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Dean Swygert
May 16, 2021
Dean Swygert, 78, of Leesville, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, May 20th, at Milton Shealy Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Paulling officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Mr. Swygert was born in Leesville, SC, a son of the late Raymond and Nola Swygert. He...
Dennis Burgess
May 13, 2021
Dennis Jason Burgess, 60, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2021. Born in Prosperity, SC, he was a son of Billy Burgess and the late Christine Miller Burgess Poole. Known for his free spirit and caring heart, Dennis will also be remembered as one who loved to laugh and joke. He will be missed by many family and friends. In addition...
Darlene Hartley
May 9, 2021
Darlene Vey Hartley, 74, of Batesburg, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Harrisburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph H. Appleton and Harriet Thompson Appleton. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church of Monetta, SC. Darlene Hartley was a graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School and worked at various jobs before she found her passion...
Donald Burton
May 9, 2021
SFC Donald Wayne Burton (US Army Ret.),67, of Batesburg, passed away at his home, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Born in Plant City, Florida on August 19, 1953, he was a son of Marian Rehberg Dowdy and the late W O Burton. Mr. Burton retired from the US Army with 20 years of service. Surviving in addition to his mother, Marian,...
Ruth Larose Smart
May 7, 2021
Ruth LaRose Smart, 78, of Batesburg passed away Friday, May 7, 2021. Born in Macon, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Paul Andrew Jackson and Ella Ruth Pyles Jackson. She was a longtime member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and played piano. LaRose and her husband were both graduates of Western Carolina College...
Deborah Ann Garner
May 6, 2021
Deborah Ann Garner,62, of Leesville, South Carolina passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Born in Aiken County, she was a daughter of the late Franklin Norell McGee Sr. and Faye Louise Wilson McGee. Mrs. Garner was a member of Mt. Ebal Baptist Church and a loving mother, grandmother and sister. She will be greatly missed by many. Surviving...
Arthur Lewis Ii
May 5, 2021
Arthur Junior "Bill" Lewis II, 51, of Batesburg, peacefully passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, May 5, 2021. He was a son of the late Arthur J. Lewis and Mary Caroline Hartfield-Lewis. Bill is also preceded in death by sister, Robin Ziolkowski; and brother, Bobby Brewer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and driving old dirt roads. Bill is...
Rosalyn Mcnuer
Apr 30, 2021
Rosalyn Nilda Aleman Chandler McNuer, 58, of Lexington, passed away Friday, April 30, 2021. She was born in Miami, Florida on May 4, 1962 to Pablo Aleman and Nieves Aleman Garcia. Affectionately known as “Roz”, she retired from AT&T with more than 30 years of service and was currently employed by the Steven Price Allstate Insurance Agency. Roz was a...
Gene Harris
Apr 25, 2021
Gene Allen Harris, 69, of Saluda passed away, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Born in Aiken, SC, he was a son of the late Arthur Frampton Harris and Beatrice Rowe Harris. Mr. Harris worked at Piggly Wiggly in Saluda until his retirement. He is survived by his sisters, Jane Anderson and Nancy Hurt; a brother, Davy Harris and his wife, Joyce....
Felipe Deluna-Lopes
Apr 25, 2021
Felipe Deluna-Lopes, 69, of Johnston passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021 at his home. A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Deluna-Lopes will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 30,2021 at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, 320 W. Columbia Ave, Batesburg, South Carolina with burial to follow in the Deluna Family Ranch in Johnston, South Carolina. Active...
Arnie Mae Smith
Apr 24, 2021
Arnie Mae Smith, age 87, of Batesburg, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, at Saluda Nursing Center. She was born September 9, 1933, in Aiken County, a daughter of the late Carrie Lee Bailey Smith and Ocey Snipes. Arnie was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Homer Crosson Smith; her grandson, Anthony Todd Risinger; and...
Steven Thompson
Apr 22, 2021
Steven Isaac Thompson, 62, of Leesville passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021. Born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, he was a son of Isaac Tom Thompson and the late Babette "Betty" Schroedel Thompson. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who never met a stranger. Mr. Thompson was a bail bondsman for over 20 years and had a love for...
Patrick "Pat" Hall Sr.
Apr 21, 2021
Patrick "Pat" Ryan Hall, Sr, 61, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2021, leaving behind a lifetime of telling stories, living, laughing, and loving hard. A service to celebrate Pat’s life will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, April 25th at Mt. Ebal Baptist Church (livestreaming on the church's Facebook page) with interment in the church cemetery, Rev. Bill Paulling officiating....
Randy Hughes
Apr 20, 2021
Talton Randolph "Randy" Hughes, 43, (August 7, 1977 - April 20, 2021) of Martinez, Georgia and formerly of Leesville, South Carolina passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021 following a brief illness. Randy was born in Columbia, and was the son of Dorothy "Dodie" and Laurence "Larry" Hall. He was a 1995 graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School and a member of...
James Carder
Apr 18, 2021
James Carder, 55, of Batesburg, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021 after a lengthy illness. A memorial service and visitation will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, April 22nd, at the family plot at the Batesburg Cemetery with Rev. Teddy Higgins officiating. Mr. Carder was born in Hinesville, Georgia, and was a son of Shirley Lybrand Carder and the...
George Wise
Apr 13, 2021
George Simon Wise, 79, of Ridge Spring died Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Mr. Wise was born in Batesburg, SC and was a son of the late William and Helen Burgess Wise . He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and retired from Davey Tree Service. Mr. Wise meet the love of his life, Willow Mae Gunter, at the...
Rudy Whitfield Jr.
Apr 12, 2021
Calvin Rudy Whitfield, Jr. 73, passed away suddenly at his home on April 12, 2021 in Saluda, SC. Rudy was born on October 20, 1947 to the late Calvin Rudy Whitfield and Annie Louise Prather Whitfield in Augusta, GA. He was the oldest of 10 children. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Brian...
Edith Senn
Apr 8, 2021
Edith Gaynelle Leaphart Senn, 92, of Leesville died Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at her home. Born in Leesville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Walter Lee and Lelia Cleo Hallman Leaphart. Mrs. Senn was a loving mother, grandmother and sister and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. She is survived by her sons, Robert Senn (Cheryl),...
Laura Harmon
Apr 5, 2021
Laura Joye Harmon, 35, of Columbia went home to be with her Savior on Monday April 5, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 11, 2021 at Mt. Ebal Baptist Church, 5 Lion Loop, Batesburg, SC. Visitation will be held at the church prior to the service, starting at 1:00 p.m. Laura was born in...
Allen Johnson Sr.
Apr 5, 2021
Allen Maurice Johnson, Sr., 53, of Leesville passed away Monday, April 5, 2021. Born in Aiken County, he was a son of Gail Watts Williams and the late Walker Delane Johnson. Mr. Johnson worked for WP Rawls for 15 years where he was recently awarded the 1 million safe mile award and was also a driver trainer having trained over...
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