Ruth Smith
Oct 5, 2026
Ruth Orman Smith Ruth Orman Smith, 96, of Lake Wylie, SC, entered into eternal life on October 5, 2026. Ruth was born on September 7, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi to the late Gertie Orman and Will Orman. In addition to her parents, Ruth was predeceased by her husband, John Elmer Smith, and her sisters, Doris Orman Davis and Dorothy Orman...
Peggy Haselden Alexander
Oct 3, 2026
Peggy Haselden Alexander, 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in Grayson, Georgia. Peggy was born in Hemingway, SC, to the late Augusta Caesar Haselden and Ora Snowden Haselden Bartell.
Peggy graduated from Hemingway High School and went on to Charleston to attend the Medical College of South Carolina School of Nursing. She graduated as a Registered Nurse in...
Robert Friendly
Sep 30, 2026
Robert Friendly, 87, passed away on September 30, 2026.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2026, at Bush River Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. The family will receive friends at the chapel one hour prior to the service.
He was born on April 14, 1939, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Robert served his country proudly in the South...
Annette B Holladay
Sep 28, 2026
Annette B. Holladay, 77, of Irmo, South Carolina, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2026. Born September 24, 1949, in Lexington, S.C. Annette was a lifelong South Carolinian at heart. Though life took her to Florida, Ohio, and Alabama for periods of time, she ultimately returned home to Irmo in 2001, where she remained until her passing. Annette was the...
Thomasina Lloyde
Sep 27, 2026
Thomasina-Green-Lloyd, was born at Harlem Hospital in New York City on October 15, 1945 to parents, Alene and Thomas Curtis. One of six girls of this marriage, she was number six, and a twin. As a child, she was a bright student and an avid reader. While most people read a book a month, she would often read two a...
Frank U Cortez
Sep 26, 2026
Frank was born on December 1, 1932, in San Antonio, Texas, to Bartolo Cortez and Camilla Perez Ugalde. He was preceded in death by his sister Beatrice and his brother Ernesto. He is lovingly remembered by his children, Tami Mote (Walt) and Theresa Kesser (Mark); his sister, Anita; his brother, Robert; his grandsons, Will Mote, Olson Smith, and Cort Smith,...
George Flavous Matheny
Sep 21, 2026
George Flavous Matheny, 90, born Tuesday, August 25th,
1936, in Palatka, FL, and promoted to his eternal heavenly
reward on Monday, September 21st, 2026, in Lexington, SC.
He was blessed to have just celebrated his 90th birthday with
family and friends at Wellmore Assisted Living Facility.
He was the son of the late William Sherman Matheny and
Josephine Farmer Matheny. Mr. Matheny was the founder of
Direct...
Tommie Fairey Moody Riewaldt
Sep 15, 2026
Tommie Fairey Moody Riewaldt, 95, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Born in Florence, she was a daughter of the late Robert T. Fairey and Bessie Berry Fairey. She grew up in Columbia, SC, graduating from Dreher High School and the University of South Carolina. Following her first marriage, Tommie moved across country to California, where she resided for...
Michelle E. McDowell
Sep 13, 2026
Michelle Everhart McDowell, 59, passed away on September 13, 2026.
Born in West Columbia, SC, Michelle Everhart McDowell was the daughter of the late Dan Everhart and Patricia Mills Everhart (who they lovingly called “Buttons”). She passed away peacefully in her home with her loved ones on September 13, 2026 after a long and courageous fight with Multiple Sclerosis.
She graduated Irmo...
Theodore Trezevant Timmons
Sep 5, 2026
Theodore Trezevant (Trez) Timmons passed away peacefully on Saturday September 5, 2026, at his home in Columbia South Carolina. He was born December 3, 1936, in Columbia South Carolina, a son of the late Joseph Adams Timmons and Cuba Sandifer Timmons. He grew up in Winnsboro and graduated from Mt Zion Institute in 1954 and received some further education at...
Sylvia L Sharpe
Sep 3, 2026
Sylvia L. Sharpe, 64, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2026. She was born in Columbia, but was a daughter of a United States Navy Veteran, so she grew up throughout the country. Sylvia, known to many people she worked with as "Silly", was a loving, caring, nurturing woman. She was thoughtful with her actions and words. Her charisma and selfless...
John DeKoven Pulford
Aug 29, 2026
John DeKoven Pulford passed at his home in Columbia, SC. on Friday August 28th. John was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brasil where he attended the American Graded School during his elementary years, the Fay School for middle school, and Kent Prep School in Kent, both in Connecticut. He went on to earn his BA college degree from Johns...
Harry M Nanney
Aug 17, 2026
Harry Maurice Nanney, age 85, of Irmo, South Carolina passed away August 17, 2026, at NHC Parklane Healthcare, surrounded by the love of his family. A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 4 p.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church; 1811 Dutch Fork Road; Irmo, SC with visitation 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow on...
Susan Cole Swails
Aug 13, 2026
Susan Cole Swails, 76, passed away peacefully at MUSC Columbia on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, after a courageous three-and-a-half-year battle with leukemia. Susan was born in Florence, South Carolina, on February 2, 1950, to the late Albert Cole and the late Clyo Lawrimore Cole. She grew up in Florence with her beloved siblings – older brother, Ed, and younger sister,...
Chloe Elizabeth Bailey
Aug 12, 2026
On July 30th 1935, Chloe Folk Bailey was born in a small family home to W.A. and Rebecca Folk. Many stories were told about all of the things that happened along Kennerly Road, where the house still stands. Perhaps the most heart warming story was walking to church and back every Sunday morning. The love of her life, Nevis Bailey,...
Jeanne Sampson
Aug 11, 2026
Mrs. Jeanne Ray Sampson, 91, of Columbia, SC, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, August 11th, 2026. Jeanne was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania to Charles and Isabel Ray. She lived in Erie, PA during most of her childhood. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Westminster College in Wilmington, PA where she met and married her husband, David Sampson....
Mary Kathryn Freeman Dussault
Aug 8, 2026
A Mass celebrating the life of Mary Kathryn Freeman Dussault, 65, will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church in Columbia, SC. Mary Kathryn passed away on August 8, 2026, with loved ones in Charleston, SC, one of her favorite places to be. She was born April 8, 1961,...
Christine A Paddock
Jul 29, 2026
Mrs. Christine “Chris” Anne Bailey Paddock passed away peacefully on July 29, 2026. Chris was born on March 13, 1949, in Long Beach, California, to Colonel Almarion Scott Bailey and Katherine Gene Goddard Bailey. She lived in many other locations, including Kailua, Hawaii; Arlington, Virginia; Columbia, Maryland; and Raleigh, North Carolina, and for the past 44 years, Irmo, South Carolina....
Theresa Kay Minsky
Jul 26, 2026
Theresa Kay Minsky, (Kay), 77 of Columbia, SC entered into eternal life on July 26,2026 after an extended illness.
Kay was born July 14, 1949, in Jacksonville, Florida daughter of the late Alfred I. Roberts and Evelyn M. Roberts. She was a graduate of the Respiratory Therapy Program at Midlands Technical College and continued her education with a bachelor’s degree in...
Deborah Monte
Jul 25, 2026
Deborah Ann Monte, age 70, passed away on July 25, 2026, in Columbia, South Carolina.
Born on November 17, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, Deborah was a beloved daughter of the late William Monte and Mildred Monte.
In June of 1973 - Deborah graduated from William H. Maxwell Vocational High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Deborah was a woman whose presence could never...
