Mrs. Annie Mae Little Rhodes
Jul 25, 2020
Annie Mae Little Rhodes, 92, of Columbia, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, July 25, 2020. Born August 23, 1927 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Willie Malone and Margaret Neeley Richardson. Prior to her retirement, she was employed with R. L. Bryan Printing. Mrs. Rhodes loved to crochet and work with her...
Betty Louise Beam
Jul 24, 2020
Betty Louise Beam was born August 13, 1936, in Shelby, NC and was the youngest of nine children born to Thomas Mills Curry and May Edith Mills Curry. Betty and her husband, Charles S. Beam, were high school sweethearts and their first date was to a small county fair right after Charles got his driver's license. After Charles joined the...
Mrs. Marie Bittner Gimmi
Jul 24, 2020
Marie Bittner Gimmi died peacefully on the afternoon of July 24, 2020, in Elgin, South Carolina at the age of 93. Marie was the dearly loved wife of the late Colonel Richard "Dick" F.B. Gimmi Jr. Marie was born on July 31, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated in 1945 from Germantown High School. In 1946 Marie met Dick, who...
Mr Robert Timothy Barham
Jul 22, 2020
Robert Timothy Barham, 89, of West Columbia, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, Columbia, is assisting the family.
Robert Vincent Merendino
Jul 22, 2020
Robert V. Merendino, 79, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Born September 17, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY, he was a son of the late Gasper Merendino and Josphine Punzina Merendino. Robert was a US Marine and known as one of the bravest, hardest working, kindest, and stoic person. He also had a creative, tender side that made him a "cool...
Dr. Joseph Roberts
Jul 22, 2020
Dr. Joseph Roberts, 84, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 after courageously battling a long and debilitating illness. Born on May 24, 1936, in Bardejov, Czechoslovakia, he survived the concentration camps of the Holocaust and was orphaned at a young age. He faced many challenging times, sustained and spurred by the belief that his life had been spared so...
Lora Tomlin Nottingham
Jul 22, 2020
Lora T. Nottingham, 63, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Born July 3, 1957 in Orangeburg, SC , she was a daughter to Carol Garrison Tomlin and the late Robert "Bob" Tomlin. Lora graduated from Herndon High School in Herndon, VA and went on to attend Winthrop University. She was a strong and beautiful person, inside and out. She was...
Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Mckay
Jul 21, 2020
Elizabeth Ladson Mills McKay "Betsy" of Columbia, SC died July 21, 2020 at the age of 82. Betsy was the daughter of the late Ladson A. Mills and Betty T. Mills, born in Washington, DC, September 11, 1937. Betsy moved to Columbia to attend the University of South Carolina where she graduated with a degree in journalism in 1960. She...
Annie Mae Davis
Jul 21, 2020
Annie Mae Davis, 99, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel is assisting the family locally. Born in Carter County, Oklahoma, she was a daughter of the late Jessie Carson and Georgia Woods Boyd and widow of the late Van Davis. Mrs. Davis was a longtime resident of Lawton, OK and enjoyed church, reading...
Mr. J. Hagood Ellison, Jr.
Jul 20, 2020
J. Hagood Ellison, Jr. passed away peacefully July 20, 2020, after a lengthy illness. He was predeceased by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ellison, and brother in-law, C. Marshall Kibler, Jr. A lifelong resident of Columbia, Hagood graduated from Christ School in Arden, NC, before graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science from Washington & Lee University...
James Phillip Stachowiak
Jul 18, 2020
James Phillip Stachowiak, 83, of Columbia, SC went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 18, 2020. James was born in Duluth, MN to Joseph and Mary Stachowiak and was the second youngest of thirteen siblings. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 where he voluntarily served three tours in Vietnam. After serving his country,...
Dr. William Sherard Rawson
Jul 16, 2020
William Sherard Rawson of Davidson, NC, died surrounded by the love of family and friends, on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Dr. Rawson was born March 31, 1935 in Abbeville, SC. He was the son of the late Clarence Weaver Rawson, Sr. and Anne Sherard Wilson Rawson. He was Bill to his friends, Billy to his mother and nephews, and Daddy...
Mrs. Nell Maybin Howle
Jul 15, 2020
Revelation 14:13, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Nell Maybin Howle's soul went to Heaven to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. She truly loved the Lord with all her heart and soul and her neighbor as herself. Born December 13, 1933, in Newberry County, Nell was a daughter of the late Arthur H....
Mr. Timothy Michael Brophy
Jul 14, 2020
Timothy Michael Brophy, 58, of Blythewood, died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Born in Saratoga Springs, NY, he was the son of Thomas Edward and Kathleen Elaine Sanborn Brophy and was raised by his devoted foster parents, Hewitt and Dorothy Clothier. Tim graduated from Stillwater Central High School where he played football and then attended community college. Tim served his...
Mr. Jacob Earl Bundrick
Jul 13, 2020
Jacob E. Bundrick, 80, of Columbia, died Monday, July 13, 2020. Survivors include his three brothers, Thomas A. Bundrick (Jenny), Robert E. Bundrick (Dorothy), and William C. Bundrick. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earnest E. and Nancy A. Bundrick; as well as a sister, Betty A. Bundrick. The graveside service for Mr. Bundrick will be held 10...
Mrs. Virginia Dubose Tuller
Jul 11, 2020
Online services for Virginia DuBose Tuller, 78, will be conducted on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at 10 o'clock in the morning by the Very Reverend Charles Edgar and the Very Reverend John Barr. Friends are invited to view this service by visiting her tribute page at ShivesFuneralHome.com. A ceremony celebrating her life will be held at a later date when...
Bruce W Padgett
Jul 9, 2020
Bruce Walker Padgett, 69, peacefully passed away Thursday morning, July 9th, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Yvonne Jordan Walker of Isle of Palms, SC, and the late Charles Bruce Walker of Ft. Worth, TX. She is survived by her husband, Zane, whom she loved as much as life itself; her children, Jennifer Putnam (Kevin)...
Mary Bleckley Boozer
Jul 8, 2020
Mary Bleckley Boozer, 71, of Columbia, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Born June 23, 1949, she was a daughter of the late James Marion Boozer, Sr. and Laura Mary Bleckley Boozer. Mary was raised in Columbia and graduated from Eau Claire High School. She began working at Blue Cross Blue Shield at the age of 18 and retired following a...
Furman Calhoun Estridge, Jr.
Jul 7, 2020
Furman "FC Big Daddy" Calhoun Estridge Jr., 87, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Furman Calhoun and Iva Mae Catoe Estridge and married to Joyce Rodgers Estridge for 63 years. Furman served in the US Army and retired from Du Pont De Nemours and Company in Camden, SC...
Gail Goodwin
Jul 6, 2020
Gail R. Goodwin, 84, of West Columbia, formerly of Columbia, departed from her early life and entered into eternal rest on Monday, July 6, 2020. Born in Monroe, NC, and raised in Winnsboro, SC, she was the daughter of the late Crowel Reeder and Marie Peach Reeder. Surviving are her children, Deborah Truesdale (Charlie), Hal Goodwin (Sheri), Alita Taylor (Ronnie),...
