Mrs. Dorothy Haygood Dowd
Aug 12, 2014
Dorothy Haygood Dowd, 85, of Gilbert, formerly of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Born January 12, 1929 in Winnsboro she was a daughter of the late Lonnie Rufus and Minnie Sharpe Haygood. She was a former member of Colonial Heights Baptist church and was a dedicated housewife and mother. Survivors include her son, Larry T. (Nancy) Dowd of West...
Mr. Claude A. Shealy Sr.
Aug 10, 2014
Our daddy, Claude Alton Shealy, Sr., 77, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force (Ret.) passed away at his beach house in North Myrtle Beach on Sunday, August 10, 2014, sounded by love and family. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 14, 2014, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1715 Bull St, Columbia, with Pastor Tony Metze...
Mr. George Chaconas
Aug 5, 2014
George Peter Chaconas, 97, died at his home in Columbia on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Born February 7, 1917, in Washington, DC, he was the son of the late Peter Konstantine Chaconas and Eftyhia Nicolopoulos Chaconas. George graduated from North Carolina State University and joined the Army in 1940. During World War II, he served as a captain with the...
Mrs. Mae T. Chestnut
Aug 5, 2014
Mrs. Ossie Mae T. Stone Chestnut, 92, formerly of Myrtle Beach, Orangeburg and Charleston SC, died Tuesday, August 05, 2014. Born on January 21, 1922, she was the only child of the late John Harold and Carrie Dennis Thompson. Always vivacious, beautiful, and young for her age, she started the church food ministry at Surfside Episcopal Church (now Church of...
Mr. Durwood Barton
Aug 2, 2014
Durwood Barton, age 72, died on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at his residence. Durwood was born in Lancaster, SC to the late Horace Joseph Barton and Carrie Parsons. He was a 1965 graduate of USC, a member and National alumni president of Phi Kappa Alpha. During his law enforcement career, he was an FBI National Academy graduate, a 1979 graduate...
Mrs. Miriam M. Gardner
Aug 1, 2014
The funeral service for Miriam McCaskill Sowell Gardner, 88, of Columbia, will be held at 4 o'clock, Monday, August 4th at Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 5202 Colonial Drive, Columbia with Dr. Kenn Busbee officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 3 o'clock. Interment will follow in Scotch Cemetery, Bethune, SC. The family requests memorials...
Mr. Richard F. Long
Aug 1, 2014
Columbia: Richard F. Long, 93, of Columbia, died Friday, August 1, 2014. Born July 21, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, he was the son of the late Harrison Morton Long and Jessie Blackburn Long. Mr. Long was a Charter Member of St. Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church. Richard served in the US Army in the Philippines and obtained the...
Mr. Lanny D. Skinner
Jul 31, 2014
Lanny Dean Skinner, 58, of Columbia, died Thursday, July 31, 2014. Born in Boiling Springs, NC, he was a son of Benjamin Joel Skinner and the late Ruby Tallent Skinner. Lanny was a longtime friend of the Robert Burns Society of the Midlands and the Palmetto Pipes and Drums. He also was a volunteer staff member at the Grandfather Mountain...
Mrs. Shirley Bowman Autry
Jul 31, 2014
Shirley Bowman Autry, 77, of Columbia, died Thursday, July 31, 2014. Born April 25, 1937 in Bluefield, WV, she was a daughter of the late Cleatus M. Bowman and Ruby Faye Sexton Bowman McDermott. A member of Bethel Baptist Church in Blythewood, she worked for Anderson Armored Car. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Gene Autry; a daughter, Sandra...
Mrs. Cleo R. G. Jones
Jul 27, 2014
Cleo Ross Goodwin Jones, 94, of Columbia, widow of George Wesley Jones, died July 27, 2014. Born in Blaney, SC (now Elgin) on April 2, 1920, she was the oldest daughter of Gussie Hayes Ross and Arthur Lee Ross. Cleo attended local schools, graduating in 1937 as Valedictorian of her class. She went to the University of South Carolina before...
