Mrs Odell Leopard 70 Dies in Aiken Hospital
Mrs Odell Iris Jordon Leopard 70 died Friday in an Aiken hospital. Funeral services were held yesterday at Warrenville United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Ellenburg and Rev. J H Owens officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memory Gardens Langley with pallbearers Sam Morris James Morris Jimmy Jordan Houston Leopard Ernest Whittle Jr. and Leron Leopard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenville
Odell
Iris Jordon) Leopard
Aiken
Warrenville United Methodist Church
Robert Ellenburg
J.H. Owens
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
Sam Morris
James Morris
Jimmy Jordan
Houston Leopard
Ernest Whittle Jr
Leron Leopard
Walter Ferguson Rites Set at Mt Zion A M E Church
Funeral services for Walter Ferguson of Aiken Road Graniteville take place today at 4 PM at Mt Zion A M E Church Graniteville with Rev George Cobin officiating. Burial is in Graniteville Cemetery. Pallbearers are George Anderson Calvin Holmes Warren Smith Frank Simpkins Lester Franklin Tommie Davis. The service is at the granddaughter’s residence or Jackson Brooks Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ferguson
Aiken Road
Graniteville
C.S. Stevens
Congress Drive
Aiken
Mt. Zion A.M.E
George Cobin
George Anderson
Calvin Holmes
Warren Smith
Frank Simpkins
Lester Franklin
Tommie Davis
Mrs William Altman Dies at 75 in Warrenville
Alethia Aliie Jordan Altman age 75 of 83 Lombard Street Warrenville died Saturday in Aitken County Hospital. Funeral services held in Poseys Funeral Home chapel at 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alethia Brown
Lombard St
Warrenville
William
Alethia Aliie Jordan) Altman
Aitken County
Community Calendar Shows Local Meetings and Clinics
Planned Parenthood of Aiken County hosts a family planning clinic at Spider Webb Community Center Beech Island from 5 to 8 p m. Schofield PTA meets 7 30 p m at the school. Lions Club 7 p m at Lions Hut. Crosland Park Civic Association 7 30 p m Senior Citizens Clubhouse. League of Women Voters 8 p m Palmetto Federal Building. Board of Realtors 1 p m Commercial Hotel. Aiken County family planning 12 30 to 5 p m Midland Valley Shopping Center Clearwater. Aiken Council of Social Agencies meets 2 p m at the health center. Administrative Area No 1 advisory council 7 p m New Ellenton Junior High. Center Fire Department 7 p m at the station. Jaycees 7 30 p m Jaycee Hut.
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Planned Parenthood
Aiken County
Spider Webb
Beech Island
Schofield Pta
Lions Club
Lions Hut
Crosland Park Civic Association
Senior Citizens
Crosland Park
League of Women Voters
Palmetto Federal Building
Board of Realtors
Planned Parenthood of
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Clearwater
Aiken Council of
New Ellenton Junior High School
Center Fire Department
Edgefield Merchant Melvin S. Shaffer Sr. dies at 66
Melvin S. Shaffer Sr., 66, died early Saturday at a Greenwood hospital. Services were at McKendree Methodist Church with Rev. John Davenport officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. A native of Edgefield County, he was a merchant and member of McKendree Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow Louis Cogburn Shaffer two sons Melvin S. Shaffer Jr. Edgefield and William C. Shaffer Columbia and a brother Joe Shaffer Edgefield.
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Greenwood
Pierce C
Mattie Louise Callison
Polattie
Callison
Columbia
Bold Springs Baptist Church
A.D. Croft
Church
Greenwood County
Bold Springs
James Franklin Polatti
Jackson
Pierce Callison Polattie Jr
Ralph Paine Polattie
Margaret Flynn
Mamie Lee Jordan
Lexington
G.P. Callison
Roy Callison
Clarence Rodgers
Foreman Coleman
James Cutts
Jack Calli
Edgefield
Melvin S. Shaffer Sr
McKendree Methodist Church
John Davenport
Edgefield County
Louis Cogburn Shaffer
Melvin S. Shaffer Jr
William C. Shaffer
Joe Shaffer
William H. Bench Rites Set In Aiken Funeral Service
William H. Bench age 59 of 625 Aldrich St N E Aiken died Saturday at Aiken County Hospital after an extended illness. Services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at George Funeral Home Aiken with Dr R L Cate officiating. Burial in Aiken Memorial Park. He was a Pennsylvania native son of Sarah Latshaw Bench and the late Charles A Bench retired civil service employee and Beacon Light Lodge 701 F&AM member. He lived in Aiken two years. Survivors include wife Rose Ethel Russell Bench two daughters Rosanne Strom and Mrs Donald Jadlowski both of Aiken two sons William R Bench Staten Island N Y Charles L Bench Aiken his mother Mrs Sarah Bench Bricktown N J one sister Mrs Royce Bennett Aiken one brother Harry Bench Bricktown one half brother John Davis Staten Island and five grandchildren Pallbearers will be Masons.
