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Herbert Glenn Null, Sr.
Mar 31, 2019
Herbert Glenn Null, Sr., 78, of Elgin, died Sunday, March 31, 2019. Born March 9, 1941, in Columbia, he was a son of the late George and Carrie Sinclare Wise Null. Herbert was a self-made business man. He was an independent service station owner, seven years with Shell and 38 years with Exxon. The station was always a place for...
Mr Elton L. Legrand
Mar 31, 2019
Elton LeGrand, 79, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 31, 2019. Born in Columbia, SC, on April 9, 1939, he was a son of the late Louie Louis and Bonnie Griffin LeGrand. Elton was a member of Northeast Wesleyan Church where he also served as pastor. He went on to own and operate Northeast Electric with his brother for many years....
Mr. Amos Lever
Mar 31, 2019
Amos Lever, 94, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 31, 2019. Born September 18, 1924, in Columbia, SC, he was a son of the late David Edward and Janie Maebell Smith Lever. He was a lifelong member of Fair Lawn United Methodist Church and retired from Carolina Ceramics. Mr. Lever enjoyed being outdoors, especially while utilizing his green thumb in his...
Mrs. Laura Sue Ford
Mar 31, 2019
Laura Sue Ford, 69, of Elgin, died Sunday, March 31, 2019. Born June 10, 1949 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Walter Medlin and Gladys Medlin Neese. Laura loved God, family and friends. She was a member of Royal Pines Independent Holiness Church and served with the Ladies in Christ. She was always willing to help anyone...
Mr. Guy Earl Johnson, Sr.
Mar 27, 2019
Guy Earl Johnson, Sr., 63, of Ridge Spring, SC recently found peace and relief from his enduring suffering. Born December 31, 1955, in Pittsburgh, PA he was the first-born son of Susan Laura Johnson and the late Earl Arnie Johnson, Jr. Guy loved flying and earned his private pilot's license at the young age of 13. He was an excellent...
Mr. Louis Bennett Joslin
Mar 24, 2019
Louis Bennett Joslin, 89, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 24, 2019. Born on July 5, 1929, in Sardis, Mississippi, he was a son of the late Lowry and Mary Hale Foster Joslin. He was a US Army veteran that dedicated his life to his country for more than 23 years. During his enlistment, Louis served in the Korean War and...
Mr. Albert C. Tenny
Mar 23, 2019
Albert Curtis "Skip" Tenny died on March 23, 2019 at his home in Irmo, SC. Born in 1933 in Hackensack, NJ, he was the son of Karl Tenny and Ester Larsen Tenny. He is survived by his loving wife, Rebecca Long Tenny, sons Brie and Mike Tenny, John Mitchell (Joy) and a daughter Marianne Warren (John), grandchildren: Stephanie, Patrick, Bradley,...
Mrs. Annie Halford Childs
Mar 22, 2019
Annie Mack Childs, 86, of Columbia, died Friday, March 22, 2019. Born September 26, 1932, in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Dr. James Gordon Halford and Annie Frances Crouch Halford of Johnston, SC. She will be remembered by all who knew her as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Survivors include her children, Lawrence Craig Childs, Jr....
Mr. Chad Daniel Lindsey
Mar 22, 2019
Chad Daniel Lindsey, 37, of Columbia, SC, and of the world of music, ended his life on March 22, 2019, at his and his parents' home. He was born in Columbia, SC, on July 25, 1981. Chad became ill with bipolar disorder at age 19, at the end of his sophomore year at Clemson University. The time continuum changed that...
Mr. James Bradford Finley
Mar 22, 2019
James Bradford Finley, 78, of Columbia, died Friday, March 22, 2019, after a three-year battle with cancer. Born July 17, 1940, in Columbia, he was the son of the late Buchanan Bradford Finley and Lucille Metze Finley Chapman. James moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1968, worked in the insurance industry and owned a used car dealership in North Augusta before...
