. Mr. Miller was born in New Holland, a son of the late John R. and Mattie Baughman Miller. Before Bobby was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he enjoyed truck driving and gardening. He was a loving...
Donna Marie White
Jul 31, 2020
Donna Marie White,64, of Leesville, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, August 3, at Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, Bethel P.H. Church Road, Leesville, SC 29070. Rev. Roger Phillips and Rev. Tom Mims will be conducting the service. The family will receive friends after the service in the church fellowship hall....
James Edward Yates, Sr
Jul 30, 2020
James Edward Yates, Sr, 81, passed away Thursday, July 30th, 2020. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 1st at West Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Steve Jones officiating. Mr. Yates was born in Fayette City, PA, a son of the late John Thomas and Annabel Kepple Yates. He was married to the late Frances Elizabeth...
John Pickens Riser
Jul 19, 2020
John Pickens “Slo” Riser, 55, of Leesville, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2020. John was born in Naples, Italy and raised in Cairo, Egypt and London, England until the family moved back to Leesville in 1971. He enjoyed sports and reading. John was a woodworker, truck driver and bartender; most recently at the Front Room Bar, where his friends...
Bubba Jones
Jul 17, 2020
Bubba Jones, 61, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 20, at Kneece Cemetery on Military Circle with Rev. Steve Kittrell officiating. Active pallbearers will be Keith Bachelder, Robbie Bachelder, Eric Lecompte, Phil Horten, Jimmy Williams, Wyatt Eargle, Calvin Green, Pervis Blizzard and Terry Kirkland. Bubba was born in Aiken,...
Garner Williams "G.W." Matthews, Jr.
Jul 17, 2020
Garner Williams “G.W.” Matthews, Jr., 85, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 25, at Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Lisa Isenhower officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 8:00 P.M. Friday, July 24, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home, other times at his home. Mr. Matthews was...
Timothy Ryan Jones
Jul 12, 2020
Timothy Ryan Jones, 60, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020. Mr. Jones was born in Newberry, SC, son of the late Floyd Virgil and Reba Hawkins Jones. He loved taking walks and visiting with his friends. He also enjoyed watching any kind of sport but especially football. Mr. Jones loved the Lord. Surviving are his siblings, Marsha Jones Reuter, Mickey...
Ronald "Runt" Corley
Jul 12, 2020
Ronald N. “Runt” Corley, 84, passed away Sunday, July 12th, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 9:30 A.M. Saturday, July 18th, at Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Parker and Rev. Steve Jackson officiating. Mr. Corley was born in Saluda, SC, a son of the late Felix Elmer and Juanita Addy Corley. He was married to...
Brent Curran Hartley
Jul 10, 2020
Brent Curran Hartley, 50, of Ward, passed away at his home on Friday, July 10, 2020. A viewing and visitation will be held at Milton Shealy Funeral Home in Batesburg, SC, on Thursday, July 16th, from 6 until 8 pm. A private family funeral will be held at Richland Springs Baptist Church in Ward, SC, on Friday, July 17th, at...
Dorothy Marie Little
Jul 10, 2020
Dorothy Marie Little, 100, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Praise Church. Mrs. Little was born in Export, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Frank Joseph and Tressa Stokum Schake. She was married to the late Issac Litte. Mrs. Little was a homemaker. She was a member of Praise Church...
David Garrett Mccormick
Jul 10, 2020
David Garrett McCormick, Jr, 88, of Monetta, entered his eternal home on July 10, 2020. He was born on September 12, 1931 in Saluda County to the late David Garrett McCormick, Sr. and America Padgett McCormick. Mr. McCormick was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Janice Corder McCormick. Surviving...
Judy Ann Brown
Jul 9, 2020
Judy Ann Brown, 68, of Greenville, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Brown was born in Greenwood, SC, daughter of the late John A. Bearden and Betty Rushton Bodie. Surviving are her brothers, Tony and David Bearden; sister, Sandra Clark; and extended family members.
Elma Lee Smith Dubose
Jul 8, 2020
Elma Lee Smith DuBose, 91, of Ridge Spring, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, July 10, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Charles Yoho and Rev. Vollie Gibbs officiating. A closed casket visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the...