Recent Obituaries

Jan 18, 2021

Leland Mack “Bucky” Boozer, 80, of Batesburg, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021. A memorial service will be held at a later date due to COVID-19. Mr. Boozer was born in Batesburg, SC, a son of the late Leland Rhodes and Frances Margaret Smith Boozer. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed bird and deer hunting and also crappy fishing....

Jan 16, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Lenwood S. “Sam” Johnson, age 71, entered into rest Saturday, January 16, 2021.

Mr. Johnson was born March 14, 1949 to the late Normal S. Johnson and Virginia J. Johnson. He was a life-long area resident. He retired from the Maintenance Department at the Aiken County School District. He was the clerk at North...

Jan 15, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Charles Carroll Trotter, age 76, entered into rest Friday, January 15, 2021.

Mr. Trotter was born June 27, 1944 in Edgefield County, SC to the late Hammond and Louise Trotter. He was a resident of Aiken, SC since 1998. He was the owner and operator of Trotter Site Preparation LLC for the past seventeen...

Jan 15, 2021

NEW ELLENTON: Richard D. Polatewicz, 82, of New Ellenton, SC, passed away January 15, 2021.

Born May 26, 1938 in Gary, Indiana, he was the son of the late Edward Polatewicz and Marie Patina Polatewicz.

He proudly served his country in the United States Army, where he retired after more than 25 years. He went...

Jan 14, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Al Bonadies of Newberry Street in Aiken, died on January 14, 2021.

Alphonse George Bonadies was born on February 15, 1932 at home in Dobbs Ferry, NY, the youngest of the nine children of Giovanni Baptiste (John) Bonadies and Arcangela Cavallo (Angelina) Bonadies. He was graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School, went on to...

Jan 13, 2021

Kenneth Grant Chafin, 76, of Greer, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021. A private burial will be held at Ridge Crest Memorial Park. Mr. Chafin was born in Johnson City, TN, a son of the late Maynard and Elsie Chafin. After graduating from the University of South Carolina, he pursued his doctoral studies in Philosophy of Science at the University...

Jan 13, 2021

Shelby Jean Cockrell, 84, of Batesburg, went to her Heavenly Home Wednesday, January 13, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 3:30 P.M. Saturday, January 16th, at Hulon Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Earl Hartley, Rev. Robert Patterson, and Rev. Robert Culbertson officiating. Visitation will be held following the service at the graveside, and other times at her home....

Jan 12, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Steve Allen Whitley, 60, of Aiken, passed away January 12, 2021 after a brief illness.

Born March 16, 1960 in Munich, Germany, he was the son of Hildegard Engelhardt Whitley and the late Billy Joe Whitley.

He was born in Germany and moved all over with his family while his dad was...

Jan 12, 2021

James Milo Miller, 82, of Gilbert, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021. A private graveside service will be held at Pond Branch United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Drew Martin officiating. Mr. Miller was born in Gilbert, SC, a son of the late Nathan and Ursula Smith Miller. He was married to the late Virginia Ballington Miller. Mr. Miller was...

Jan 12, 2021

Sandra Lewis Lowman, 73, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 15th, at Pond Branch United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Lisa Isenhower officiating. Mrs. Lowman was born in Batesburg, SC, a daughter of the late Hoyt and Rosalyn Taylor Lewis. Mrs. Lowman was a Batesburg-Leesville High School Graduate. She...

Jan 12, 2021

Darrell Marion Whittle, 60, of Saluda, SC passed away January 12, 2021. A native of Saluda, he was a son of Christine Maffett Whittle and the late Floyd Tracy “Jack” Whittle, Jr. Mr. Whittle was loved by many and will be missed by his family, friends, and church family. He was the owner of Double D Brush and Grass and...

Jan 10, 2021

Broadus Stanmore Johnson, Jr, 86, passed away Sunday, January 10th, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 P.M. Friday, January 15th, at Ridge Spring Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Jackson and Rev. John Chambers officiating. Due to COVID-19, masks and social distancing are encouraged. Active pallbearers will be Crys Lybrand, Don Johnson, Kevin Yon, Kyle Richards, Dray Wannamaker, and...

Jan 9, 2021

AIKEN, SC – Richard Kenneth Schreck, age 78, entered into rest January 9, 2021, at his residence.

Mr. Schreck was born January 10, 1942 in Jersey City, NJ to the late Charles E. Schreck Sr. and Shirley Walsh Schreck. He proudly and with honor served his country in the US Marine Corps. After serving in the military,...

Jan 8, 2021

Lide Roy Gray, 86, of Leesville, passed away Friday, January 8th, 2021. A private family burial will be held. Mr. Gray was born in Columbia, SC, a son of the late Lee Roy Gray and Rose May Klinger. He was married to the late Joyce Long Gray for 57 years. He was a United Airforce Veteran and a member of...

Jan 6, 2021

Gary Neuberg, age 72, passed away at home on January 6, 2021. Gary was born in Los Angeles, California to Edward and Leona Neuberg. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather (PaPa Gary) and friend to many. Gary loved and treasured his family and friends, generously shared with everyone his sense of humor, kindness, willingness to help others and...

Jan 6, 2021

NEW ELLENTON, SC - Mr. James Winfield Cunningham, 95, of New Ellenton, passed away January 6, 2021.

Born August 18, 1925 in Brighton, TN, he was the son of the late James Polk Cunningham and Lula McDaniels Cunningham.

He was a businessman in New Ellenton for many years and remembered fondly by all he met....

Jan 6, 2021

Jeanette Temples Matthews Kyzer passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 6. She was born on May 16, 1933. Jeanette was the only daughter of Waymon Wesley and Julia Bedenbaugh Temples. Jeanette was predeceased by her parents, her husbands Walter Henry (Pete) Matthews and Floyd Kyzer, her son David Byron Matthews, as well as her brothers Waymon Jr., Albert, Lewis, and...

Jan 5, 2021

Mrs. Gloria Eileen King, age 73, passed peacefully at home on January 5th, 2021, in Aiken, South Carolina after a battle with lung cancer. She was born in Georgia on August 26, 1947, the eldest daughter of Dorothy and Marion Hatchell. Eileen graduated from Berkeley High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina, married her high school sweetheart, Gene Smith...

Jan 5, 2021

Ronald Dean Kelly, 72, of Leesville, passed away Tuesday, January 5th, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday, January 9th at Southland Memorial Gardens with Rev. Ross Smith officiating. Mr. Kelly was born in Montgomery, Alabama, a son of the late Porter Lamar Kelly and Mary Stephens Ayers. He was married to the late Nancy Asbill...

Jan 3, 2021

Freddie Jefferson Beck, Sr. 68, of Prosperity went home to the Happy Hunting Ground of our Lord on Sunday, 3rd of January, 2021. Mr. Beck was born in Edgefield county and was preceded in death by his father, Lonnie Beck; mother, Annie Myrtle Corley Beck; and brother, Lonnie Lavern Beck. Mr. Beck retired from Doolittle Logging after driving a log...