U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mr. Thomas Rhoden
Retired machinist
Date of announcement: May 3, 1998
AIKEN -- Mr. Thomas ``Wayne" Rhoden, 58, of 3519 Westmont Drive, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Napier Funeral Home, Graniteville, with the Rev. Kenneth Rhoden officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens, Graniteville.
Mr. Rhoden, a native of Aiken, had retired from Metal Skills Co. as a machinist. He was an Army veteran and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Graniteville.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Wheeler Rhoden; a son, Gregg W. Rhoden, Aiken; two daughters, Karen Carpenter and Tracy White, both of Aiken; two brothers, Kenneth Rhoden, Greenville, and Jack B. Rhoden, Johnston; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Chris Medlin, Sam Wheeler Jr., Bruce Hewston, Mike Wheeler, Donald Wheeler, Brian Rhoden, Ricky Rhoden and Mike Rhoden.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Ms. Esther Still
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 3, 1998
BARNWELL, S.C. -- Ms. Esther S. Still, 97, died Friday, May 1, 1998, in Williston.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. John Nixon officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Ms. Still, a native of Barnwell County, was a homemaker and a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Mike Still, Fayetteville, N.C., Roger Still, Cambridge, Mass., and Raymond Still, Ocala, Fla.; three daughters, Love Bodiford, Barnwell, Nancy Long, Aiken, and Jewel Tompkins, Gaston; a brother, Joe Still, Denmark; two sisters, Lucille Lee and Bonnie Reece, both of Denmark; and 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Mole Funeral Home.
Miss Elene Swint
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 03, 1998
GIBSON, Ga. -- Miss Elene Swint, 84, of 434 Beall Springs Road, died Saturday, May 2, 1998, at Gibson Health and Rehabilitation Center.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. today at Sheppard Funeral Home with Bob Scott officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Baptist Church cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Miss Swint, a native of Warren County, was a homemaker and a member of Shoals Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include a sister, Corene Swint Chalker, Gibson.
Pallbearers will be Louis Swint, Joseph Swint, Warren Hart, Sidney Swint, Talmadge Chalker and Wayne Landrum.
Friends may call at the residence of Corene Chalker, 3037 Bastonville Road, or at the funeral home.
Mr. Thomas Timmerman
Dental technician
Date of announcement: May 03, 1998
Mr. Thomas Hartford Timmerman, 82, of 501 Milledge Road, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Platt's Funeral Home, Crawford Avenue, with Mr. T.S. Morgan officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater Baptist Church cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Edgefield County, S.C.
Mr. Timmerman, a native of Edgefield County, was a dental technician and a member of Bethany Chapel Church.
Survivors include a brother, Thomas L. Timmerman, Augusta; and a sister, Mary C. Timmerman, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Pallbearers will be Mark Stephens, Benjamin C. Timmerman, Doug Tice, Ben Timmerman, Rufus Belding and Gerald Tice.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Mary Wade
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 3, 1998
ATHENS, Ga. -- Mrs. Mary Louise Casper Wade, 53, of 10108 Commerce Road, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at Family Life Enrichment Centers.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Callaway Funeral Home, Union Point. Burial will be at a later time.
Mrs. Wade, a native of Oglethorpe County, was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Frank Wade; three sons, Charles Armour, James M. Armour and Frank E. Wade, all of Athens; a daughter, Samantha Wade Wilson, Athens; five brothers, Joel Casper and Wayne Casper, both of Athens, Hoyt Casper, Tucson, Ariz., Jack Casper, Union Point, and Eugene Casper, Greensboro; a sister, Virginia Smith, Gainesville; and 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Callaway Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dorothea Wright
Date of announcement: May 3, 1998
COLUMBIA -- Mrs. Dorothea Bennie Boyd Wright, 76, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at Brian Center, St. Andrews.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Shives Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Peter's Catholic cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mrs. Wright was a native of Aiken.
