Mrs. Jewell Byrd
Aug 7, 2024
Jewell J. Byrd, 84, of Blythewood, S.C. passed away on August 7, 2024. Born in Florence, SC on November 3, 1939, she was the daughter of the late David LaHan and Mildred Forbes Johnston. The family moved to Blythewood in the spring of 1947 where she attended and graduated from Blythewood School in 1958. She worked as a seamstress at...
Mr. Hans "Jack" Kryger
Aug 6, 2024
Hans "Jack" Kryger, 82, of Columbia, SC, passed away on August 6, 2024. Born on Saturday, June 6, 1942, in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of the late Albert and Maria Kryger. After completing high school, he became a brick masons apprentice and also became a certified brick mason. He moved to the United States when he was nineteen...
Mrs. Judith Berry Emanuel
Aug 4, 2024
Born February 12, 1946, to Louis and Francis Berry (obm), Judi Berry Emanuel, departed this life on August 4, 2024. Judi leaves behind her husband of 52 years, Jerry, two daughters, Staci Pritchard (Michael) of Lexington, S. C. and Mandi Waters of Charleston, S. C. She was so proud of her three grandsons, Stanley, Bryton and Wyatt Waters and made...
Mr. Arthur David Hayes, Jr.
Aug 2, 2024
Arthur David Hayes, Jr., 66, of Elgin, passed away on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Mr. Timothy "Tim" Blaine Wilson
Aug 2, 2024
Timothy "Tim" Blaine Wilson, 66, of Blythewood, died on Friday, August 2, 2024. Born on October 4, 1957, in Columbia, he was a son of the late William Wesley Wilson, Jr. and Barbara Ann Webb Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a US Navy veteran who honorably served his country. While living in Buffalo, New York, he was employed by Harlequin Books...
Mrs. Lee M. Chandler
Aug 1, 2024
Lee Mullis Chandler, aged 79, of Columbia, SC, passed away on August 1, 2024, in Columbia, SC. Born in Charleston, SC, she was the cherished daughter of the late James Morton Mullis and Agnes Mumford Mullis. Lee had a flourishing career as a floral designer with DeLoache Flowers and later retired from Allied Barton Security. She was a respected and...
Ms. Judy Ann Clayton
Aug 1, 2024
Ms. Judy Ann Clayton, 67. of Elgin, SC, died Thursday, August 1, 2024. Born in Kansas City, MO, on June 26, 1957, she was a daughter of the late Hazel Cooper Nickerson and Donald Lee Clayton. Judy graduated Spring Valley High School in 1976 and worked at the SCDMV in Columbia and Camden for many years. She loved life and...
Mrs. Carolyn Best Watson
Jul 31, 2024
Carolyn Best Watson, 97, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Born in Aynor, South Carolina, on February 3, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Rufus Bayard Best and Mamie Rawson Best. She was the loving wife of 67 years to the late Marion Edward Watson, Sr. After graduating High School in Meridian, MS, Carolyn attended...
Mrs. Frances Rabon Bartlett
Jul 30, 2024
Frances Rabon Bartlett, 80, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Born in Asheboro, North Carolina, on March 5, 1944, she was the daughter of the late James Leo Rabon, Sr., and Frances Isabelle Dunn Rabon. She was a devout member of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. Mrs. Bartlett was the loving wife to...
Ms. Sarah Covington Rice
Jul 30, 2024
Sarah Covington "Chubby" Rice, 96, of Columbia died Tuesday July 30, 2024. Born Dec 1, 1927 in Bennettsville SC, the only child of Francis Harllee and Sallie Fisher Covington. She grew up one door down from her 2 old maid aunts, who along with her parents held her to high expectations of achievement. Every summer was spent at her beloved...
Mr. David Charles Hill
Jul 29, 2024
David Charles Hill, 80, of Columbia, died on Monday, July 29, 2024, just 16 days after the death of his beloved wife, Margaret Reynolds Hill. He was born in Taunton, MA, on December 11, 1943, and was a son of the late Ralph E. and Hazel White Hill. Mr. Hill worked as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service for...
Mrs. Marlene Knieling Wrifford
Jul 27, 2024
Marlene Knieling Wrifford, 87, of Columbia, died at her home of natural causes on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Born Sept. 4, 1936 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, Marlene was the eldest child of eight. She remembered her early childhood as peaceful, with her parents, the late Emil and Friedrike Alt Knieling, owning a jewelry business. But with the advent of World War...
Mrs. Carmen Gonzalez Vazquez
Jul 26, 2024
Carmen "Melin" Gonzalez Vazquez,90, of Columbia, died on Friday, July 26, 2024. Born April 23, 1934, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Eleno Martinez Gonzalez and Dionisia Ortiz Rivera Gonzalez. In 1952, at the age of 18, she married Alberto Monzon "Rigo" Vazquez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Due to her husband's enlistment in the military,...
Mrs. Teresa M. Goodwin
Jul 26, 2024
Mrs. Teresa Morris Goodwin, 80, of Anderson, formerly of Elgin, died on Friday, July 26, 2024. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Mrs. Anita Darlene Harvey
Jul 26, 2024
Anita Darlene Burns Harvey left this world on July 26, 2024 and entered her new eternal home where her Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus, welcomed her to the place that they had prepared especially for her. Anita grew up in Clinton, IL, where her grandmother raised her as the oldest of several cousins. She met Jesus Christ as her...
Mr. Robert Fricker Leonard
Jul 25, 2024
Robert F. Leonard, 76, of Columbia, peacefully passed away while surrounded by his family on Thursday, July 25th, 2024. Born July 27, 1947, in Pensacola, FL, he was a son of the late William and Vivian Fricker Leonard. Robert was a graduate of Pensacola Catholic High School and St. Bernard College, Class of 1969, in Cullman, AL. After graduating from...
Mrs. Frances Jewel Robey
Jul 25, 2024
Frances Jewel Dinkins Robey, 80, of Elgin, SC, passed away on July 25, 2024, at her home. Born on June 24, 1944, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Lillie Dinkins. She will be remembered as a wonderful wife, loving mother, and a great friend; she will be dearly missed by all who knew her....
Mrs. Ann Shirley Magrill Diamond
Jul 24, 2024
Ann Shirley Magrill Diamond, 86, died on July 24, 2024. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mrs. Diamond was the daughter of the late Edward Magrill and Esther Weinzimmer Magrill. She spent her formative years in Nashville and later graduated from nearby Vanderbilt University. Ann traveled extensively throughout Europe and South Asia. She returned to Europe in the 1960s to live in...
Cw03 Jan Michael Barkan, Us Coast Guard (Ret.)
Jul 23, 2024
CW03 Jan Michael Barkan, US Coast Guard (Ret.), 72, of Columbia, died on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Carol Barkan and Max Barkan. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sister, Andrea Gerstle. Jan had a special place in his heart for his...
Mr. George Magnus Nye
Jul 21, 2024
George Magnus Nye, 82, of Columbia, SC, passed away on July 21, 2024. Born on October 2, 1941, in Raymond, Washington, he was the son of the late George Manuel Nye and Edna Udd Nye. He was a member of the Saint Andrews Road Church of Christ, where he faithfully attended church services and the senior bible study. He often...
