Mr. Kraig Simmons
Feb 22, 2023
Kraig B Simmons of Prattville, AL died Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the age of 66. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date, in South Carolina. Born in Port Hueneme, CA to Carrol and Barbarann Simmons. Kraig retired from the US Army after twenty years of dedicated service to his country. He earned a National Defense...
Lt Col Carroll Ansel Gantt Jr., Us Air Force (Ret.)
Feb 21, 2023
Lt Col Carroll Ansel Gantt, Jr., US Air Force (Ret), 76, of Columbia, passed away on February 21, 2023. Born on December 11, 1946, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of the late Carroll Ansel Gantt, Sr. and Mozelle Kimbrell Gantt. Mr. Gantt graduated from Columbia High School and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South...
Mr. Rodney Gene Dow
Feb 21, 2023
Rodney "Rod" G. Dow, 76, of Lugoff, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Born on October 16, 1946, in Houlton, Maine, he was a son of the late Donald Clifford Dow and Waneta Stover Dow. He was a dedicated member of Blythewood Baptist Church in Blythewood, South Carolina and The First Baptist Church of North Conway, New Hampshire....
Mrs. Alice Marie Maine
Feb 20, 2023
Alice Marie Maine, 82, died Monday, February 20, 2023. Born September 1, 1940, in Great Falls, Montana, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Louise Hill Boles. After graduating high school, Marie went on to study nursing. Soon afterwards, she met the love of her life, Major (USAF) Henry Martin Maine. They were married in 1965 and moved...
Mr. Isaac Roland Drawdy
Feb 20, 2023
Isaac Roland Drawdy, 83, of Columbia, SC passed peacefully to his heavenly home with his family by his side on Monday, February 20, 2023. Isaac grew up in Eastover, SC and attended Lower Richland and Eau Claire High School. He worked for Richland Oil Company and eventually owned his own business, Carolina Oil Company. Isaac was a faithful member of...
Ssg Joseph Ramon Agostini, Sr., Us Army (Ret.)
Feb 20, 2023
SSG Joseph Ramon Agostini, Sr., US Army (Ret.), 90, died Monday, February 20, 2023 at the Doctors Hospital of Augusta, where he received extraordinary care from the 3 East unit. The family will hold a private graveside service for SSG Agostini at Fort Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Road, Columbia, SC. Donations may be made in SSG Agostini's name to...
Mr. Gene Calvin Jones
Feb 20, 2023
Gene Calvin Jones, 79, of Columbia died on Monday, February 20, 2023. Born in Richland County, on September 19, 1943, he was a son of the late Clarence and Viola Tucker Jones. Mr. Jones worked for Fort Jackson Army Base for many years and was a member of Killian Baptist Church. Survivors include his sister, Linda Jones Simmons (Kraig); daughter,...
Mr. George Louis Taylor
Feb 17, 2023
George Louis Taylor, 98, of Columbia, died Friday, February 17, 2023. Born in Blythewood, SC on November 19, 1924, he was the son of William and Thelma Howell Taylor. He spent his early years on the family farm until called upon by the US Army to serve his country in World War II. After the war, he worked with United...
Mr. Hamilton H Mclaughlin, Jr.
Feb 17, 2023
Hamilton H. McLaughlin Jr., 74, of Elgin, SC, passed away Friday, February 17th, 2023. Mr. McLaughlin was born in Florence County, SC, son of the late Hamilton H. McLaughlin Sr. and Pauline Mixon McLaughlin. He was retired from Dick Smith Automotive Group. Mr. McLaughlin is known for three things. His love for his God and Jesus, his love for his...
Mrs. Karen A. Brooks
Feb 16, 2023
Karen A. Brooks, 61, of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2023, after a courageous 8-year battle with cancer. Born in Louiseville, Quebec, Canada, Karen was the daughter of Henry and Denise Albiez, and the granddaughter of Sen. Joseph Napoleon Caron. Karen graduated from Wofford College and enjoyed long-lasting friendships with her Kappa Delta sisters who have remained a...
