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Lori Lynn Nelson
Oct 8, 2025
Lori Lynn Nelson, 66, passed away on October 8, 2025 at Prisma Health Richland. No formal services will be held.
Betty Mae Garcia-Ruff
Oct 5, 2025
A Celebration of Life service for Betty Mae Garcia-Ruff, 82, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 9, 2025, at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Mausoleum Chapel. Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Temples-Halloran Funeral Home.
Mrs. Betty passed away Sunday, October 5, 2025. Born in Holly, Colorado, she was the daughter of the late...
James Gilbert Fraser IV
Sep 29, 2025
Mr. James "Jim" Fraser, IV., 86, passed away on September 29, 2025. The family of James Gilbert Fraser IV (Jim), age 86, is deeply saddened to announce his passing on September 29, 2025 in Tega Cay, SC. Mr. Fraser is predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Joanne Giallombardo Fraser and daughter Alison Dunham, and two sisters Jean Busch and...
Joseph Vaughan Nichol
Sep 29, 2025
With the saddest of hearts, we announce the passing of Joseph Vaughan Nichol of Chapin, South Carolina, on Monday, September 29, 2025. Joe, known to many as “Nick”, was born in Washington, DC., October 2, 1947, and lived in Pennsylvania before meeting his wife of 54 years, Diane, who proceeded him in death. Joesph was born to the late Josephine...
Joyce Jewel McDaniel
Sep 26, 2025
Columbia- Joyce Jewel McDaniel, 89, passed away on Friday September 26, 2025. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 pm on Tuesday September 30, 2025 at Temples-Halloran Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. A native of Fackler, Alabama, Joyce was born on July 29, 1936 to Elexander and Bessie...

John Emmett Thrailkill Jr.
Sep 25, 2025
John Emmett Thrailkill Jr., 91, passed away on Thursday, September 25th, 2025. All services will be private.
Catherine Dodgens Lindsey
Sep 15, 2025
Catherine Dodgens Lindsey, 93, passed away on Monday, September 15, 2025. Private services will be held. She was predeceased by her husband, Bill Lindsey. Survivors include her children, Blake Lindsey (Pam), Morgan Lindsey (Gena), and Leigh Dominick (Kent); as well as multiple grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her honor to Corinth...
Mary York
Sep 14, 2025
Mary Elizabeth Schulken York (89) passed away September 14, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Samuel B., and Mable J. Schulken. "Mary Beth" was born March 14, 1936, in the mountain community of Glade Valley, North Carolina, living there until moving to Charlotte with her parents as a child. She graduated from Tech High School and business school....
Evelyn Roberts Bouknight
Sep 10, 2025
Mrs. Evelyn R. Bouknight, 95, passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Bush River Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, with entombment to follow. Evelyn was born on August 8, 1930, in Elgin, to Lexie and Effie Nelson Roberts. She attended St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and was a...
Margaret Jane Reierson
Sep 9, 2025
Margaret Jane Reierson, of Irmo, passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. She was born in Ft. Wayne, IN on December 27, 1935. Jane, also known as Nana, was a beautiful soul inside and out; she never met a stranger and loved everyone’s daily gossip. The most important things to her were family, her cat Sadie, Gamecocks Football and sitting...
Nancy Dale Taber
Sep 6, 2025
Nancy Dale Taber of Irmo, SC, formerly of Dover, MA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Born in Providence, RI, on May 18, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Owen and Susan Chatterton.
Nancy is survived by her son, Wesley D. Taber, and his wife, Elaine, of Columbia, SC; her daughter, Dale C. O’Keefe, and her husband,...

Anne Godwin Summerour
Aug 29, 2025
Little Mountain - Anne G. Summerour, 89, passed away on August 29, 2025. A more in-depth obituary is forthcoming. Temples-Halloran Funeral Home proudly serves the Summerour family in their time of grief.
Constance Lorick Bloom
Aug 28, 2025
Constance Lorick Bloom, 96, of Irmo, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday September 4, 2025 at Temples-Halloran Funeral Home, with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service.
Born on March 12, 1929, in Irmo, she was the daughter of Theo William and Agnes Meetze Lorick. A devoted wife and...
Homer Emmitt Settle
Aug 27, 2025
Pelion – Homer Emmitt Settle, 78, passed away on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Temples-Halloran Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Dr. Jeff Wright. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Bush River Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at...
Mary Louise Taylor
Aug 21, 2025
Mary Louise Taylor was born on April 1,1936 in Long Branch, NJ and passed away on August 21, 2025, in Greenville, SC, she was 89 years old. Mary Lou’s family included father Frederick Neu, her mother and namesake Mary Louise Neu and her brother Frederick Conrad Neu. She graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, MI, Michigan State University with...
Donna Lee Mahan
Aug 17, 2025
Donna Lee Mahan (née Wheelbarger) of Columbia, SC, passed away on August 17th, 2025. Born on November 25, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Robert Charles and Laura Calder Holden Wheelbarger, Donna spent much of her childhood in Pensacola, Florida. There, she became an expert water skier, mastering slalom skiing and performing daring water pyramids with her friends. She was a...
Kristina Ann Graham
Aug 16, 2025
Kristina “LuLu” Ann Graham, 45, passed away on August 16, 2025. A Celebration of Life service will be held 5:00 pm on Friday, August 22, 2025, at East Lake Community Church, 10057 Broad River Rd, Irmo, SC 29063, with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. Kristina will be remembered for her joyful spirit, happy disposition, and zest for...
Vickie Floyd Kempson
Aug 13, 2025
Vickie “Dee” Floyd Kempson, 65, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. A private service will be held. Dee was born on December 3, 1959, in Mullins, SC, to Tom Leach and Barbara Ann Stone Floyd. She was a 1978 graduate of Irmo High School and retired as a payroll administrator for various companies in the Columbia area. Dee...
Lillie Mae Leviner
Aug 12, 2025
A service commemorating the life of Lillie Mae Sellers Leviner, age 95, of Chapin, SC, will be held at Temples-Halloran Funeral Home, 5400 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC 29212, on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Noon, with burial to follow at Cresent Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home....
Betty R. Tripp
Aug 12, 2025
Betty Reece Tripp of Columbia went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, August 12 at the age of 92. Betty was born and raised in the upstate of South Carolina but moved to Columbia in 1967. She was the daughter of the late O.J. and Addie Reece, and she was the last surviving child of (8). She spent her life...
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