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...
Michael L. Mcmillin
Dec 5, 2018
Michael Lee McMillin, 67, of Blythewood, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Born October 26, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, he was the son of Rosie Roach McMillin and the late Ramon E. McMillin. Michael was a proud US Army veteran and was employed with Columbia Business Equipment. He enjoyed motorcycles and target shooting. Michael was the rock of his family and...
Dr. Robert L. Shannon
Dec 5, 2018
Robert L. Shannon, 92, of Columbia, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Born on May 15, 1926 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was a son of the late Grover and Vera Shannon. Bob served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and received his bachelor's degree from Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio where he lettered in varsity tennis...
Sylvia Buck Mcdonald
Dec 4, 2018
Sylvia Jean Buck McDonald, 93, a resident of Still Hopes Retirement Community, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 4th. Born on November 18, 1925, in San Diego, California, she was the youngest child and only daughter of James Lloyd Buck and Gertrude Lillian Bowler Buck. She graduated from San Diego High School and attended San Diego State College. Sylvia later received...
Joan Lesniewski Camardo
Dec 4, 2018
Joan Lesniewski Camardo, 99, of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Born in Syracuse, NY on November 26, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Alexander Lesniewski and Helen Dziekonski (Walter). Joan graduated from the University of Illinois in 1943 and was a Certified Speech Pathologist. She worked for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Monroe County, NY...
Joann Correll
Dec 4, 2018
Emily Joann Correll, 66, of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Born July 6, 1952 in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late George D. Daley, Jr., and Leola Daley. Joann retired from civil service at Fort Jackson and was a former member of Capital View Baptist Church. She had a fierce love for her daughters and adored her...
Shannon Alma Marsh
Dec 4, 2018
Shannon Alma Marsh,32, of Elgin, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Born on November 11, 1986, in Fort Jackson, SC, she was the daughter of Sherry Marsh Fowler (John) and the late William Alfred Marsh. Shannon was a 2005 graduate of Lugoff-Elgin High School and later attended the Art Institute of Atlanta. Shannon was a gifted artist who especially loved photography...
Betty Alexander
Dec 2, 2018
Jane Elizabeth "Betty" Williams Alexander, 97, of Columbia died peacefully on her birthday, December 2, 2018. Born in Middlesboro, KY, she was a daughter of the late Roy Frank and Esther Henson Williams. Betty was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She traveled over the world and United States with her husband during his service in the...
Carrol Josey
Dec 2, 2018
Arthur Carrol Josey, died Sunday, December 2, 2018. Born in Lee County on November 27, 1935, he was reared in the Wisacky community on a small family farm, attended public schools of Riverside and Mayesville, and studied accounting at Draughon's Business College in Columbia. He was the third son of the late Robert Elijah Josey and Bertha Elizabeth Smith Josey....
Ernest "Ernie" Wright
Dec 1, 2018
Ernest "Ernie" Urbin Wright, 69, of Winnsboro, died Saturday, December 1, 2018. Born June 25, 1949, in Columbia, he was a son of the late John Edward Wright Jr., and Mary Drucilla Bowers. Ernie was a Vietnam Veteran that served his country proudly, was a member of the VFW and the Eau Claire Class of 68. He was a founding...
Eileen S. Corbett
Dec 1, 2018
Eileen Eva Schleelein Corbett, 65, died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at home after a valiant battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family, friends, and her beloved dog Lily. Mrs. Corbett was born July 30, 1953, in Rochester, N.Y., a daughter of the late Johann Baptist "Bob" and Eva Schleelein. She graduated from Fredonia High School and received her Bachelor...
Jean C. Harkey
Nov 29, 2018
Jean C. Harkey, wife of the late W. Mike Harkey, died Thursday, November 29, 2018. Born February 2, 1934, in Bamberg, SC, was the daughter of the late Valma Eugene and Grace Folk Creech. Jean attended Columbia High School and was a graduate of Eau Claire High School. She attended Chapin Baptist Church, was a former member of Incarnation Lutheran...
Annie Irene Maner
Nov 28, 2018
Annie Irene Pace Maner, 76, of Columbia, died Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Born October 17, 1942, in Clinton, SC, she was a daughter of the late Marcus Frank and Annie Lou Nelson Pace. She was a Clinton High School graduate and a member of Killian Baptist Church. Annie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be...
Jared Merle Huebel
Nov 26, 2018
Jared M. Huebel, 87, of West Columbia, died Monday, November 26, 2018. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
