Mr. Charles Warren Price Jr.
May 29, 2014
Charles Warren Price, Jr. of Beaufort, South Carolina and Bridgton, Maine died May 29, 2014 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was born in Miami, Florida on October 15, 1940 to Charles Warren Price, Sr. and Margaret Robbins. "Warren" grew up as an avid outdoorsman in the South Florida Everglades and Keys. He attended Miami Edison High School where he played...
Mr. Larry W. Preslar
May 29, 2014
Larry Wilson Preslar, 73, of Columbia, died Thursday, May 29, 2014. Born September 7, 1940 in Hickory, NC, he was a son of the late Max Preslar and Dorothy Harris Preslar. Larry was a longtime institutional food salesman, having 23 years of service with Bigger Brothers of Charlotte, and 21 years of service with Sysco Foods. He was an active...
Mrs. Allie Mae Brazelle
May 28, 2014
Allie Mae Brazelle, 89, of Columbia, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Born April 2, 1925 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Fletcher and Bessie Ophelia Price Conrnelius. Survivors include her daughter, Jeannette Brazelle; nephews, Bryan and Jody Corneilus; nieces, Sylvia, Tina, Norma, and Toni. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers,...
Mr. Alvin Decker
May 28, 2014
Alvin Decker, 84, of Columbia, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Born April 25, 1930 in Scranton, PA, he was a son of the late Isaac and Estelle Decker Breymeier. Alvin served in the US Army just after World War II, and went on to work with Kaminer Heating and Air. Alvin spent most of his working life as owner and...
Mrs. Mellie Rae Coker
May 27, 2014
Mellie Rae Coker, 90, of Columbia, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Born in Columbia, on April 18, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Lottie Eva Prater and Thomas Preston Ramsay. After graduating Columbia High School, she married her lifelong sweetheart, James Francis Coker, on December 26, 1942. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection....
Paul W. Beazley
May 27, 2014
Paul Winslow Beazley, 76, of Columbia, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at his home following a brief illness. He was the son of the late W.R. Beazley and Alice Marie Dunn Beazley of Covington, VA; and husband of 50 years to Marcia Rushworth Beazley. A memorial service for Mr. Beazley will be held 4 o'clock, Friday, May 30th, in the...
Barbara Dill Barber
May 27, 2014
Barbara Dill Barber, of Columbia, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Born in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William L. and Clara Gorman Dill. She was a member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken, SC, where she had lived for many years, and attended St. John's Episcopal Church while residing in Columbia. Survivors include her sons,...
Mr. James P. "Jimmy" Young
May 24, 2014
James Purkerson "Jimmy" Young, 95, of Greenville, formerly of Columbia, died Saturday, May 24, 2014. Born in Greenwood County on July 19, 1918 he was a son of the late Benjamin Maxwell and Mattie Mae Purkerson Young. Mr. Young was a WWII veteran of the US Navy from 1941 – 1947. While on a stateside trip home, he would marry...
Ms. Hazel Carson Duncan
May 24, 2014
Hazel Carson Duncan, 89, of Cayce, went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 24, 2014. Born in Hendersonville, NC on August 14, 1924, she was the daughter of Frank H. and Marie Coggins Carson. Ms. Duncan loved Jesus and was a woman of great faith. She was a dedicated member of Northstar Christian Center, in Columbia, and loved her...
Mrs. Elsie B. Hallman
May 24, 2014
Elsie Brewer Wallace Hallman, 75, of West Columbia, died Saturday, May 24, 2014. Born in Richland County on March 31, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Earle and Mildred Lane Brewer. She was a loving mother of seven children who will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Survivors include her daughters, Jacqueline Miles of West Columbia,...
Mrs. Marjorie Powell Stands Wallace
May 21, 2014
Marjorie Stands, 88, of Columbia, SC, died peacefully on May 21, 2014, at The Haven in Columbia. Born May 23, 1925 In Elizabethtown, NC, she is predeceased by her parents, Gladys and James R. Powell of Elizabethtown, NC, and her late husband of 55 years, Dr. Benjamin O. Stands of Lafontaine, Indiana and her late husband, Dr. Joseph E. Wallace,...
