Mr. Brett Lane Padgett
Aug 7, 2021
Brett Lane Padgett, 21, of Elgin, passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021. Born January 27, 2000, in Columbia, SC, he was a son of Brad L. Padgett of Elgin and Susan Elizabeth Haney Padgett of Columbia. Brett was an avid outdoorsman and had an adventurous spirit. He especially enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding dirt bikes. Brett was always the...
Mr. Julian E. Johnson, Sr.
Aug 5, 2021
Funeral services for Julian Ellis Johnson, Sr., 91, of Ridgeway, will be held on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 3pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Dr. Chris Denny and Rev. Dr. Dudley Weaver officiating. Burial will follow the service with Masonic Rites in Elmwood Cemetery. Prior to the service, a visitation will be held at the church beginning at...
Mrs. Nancy Jane Waldron
Aug 5, 2021
Nancy Jane Waldron, 82, of Columbia, died on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Born in Elizabethton ,TN on January 20, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Robert Pleasant and Dolly Pleasant. Nancy was graduate of Elizabethton High School and enjoyed painting, making crafts, sewing and her time as a Memom to her grandchildren. She was a member of Bayview...
Mr. Curtis Lee Ellington
Aug 5, 2021
Curtis Lee Ellington, 73, of Columbia, died Thursday, August 5, 2021. Born on March 14, 1948, in Lexington, SC, he was a son of the late Kenneth Burl and Hazel Virginia Sharpe Ellington and married to Treasha Anne Wright Ellington for 40 years. Curtis was employed for over 25 years with Palmetto Metal Products and then worked with Palmetto Hardware....
Mr. William Earl Buff, Jr
Aug 4, 2021
William (Bill) Earl Buff Jr, 83, was called home to his heavenly father on August 4, 2021. He was the son of the late William Earl Buff Sr and Cynthia Higbe Buff. Bill was born on November 7, 1937 in Columbia, SC. He loved God, his family, his church and the Gamecocks. He was a proud and active member of...
Mrs. Ericka A. Johnson
Aug 4, 2021
Ericka A. Johnson, 69, of Columbia, died Wednesday, August 4, 2021. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Mr. Vernon Lee Johnson
Aug 3, 2021
Vernon Lee Johnson, 63, of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Chaplain (Lt. Col) Robert Louis Slimp, Us Army (Ret.)
Aug 3, 2021
Robert Louis Slimp was born in Pasadena, CA on 15 February 1929 and lived much of his early life in California, Missouri, and the Oklahoma Panhandle, where his family farmed during the worst years of the Dust Bowl. He attended Baylor University, and Emory Seminary, becoming a career chaplain in the U.S. Army. He served in Korea and Germany, where...
Mr. Donald Edward Hardin
Aug 1, 2021
Donnie Hardin, 62, of Columbia, died Sunday, August 1, 2021. Born November 17, 1958, in Columbia, he was a son of the late Francis E. Hardin and Alva Jean Johnson Hardin. Donnie was often referred to as a jack of all trades, doing things the conventional way, or the Donnie way that surprisingly, always seemed to work. He was a...
Mr. Joseph Nathan Trapp, Sr.
Aug 1, 2021
Joseph Nathan Trapp, Sr., 78, of Blythewood, died on Sunday, August 1, 2021. Born December 6, 1942, in Blythewood, he was the only son of the late Thomas Marion Trapp and Nannie Eloise Branham Trapp. Mr. Trapp was an active member of the Blythewood Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and Martha Ann began their...
Mrs. Kayoko Sherwood
Jul 31, 2021
Mrs. Kayoko Sherwood, 86, of Columbia, SC, passed away July 31, 2021. Kayoko joined Soka Gakkai in Yamagata, Japan in 1954 at the age of 19. She arrived in The United States in March of 1956. As a pioneer member, Kayoko contributed to American Kosen-Rufu for 65 years. Undeniably known as the "Ultimate Shakabuku Queen." Kayoko whole-heartedly shared this Buddhism...
Mr. John Quitman Marshall, Jr.
Jul 30, 2021
Quitman Marshall, 93, died July, 30, 2021, at his home in Columbia. Born January 16, 1928, in Columbia, he attended city schools and the University of SC, where he was a member of USC's swim team. He served in the US Army at the end of WWII. A talented and fun-loving man, who enjoyed life and other people, Quitman was...
Mr. Gary H Crawford
Jul 30, 2021
Gary Howell Crawford, 53, of Hopkins, passed away Friday, July 30,2021 at Lexington Medical Hospital, in West Columbia, South Carolina. He was born on May 8, 1968 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Gary was baptized by Piney Grove AME Church and lived with an awareness of the Father's and Son's presence. He graduated from Spring Valley High School in...
Mr. Candido Pantoja Vega
Jul 30, 2021
Master Sergeant Candido Pantoja Vega, 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Columbia, SC, on the morning of July 30, 2021. The eldest of nine siblings, MSG Pantoja was born on November 16, 1932 to Pedro Pantoja and Dolores Vega in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Still a minor, he dropped out of school when in the eighth grade, determined...
Mr. David Oneil Derrick
Jul 29, 2021
The funeral service for David Oneil Derrick will be held 2 o'clock Tuesday, August 3rd at Ascension Lutheran Church, 827 Wildwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29203 with Pastor Jaqueline Utley officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Rd, Columbia, SC 29209. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o'clock Monday in the Fellowship Hall at Ascension...
Mr. Robert Lewis Tilley, Jr.
Jul 29, 2021
Robert Lewis Tilley, Jr., 55, of Blythewood, SC was called home to be with the LORD on Thursday, July 29, 2021 after battling esophageal cancer. Born on Christmas Eve in 1965, he was a son to Robert "Bob" Lewis Tilley, Sr. and Yvonne Spires Tilley. Robert loved singing in the church choir and the men's quartet, as well as serving...
Mrs. Betty Tapp Dukes
Jul 29, 2021
Betty Tapp Dukes, 90, of Columbia, died Thursday, July 29, 2021. She was the widow of Samuel Johnson Dukes and they had been married for 64 years. Born February 25, 1931, in Inman, SC she was a daughter of the late James Sexton and Edna White Tapp. Betty was a member of Belmont Baptist Church in Columbia for more than...
Mrs. Helen Fant
Jul 29, 2021
Helen Mustin Fant, 91, died in her home at Still Hopes Retirement Community in West Columbia, SC on Thursday, July 29, 2021 after living a life dedicated to her family, friends, and community. Helen was born on September 18, 1929 in Columbia, SC to the late Willie Harrison Mustin and Thomas Clarence Mustin. Helen attended Columbia's Shandon Elementary School (later...
Mrs. Loise Mae Lewis
Jul 29, 2021
Loise Mae Lewis was born on February 12, 1940, from the union of Robert and Sedalia Stewart in Columbus, Texas. Loise accepted Jesus Christ at an early age. She was educated in the Columbus County public school system. In 1965, Loise met the love of her life, husband, James McKinley Lewis. She was employed at AAFES on Fort Jackson in...
Mrs. Mary K. Hayden
Jul 29, 2021
Mary K. Hayden, 63, of Columbia, died on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Born in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, on November 26, 1957, she was a daughter of the late Ronald and Delores Firkus Vertz. Mary loved her family, especially her grandkids. She enjoyed Garth Brooks' music, Waffle House coffee and anything Panda Bear related. Survivors include her husband, Lewis L. Hayden;...
