Recent Obituaries

May 28, 2022

Mr. Donald Allen Gresh, Sr., 86, widower of the late Lynn Kamerer Gresh, passed away at his residence on Saturday evening, May 28, 2022.

Born in Mountaindale, PA on August 18, 1935, he was the son of the late Paul and Vivian Alexander Gresh. He was a retired Air Force veteran having served in the Korean War...

May 28, 2022

Carl Hall, 65, of Leesville died Saturday, May 28, 2022 at his home. Carl was born in Lexington County, SC, a son of the late Brenton Henry and Mattie Ruth Hall. He worked at International Paper for more than 40 years. Carl loved to fish, ride motorcycles and was a member of the Pond Branch Riders. He was a family...

May 27, 2022

On May 27, 2022, Thomas J. Owens passed away from heart failure in Augusta, Georgia. Tom was born September 15, 1943 in Covington, Kentucky. He was raised in Newport, Kentucky and graduated from Newport High School. He attended Arizona State University on a basketball scholarship and subsequently transferred to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky where he graduated with a...

May 27, 2022

Mrs. Mary Grant Koester, age 84, entered into rest May 27, 2022.

Mrs. Koester was born April 13, 1938, in Edinburgh, Scotland to the late George & Janet Sked Grant. She had been a resident of Aiken since 1986. Mrs. Koester had a great sense of humor and will be remembered for her love of her daughter,...

May 26, 2022

Chad Raica, 38, of Lexington died Thursday, May 26, 2022. Plans will be announced.

May 25, 2022

AIKEN, SC – Patricia Jean Causey, age 82, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Mrs. Causey was born January 20, 1941 in Apollo, PA to the late George and Grace Milliron. She proudly served her country in the US Air Force.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Franklin Causey; a daughter,...

May 25, 2022

Lyman Daniel Shealy, 69, passed on from this world, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 28th, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home with burial following in St. Peter's Church Cemetery. The Rev. Joseph Hallman officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the...

May 23, 2022

Mr. Walter Langdale Jones, III, of Warrenville passed away May 23, 2022 at his residence following an illness.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

The Historic George Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 211 Park Ave SW, Aiken, SC 29801 has charge of arrangements.

Online expressions of sympathy for the family may be left...

May 23, 2022

AIKEN, SC – Jane Elizabeth Selman, age 98, entered into rest Monday, May 23, 2022.

Mrs. Selman was born April 26, 1924 in Ithaca, NY to the late John Cronk Crissey and the late Christine Sturrock Crissey. She had made Aiken, SC her home since 1967 and was a long-time member of St. John’s United Methodist Church....

May 23, 2022

Thomas R. Covington Sr., 68, of Leesville was called to his Heavenly home Monday, May 23, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at Beulah United Methodist Church of Gilbert.Mr. Covington was born in Gilbert, SC, a son of the late James and Wilma Covington. He was married to Mrs. Jettie Covington....

May 22, 2022

Living in the same home she & her husband constructed in 1960, and a resident of Aiken for 62 years, Gladys Mary Schumacher entered into eternal peace on May 22, 2022.

Gladys Mary Olsen was born in Ridgewood, NY January 2nd, 1922. Daughter of John and Mary Olsen. Although her exact birth year was always called into...

May 20, 2022

Janice Ellen Lovelace, 64, of Chapin passed away peacefully at her home. Plans will be announced by Milton Shealy Funeral Home.

May 17, 2022

Wagener, SC - Sharon Ann Byrd, aged 70, passed away peacefully after a brief illness Tuesday May 17, 2022, in Aiken, SC with family at her side.

Sharon was born April 20, 1952, in France to the late John and Lunelle Parker. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Ray Byrd.

She is...

May 15, 2022

AIKEN, SC – Lillie Rhyne Tate, age 97, entered fully into the presence of the Lord on May 15, 2022.

Mrs. Tate was born August 12, 1924, in Gastonia, NC to the late James Arthur Rhyne and the late Ola Clawson Rhyne. She was an administrative assistant and retired from the State of Georgia’s Warm Springs Rehabilitation...

May 14, 2022

Ms. Clara Faye Williams, 88, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 17th at Milton Shealy Funeral Home with interment to follow in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Rev. Ray Massey will officiate the service. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the...

May 13, 2022

Cedric Wayne Cothran, 54, of Wichita, KS, passed with his loving family near, at the Robert Dole Veteran Medical Hospital in Kansas. After graduating from 96 High School, he served in the United States Army for 3 ½ years, stationed at Fort Jackson and in Germany. He entered Sparten College of Aeronautics and completed a Bachelor and Masters Degree from...

May 13, 2022

Young William Kirby Senterfeit, 50, of Leesville passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at his home. Born in Columbia, SC he was the son of Connelly Senterfeit and the late Martha Vickers Senterfeit. Kirby had a passion for music that lives on in his family, more than anything he loved to sing, laugh, and share that joy to his children...

May 12, 2022

Willard Randy McCormick, 67, of Pelion passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022 at his home. Born in Bamberg, SC he was a son of the late Willard and Patty Collins McCormick. Mr. McCormick was a truck driver for more than 30 years and owned and operated McCormick and Sons Trucking until his retirement. He loved to fish and was proud...

May 11, 2022

Carolyn Grice Randall, 82, of Ridge Spring passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Born in Aiken County, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Owen Grice and Virginia Kneece Lindler. Mrs. Randall was a member of Hulon Baptist Church but most recently attended Double Branches Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, who...

May 9, 2022

Vivian Lee Weiss Nash, 76, beloved wife of Lawrence R. Nash, passed away peacefully at her home Monday Morning, May 9, 2022 following an extended illness.

Born in Rochester, PA on January 25, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Joseph and Myrtle Ethel Kelley Weiss. Mrs. Nash was a former mail carrier in Beaver...