Deaths And Funerals In Aiken And Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices list Mrs. Gertrude Foster of 672 Harry St. dying after long illness with services at Union Hill Baptist Church near Perry and burial in church cemetery. Survivors include husband Thomas Foster Wagener. children Joe Rowe New York James and John Foster Aiken. siblings and other relatives. Funeral home viewing details provided. A second notice covers Mrs Maude Metcalf Gosnell of Campobello Inman obituary with service at Seawright Funeral Home and burial in Campobello Cemetery. she was mother of Mrs Shirley Holgate and cottage mother at Connie Maxwell Orphanage. survivors listed. calling hours noted.
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Gertrude Foster
Harry
Aiken County Hospital
Inman
Maude Metclaf Gosnell
Shirley Holgate
North Augusta
Seawright
William C Page Dies at 60 in Richmond County
William C Page 60 of 3505 Gamble Road died yesterday in a Richmond County hospital. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at George Funeral Home with Rev. William R Cobb officiating, burial in Bethany Cemetery. He was a native of Aiken County, former barber and owner of Page's University of Cosmetology, and a World War II veteran. Survivors include his widow Margaret Jones Page two daughters Mrs Ruby Page Sharp Leicester England three sons Arthur Curtis Page William Larry Page and Robert E Bob Page a sister Mrs J P Hazel Wilbanks a sister Mrs Hubert Doris Callaway a sister Mrs Eunice Hames and a sister Mrs Robert E Patsy Head and a brother Charles R Page. Friends may call at the residence or funeral home. family to receive friends today 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Miss Rawls a fourth grade student at Busbee Elementary was also named with survivors including her parents sisters Carol Ann Rawls Libby Rawls paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Haskell Rawls Wagener and maternal grandmother Ann Lee Shannon. Pallbearers listed as Doug Busbee Steve Brinkley Michael Shealy and Terry Colvin.
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William C. Page
Gamble Road
Richmond County
George Funeral Home
William R. Cobb
Bethany Cemetery
Page
Aiken County
Page’s
University of Cosmetology
First Baptist Church
Woodmen of the World
Miss Rawls
Busbee
Carol Ann Rawls
Libby Rawls
Wagener
Haskell Rawls
Ann Lee Shannon
Doug Busbee
Steve Brinkley
Michael Shealy
Terry Colvin
Graniteville
Vallire K. Busbee
St. John United Methodist Church
Richard Covington
Graniteville Cemetery
Eastern Star Chapter
Joyce B. Timmerman
Helen B. Yaun
Frances B. Davis
Lloyd Russell Busbee
Aiken
J. Quincey Kennedy
Posey
New Ellenton
Julia Martin
Shady Lane
Auns Baptist Church
Beech Island
C.W. Phinizy
Church
Martin
Runs Baptist Church
Katie Hartfield
New York
Mary Collier
Maude Jones
Washington, D.C
Stephen Wade Jr
Charlie Wade
Washington
Thomas Wade
Mae Stallings
Joseph Turner
Florida
Frank Stallings
Fred Stallings
Willie James Stallings
J.B. Stallings
P.J. Stallings
William Stallings
Augusta
Herman Stallings
E.M. Stallings
Atlanta
Paul Howard Williams
Marietta, Ga
Williams
Zion
Mary Ann Canty
North Augusta
Johnny Williams
Lewis Williams
Edward Williams
Jerry Williams
Walter Williams
Funeral services for Mary Williams and Vallire Busbee set
Miss Mary Verdeulous Williams dies at 42 and funeral is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Zion Hill Baptist Church with burial at an area site. Vallire K. Busbee 73 of Graniteville dies, service tomorrow at 3 p.m. at St John United Methodist Church, burial in Graniteville Cemetery. survivors listed and services held with Eastern Star membership noted.
Community Calendar And Local Obituaries Highlight Week
Community events listed for today through Monday include meetings at Masonic Temple St Bartholomews Church and Western Sizzlin. Obituaries note Julia Martin 62 New Ellenton and Paul Howard Williams 33 Marietta. Funeral details and survivors listed for both families.
Williams Memorial Services Set For Mrs Japoncia Williams
Memorial services for Mrs Japoncia Williams will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses. The Rev Roger DeCelles will officiate. Mrs Williams aged 65 died Monday. Minnie Lee Harris 1309 Senate Dr Jackson Brooks Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Japoncia Williams
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Church
Roger DeCelles
Williams
Minnie Lee Harris
Senate
Melissa Gail Rawls dies at age 9
Melissa Gail Rawls died Wednesday in a Richland County hospital. Graveside services were held yesterday at Berlin Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev Ceasar Duncan officiating.
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Wagener
Melissa Gail Rawls
Carol Ray Rawls
Richland County
Berlin Baptist Church
Ceasar Duncan
Weekend Skies Tease With Sun And Rain Likely
Forecasters say weekend skies will mix sun and clouds with a chance of rain. Tonight highs in the upper 60s, tomorrow reaching the low 90s with light winds. Sunday stays partly cloudy with highs near 90 and a 20 percent chance of a shower. Winds vary across the county, mainly east to northeast.