Mr. Christopher Boyd Ray
Mar 21, 2019
Christopher Boyd Ray, 55, of Columbia, died Thursday, March 21, 2019. Born October 12, 1963 at Fort Jackson, SC, he was a son of the late Boyd Emerson Ray and Linda Christine Parks Ray. Christopher was currently CFO of Engineering Design & Testing Corp. following a long successful career in corporate financial management. He was also an active, long-time patron...
Mr. Harvey Jules Rosen
Mar 21, 2019
Harvey Jules Rosen, 89, of Columbia, peacefully passed away on March 21st 2019. Harvey was born in Columbia, SC on April 8,1929. He was a loving and devoted Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, brother and uncle. He was adored by his family and admired by his friends and business associates. He attended Columbia High School and graduated from the University of...
Ltc Sherry Eugene Awtrey
Mar 19, 2019
LTC Sherry Eugene Awtrey, US Army (Ret.), 86, of Columbia, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2019, after a long and valiant battle with Parkinson's Disease, cancer and heart disease. Funeral services for LTC Awtrey will be held 2 o'clock, Sunday, March 24th, at North Trenholm Baptist Church, with The Rev. David Knapp and The Rev. Joe Copeland officiating. Interment...
Mr. Kevin Brooks Welch
Mar 19, 2019
Charlotte, NC - Kevin Brooks Welch, 55 -- beloved brother, friend, Charlotte businessman, and eternal "Uncle Buck" to nieces, nephews and extended family -- passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 19. He was born March 2, 1964, in Pensacola, Florida, to the late Rev. Thomas and Audrey (Blevins) Welch. The youngest of three boys, he was also the most easygoing...
Lucy O. "Sandy" Dillard
Mar 16, 2019
Lucy Jane ("Sandy") Owings Dillard, 92, of Columbia, died peacefully at home on March 16, 2019. Born February 18, 1927 at Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Ralph Seer Owings and Josephine Williams Owings. She is survived by three children and their spouses: Rebecca D. Mace and husband, Philip; Jane C. Dillard and husband Rupert Rentz; and Peter F. Dillard...
Mrs. Frances G. Steck
Mar 15, 2019
Frances G. Steck, of Columbia, SC, passed away on March 15th. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia to Charles and Grace Graube. She graduated in Nursing from Longwood University and the Medical College of Virginia. She was a nurse for her entire career, though her greatest joys were being a mother to her three sons and "Granny" to her seven...
Mr. Eugene M. Hunter
Mar 14, 2019
Gene was born on February 15, 1939, in the upstairs bedroom of his family home on Canterbury Road in Forest Hills to James Edwin Hunter and Daisy McGregor Hunter. His father, an architect by profession (Clemson College), designed and built the home for his new bride. Mr. Hunter was also the Clerk of the South Carolina House of Representatives, where...
Mrs. Lou Henry Broughton
Mar 13, 2019
Lou Henry Deese Broughton, 90, of Conway, formerly of Columbia, went to heaven on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was born to the late Bettie Collie Flowe, on March 7, 1929, in Mecklenburg County, NC. Lou worked for Dreher Meat Packing Plant as a Machine Operator for 22 years before her retirement. She loved flowers, birds, music and singing. Lou...
Dot Riley
Mar 12, 2019
Dorothy "Dot" Hollis Riley died Tuesday, March 12, 2019. She was surrounded by loving nieces and nephews. She was born in Winnsboro, SC, on June 15, 1929, to the late John Palmer Hollis and Effie Joyner Hollis. She was married for over sixty years to the former William Jennings "Bill" Riley. Following her formal education and business school attendance, Dot...
Mr. George Peter Damon
Mar 12, 2019
George Peter Damon, 91, of Columbia, died Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Born July 14, 1927 in New York, New York, he was the son of the late Peter Diamontakos and Pauline Jounakos Diamontakos. He was a US Army veteran that proudly served his country during WWII. Mr. Damon was a 1950 graduate of Syracuse University and later retired from Sears...
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