Recent Obituaries
Donna Joanne Gunter
May 23, 2016
Donna Joanne Gunter, 75, of Monetta, passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, May 25, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Spring Cemetery with Reverend Bill Watkins officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Gunter was born in Wichita,...
Grace Whittle Turner
May 21, 2016
Grace Whittle Turner, 84, of Batesburg-Leesville, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 24, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Maynard Watson officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Turner was born in Ridge Spring, SC, daughter of the late Clarence and Cora...
Sandra Lynn Yenny
May 18, 2016
Sandra Lynn Davis Yenny, 44, of Batesburg, passed away May 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday, May 23, at Union Lutheran Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Mark Smith and Rev. Norman Deal officiating. Active pallbearers are Jeff More, Carl New, Brandon Harper, Christian Davis, Lee Davis and Jamie Davis. Honorary pallbearers...
Larry Cephus Shumpert
May 17, 2016
Larry Cephus Shumpert, 68, passed away May 17, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, May 19, at Pauline Church of Christ with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Rick Farwell officiating. Visitation will be held at 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. Thursday, May 19, at the church before the service. Active pallbearers will be Stanley Shumpert,...
Lila Anderson Asbill
May 14, 2016
Lila Anderson Asbill, 90, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 17, at Worship Fellowship Church of God with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Pastor Dennis Lear officiating. Active pallbearers will be Brandon Rowe, Ryan Rowe, Justin West, Jeffrey West, Keith Asbill, Adam Asbill, and Gary Asbill....
David J. Tolley
May 11, 2016
David J Tolley, 70 of Ward SC formerly of Sheffield Village Ohio passed away on May 11, 2016 after a lengthy illness. He was born March 4 1946. He graduated from Brookside High School in 1964 where he held the record for cross country distance running for many years. In 1965 he joined the US Air Force and was a...
Ronnie L. Covington
May 7, 2016
Ronnie L. Covington, age 61, of Leesville, passed away peacefully on the morning of May 7th 2016. He was born in early June 1954 in his loving community of Batesburg-Leesville to the late Lavern “Monk” Covington and the present Venola Derrick Covington. He is the oldest of eight children. Ronnie retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber after thirty years of...
Marie Warren Swygert
May 6, 2016
Marie Warren Swygert, 77, of Leesville went home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 6, 2016. She was born February 25, 1939 to Ervin and Naomi Warren. Graveside services were held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 7, at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Regan officiating. Concord Baptist Church was her church home. Marie was a former Stanley...
Avery B. Oswalt
May 5, 2016
Avery B. Oswalt, 90, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2016. Graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 8, at Ridge Crest Memorial Park with military honors. Visitation will be held after the service. Mr. Oswalt was born in Saluda County, SC son of the late Claudus Rasp Oswalt and Carrie Ellen Derrick Oswalt. He was married to...
Hugh Lagran Buzhardt
Apr 29, 2016
Hugh Lagran Buzhardt, 89, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 PM Sunday, May 1 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with entombment in Christ the Good Shepherd Mausoleum with Reverend Hank Fanning officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Buzhardt was born in Saluda County, SC son...
Pennie Evelyn Bailey
Apr 28, 2016
Pennie Evelyn Bailey, 48, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016. Funeral services will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 1, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Mrs. Bailey was born in Rutherfordton, NC daughter of Marie Mayse Swink and the late Durham Swink. She had worked for Flextronics...
Mary Fallaw Hallman
Apr 26, 2016
Mary Fallaw Hallman, 71, of Leesville, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, April 29, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by David Fallaw and Reverend Ray Truett. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Hallman was born in Ridge Spring, SC daughter of the late...
Heyward Edward Gandy, Sr.
Apr 23, 2016
Heyward Edward Gandy, Sr., 78, graveside services will be held at 12:00 P.M. Thursday, April 28, at Convent Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Bill Padgett officiating. Visitation will be held one hour after the service at the church. Mr. Gandy was born in Richland County, SC son of the late Heyward Howard and Ethel Josephine Sanders Gandy. He was married...
Ronald "Ronnie" Joseph Duhamel, Sr
Apr 23, 2016
Ronald “Ronnie” Joseph Duhamel, Sr., 81, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016, at his home in Leesville. Ronnie was born September 20, 1934, in Bangor, Maine. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Mr. Duhamel grew up and attended a school in Providence and East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in...
Andrew Carroll Hall
Apr 20, 2016
Andrew “Andy” Carroll Hall, 59, of Batesburg, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM Tuesday, April 26, at Hall Family Cemetery conducted by Rev. Jimmy White. Mr. Hall was born in Columbia, SC son of E. Carroll Hall and Ann Forrest Hall. Surviving are his parents, E. Carroll and Ann Hall. In lieu...
Agnes Asbill
Apr 20, 2016
Agnes Moore Asbill, 86, of Leesville, passed away April 20, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, April 23, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Bush River Memorial Gardens at 4:00 PM with Rev. Lear officiating. Active pallbearers are Duane Asbill, Matthew Lee, Ross Smith III, David Kelly, Calvin Stanfield and Ross Smith II....
James Leonard Smith
Apr 14, 2016
James Leonard Smith, 78, of Ward, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, April 24, at Hurt Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in Batesburg, SC, son of the late Flemming and Elsie Baughman Smith. He was married to the late Jessie Parrish Smith. Surviving are his son and daughter-in-law, Stuart (Judy)...
Randolph Harold Coffee, Sr
Apr 9, 2016
Randolph Harold Coffee, Sr., 71, died peacefully on April 9, 2016 at his home in Leesville, SC following a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, April15, at Jackson Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Charles Stalvey officiating. Mr. Coffee was born in Anderson, SC, son of the late Leonard Isiah...
Cleola Gunter Shealy
Apr 8, 2016
Cleola Gunter Shealy, 93, of Leesville, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 12 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery with Rev. Mike Keech officiating. Mrs. Shealy was born in Leesville, SC, daughter of the late Elijah and Ellie Mae Miller Gunter. She was...
Mike Gunter
Apr 5, 2016
Mike Gunter, 65, of Leesville, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Friday April 8, at Steadman Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Ray Truett officiating. Active pallbearers will be Rocky Gunter, Tracy Gunter III, Alphonso Quattlebaum, Lewis Broome, Cody Gunter, Brandon Umbarger, Jonathan Gunter and Eddie Boland. Honorary...