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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2003
Page
6
Obituaries list Frances Wilma Mercer Alvey 78 of Aiken who died August 23 2003 with services at Shellhouse Funeral Home and burial at Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery. Also listed are Waldwasky Collum 63 Wagener Willie Joe Jones Wagener and Rudolph Williams Jr. with service details and funeral home contacts.
Richard R. Foster 79 of 5103 Trotters Run Ct died August 23 2003. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. August 27 graveside at Aiken Memorial Cemetery. He was born in Wilmington Delaware and moved to Aiken in 1955. A retired nuclear chemist with DuPont SRP he belonged to St Thaddeus Episcopal Church the S C Sons of the American Revolution the American Chemical Association the Photographic Society of America the Citadel Alumni Association and Tower Hill Prep School. Survivors include wife Shirley Gartung Foster daughters Jane E. Foster Charlotte C. Foster R. Rohan Foster and stepchildren Katherine G. Roberts Gerard D. Gartung grandchildren Becca Trey Hilary and Zachary Roberts. He was predeceased by his first wife Jane Small Foster. Memorials may go to Alzheimer's Association and friends may visit 6 8 p m Tuesday at Shellhouse Funeral Home."
Amina Rizk, a longtime film and stage star whose career spanned from the 1920s, died at age 90 in Cairo. She helped establish Egypt as a hub of Arab cinema, began acting in 1924, and became known for maternal and poignant roles in films including Land of Dreams I Want a Solution and A Beginning and an End. She never married, a personal choice she discussed in a recent interview.
The Aiken Standard lists obituary notices with up to 16 lines printed free in the first run. Additional lines incur a fee. Notices are submitted by funeral homes and edited for style. Deadline is 9:00 p.m. daily. for more information call 648-2311.
The State reports almost half of Gov. Mark Sanford's first six month appointments were campaign donors, totaling 81 of 167 and raising $360,000 from donors and their families. Hodges and watchdogs call it a spoils system while Sanford defends selections as based on commitment and qualification.
In Charleston the Digital Corridor aims to attract knowledge based firms with 18th century lofts and 21st century technology. Since 1998 the number of corridor companies rose from 18 to 32 with firms like Blackband Universal Solutions and Sans Locus expanding or relocating. The effort focuses on small to mid sized tech businesses and high wage jobs, backed by fiber optics, local colleges, and a high quality of life.
Law officers and residents from surrounding communities lined Hwy 14 for the procession to Graceland East Memorial Park in memory of Greenville County deputy Andrew Mazur. Mazur, 24, was killed Aug. 17 while trying to arrest Christopher Herring, who later killed himself. A 21 gun salute and bagpipes marked the ceremony as Mazur's family received support from officers and Citadel classmates.
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