Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Graniteville and Surrounding Areas
Multiple obituaries list deaths in Graniteville Orangeburg Greenwood Monetta and North Augusta. Durwood Wade Stubbs 68 and Thomas J Strum 62 die at home and in hospital with services at Poseys and Old Macedonia Baptist Church. Other notices include Dora Williams Gissendanner and Ruby Lee Valentine with services in Clinton Batesburg and Monetta.
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Graniteville
Durwood Wade Stubbs
Richmond County
Posey’s Funeral Home
Liddon R. Sheridan
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
Stubbs
McColl
Kalmia Hill Chapel
Aiken
Graniteville Co
Ruby Mullis Stubbs
Durwood Wade Stubbs Jr
Hammond
Phil Napier
Bill Hicks
Bo Younce
Herbert Jones
Thomas Turner
Thomas J. Strum
Route 1
Old Macedonia Baptist Church
W.H. Hightower
Strum
Aiken County
S.B. Society
Rising Sons and Daughters Society
Rocksville Society
Mary E. McKie
Mattie Leslie
Augusta
Mary Wooden
Frank Strum
Bath
James Strum Jr
Miller's
North Augusta
Carol Elizabeth Icenhower
Edwin G. Guy
Edgefield Road
Elliott Sons Funeral Home
Guy
Covington
First Presbyterian Church
Muncie
Ind
Thomas Guy
Gretchen Guy
Moslem Militants Deny Hostage Transfer Report
Moslem militants occupying the U S Embassy rejected claims that seven American hostages were moved to Tehran’s Evin Prison for health reasons. Pars News Agency and NBC-TVs Tehran bureau disputed the transfer story, which cited French legislator Nicholas About and lawmakers returning from Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Pars
Nbc-Tv
Agence France Presse
Chartres
France
Evin
L’echo Republicain
Nicholas About
About
Revolutionary Council
Venezuelan oil price hike seen as potential global shock
Industry observers predict up to 8.3 percent rise in Venezuelan oil's price with possible follow on hikes by other exporters after a year end OPEC meeting in Caracas. Energy Minister Humberto Calderon Berti declined to confirm a new price but earlier hinted at 26 dollars a barrel. Venezuela supplies 3.5 percent of U.S. oil needs and part of a broader OPEC move that could add about ten cents to U.S. gasoline or heating oil per gallon.
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Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Humberto Calderon Berti
Calderon Berti
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Iran
Libya
Algeria
Nigeria
United States
Weather outlook covers snow in many states
The forecast notes snow in Kansas Colorado Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Wyoming New York and possibly Alaska. Aiken County remains free of snow. Tonight and tomorrow will bring slightly warmer days with highs in the upper 50s and lows near 30. Sunday to Tuesday looks partly cloudy with a chance of rain and highs in the 50s and 60s.
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Rockies
New England
Southwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Wyoming
New York
Alaska
Aiken County
Evangelical Growth Highlighted in Gallup Poll Findings
Gallup and the Princeton Religion Research Center report a 1980s rise in evangelical Christians. The 272 page study cites 31 million evangelicals and 40 million who sought a personal salvation experience. It notes 69 million hope for heaven through faith in Jesus Christ and 65 million view the Bible as factual.
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George Gallup
Gallup Organization
Princeton Religion Research Center
Christians ci
Jesus Christ
Gallup
Holiday Gospel Sing and New Year Praise Gatherings
The fifth Holiday Gospel Sing is set for tomorrow at Batesburg Leesville Middle School at 8 p.m. Heavily featuring Heaven Bound Kingston N C with The Singing Howells Columbia and Churchmen Quartet Leesville. Admission is free with a suggested $2 donation. A New Year’s Eve Praise Gathering is on Monday 9 p.m. to midnight at North Aiken Baptist Church with Branham Dove as guest soloist and Holy Communion at 11 p.m. An Epiphany ecumenical service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday Jan 6 at St John’s United Methodist Church Aiken with Rev. Howard Hickey delivering the sermon. St Paul’s Lutheran and First Presbyterian Church will join.
