Gordon Frederick Dobson
May 3, 2018
Gordon Frederick Dobson, 76, died Thursday, May 3, 2018. Born in Gretna Green, Scotland on January 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Gordon Frederick and Margaret Temple Dobson. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Dobson was an insurance executive for various companies over a 30-year span. He was a man of deep Christian faith and was a devoted...
Robert Sims Hennies
May 3, 2018
Robert Sims Hennies, 93, of Columbia, died Thursday, May 3, 2018. Born March 29, 1925, in Columbia, SC, he was a son of the late Boyne Hennies and Bird Sims Hennies. Mr. Hennies grew up in Ebenezer Lutheran Church, where he served as an usher and was one of the oldest members. Robert was a Navy veteran of World War...
Luke Atkinson Nance, Jr.
May 1, 2018
Luke Atkinson Nance, Jr. P.E. died Tuesday, May 1, 2018. He was born in Galivant's Ferry, S.C. to Luke Atkinson Nance and Eva Lewis Nance on June 12, 1940. A graduate of Aynor High, he received a degree in Agricultural Engineering from Clemson College. Lt. Nance served in the 3rd Armor Division US Army at Fort Knox, KY, and Ayers...
Vanessa Biery Lazzarini
Apr 30, 2018
A memorial service for Vanessa Biery Lazzarini will be held at 2 o'clock, Saturday, July 14th at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Rd Ext., Columbia, with a reception to follow. Vanessa was born in New York City on June 9, 1974. She attended Hunter College High School and later graduated from Skidmore College in New York in...
Mary Jane Davant
Apr 30, 2018
Mary Jane Jacobs Davant, 78, of Columbia, died Monday, April 30, 2018. Born on May 10, 1939 in Knoxville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Imogene Melton Jacobs. Mrs. Davant started working in a dental office at the age of 15 and spent more than 60 years in the dental profession. She was a member of...
Clifton Davis Bodiford
Apr 28, 2018
Clifton "Clif" Davis Bodiford, 74, of Columbia, died Saturday, April 28, 2018. Born in Columbia, SC, on July 25, 1943, he was a son of the late Henry Loyd and Theo Davis Bodiford. A graduate of Columbia High School, Clif served in the US National Guard before earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South...
Robert Bland Ariail
Apr 27, 2018
Robert Bland Ariail, 86, of Columbia, passed away peacefully at Laurel Crest Retirement Community Friday, April 27, 2018. The son of the late Dr. Robert Hodges Ariail and Elizabeth Bland Ariail, Robert lived his life to the fullest, and was a true Renaissance man – an accomplished musician and athlete, businessman, astronomer, author, and philanthropist. Robert was born in Laurens,...
Anna Maria Bock
Apr 25, 2018
Anna Maria Bock, 90, of Columbia, died peacefully, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Born August 25, 1927 in Tremesna, Czech Republic, she was a daughter of the late Ernst and Hildegard Rotter Hanisch. Survivors include her children, Harold W Bock and his wife, Patricia, and Bert E. Bock and his wife, Cris, all of Columbia, as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
David "Polock" Lenn Malkiewicz
Apr 24, 2018
David Lenn Malkiewicz, 61, of Columbia, passed away surrounded by his wife and children on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Born in Richland County, SC, on July 8, 1956, he was raised by his Gran, Cleo Nunnery Wilson. He was the son of the late Fannie Emma Wilson Malkiewicz Shealy. Survivors include his wife, Sarah "Jamie" Jefferies; his adoring children, Joshua...
Elizabeth Irene Rawls
Apr 24, 2018
Elizabeth "Betty" Irene Rawls, 78, of Columbia, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Born in Columbia, South Carolina on September 25, 1939, Mrs. Rawls was a daughter of the late Leon Ross Driggers and Ruby Evelyn Wilson Driggers. Mrs. Rawls was affectionately named "Honey" by her grandchildren many years ago. As time progressed, her new nickname caught on and all her...
