U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mr. Hoey Shanks
Date of announcement: May 10, 1998
ATLANTA -- Mr. Hoey Shanks, 76, of 106 Wellington St., died Thursday, May 7, 1998, at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Springfield Baptist Church, Thomson, with the Rev. F.D. Favors officiating. Burial will be in Shanks cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Thomson.
Mr. Shanks was a native of McDuffie County.
Survivors include his wife, Mattie Shanks; a brother, Arthur B. Shanks, Oakland, Calif.; a sister, Ludell Washington, Thomson; and one grandchild.
Friends may call at the residence of Ludell Washington, 200 Viola Avery St., Thomson, or after 9 a.m. Monday at the church.
Dawson Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Crawford Mortuary, Thomson, is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Neva Sprawls
Retired registered nurse
Date of announcement: Oct. 04, 1998
WILLISTON, S.C. -- Mrs. Neva Mathis Sprawls, 90, of East Main Street, died Saturday, May 9, 1998, at Lexington Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Folk Funeral Home with the Revs. Jimmy Hanf and Floyd Dukes officiating. Burial will be in Williston cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mrs. Sprawls, a native of Burke County, was a graduate of Margaret Wright Nursing School, Augusta, and had retired as a registered nurse. She was a member of Williston First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Perry Sprawls Jr., Atlanta, and Dick Sprawls, Williston; a daughter, Emily S. Rountree, Lexington; and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Williston Public Library, Springfield Street, Williston, SC 29853.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Peter Stathakis
Retired business owner
Date of announcement: May 10, 1998
GREENWOOD, S.C. -- Mr. Peter Tom ``Pete" Stathakis, 81, of 507 Trakas Ave., died Friday, May 8, 1998, at Self Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today at Blyth Funeral Home with the Revs. Gregory Rogers and Jim Karagas officiating. Burial will be in Edgewood cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Stathakis, a native of Karyia, Greece, had retired as owner and operator of The Loan Shop. He was an Army veteran of World War II, where he served in the Office of Strategic Services, and retired with the rank of master sergeant. He was a member of American Legion Post 20, Disabled American Veterans and Travelers Protective Association.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Blanos Stathakis; a son, Thomas P. Stathakis, Greenwood; a brother, Mike T. Stathakis, Greenville; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Peter Stathakis II, Perry Kerhoulas, Frank Stathakis, Brooks Champlain, Larry Moore, George Stathakis, Charles Kumpuris and Billy Stathakis.
Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 953 Telfair St., Augusta, GA 30901.
Friends may call at the residence.
Mrs. Rene Tewkesbury
Date of announcement: May 10, 1998
AIKEN -- Mrs. Rene Ann Young McNair Tewkesbury, 68, of 134 Kimberly Drive, died Saturday, May 9, 1998, at her residence.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church of Aiken with Drs. William R. Johnston and Jerri Perkins officiating. Private burial will be in Bethany cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mrs. Tewkesbury, a native of Hollywood, Fla., had lived in Aiken 35 years. She was a former employee of J.B. White Stores and of East Aiken Elementary School. She was a member of Circle No. 4 and volunteered for the Aiken Regional Medical Centers hospital auxiliary.
Her family said she dedicated herself to caring for her family and friends for most of her adult life.
Survivors include three sons, Craig McNair Jr., Greensboro, N.C., Wallace Duncan McNair, Greenville, and Paul Tewkesbury III, New Orleans; three daughters, Chayne McNair Johnson, Cary, N.C., Ruth McNair Bradford, Columbia, and Rene Ann Tewkesbury, Aiken; four stepdaughters, Helen Tewkesbury Crenshaw, Aiken, Nancy Tewkesbury Graves, Surfside Beach, Paulette Tewkesbury Brown, North Augusta, and Mary Sue Tewkesbury Melner, Brentwood, Tenn.; two brothers, John Marshall Young Jr., Donna, Texas, and Rodney William Young, Winter Park, Fla.; and seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jim Young, James Malcolm McNair Jr., Scott Craig McNair, Edward Palmer Tewkesbury, Benjamin Murray Talbert, Allen Wayne Young, Robert Blair McNair, Philip Kitchings McNair III, Allen Matthew Tewkesbury and Robert Talbert.
Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons and sons-in-law.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 111 Pendleton St., Aiken, SC 29801, or to Hitchcock Hospice, 721 Richland Ave. W., Aiken, SC 29801.
Friends may call at the church after the services.