Mr. William Benjamin Surratt
Jul 26, 2014
William Benjamin Surratt, 74, of Lancaster, CA, formerly of Columbia, died July 26, 2014. Born October 20, 1939 in Columbia, he was a son of the late George Surratt and Mabel Venson Surratt. Mr. Surratt was a retired ironworker, and was a member of the Ironworkers Union for more than 40 years. He was a loving father and grandfather who...
Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" C. Benedict
Jul 25, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Clarke Benedict, 67, of Columbia, died Friday, July 25, 2014. Born May 23, 1947, in Roxboro, NC, she was a daughter of the late James Edgar Clarke Sr. and Lessie Brandon Clarke. A graduate of the original Columbia High School, Ms. Betty had given over 30 years of service as an employee of Bell South. She was...
Mrs. Mary Felder
Jul 24, 2014
Mary Reese Felder, 91, of Newberry, formerly of Denny Terrace, died Thursday, July 24, 2014. Born June 4, 1923, in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Pearl Berley Reese. Widow of Albert Edward Felder, Mary was an active, long-time member of St. John's United Methodist Church before she moved to Newberry. She was also...
Mrs. Ilse M. Sammon
Jul 23, 2014
Ilse Mennicke Sammon, 89, of Columbia, died July 23, 2014. Born in Mucheln, Germany on May 5, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Paul Mennicke and Else Nolte Mennicke. She was a member of Beth Shalom Synagogue, was known as a dear sweet lady, and will be missed by many. Survivors include her daughters, Kathleen (Alvin Watson) Wilson...
Rev. William H. Gaddis Jr.
Jul 22, 2014
The Rev. William Howard Gaddis, Jr., 50, of Elgin, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Born in Bloomington, IL on April 24, 1964, he was of son of Karen LaFever Bradford and the late William Howard Gaddis, Sr. Mr. Gaddis was a member of Ebenezer Holiness Baptist Church. He was a Holiness minister, a hard worker, and was known as a...
Mrs. Rhonda Seastrunk
Jul 18, 2014
Rhonda Lathrop Seastrunk, 74, of Columbia, died Friday, July 18, 2014. Born in Whitmire, SC on January 19, 1940, she was a daughter of the late William Colie Lathrop and Annie Belle Childers Lathrop. Mrs. Seastrunk graduated from Chester High School and later from the Baptist Hospital X-ray School. She was an X-ray technologist for more than 30 years, starting...
Mr. John P. Hazzard Iv
Jul 18, 2014
John Potter Hazzard, IV, 79, of Concord, NC, died Friday, July 18, 2014. Born in Portsmouth, VA on August 18, 1934, he was a son of the late John Potter Hazzard, III and Lois Sykes Hazzard. A graduate of St. James Academy in MD, Mr. Hazzard went on to obtain his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of North...
J. M. "Jody" Lawrence Iii
Jul 17, 2014
Mr. Joe Marion "Jody" Lawrence III, 44, of Columbia , died Thursday, July 17, 2014. Born November 8, 1969 in Columbia, SC, he was the son of Joe Marion Lawrence Jr and the late Mary Beth Croxton Lawrence. Jody was a member of Shandon United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Melissa Hayden Lawrence; daughter, Alexandra "Alex" Hayden; father, Joe...
The Rev. Father Frederick F. Masad
Jul 16, 2014
The Reverend Frederick F. Masad was born on October 9, 1934 in Columbia, SC, the first child of Frederick F. Masad and Cathleen Metz Masad. He graduated in 1952 from Bishopville High School before entering St. Bernard Seminary in Cullman, Alabama, from which he graduated in 1956. He then entered the Theological College at Catholic University of America to complete...
Ms. Diem Thi Le
Jul 12, 2014
Diem Thi Le, 84, of Charlotte, NC, died Saturday, July 12, 2014. Born December 10, 1929 in Chan Binh, Vietnam, she was the daughter of the late Bean Le and Nuong Nguyen. Survivors include her children Hue Estrella, Chon Van Uong, Mai Thi Uong, and Huong Thi Uong, all of the United States; and Dinh T. Uong, Be T. Uong,...
