Mrs. Carolyn Bebber
Aug 24, 2014
Mrs. Carolyn M. Bebber, 93, of Blythewood, SC died Sunday, August 24, 2014. Born October 4, 1920 in Richland County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Alex Charlie Ballentine and Addie Hood Ballentine. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Bebber; brothers,...
Mr. R. Proctor Davis Jr.
Aug 23, 2014
R. Proctor Davis, Jr., 74, of Columbia, died Saturday, August 23, 2014. Born on January 30, 1940, he was a son of the late Rufus Proctor and Genevieve Daniels Davis. Mr. Davis Graduated from Dreher High School, Class of 1958. He attended Newberry College, and the University of South Carolina. A talented artist and prize-winning hairdresser, Mr. Davis worked as...
Mr. Vincent "Vince" Barry Lambert Sr.
Aug 23, 2014
Mr. Vincent "Vince" Barry Lambert, Sr, 48, of Lexington, died Saturday, August 23, 2014. Born March 20, 1966, in London, OH, he was a son of Nancy Ann Campbell Lambert and the late George William Lambert, Sr. A talented athlete, who had played football for Spring Valley, Vince enjoyed working on cars, and did so until he became disabled in...
Mrs. Kathryn Fae Fleischman Guinn
Aug 22, 2014
Mrs. Kathryn Fae Fleischman Guinn, 87, of Columbia, died Friday, August 22, 2014. Born February 13, 1927, in Greenville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Isaac Henry Fleischman and Fannye Manheim David Fleischman. A member of Unity Church of Columbia, Mrs. Guinn served as Chairperson of the Columbia Chapter of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship International. She was the State...
Mrs. Mary Jane West
Aug 19, 2014
Mary Jane West, 80, of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Born September 14, 1933, in Hibbing, MN to James Peter and Aileen Friend Flynn, she graduated from Hibbing Junior College and the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN with a degree in nursing. She worked for VA hospitals in Houston, and Dallas, TX and Long Beach, CA where...
Mr. Jerry Conrad Entzminger
Aug 19, 2014
Jerry Conrad Entzminger, 64, of Blythewood, son of Gabriele M. Entzminger and the late Frank K. Entzminger, Sr., passed away August 19, 2014 - his final journey Home to be with his Lord and Savior. Jerry was born December 16, 1949 in Columbia. He graduated from Eau Claire High School in 1968 and later from Palmer College where he received...
Mary Jane West
Aug 19, 2014
Mary Jane West, 80, of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Born September 14, 1933, in Hibbing, MN to James Peter and Aileen Friend Flynn, she graduated from Hibbing Junior College and the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN with a degree in nursing. She worked for VA hospitals in Houston, and Dallas, TX and Long Beach, CA where...
Mrs. Ellen J Fugate
Aug 19, 2014
Ellen Jones Fugate, 86, of Blythewood, died Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Born September 6, 1927 in Richland County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Jones and Mary Silva Jones. Mrs. Fugate was a former co-owner of Beco Electric Service, and was a member of Grace Nazarene Church. Survivors include her son Robin Fugate of Blythewood; grandchildren, Robert, Jr.,...
Mrs. Charlotte Paschal Lovett
Aug 18, 2014
Charlotte Paschal Lovett, 81, of Columbia, died Monday, August 18, 2014. Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Roland Otis and Maggie Delk Paschal. She worked with Rockwell International, was a former member of the Red Hat Society, and a long-time member of Killian Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters, Donna Miles of Blythewood, Diane Lovett (Rob...
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...
