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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1985
Page
6
Obituaries report funeral services for Robert L. Mattox 71 of Salley West Columbia with burial at Old Macedonia Cemetery. Jackie deWolfee 53 of Wagener died Thursday. services held with survivors listed. Olin Franklin in Graniteville and Charles W Carter in Wrightsville also noted with service details. Georgia Cook Anderson of North Augusta and John B Williams of Augusta are among others mentioned with survivors and arrangers.
Graveside services were held yesterday for Joseph Irving Beveridge 85 of 150 Pine Long Road at Calvary Cemetery. He died Thursday in an Aiken County hospital and was a WWI Navy veteran retired from Du Pont Chambers Works. He lived in Aiken six years and was Catholic. George Funeral Home handled arrangements. Mary Hartley 73 of 1331 Hampton Ave died Saturday in an Aiken County hospital. She lived in Far Rockaway New York 50 years and was connected with Refugee Church of Christ. Funeral plans by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. Survivors include son Isaac Hartley and sister Ruth Allen. Also death of Jesse James Cushman 31 of Windsor, died yesterday in a Darlington County hospital. Funeral at Spring Branch Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. He lived in Florence four years, survived by a son James Allen Cushman and daughter Jessie Michelle Cushman, plus siblings and relatives. pallbearers listed. Alma LaRue Barnes 84 of 114 Highland Forest Drive died yesterday. She lived in Atlanta formerly and worked for the Atlanta Public Library and Georgia State Law Library. Memorials to the American Heart Association. Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home in charge. Alexander E. Scourby 71 of Newtown Conn. died Saturday in Boston. Actor known for literature recordings for the blind and host of Live from the Met broadcasts. Debuted on Broadway in Hamlet in 1936. Last two seasons hosted Met broadcasts and hosted NPR Handel Semele production.
The Southern Governors Association releases a study noting infant mortality in the South runs about 10 percent above the national average. Governors Harris and Riley call for greater federal programs in maternal and child health, despite budget deficits, as the South is a main contributor to the nation's high death rate.
Dennis Christopher Conaway 14 died Saturday in a Richland County hospital. He lived on Breezy Hill Graniteville and was a member of Warrenville Revival Center. Funeral at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Posey's Funeral Home Graniteville with Rev Audley Widener officiating burial in Graniteville Cemetery. Survivors include his parents Larry E and June Swygert Conaway and his paternal grandparents.
Alma LaRue Barnes mother of Lawrence Barnes of Aiken South Carolina is honored with a visitation at H. M. Patterson & Sons Spring Hill Chapel Atlanta Tuesday 2 to 4 p.m. Private interment follows. Memorials directed to the American Heart Association in Aiken South Carolina. Stephen D Posey Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Jesse James Cushman grandson of Ellie Bennett will be held Tuesday afternoon at four o clock at Spring Branch Baptist Church Burial follows in the church yard cemetery The deceased will lie in state at the church from three o clock Visitation with the family Monday evening from seven to nine o'clock George Funeral Home Inc Survivors include one niece and two nephews
State by state infant mortality data for 1982 shows live births and deaths with calculated mortality rates. Alabama to West Virginia list each state's live births, infant deaths, and rate, highlighting Mississippi highest at 15.4 and South Carolina at 16.1 while Texas shows 10.9.
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