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Elise Carson Bagnal
Nov 18, 2017
Elise "Sissy" Carson Bagnal, age 88, of Columbia, died peacefully on Saturday November 18, 2017. Sissy was born in Columbia on February 27, 1929 and grew up in Batesburg the daughter of the late William Roswell Carson and Elise Mathews Carson. Sissy graduated from Converse College with a degree in Psychology. She was married to Thomas Nettles Bagnal in 1950...
Carolyn Haibon
Nov 18, 2017
Carolyn "Tiny" Faulconer Haibon, 84, of Columbia, died Saturday, November 18, 2017. Born March 14, 1933 in Mount Hope, WV, she was a daughter of the late Roy A. Faulconer and Helena Davidson Faulconer. Carolyn was a hairdresser for more than 60 years in Columbia, retiring just 2 short years ago. She enjoyed crafts, sewing, yardwork and most importantly her...
Elsie Virginia Jones Moore
Nov 18, 2017
Elsie Virginia Jones Moore, 76, of Blythewood, died unexpectedly at home, Saturday, November 18, 2017. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, on August 6, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Claude W. Jones, Sr., and Margurite Virginia Tucker. Elsie spent her younger days in Montgomery, Alabama, where she was educated in the public schools. Elsie graduated from the nursing program...
Wilson "Woody" Henry Lear Iii
Nov 17, 2017
Wilson "Woody" Henry Lear III, age 65, passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida. Woody is survived by his parents, Wilson H. & Janie G. Lear; his brother, David Lear (Laura); and his sisters, Suzanne Keenan, and Jennifer Naumann (Toby). He was an uncle to a niece and several nephews. He is preceded in death by his...
David James Newell
Nov 16, 2017
David James Newell, 22, of Derwood, Maryland, died Thursday, November 16, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina. David was a senior at the University of South Carolina studying at the Darla Moore School of Business and a member of the Alpha Beta chapter of Chi Psi Fraternity. Born September 21, 1995, he was the son of Annette Lynn Sherman Newell and...
William Gene Autry
Nov 16, 2017
William Gene Autry, 79, of Columbia, died Thursday, November 16, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Born April 15, 1938 in Chesterfield County, he was the son of the late John H. and Irene Melton Autry. Gene was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and the Dutch Fork Masonic Lodge. He retired from Anderson Armored Car and was the former...
Lester Larimer, Iv
Nov 16, 2017
Lester "Les" Larimer IV, 67, of Columbia, passed away. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Brandon Adam Burr
Nov 11, 2017
Brandon Adam Burr, 21, of Blythewood, died Saturday, November 11, 2017. Born in Columbia, South Carolina on December 30, 1995, he was the son of Pamela Ann Burgess Burr and Ronald "Bo" David Burr, Jr. Brandon graduated from Blythewood High School, and had a passion for music, dirt bikes, a love for his Harley, and was known for his humor...
Woon Kai Chow
Nov 11, 2017
Woon Kai Sin-Chow was born in Guangdong, China on June 15, 1952, to the former Gau Kong Sin and Fung Chow of Hong Kong. She passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017, in Columbia, South Carolina. She was born into a business-owning family in mainland China shortly after the Communist Revolution. During the Cultural Revolution, she was sent to a...
Susan S. Mccutcheon
Nov 9, 2017
Mrs. Susan "Sue" Strader McCutcheon, 82, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died November 9, 2017. Born in Bluefield, West Virginia on May 18, 1935, Sue was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Angel Strader. She met her husband, Ernest, while she was an education major at Duke University. Sue and Ernest enjoyed family gatherings, gardening, and travel, and...
Lona M Griner
Nov 9, 2017
Lona Mack Roberson Griner, 93, of Columbia, died Thursday, November 9, 2017. Born March 30, 1924 in Lexington, SC, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Bell Mack. Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Roberson Hooker; step sons, James W. Griner (Glenda) and Gregory V. Griner; three grandchildren, John R. Conn, Lisa M. Cramer and Robert W. Conn (Amy);...
Gal Gustav Margalit
Nov 9, 2017
Dr. Gal G. Margalit, 62, passed away on the night of Thursday, November 9, 2017 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Memorial services will be held on Monday, November 13th at 2 o'clock at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia. Graveside services will follow at the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery. Dr. Margalit was born in Haifa,...
Marvin Strange
Nov 8, 2017
Marvin Strange, 83, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 08, 2017. Born on May 22, 1934 in Columbia, SC, he was the son of the late Edward L. and Gladys Mosely Strange. Until his final breath, he kept his keen sense of humor and flirted with every lady with whom he encountered. He was a founding member of Lake...
Laura Daniels Castles
Nov 8, 2017
Laura Daniels Castles, 89, of Florence, formerly of Lexington, died Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Preston A. Daniels and Ruby Olivia O'Cain Daniels and married to the late James Fred Castles, Jr. Mrs. Castles was very involved in the Order of the Eastern Star and her church, Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church,...
Franklin Eugene Phillips, Jr.
Nov 7, 2017
Franklin Eugene "Frank" Phillips, Jr., 58, of Columbia, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Born in Columbia, SC, on October 27, 1959, he was a son of Carlotta Cannon Daniels and the late Franklin Eugene Phillips Sr. Survivors include his mother, Carlotta Daniels; children, Josh Phillips (Michelle), and Ashly Worthington (Camden); grandchildren, Madeline Phillips and Elyse Worthington; and a sister, Pamela...
Carl Edward Craig, Sr.
Nov 7, 2017
Carl Edward Craig, Sr., 87, of Columbia, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Born November 20, 1929 in Kershaw County, SC, he was a son of the late Carl Rufus Craig and Mattie Phillips Craig. He served 22 years in the US Army CID at several Posts in the US, Japan, Korea, and the Dominican Republic. He also retired with 22...
Robert E. Cornelia, Jr.
Nov 7, 2017
Robert E. Cornelia, Jr., 84, of Columbia, died peacefully, Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Born on March 11, 1933 in Staten Island, New York, he was a son of the late Robert E. Cornelia, Sr., and Camille DeSantis-Cornelia. A member of the 1951 graduating class at Xavier High School in Manhattan, Robert was a first-generation graduate of college. He held an...
June Marie Harper Rodriquez
Nov 7, 2017
June Marie Harper Rodriquez, 52, of Columbia, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Born in Columbia, SC, on July 12, 1965, she was a daughter of the late Ardis Clinton Harper, Jr. and June Gilhousen Harper. June Marie earned a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of South Carolina and worked as a registered nurse for Palmetto Health Homecare/Hospice. A...
June Marie Harper
Nov 5, 2017
June Marie Gilhousen Harper, 91, of Columbia died Sunday, November 5, 2017. Born in Indiana County in Pennsylvania on April 1st, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Blair Albert and Gertrude King Gilhousen. After the death of Gertrude when June was just two years old, she was lovingly raised by her father and stepmother, Ruth King Gilhousen. Following...
Mary Kirkham Tucker
Nov 5, 2017
Mrs. Mary Kirkham Tucker, 97, of Sistiana, Italy, formerly of Columbia, died Sunday, November 5, 2017. Born in Sweetwater, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Martha Vice Kirkham and married for 53 years to the late Cecil Isadore Tucker. A member of Shandon Baptist Church, Mrs. Tucker was involved in various ministries of the church....
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