Rev. Pres ton Randall Sr. Dies in Augusta Hospital
The Rev. Pres ton Randall Sr. of 2435 Damas cus Road died Thursday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Home. He organized missions at Elim Baptist Church in Augusta and helped found Camp Shephard in Rockmart. He pastored several churches and held civic roles with the NAACP and local minister unions. Survivors include his widow Idell Randall and three sons plus foster children and a sister.
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Preston Randall
Damascus Road
Peoples Funeral Home
Randall
Edgefield
Old Macedonia Baptist Church
Elim Baptist Church
Elim
Royal Ambassadors Club
Camp Shephard
Rockmart
Beech Branch Baptist Church
Girard
First Mount Moriah Baptist Church of
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Augusta Minister's Union
Walker Baptist Association
Idell Randall
Preston Randall Jr
Paul Lawrence Randall
Mare Alan Randall
Frank L. Bennings
Hans Higgins
Percy Higgins
Eleanor B. Downs
Deborah Brown
Diane L. Downs
Wendy Roberson
Matilda Randall Bing
Henry Fannings
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Fannings
Aiken County
Welcome Traveler Baptist Church
Camp Long
Florrie Fannings
Aiken
Namon Fannings
Westbury
N.Y
Paul Fannings
Brooklyn
N. Y
Willie James Fan
Brooklyn, N.Y
James
Bit’’ Thurmond
Brooklyn N. Y
Thurmond
New York
Bell Grove
Edgefield Woman Lula Christie 91 Dies. Rites Set
Lula McGee Christie 91 died Friday in an Edgefield County hospital. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Berea Baptist Church with Revs. J. T. Littlejohn and A. D. Croft officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include son J. B. Christie and sister Mrs. Leila Griffis. Edgefield, S. C.
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Lula McGee Christie
Edgefield County Hospital
Berea Baptist Church
J.T. Littlejohn
A. D. Croft
Christie
Edgefield County
J.B. Christie
Leila Griffis
Charlotte
Thomas Allen Robinson
Carolina Ave
Aiken County
George Funeral Home Chapel
L. H. Fowler
Clinton D. Henderson
Glover Family Cemetery
Robinson
South Georgia
Aiken Memorial Baptist Church
Aiken
Nettie Mae Glover Robinson
W. M. Hall
Fitzgerald
Emmett Manning
Augusta
J.C Manning
Langley
Otto J. Banks
Breeze Hill
Langley Church of the Nazarene
Marshall Copen
Scott Woodham
Sunset Memory Gardens
Banks
Langley United Methodist Church
Gladys W. Banks
Myra Bridges
Gloverville
Joan Smith
Belvedere
Samuel Henry
Buck" Banks
Wayne E. Banks
Lottie Banks
Burnettown
Lila Webb
Norfolk
Eugene Banks
Henry Banks
Los Angeles
Calif
Aiken Standard Masthead Details and Policies
The Aiken Standard establishes its 1867 origin and daily afternoon publication schedule excluding weekends. It notes leased AP dispatches, republication rights, error correction policy, and payment terms for subscriptions and carrier advances.
Longtime Johnston official Dowd dies in Columbia
John G Herman Dowd 79 of Johnston died Friday in a Columbia hospital. Services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at Clark Bland Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Roger Lindler officiating. Burial in Mount of Olives Cemetery with Masonic rites. Survivors include three sons Grover Dowd Jack K Dowd and Gordon S Dowd three sisters and three brothers.
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Columbia
Clark-Bland Funeral Home
Roger Lindler
Mount of Olives
Mr. Dowd
Newberry County
Johnston
Kadosh Masonic Lodge No
St. John’s
Mrs Helen Holley Cain Dies in Aiken County Hospital
Mrs Helen Holley Cain of 414 Laurens St NW died Friday in an Aiken County hospital. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Aiken with Revs J D Lever and Henry Chennault officiating. Burial followed at Aiken Memorial Park cemetery.
