Obituary notices from Aiken and Far Rockaway deaths
Death notices from multiple families list William Emeneker 87 of Aiken World War I veteran, services at George Funeral Home. Also Lucy Scarboro McDonald 73 New Ellenton and Amanda Jordan Williams 88 Columbia Road with funeral plans. Iola Lattimore and Willie Mathis 61 Far Rockaway with service details and survivors.
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New Ellenton
Marvin W
Lucy Scarboro) McDonald
Talatha St
Corinth Baptist Church
William Yaun
McDonald
Fulton
Lenora
Carolyn Landoli
Middletown
N.J
Marie Henle
Fredericksburg
Damaris Torrence
Aiken
L.S. Scarboro
E.E. Scarboro
Atlanta
George Funeral Home
Far Rockaway
Willie Mathis
Rockaway Blvd
Far Rockaway Hospital
First Church of Christ
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis S Coleman
Funeral services for Nettie Mae Coleman 61 of 412 Gray Street were held at 2 p.m. at Wakefield Mercantile Funeral Home with Rev John Hipp officiating. Burial followed in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park.
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Edgefield
Lewis S
Nettie Mae) Coleman
Gray St
Augusta
Wakefield Mercantile
John Hipp
Sunset Gardens Memorial Park
Montmorenci and Johnston Obituaries Span County Names
Funeral notices report the deaths of Evelyn Sommer Hutto in Montmorenci and Connie Crouch Reel of Johnston. Services are set at local churches with burial in Montmorenci Baptist Church and East View Cemetery Edgefield, noting native ties and family survivors.
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First Baptist Church
Aiken
Marshall Lamb
Lanier Hutto
Montmorenci
William Everett Sommer
Savannah
Wallace Kitchings
John Brumbaugh
Joe Kneece
Bernard Woodruff
Eugene Kneece
Dibble Rd
George Funeral Home
Evelyn Sommer Hutto
Henry L. Chennault
Montmorenci Baptist Church
Hutto
Johnston
William Wallace
Connie Crouch
Reel
Calhoun St
Trenton
Johnston Baptist Church
East View
Edgefield
Edgefield County
Fritz Huiet
Wallace W. Reel
North Augusta
Jack H. Reel
C. Roy Crouch
Mount Holly
N.C
Dunbar Seeks Information On Bondsmen and Magistrates
Aiken County councilman seeks information on area bondsmen and magistrates. County residents with concerns are asked to call 648-2660 or 648-2669 and ask for Mrs. Jean Newsome. All complaints will be kept confidential.
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Dunbar
Aiken
Jean Newsome
Thieves Take $1500 In Goods In Break In
Aiken County deputies investigated multiple thefts over a holiday weekend. Items stolen include wheels and woodworking tools valued over 1500 from a shed behind Homer Stanleys trailer in New Ellenton, sheet rock and studs worth 600 from a North Augusta site, a lawnmower and tiller valued 350 on Carolina Springs Road, and lumber worth 200 from The Outing Club in Aiken.
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Aiken County
Homer Stanley
New Ellenton
Louis Hadden
Sadie Street
North Augusta
Ripple Road
James B. Padgett
Carolina Springs Road
Aiken
North Augusta Council Considers Hidden Hills Water Deed
North Augusta City Council will consider a deed transferring Hidden Hills Subdivision water and sewer system to the city tonight at 8. The meeting also plans to appoint one member to the Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals and two members to the Planning and Zoning Commissions.
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North Augusta
Hidden Hills
Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Planning and Zoning Commissions
Harvey faces crowded field in South Carolina governor race
Brantley Harvey outlines a balanced energy policy and limited government. The Beaufort native and Citadel graduate campaigns statewide with Rosewood Elementary stops and Five Points visits while rivals Dorn Turnipseed and Dorn outline attacks and financial disclosure calls amid a long political career backdrop.
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Harvey
Rosewood
Columbia
Five Points
House of Representatives
Beaufort
The
Citadel
University of South Carolina
Helen
First Presbyterian Church
Recommendations On Judge To Go To Court
The Judicial Ethics and Standards Commission’s recommendations on suspending Aiken County family court judge Howard K. Williamson will go to the South Carolina Supreme Court this week. Chief Justice J Woodrow Lewis says the matter should be resolved expeditiously ahead of the court’s two week term beginning January 9 in Columbia. Williamson has been suspended since October and extended to January 15. no cause has been released. Williamson’s career hangs in the balance as the court reviews the full ethics report in executive session before issuing a written decision. Judge R W Kemp of Bamberg has assumed Williamson’s duties pending final disposition.
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Harvey
Turnipseed
Brantley
State Senate
Sce&g
Dorn
Judicial Ethics and Standards Commission
Aiken County
Supreme Court
J. Woodrow Lewis
Darlington
Lewis
Howard K. Williamson
Columbia
Supreme
Williamson
Ethics Commission
Williamsons
R.W. Kemp
Bamberg
Georgia Congressmen Taken $900 Honoraria for Tobacco Plant Tour
Two Georgia lawmakers Doug Barnard and Elliott Levitas each received 900 for touring the Brown and Williamson Tobacco plant in Macon and for luncheon discussions with company officials. The payments, described as honorariums, come as new ethics rules cap fees.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co
Macon
Knight-Ridder
Doug Barnard
Augusta
Elliott Levitas
New House
Barnard
Levitas
America
Washington
Virginia Thompson
Brown and Williamson
Robert Sachs
Farmers plan tractorcade protest on price parity
Aiken County farmer Scott leads a 100 percent parity protest with a tractorcade from Richland Avenue extension to the courthouse then to shopping centers in Kalmia and Mitchell. He says rising costs vs stagnant crop prices threaten farmers nationwide and urges organized action.
