Simmons Family Reunion Celebrates Six Generations and 300 Members
Aunt Mill Gracie Simmons Allen, the last of the original 13 Simmons children, anchors a Windsor reunion that has grown to over 300 members across six generations. The weekend features picnics, inflatables, a talent show, fashion show, awards, and a Sunday church service at Jordan Baptist Church in Williston.
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Simmons
Windsor
Gracie Simmons Allen
Aunt Mill
Holston
Allen
Smith
Perry Park
Rachel Johnson
Washington
D.C
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Florida
New York
Aiken County
Mill
Harriet Session
Simon
Abraham B. Allen
Sim
Smith-Hazel Center
Jordan Baptist Church
Williston
Baby Bryson Bowers Born Just Before Fourth of July
Bryson Matthew Bowers entered the world at 11 41 p m on July 3 in Spartanburg weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces and 19 inches long as his family prepared for Independence Day celebrations. He arrived just 19 minutes before midnight, narrowly missing being the first Fourth of July baby in Aiken.
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Bryson Matthew Bowers
Bryson
Bowers
Brailey Bowers
Brailey
Ashley
Spartanburg
Brandon
Millbrook
Aiken High School
Aiken
Village at Woodside opens with downtown feel planned
The Village at Woodside celebrated a grand opening as a 100 acre mixed use development near downtown Aiken. It features 299 housing units, a design center, commercial village with upscale dining and shops, offices, a wellness center, medical offices, and extensive green space with a nature trail.
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Woodside
Village Green
Silver Bluff
Richardson Lake Roads
Woodside Plantation
Reserve Club Drive
David Seawell
Aiken
Aiken Design Center
Seawell
Know Your Neighbor Betty Gyles of Aiken
Betty Gyles works in Aiken at the City Parks Recreation and Tourism Department Smith Hazel Center. She talks about planning for all kinds of people and lists hobbies and preferences including reading Life of Bill Cosby and Tyler Perry films. She names Denzel Washington as her hero and describes a lion as a dream pet with a rose tattoo and a Halloween lion costume.
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City of Aiken
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Rachel Johns
Bryson Bowers
Ashley Bowers
Haley Hughes
Betty Gyles
Bill Cosby
Tyler Perry
Denzel Washington
Kiss 96
Lion
Ceve
Editorial
Aikenstandard.com
Bradberry
Whiskey Road
Id Operated
Sines Ty
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