Recent Obituaries
Bridget Keegan
Oct 20, 2016
Bridget Keegan, 78, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2016. She was born on May 9, 1938 Ms. Keegan was born in Donegal, Ireland daughter of Patrick McNelis and Alice Keeney. She had 14 brothers and sisters, some she will see in Heaven. She was a homemaker and took care of family, friends and even strangers. Surviving are her sons Kevin...
Larry Don Cook
Oct 18, 2016
Larry Don Cook, 69, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment with Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Steven King officiating. Mr. Cook was born in Aiken County, son of the late Emerald Donely and Annie Laura Carver Cook. He attended Midlands Technical College,...
Retired Mgt Leonardo Dunbar Padgett
Oct 15, 2016
Retired MGT. Leonardo Dunbar Padgett aka “Knot “ or “Pops”, 81, passed away Saturday October 15, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 19, at First Baptist Church of Leesville with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Charles Leonardt officiating with full military honors and masonic rites. Active pallbearers will be the deacons of...
George Wyatt "Buddy" Banks, Jr
Oct 12, 2016
George Wyatt "Buddy" Banks, Jr., 43, of Batesburg, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 16, at Amick Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Larry Smith and Pastor Dennis Lear officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. before the service Sunday at...
Bruce Warren Patnaude
Oct 6, 2016
Bruce Warren Patnaude, 49, of Leesville, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2016. Mr. Patnaude was born in Taunton, Massachusetts son of Marion Jean Patnaude and the late Clyde Luger Patnaude. He worked for Sloan Construction Company. Surviving are his mother, Marion Patnaude; wife, Dorothy Patnaude; step-daughters, Leslie Gunter and Charlene Renee Moates; brothers and sisters-in-law, Gary Patnaude (Sue) and Gerald...
Douglas Bryan Corder
Oct 5, 2016
Douglas Bryan Corder, 59, of West Columbia, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Reverend Virgil Bagwell officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00 PM prior to the service on Sunday and other times at...
Audet Myers
Oct 2, 2016
Audet Myers, 63, of Ridgeway, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, October 6, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Myers was born in Prosperity, SC, daughter of the late Ira Lee and Nora Lee Anderson Myers. She worked at Patterson Logistics Services. Surviving are her husband, Stephen Clegg; sons,...
Tommy C Adams, Sr
Oct 2, 2016
Tommy C. Adams, Sr., 69, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 5, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Virgil Bagwell and Rev. David Cockrell officiating. Active pallbearers will be Holden and Corbin Crouch, Casey Leopard, Patrick and Gideon Kirkland, Chad Adams...
Langford Branham
Sep 25, 2016
Langford Branham, 70, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 29, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Branham was born in Columbia, SC, son of the late Calvin Tillman and Corrie Peak Branham. He was a...
Pauline Boland Mcgee
Sep 22, 2016
Pauline Boland McGee, of Ridge Spring, S.C, passed away September 22, 2016. A 4:00 PM graveside service will be held at Ridge Spring Cemetery on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Mrs. McGee was born in Monetta, SC, a daughter of the late Julian and Cora Sims Boland. She was employed with Aiken County School District. Many of her former students still...
Ricky Bladon Forrest
Sep 18, 2016
Ricky Bladon Forrest, 69, went to be with the Lord Sunday, September 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 20, at Beulah Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Rick Scott and Rev. Jerry Houghton officiating. Active pallbearers will be David Cockrell, Sherman Cockrell, Chuck Adams, Terry Ouzts, Quintin Gulledge and Russell...
Edna Padgett Williams
Sep 16, 2016
Edna Padgett Williams, 91, passed away Friday, September 16, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 19, at West Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Hank Fanning officiating. Mrs. Williams was born in Batesburg, SC, daughter of the late John and Lula Padgett. She was the wife of the late Gordon Lamar “Bill” Williams. She...
Rosie Mae Taylor
Sep 13, 2016
Rosie Mae Taylor, 74, of Monetta, passed away, Tuesday, September 13 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. Rosie retired from the Aiken County Public School District after serving 31 years. She was a 1960 graduate of Ridge Spring Monetta High School. She had a deep, abiding faith in her Lord, which revealed itself through a lifetime of thoughtful,...
Audrey Elizabeth Smith
Sep 12, 2016
Audrey Elizabeth Smith, 89, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 16, at Hulon Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Robert Patterson officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Mrs. Smith was born in Louisiana, daughter of the late Zebbie...
George Crevar
Sep 9, 2016
George Crevar age 81 of Columbia, SC (formerly of West Mifflin, PA) passed away September 9, 2016 peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his devoted wife of 62 years, Lois Crevar; daughters and sons-in-law, Georgeann (Rich) Schirra, Kathleen (Dean) Paiano, Lynn Countryman, and Diane (Geofrey) Plavchak; grandchildren: Chad (Michelle) Schirra, Justin (Brittany) Schirra, Crystal Felicetty, Michael...
Johnnie "Buddy" L. Bedenbaugh Sr.
Sep 7, 2016
Johnnie L. “Buddy” Bedenbaugh Sr., 77, of Leesville, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM Friday, September 9, 2016 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Pastor Ken Smith. Visitation will follow after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Bedenbaugh was born in Leesville, SC son of the late John Calhoun...
Randy Miles Kneece
Sep 6, 2016
Randy Miles Kneece, 53, of Batesburg-Leesville, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, September 9, 2016 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Robert Patterson and Rev. Donny Kirk. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Kneece was born in Columbia,...
Cynthia Leagan
Aug 23, 2016
Cynthia D. Leagan of Prosperity, 45, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016. A visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Friday, August 26, 2016 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Leagan was born in Columbus, Ohio, daughter of Ellis Clamon “E.C.” and Carol Dianne Warren Owen. Surviving are her mother and father, E.C. and Carol Owen; husband,...
James Bobby Munn
Aug 21, 2016
James Bobby Munn, 86, of Gilbert, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, August 24, at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. John Yorio. Honorary pallbearers are the Adult Sunday School Class and Deacons of Samaria Baptist Church. Mr. Munn was born in Duffie, Mississippi son of...
Mildred Shealy
Aug 18, 2016
Mildred Shealy of Batesburg-Leesville passed away at her home on August 18, 2016 and was just a few days shy of her 89th birthday. She was the daughter of Otis and Lillie Puckett Maroney. In the mid 1940’s before graduating from Batesburg High School, she went to work for Southern Bell as a “Number, Please” switchboard operator in the telephone...