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Richland Avenue
Tom Turnipseed
Kalmia Shopping Center
Mitchell Shopping Center
Scott
Aiken County
U.S
Washington
Plains
Jimmy Carter
Cotton mill workers in southeast report longer weeks
In November workers in eastern broadwoven fabric plants averaged 41.3 hours per week, up from 40.8 hours in October, the Labor Department said. Those in man made fibers and silk averaged 41.7 hours, and wool cloth plants averaged 42.2 hours.
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Atlanta
U.S. de
Six Die In S C New Year Holiday Traffic Toll
Six persons died in traffic accidents and a Johnsonville man burned to death in a house fire during the New Year week in South Carolina. Victims include Charlie Covington 56 Darlington Grendaline Martino 22 St George Larry Fuller 21 Greenville Lester Fields 37 Newberry Sammie Scott 26 Sumter and William Smith 56 Una. The count rose to seven fatalities with the house fire.
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Associated Press
Johnsonville
South Carolina
Irby Stone
Charlie Brown
Stone
Brown
Charlie Covington
Darlington
Grendaline S. Martino
St. George
Larry Grant Fuller
Greenville
Graniteville Band Boosters To Meet Tonight
Graniteville High School Band Booster Club meets tonight at 7 30 in the Band Room to discuss new band uniforms. Band director Keith Moore asks parents of band members and other interested people to attend.
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Graniteville High School
Keith Moore
School Property Vandalized in Aiken
Aiken High School and the Education Maintenance Department on Barnwell Street were broken into during the holiday weekend. Offic es reported vandalized offices in the administrative section, a clock destroyed, and a vending machine damaged with about $30 stolen from the maintenance shop. Public safety director J. Carole Busbee said break-ins at public schools have become frequent in Aiken.
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Aiken High School
Barnwell Street
Aiken Public Safety Department
Aiken High
J. Carole Busbee
Aiken
16 Cars Of Train Derail Near Leeds
A Seaboard Railroad train derailed 16 cars near Leeds in Chester County. Six cars crashed into a gully, a trestle collapsed, and no injuries were reported. The acid terephthalic acid remains contained. no leakage expected. The train ran from Atlanta toward Hamlet, North Carolina, toward Allied Chemical and Fiber Industries plants.
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Leeds
Chester County
Seaboard
Atlanta
Wilbur Merritt
Hamlet
Merritt
Allied Chemical
Moncure
N.C
Fiber Industries
Darlington
Health Systems Agency To Meet Next Monday
The East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency governing board, overseeing medical care planning for Aiken County and 22 Georgia counties, will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the second floor conference room of the Georgia Railroad Bank Building in Augusta. The public is invited.
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East Central Georgia Health Systems Agency
Aiken County
Georgia Counties
Georgia Railroad Bank
Seventh and Broad Streets
Augusta
Community Calendar features varied local group events
Today offers events from 5 to 8 p.m including a Planned Parenthood family planning clinic in Clearwater, Eastern Star work at Masonic Temple, Optimist Club dinner at DMass restaurant, and multiple Aiken area meetings. Highlights include fire department, decency through law group, antique auto club, York Rite, mental health association, and more across Aiken and North Augusta venues.
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Planned Parenthood
Midland Valley
Clearwater
Eastern Star Fem
Masonic Temple
Optimist Club
Dmass's
Center Community Fire Department
Aiken County
Citizens For Decency
Aiken Baptist Association
National Guard
Milledge St
Augusta
Aiken York Rite Bodies
Aiken County Mental Health Association
Adult Development Center
Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
North Augusta City
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William Emeneker
William
Willie’ Emeneker
Raymond E. Crow
Aiken Memorial Park
Emeneker
Redds Branch Baptist Church
Josephine E. Brown
Marie E. Moseley
Hugo Emeneker
Marvin McDonald
A. J. Williams
Amanda Jordan Williams
Route 4
Columbia Road
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Williams
Shaw's Creek Baptist Church
Ida M. Curry
Marion Jordan
Iola Lattimore
Miller's Funeral Home
Lattimore
Cumberland Ame Church
Carrie Harris
James Frederick
Westbury
N.Y
Edgefield Ave
Mrs. Lewis Coleman
Evelyn Hutto
William W. Reel
Mrs. Holley Garvin
Williston
Holley
Mamie Fox) Garvin
Darien Baptist Church
Joe Knight
John Wrenn
Bill Willis
James Hartley
Buria
Talatha
North Augusta Council
Cuddalore
Air India
Bombay
India
Riley
James B. Edwards
Edwards
Congress
Joseph Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fred Panzer
Tobacco Institute
Knight- Ridder Newspapers
S.C
Lester Fields
Newberry
Sammie Scott
Sum
William Matthew Smith
Una
Graniteville Band
Health System Agency
A. A
Dt. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Aiken A. A
Linden St
Bethlehem Lutheran Ladies Day Guild
Oak Grove Rd
Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Heart of Aiken
Odell Weeks Center
Indigent and Health Care Commission
Aiken Community Hospital
Valley A. A
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
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