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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 2008
Page
6
Obituary notices for James W Bacon 81 of Langley and Florence J Walls 83 of Aiken detail services, survivors, and memorials. Bacon retired trucking company owner and Army veteran. Walls wife of James Emmett Walls, with four generations and six grandchildren. Services set Aug 2 in Ridge Spring and Aug 9 in Aiken.
Mrs. Jessie Lee J. Griffin-Vines of South Ozone Park New York departed this life on July 27 2008 in a Jamaica New York hospital. Funeral services to be announced by William Monroe Jr Funeral Home Jamaica New York. Jackson Brooks Funeral Home Aiken is in charge of local arrangements. Friends may call Eartha Blocker at 648 2168.
Services today for David Neal Sawyer PhD at 11 a m at First Christian Church and for Herbert Milligan at 11 a m at Silver Spring Baptist Church undisclosed details note two memorials or services in the community.
Saturday services announced for multiple individuals with times and venues including Michael A. Polochko at Woodside Plantation Clubhouse 6 p.m. Shirley Ann Lex at St Mary Help of Christians 10 a.m. Loretta Gunter Jones at Zion Hill Baptist 11 a.m. Salley James W Bacon at Jerusalem Baptist Ridge Spring Florence Jeanne Petee Walls at St John's United Methodist 10 a.m. Jerry Wayne Jay Bird Fore at Hatcher Funeral Home Langley 3 p.m.
Jerry Wayne Jay Bird Fore of Clewiston Florida and formerly Bath Maine died Thursday July 31 2008 at age 43 He was a maintenance man and avid Jeff Gordon fan Survived by daughter Denise Sikes Beech Island sons Wade Fore and Jerry Wayne Fore the late, Wade and Jerry Fore brother Billy Fore and sister Brenda White Two grandchildren and six nieces and nephews Funeral set for Aug 3 2008 at Hatcher Funeral Home Langley with burial Langley Cemetery Pallbearers listed Memorials to charity of choice
Shoppers in South Carolina gear up for a nine time tax holiday starting Thursday at midnight. The six cent state tax plus local taxes are removed on clothing school supplies computers and dozens of other items until Sunday midnight. The list even covers corsets fur coats wetsuits bridal gowns and ski masks. Revenue officials estimate the weekend costs the state just under 3 million dollars in revenue.
A six member jury failed to reach a verdict against Atlantic Beach Councilwoman Retha Pierce on resisting arrest charges after she claimed a bathroom break during a traffic stop. Prosecutor Scott Graustein said he will retry the case. Pierce had earlier been convicted in absentia of reckless driving and appealed.
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster travels the state distributing settlement funds to clinics serving low income disabled and elderly patients. From a Caremark Rx settlement he provides St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic in Spartanburg a 75000 dollar check. Earlier gifts include 6000 to a Chester clinic 50000 to a Seneca clinic and 30000 to a Florence clinic.
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