Deaths and funerals in Williston and nearby areas
Obituary notice covers Ruth Mack Willis ton Feb 10 2005 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers with services set Feb 15 at Summer Grove Baptist Church and burial at White Pond Community FA. Also details on Wm Harold Widener Sr of Aiken with funeral Feb 15 and burial at Vaucluse Cemetery. Includes survivors, calls, memorials, and funeral home contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mack Williston
Ruth Mack
Aiken Regional
Summer Grove Baptist Church
Williston
B. Society Hall
White Pond
Louise Mack
Brooklyn
N.Y
Juanita Mack
Springfield
Shirley Rouse
New Ellenton
Drayton Mack Jr
Silas
Sunnyboy” Mack
Warren Mack
Evelyn Mack
Lewis Mack
Aiken
Edward Mack
Windsor
James Rouse
Shirley Mack
Spruce Street
Simmons
Harold Widener Jr
Harold Widener Sr
Sabra Key Widener
Lloyd Widener
Katie McCormick Widener
Katie W. Yonce
Jerry Yonce
Phyllis W. Spradley
Frankie Spradley
Billy Widener
Elizabeth Widener
Bertha Bryant
Maedee Johnson
Vaucluse
Avery Snipes
June Snipes
Ryan Snipes
Laura Snipes
Frankie
Brett
Glenn
Justin
Rose Snipes
Aiken County
First Baptist Church of
Clearwater Finishing Plant
Phyllis
Washboard Road
Napier Funeral Home
Fellowship of Truth Baptist Church
Whaley Pond Road
Graniteville
Main Street
Charles Hurlburt Jr
Dunbar
Irma
Chapel of Napier
WV rafting pioneer Jon Dragan dies at 62
Jon Dragan, 62, a founder of West Virginia’s whitewater rafting boom, died Saturday after a stroke. A Pennsylvania native, he and his brothers started Wildwater Expeditions Unlimited in 1968, West Virginia’s first commercial rafting operation, helping grow an industry with about 40 firms and annual revenue near $75 million across five rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Dragan
Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Dragan
Wildwater Expeditions Unlimited
Obituary Submission Guidelines Emphasize Free First Listing
The Aiken Standard outlines daily obituary notices with up to 16 lines printed free in the first run. Additional lines incur a fee, information supplied by funeral homes, subject to editing, with a 7 p.m. daily deadline and a contact number for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aiken Standard
Sanford Tax Cut Proposal Faces Skepticism in South Carolina
Governor Mark Sanford pitches cutting top state income tax from 7 percent to 4.75 percent over years to lure wealthy retirees and aid small businesses. Some small-business and retiree voices support the idea while others warn Medicaid protections and fiscal tradeoffs must be addressed.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
South Carolina
Sanford
Lenti
Maxey Love
Love
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
Midlands
The
Service Corps of
Florida
USC
Roger Amidon
Amidon
Chlorine sends 15 firefighters to hospital
Fifteen Columbia firefighters were taken to hospitals with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine gas released during a suburban home blaze. Five returned to duty, ten were released. a smoldering container of pool chlorine sparked the gas cloud, shifting from offensive to hazardous response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia Fire Department
Bradley Anderson
Scott Fulkerson
Karsene Lloyd
Fulkerson
Graniteville
Joe Floyd
Floyd
Legislators Mull Workers' Comp Limits In South Carolina
In Columbia lawmakers discuss changes to workers' compensation shielding employers from endless suits while ensuring payments for injuries. Rep. Bill Sandifer proposes linking benefits to safety compliance in a no fault system, aiming to reduce premiums and consumer costs. Critics note SC already has one of the nation’s cheapest systems and call for modernization, including updating the aging commission computer system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
House
Bill Sandifer
R-Seneca
Sandifer
Gary Thibault
S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commission
House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
South Carolina
Earl Ellis
South Car Bar
Workers’ Compensation Commission
Ports to compete for Bushs budgeted security money
Charleston would see the Port of Charleston compete with public transit for security funds as the Bush budget eliminates the Port Security Grant Program and pools 600 million for bus rail port and road security. Port officials warn the shift may hurt border and port protection while aging grants support much of local security projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Bush
Kurt Nagle
The
American Association of Port Authorities
Byron Miller
South Carolina State Ports Authority
State Ports Authority
Ports Authority
Homeland Security
Port worker killed in Wanda Terminal trucking accident
A 32 year old Mount Pleasant man William Hughes died from head trauma after a ship ping container truck ran over him at the State Ports Authority Wanda Terminal in Charleston. Police call the incident an accident as investigators seek to determine the sequence of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Ports Authority
Wanda Terminal
William Hughes
Mount Pleasant
Judy Koelpin
Charleston County
Kenneth Riley
International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1422
North Charleston
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Robert “Rick” Riccardo
Evening Light Church of God
Benton T. Rackley Jr
First Baptist Church
West Virginia Southern Railroad
Roger Lipscomb
CSX Transportation
Mount Hope
Thurmond
Fritz Scholder
Phoenix
Scholder
Scottsdale
Frank Goodyear
Heard Museum
Sao Os Teet
National Museum of American Art
Washington
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Minnesota
Institute of American Indian Arts
Santa Fe
N.M
Engebretson
Bryn Mawr
Kathryn Engebretson
William Penn Foundation
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Foundation
David Haas
Ed Rendell
Yuneral Home
Pine Log Road
By Amy Geier
EDGAR
Associated Press
John Lenti
Small Business Development Center
University of South Carolina Business School
Mason Smith
Blanch Smith
Dorothy Burnette
Everette Burnette
391St Engineer Battalion
Afghanistan
Fort Bragg
York
Beatrice B. Ross
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