Confederate soldier laid to rest in Laurens after dying wish
More than 1,000 people attended the burial of Capt. William Downs Farley in Laurens City Cemetery after a memorial in the Public Square. Farley, killed at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, requested return to Laurens County if he died, and wore period uniforms during observances. The service noted his role as a favored scout of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. Farley was buried previously in Culpeper, Virginia.
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Laurens
William Downs Farley
South Carolina
Battle of
Brandy Station
Laurens City
Farley
Laurens County
Je.b. Stuart Farley
Fairview
Culpeper
Charles Ashby
Bodies of Marietta couple found in North Carolina
Investigators said the bodies of Tom and Carol Ann Lloyd, a South Carolina couple who disappeared from Marietta, North Carolina, were found by hikers in Nantahala National Forest near Sapphire on NC 281. Jewelry with Carol Ann’s initials and the couple’s wedding date were recovered. authorities believe they were shot. The Lloyds’ son Aaron Lloyd, 26, died after a self-inflicted gunshot during a Texas traffic stop on April 17. Aaron’s roommate James Gilmour, 22, was jailed in Greenville County on kidnapping and car theft charges.
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Brevard
South Carolina
Nantahala National Forest
North Carolina
Tom
Carol Ann Lloyd
Marietta
N.C
Sapphire
Tom Lloyd
Transylvania County
Bobby Orr
Orr
Greenville
S.C
Lloyd
Aaron Lloyd
James Gilmour
Texas
Gilmour
Clemson
Greenville County
D.C
Lloyds
USC provost returns to science with $1 million retina grant
Dr. Ros ie Crouch leaves her role as University provost to pursue research with a four year grant from the National Eye Institute. The funding supports studies of a retina protein she has long examined, ending a 12 year administrative tenure. Greenberg lauds her leadership and research drive as she transitions back to science.
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Charleston
Rosie Crouch
Medical University of South Carolina
Tion
Crouch
College of Graduate Studies
University
Ray Greenberg
Greenberg
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Officer Fired Over Stolen Fort Lawn Evidence Gun
Lancaster County police officer Jeremy Heath Vinson was fired after admitting he took a stainless steel .357 magnum revolver from the Fort Lawn Police Department evidence room. Vinson, 24, faced misdemeanor petit larceny charges and left Fort Lawn for Lancaster after more than four months on the force.
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Lancaster
Fort Lawn
Jeremy Heath Vinson
Hugh White
Vinson
Richard Smith
Lancaster Department
Smith
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C.A. Magwood Jr
Jeff Jacobs
Blessing of the Fleet
Florence
Leon F Fulmer Jr
DHEC
Nancy Vinson
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
Blue Cross BlueStven
Craig Musick
Ark Taylor & Associates
Greenwood St. SW ‘Aiken, SC
MUSC
Ied Press
Lancaster County
Paul West & Associates
John Deere
Senate Src Laserge Welt
Consumer Products Industry
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SABRE
Augusta Turf & Tractor
Wylds Road
Augusta
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