Recent Obituaries
Brinda Keenan
Dec 8, 2014
Brinda Keenan, 51, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, December 08, 2014. Mrs. Keenan was born in Aiken, SC, daughter of Ernest Jones and the late Eva Jones. Surviving are her father, Ernest (Frances) Jones; brothers, Rodney Jones; Christopher Miller; Adam Miller, Kenneth Jones; and Gary Hatcher all of Batesburg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Milton Shealy...
Leecy Wayne Bright
Dec 3, 2014
Leecy Wayne Bright, 72, of Leesville, passed away Wednesday, December 03, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, December 6, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Nazareth United Methodist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Charles Rikard, Claude Rikard, Kevin Bright, Marion Frye, Joel Lindler, and Nelson Rikard. Mr. Bright was born in Columbia, SC...
E. Glenn Metts
Dec 1, 2014
E. Glenn Metts, 87, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Bethel Baptist Church in Monetta with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park with his son Reverend Dennis Metts and Reverend Joshua Davison officiating. Mr. Metts was born in Leesville, SC son of the late Joe...
Eugene "Shot Gun" Alexander Slade
Dec 1, 2014
Eugene "Shot Gun" Alexander Slade, 82, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 4, at Mt. Ebal Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Bill Paulling officiating. Mr. Slade was born in Bluefield, VA son of the late John and Marie Hansen Slade. He was a...
Valmore Davis Kirkland
Nov 29, 2014
Valmore "Kirk" Davis Kirkland, 85, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday, December 1 at Amick Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church with interment in Travis Park Cemetery with military rites with Rev. Larry Smith officiating. Active pallbearers will be Fred Salters, Raymond Bodie, Bruce Rushton, Anthony (Tony) Kirkland, Charles Keisler and Doug White....
Marvin Lawson
Nov 29, 2014
Marvin Lawson, 57, of Batesburg, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday, December 1 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with visitation to follow. Mr. Lawson was born in Columbia, SC, on March 26, 1957. He was the son of the late Colie and Leola Lawson. He was a retired heating and...
Randall Crawford Hall
Nov 27, 2014
Randall Crawford Hall, 45, of Ward, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, December 1, 2014 at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Hall Town Cemetery with Reverend Ray Butler officiating. Mr. Hall was born in Greenwood, SC son of Crawford Hall and Betty Hall Rodgers. Surviving are his parents;...
April Jean Wingard Frye
Nov 25, 2014
April Jean Wingard Frye, 40, of Batesburg, passed away peacefully with her family Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, November 30, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 1:30 - 3:00 P.M. prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Frye...
Willie Ben Mccarty
Nov 20, 2014
Willie Ben McCarty, 96, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, November 23, at Clyde's Chapel Southern Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Greg Williams officiating. Active pallbearers will be Richard Waltz, Sidney Pratt, Jimmy Edwards, Carrol Caughman, Allen Oxendine, and Thomas Shealy. Mr. McCarty was...
Curtis Jackson Maroney
Nov 16, 2014
Curtis Jackson Maroney, 55, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, at B-L Congregational Holiness Church with interment in Ridge Spring Cemetery with Rev. Virgil Bagwell officiating. Active pallbearers will be Shannon Maroney, A.J. Maroney, Eric Maroney, Chris Cade, Jr., Randy Bagwell, and Zack McCaskill. Mr. Maroney was...
Vounzell N. Barham
Nov 9, 2014
Vounzell N. Barham, 86, of Batesburg, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 P.M. Wednesday, November 12, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with entombment in Christ the Good Shepherd Mausoleum with Rev. Rocky Purvis and Rev. Charles Leonhardt officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....
James Monroe Miller
Nov 8, 2014
James Monroe Miller, 75, of West Columbia, born on March 16, 1939, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 8, 2014, while surrounded by his family. Also known as "Jim" to many, James was a faithful servant of God and he was a very kind, giving, and loving son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend. James was...
Jane Chapman
Nov 5, 2014
Jane Chapman, 52, passed away November 5, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 P.M. Saturday, November 8, at Bible Faith Holiness with Rev. Eddie Moyer officiating. Mrs. Chapman was born in Columbia, SC, daughter of the late Ancil and Edith Crider Miles. She was an account representative at Wachovia Bank. Surviving are her husband, Todd Chapman of...
Cleo Iva Hallman
Oct 30, 2014
Cleo Iva Hallman, 90, of Batesburg, passed away Thursday morning, October 30, 2014 at Azalea Woods Nursing Center in Aiken after a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Hallman was born January 19, 1924 in Leesville, SC, the daughter of the late Elzie Clifton and Beatrice Fallaw Hallman. She was married to the late Delbert O. Hallman for 66 years and...
Celia Rebecca Hastings Pruett
Oct 26, 2014
Celia Rebecca Hastings Pruitt, 82, of Saluda, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Hospice House. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, November 1, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Pruitt was born in Edgefield, SC daughter of the late Heyward and Celia Belle Willis Hastings. She was married to the late Henry Pierce Gibert,...
Robert L. "Billy" Mize, Jr
Oct 21, 2014
Robert L. "Billy" Mize, Jr, 75, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 P.M. Friday, October 24, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Mize was born in White Plains, GA, son of the late Robert...
Herbert "Rowdy Ray" Colson
Oct 19, 2014
Herbert "Rowdy Ray" Colson, 39, passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 24, at Samaria Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery with Rev. Dennis Metts officiating. Active pallbearers will be Jason Smith, Josh Butts, Thomas Blakely, Mathew Davis, James Maddox, Robert Wilson, Brodie Gartman and Brandon Gartman. Ray was...
Charles Leroy Cumbee
Oct 17, 2014
Charles LeRoy Cumbee, 64, of Batesburg, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, October 25, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Vollie Gibbs officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:30 - 3:30 P.M. Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Cumbee was born in Aiken, SC,...
Lindburg Smith
Oct 14, 2014
Lindberg Smith "Pop", 78, of Batesburg, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014. The family will hold a private service at a later date. Mr. Smith was the son of the late Calvin and Gracie Hall Smith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Susan Risinger Smith and sister, Julia Mae Hall. Surviving are his two sons, Steve and Robert...
Taylor Monroe "Tick" Carder
Oct 4, 2014
Taylor Monroe "Tick" Carder, 86, of Batesburg, passed away on Saturday, October 4, after a couple years of failing health. A memorial service will be held at 4:30 P.M. Tuesday, October 7, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Teddy Higgins officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the funeral home. Mr. Carder was born in Cumberland,...