Ravenel Marie Jeffcoat Rubenstein
Mar 30, 2026
Ravenel Jeffcoat Rubenstein, age 96, of Columbia, SC passed away March 30, 2026. She was born in Hartsville, SC September 29, 1929. Rav was the daughter of the late Abb Allen Jeffcoat and Ravenel Andrews Jeffcoat. Ravenel graduated from Lower Richland High School and attended the University of SC. She was married to the late Morris Bernard Rubenstein, a Citadel...
Charlene R. Meetze
Mar 30, 2026
Charlene Rister Meetze, 73, of Blythewood, died on Monday, March 30, 2026. Born in Columbia, SC, on March 29, 1953, she was a daughter of the late Lee Ulysses and Jane Stewart Rister. Mrs. Meetze worked as a florist for over 30 years and later served as a receptionist at National Healthcare on Parklane Road for over 12 years. She...
Dann James Agostini
Mar 29, 2026
Dann James Agostini, 57, of Columbia, died on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.
Carol Elizabeth Davis Plott
Mar 29, 2026
Carol Elizabeth Davis Plott, 93, of Columbia, died on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans.
Charles Dale Walton
Mar 29, 2026
Charles Dale Walton, Sr., 88, of Columbia, South Carolina, peacefully passed away surrounded by family at his home on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on April 9, 1937, he was a son of the late Harvey W. Walton and Myrtle Reading Walton. Charles Walton was a proud retired Navy veteran where he started his career as...
Karen B. Gee
Mar 28, 2026
Karen B. Gee, 73, of Columbia, died at her home on March 28, 2026, under the care of her twin sister, Karla Mackey and sister, Cynthia Kanaley. Born on November 19, 1952, in Newark, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Charles H. and Eileen Woelber Brown. In addition to her parents, Karen was preceded in death by her husband,...
Carolyn G. Frick
Mar 28, 2026
Carolyn G. Frick, 94, of Columbia, died Saturday, March 28, 2026. Born on November 17, 1931, in Piedmont, SC, she was the daughter of Thomas Dallis George and Annie Laurie Lindsey George. As a Methodist minister’s daughter Carolyn lived all around the upstate of South Carolina as her father was assigned to various churches. She played field hockey and basketball...
Hal Dillard Stribling
Mar 27, 2026
Hal Dillard Stribling, 89, died on Friday, March 27, 2026, at Bevid Place in Spartanburg, SC. He is survived by his son, David Sloan Stribling of New Jersey and a daughter, Alice Mikell Stribling of California. His wife, Mikell von Kolnitz Stribling, preceded him in death. Hal worked for Lockheed Martin for 30 years, studying stress loads on Hercules C-130’s....
Billy 'Bo' Vernon Galliher
Mar 27, 2026
Billy “Bo” Vernon Galliher, 89, of Blythewood, died on Friday, March 27, 2026. Born in East Stone Gap, VA, on December 21,1936. He was a son of the late William Cowen Galliher and Verna Bray Galliher. Billy grew up in East TN in the small town of Bluff City on the Holston River where the river bank was his playground...
Nancy Campbell Lambert
Mar 27, 2026
Nancy Ann Campbell Lambert, 88, of Blythewood, died on Friday, March 27, 2026. Born in Crag, West Virginia, on October 19, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Edmund James and Roxie Aileen Davis Campbell.
Mrs. Lambert was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, mother and grandmother. She worked for Shakespeare Company LLC, known then as Shakespeare Manufacturing for several...
Margaret Louise Watkins
Mar 26, 2026
Margaret Louise Watkins, 81, affectionally known as “NANNAN” by all those who knew and loved her, of Batesburg, SC, died on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Born on August 28, 1944, in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Inez Heath Brown. Mrs. Watkins enjoyed a prosperous career as a childcare provider at Mt. Horeb UMC for...
Mikell von Kolnitz Stribling
Mar 25, 2026
Mikell von Kolnitz Stribling, 86, passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2026, at Rice Estates in Columbia. She is survived by her husband Hal Dillard Stribling; a son, David Sloan Stribling of New Jersey and a daughter, Alice Mikell Stribling of California. She is also survived by her brothers, Henry von Kolnitz, Jr. of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Jenkins Mikell...
Nellie B. Jayroe
Mar 25, 2026
Mrs. Nellie Baker Jayroe, 91, of Columbia, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Born on October 1, 1934, in Columbia, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Nita Baker. Nellie lived a life defined by strength, love, and deep faith. Raised in humble circumstances, she never let hardship shape her limits. After losing her first husband,...
Dawson Stokes "Buck" Jones
Mar 24, 2026
Dawson Stokes “Buck” Jones of Cayce, passed away peacefully at home on March 24, 2026. Born in Batesburg, SC, he was the son of the late Boyce C. and Theola Merchant Jones of Saluda. A graduate of Brookland Cayce High School and Palmer College, he also attended the University of South Carolina. He retired from Thomas & Howard Company, Inc....
Richard Harris Dickens Sr.
Mar 23, 2026
Richard Harris Dickens, Sr. passed peacefully on Monday, March 23. Born on July 20th, 1943, he was the son of the late Harris Cordell Dickens and Volena Gibbs Dickens. Richard, or “Dickie” in his youth, grew up in rural Tennessee where he loved fishing with his father, baseball, and the drums. He played percussion in the band and carried his...
Prisha Manley
Mar 23, 2026
Prisha Manley, a vibrant soul known for her outspoken nature and unwavering clarity, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2026, in Lexington, South Carolina. Born on October 9, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, Prisha enriched the lives of all who knew her with her creativity, warmth, and steadfast dedication to family. Throughout her life, Prisha embodied the spirit of putting family...
Cynthia Ann O'Kelley
Mar 22, 2026
Cynthia Ann Kelley, 58, of Hopkins, died on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family and will announce further plans
Walter Gregory Harris III
Mar 22, 2026
Bishop “Greg” Walter Gregory Harris, III (60) of Blythewood, SC was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, March 22, 2026 following an unexpected cardiac event surrounded by his loving wife Cricket Sparrow Harris of almost 38 years and his children. He was predeceased by his parents, Walter G. (Sonny) Harris, Jr. and Shirley Powers Harris; step-daughter, Miranda Coleman;...
Dr. Donald Roger Mattison
Mar 22, 2026
Dr. Donald (Don) Roger Mattison, 81, of Columbia, died on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Don was born in Minneapolis in 1944 to Milford and Elizabeth Davey Mattison. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry from Augsburg University, followed by a Master of Science in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Doctor of...
Luellen Gail Shealy
Mar 20, 2026
Our beautiful mother, Gail Shealy, 85, peacefully passed away at her beach house in North Myrtle Beach on Friday, March 20, 2026, surrounded by love and family. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am at Shives Funeral Home, located at 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia, followed by her funeral service at 11:00 am in the Shives Chapel. Pastor Terry Amick will...