Rivers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Warren White
Navy veteran
Date of announcement: Oct. 04, 1998
NORTH AUGUSTA -- Mr. Warren C. White, 48, of 111 Lee St., died Friday, May 8, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Rowland Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry T. Matthews officiating. Burial will be in Eastview cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
Mr. White, a native of Edgefield County, S.C., was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of American Legion Post 30. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Edgefield.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra W. White; a daughter, Dana Lynn White, Harriman, Tenn.; a stepson, Darrel Poole, Mathews, Ga.; his mother, Edith M. Sleister, North Augusta; his father, Dewey White, Aiken; and a sister, Annette Mathis, North Augusta.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Hazel Wolf
Neiman Marcus retiree
Date of announcement: May 10, 1998
ATLANTA -- Mrs. Hazel Goodman Wolf, 74, of 1322 Briarwood Road N.E., Apartment K-15, died Friday, May 8, 1998, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sons of Israel cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Aiken, with Rabbi Jordan Parr officiating.
Mrs. Wolf, a native of Athens, Ga., had lived in Atlanta since 1968, and was a former Aiken resident. She had retired from Neiman Marcus Department Store in Atlanta in 1987 after 15 years of service. She was Jewish.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan Wolf, Atlanta; a sister, Evelyn Surasky Caplan, Atlanta; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Surasky, Joel Wolf, Roger Wolf, Aaron Surasky, Monty Warner, Michael Capilouto, Jared Surasky and David Bruckner.
Memorials may be made to the Janice Wolf Capilouto Center for the Deaf, 5950 Monticello Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117.
The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at George Funeral Home, Park Avenue, Aiken.
Mr. Phil Aaron
Retired business owner
Date of announcement: May 11, 1998
PORTAL, Ga. -- Mr. Phil Cameron Aaron, 77, died Saturday, May 9, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Poplar Springs Baptist Church with Sam Bowen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Aaron, a native of Bulloch County, owned and operated Phil's Place until he retired in 1990. He was a 1937 graduate of Portal High School and a member of the Georgia Bulldog Club. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Bonnett Aaron; a daughter, Camie Aaron, Portal; his stepfather, Moultree Graham, Yulee, Fla.; and a stepmother, Mentoria Aaron, Savannah.
Pallbearers will be Charles Taylor, Durden Lanier, J.M. Bowen Jr., Jud Cannady, Tony Hicks, Perry Cobb, Dan Johnson and John Paul Johnson.
The family will receive friends at 3 p.m. today at Joiner-Shepard Funeral Home, Statesboro.
Mr. William Bowick Sr.
McCormick Mill retiree
Date of announcement: May 11, 1998
McCORMICK, S.C. -- Mr. William Plato Bowick Sr., 77, of Fifth Avenue, died Friday, May 8, 1998.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at McCormick First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dennis Lynn officiating. Burial will be in McCormick City cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Bowick, a native of McCormick County, had retired from McCormick Mill after 40 years of service. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of McCormick First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Cleo Pearl Jester Bowick; four sons, Jerome Bowick and Kennith Bowick, both of McCormick, William Plato Bowick Jr., Graniteville, and Franklin Bowick, Troy; two daughters, Frances B. Percival, Modoc, and Lennie Pearl B. Joiner, Reserve, La.; two brothers, Melvin Bowick, McCormick, and Harvey Bowick, Greenwood; a sister, Georgia Rose B. Lindley, McCormick; and 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be nephews and grandsons.
Friends may call at the residence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Strom Funeral Home.
Mrs. Pamela Hart
Marketing assistant
Date of announcement: May 11, 1998
EDGEFIELD, S.C. -- Mrs. Pamela May Hart, 38, of 117 Turkey Creek Road, died Thursday, May 7, 1998, at her residence.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home, North Augusta, with the Rev. James K. Glander officiating. Burial will be in Pineview Memorial Gardens, North Augusta.
Mrs. Hart, a native of Kenosha, Wis., had worked as a marketing assistant for John Deere Health Care for more than two years. She was an Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm. She was a Lutheran.
Her family said she was a devoted wife, mother and daughter.
Survivors include her husband, Jay Glenn Hart; a daughter, Heather Michelle Hart, Edgefield; her parents, Fred Steinke and Ida May Steinke, Wadsworth, Ill.; a brother, Larry Wayne Steinke, Milton, Wis.; and a sister, Cynthia Davis, Littleton, Colo.
Pallbearers will be Robert Harn, Ken Peterson, Harold Fields, Jimmy Anderson, Stetson Videon and Craig Petersen.
Memorials may be made to the Pam Hart Memorial Fund c/o Robert Harn, John Deere Health Care, 2743 Perimeter Parkway, Building 200 Suite 105, Augusta, GA 30909.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