Nadine Byrd Kelly
Apr 24, 2018
Nadine Byrd Kelly, 91, of Columbia (formerly of Blythewood), died Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Born in Columbia, SC, on April 8, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Ruth Shelley Byrd. Mrs. Kelly graduated from Davis High School and attended the University of South Carolina. She taught adult education classes, quilting, and basic oil painting for many...
James Moore Kirby
Apr 23, 2018
James Moore Kirby, 92, of Columbia, died Monday, April 23, 2018. Born in Pacolet Mills, South Carolina on September 20, 1925, Jim was a son of the late William Thornton and Mae Ellis Kirby. Jim grew up in Pacolet Mills, where he was an outstanding baseball player, school bus driver, and ambulance driver. Immediately after graduation from Pacolet High School,...
Betty Jo Carson
Apr 22, 2018
Mrs. Betty Jo Marsh Carson, 80, of Columbia, died Sunday, April 22, 2018. Born in Darlington, SC, October 7, 1937, she was the daughter of the late James Foster Marsh and Vera Holland Holton. Mrs. Carson received her B.A. in English from Columbia College and attended the University of Virginia and Georgia State University for postgraduate studies. She found her...
Bg William H. Gibbes, Sr. Usar (Ret.)
Apr 21, 2018
BG William "Bill" Holman Gibbes, USAR (Ret.), died Saturday April 21, 2018 at home. Born on February 25, 1930 in Florence, SC, Bill was the youngest of four children born to Ernest Lawrence and Nancy Watson Gibbes. He grew up on the family tobacco and cotton farm near Hartsville, SC. In 1947, he graduated from Hartsville High School, where he...
B. Wilson Wylie, Jr.
Apr 20, 2018
Blackburn Wilson Wylie, Jr., 65, of Columbia, died Friday, April 20, 2018, following a long illness. Born February 4, 1953, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Blackburn Wilson Wylie and Marguerite Ingram Wylie. Wilson grew up in Rock Hill and was a member of the Rock Hill High School Class of 1971. Though he...
Col. Richard Gimmi, Us Air Force (Ret.)
Apr 19, 2018
Colonel Richard F. B. "Dick" Gimmi, Jr., USAF (Ret.) of Columbia, South Carolina was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 6, 1921. Dick was swept up in an era that romanticized airplanes. He took his first flight in an airplane along with his sister, Lois in 1937. In 1940 during his sophomore year at college in Pennsylvania he enrolled in...
Milbra Franklin Reese
Apr 16, 2018
Milbra Ruth Franklin Reese, 81, died Monday, April 16, 2018. Born on September 22, 1936, in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late Reverend William Eugene Franklin and Grace Hinnant Franklin. She is survived by her husband, Robert "Bob" Reese; son, James "Jim" Eugene Reese, Sr. (Maria); daughter-in-law, Jane Reese; grandchildren, Wendy Broman (Will), Laura Rease (Evin), Katie...
Samuel Johnson Dukes
Apr 16, 2018
Samuel Johnson Dukes, 88, died Monday, April 16, 2018. Born in Reeseville, SC on September 24, 1929, Mr. Dukes was the son of the late Peter Hildebrand Dukes and Katie Mildred Berry. He retired from the United States Army as a Chief Warrant Officer after 22 years having honorably served his country during WWII and Korea. He was later employed...
Mary Jo Hodge Monts
Apr 16, 2018
Mary Jo Hodge Monts, of Columbia, passed away on April 16, 2018. She was born and raised in Lamar, SC, the daughter of the late Joe Tom and Mary Bennett Hodge. She moved to Columbia to attend Columbia College, finishing with a degree in Education. Mrs. Monts briefly taught school in Aiken county and returned to Columbia to marry the...
James Carlisle Oxner, Jr.
Apr 15, 2018
James Carlisle Oxner Jr., age 79, died April 15, 2018, after an extended illness. He was born in Columbia, SC on July 11, 1938, son of J. Carlisle Oxner and Eveline Adams Oxner. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1962, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School...
