Mr. Walter R. "Cotton" Hembree
Dec 8, 2016
Walter R. "Cotton" Hembree, 93, of Irmo, died Thursday, December 8, 2016. Born to Lounetter Grubbs and Jess H. Hembree in Columbia, SC, he was married to the late Betty Swenson and the late Jean Player. Mr. Hembree was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, Columbia. A US Navy veteran of World War II, he served as a...
Mrs. Dennis Cantey Foster
Dec 8, 2016
Dennis Cantey Foster, formerly of San Francisco, CA., died Thursday, December 8, 2016, after an extended illness. Born October 5, 1946, in Columbia, she was the daughter of Dr. William Childs Cantey and Blanche Dennis Cantey. Dennis was a graduate of Dreher High School and received a Bachelor's degree from Converse College in Spartanburg. Dennis married Thorne Scott Foster of...
Mr. Robert Paul Byars
Dec 7, 2016
Robert Paul Byars, 94, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Born in Rock Hill, SC, on December 18, 1921, he was a son of Dovie Raines Byars and Robert Byars. Mr. Byars worked at the Naval Base in Charleston, SC until he enlisted in the Navy in 1944. He served in the Pacific...
Mr. Dana Ray Arnold
Dec 7, 2016
Dana Ray Arnold of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Born in Washington, DC on October 25, 1949, he was the son of the late Noah Lee Arnold and Virginia Elizabeth Evans Arnold. He attended Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, and graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Arnold held a private pilot license and ATP...
Mrs. Stella Lassiter Murphy
Dec 4, 2016
Stella Lassiter Murphy, 90, of Columbia, died Sunday, December 4, 2016 at her home. Born in Potescasi, NC, she was a daughter of the late Everette Bruce Lassiter and Martha White Lassiter. Stella was a graduate of St. Mary's School in Raleigh and attended Meredith College before earning a degree in journalism from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where...
Mrs. Leila Mae Legrand Nates
Dec 2, 2016
Leila Mae LeGrand Nates, 89, of Elgin, died Friday, December 2, 2016. Born February 11, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Henry Frank and Minnie Blanch Hawkins LeGrand. She was member of Spears Creek Baptist Church and a former member of Jackson Creek Baptist Church. Mrs. Nates retired from Richland School District 2 and later from Blue Cross...
Ms. Debra Gail "Debbie" Mellor
Dec 1, 2016
Debra Gail Mellor, 55, of Columbia, died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at home and was received into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Born on March 4, 1961 in Frankfurt, Germany, while her father served in the US Army, she was the daughter of Floyd Collins Mellor and Christine Hunter Mellor. She attended Pensacola, Florida schools. With...
Mrs. Mae Ray Sloan
Dec 1, 2016
Mae Ray Sloan, 84, of Columbia, died Thursday, December 1, 2016. Wife of the late William Bryan Sloan, she was born May 15, 1932, in Kershaw County, and was a daughter of the late George and Josephine Ray. She was the 11th child of 13 and was the last surviving. A member of Ebenezer Holiness Baptist Church and the Fairlawn...
Mrs. Shirley Ann Deasy
Nov 29, 2016
Shirley Wilburn Deasy, 73, of Columbia, passed away on November 29, 2016. She was born in 1943 in the state of Alabama and was one of 10 children. She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Richard Deasy; a daughter, Sherry Knight (Robert); two grandsons, Jeremy Neal and Cody Knight (Reece); three sisters and four brothers. In addition...
Mrs. Faye Gladden Smith
Nov 28, 2016
Mrs. Faye Gladden Smith, 91, of Columbia, died Monday, November 28, 2016, at Palmetto Richland Health in their Hospice Care. Born on November 10, 1925 in Great Falls, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Robert and Annie Aiken Gladden. Faye graduated from Great Falls High School in 1943, attended Mars Hill Junior College, and graduated from Winthrop...
Mrs. Diane C Gladney
Nov 27, 2016
Diane Carithers Gladney, 66, of Columbia, died Sunday, November 27, 2016. Born to Neila Marveen Parks and Young Hoyt Carithers, Jr., Diane grew up in Athens, GA and attended the University of Georgia. She later worked at Fort Gordon in Augusta where she met her husband of 35 years, Greg Gladney, and became an Army wife, traveling the world with...
Mr. Anthony B. "Tony" Knight
Nov 27, 2016
Anthony "Tony" Bernard Knight, 58, of Elgin, South Carolina passed away on November 27, 2016. Mr. Knight was employed with the South Carolina Fire Academy and Operator of Three Boys Recycling. A dedicated public servant, Tony had a long career with the Cayce Fire Department, served as a South Carolina State Constable, and a Reserve Deputy with the Richland County...
Mrs. Mary Middleton Moore
Nov 27, 2016
Mary Middleton Moore, 91, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home in Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community, West Columbia, SC. Born in Warsaw, NC on July 1, 1925, she was the daughter of the late William James and Hattie Dobson Middleton. Mrs. Moore attended Peace College in Raleigh, NC. She married the love of her life, John Franklyn Moore,...
Mr. Charles William Branham Jr.
Nov 25, 2016
Charles William Branham, Jr., 71, of Columbia, died Friday, November 25th. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Rev. Dr. Harold Monroe Yoder
Nov 24, 2016
Reverend Dr. Harold Monroe Yoder departed this life on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 2016, the day after his 94th birthday, in Columbia, S.C. Born to Dr. Monroe Craig Yoder, professor and chair of the Biology and Chemistry department at Lenoir-Rhyne College (University), and Ethel Katherine (Setzer) Yoder, a schoolteacher, he grew up in Hickory, N.C., with a love for the outdoors...
Mrs. Mable Elaine Vaillancourt
Nov 24, 2016
Mable Elaine Vaillancourt, 97, of Columbia, wife of the late Edward F. Vaillancourt, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Thursday, November 24, 2016. She was born in Coventry, VT, a daughter of the late William H. Roy and Rose Hall Roy. Mable received her education in Newport, VT and then relocated to Bellows Falls, VT where she...
Mr. William Lawrence Buff
Nov 24, 2016
William L. "Billy" Buff, Sr., 91, passed away on Thursday November 24, 2016, Thanksgiving morning. Born March 14, 1925 a son of the late John T. Buff and Lou Ella B. Buff of Columbia, SC. He was a faithful member of New Heights Church where he served as deacon, greeter & usher for over 50 years. Billy was a World...
Mr. James Nicholas Maher
Nov 23, 2016
James N. Maher passed away on November 23, 2016, after a long illness. Born in Columbia, December 29, 1937, he was the son of the late Margaret Forde Allen and Richard Thomas Maher. He was a graduate of Columbia High School, class of 1955 and attended the University of South Carolina. In 1957, at the age of 20, Jim borrowed...
Mrs. Brenda Price Brown
Nov 22, 2016
Brenda Price Brown, 74, of Columbia, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Born in Davidson, NC on July 18, 1942 she was a daughter of the late Samuel William Price and Minnie Alice Price. Mrs. Brown attended University of Virginia and University of South Carolina. In addition to raising her sons, Clayton and Hayes, she spent her time volunteering for Christian...
Mr. Glenn Carson Jeter
Nov 22, 2016
Glenn Carson Jeter, 59, of Brunswick, GA, died November 22, 2016. Born in Columbia on September 16, 1957, he was a son of Lizzie M. Jeter and the late John C. Jeter. Glenn grew up in Columbia and graduated from USC. He was an outgoing person who was always willing to lend a helping hand. In addition to his mother,...