Survivors include a son, Johnny E. Burch, Columbia; and two sisters, Orie Boyd and Schuman Hall, both of Augusta.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lurline Brown
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 5, 1998
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Mrs. Lurline Brown, 95, died Sunday, May 3, 1998, in Keysville.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Prospect United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Cabaniss officiating. Burial will be in Mellwood cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Stone Mountain.
Mrs. Brown, a native of Birmingham, Ala., had lived in Lawrenceville for 31 years, and was a former resident of Tucker. She was a homemaker and a member of Prospect United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Dale Brown, Hephzibah; a daughter, Mary Catherine Brown, Lawrenceville; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Prospect United Methodist Church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery or building debt retirement fund, 1549 Prospect Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Tim Stewart Funeral Home.
Poteet Funeral Home, Greene Street, Augusta, is in charge of local arrangements.
Miss Tina Bell
Student
Date of announcement: May 5, 1998
HEPHZIBAH -- Miss Tina Louise Bell, 20, of 173 Bran Terrace, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Augusta, with the Rev. Samuel Zebron officiating. Burial will be in Hephzibah Vance Memorial cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Miss Bell, a native of Tacoma, Wash., had lived in Hephzibah for five years. She was a student at Augusta State University, and she was a 1996 honors graduate of Hephzibah High School and a member of the National Beta Club. She worked at Ace Maintenance, Fort Gordon. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include her father Alonzo H. Bell Jr., Abilene, Texas; her mother, Christa Fulkerson, Hephzibah; her stepfather, Kenneth R. Fulkerson, Hephzibah; and her stepmother, Chong I. Bell, Dallas; three brothers, Eric Bell, Hephzibah, Alonza K. Bell, El Paso, Texas, and Alexander G. Bell, Abilene; three sisters, Petra Sevgi, Bamberg, Germany, Gabriele Simmons, Herrington, Kan., and Denise Bell, Abilene; and her maternal grandmother, Martha Mielke, Germany.
Pallbearers will be Eric Bell, Alonzo Bell, Alexander Bell, Gary Simmons, Mike Davis, Joseph Rahming, Steve Raugel and Albert Lavellee.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. today at DeLoach Funeral Home, Hephzibah.
Mrs. Jessie Carter
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 5, 1998
RIDGE SPRING, S.C. -- Mrs. Jessie Mae Sanders Carter, 79, of Route 1, died Sunday, May 3, 1998.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. today at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with the Revs. Charles Yoho and Mark Watford officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mrs. Carter, a native of Aiken County, was a homemaker. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Veron A. Carter, Aiken, and Jiles Norman Carter, Graniteville; three daughters, Frances Jones and Claudia Moore, both of Aiken, and Shelvedene Gayle, Clearwater; a brother, Vernon Ray Sanders, Ridge Spring; and 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Curtis Jones, Kevin Jones, Ron Moore, Chris Moore, Glenn Gayle and Brad Carter.
Memorials may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
Cumbee-Palmer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Bessie Cooper
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 5, 1998
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. -- Mrs. Bessie Lee Cooper, 80, of 302 Lovett St., died Friday, May 1, 1998, at Wrightsville Nursing Home, Wrightsville.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Middle Hill Baptist Church, Warthen, with the Rev. Cornelius Hall officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper, a native of Washington County, was a homemaker.
Survivors include three daughters, Lily Mae Todd and Dorothy Lovett, both of Sandersville, and Queen E. Reynolds, Jamaica, N.Y.; four stepsons, James Lemon and Charles Massey, both of Buffalo, N.Y., Vance Cooper Jr., Warner Robins, and Kerry L. Cooper, Macon; a stepdaughter, Marion Gaynor, Sandersville; a brother, William Battle, Newark, N.J.; a sister, Hattie Ruth Jordan, Augusta; and 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Flournoy, Tony Hurst, Willie E. Lovett, Donnie Harris, Vance Cooper Jr. and Ronny Cooper.
M.C. Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
