Virginia Lynn Young
Mar 20, 2018
Virginia Lynn Young, 67, of Columbia, died March 20, 2018. A daughter of the late Robert William Young and Beatrice Seidel Young, she was born in Camden, New Jersey. Survivors included her sister, Barbara David; brother-in-law, Jay David; brother, Robert William Young, Jr.; nieces, Renea Mable (Christopher), Jennifer Simpson (Trey); nephew, Jonathan David (Michelle); great nieces, Skylar Mable and Zarai...
Jane Ballentine Desso
Mar 18, 2018
Jane Ballentine Desso, of Irmo, died peacefully at home on her 93rd birthday, Sunday, March 18, 2018. Born in Richland County, SC, on March 18, 1925, she was a daughter of the late William Joseph and Mattie Eva Lindler Ballentine. Mrs. Desso retired from Carolina Eastman and was a lifetime member of Salem United Methodist Church. She is survived by...
Pearline Belk
Mar 18, 2018
Pearline Branham Belk, 87, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Rice Estates. Born October 10, 1930 in Winnsboro, SC, she was a daughter of the late Vince Branham and Maggie Peak Branham. As the matriarch of our family, she was the ever-present center within the lives of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The holidays were always a...
Billy Austin Wilson
Mar 18, 2018
Billy A. Wilson, 81, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 18, 2018. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Naomi C. Davis
Mar 17, 2018
Naomi C. Davis, 90, wife of the late Richard B. Davis, passed into the arms of her heavenly Father, Saturday, March 17, 2018. She was born in Columbia on September 15, 1927 to the late Paul and Ethel Torrence. She was a graduate of Olympia High School and a member of Greenlawn Baptist Church. She retired from the Federal Government...
Barbara B. Kerr
Mar 16, 2018
Barbara B. Kerr, 90, was born in Michigan to the late Serena and Lincoln Brown and into a family who loved reading, crossword puzzles, bridge, and having fun. She spent her childhood in Ohio before moving to South Carolina to marry Hamilton (Ham) Westlake Kerr, Sr. They had three children; Becky, Westy, and Johnny. She would have loved to have...
Doris M Laffey
Mar 16, 2018
Doris Mattox Laffey, 88, of Elgin, died peacefully Friday, March 16, 2018. Born in Richland County, SC, on January 31, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Alexander and Josephine Albert Mattox. Prior to her retirement she worked at Easter Seals. She was active at Killian Baptist Church, where she was a member for many years. Survivors include...
Josie C. Hendrix
Mar 15, 2018
Josie Carroll Hendrix, 93, of Columbia, died peacefully at home Monday, March 15, 2018. Born March 1, 1925 in Macon, GA to John Lamar and Pearl Youmans Carroll. Josie grew up in Columbia, SC, living on Devine Street, where she graduated from Columbia High School. In 1952 Josie wed Leroy "Red" Martin Jr. Together they founded Quaker Chemical Company in...
Delores F. "Connie" Wilson
Mar 12, 2018
Delores F. "Connie" Wilson, 76, of Columbia, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, March 12, 2018. Born in Savannah, Georgia on March 28, 1941, she was a daughter of the late George F. Hodges Sr. and Rosalie White Hodges. Her journey here has come to an end and she has reunited with family and friends, where she will...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Posey Rivers
Mar 12, 2018
Jacqueline "Jackie" Posey Rivers died from pancreatic cancer on March 12, 2018, at 84 years old. Jackie was the daughter of the late Carlisle and Beauford Riley. She grew up in Blythewood, SC. and graduated from Blythewood High School, in 1952. On July 4, 1976, she married Everett L. Rivers in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Jackie enjoyed baking and reading...
Arlie Herin Kay
Mar 11, 2018
Arlie Herin Kay, 95, of Columbia, died Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Concord, NC, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Pinckney Township, SC, on October 25, 1922, she was a daughter of the late John St. Pierre and Beatrice Hughey Herin. Mrs. Kay taught kindergarten and preschool for 40 years beginning at Logan School on Elmwood...
Mrs. Evelyn C. Hane
Mar 10, 2018
Evelyn C. Hane, 81, of Columbia, died Saturday, March 10, 2018. Born on September 14, 1936 in Orangeburg, SC, she was a daughter of the late Evelyn Spencer Vaughn. Evelyn was a member of the St. Matthew's Parish Episcopal Church in Fort Motte, South Carolina. Evelyn's family moved to Jacksonville, Florida during World War II. She always remembered her years...
Nina Kolb Percival
Mar 10, 2018
Nina Kolb Percival, of Columbia, S. C. passed away peacefully Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the age of 103. Nina was born on April 16, 1914 to Irene Thigpen Kolb Bradham and Benjamin Franklin Kolb. A woman of great faith, Nina demonstrated her Christianity through a life of devoted witness. She read the Bible in its entirety dozens of times....
Helen G. Kane
Mar 10, 2018
Helen Giles Kane, 93, of Columbia, died Saturday, March 10, 2018. Born in Dunn, North Carolina, on January 27, 1925, she was a daughter of the late William Henry and Lettie Lee Giles. Helen was an avid flower and vegetable gardener that loved to be outdoors. She was a long time and dedicated member of Capital City Baptist Church, where...
John Albert Timmerman, Sr.
Mar 8, 2018
John Albert Timmerman, Sr., 92, went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, March 8, 2018. John was born October 15, 1925, in Edgefield, SC, the son of William Ryght Timmerman and Mamie Cheatham Timmerman. A farm boy by birth, but a ball player by desire, he attended Clemson College where he was a standout second baseman. His baseball...
Wilson Henry Lear, Ii
Mar 8, 2018
Wilson Henry Lear ll., 90, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Mr. Lear was born in Abington, PA, on November 6, 1927, to Morgan H. and Frances E. Lear. He was the beloved husband of Jane G. Lear for 67 years and the beloved father of Wilson H. Lear, III., (deceased) David C....
Marcia R. Labounty
Mar 8, 2018
Marcia Ann LaBounty, 74, of Columbia, South Carolina, died Thursday, March 8, 2018. Born in Seattle, Washington on July 27, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Fredrick Roth and Charlotte Mae King. Marcia was the oldest of five children and married Donald LaBounty, MSG, in Switzerland while he was stationed in Germany. After earning a bachelor's degree from...
Leslie Coleen Sharpe
Mar 7, 2018
Leslie Coleen Sharpe, 38, of Charleston, SC, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Born in Charleston, SC, she was a daughter of Donna Stone Singley (Jeffrey K.) of Chapin, SC and Peter Marc Sharpe (Farah) of Japan. Leslie was a fun loving and compassionate individual who lived life to the fullest. She enjoyed camping, especially on the beach; but, her greatest...
Kenneth Max Williams
Mar 6, 2018
Kenneth Max Williams, 79, of Blythewood, died Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Born in Punta Gorda, Florida, on August 15, 1938, he was a son of the late Lewis Wesley Williams and Maxie Gray Williams. An avid hunter and fisher, Mr. Williams never met a stranger and was a member of many different travel clubs. He retired to Sebring Florida and...
Ruth Irvine Fraser
Mar 6, 2018
Ruth Irvine Gordon Fraser of Columbia, SC, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2018, at the age of 99. Ruth Irvin Gordon Fraser was born on June 17, 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Grace MacKenzie Gordon and John Gordon. The youngest of three girls, she started music lessons as a child. She studied piano and cello, and excelled at...