Mr. Stephen James Moses
Feb 15, 2023
Stephen James Moses, 94, of Heath Springs, SC, died Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Born June 22, 1928, in Valdosta, GA, he was a son of the late Anthony Isaac and Idell Koosa Moses. Mr. Moses was a US Army veteran who proudly served his country during the occupation of Germany following WWII. He was employed by Claussen Bakery for many...
Mrs. Doris Juanita Lutz
Feb 15, 2023
Doris Juanita Fagan Lutz, 94 of Winnsboro, SC passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Doris was born in Winnsboro, SC on February 12, 1929, to the late George Washington and Ella Baker Fagan. Throughout her life; she, her husband and her children lived in different parts of South Carolina. After the passing of her husband in 1998, she spent...
Mr. Robert Joseph Kneece
Feb 13, 2023
Robert "Bobby" Joseph Kneece, 62, of Newberry, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, on May 8, 1960, he was the youngest son of the late Bunyon Lee Kneece and Ola Cobb Kneece. Bobby was a resident of McCollough House in Newberry, South Carolina. He is survived by his siblings, Rocque Kneece (Debbie), Jerry Kneece...
Mr. Riddell David Turner
Feb 13, 2023
Riddell David Turner, Major US Army (Retired), 75, of Columbia, SC, passed away peacefully on February 13th, 2023 at home with Donna (Love) Turner, his loving wife of 35 years. David was born on July 3rd, 1947 at MacDill Field AFB in Tampa, Florida to Thurman C. and Billie E. Riddell Turner. He graduated from Clarksville High School in 1965....
Mrs. Varina Comer Connell
Feb 13, 2023
Varina Comer Connell, age 100 years and 4 months, of Columbia, SC died February 13, 2023 at Heartland/ProMedica Nursing Center. She was born October 13, 1922, premature, in rural Jones County, GA to Winnie Pauline McGee and Clarence Phillip Comer. After she graduated from Jones County High School 1940, Varina attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Collage in Tifton, GA where she...
Mr. Joseph James Beily
Feb 11, 2023
Joseph James Beily, 93, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Born April 12,1929, in Berwick, PA, he was the son of the late Conrad and Paraskeva (Balowski) Beily. Married for 66 years, he was the devoted and loving husband to Jean Zimmerman Beily. They settled in WIllow Grove, PA and lived there until they retired and moved to Columbia,...
Mr. Bill Ranson
Feb 11, 2023
William Farris Ranson, III, PhD and PE, 84, of Columbia, SC, died suddenly on February 11, 2023, with his wife by his side. Born in Fairfield, Alabama, he was the son of the late William Farris Ranson, Jr. and Myrldon Carson Ranson. He graduated Auburn University with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and graduated the University of Illinois...
Mrs. Ruby Eunice Bradley Davis
Feb 9, 2023
Ruby Eunice Bradley Davis, 88, of Gilbert, SC, died Thursday, February 9, 2023. Born in Columbia on April 6, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Lee and Beulah Bachman Bradley. Mrs. Davis was a 1954 graduate of Brookland Cayce High School where she played on the girls basketball team and competed in gymnastics. Her first job was...
Ms. Rosanne Marie Larusso Kolberg
Feb 8, 2023
In news that both shocked absolutely no one and also everyone, Rosanne Kolberg died in her "nest" on Wednesday, February 8th surrounded by all those who she let love her and see her at her most vulnerable – Barry the cat. Rosanne prepared for death like an end of the world prepper - teaching her children how to make peanut...
Mrs. Lurleen Weaver Ballentine
Feb 8, 2023
Lurleen Weaver Ballentine, peacefully moved on from this life with those who loved her near. Whilst in this body, she was a fire cracker and a quintessential steele magnolia and that spirit lives on in her female descendants both blood and adopted. A loving and beloved mama and nana, sister and friend. She herself defined elegance and everything she touched....