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Batesburg- Leesville
Heaven Bound
Kingston
N.C
Singing Howells of
Columbia
Churchmen Quartet
Leesville
North Aiken Baptist Church
Branham Dove
Living Word Tabernacle
Greenwood
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Aiken
Howard Hickey
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran
First Presbyterian Church
Iranian hostages viewed by clergy as standoff nears end
Clergymen led by Rev. William Howard met 43 hostages at the Tehran embassy compound to urge conciliation. They reported some captives showed resilience and quiet sorrow, while two women were in solitary confinement as talks with U.S. and Iranian officials await in Washington.
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United States
Iran
Panama
U.S
Tehran
Washington
William Howard
Princeton University
Howard
William Sloane Coffin
Thomas Gumbleton
Embassy
Gumbleton
Detroit
Katherine Koob
Elizabeth Ann Swift
William Gallegos
Pueblo
Calif
Michael Lopez
Globe, Ariz
Frederick Lee Kupke
Meers
Oklo
Security Council
Council
U.N
White House
Soviet Union
Fatal Lancaster Jail Fire shows inmate deaths and injuries
Sheriff Nae E Parks said a jail fire on the first floor killed 10 inmates and left Roy Dunlap in critical condition while others escaped. Jailer L C McAteer and a highway patrolman helped access doors but one inmate’s body blocked the second exit. Autopsies were ordered at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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Nae E. Parks
Hugh Munn
L.C. McAteer
L.N. Alexander
Ralph Cole
Munn
Cole
Richard Chandler
Praylor Haggins Jr
Heath Springs
Larry Cauthen
Heath
Oswald Poage
Charlotte
N.C
Rollings
Lancaster
Curtis Frazier
William Sims
Sammie Stinson
John C. Lynn Jr
Jefferson
Gary D. Melton
Keith H. Jones
Huntsville
Ala
Roy Dunlap
Alice Haddox
Joe Murphy
Chandler
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Parks
State Corrections Department
Gail Evans
Ron Tollison
WLCM
Iranian woman climbs Tehran steps in winter weather
A Tehran woman ascends snow covered steps as the city records its first winter weather. The piece notes Tehran lies about 3,700 feet above sea level amid the conditions, with AP Laserphoto credited.
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Tehran
Pioneering Washer Woman Develops First Automatic Dishwasher
Shelbyville Indiana inventor Mrs W A Cochran created the first workable automatic dishwasher in 1889 and spent ten years perfecting the machine.
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Shelbyville
Ind
W.A. Cochran
Aiken tar dar PBM Rates
Aiken Standard announces PBM subscription rates for prepaid carrier mail. Three months costs $9.00 or $13.25. six months $18.00 or $26.50. twelve months $36.00 or $53.00. All advance payments should be sent to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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PBM
Aiken
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National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Sadie S. Jordan
Sadie Strom
Lewis M.) Jordan
Roxie Bouknight
New Ellenton
Spartanburg
South Main Street Baptist Church
Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Edgefield County
Estelle Downs
Ruby Scardato
Rochester
N. Y
Ed Jordan
Marian Jordan
Walton Jordan
Warren and Platt Strom
Blyth Funeral Home
Dora W. Gissendanner
Orangeburg
Dora Williams
Ernest C.) Gissendanner
Clinton United Methodist Church
Michael Bowers
Erick Stroman
Gissendanner
Patrick J
Rachel Hutto Williams
S.W. Lucas
Cayce
Bessie W. Long
Swansea
Jannie G
Richard and
J.D. Starnes
Simon W. Lucas
Monroe Hutto
Thompson Funeral Home
Carol I. Guy
Ruby L. Valentine
Monetta
Ruby Lee
Curtis) Valentine
Chinquapin Baptist Church
Batesburg
W.T. Stover
Valentine
Richland County
Linda D. Valentine
Loreene Valentine
Lucinda Valentine
Doris Reed
Ridge Spring
Curtis Valentine Jr
Ruben Reed
Elnora Anderson
Barbarba Archie
Gladys Hooper
Atlanta
James Reed
Sim Davis Funeral Home
John Walke
Common Bond
Grace College
Winona Lake
Grace Brethren Church
Talatha Road
S.C. 19
Samarian Baptist Church
Carolina Boys
Wil Bobs
Pentecostal Holiness Ch
Pranklin Fa
Calvary Road
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Jan Boylston
Ghotbzadeh
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