OBITUARIES

Dec 13, 2019

A celebration of life service for Mr. Franklin Roosevelt Beard, age 86, will be held at 3:00 pm Friday December 20, 2019 at Redd's Branch Baptist Church with Rev. Richard McWhite officiating. Interment will follow at the Redd's Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Beard entered into rest at his residence on Friday December 13, 2019. He was the beloved...

Dec 12, 2019

Miss. Heather Marie Randall

Aiken, SC--A celebration of life service for Miss. Heather Marie Randall age 34 will be held 2:00 pm Monday December 16, 2019 at Cole Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brancie Stephens officiating.  Interment will follow in Aiken Memorial Park.  Miss Randall entered into rest Thursday December 12, 2019 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. ...

Dec 11, 2019

Mr. Jesse "Dave" "Juggy" Hudson

A celebration of life service for Mr. Jesse "Juggy" Hudson age 82 will be held 6:00 pm Monday December 16, 2019 at Cole Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brancie Stephens officiating.  Interment will be held at a later date in the Graniteville Cemetery.  Mr. Hudson entered into rest Wednesday December 11, 2019...

Dec 3, 2019

Mrs. Brenda Stewart Shead

Aiken, SC--A graveside service for Mrs. Brenda Stewart Shead age 63,  will be held on Friday December 6, 2019 at 3:00 pm at  Central Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ronald Lee officiating.  Mrs. Shead entered into rest on Tuesday December 3, 2019 at the Ridge Health and Rehabilitation center in Edgefield. She was...

Dec 1, 2019

Mr. Leon Bowers, Jr.

Aiken, SC—Memorial services for Mr. Leon Bowers, Jr. age 79 will be held 1:00 pm Thursday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Croft Mill Road, Aiken, with Brother Adrian Cloud officiating. Mr. Bowers entered into rest Sunday December 1, 2019 at his residence.  He was a native of Aiken and moved...

Nov 28, 2019

Mrs. Marie Ann Borosky Cook

Fairfax Station, VA:--Mrs. Marie Ann Borosky Cook age 53 of Fairfax Station, Virginia passed away Thursday November 28, 2019 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, VA.  She was much loved and we lost her way to soon.  Memorial services will be held 10:00 am Friday December 13, 2019 at New Hope Church 8905 OX...

Nov 22, 2019

Esther Morris Cochran

Aiken, SC--A celebration of life service for Ms. Esther Morris Cochran, age 79, will be held 2:00 PM on Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Brancie Stephens officiating. Interment will follow in the Morris Family Cemetery. Ms. Esther Morris Cochran entered into rest Thursday November 21, 2019 at Aiken Regional...

Nov 21, 2019

Mr. Willie “Bill” Thomas Walton

Aiken, SC--A celebration of life service for Mr. Willie "Bill" Thomas Walton, Jr. will be held 2:00 PM on Monday November 25, 2019 at Lighthouse Baptist Church with Rev. Marion Britton officiating.  Interment will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Mr. Walton entered into rest on Thursday November 21, 2019 at his home. He...

Nov 19, 2019

Mr. William R. “Binn” Benesch

Spartenburg, SC--William R. Benesch, 94, of Mt. Pleasant, SC,  passed away  Tuesday, November 19, 2019 in Spartanburg, SC. "Binn" was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Virginia L.  Rutherford Benesch.  "Binn" was a World War II veteran and navigator on  B-17's and went on to graduate from the University of Rhode...

Nov 18, 2019

Mr. Leroy Wells, Jr.

Aiken, SC--A celebration of life service for Mr. Leroy Wells, Jr. age 59 will be held 1:00 pm Tuesday November 26, 2019 at Grace Covenant Church of God, New Ellenton, SC with Pastor Edgar N. Foster, Sr. officiating.  A private Burial will take place.  Mr. Wells entered into rest Monday November  18, 2019...

Nov 18, 2019

Mr. Oma Austin Willing

Aiken, SC--A celebration of life service for Mr. Oma "Austin" Willing, age 85, will take place 2:00 pm on Thursday November 21 at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Masters officiating. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Park. Mr. Willing was the beloved husband of the late Mrs. Betty Barton Willing and the...

Nov 12, 2019

Gwen Roberts Sharp, 91, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2019 at Pruitt Health in Aiken, SC.

Gwen was born on July 19, 1928 in Brookville, PA to Edward (Ted) Mortimer Roberts and Esther Leah Jordan Roberts. Gwen spent her childhood years in Pennsylvania and Ohio.  She graduated from high school in Phillipsburg, PA with a scholarship...

Nov 11, 2019

A celebration of life service will be held 3:00 pm Sunday November 17, 2019 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses South Congregation, Whiskey Road Aiken, SC  for Mrs. Catherine Bryant O'Bannon, age 75.  She was the wife of 30 years to the late Mr. Norman O'Bannon and a daughter of the late Mr. James Bryant and the late...

Nov 5, 2019

Linda Scott-Tomlin of Windsor, SC, age 81, passed Nov 5, 2019.

She was born in Cleveland, OH to John and Amy Scott. Linda graduated from Case-Western Reserve University before she began a lifetime of work for the State of Florida's Children and Family Services. She spent the majority of her years working in Tallahassee. Linda finally retired...

Oct 29, 2019

Mrs. Ola Damron Metts

New Ellenton, SC-Entered into rest Tuesday October 29, 2019 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Mrs. Ola Damron Metts, Age 75. Mrs. Metts was the beloved wife of 55 years to Mr. James Emory Metts, New Ellenton, SC and a daughter of the late Mr. Ola Damron and the late Mrs. Bertha Collins Damron....

Oct 24, 2019

Aiken, SC--Mr. Edward L. Johnson Jr., age 50, entered into rest on Thursday October 24, 2019. He was the beloved husband of Mrs. Stacey Johnson for thirty years and the son of Mr. Edward Johnson Sr. and Mrs. Linda Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a native of Bloomsburg, PA, where he and his wife met in high school, and had made Aiken...

Oct 22, 2019

A celebration of life service for Mrs. Mildred "Millie" Cockrell Griffin will be held at Cole Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday October 26, 2019 at 2:00 PM with Rev. W. H. Bryant officiating. . Interment will follow at the Holsenback Family Cemetery on W Frontage Rd Aiken, SC.Mrs. Griffin was the beloved wife of her first husband the late ...

Oct 16, 2019

PIEDMONT, SC – A celebration of life service for Mrs. Doris Elizabeth Bagwell Martin age 86 will be held 12 Noon Tuesday October 22, 2019 at Mauldin Church of God, 411 E. Butler Road, Mauldin, SC  29662 with Bishop Bobby Johnson and Bishop George Cooper officiating.  Interment will follow in the M. J. “Dolly” Cooper Veterans Cemetery, Anderson, SC. ...

Oct 10, 2019

Ms. Inez Merriweather Foster was born on July 9th 1941 in Aiken, South Carolina. To the late Ms. Francis Merriweather.

She left Aiken, South Carolina when she was eighteen years old and relocated to New York City where later she met her late longtime sweetheart, Paul Foster, and later married in January 1968,  from  the union they...

Oct 7, 2019

Mr. George Angelos

Ridge Spring, SC--A celebration of life service for Mr. George Gus Angelos, age 64, will be held at Cole Funeral Home, Friday October 11, 2019 at 11:00 am with Father Vasile Bitere officiating. Mr. Angelos was the beloved husband of Mrs. Sharon Vickers Angelos, Ridge Spring, SC and was the son of Mrs. Stamatia...