Mrs. Margie Lois Kirby
Nov 2, 2016
Margie Lois Kirby, 75, of Blythewood, died Tuesday, November 2, 2016. Born January 20, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie Marion Trapp and Emily Mae Hood Trapp. Margie was a member of Grace Community Church. Mrs. Kirby is survived by her two children, Virginia Ann Miles, and Herman Willie Kirby, Jr. (Amy); grandchildren, Victoria Waleke (Mike), Jacob...
Mrs. Melba Cooper Smith
Nov 1, 2016
Melba Cooper Smith, 85, of Hopkins, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Born May 22, 1931 in Blythewood, SC, she was a daughter of the late Fay Boyd Cooper and Alma Lilla Crumpton. Mrs. Smith retired from Allied Chemical after 28 years of service, and was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Robert J. "Bob" Smith; daughters,...
Mr. Delbert Erwin Baltus
Oct 31, 2016
Mr. Delbert Erwin Baltus, 78, of Columbia, died Monday, October 31, 2016. Born in Buffalo Lake, MN, on December 9, 1937, he was a son of the late Erwin C. and Della Haag Baltus. A veteran of the US Army, Delbert served at Fort Jackson, where he met his late wife, Margaret Jean Workman Baltus. He was a longtime member...
Mrs. Willie Mae Melton
Oct 30, 2016
Mrs. Willie Mae Melton, 84, of Columbia, died Sunday, October 30, 2016. Born in Hartsville, SC, on February 25, 1932, she was the daughter of the late B.B. and Leva Kirkley Hodge. Mrs. Melton was known as "Mee-Maw" by the members of Woodfield Park Baptist Church where she enjoyed worship and fellowship, and where she served as a Sunday School...
Mr. Martin Edward Alexander
Oct 30, 2016
Mr. Martin Edward Alexander, 94, of Columbia, formerly of Ocala, FL, died Sunday, October 30, 2016. Born on April 2, 1922 in Plainview, Texas, he was a son of the late Tilmon C. Alexander and Ruth Ione Dodge Alexander. Mr. Alexander honorably served as a pilot in the US Air Force, and was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam....
Mrs. Joan Brazell Langley
Oct 29, 2016
Joan Brazell Langley, 74, of Columbia, died Saturday, October 29, 2016. Born August 20, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Frank A. and Muriel Mayers Brazell. Joan was married to the late Robert G. Langley, Jr. for 36 years and was ready to go home to see her husband. Family was her first priority in life. She was...
Mrs. Mary Lou Brodie
Oct 28, 2016
Mary Lou Brodie, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, died Friday, October 28, 2016, in Columbia. Born October 25, 1931, in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Earle Brodie, Sr., M.D. and Mary Lou Long Brodie. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Joseph Earle Brodie, Jr., and James Long Brodie, Sr;...
Mr. William "Bill" T. Minor Sr.
Oct 25, 2016
William "Bill" Thomas Minor, Sr., 88, of Columbia, went to his home in heaven, Tuesday, October 25, 2016. He leaves on God's earth, his wonderful wife of 64 years, Patti Celeste Edmonds Minor, who was always by his side; three children, Joan C. Cobb (Charlie), William T. "Tommy" Minor (Sandra), Virginia "Gini" L. Caywood (Butch); three grandchildren, Amanda Donner, Matthew...
Mrs. Lieselotte Maxwell
Oct 25, 2016
Mrs. Lieselotte Maxwell, 86, passed away peacefully in her home on 24 October 2016 at Christopher Towers, Columbia, South Carolina. Born in Munchen, West Germany, 22 February 1930, the daughter of Barnabas and Anna Zimmerman, Mrs. Maxwell came to the United States with her late husband, MSG Charles D. Maxwell of Bowden, Georgia, who was killed in action during the...
Mrs. Betty Jane Dooley
Oct 24, 2016
Betty Jane Abbott Dooley, 87, of Elgin, died Monday, October 24, 2016. Born January 23, 1929 in Willis Branch, WV, she was a daughter of the late Charles Albert and Louise Wilson Abbott. Mrs. Dooley, known for her compassion and generosity, was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a faithful member of Spears Creek Baptist Church where she...