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Helen Holley Cain
Laurens St
Aiken County
First Baptist Church of
Aiken
J.D. Lever
Henry Chennault
Aiken Memorial Park Cemetery
Ex Councilman Walter Plunkett Dies at 83 in Aiken
Walter Clinton Plunkett 83, former Aiken County resident and longtime city councilman, died Friday in an Aiken nursing home. He owned a grocery store, was Gulf Refining Co distributor in Aiken, retired in 1956, and helped provide housing for low income families. He was active in First Baptist Church and local civic groups. Survived by daughter Mrs Marion Dubose Lucas of Florence and son Walter Clinton Plunkett Jr. of Aiken. services held at Bethany Cemetery officiated by Revs John McCullough and Henry Summerall Jr. Memorials suggested to Friends of Hopeland Gardens.
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Walter Clinton Plunkett
Ray Lane
Aiken
Bethany Cemetery
John McCullough
Henry Summerall Jr
Plunkett
Aiken County
First Gulf Refining Co
First Baptist Church
Finley Busbee Plunkett
Marion Dubose Lucas
Florence
Walter Clinton Plunkett Jr
Hopeland Gardens
P. O. Box
Hart Grove Baptist Church Survivor Listing
Hart Grove Baptist Church Stapleton Ga lists survivors including four daughters Lillie Cheatham Augusta Emma Hannah East Elmhurst NY Annie Mae Mills Stockton MD and Mary Lois Parker Buffalo NY one son Bennie Mills Wrens GA and two sisters Anna Mae Haynes Bath and Armeccia Beasley Buffalo NY.
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Hart Grove Baptist Church
Stapleton
Lillie Cheatham
Augusta
Emma Hannah
East Elmhurst
N. Y
Annie Mae Mills
Stockton
Mary Lois Parker
Buffalo
Bennie Mills
Wrens
Anna Mae Haynes
Bath
Armeccia Beasley
County Audit Details Key write-offs and asset concerns
The county audit covers dates through December 30, 1976 and notes $903,000 of accounts receivable written off or collected with about $75,000 remaining. It recommends continuing hospital collection fees, transferring lingering accounts, and disposing of deteriorating fixed assets valued at $792,170.24 while evaluating trust issues and asset status.
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Warner
Aiken Community Hospital
E. H
Jean) Newsome
Aiken County
Florence P. Leaphart
Mattie Hall Trust
Dr. MacDougall To Address Aiken County Banquet
Dr. Ellis C. MacDougal, newly elected president of the Alston Wilkes Society, will address the Aiken County chapter meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the H Odell Weeks Center on Whiskey Road. He is a former South Carolina corrections official and USC criminal justice associate dean. Tickets for the dinner meeting are available from Mrs. R B McKellar or John F Elliott by today. The public is invited.
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Ellis C. MacDougal
Alston Wilkes Society
Aiken County
H. Odell Weeks Center
Whiskey Road
MacDougall
S.C. Department of Corrections
College of Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
Mississippi Department of Corrections
R.B
Betty) McKellar
John F. Elliott
School Board To Consider Education Plan
The Aiken County Board of Education will review an in service education plan recommended by administration at the regular January meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the educational center. The plan awards credit toward recertification for professional personnel through planned in service programs. New business includes substitute teacher pay adjustments and approval of additional personnel in Areas I II IV and special programs.
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Aiken County Board of Education
Louis Lewis Announces Bid for Aiken School Board Seat
Louis Lewis assistant director of the technical and production division at ERDA Savannah River Plant has announced his candidacy for the Aiken County School Board Area I seat currently held by Mrs. Oscar A Towler Jr. Towler seeks re election. Lewis, a Stevens Institute of Technology graduate and World War II veteran, teaches engineering at USC Aiken and leads a church school board committee. Filing deadline for candidates is 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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Louis Lewis
Energy Research and Development Administration
Savannah River
Aiken County School Board
Oscar A
Emilie) Towler Jr
Towler
Lewis
Stevens Institute of Technology
St. Mary's Help of Christians Church School
University of South Carolina - Aiken
Sch
Vice Chairmanship switches amid council power shift
Reported move to switch to open voting for the vice chairman signals a rising challenge to the current balance among seven Democrats and five Republicans. The council discussed selecting the vice chairman in an executive session during last week’s work session.
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Murray Walter Inc
Walter
Bay-Con
Horse Creek Valley Basin
Public Service Authority
Indigent Care Department
Lower
Savannah
Community Thank You Note After Christmas Day Fire
To our many friends neighbors and all who responded to our needs after fire destroyed our home on Christmas Day we are grateful for the support kindness and offers of help during this difficult time.
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