Wagener Girl Killed in Three Vehicle Wreck
A nine year old Wagener girl, Melissa Gail Rawls, died after a collision at Fairview Crossroads in Lexington County. Her sister, 17 year old Carol Rawls, drove away from a stop sign and was hit by a tractor trailer, causing the car to strike a pickup at another stop sign. Four others were injured. Melissa died hours later after being treated at Richland Memorial Hospital. The crash is under investigation pending a coroner's inquest.
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Wagener
Fairview
Lexington
Melissa Gail Rawls
S.D. McBee
McBee
Carol N. Rawls
Rawls
Lexington County Hospital
Melissa Rawls
Richland Memorial Hospital
Lexington County
Kidnapped Executive Dies Amid Guatemala City Violence
Clifford Bevins, 56, an American executive for Ginza of Goodyear, was killed by rebels during a siege near Santa Maria Cauqué. Soldiers later killed five guerrillas, and a note found by Bevins’ body hinted at hoped-for release. The abductions and brutal campaign incite broad diplomatic concern.
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Guatemala City
Here
Clifford Bevins
Bevins
Portland
Ore
Ginza
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
U.S
Santa Maria Cauque
Fernando Lucas Garcia
Voyager Promises Look At Saturn
Voyager 2 speeds toward Saturn for an August 25 close approach promising sharper images and new details of the rings and moons. NASA scientists say this final planned Saturn study may be the best chance to learn in a generation, with later missions unlikely.
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Washington
Saturn
Earth
United States
Soviet Union
Edward Stone
Voyager
Stone
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Phoebe
Uranus
Neptune
Solar System
Abscam Congressmen Sentenced and Fines Imposed
The AP reports four congressmen and two other Abscam defendants were fined and sentenced to prison. The Justice Department plans to recover about 200000 dollars in bribes from undercover payments, with civil suits to follow, per unidentified federal sources cited by the New York Daily News.
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Associated Press New York
Abscam
Justice Department
New York Daily News
Former Aiken man dies in Atlanta hotel construction fall
Paul Howard Williams 33 fell five stories while loading glass onto a fifth floor platform at the Gallaria project near Cumberland Mall in Atlanta. Cobb County police classify the death as accidental with no further investigation. Williams was born in Aiken County and raised near Petticoat Junction. he was married to Lorraine Phiniezy.
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Atlanta
Paul Howard Williams
Gallaria
Cumberland Mall
Cobb County
Howard
Williams
Aiken County
Petticoat Junction
New Ellenton
Beech Island
Lorraine Phiniezy
Jazz Band Set For Hopelands Concert Series
The Chris Mangalley Jazz Band will play Monday night at 7 in Hopeland Gardens Dupree Place and Whiskey Road. If it rains the concert moves to the H Odell Weeks Activities Center on Whiskey Road, according to Willie Boyd of the Aiken Recreation Department.
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Queen City
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
St. Joseph’s Hospital
A.A. Miracle Group
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
North Augusta
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Doll House
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken A.A
Linden St
Chris Mangalley
Willie Boyd
Aiken
Dupree Place
Whiskey Road
H. Odell Weeks Activities
Break-In At St. Pauls Church Reports Theft
A thief entered St. Pauls Lutheran Church at Laurens Street and Abbeville Avenue last night stealing $20 from the petty change fund. The intruder accessed the pastor's office via an air vent panel and left pry marks on the mail slot door knob and a file cabinet drawers per the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Laurens Street
Abbeville Avenue
Department of Public Safety
Cotton dust debate cited by Graniteville plant bulletin
The Graniteville article notes socio political pressures spurring action on cotton dust. Dr Galphin questions cost versus benefit of lower dust limits and cites a small number of workers with lung issues. six cases moved, others advised on smoking risks.
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Dr. Galphin
Galphin
Advance payment instruction for Aiken Standard PBM Subscription
The notice directs all advance payments to be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription. It specifies the payment recipient and implies a formal billing arrangement. The wording is concise and targets subscribers or clients of the service.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Union Hill Baptist Church
Perry
W.W. Doby
Milton Key
Bobby Watkins
Foster
Friendship Baptist Church
Baughmanville Baptist Church
Thomas Foster
Joe Rowe
James
John Foster
Bertha Mae Williams
St. Auburn
N.Y
James Frazier
Henderson Frazier Jr
Salley
Charlie Roy
Washington D.C
Rosa Lee Guyton
Hattie Prada
Columbia
Girlean Williams
J.H. Robinson
James Foster
Mrs. Maude Metcalf Gosnell
Mary Williams
Mary Verdeulous Williams
Zion Hill Baptist Church
E.W. Simmons
Miss Williams
Charlie H. Brisco
James H. Williams Jr
Larry M. Dunbar
James S. Brisco
Clarence P. Williams
Reginald Williams
Smart Williams
Route 5
Box 134
Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Mrs
Vallire Busbee
Margaret J. Weston
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Clearwater
Aiken County Health Department
Aiken County Museum
Aiken Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
Aiken Sertoma Club
Western Sizzlin
Kalmia Toastmasters
Western Steer
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Aiken Chess Club
Overeaters Anonymous
South Aiken
Ellison Garvin
Paul H. Williams
Mrs. Japoncia Williams
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Melissa G. Rawls
Anvil
National Weather Service
NOAA
Pacific Coast
Plains
St. Lawrence Valley
Renee Jackson
Fall
Hopelands
St. Paul’s Church
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