Recent Obituaries
Veronica Madeline Gunter Padgett
Jan 18, 2016
Veronica Madeline Gunter Padgett, 72, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, January 22, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Brad Willis with burial in Samaria Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. at the funeral home before the service. Active pallbearers...
Larry Greene
Jan 18, 2016
Larry Greene, 66, passed away Monday, January 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 21, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with internment in the Vaucluse Cemetery with Rev. Ron Doss officiating. Honorary pallbearers are the Senior Sunday School Class of Pine Forest Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 12:30 -2:00 PM Thursday, prior...
Robert Omega Jones
Jan 14, 2016
Robert Omega Jones, 54, of Leesville, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016. Mr. Jones was born in Washington, DC, son of Annie Jones and the late James Jones. He was a Physician with Lake Cumberland Medical. He was an Navy Veteran. Surviving are his wife, Kimberly Jones; son, Luke Jones; daughter, Simone Jones; step-son, Jay Prescott; step-daughter, Nicole Prescott; brother,...
Henry Freeman Warren
Jan 4, 2016
Henry Freeman Warren, 79, of Batesburg died Monday, January 4, 2016. A graveside service for Henry Freeman Warren, 79, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Warren was born on June 20, 1936, son of the late John Henry and Lois Courtney Warren. He loved tending to his flowers, gardening and...
Samuel Randolph Ricard
Dec 28, 2015
Samuel Randolph Ricard, 71, of Leesville, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 31, at St. James Lutheran Church (Summit) with interment in the church cemetery with Pastor Norman Deal officiating. Mr. Ricard was born in Leesville, SC, son of the late Bointon and Aloth Black Ricard. He worked in construction....
Louise Anderson Clamp Waits
Dec 27, 2015
Louise Waits, 91, of Leesville, went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 27, 2015. She passed away at the home of her daughter Linda Whittle, her caregiver. She was born on May 14, 1924 in Lexington County, to the late Hubert "Hub" and Ora Lee Anderson. Mrs. Waits retired from J.B. Martin Co. and Jackie Hites B.B.Q. Her hobbies...
Judy Marie Murrell
Dec 18, 2015
Judy Marie Murrell, 63, of Batesburg, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Reverend Edward Tager. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 PM Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home. Mrs. Murrell was born in Grovetown, Georgia daughter of...
Jean Mccary Enlow
Dec 12, 2015
Jean McCary Enlow, 75, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 15, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Faith Temple Church Cemetery with Rev. Rusty Totter and Rev. Tony Whatley officiating. Active pallbearers will be Christopher Rodgers, Daniel Rodgers, Reggie Enlow, Jimmy Trotter, Craig Boatwright and...
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...