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William Howard Bench
Aldrich St
N.E
Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
George Funeral Home
R.L. Cate
Aiken Memorial Park
Pennsylvania
Bench
Sarah Latshaw Bench
Charles A. Bench
Civil Service
Royce Bennett
Harry Bench
Bricktown
John Davis
Staten Island
Ridge Spring man Robert E. Gary dies at 55
Robert Ellis Gary, 55, of Route 1 Ridge Spring, died Wednesday in an Edgefield hospital. He was a lifelong Saluda County resident and a member of Coleman Ridge Baptist Church. Burial was at Family Center in Ridge Spring with Rev. Henry T. Ligon officiating.
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Ridge Spring
Robert Ellis Gary
Route 1
Edgefield
Coleman Ridge Baptist Church
Henry T. Ligon
Saluda County
Gary
DeLand resident Frences Gary obituary listed survivors
Floree Ligons Gary, five daughters Lulabelle Etheridge of Columbia Lula Mae Gary of Philadelphia Pa Anna May Gary Thelma Gary and Kath erine Gary all of DeLand Fla five sons Robert J Gary Larry Gary of Ridge Spring Leonard Gary Randy Jerry Gary all of DeLand Fla two sisters Alzalee Wallace of Savannah and Corene Wilson of Washington DC three brothers Verdery Gary of Savannah David and Tillman Gary of Jamaica NY Pallbearers were Leonard Bell James Bell Wallace Bronson Clarence Clark Lloyd Washington and Belton Kinner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floree Ligons Gary
Lulabelle Etheridge
Columbia
Lula Mae Gary
Philadelphia
Anna May Gary
Thelma Gary
Katherine Gary
DeLand, Fla
Robert J. Gary
Larry Gary
Ridge Spring
Leonard Gary
Randy Jerry Gary
Alzalee Wallace
Savannah
Corene Wilson
Washington, D.C
Verdery Gary
David and
George Stallings Dies. Funeral Arrangements Pending
George Stallings died Friday at his home. Miller's Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. Aiken County native and Zion Fair Baptist Church member survives daughter Elizabeth Stallings of Aiken. Address for Mary Ann Smith Route 1 Aiken or the funeral home listed.
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George Stallings
Miller
Aiken County
Zion Fair Baptist Church
Aiken
Elizabeth Stallings
Mary Ann Smith
Death of Lelon O Reece in South Carolina Church Service
Lelon O Reece 72 of RFD 4 died Saturday in a local infirmary. Funeral 4 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with Rev Raymond Timmerman officiating. Native of Aiken County and a retired mechanic. Survived by wife Lilly Mae Clayton Reece a daughter Lila Mae Winham Shreveport La a son James L Reece Baldwin Park Calif three sisters and five brothers. Pallbearers named Norman Neal Owen Roy Jeff Marty Reece Maddox.
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Lelon U. Reece
RFD
Central Baptist Church
Raymond Timmerman
Aiken County
Reece
Merritts Bridge
James L. Reece
Baldwin Park
Calif
Anna Ruth Maddox
Pelion
Sadie Hogsed
Shertz
Tex
Hattie Bush
Leesville
Ralph Reece
Vaucluse
Owen Reece
Cayce
Howard Reece
Camden
Clyde Reece
Columbia
Lewis Reece
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Donald Kennedy Jr. Dies in Tryon Production Manager at WSPA
Donald Albion Kennedy Jr. 44 died Friday at his Tryon home. He worked as production manager of WSPA Spartanburg and was active in Tryon Little Theatre. A WWII veteran born in Portland Maine he is survived by Pamela Bartel Kennedy daughter Katherine Orr Kennedy son Donald Erskine Kennedy mother Mrs. Donald Kennedy and sister Mrs. William Burnett. Memorials to the American Cancer Society Box 488 Tryon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryon
Donald Albion Kennedy Jr
Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross
Tracy H. Lamar
Douglass Cole
Portland
Maine
WSPA
Spartanburg
Tryon Little Theatre
Pamela Bartel Kennedy
Katherine Orr Kennedy
Donald Erskine Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
William Burnett
North Augusta
American Cancer Society
Death of Homer T. Cato Former Ridge Spring Resident
Homer T. Cato former Ridge Spring resident died Saturday in the Dublin Georgia Veterans Hospital at 4 p.m. He was a World War I veteran and member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where services were held with Rev. John Wren officiating. A Clemson alumnus and charter member of Masonic Order 134 AFM Ridge Spring he worked as a draftsman and architect Surviving are four sisters Mrs Albert Cushman of Aiken and others.
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Ridge Spring
Homer T. Cato
Veterans’ Hospital
Dublin
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
John Wren
Clemson College
Masonic Order
A.F.M
Cato
Obituary Notice for Marie Cato Elise Cato and Shields
Marie Cato and Elise Cato are named in a notice with Mrs. W A Shields identified and Cumbee Funeral Home Ridge Spring listed as in charge of arrangements. Columbia is noted as the location.
