Herbert Boykin "Hub" Cooper, Jr.
Jan 21, 2024
Herbert Boykin “Hub” Cooper Jr., 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 21st, 2024. He was the son of the late Herbert Boykin Cooper and Annie Viola Wise. Hub was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and served in the United States Air Force after high school. He was briefly stationed in Iceland and discovered a love for travel. He had...
Billy John Roscoe
Jan 17, 2024
Billy John Roscoe, 76, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. He was born on December 23, 1947, in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, and was the son of Gurley Roscoe and Geneva Rivers Roscoe. Billy served his country in the United States Army in Vietnam. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device for heroism in...
Bonnie Durham Robinson
Jan 16, 2024
Bonnie Durham Robinson was born in Columbia on July 4, 1956, and departed this earthly life on January 16, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Carl M. Durham and Mary Ann Blackwell Moss. Bonnie attended Richland One Schools, Keenan HS, and graduated from Wildewood. For many years she was the owner and operator of her own floral shop....
James Hobson Conner
Jan 15, 2024
A private service for James (Jim) Hobson Conner, 82, of Little Mountain, South Carolina will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Burial will be held at Bush River Memorial Gardens. Jim was born on October 5, 1941, in Millport, Alabama, and went to Heaven to be with The Lord on Monday, January 15, 2024, with his devoted wife and...
Eleanor Bouknight Talbert
Jan 14, 2024
Eleanor Bouknight Talbert, 87, of Columbia, passed away at NHC – Lexington on Sunday, January 14, 2024. She was born in Columbia, SC on August 17, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joel Ausburn and Della Estelle Bouknight. Eleanor was a long-time, devoted member of St. Andrews Baptist Church and sang in the Senior Choir. She was a...
Norma Jean Knight
Jan 14, 2024
Norma Jean Shadinger Knight, 90, of Columbia, passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2024. She was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, on January 5, 1934. She was the daughter of Harry Harvey Shadinger and Helen Mary Bryan Shadinger. Norma grew up in California. After marrying Billy Thomas Knight, she lived in several states before eventually settling in Columbia. She was the...
Richard Charles "Dick" Gallagher, Sr.
Jan 13, 2024
Richard Charles “Dick” Gallagher, 95, of Columbia passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at Agape House of Lexington. He was born in Buffalo, New York, on July 28, 1928, to Edwin H. Gallagher, Sr. and Lucy San George Gallagher. Dick was a graduate of Grover Cleveland High School, class of 1946 and the State University of New York at...
Jean Roan Parris
Jan 11, 2024
Emma Jean Roan Parris peacefully departed this world on January 11th, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina to return home with her Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. Born on July 23rd, 1935, in Fort Myers, Florida, she was a devoted mother and grandmother, leaving behind a legacy of love and cherished memories. She was the youngest of six children born to...
Robert Marvin "Bob" Whitley
Jan 9, 2024
Robert Marvin “Bob” Whitley, 82, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Born on November 8, 1941, in Albemarle, North Carolina, he was the son of Marvin McKinley Whitley and Mary Neal Poplin Whitley. Bob attended Wingate University and graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was employed for over 30 years by...
Eva Louise Tyson
Jan 9, 2024
Eva L. Tyson, 97, of Columbia passed away peacefully on January 9, 2024. Born in Morganfield, Kentucky on February 14, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Roy Dever and Gladys Bartley Dever. During World War II, Eva took on the role of a “Rosie the Riveter” when she joined the fight by working to attach wings to the...
Patsy Everage Hargrove
Jan 5, 2024
Patsy Rene Everage Hargrove, 88, of Columbia, South Carolina passed away on Friday, January 5, 2024. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 10, 1935, to Yancy Marion Everage and Mollie Mae Brunson Everage. Patsy was the widow of Wilfred Nathaniel Hargrove, Sr. of Crestview, Florida. Patsy is survived by two daughters, Ramona Chitty (Stephen) and Donna Sholar (Duane),...
Thelma Lester Broadway
Jan 3, 2024
Thelma Lester Broadway, 96, of Columbia, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. She was the widow of Arthur E. Broadway and the daughter of Newton Raymond Lester and Esther Nichols Lester. She was born on July 12, 1927, in Prosperity, SC. She graduated from Stoney Hill High School where she then attended Cosmetology school. She...
Alva Oris Humphries, Jr.
Dec 29, 2023
Alva Oris Humphries, Jr, (80), of Columbia, South Carolina experienced his faith becoming sight on December 29, 2023. He passed away peacefully with family by his side after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Alva was born to Alva Oris Humphries, Sr, and Hazel Lennie (née McCutcheon) Humphries on January 6, 1943 in Lake City, South Carolina. He was...
David Leray Dale, Jr.
Dec 24, 2023
David LeRay Dale, Jr., 53, of Irmo, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023. Born on August 31, 1970, in Roanoke, Virginia, he was the son of Aloris Forbes Dale and the late David LeRay Dale, Sr. David graduated from Perkins High School in Sandusky, Ohio, where he was an offensive lineman on the football team. He also...
Wildred Heron Powers
Dec 23, 2023
Wildred Heron Powers, wife of the late Russell Jean Powers, passed peacefully on Saturday, December 23, 2023. Born on September 1, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Ulma Goff Heron and Charlie Gilliam Heron of Columbia. Wildred and Jean met and became sweethearts while at Columbia High School, then married in 1952. Their life together brought them great...
Dr. J. B. Rivers
Dec 21, 2023
Dr. Jesse Burns Rivers, 79, affectionately known as “J.B.” passed into glory on December 21, 2023, with family by his side in Columbia, South Carolina. J.B. is survived by his wife, Patsy White Rivers, and their two children, Angela Rivers Outhous (Dean) and Jeffrey Brian Rivers (Allison). He was the proud grandfather of eight grandchildren (Ashtyn (Nicolas), Grace, Joy, Sophia,...
Brian Christopher Davis
Dec 18, 2023
Brian Christopher Davis, 49, of Irmo, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023 after a long, brave battle with cancer. He was born in Columbia on May 3, 1974, to Diane Wilson Davis and the late Roy Lee Davis. Brian was a 1992 graduate of Irmo High School. He earned an associate degree from Midlands Technical College and graduated with...
Henry M. "Bucky" Herlong, Jr.
Dec 18, 2023
The memorial service for Henry M. “Bucky” Herlong Jr., 69, will be held this Friday, December 22, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Temples-Halloran Funeral Home with Deacon Tom Souza officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Inurnment will be held in Bush River Memorial Gardens at a later...
Audrey Truesdale Kohn
Dec 17, 2023
Audrey Truesdale Kohn, 82, of Columbia, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2023. She was born on November 26, 1941, in Lake City, SC, to Sidney James and Faye Elvington James. Audrey worked for the Irmo-Chapin Recreation Commission at Seven Oaks Park in the Senior Aging Program. She served as the Assistant Director for the Lexington County Recreation and Aging...
H. Parker Evatt
Dec 15, 2023
The world is a lot less bright with the passing of Parker Evatt. Not only has South Carolina lost one of its finest and most prolific public servants, his children and grandchildren have lost their role model, guiding light and rock. Their world is forever changed. Parker was born on August 27, 1935, and departed this earthly life peacefully on...
