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...
Carol El Dean Young
Mar 11, 2019
Carol El Dean (she hated the middle name) Young was born in Greenville, SC, March 14, 1935 to Irma Fayard Young and Stephen Young, son of Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio. Carol graduated from Paris High School in Paris, France in 1953 and from The University of South Carolina with a journalism degree in 1957. Her career started in...
Elizabeth "Aunt Betty" Harmon
Mar 11, 2019
Elizabeth 'Betty' Cason Harmon joined our Lord and Savior on March 11, 2019. The daughter of Louie Lander Cason and Mary Martin Cason Campbell was born on September 6, 1946. She grew up in Atlanta, Ga. and graduated from The Lovett School and Converse College. A lifelong educator, she taught hearing impaired students before finding her God given role as...
Mr. Robert Kenneth Roof
Mar 11, 2019
Robert Kenneth "Ken" Roof, 74, of West Columbia, formerly of Blythewood, died at home on Monday, March 11, 2019. Born in Columbia, SC on February 19, 1945, he was a son of the late Frank and Virginia Roof and James and Kathryn Byrd Kicidis. He is survived by his siblings Melton (Helen) Roof, Betty Outen, David (Irene) Meekins, Mike (Patsy)...
Mrs. Louise Crocker Leitner
Mar 10, 2019
Louise C. Leitner, 88, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 10, 2019. Born August 22, 1930, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late William Henry Crocker and Gertrude Corley Crocker. Mrs. Leitner graduated from Greenwood High School and attended Winthrop University. She was a longtime member of St. John United Methodist Church where she participated in various...
Mr. John E. Karst
Mar 10, 2019
John E. Karst, 73, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, after a brief illness. Mr. Karst worked with Carolina Steel and Wire and Columbia Trailer Gas Company. He always enjoyed watching professional wrestling. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Lever Harmon Karst; daughters, Melinda Matthews (Mike), Melissa Gregory (Edward), and Laura Karst; step-children, Tammy Edwards (John), Kenneth Bernard Harmon, Johnny...
Mrs. Anna M. Cook
Mar 9, 2019
Anna Margareta Bartl Cook, was born July 26, 1927, in Michelsdorf, Czechoslovakia, to Oswald and Anna Arnold Bartl. She passed away on March 9, 2019, in Columbia, SC, at the age of 91. Anna was the oldest of four children who grew up in a rural, German speaking village in Czechoslovakia, where she and her brothers went to school and...
Mr. Herbert Drucker
Mar 7, 2019
Herbert Drucker, 77, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. Herbert was born in Denmark, SC, on May 23, 1941. He was the fourth of five children born to Morris Wolf and Ida Belle Andronosky Drucker. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of over 35 years, Marilyn Ronnie Drucker. He leaves behind two sons, Laurence (Kimberly) Drucker of NC,...
Mrs. Nancy A. Alley
Mar 5, 2019
Nancy Anderson Alley, 95, of Columbia, died peacefully at her home Tuesday, March 5, 2019 following a brief illness. Born December 25, 1925, she was a daughter of the late (Holcombe M. Anderson) and (Leotta Anderson). She graduated from Anderson Girls School, now known as Anderson University. Survivors, include her son, G. Robin Alley, (Julia); a daughter, Sharon A. Linder...
Mr. Travis Lee Striblin
Mar 4, 2019
Travis Lee Striblin, 75, of Columbia, died Monday, March 4, 2019. Born on April 25, 1943, in Luverne, Alabama, he was a son of the late Lee V. Striblin and Allie Lois Alsobrook Striblin. Mr. Striblin was US Marine Corps veteran who proudly served his country during the Vietnam War. Prior to his retirement, he was a criminal investigator for...
Mr. Glenn Mullin Rivers
Mar 3, 2019
Glenn Mullin Rivers, 69, of Columbia, died at his residence on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Born March 10, 1949 in Augusta, GA, he was a son of the late Joseph Floyd Rivers and Mary Elizabeth Mullin Rivers. Glenn was a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County and attended Augusta University where he was a member of the Pi Kappa...
Mrs Mary Christina Dillard
Mar 2, 2019
Mary Christina "Tina" Dillard was born July 1, 1955 in Columbia, South Carolina to Allie Perkins Dillard and the late William Gardner "Bill" Dillard. Tina passed away March 2, 2019 after enduring a courageous battle with cancer for the past year and a half. Tina was a graduate of Lower Richland High School, and the University of South Carolina with...
Clarence Hinnant
Feb 28, 2019
SMSgt Clarence Hinnant, 86, of Columbia, died Thursday, February 28, 2019. Born May 8, 1932, in Middlesex, NC, he was a son of the late John Avery and Ruby Howard Hinnant. He was in the US Air Force for 27 years and honorably served his country during the Korean War and Vietnam War. During his military career, SMSgt was an...
Ms. Alice Cohen Stringer
Feb 28, 2019
Aicha "Alice" Cohen Stringer, 86, of Columbia, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019. Aicha was born in Marrakech, Morocco. She was a devoted and loving mother who raised three children in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Aicha loved drinking coffee every day, enjoyed cooking, watching classic shows on TV (Golden Girls), and listening to music (Dean Martin). Aicha is survived by...
