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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1996
Page
5
Deaths and funerals list multiple local figures including Leda Elizabeth Beason 80 of Aiken. Services set at Shellhouse Chapel with burial at Aiken Memorial Gardens and memorials to Shriners Hospital. Other notices include Annie L. Quattlebaum 53 Wagener, Melissa Shuford 53 North Augusta, and Carroll Golson Swansea death. Funeral homes: Shellhouse J.H. Robinson's Hatcher, Palmer's, George, Posey.
Funeral services announced for Irene Sykes Shuttleworth at Millbrook Baptist Church with interment in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Harold James Bryan set for Shiloh Baptist Church service. Melissa Marie Barbeen Shuford and Lois Patterson listed as deceased or former residents with services at Hatcher Funeral Home and Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel. Local arrangements by George Funeral Homes in Aiken and Langley locations.
Obituaries and memorial notices for Ms. Drucilla A. Hauser 85 of 371 Barnard Ave Aiken S C who died August 15 1996 at Aiken Regional Medical Center and Mrs Leda Elizabeth Rho ten Beason 80 of 838 Osbon Dive Aiken S C who died around August 1996 list survivors and service details including a memorial service at First Presbyterian Church Aiken with Rev William Johnson and memorials to the church or charity of choice Shellhouse Funeral Home in Aiken is handling arrangements
An Aiken man Troy L. Mathis, 21, held in jail for 10 months, was denied bond by Circuit Judge Tom Ervin. Mathis faces murder charges in the Oct 20 1995 shooting of carnival worker Jerry James Brown, 22, whose body was found in a convenience store parking lot at Hampton Avenue and Laurens Street after a drug transaction. Investigators cited testimony from fellow carnival worker James H. Cave, who said the shooting followed Brown leaving a truck for a drug buy. Brown had used a false Michigan ID under the name Laroy Young, complicating initial investigations.
Stocks could suffer as bad publicity from a Sunday escape at a privately run juvenile prison in South Carolina draws scrutiny of Corrections Corp. of America. Analysts say investor response hinges on CCA's handling, including administrator replacement and staffing. The firm holds a $13.7 million contract to run the 400-bed facility and wilderness camps.
A Laurens County jury sentenced James Edward Hill Jr. to life in prison for fatally stabbing his estranged wife Sharon A. Hill 29 in the front yard of her mother's home last year. Hill was arrested in March in an Atlanta suburb.
Incoming freshmen from Aiken County win Palmetto Fellows Scholarships enabling up to 5000 dollars per year at South Carolina colleges. Recipients include Sally Perrine and Kelly Wannamer from South Aiken High, with others named from Silver Bluff and Midland Valley High.
The Aiken County Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing at 7 pm Monday on the appropriation of state highway construction funds for the county. A brief business meeting will precede at 6 30 pm in the County Council chambers.
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