Deaths And Funerals In Aiken County and Nearby Areas
Obituaries list Jimmie W. Roberson 82 of 3412 Seneca Ave Aiken County died Sunday in a hospital. Funeral today at 3 p.m. Posey's Graniteville with Rev. Marvin J. Napier officiating. Burial Graniteville Cemetery. Roberson was a Georgia native, longtime resident, First Baptist Church member, retired Graniteville Co. pallbearers named. Also noted graves for Bertie Dobbs Meyer Langley at Langley United Methodist Church burial Sunset Memory Gardens. John Payton Videtto 58 Belair Road died yesterday. Funeral tomorrow 3 p.m. Platts, burial Hillcrest Memorial Park. Videtto worked for R.B. Wright Construction, Central Christian Church, Webb Lodge 166. survivors Polly Avant Videtto etc. Lila C. Sims 76 Decatur Presbyterian Towers died Sunday. Funeral today 2 p.m. Brown Service Funeral Home, burial Decatur City Cemetery. Arthur Randall Sheppard died yesterday 1303 Camp Road. Funeral arrangements by Posey’s Graniteville. Anna Griffin Bloxsom died Sunday North Augusta home. Dennis Hallman 30 Salley Route 3 funeral 4:30 p.m. Rocky Grove Baptist Church burial church cemetery. Baker Corbett died yesterday Wagener Route 1 funeral 4:30 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church burial church cemetery. Harry McKinley Lightsey 85 Columbia Cedarwood Lane master in equity 1935 1971 USC football coach 1926. Survivors include family. USC Aiken faculty event noted.
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Jimmie W. Roberson
Aiken County
Miss Roberson
Seneca Ave
Posey’s
Graniteville
Marvin J. Napier
Georgia
First Baptist Church
Aiken
Graniteville Co
Dale
Langley
Bertie Dobbs Meyer
Langley United Methodist Church
L.O. Foxworth Jr
Sunset Memory Gardens
Meyer
Pelzer St
Posey
Decatur
Ala
Lila C. Sims
Ellen Spires
Clearwater
Sims
Presbyterian Towers
Apt
Brown
Scott Smelser
Decatur City Cemetery
Old Moulton Road Church of Christ
Herbert Sims
Dan Sims
Ross Leon Sims
Lelton Sims
Huntsville
Joe Sims
Russellville
Virginia Carpenter
Ada Birt
West Columbia
Thelma Bowen
Cordova
Iane Bowen
Hephzibah
Cleater McKinney
Augusta
Salley
Dennis Hallman
Hallman
Route 3
Rocky Grove Baptist Church
Walter McNutt
James Rivers
Cleckley and McGee Inc
U.S. Army
Cecil
Lillie Mae Hoover Hallman
Wanda Sharpe
Gaston
Cecilia McCullough
Maggie Hoover
Zalie Hallman
Michael McLaurin
Anthony Wiles
Thomas Love
Jimmy Hoover
Johnny Hoover
Eddie Gleaton
Terry Hallman
Blizzard Funeral Home
Wagener
Baker Corbett
Corbett
Route 1
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Robert Fredrick
Orangeburg County
Argoe Trucking Co
Eva Cooper
Ida Brown
Addie Brown
Kitty Widener
Columbia
Harry McKinley Lightsey
Emily L. Tucker
Lightsey
Cedarwood Lane
Dunbar Funeral Home
Equity
University of South Carolina
Harry M. Lightsey Jr
Ellen G. Lightsey
Oliver P. Lightsey
Roberson
Posey’s Funeral Home
S.C
Bennie R. Meyer
L.O. Foxworth, Jr
Center Budget Topic Of Commission Meeting
The Aiken County Recreation Commission will discuss the center budget at a special meeting today at 6 p.m. in the County Council chambers located at 736 Richland Ave. W. in Aiken.
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Aiken County Recreation Center
The
Aiken County Recreation Commission
County Council
Richland Ave
Aiken
Obituary Notices From Posey’s Funeral Home Graniteville
Multiple obituary notices announce deaths of Miss Jimmie W. Roberson Arthur Randall Sheppard and Mrs Bertie Dobbs Meyer. Services are scheduled at Posey’s and Langley United Methodist Church with burial at Graniteville Cemetery and Sunset Memory Gardens. Calls and arrangements are noted for Posey’s Funeral Home and Frey’s Funeral Home with local addresses provided.