Mr. William Ross "Bill" Montague
May 20, 2014
William Ross "Bill" Montague, 85, of Columbia died Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Born August 18, 1928 in Lowrys, SC, he was the son of the late Wayland P. and Donna McAliley Montague. A US Army veteran, Mr. Montague was a graduate of Chester High School and Furman University. He retired from the SC Department of Mental Health, and was an...
M. Pete Bernell Amoth
May 19, 2014
Maureen Bernell "Pete" Amoth, 80, of Blythewood, died Monday, May 19, 2014. Born June 7, 1933, in Wales, ND, he was a son of the late Christian and Clara Kjemhus Amoth. Pete graduated from the University of North Dakota with a BSBA. He served in the US Navy from 1951 – 1954, during which he taught Long Range Navigation and...
Mrs. June H. Timmerman
May 17, 2014
June Hylton Timmerman, 87, of Columbia, died Saturday, May 17, 2014. Born June 11, 1926 in Roanoke, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Walter Hylton and Purnell Morris Hylton Harryman. June graduated from Anderson College, SC and attended the Oregon College of Education. She began her teaching career in Alabama before marrying her beloved Clemson cadet and best...
Mr. James M. Griggs
May 17, 2014
James M. Griggs, 86, of Columbia, died Saturday, May 17, 2014. Born June 1, 1927, in Hartsville, SC, he was a son of the late Wylie S. Griggs and Nettie Blackwell Griggs. A veteran of the US Army, James worked with Tri-City Heating and Air. Survivors include his wife, Eulysis Hawkins Griggs; daughter, Shirley G. (Wayne) Watts of Gaston; son,...
Ms. Mary L. Tobias
May 16, 2014
Ms. Mary Loner Tobias, 57, of Blythewood, died Friday, May 16, 2014. Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence M. Loner and Martha Lucille Sanders Loner. Ms. Tobias is survived by her son, Michael Tobias, Jr.; daughter, Teresa Tobias Guilard (Sam); grandchildren, Destiny Guilard, and Jamie Guilard; brothers, Steve Loner (Nannie), Gary Loner, Lawrence Loner (Patty);...
Mr. Walter E. Hayden
May 16, 2014
"That best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." Wm. Wordsworth Walter E. Hayden, husband of Ellen Tollison Hayden, died May 16, 2014. Walter's life was defined by gentility, humility, and integrity. He was a devoted family man, a steadfast servant of his God, a conscientious business person, a faithful friend,...
Mrs. Louise J. Taylor
May 16, 2014
Mrs. Louise J. Taylor, 89, of Columbia, died Friday, May 16, 2014. Born June 7, 1924, in Fairfield County, SC, she was a daughter of the late William H. Jackson and Allie Walker Jackson, and was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Donald O. Taylor; and brothers, James (Knocky) Jackson and Tillman (Tilly) Jackson. A member of...
Mr. Peter Russell Prime
May 15, 2014
Peter Russell Prime, 63, of Lexington, died Thursday, May 15, 2014. Born in Elizabethtown, NY, he was a son of Betty Wyrick Prime Pruner and the late William Prime. Peter was a veteran of the US Air Force, and managed Morrison's Cafeteria, Golden Corral and Picadilly's. For the past five years, he ran Bateman Senior Meals. Survivors include his wife,...
Mr. James B. Meetze
May 15, 2014
James "Jim" Berley Meetze, 69, of West Columbia, died Thursday, May 15, 2014. Born in Lexington, SC, he was a son of the late Berley Jesse Meetze and Mary Leola Wessinger Meetze. A US Army veteran, James served in Vietnam. He was a member of the V.F.W., the American Legion, and worked at Ft. Jackson for over 30 years. He...