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Marie Cato
Elise Cato
W.A. Shields
Columbia
Cumbee Funeral Home
Ridge Spring
John W Cue dies in Columbia hospital
John Wil son Cue died Saturday in a Columbia hospital. Amos and Sons Funeral Home Batesburg will announce arrangements. He leaves four daughters Chandra D. Cue Kasatra L. Cue Ridge Spring Mrs Dorothy L. Price Deland Fla and Mrs Mary E. Davis Philadelphia Pa two sons Dondra E. Cue Ridge Spring Johhnie A. Cue New Haven Conn one sister Mrs Exengene Samuels Monetta and one brother Otis Cue Jacksonville Fla.
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Ridge Spring
John Wilson Cue
Columbia
Amos and Sons
Batesburg
Lutisher Cue
Chandra D. Cue
Kasatra L. Cue
Dorothy L. Price
Deland
Fla
Mary E. Davis
Philadelphia
Dondra E. Cue
Johhnie A. Cue
New Haven
Conn
Exengelene Samuels
Monetta
Otis Cue
Jacksonville
Amos and Sons Funeral Home
Henry Mackie Jr Deacon Dies After Illness in Veterans Hospital
Henry Mackie Jr a deacon at Rose Hill Baptist Church died in a veterans hospital after a long illness. A Augusta native who lived most of his life in Aiken he served in World War I and was survived by his wife Mary Mackie three children and several siblings. He was son of Amanda Mackie and the late Henry Mackie Sr and served on the church board of deacons.
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Henry Mackie Jr
Veterans Hospital
Miller
Aiken
Augusta
Amanda Mackie
Henry Mackie Sr
Rose Hill Baptist Church
U.S. Navy
Mary Mackie
Vivian Mackie
George Albert Mackie
Bobby Mackie
Susie
Rent Price Rollback Debate Set To Start
Washington AP reports the House begins debating price rent and interest rollbacks or continuation of Nixon era discretionary control. Democrats push March 16 as compromise, Republicans favor simple extension, while consumer groups press for early rollback amid lobbying and protests.
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Washington
House
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Committee
National Consumer Congress
Snakehandlers defy court order in Newport Tennessee
The Rev Listen Pack and four others from the Holiness Church of God in Jesus name face injunctions barring snake and poison handling after a Saturday service in Cocke County. No injuries were reported as officers served the injunction. Dist Atty Swann plans involuntary manslaughter charges related to two deaths from strychnine tests.
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Newport, Tenn
Listen Pack
Holiness Church of God In Jesus
Little Mountain Cult
Cocke County
Pack
Dist
Henry F. Swann
Buford Pack
Jimmy Ray Williams
Drew Click
Robert Grooms
Clyde Ricker
Albert Ball
George Shepherd
Family tributes for local residents span several states
Mae Lloyd of Graniteville Mrs Larline Beard of Jersey City N J Mrs Virginia Goodwin of Augusta and brother Tommy Mackie of Aiken are named in the notice detailing the deceased and his surviving kin with a funeral arrangement tied to 732 Washington Circle.
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Mae Lloyd
Graniteville
Larline Beard
Jersey City
N.J
Virginia Goodwin
Augusta
Tommy Mackie
Aiken
Washington Circle
Rescue Squads Aid Abbeville Cleanup After Tornado
Belvedere Jaycees and Belvedere-North Augusta Rescue Squad joined Abbeville responders in a Sunday cleanup. Led by Erin Williams and John Harris the teams worked from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. assisting after the tornado disaster that left homes in splinters across acres.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Jaycees
North Augusta
Abbeville
Jaycee
Erin Williams
John Harris
Harris
Aiken County
Man 53 Arrested In Auto Theft Case
Aaron Bush of Rt. 1 Aiken faces auto theft charges after sheriff deputies and Aiken Police apprehended him in Petticoat Junction. The stolen vehicle belonged to Clemon Johnson of Aiken and was taken from 125 Fairfield Street.
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Aiken
Petticoat Junction
Aaron Bush
Rt. 1
Clemon Johnson
Fairfield St
Eustis Park School
Holy Week Services Continue at First Presbyterian Church
Holy Week services at First Presbyterian Church continue tonight with a sermon titled Christ and the Games of Children. Guest pastor Rev Walter M Crowe of Camden preaches at 7 30 p m with soloist Mrs F E Ardrey. The Chancel Choir presents Dubois Seven Last Words followed by the Lord's Supper observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Walter M. Crowe
Camden
F.E. Ardrey
Dubois
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P.C. Polattie
Blyth Funeral Home
J.L. Steele
Altman
Graniteville Company
Burnettown First Baptist Church
Pawnee Dutz
Hudson Altman
W.A. Altman
Gaynell Day
Mertie Courtney
J.L. Jordan
Walter Grover Sr
Samuel Jordan
Paul Grover
Alonzo Jordan
David Jordan
Ronnie Jordan
Mrs. Odell Leopard
William Altman
William H. Bench
Robert E. Gary
ST. Angela
Laure Browder
Lelon O. Reece
Almany
Donald Kennedy Jr
John W. Cue
Capitol Hill
Banking Committee
Capitol
Order
Jaycees
Highway 19 South
New Ellenton
Aiken First Pentecostal
Holiness Church
Conor Gregg
Sam
Jesus
God
Rev. D. Sherrill Orvin
Peter
Orvin
Rick Carreno
Hell’s Angel
Memorial Baptist Church
Vaucluse Rd
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