Recent Obituaries

May 16, 2021

Dean Swygert, 78, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, May 20th, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Paulling officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Mr. Swygert was born in Leesville, SC, a son of the late Raymond and Nola Swygert. He...

May 13, 2021

Dennis Jason Burgess, 60, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Prosperity, SC, he was a son of Billy Burgess and the late Christine Miller Burgess Poole. Known for his free spirit and caring heart, Dennis will also be remembered as one who loved to laugh and joke. He will be missed by many family and friends. In addition...

May 12, 2021

Mr. Jon Reid Bohning, age 79, entered into rest on May 12, 2021.

Reid was born on June 5, 1941 to the late Carl and Muriel Bohning. He loved life and travel. He enjoyed reading, playing the piano, golfing, and bridge. He retired as the vice president of Gabor Insurance Services.

Reid is survived by...

May 12, 2021

Kathleen "Kathy" Rosemary Iwert (Kovacs), 70, succumbed to cancer after a long-fought battle. She was in the comfort of her home when she passed on May 12, 2021.

Kathy was born in Elyria, Ohio on December 8, 1950, daughter of the late John Michael Kovacs and Velma Ann Kovacs. She moved to Aiken, South Carolina in 1983,...

May 11, 2021

NEW ELLENTON, SC – Jerome “Buddy” Key, of Sizemore Ave., entered into rest May 11, 2021.

Buddy was born in Aiken County, SC to the late William Henderson Key and the late Lillian Key. He was a life-long resident of New Ellenton, SC. He retired after 35 ½ years of service at Owens Corning Fiberglass. Buddy was...

May 9, 2021

Darlene Vey Hartley, 74, of Batesburg, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. Appleton and Harriet Thompson Appleton. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church of Monetta, SC. Darlene Hartley was a graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School and worked at various jobs before she found her passion...

May 9, 2021

SFC Donald Wayne Burton (US Army Ret.),67, of Batesburg, passed away at his home, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Plant City, Florida on August 19, 1953, he was a son of Marian Rehberg Dowdy and the late W O Burton. Mr. Burton retired from the US Army with 20 years of service. Surviving in addition to his mother, Marian,...

May 7, 2021

Ruth LaRose Smart, 78, of Batesburg passed away Friday, May 7, 2021. Born in Macon, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Paul Andrew Jackson and Ella Ruth Pyles Jackson. She was a longtime member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and played piano. LaRose and her husband were both graduates of Western Carolina College...

May 6, 2021

GRANITEVILLE, SC: Jeremy Daniel Voels, 32, gained his wings May 6th, 2021 with his family by his side in Augusta GA.

Born April 11th, 1989, in Chesapeake VA, he was the son of Pamela Mae Melson Byrd and Lance Marvin Voels.

Jeremy served in the United States Army as an infantryman from 2009 to 2015....

May 6, 2021

Monroe Willard “Bill” Walcher, 89, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2021, at his home in Aiken, SC.

He was born Sept. 17, 1931, in Encinitas, CA, the only child of Monroe and Florence Walcher. He was raised in Escondido, CA and graduated from Escondido High School in 1949. Bill went on to attend the University of Redlands...

May 6, 2021

Patricia Carter Hall, 73, entered into rest peacefully in her home on May 6, 2021.

Tricia was born in Charleston, SC on June 12, 1947, to the late Dr. William Carter and the late Marcia Carter. She was a graduate of the University of South Carolina Aiken, with a degree in English. Tricia was a woman of...

May 6, 2021

Deborah Ann Garner,62, of Leesville, South Carolina passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Born in Aiken County, she was a daughter of the late Franklin Norell McGee Sr. and Faye Louise Wilson McGee. Mrs. Garner was a member of Mt. Ebal Baptist Church and a loving mother, grandmother and sister. She will be greatly missed by many. Surviving...

May 5, 2021

Arthur Junior "Bill" Lewis II, 51, of Batesburg, peacefully passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, May 5, 2021. He was a son of the late Arthur J. Lewis and Mary Caroline Hartfield-Lewis. Bill is also preceded in death by sister, Robin Ziolkowski; and brother, Bobby Brewer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and driving old dirt roads. Bill is...

Apr 30, 2021

Russell Graham Sherrill III …

Rusty left us on April 30, 2021 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease and is finally at peace. He was born June 9, 1944 in Raleigh, NC, the only son of the late Russell G. Sherrill, Jr. and Sara Crabtree Sherrill. He graduated from Needham Broughton high school, NC State University and...

Apr 30, 2021

Mrs. Ruth Wood Masters Edwards, 91, precious and loving wife, mother, grandmother & great-grandmother simply transitioned from this world into the eternal presence of her Lord and Savior a day after her 91st birthday, April 30, 2021, at Pepper Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an illness.

Born in Shelby, NC on April 29, 1930, she was...

Apr 30, 2021

Rosalyn Nilda Aleman Chandler McNuer, 58, of Lexington, passed away Friday, April 30, 2021. She was born in Miami, Florida on May 4, 1962 to Pablo Aleman and Nieves Aleman Garcia. Affectionately known as “Roz”, she retired from AT&T with more than 30 years of service and was currently employed by the Steven Price Allstate Insurance Agency. Roz was a...

Apr 29, 2021

AIKEN, SC - Audrey Ethel Lauer, wife of the late John C. Lauer, died April 29, 2021 at the age of 93. She was born September 30,1927 in Baltimore Maryland, where she met her husband. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Mary Help of Christians Church, 203 Park Ave SE, Aiken, SC 29801. Arrangements...

Apr 29, 2021

Audrey Ethel Lauer, wife of the late John C. Lauer, died April 29, 2021 at the age of 93. She was born September 30,1927 in Baltimore Maryland, where she met her husband.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Mary Help of Christians Church, 203 Park Ave SE, Aiken, SC 29801.

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Apr 27, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Richard (Dick) Reichel, age 90, entered into rest on April 27, 2021.

Dick was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 14, 1931 to the late John and Nora Reichel.

He served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Jupiter during the Korean War before marrying his lifelong...

Apr 26, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Mrs. Ruth O. Barclay, age 79, entered into rest on April 26, 2021.

Ruth was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1941, to the late William F. and Marion R. Ohnezeit. She graduated from Robert Morris College and worked as a secretary at Westinghouse in Beaver, PA, and later at Stork Kit...