Deaths and Funerals in Aiken and Nearby Areas
Clayton Elton Smith Jr 74 of Aiken SC died August 1 2014 in Augusta GA. He served in the US Air Force and worked as a computer system analyst retiring from Westinghouse SAS. Survivors include wife Brenda Smith, children Lorrie and Clayton III, four grandchildren and a brother. George Dudley Richardson 80 of Aiken died August 1 2014. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War helped build the first nuclear submarine and was a teacher writer and musician. Survivors include five daughters and a son plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services and memorials were held or scheduled in Aiken and Idaho Falls with local funeral home involvement. Memorial gifts suggested to local cancer or church funds.
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Mr. Smith
Rossvile
Georgia
Huntsville
Alabama
South Carolina
Aiken
United States Air Force
Westinghouse
SAS
Habitat For Humanity
Lexington
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Smith
Clayton E. Smith, Sr
Tommie Winifred McCall Smith
Winifred Smith Vandiver
Brenda Wise Smith
Lorrie Smith DuBose
Steve
West Columbia
Clayton “Clay” Smith, III
Erika
Jenna DuBose Lake
Carter
Jacob DuBose
Danielle Smith
Clayton Smith
Richard P. Smith
Tim McClendon
Ray Litts
Vandy Vandiver
Clay Vandiver
Michael Wise
Steve DuBose
Asbury
St. John’s Columbarium
Ward Hall
St. John’s United Methodist Church Building Fund
Boy’s Farm
Newberry
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Westpark Blvd
Suite
Columbia
Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home
Pine Log RD
S.C
George Dudley Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Seaboard
United States Navy
Richardson
Victoria Gail Pierson
Norma Lee Hall
Treva Vaile
Julie Ann Cawthon
Anita Marie Richardson
George Jason Richardson
Marci Blight
Nicholas Pierson
Lindsey Hepworth
Ryan Pierson
Jorden Cammack
Alison Rockwood
Daniel Richardson
Raegan Casto
Marcus Vickers
Robert Hall
Whitney Hall
Aja Hatfield
Christa Sato
Cameron Wilson
Hayden Wilson
Dakoda Richardson
Jessica Waller
Kristin Cawthon
Savannah River Cancer Foundation
Online Guestbook Invitation Encourages Remembrance
Aiken Standard invites readers to visit the online guestbook at aikenstandard.com to sign in memory of a loved one and share inspiring messages for others.
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Shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com
Aikenstandard. Com
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Editorial
Obituary Notice Policy At Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard publishes a daily obituary listing with up to ten lines printed free the first time. Additional lines incur charges. Information is submitted by funeral homes and printed as provided. Funeral homes may assist with details and charges. Deadline is 5 p.m. daily. For more information call 803-648-2311.
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Aiken Standard
Services Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3
Obituary style listing of funeral services with multiple names and schedule details. Saturday services include June Mixon Dix Mary Morris Elliott Mary Claire O Ro rke Sylvia McElmurray Norris Pearle Redd Bowen Sloan Kenneth Ray Nix Danny Ray Key Frank Dennis Adgate at various times and locations. Sunday service listed for Clayton Elton Smith at St Johns United Methodist Church.
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Mixon Dix
George Funeral
Wanna
Mary Morris Elliott
Caughman- Harman
Lexington
Mary Claire O’rourke
Adath Yeshurun
Sylvia McElmurray Norris
Harmony United Methodist Church
Johnston
Pearle Redd Bowen Sloan
Posey Funeral
North Augusta
Kenneth Ray Nix
Dick Wagner guitarist for Cooper Reed and Kiss dies at 71
Dick Wagner, famed guitarist who worked with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith, and co wrote many of Cooper's hits, died of respiratory failure at 71. He passed at Scottsdale Shea Medical Center in Arizona after a three week stay, per his business partner.
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New York
Dick Wagner
Alice Cooper
Lou Reed
Kiss
Aerosmith
Cooper
Susan Michelson
South Carolina Gay Marriage Ban Sparks Campaign Split
Democratic challenger Sen. Vincent Sheheen urged waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the gay marriage issue while Gov. Nikki Haley's campaign faced Republican Senate leader reactions. Sheheen emphasized restraint and adherence to national law, despite personal opposition.
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Columbia
Nikki Haley
South Carolina
Senate
Vincent Sheheen
U.S. Supreme Court
Sheheen
D-Camden
Haley
Virginia
Carolinas
South Carolina Defends Same-Sex Marriage Ban Stance
The article notes Governor Haley and South Carolina officials defending the state ban while North Carolina backs dropping its defense. It highlights political responses including calls from Equality SC and ACLU to drop the defense and the 1996 law and 2004 amendment backing the ban.
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Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alan Wilson
Haley
South Carolina Equality
American Civil Liberties Union of
Wilson
Doug Mayer
House
Sheheen
Oconee Station Faults Cited Over Radioactive Leak
Duke Energy officials admitted apparent violations at the Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca South Carolina after a leak prompted a reactor shutdown. Inspectors found flaws in the containment structure. engineers and regulators reviewed the event and a quick crack repair followed. No threat to public or workers was reported.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Duke Energy
Scott Batson
Oconee
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Atlanta
Seneca
Greenville
Union Woman Arrested For Leaving 16 Month Old In Truck
Crystal Jean Nave, 31, was charged with child neglect after leaving her 16 month old son in a running pickup outside a Union grocery store while she tried to cash a check. An employee called 911 as the boy sat in a car seat with the air conditioning on. Deputies noted no store cameras toward the vehicle and the child was later placed with Nave’s sister.
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Nave
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Clayton Elton Smith, Jr
University Hospital
Augusta
Duke Oconee Station
Associated Press
State News
Southlawn Cemetery & Mausoleum
Aiken’s
Southlawn_cemetery
Whiskey Road
DanBrechie
Tina
Hayne Avenue
Daybreakcare
Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc
Hayne Ave. Aiken
Family Owned
Jason B
Hucks
Graham P. Hali
Robert W Shellhouse
Funeral Directo
Cody Anderson
R Mitchell Rivers
Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc
Pine Log
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