Runa Elizabeth Chandler
Aug 7, 2018
Runa Elizabeth "Liz" Chandler, 74, of Columbia, died August 7, 2018. Born September 13, 1943 in Vasa, Finland, she was a daughter of the late Runar Eugene Knoblock and Greta Naemi Onnela. Her formative years were spent in Finland, where her father was a sea captain, and her mother, a former Olympic diver. Liz was fluent in several languages, which...
Renee Marguerite Webb
Aug 5, 2018
Renee M. Webb was born in Columbia, S.C. on January 17, 1944 and passed away in Gun Barrel City, TX. on August 5, 2018. She was the oldest of three children of Robert E. (Buddy) Webb Jr. and Lillian Hilliard Webb. She graduated from Eau Claire High School in 1961, attended Winthrop College and received her BA in Human Resource...
Donna Bocchine
Aug 4, 2018
Donna Lasch Bocchine, 66, of Blythewood, died Saturday, August 4, 2018. Born on April 10, 1952, in Conneaut Lake, PA, she was the granddaughter of the late Walter Lasch, Sr. and the daughter of the late Virginia Lasch. Mrs. Bocchine attended Edinboro University where she majored in Education and received a M.Ed. from the University of South Carolina. While in...
Toreitha C. Mosley
Aug 2, 2018
Toreitha Cunningham Mosley, 85, of Columbia, joined her Heavenly Father on August 2, 2018. She was born in Columbia to the late Willie and Pearl Hallman Cunningham. Mrs. Mosley was a 1951 graduate of Brookland Cayce High School. She retired from the SC Dept. of Motor Vehicles with 38 years of service. Mrs. Mosley was a former member of St....
Faye Watts Sessions
Aug 2, 2018
Sandra "Faye" Watts Sessions, 65, of Elgin, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018. Born on February 17, 1953 in Elgin, SC, she was a daughter of Vince Franklin "Sam" and Edna L Watts. She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Otis Bruce Sessions, for nearly 50 years. To this union, three daughters were born. Mrs. Sessions has been the Head...
W. "Dugan" Foster, Jr.
Aug 1, 2018
Colonel Walter Neal "Dugan" Foster, Jr., (USAF Ret.), husband of Elise Trapp Foster and son of Walter Neal Foster, Sr. and Kathryn English Foster, died August 1, 2018. He was the grandson of Charles Herman and Della Oden Foster and Raymond David and Maude Bosworth English, all proud Texans. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 3 o'clock, Sunday,...
George C. Howell
Aug 1, 2018
George C. Howell, 88, of Elgin, died Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Born January 26, 1930 in Unicoi, TN, he was the son of the late Geter and Cora Lee Bennett Howell. George was a proud veteran of the US Navy who loved the outdoors. He enjoyed working crossword and jigsaw puzzles, as well as working with his hands and in...
Mr. John "Jack" Hair
Aug 1, 2018
John F. "Jack" Hair, 90, of Columbia, died Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Born March 6, 1928 in Blackville, SC, he was a son of the late Lennie Lee Hair and Mamie Dora Lancaster Hair. Mr. Hair was a long-time member of Kilbourne Park Baptist Church where he served as deacon. He retired from Palmetto Baking Company after 17 years and...
Betty Lee Baumgartner
Jul 31, 2018
Betty Lee Baumgartner, 88, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Born July 23, 1930, in Oelwein, IA, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Zada Woods Rueber. Mrs. Baumgartner spent most of her life in Iowa and relocated to Columbia several years ago to be closer to her family. She attended Gustavus Adolphus Nursing School and was...
Marie L. Lyday
Jul 31, 2018
Marie L. Lyday, 93, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Survivors include her sons, Robert B. Lyday (Teresa) and Ronald K. Lyday (Kathy); daughter, Carolyn Sue Lyday; grandchildren, Robert II, Michael, Ronald, J.R., and John; as well as several great grandchildren. Mrs. Lyday was preceded in death by a son, James A. Lyday and four siblings. The graveside service...
Flora Marie Branon
Jul 28, 2018
Flora Marie Branon, 84, of Cayce, died Saturday, July 28, 2018. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Andrea Delores White
Jul 26, 2018
Andrea Delores White, 69, of Gaston, died Thursday, July 26, 2018. Born in Camden, SC, she was a daughter of Florence Hopkins Sharpley and the late Grady Grooms. Andrea was married to Lonnie White for 50 years. A soft-spoken woman with a heart of gold, she loved her children and grandchildren and enjoyed camping, reading her Bible and watching "Days...
Michael Allen Genna
Jul 26, 2018
Michael A. Genna, 62, of Chapin, passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Born on January 8, 1956, he was a son of the late John and Lillian Genna. He was a former longtime resident of Clinton Township, MI, and a 1974 graduate of Clintondale High School. Mike was employed for Crusader Marine Engines for over 30 years and...
Hudnalle B. Mclean, Jr.
Jul 25, 2018
Hudnalle B. McLean, Jr., 84, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Born in Richland County, SC, he was the son of the late Hudnalle B. McLean, Sr. and Helen Allen McLean. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a retired commercial airline pilot. Mr. McLean was a devoted member of Sandy Level Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Ssg Rhett Sease Bickley, Jr.
Jul 25, 2018
SSG Rhett Sease Bickley, Jr., SCDNR, 49, died Wednesday, July 25, 2018. He was born in Hartsville, SC, on April 2, 1969 to Rhett Sease Bickley, Sr. and Nancy Roper Bickley. SSG Bickley was a US Army veteran and attended Clemson University. He was employed for more than 19 years in various capacities with the South Carolina Department of Natural...
Fritz David Jolly
Jul 22, 2018
Fritz David Jolly "PawPaw", a beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend and life-long resident of Blythewood, SC, died unexpectedly on July 22, 2018 at the age of 73. Fritz was born in Columbia, SC on February 23, 1945. He was a Marine who was in service during 1963 – 1967 and served in Vietnam for 13 months. He retired from the...
Ann Carol Hall Price
Jul 22, 2018
Ann Carol Hall Price died Sunday, July 22, 2018. She was born September 9, 1939, in Florence, South Carolina, and was the daughter of the late William Ewing and Pansy Sloan Hall of Marion, South Carolina, where she grew up as a child. Mrs. Price graduated from Marion High School in 1957. She was President of her Senior Class as...
Dennis Frank Norton, Jr.
Jul 20, 2018
Dennis F. Norton, Jr., 80, of Elgin, died Friday, July 20, 2018. Born October 26, 1937, he was the son of the late Dennis F. Norton, Sr. and Anne Vollmer Norton. Mr. Norton was an electrician and worked until he was 75. He always had a love for trains and amassed quite a collection as his hobby. He always loved...
Judith Gunn Harris
Jul 18, 2018
Judith Harris, 99, of Ridgeway, died Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Born on August 23, 1918, in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late John Edward Gunn, Sr. and Julia Jack Gunn. Survivors include her sister, Ann Jones; children, Janet H. Powell (John), Warren B. Harris, Jack Edward Harris (Phyllis), and Julia H. Evans (Marty); nine grandchildren, Randy, Jodie,...
Amelia Grace Gentner
Jul 17, 2018
Amelia Grace Gentner, of Columbia, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Born at Palmetto Health Baptist, on July 17, 2018, she was a daughter of John Michael Gentner and LaJuana Pinckney-Gentner. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sister, VaSanta of Charlotte; brother, Christopher, Malachi; sister, Molana, all of Columbia; brother, Ronnie of Charlotte; nephew, Rylen of...
