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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1979
Page
2
A roster of obituaries lists Annie Mundy of Windsor Baptist Church North Charleston and other locals. Services were held or planned at Windsor Baptist Church Salem Baptist Church and First Providence Baptist Church with burial in church cemeteries. Survivors include numerous daughters and relatives across Charleston Aiken Union and Spartanburg areas.
Ridge Spring Marie Merritt 57 died Tuesday in Columbia hospital funeral arrangements by Amos and Sons Johnston. Beech Island Minnie Woodward 80 Pine Log Road died yesterday at home funeral by Jackson-Brooks Aiken. Native of Edgefield County she lived in Beech Island 40 years and belonged to Mount Zion Baptist. Survivors include her widower. Friends may call at residence or funeral home.
Fredrick Charles Goodheer, 83, of 1351 Aldrich St. N.E., died Tuesday in an Aiken County hospital. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Church of Christ with Harold Peacock officiating. A Netherlands native, he lived in Aiken 15 years and retired from Du Pont Co. Survivors include his widow Dorothy Wilde Goodheer, a daughter Mrs. Frank D. Ahle of Morristown, NJ, a son Wilmer Charles Goodheer of Klingerstown, Pa., and a sister Mrs. Anthony Veen.
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Fog persists as rain moves in with an 80 percent chance through Friday. Tonight's low near 50, Friday's high near 70. Saturday stays warm with 70s, 50s overnight. Sunday showers possible before a fair start to Monday with 60s highs and 40s lows.
Funeral services are set for 7 tonight at George Funeral Home Chapel for Jack O Ott with Rev. Billy Hannon and B R Epting officiating. Burial will follow in the Ott family cemetery at Branchville. Ott died Monday at his residence on Meshey 305 Silver Bluff Rd or at the funeral home.
Willie Marion McKevie 38 of 3004 Mississippi Ave died Sunday. Funeral services led by Rev. E W Simmons and Rev. Jay Harrison at Ashley Grove Baptist Church followed by burial at his parents home 1309 Congress Dr or Jackson Brooks Funeral Home depending on arrangements.
Helen Hitchcock Clark widow of James Averille Clark of New York died Tuesday. She had been a winter resident of Aiken and served as a trustee of Hitchcock Foundation and Aiken Preparatory School. Born June 26 1898 she was the second of four children of Thomas Hitchcock. Funeral services will be held at St Stephen's Catholic Church in New York with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn.
A reception honoring the Sisters of St. Angela Academy and the school's 150th anniversary will be held Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the school. The event, postponed from this past Sunday after noon due to weather, invites the public to attend.
Sylvia Westerdahl, Anderson County native and South Carolina solicitor, told the Senior Men's Club at Ramada Inn the second circuit is in excellent shape. She cited high conviction rates, low nolprosequi rates, and new family court responsibilities including DSS child abuse cases and juvenile matters. She noted the office can remove children from homes and terminate parental rights in rare cases, citing five children whose parents’ rights were terminated.
Two cars were broken into at Hamburg Industries in North Augusta. Hilton Turner of Augusta reported a pistol and tools worth 360 dollars taken from his vehicle. Jack Milleton of Milledgeville Road reported a pistol and tools stolen valued at 280 dollars from his car at the same location.
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