Candle Lighting at Graniteville Cemetery Remembers Loved Ones
Hundreds gathered at Graniteville Cemetery for a sixth year candle light event hosted by Napier Funeral Home. The ceremony followed the Sunset Memory Gardens tradition with candles and paper bags provided for families to honor recently deceased relatives and longtime memories.
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Graniteville
Napier Funeral Home
Sunset Memory Gardens
Patricia Powell
Sammie Napier
Magdalene Robinson
North Augusta
Betty Cook
Warrenville
Lida Thomas
Howlandville
Ms. Robinson
Cheryl Glisson
R. Stan Glisson
Van Stolen From Centre South Airborne Express
Airborne Express delivery van loaded with Christmas gifts was stolen from in front of the Aiken post office at Centre South Shopping Center on Silver Bluff Road around 12:20 pm Friday. The van was found two hours later on Anderson Pond Road. driver had left keys in the vehicle. No witnesses, and inventory underway to determine missing items.
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Te Aiken Department
Rapuc Safety
Whoville
ADPS
Aiken
Centre South
Silver Bluff Road
Anderson Pond Road
Aiken County
Christmas reunion after 56 years parts two lovers again
Mel Lawson and Adele Dietz replay a high school romance that paused in 1941 when he joined the Army Air Corps. After spouses died in 1999 the 1999 rekindling culminated in November with Adele living in Cumberland Village and Mel traveling from Macon to Aiken for visits. The couple married last July in a small ceremony at First Presbyterian Church.
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America
Mel Lawson
Lois Burrows
Lois
Adele
Lawson
Cumberland Village
Mel
First Presbyterian Church
Army Air Corps
Taylor Business School
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Board of Ministers
Zera
Zip
Pearson
Walter Dietz
Savannah River Site
Walt
Pitman
N.J
Aiken
Mitch Rivers
Rivers
Rivers Funeral Home
Macon
Hart Mortuary
Funeral Home
Mitch
Dietz
Savannah River
Ramada
Eckles College
Temple University
Army Air
Europe
Air Force
Warner Robins
Cochran
Columbia
Miss
Birdwood
Ray McKinley
Glenn Miller
Tommy
Jimmy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Hope
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Vicki Durden
Ting
Ruby Brantley
Ana
Mee
Wanda Cartin
Scott Wer
Airborne Express
Scott Webster
Debbie Greer
Laurens Street
The
Lawsons
Kent
Cumming
Bonnie
Sud Coward
State Aeronautics Division
Melena
Carl Langley
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