Dr. Polly Cameron Haigler
Oct 23, 2016
Black Mountain, NC - Polly Cameron Haigler, Ph.D., RN, formerly of Columbia, SC, passed away at home on October 23, 2016 after a very brief, courageous battle with stage IV lung and liver cancer. Polly was born in Harnett County, NC to parents, Erwin B. and Magolene McDaniel Cameron. She graduated valedictorian from Peace Preparatory High School, in Raleigh, NC...
Mr. P. Donald Clary
Oct 22, 2016
Paul Donald Clary, 75, of Columbia, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016. Born in Winston Salem, NC on November 9, 1940, he was a son of the late Benjamin Owen Clary, Sr., and Evelyn Eargle Clary. Don was a 1959 graduate of Columbia High School, and earned his B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina in...
Mrs. Dorothy Rakyta Rusnak
Oct 21, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Rakyta Rusnak, 87, formerly of Columbia, died Friday, October 21, 2016, in Greenwood, Indiana. Born in Lyndora (Butler), Pennsylvania on December 9, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Bobak Rakyta. Dorothy married Mr. John Rusnak on May 17, 1947, and they resided in Torrington, Connecticut for over 50 years. After raising their children,...
Msg Marvin Lewis Mccullough, Us Army (Ret.)
Oct 15, 2016
MSG Marvin Lewis McCullough, US Army (Ret.), 75, of Camden, died Saturday, October 15, 2016. Born in Greenville, SC on September 17, 1941, he was a son of the late Marvin Franklin and Virginia Landreth McCullough. Marvin proudly served in the US Army until his retirement, and afterward, retired from civil service at Moncrief Army Community Hospital. He was a...
Eva Mae Daniels Noble
Oct 14, 2016
Eva Mae was born June 23, 1915, in Gaffney, SC, eldest daughter of the late Hoyle H. and Eva M. Daniels. She was the beloved wife of 74 years of the late Col. Richard J. Noble, Sr., US Army. They retired from Fort Jackson in 1970, making Columbia their home. She was the cherished mother of Mary Ann (Anthony) Pula...
Mrs. Sadie P. Tokunaga
Oct 12, 2016
Mrs. Sadie P. Tokunaga, 87, of Columbia, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Born on February 4, 1929 in Estill, SC, she was a daughter of the late Laughlin and Reba Breedlove Peeples. Sadie was a caregiver at heart, and after her graduation from the Baptist Hospital Nursing School, she spent many years serving as a nurse, working at the Columbia...
Mr. Howard Beckham
Oct 11, 2016
James Howard Beckham, Sr., finished his earthly race on Tuesday morning, October 11, 2016. Born February 20, 1947, Howard was a son of the late Wallace Dixon and Mary Steadman Beckham. He leaves his wife of 43 years, Barbara Moak Beckham, daughter, Ginny (Russell) Wright of Ridgeway; son, Jamie (Amanda) Beckham of Lexington, sisters Betty (Herbert) Geiger, Margie Coleman; a...
Mrs. Beatrice "Bea" Powell Brown
Oct 8, 2016
Beatrice "Bea" Powell Brown, 66, of Columbia, died Saturday, October 8, 2016. Bea was born on December 28, 1949, in Hays, Montana, and was raised in Seattle, WA. In 1970, she married Michael J. Brown, and they spent many happy years living around the country, and internationally, as a military family. Bea was a gifted hostess and had a loving...
Mr. Charles Walter Lockey Sr.
Oct 8, 2016
Charles Walter Lockey, Sr., 76, of Winnsboro, died Saturday, October 8, 2016. Born in Bennettsville, SC on March 2, 1940, he was a son of the late James Paul and Letha Brigman Lockey. Mr. Lockey served during the Vietnam War and retired from the US Navy. Survivors include his sons, Charles Walter "Chuck" Lockey, Jr. (Icy), Robert Paul Lockey (Denise);...
Mr. Richard Esoff
Oct 8, 2016
Mr. Richard Esoff, 79, died Saturday, October 8, 2016. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family. Plans are incomplete at this time.
