All Obituaries

Funeral services for Charles Frederick Wells, 77, of Aiken, SC will be held at five-thirty p.m., Monday, August 2, 2021 in the Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston, SC. The family will receive friends after the service on Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be five o’clock p.m., Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at Merritt’s Bridge Christian Church Cemetery, 404 Merritt’s Bridge Rd., Aiken, SC. Charles passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021. Born in Aiken County, SC, he was a son of...

Funeral services for Jimmy Lester “Jim” Furtick, 87, of Williston, SC will be held at eleven o’clock a.m., Saturday, July 31, 2021 in the Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston with burial in the Springfield Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Saturday. Mr. Jim passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Born in Springfield, SC he was a son of the late Robert Maury Furtick, Sr. and Lester Mae Kennerly Furtick and was...

Funeral services for June Still Renew, 82, of Yelm, WA formerly of the Long Branch Community  will be held at three o’clock p.m., Sunday, August 1, 2021 in the Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston with her son the Reverend Philip Renew officiating; burial will follow in the Williston Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Sunday. June passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Born in Charleston, SC, she was a daughter of the...

John Reese Sheppard, IV, of Charleston, SC passed away on 07/19/2021 after a courageous fight against leukemia which John was diagnosed with in November of 2019.  John’s doctors said they had not seen such determination.  John’s fight was motivated by his selfless desire to live longer and not allow his mother to lose her husband, John R. Sheppard, III and a son within a year. John was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on 5/24/1963.  He grew up in Williston, South...

Funeral services for Willis Farrell Clark, 65, of Aiken, SC will be held at three o’clock p.m., Friday, July 30, 2021 in the Folk Funeral Home Chapel, Williston, SC with burial in the Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday. Willis passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021. Born in Aiken, SC, he was a son of the late Farrell Clark and Sallie Hartley Clark and was the widower of Debby Lin Mitchum Clark....

Funeral services for Edgar Earl “Bud” Matthews, Jr., 82, of Blackville, SC will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, July 25, 2021 at Ghents Branch Baptist Church with the Reverend Sunny Mooney officiating, burial will be held in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service on Sunday in the church sanctuary.  Honored to serve as pallbearers are Jonathan Eubanks, Neele Eubanks, Chris Sweatman, Jack Sandifer, Chris Sandifer, Denver Sandifer, Scotty...

Funeral services for Lauren Augustine Payne, 36, of Williston, SC will be held at three o’clock p.m., Sunday, July 25, 2021 at the First Baptist Williston with Dr. Stephen Burdette officiating. The family will receive friends from one thirty p.m. until the time of the service at the church on Sunday. Pallbearers will be Brandon Payne, Thomas Payne, Payton Payne, Darren Augustine, Matt Augustine, and John Raymond Maximiek, Sr. Honorary pallbearers will be her family at Russell’s...

Diann Lea Daniel, 68, of Williston, SC passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The family will have a celebration of life service at a later time. Born in Belton, TX, Diann was a daughter of the late Jack Nitzinger and Bobbie McCray Nitzinger and was married to the late Walter Allen Daniel. She was a member of the Church of Christ and earned an Associate’s Degree in Science from Aiken Technical College. Diann was a jack-of-all trades. Survivors include her daughters Dona Corell of...

Cathy Dianne Holley Hair died on May 13, 2021, in Valdosta, GA, formerly of Blackville, SC, at the age of 69. She was laid to rest on May 21, 2021 at the Blackville Cemetery.   Born July 24, 1951, in Chickasaw, AL to Daniel Holley and Minnie Mae Wilson and was married to the late James Henry Hair of Blackville, SC for 48 years. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who loved cooking and playing games with her family.  She leaves behind her younger brother Daniel...

Michael Wayne Miller, 66, of Wagener, SC passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021. No formal services are planned at this time. Born October 23, 1954 in Aiken County, he was a son of the late James Brooks “Jim” Miller and Oceola Laura Walker Miller. Michael Wayne previously worked at Hubel in Aiken and loved hunting, fishing and being outdoors. Survivors include his daughter, Laura Faye Miller Martinez of Buford, GA; 6 grandchildren, Isaiah, Laurie, Gelina, Irene, Victoria and Lupe;...