Recent Obituaries
Mae Bell Risinger
Mar 1, 2017
Mae Bell Risinger, 85, of Charleston passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Batesburg Cemetery with Rev. Daryl Baer officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 AM prior to the service on Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs. Risinger was...
William Gabriel Fox
Feb 27, 2017
William Gabriel Fox, 39, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 3, at Double Branches Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ridge Spring, with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Jacob Workman officiating. Active pallbearers will be Marty Shealy, Greg Rankin, Tommy Bagwell, Adam Rikard, Wynn Bartlet, Harold...
Milledge Snelgrove
Feb 26, 2017
Milledge Snelgrove, 91, of Batesburg, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 1, at Leesville Cemetery with Rev. Justin Eshleman officiating. Visitation will be held after the service. Mr. Snelgrove was born in Leesville, SC, son of the late Charlie and Mae Oswalt Snelgrove. He was married to the late...
Phyllis Keisler
Feb 24, 2017
Phyllis Keisler, 88, of Batesburg, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017. Graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM March 4, 2017 at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Leesville, SC. Mrs. Keisler was born in Trappe, Maryland daughter of the late George and Marie Saunders. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church. She was married to the late Joe...
Graham Gantt Holley
Feb 23, 2017
Graham Gantt Holley, 75, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017. The visitation will be held from 12:00 – 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 28, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. A private burial will be held. Mr. Holley was born in Batesburg, SC, son of the late Gordon and Blanche Gantt Holley. He worked for the Batesburg-Leesville Police Department as...
George Monroe Shealy
Feb 15, 2017
George Monroe Shealy, 90, of Gilbert, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, February 18, at Beulah United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery with Pastor Tony Rowell officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00-3:00 PM Saturday, prior to the service at the church. Active pallbearers are Terry Burnett, Tom...
Leroy "Peter" Fulmer
Feb 15, 2017
Leroy “Peter” Fulmer, 87, of Leesville, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, February 19, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Military Honors with Reverend Robert Culbertson officiating. Active pallbearers will be his nephews. Mr. Fulmer was born in New Holland, SC son of...
Virginia Hartley
Feb 12, 2017
Virginia D. Hartley passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 15, at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. John Yorio and Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the fellowship hall at the church. Active pallbearers will be...
Harley Jean Nettles
Feb 12, 2017
Harley Jean Bennett Kelly Nettles, 62, of Leesville passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Reverend Kevin Thompson burial will be in the Kelly Family Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 AM prior to the service at the funeral home....
Luther Matthew Storey
Feb 9, 2017
Luther Matthew Storey, 81, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 14, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery (Aiken County). Visitation will be held from 12:00 – 2:00 P.M. prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Storey was born in...
Billy Ray Rowe
Feb 2, 2017
Billy Ray Rowe, 62, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017. A private memorial service will be held at a later date to be announced by the family. Mr. Rowe was a lifelong Batesburg-Leesville resident, son of the late Manse and Frieda Wingard Rowe. He was a member of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Rowe enjoyed fishing, Nascar and the University of...
Willie Buff
Jan 31, 2017
Willie Buff, 69, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017. A visitation will be held from 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. Friday, February 3, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. Mr. Buff was the son of the late Ben and Gladys Snipes Buff. Surviving are his wife, Becky Buff; children, Colina (Nick) Hess; Dwight (Monica) Bickley; Tanya (David) Gentry; Tasha Harrington; Dustin Buff;...
Ricky Charles Miller
Jan 28, 2017
Ricky Charles Miller, 53, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017. Graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery with Rev. Bill Paulling officiating. Mr. Miller was born in Columbia, SC son of Charles Miller and Eleanor Hall Burgess. He had worked in Landscaping. Surviving are his mother and step-father, Eleanor Burgess...
Gary Lee Cook
Jan 26, 2017
Gary Lee Cook “Cookie”, 44, of Leesville, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 31, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Little Angel’s Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Virgil Bagwell officiating. Active pallbearers will be George Lawson, Dalton Taylor, Tyler Lawson, Lawrence Padgett, Jeff Taylor, Gary Asbill and...
Mary Cook
Jan 26, 2017
Mary Cook, 69, of Leesville, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 31, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Little Angel’s Memorial Park with Rev. Virgil Bagwell officiating. Active pallbearers will be Carol Lawson, Teresa Price, Tammy Anderson, Marian Cook, Don Guy, Bobby Anderson, and Jesse Cook. Mrs....
Betty Jean Hartley Rodgers
Jan 24, 2017
Betty Jean Hartley Rodgers, 83, of Batesburg, passed away Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Friday, January 27, at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. John Yorio officiating. Active pallbearers will be Robert Padgett, Allen Oxendine, Chuck Bryant, Terry Kirkland, Johnny Ligon, and Terry Rodgers. Honorary pallbearers will be...
Sharon Eloise Rowe
Jan 22, 2017
Sharon Eloise Shaw Rowe, 68, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, January 28, at Batesburg Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses with Lance Brooks ministering. Mrs. Rowe was born in Deland, Florida, daughter of the late Hubert Shaw and Eva Warnock Cook. She was a member of Batesburg Kingdom...
Richard Gene Wilson
Jan 16, 2017
Richard Gene Wilson, 54, passed away January 16, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, February 4, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Alton Nicholson. Mr. Wilson was born in Columbia, SC son of Willie G. Wilson and the late Mary Elizabeth Jessup. Surviving are his father, Willie G. Wilson (Kathryn); wife, Connie...
Ruby Annalee Hartless Helmick
Jan 14, 2017
Ruby AnnaLee Hartless Helmick, 87, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 19, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Dust to Dust Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Active pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons. Mrs Helmick was...
Kyle Davis Longcrier
Jan 11, 2017
Kyle Davis Longcrier, 56, of Leesville, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017. A memorial services will be held at 5:00 P.M. Saturday, January 14, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Longcrier was born in Hominy, Oklahoma, son of Gwilda Coxon and the late Alfred Monroe Longcrier. He was an I.T. Specialist with the Department of Defense for 30 years...