Community Calendar highlights Aiken and Augusta events
A series of local group meetings and services for residents including Adoptees and Birthparents in Organized Search at Forest Hills Augusta, Aiken Area Task Force on AIDS at Home Medical, library hours, housing applications, free testing at Aiken Pregnancy Care Center, and various clubs and support groups. Public notices invite submissions to the Aiken Standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hills
Trust Company Bank
Daniel Village
Wrightsboro Road
Augusta
Aiken Area
Home
University Parkway
Amy
Aiken County
Aiken Housing Authority
Rogers Terrace
Aiken
Laurens Street
Plunkett Avenue
Hahn Village
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center
Waterloo St
H. Odell Weeks Center
Whiskey Road
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Constructive
Aurora Pavilion
Eccapo Board of Directors
Johnston
Dorothy Owens
Palmetto Legal Services
Lexington
Ponce de Leon Avenue
North Augusta
Narcotics Anonymous
South Airicn Presbyterian Church
Knights of Columbus
Spaulding Drive
Senior Citizens Bridge
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Crosland Park
Helping Hands Shelter Aiken Kiwanis Meeting Highlight
Gerri Saylor, executive director of Helping Hands, describes a 40 child capacity facility formed in 1975 with two programs. A temporary shelter funded largely by United Way provides 45 day stays with counseling, clothing and school supplies. The teen program houses eight boys and eight girls with live-in couples and requires duties like cooking and school attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerri Saylor
Helping Hands
Aiken ‘Kiwanis Club
United Way
Ried
ACTS
Salvation Army
Golden Harvest Food Bank aids hungry families in Aiken
Mike Firmin, founder for 13 years, cites 14 percent of South Carolina children going hungry monthly while four million pounds of food flow to Aiken and Augusta from Second Harvest. The bank relies on mislabeled unsellable foods, local donations, and USDA funds, serving 29 856 families and 87 580 people last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Mike Firmin
Food Bank
South Carolina
Firmin
Aiken
Rotary Club
Augusta
Second Harvest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Owen Clary
Aiken Rotary Club
Houndslake Country Club
Bud Coward
Deaths and Funerals Notice Highlights Local Obituaries
A multi town obituary roundup lists April 1995 deaths including Thomas Jefferson Merriweather 63 of Bath and Pearl Wheeler Hite 83 of Batesburg-Leesville. It notes survivors, call arrangements at G L Brighthorp and Sons and Milton Shealy Funeral Home, plus service details for several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesburg-Leesville
Pearl Wheeler Hite
Hite
Mt. Ebal Road
Mt. Ebal Baptist Church
Kyle Harmon
Aiken County
Benjamin Oscar
Rebecca Rodgers Wheeler
Edisto Academy
Anderson College
Belk Department Store
James A. Hite
Jim Hite
Nashville
USC Aiken Alumni Tourney Set
The USCA Alumni Association hosts its third annual golf tournament on Friday April 28 at Cedar Creek Golf Club with a 1 PM shotgun start. Proceeds benefit the Alumni Scholarship Program. Entry is 50 dollars per player. captain's choice format. prizes for longest drive and closest to the pin plus door prizes. cookout follows. contact Alumni Office at 641 3480.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usca Alumni Association
Cedar Creek Golf Club
USCA
Merriweather Rites Held After April 23 Passing
MERRIWEATHER entered into rest April 23 1995 at the Medical College of Georgia. THOMAS JEFFERSON BO MERRIWEATHER, 63, of Bath SC, survived by wife Louise and many children. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Services by G L Bright harp & Sons Mortuary in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Thomas Jefferson
Bo) Merriweather
Merriweather
G.L. Brighthorp and Sons Mortuary
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Louise D. Merriweather
Gloria M. Patterson
Sonya M. Curry
Lynn D. Wade
Beverly D. Merriweather
Delia R. Merriweather
Aiken
Ronald Merriweather
Robert W. Merriweather
Gregory T. Merriweather
James Merriweather Jr
Augusta
Isaiah Merriweather
Willie Merriweather
Newberry St
N.W
Barnwell
Tyesha Lashaye James
Lisa Daniels
Tyrone James
Medical University of Charleston
Tyesha
Fulmer
Funeral Home Chapel
Springfield
Anthony Daniels
Mary F. James
Highway 3
Monetta
Phillip E. Hendrix
Hendrix
Short St
Aiken County
Davis Funeral Home
Ridge Spring
Greg. Merriweather
James Merriweather
Ry Merriweather
Julia Thomas
Aiken, SC
G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary
Beaufort ST
Aiken, S.C
Obituaries from Aiken area list several local deaths
Obituaries for Mr Borders, Mrs Hess, Mrs Graves and Mr Barrett note their deaths in April 1995. Services vary from private graveside or funeral home chapels in Aiken, Warrenville and Langley with survivors including spouses, children and grandchildren. Memorials directed to Midway Junior College or St Johns United Methodist Church. George Funeral Homes of Aiken handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Duston Graves
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
United Methodist Women
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Newberry St
N.W
Aiken
Coleman Phitter Borders
Mattie C. Hall
Borders
Carlyle Place
Arlington National Cemetery
Benton
Robert and
Velma Clark Borders
U.S. Army Engineers
Margaret Saunders Borders
Martha Withstandley
Dennis
Margaret Gracfe
Craryville
N.Y
Anne Conner
Clemmons
N.C
George
Springfield
Lena (Shug) Stroman
Meadowbrook
Stroman
St. Stephen United Methodist Church
Terry Barrett
Church
Warrenville
Edward
Genie Boy) Barrett
Hatcher Funeral Home
Don Cain
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
Mr. Barrett
Nellie Barrett
Aiken Blvd
Dorothy McDermott Hess
Aiken Memorial Gardens
Clinton D. Henderson
William R. Johnston
Hess
Banks Mill Road
Midway Junior College
East Stevens
Midway
Wyeth Bascom Hess
William R Johnston
George Funeral Homes, Inc
Park Ave
Aiken, SC
Barrett
Legion Road
S.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken Standard
Saylor
Kenneth L. Nelson
Edward F. Girardeau Jr
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Deidre Martin
Thomas J. Merriweather
Harla Ray Curry
Lena Stroman
Robert Lee Danley
Wagener
Baughmanville Baptist Church
Eugene Guyton
Mr. Danley
Indian Trail Road
Louise D. Jennings
New Holland Road
J.H. Robinson
Edward Barrett
Park Avenue, Aiken
Bubba) Bryant Jr
Stephen D. Posey
Pine Grove
Mr. Bryant
Edgefield Road
USC Aiken
G.L. Brighthorp & Sons Mortuary
Beaufort Street
N.E. Aiken
Chace
Margaret S. Borders
Lington National Cemetery
Margaret Graefe
Hatcher
Floyd
Gheeeng Welers
Centre South
Buzz Hankinson
Nate
Estate and Business Consultants, Inc
Greene St
Summit Place
Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Plantation
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