Jameson To Speak At North Augusta Chamber Breakfast
NORTH AUGUSTA The Greater North Augusta Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly breakfast tomorrow at 7 30 AM J David Jameson director of the Economic Development Board of Aiken County will present the program.
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North Augusta
Greater
State aims to boost exports by 2000 through foreign trade growth
South Carolina seeks an export boom with 20 percent of GNP from foreign trade by 2000. John Patrick of the State Development Board urged Aiken Rotarians to expand markets, attract foreign banks, offer tax incentives, and provide market-entry information. He cited Porsche and Michelin as major foreign-linked players in the state and noted 39 000 local jobs tied to foreign manufacturing with 46 000 in export-related work.
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State Development Board
South Carolina
John Patrick
Aiken Rotarians
Patrick
Aiken County
W.R. Grace
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
Southeastern
Dixie
North Carolina
Georgia
Indiana
Ireland
Hong Kong
Porsche
Charleston
Michelin
United States
Aiken
Correction: Nurse identified in Aiken Hospital photo
The Feb 23 Aiken Standard corrects a photo caption. Mozelle Hatfield is the nurse who escorted Lucille Weber from the old hospital to the new Aiken Community Hospital ten years ago. The newspaper regrets the error.
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Aiken
Aiken Community Hospital
Mozelle Hatfield
Lucille Webber
Libertarians Oppose Tax Proposals in County Contention
The Libertarian faction rejects sales, vehicle, admissions, and coin machine taxes and backs possible local income or occupational taxes. John Heaton says county officials blocked their appearance, prompting a FOIA appeal to County Attorney Robert Bell. Heaton vows a long campaign.
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John Heaton
Robert Bell
Court House Mural Lecture on South Carolina WPA Art
A public lecture March 6 will explore the Justice as the Avenger and Protector mural at Aiken Federal Court House and ten South Carolina post office murals. Led by Dr. Francis O Connor, the talk covers 1938 Treasury Department commissions and the WPA era art program.
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Aiken
Federal Court House
South Carolina
Court House
Stefan Hirsch
Bennington
U.S. Treasury Department
Works Progress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis O’conner
New York City
Capstone House
USC
S.C. Committee For the Humanities
PTA Legislative Conference Set For Columbia
The South Carolina PTA legislative conference is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Carolina Inn in Columbia. Pat Watson will present lobby tips alongside speakers including Charlie Williams state superintendent of education Sen. Glenn McConnell and Dr. William Cooke national PTA representative.
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South Carolina
PTA
Carolina Inn
Assembly Street
Columbia
Pat Watson
Charlie Williams
Glenn McConnell
William Cooke
Guilty pleas yield varied sentences in Aiken court
Judge Rodney A Peeples sentenced defendants across charges including Reckless Homicide for Carroll Warren five years jail with 11 months in jail and five years probation. Others faced penalties for Carrying a Pistol Driving Under Suspension DUI Larceny and more with jail terms probation and required community service or church attendance.
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Second Circuit
Rodney A. Peeples
Aiken County
Carroll Leon Warren
Darrell Bowie
Michael Leon Smathers
Thomas Michael Burroughs
Michael Owen Gilland
Arthur Wayne Williams
Bath
Willie C. Adams
Freddie Henry Jr
Aubrey Dean Sumner
Odell Williams Holmes Jr
Jeffrey Todd Lanier
Kenneth W. McClain
Aiken
Grace Presbyterian Church
Robert Riley
Beech Island
GVW Fire Department
Kenneth Adams
Eureka
Eureka Baptist Church
Robbie L. Seigler
Ronnie Gene Fail
Rickey Bowers
Michael L Bert
Timothy E. Reynolds
West Columbia
Betty Warren
Vernetta Marie Jamison
Charleston
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Michael P
North Augusta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bertie D. Meyer
John P. Videtto
Arthur R. Sheppard
Arthur Randall Sheppard
Sheppard
Camp Road
Anna G. Bloxsom
Anna Griffin Bloxsom
Harry M. Lightsey
France
USC Aiken
Stanley Levine
USCA
George
Cosey
Frey
Posey's Funeral Home
Development Board
Heaton
Walter Jones
U.S. 78
Harold C. Stone
Windsor
Harold C Stone
Jeffery T. Hartley
James Melvin Sheppard
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