Recent Obituaries
David "Davy" Marshall Hast
Dec 8, 2015
David "Davy" Marshall Hast, 42, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM on Monday, December 14, 2015 at North Trenholm Baptist Church in Columbia. Dr. Lacoste Munn will be officiating. Mr. Hast was born on September 28, 1973 and was the youngest of two sons of Sharon Logan Hast and David Alan...
Barbara Logan
Dec 4, 2015
Barbara Sloan Logan, 88, of Batesburg, departed this life to rest with the Lord on Friday, December 4, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 9, at Steadman Baptist Church with interment in Halltown Cemetery with Rev. Ray Truett officiating. Mrs. Logan was born Aug 23, 1927 in Columbia, SC to the late James T. Sloan...
John Russell Anderson
Nov 28, 2015
John Russell Anderson, 59, of Gilbert, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 2, at City of Hope Worship Center in West Columbia, with interment in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery in Leesville, with Pastor Pastor Neal Nolan officiating. Mr. Anderson was born in Saluda, SC, son of Dorothy Parrott Anderson and...
Amanda Kaye Willis
Nov 27, 2015
Amanda Kaye Willis, 36, of Batesburg, went to be with her Lord on Friday, November 27, 2015. Amanda loved her family and friends. She was a talented hair dresser and musician and loved fishing. She loved to make others happy. She will be greatly missed. Amanda was a graduate of B-L High School and Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology. She...
Barbara C. Buchner
Nov 25, 2015
Barbara C. Buchner, 87, of Batesburg, went home to Heaven Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 27, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Seivern Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Milford Oswald officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Buchner was born...
Francis Dale Brown
Nov 25, 2015
Francis Dale Brown, 72, of Batesburg, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Brown was born in Windsor, SC, son of the late Dewey L. Brown and Annie Baggot Brown. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. He was a U.S....
David Mcdonald Lantz
Nov 13, 2015
David McDonald Lantz, 85, of Batesburg, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 17, at Batesburg-Leesville Presbyterian Church with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with Masonic Rites by B-L Mason Lodge #138 with Rev. Don Marshall officiating. Mr. Lantz was born in McArthur, Ohio he was the son of the...
Andrea Alberta Wright
Nov 10, 2015
Andrea Alberta Wright, 42, of Gilbert, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Miss. Wright was born in San Jose, California daughter of Dolores Meckert Wright and the late Walter J. Wright. Surviving are her mother, Dolores Wright; sisters and brother-in-law, Teresa Riffey (Timothy Eidson); Sharon Wright; Erin Gunter; niece and nephew-in-law, Jessica (Sonny) Woods; nephews, Zack Cook and Josh Hutto....
Edith Steele
Nov 10, 2015
Edith S. Steele, 61, of Leesville, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Edith was born in Whitmire, SC to the late Brice & Nadine Bostic Steele on February 22, 1954. She married Wyman Steele, December 23, 1975. Edith was a member of East Side Baptist Church and loved by all who knew her. Surviving are her husband, Wyman Steele; children,...
George Marion Shealy "Sonny"
Nov 7, 2015
George Marion Shealy, "Sonny", a lifelong resident of Batesburg, SC, died November 7, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents Harold Hoyt Shealy and Anna Idonia Whittle Shealy. He was a charter member of First Baptist Church of Batesburg where he held various positions. For many years Sonny managed Shealy Furniture Company which was founded by his father....
Eleanor Sims Quattlebaum
Oct 23, 2015
Eleanor Sims Quattlebaum, age 93, died peacefully on October 23, 2015. She was born in Monetta, South Carolina, on April 14, 1922, to Joseph Earl and Sallie Hite Sims, and was the youngest of three daughters. She graduated from Monetta High School where she was both a basketball star and a top student, leaving for Anderson Junior College at age...
Gene Ray Rodgers
Oct 22, 2015
Gene Ray Rodgers, 63, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, October 25, at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Bill Paulling, Rev. Stephen Gantt, and Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Visitation will be held after the service in the fellowship hall. Pallbearers will be Robert...
Baby Carter Elijah Bell
Oct 16, 2015
Baby Carter Elijah Bell, of Lexington, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015, infant son of Rachel Senn and Eric P. Summers, Jr. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 24, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. John Teem. Surviving are his parents, and his brothers, Caleb Davis and Tristan Bell; sisters, Erica Lytes, Anastasia...
Robert Lee Frye
Oct 14, 2015
Robert Frye, 80, of Saluda, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Hickory Grove Advent Christian Church in Saluda, SC conducted by Rev. Tommy Mitchell. Mr. Frye was born in Dayton, OH he was the son of the late Vivan Frye and Evelyn Powell Frye. He was an...
Rachel Mitchell Helm
Oct 13, 2015
Rachel Mitchell Helm, 87, of Batesburg, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 16, at Mt. Ebal Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Kyle Harmon, Rev. Butch Powell and Rev. Bill Paulling officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the church, other times at the...
Mark Henry Dustman
Oct 7, 2015
Mark Henry Dustman, age 46, died October 7, at his home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Born in Gary, Indiana, on October 23, 1968, he was the son of Nancy Price Dustman of Batesburg and the late Dr. John H. Dustman. He was also the grandson of Lucille Price of Batesburg. Mark was a graduate of Indiana University and the University of...
Josephine Chester Ard Moore
Oct 1, 2015
Josephine Chester Ard Moore, 75, passed away on October 1, 2015 at her home in Batesburg, SC. She was born on January 29, 1941 in Columbia, SC to Douglas and Jessie Mae Thompson Ard. Josephine attended Gilbert schools. She was retired from Amick Poultry. Josephine, affectionately called "JoJo" by many of her family members, was a born again believer and...
Elsie Baughman Smith
Sep 30, 2015
Elsie Baughman Smith of Batesburg passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the age of 103 peacefully in her home. Mrs. Smith was born in Wagner, SC to James and Ava Baughman on July 31, 1912. She married Flemming Smith, December of 1932. Elsie was the oldest member of West Creek Baptist Church and loved by all who knew her....
Derema L. Rankin
Sep 23, 2015
Derema "Ms. Dee" Evans Rankin, 68, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Born in Whitmire on August 1, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Nellie Evans. Those left to cherish her precious memories are her sisters and brother, Robbie Hill; Nian Bunch; Sandra Goings; Tony Evans and wife, Gloria; children, Yonnie Turner and husband, David; Loretta...