Ms. Joanie Leigh Youmans
Dec 27, 2019
Joanie Leigh Youmans, 42, of Lexington, died Friday, December 27, 2019. Born May 21, 1977 in West Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Richard Youmans and Patricia Brewer. Survivors include her children, Corey R. Youmans (Mariah), Jared Thompson, Kaitlyn Leitner and Sarah Margaret Miles; grandson, Guy Ryan; granddaughter, Kinslie Rose, and one on the way. In addition to...
Mrs. Barbara Louise Prichard
Dec 26, 2019
Barbara Louise Slusher Prichard, 83, of West Columbia, died Thursday, December 26, 2019. Born in Salem Iowa, on October 5, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Harold Ray and Marguerite Kennedy Slusher. In addition to her parents, Barbara is preceded in death by her husband, William Robert Prichard (USAF Ret.) Survivors include children: William Prichard (Linda), Debbie Robinson...
Mrs Margaret W. Stackleather
Dec 25, 2019
Mrs. Margaret W Stackleather, 85 of Columbia died Wednesday, December 25, 2019, after a long illness. Born in Cramerton, NC, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Franklin and Lula Bryte Wells. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Homer W. Stackleather; daughters, DeRhonda Stackleather and Connie Austin (Jim Fanning); and daughter-in-law Terri Stackleather. She had one...
Mrs. Jacqueline Phoebe Ward Kelly
Dec 24, 2019
Jacqueline Phoebe Ward Kelly, 97, of Elgin, died Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Born April 13, 1922 in Palatka, FL she was a daughter of the late Perry and Margaret Platt Ward. Ms. Kelly worked for the Elgin Watch Company and retired from the Bendix Corporation. She was a creative person who loved to draw, crochet and sew, even without a...
Mrs. Audrey Addy Cate
Dec 24, 2019
Audrey Addy Cate, 78, passed away December 24, 2019. Born in Columbia on December 21, 1941, she was the daughter of Thelma Fulmer and Aubrey Franklin Addy. She was married for 59 years to Charles H. Cate, Sr. Mrs. Cate graduated from Columbia High School in 1959, where she was elected student body president and homecoming queen. She attended the...
Mrs. Patricia Ann Phillips
Dec 24, 2019
Patricia Ann Morgan Phillips, 79, of Elgin, died Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Born in Rutherfordton, NC, on February 20, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Memory James Morgan and Ola Mae Frazier Morgan. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress for various retail businesses. Mrs. Phillips was a faithful Christian and a longtime member of...
Deryl K Tucker
Dec 21, 2019
Deryl Kent Tucker, 72, of Columbia, died Saturday, December 21, 2019. Born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, he was a son of Myron J. Tucker, Sr. and Cozette Liske Tucker. He was a Navy veteran and worked in North Carolina before moving to South Carolina. Deryl is survived by his son, Michael Tucker of Indiana; daughter, Patricia Page of Hickory,...
Etta Ruth Counts
Dec 21, 2019
Etta Ruth Counts, 93, daughter of the late Reverend Ernest Karl Counts and Nellie Derrick Counts died Saturday, December 21, 2019. She was born in Lingle, Mississippi on April 26, 1926. Ruth's family moved to Pomaria, SC in 1933. Ruth was a graduate of Pomaria High School, class of 1943. She was chosen Miss High Miss by her Senior Class...
Charles David Rickards
Dec 20, 2019
Charles David Rickards, 51, of Swansea, died Friday, December 20, 2019. Born in Columbia, SC on September 7, 1968, he was the son of Phyllis Williams Hendricks and Brent Z. Hendricks. David attended Columbia High School where he played football and baseball and later attended and graduated Richland Northeast High School where he also played baseball. David enjoyed fishing, hunting...
Mrs. Jessie Roberta "Bobbie" Curry
Dec 20, 2019
Jessie Roberta "Bobbie" Franklin Curry, 73, of Lexington, died Friday, December 20, 2019. Born in Columbia, SC, on March 11, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Gaddis Elwin and Dorothy McCain Franklin. Bobbie was a Registered Nurse and retired from Tri County Home Health. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lexington. Survivors include her son,...
