Gaye Alexis Mallis
Sep 16, 2026
Gay Alexis Mallis, 66, of Columbia, died on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Patricia H. Riley
Sep 15, 2026
Patricia H. Riley, 79, of Blythewood, died on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
John (Jack) Bonniville
Sep 14, 2026
John (Jack) William Bonniville was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on October 4, 1934. They had three children, John William (Bill) Jr. (Sharon), James (Jim) Ralph (Jan), and Marian Gray Scullion (John), all of Columbia; four grandchildren: Ashton Lunceford Hanson (Johnny), Myrk Orvsson, Elizabeth Keels (Jared), and John William (Will) III (Sally); and four great-grandchildren, Asher Dale and Rylee Ruth Hanson,...
William B. Barnard
Sep 14, 2026
William B. Barnard, 75, of Chapin, SC, died on Monday, September 14, 2026. The funeral service for Mr. Barnard will be private. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Martin Edward Johnson
Sep 14, 2026
Martin Edward Johnson, 77, of Lexington, South Carolina, died Monday, September 14, 2026, at his home. Born September 11, 1949, in Columbia, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Frances C. DeMates. Martin was a 1967 graduate of Dentsville High School and proudly served his country in the United States Navy from 1968 until 1974, attaining the rank...
Larry Dean Munnerlyn
Sep 13, 2026
Larry Dean Munnerlyn, 81, of Lexington, died on Sunday, September 13, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Dorothy Ballard
Sep 13, 2026
Dorothy “Dot” Ballard, 93, of Columbia, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2026. Born on April 20, 1933, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Russell Ward Hendricks and Ernestine Cranfill Hendricks. Dot was a member of Woodfield Park Baptist Church and retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield. She treasured her family and especially cherished the...
Norman Hodges
Sep 13, 2026
Rev. Norman Franklin Hodges, 94, of Columbia, died on Sunday, September 13, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Doris Fipps Boatwright
Sep 12, 2026
Doris Fipps Boatwright, 76, of North Augusta, SC, formerly of Columbia, died on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Born in Horry County, SC, on July 20, 1950, she was a daughter of the late Mack and Louella Fowler Fipps. Mrs. Boatwright was a nurse for over 30 years, dedicating much of her life to caring for others. Doris had a generous...
Christel Fish
Sep 11, 2026
Christel Fish, 92, died on Friday, September 11, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Robert E. Griffin
Sep 11, 2026
Robert E. Griffin, 86, of Columbia, died on Friday, September 11, 2026. Born in Richland County, SC, on September 14, 1939, he was a son of the late Marion Eugene and Willie Mae Wiley Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, and cherished member of his community. He was known for his love of family, his...
David William Gresh
Sep 11, 2026
David William Gresh, 63, of Blythewood, SC, died on Friday, September 11, 2026. Born on January 30, 1963, in Johnstown, PA, he is the son of William Paul Gresh and Alice Jane Sipes Gresh.
Mr. Gresh was a devoted family man who loved God and cherished the time he spent with the people he loved. He had a deep love for...
SMSgt Alfred Sidney “Buddy” Pedersen, Jr., US Air Force (Ret.)
Sep 11, 2026
SMSgt Alfred Sidney “Buddy” Pedersen, Jr., US Air Force (Ret.), 89, of Hopkins, SC, died on Friday, September 11, 2026. Born on May 1, 1937, in Columbia, SC he was a son of Alfred Sidney Pedersen and Juanita Brooks Pedersen. SMSgt honorably served his country in the US Air Force from 1955 to 1997. During his enlistment he was deployed...
Georgia Taylor Brennecke
Sep 11, 2026
Georgia Taylor Brennecke crossed to her forever home on September 11, 2026 at the age of 72. She was the third child of Edmund Rhett Taylor and Mary Herbert Taylor. Georgia was raised in Columbia, South Carolina in an active and cheerful home. It was a home where people were welcomed and came often. Her grandparents were influential in her...
Janice Messinger Mozeleski
Sep 10, 2026
Janice Mozeleski, 81, of Lexington, died on Thursday, September 10, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
James Bennett Henderson III
Sep 9, 2026
James Bennett “Jay” Henderson III, 56, passed away unexpectedly on September 10, 2026. He was born on June 10, 1970, in Greenville, South Carolina, and grew up in Columbia. Jay graduated from Spring Valley High School and attended Midlands Technical College. Loved by all who knew him, Jay lived his life with joy and was truly a friend to everyone....
Frances Elizabeth Wallace Powell
Sep 9, 2026
Frances Elizabeth Wallace Powell, 78, of Columbia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Born October 27, 1947, in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Edwin Jay Wallace and Willie Mae “Dit” Cornwell Wallace. Mrs. Powell was a graduate of Columbia High School, Class of 1965. She continued her education at the Baptist Hospital School of Surgical...
Tammie Shockley Powell Sloop
Sep 9, 2026
Tamara “Tammie” Shockley Powell Sloop, 72, of Columbia, SC, died on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. Born in Pulaski, Virginia, on August 27, 1954, she was a daughter of Avis Blair Shockley and the late Martin John Shockley. Tammie was a graduate of Old Dominion University and later continued her education at Francis Marion University before earning her Ed.D. from the...
Lydia May Gilliland
Sep 8, 2026
Lydia May (Tootie) Gilliland, 80, of Roaring Run Road, Boswell, PA, died September 8, 2026. Born October 1, 1945, in Johnstown, she was a daughter of the late William and Mary (Alt) Young. She was preceded in death by her husband, John O. Sr.; 5 brothers and 3 sisters and dear friend, Barbara Blough. Mrs. Gilliland is survived by sons,...
Joseph Allen Ondracek
Sep 8, 2026
Joseph Allen Ondracek was born in Dalhart, Texas, on October 15, 1945, to Ed and Florence (née Pine) Ondracek. He served in the US Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and was deployed to Thailand during the Vietnam War. He returned and married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life, Carol. They made their home in numerous...
