Mrs. Merle Marie Manis
Dec 20, 2018
Merle Marie Allie Manis went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 20, 2018. Mrs. Manis was born August 23, 1934. She was the only child of John and Lillie Mae Allie of Pacolet Mills, South Carolina. She graduated from Pacolet High School in 1952 and married Dallas, the love of her life, on July 4,...
Walter George Gutman
Dec 19, 2018
Walter Gutman. November 22, 1930 to December 19, 2018. Walt left us to fly to higher heights and touch the face of God. He served with distinction in the United States Air Force for twenty years. Followed by a second career as Assessor for Sumter County. Left behind to honor his memory are his wife, Margaret; children, Paul, Donna and...
Helen M. Mccauslin
Dec 18, 2018
Helen M. McCauslin, 91, of Columbia, died peacefully December 18, 2018. Born in Cleveland, OH, on March 10, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Julia Deyling. Helen was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She, and her late husband, were founding members of St. John Neumann Catholic Church, where she also served as...
Philip Francis Carmona
Dec 17, 2018
Philip Francis Carmona,33, of Columbia, fell asleep in death on December 17 2018. Born November 3 1985 in Rochester, NY to David and Tracy Carmona. Philip was the firstborn of their 3 children. The Carmona family would move from Rochester, NY to Concord, NC in 1997 where Philip, a closet momma's boy, would graduate from Northwest Cabarrus High School in...
John Laborde Mccravy, Jr.
Dec 17, 2018
John LaBorde McCravy, Jr, 79, of Columbia, died Monday, December 17, 2018. Born July 19, 1939, in Columbia, SC, he was a son of the late John LaBorde McCravy, Sr. and Agnes Finnegan McCravy. Mr. McCravy attended Fort Jackson and Columbia public schools and graduated from University High School in Columbia with the class of 1957 before attending The University...
Helen Betty Capps
Dec 17, 2018
Helen Betty Dean Rogers Capps, 87, passed away after a long illness at her home in Columbia on December 17, 2018. Born on May 5, 1931 in Marion County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Bert Rogers and Gertrude Williams Rogers. She graduated from Mullins High School in 1949 and later Draughon's Business College in Columbia. She married...
Vera Graddick
Dec 16, 2018
Vera Miles Graddick, 91, of Blythewood, widow of the late James Boyd Graddick, died peacefully at home, Sunday, December 16, 2018. Born August 31, 1927 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Willie Edward and Daisy Parker Miles. She graduated from Columbia High School in 1944 and went to work for the Internal Revenue Service for 9 years....
Benigno Velazquez-Galvez
Dec 15, 2018
Benigo Velazquez-Galvez, 66, of Columbia, died Saturday, December 15, 2018. Born on June 25, 1954, in Mexico, he was a son of the late Eladio Valazquez-Gonzalez and Tomasa Galvez-Perez. Survivors include his children, Jose Luis Velazquez, Sonia Velazquez, Leticia Sanchez and Griselda Velaquez. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and numerous extended family members. The funeral service for Benigno...
Mattie Sharpe Murray
Dec 14, 2018
Mattie "Libby" Sharpe Murray, 68, of West Columbia, died peacefully at home, Friday, December 14, 2018. Born July 5, 1950 in Richland County, she was a daughter of the late Fletcher S. and Frances Smith Sharpe. She was retired from the insurance industry and always enjoyed life. Survivors include her son Lewis Eugene Crosby (Heather); brother, Arthur Eugene "Butch" Sharpe;...
Ernest Steve Carter
Dec 14, 2018
Ernest Steve Carter, 66, of Blythewood, died Friday, December 14, 2018. Born February 9, 1952 in Columbia, he was a son of the late Ernest and Evelyn Wilson Carter. Ernest was a member of Full Salvation Baptist Church and was involved in Happytimes Center in Columbia. He had a playful spirit and was loved by all who had the opportunity...
Ronald Eugene Hill
Dec 13, 2018
Ronald Eugene Hill, 74, of Columbia, departed this life on December 13, 2018 following a courageous thirty-two-year battle with Parkinson's Disease. A life-long educator, Ron was the principal of Richland Northeast High School from 1984 to 1997. During his career, he won numerous awards including the Kennedy Center National Principal of the Year for the Arts, SC Outstanding School Administrator...
Hattie Jewell Joyner
Dec 13, 2018
Hattie Jewell Branham Joyner, 93, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, completed her mission here on December 13, 2018. She was born August 28, 1925 in Blythewood, SC to Doctor Linder and Eridell Kelly Branham. She was the 7th of 11 children. Jewell married Oliver Harold Joyner on May 21, 1948 and they were sealed for time and all eternity...
Oren Gregory Russell
Dec 13, 2018
"Greg" Oren Gregory Russell, of Columbia, South Carolina, born on September 10, 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia, to the late Betty Ann (Ferrari) and Oren Jenkins Russell, passed away on December 13, 2018. Greg was a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College. He was in the Health Insurance industry at Blue Cross Blue Shield and retired after more than 20...
Dan Hoffman Stevens
Dec 13, 2018
Dan Hoffman Stevens, who loved Blythewood as few others could, died Thursday, December 13, 2018. He was one of three children born to the late Mary Hoffman Stevens Woods and Wallace Sims Stevens. Dan was born on November 3, 1928 and was raised amidst his family in the heart of Blythewood, which then was a very rural village. He attended...
Doris Jacob Beckham
Dec 11, 2018
Doris Jacob Beckham, 83, of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018. Born July 15, 1935, in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Herbert W. Jacob and Connie Jordan Jacob, and the wife of the late Gemmelle R. Beckham. She was of the Methodist faith and a supporter of the National Kidney Foundation. Doris was a kind, compassionate and...
Thomas Jefferson Slimp
Dec 10, 2018
Thomas Jefferson Slimp, 45, of Columbia, died Monday, December 10, 2018. Born September 1, 1973, at Moncrief Army Hospital at Fort Jackson, SC, he was a son of Robert L. Slimp and Ursula E. Slimp. He was raised in Columbia and educated at Hammond Christian Academy and Liberty University, where he majored in political science. He lived most of his...
Kathryn Richards Barron
Dec 10, 2018
Kathryn Mae Richards Barron, 88, of Columbia, died Monday, December 10, 2018. Born January 17, 1930, in Durham, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Caswell Richards and Lizzie Underwood Richards. A member of Eau Claire Presbyterian Church since 1953, Kathryn was a choir member, soloist, Sunday School teacher, president of WIC, a librarian and the church...
Calvin Leo Ross
Dec 9, 2018
Calvin Leo Ross, widower of Norah Patricia Hughes Ross, died Sunday, December 9, 2018. Born on June 25, 1932 in Elgin, SC, he was a son of the late Joseph Eli and Rebecca Lovett Ross. Mr. Ross was an E6 Tech Sgt in the US Air Force and retired from the South Carolina Technical College System. Survivors include his children,...
Ellen Scoville
Dec 7, 2018
Ellen Douglas Verner Scoville died to this life on Friday, December 7, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, December 9, at 2:30 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm Road, Columbia. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:15 until 2:15 pm in the Adult Reception Hall at the Church. Her family requests that...
Virginia Floyd Bonds
Dec 6, 2018
Virginia Floyd Bonds, 97, of Lexington, died Thursday, December 6, 2018. Born on May 2, 1921 in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the Late Willie Edward and Effie Coker Floyd. She worked as a Sterile Processing Technician with Baptist Medical Center for many years. Mrs. Bonds is survived by her son, Harold Bonds (Debra); and her granddaughter, Cheyenne...