Allen James Nesbitt
Dec 19, 2019
Allen James Nesbitt, 69, of Columbia, died Thursday, December 19, 2019. Born in Lynchburg, SC, on August 5, 1950, he was a son of the late William R. Nesbitt, Sr. and Bessie Mae Brown Nesbitt. Survivors include his sisters, Ruby Ross, Sarah Sturgeon, both of Elgin, SC and Lil Chavis (James), of Eastover, SC; as well as numerous nieces and...
Vikram G Melchizedec
Dec 19, 2019
Vikram G. Melchizedec, only son of Latha Janet and Vijay Samson was born on May 10, 1996 in Chennai, TN, India. Along with his parents, he moved to the United States at the age of eight, and studied in Satchelford Elementary, Summit Middle School and Spring Valley High School. In 2017 Mel graduated as a Computer Engineer from the University...
Mr. Jose G. Pineda
Dec 17, 2019
Jose Giovany Pineda, 24, of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Born January 17, 1995 in Bergen County, NJ, he was a son of Milton Giovany Pineda Chacon and Adriana Castrillon Pineda. Jose moved to Fort Mill, SC in 2007 and graduated from the National Honors' Society in 2013 from Indian Land High School. He attended the University of South...
Ms. Betty Gayle Branham
Dec 17, 2019
Betty Gayle Metz Branham, 70, of Blythewood, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Born in Blythewood, SC on March 28, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Wylie David and Myrtle Rebecca Cook Branham. Betty was a graduate of Blythewood School, worked in the Swimming Pool Industry and as a school bus driver for Lexington Richland School District...
Sfc James William Ryan, Jr. ( Us Army Ret.)
Dec 12, 2019
SFC James William Ryan, Jr., US Army (Ret.), 78, of Elgin, died Thursday, December 12, 2019. He was born July 16, 1941, in Varnville, SC, to the late James William Ryan, Sr. and Johnree Murdaugh Ryan. SFC Ryan retired from the US Army with more than 20 years of dedication to his country. During his enlistment, he served in the...
Julius William Richburg
Dec 12, 2019
Julius W. Richburg, 77, of Columbia, died December 12, 2019. Born in Manning, SC on October 5, 1942, he was a son of the late Marshall and Jewell Richburg. A US Marine recruit, he went on to work at Owen Steel and retired after 30 years. Mr. Richburg was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He enjoyed visiting...
Mr. James Laverne Rigdon
Dec 12, 2019
James "Jim" LaVerne Rigdon, 87, of Columbia, died Thursday, December 12, 2019. Born April 19, 1932 in Alma, GA, he was a son of the late James Walter and Mattie Jean Music Rigdon. Jim was a long-time member of Main Street United Methodist Church where he was a past chairman of the church Board of Trustees. He was owner of...
Laverne Mattox
Dec 10, 2019
Dalton Laverne Mattox, age 78, died at his home on December 10, 2019. He was born in Richland County to Samuel Alexander and Josephine Albert Mattox. Laverne was one of eleven children and is survived by one brother, Kenneth Mattox (Sheila) of Blythewood; as well as many nieces and nephews. Laverne was baptized at an early age in the Baptist...
Mr John Martin Ingram
Dec 10, 2019
John Martin Ingram, 74, of Columbia, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, December 11, 2019. Born in Columbia, SC on February 5, 1945, he was a son of the late JC and Lila Manuel Ingram. Mr. Ingram worked as a salesman for many years. He spent much of his time singing in the First Baptist Church of Columbia choir and...
Master Monte Jay Harper
Dec 9, 2019
Master Monte Jay "MJ" Harper passed away on December 9, 2019. Monte was born in West Columbia, SC, on August 14, 2019. Survivors include his parents, Marellis Armour and Taylor Harper; sister, Briana Harper; brother, Chance Armour; maternal grandparents, Lisa Harper and Marcus Harper; paternal grandparents, Beverly Armour and Thomas Haltiwanger; maternal great-grandparents, Beiman O. "Bemo" and JoAnn Prince, Jr;...
