Martha Crawford 67 dies. funeral at Antioch Church
Mrs. Martha A. Crawford of Aiken County dies Friday at 67. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Willie Bryant officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Survived by husband Willie Kemp and numerous children, stepchildren, siblings, and in laws. Funeral arrangements by Davis Funeral Home Ridge Spring. Friends may call at residence or Amos and Sons Funeral Home Johnston.
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Ridge Spring
Martha A. Crawford
Aiken County
Davis Funeral Home
Antioch Baptist Church
Willie Bryant
Willie Kemp
Johnston
Cohen Kemp
Mary L. Kemp
Shirley Thompson
Willie Kemp Jr
Isaac Kemp
Aiken
Annie Ruth Buggs
Martha Robinson
Saluda
Betty Williams
Deacon Moses Robinson 94 Dies in Lexington
Lexington obituaries note Deacon Moses Robinson aged 94 of 625 Cameliah Street died Saturday. Born in Edgefield County he belonged to Shaw Street Baptist Church the Mutual Aid Society and Young Men of Honor of Trenton. Surviving are four sons James Moses and Moses Jr in Jamaica NY Cleo in Aiken and Robert in Leesville. Funeral services to be announced by Amos and Sons Funeral Home.
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Lexington
Moses Robinson
Camellia St
Amos and Sons Funeral Home
Mr. Robinson
Edgefield County
Shaw Street Baptist Church
The
Mutual Aid Society
Young Men of Honor of
Trenton
James Robinson
Moses Robinson Jr
Jamaica
N.Y
Cleo Robinson
Aiken
Robert B. Robinson
Leesville
Michael A Blacks Johnston Dies at 17
Michael A Blacks 17 Route 2 Johnston died Thursday at Pine Hill Baptist Church at 3 p m. He was a Strom Thurmond High School student and Pine Hill Baptist Church member. Survived by parents L D and Mrs L D Blacks Johnston five sisters Mildred Pixley Lillie Mae Doris Pauline and Stephanie Blacks Johnston three brothers Bobby James Peter and Roy Blacks Johnston and paternal grandmother Mrs Mattie Blacks. Services at Pine Hill Baptist Church or Amos and Sons Funeral Home Ridge Springs
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Johnston
Michael A. Blacks
Pine Hill Baptist Church
W.A. Davis
Strom Thurmond High School
L.D. Blacks
Mildred Pixley
Lillie Mae Blacks
Doris Blacks
Pauline Blacks
Stephanie
Bobby James Blacks
Peter Blacks
Roy Blacks
Mattie Blacks
Ridge Springs
Amos and Sons Funeral Home
Mrs. Willie Kemp Johnston
Mrs. Willie Kemp Johnston aged 43 of Route 1 is identified in a local notice. Additional details are not provided in the readable text.
Aiken Standard 1867 Publication Details
The Aiken Standard is published each afternoon except Saturdays and Sundays. It operates from Box 456, 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. The paper uses AP dispatches and reserves rights for republication, with corrections in the next issue if needed.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Mrs. Jesse L. Jackson Rites Held in Trenton
Mrs. Jesse L. Jackson died Saturday at a Aiken County hospital. Funeral service was held at Phillip i Baptist Church with Rev. Robert L. Smart and Rev. Kenneth Thompkins officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mrs. W. S. Bruce of Johnston, Mrs. Evelyn Foster and Mrs. George Lail of Columbia. two sons Robert L. Jackson of Aiken and Felder Jackson of Trenton. four sisters Mrs. Nell Holston of Columbia, Mrs. Frances Romanstien of Gilbert, Mrs. Kathleen Rodgers of Ridge Spring. two brothers Dan Fallaw of Ridge Spring and Grady Fallaw of Charleston. Pallbearers listed. Funeral by Dence or George Funeral Home.
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Trenton
Jesse L
Tara F.) Jackson
Aiken County
Phillippi Baptist Church
Robert L. Smart
Kenneth Thompkins
Church
Saluda County
Jackson
W.S. Bruce
Johnston
Evelyn Foster
George Lail
Columbia
Ernest Butler Sr. 78 dies in Aiken County
Ernest Butler Sr. 78 died Sunday at an Aiken County hospital. Bethel Baptist Church held funeral services with Rev. Carl Hayes and Rev. W C Lowe. Burial followed in Graniteville Cemetery. He was a Saluda County native who lived most of his life in Aiken and worked as a textile employee and farmer. He is survived by his wife four daughters two sons two sisters one half sister two brothers and two half brothers. Friends may call at his daughter's home or at George Funeral Home, Aiken.
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Ernest Butler Sr
Aiken
Bethel Baptist Church
Carl Hayes
W.C Lowe
Graniteville
Saluda County
Butler
Scott Riles
Thomas J. Kee
Margaret Butler
Columbia
Fritler
Norfolk
P Butler
Helena
Mont
Thomas Key
RFD
George Funeral Home
Death Notice for Willie Mac Doolittle in Edgefield County
Willie Mac Doolittle, 58, Route 1, Modoc, died Friday at Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral services took place.
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Edgefield
Willie Mac Doolittle
Route 1
Modoc
Edgefield County Hospital
Doolittle Burial Held at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church
At 4 p.m. yesterday burial took place in the church cemetery following services at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church officiated by Rev. W O Key. The deceased, a retired textile worker, was a member of the Red Oak Grove Baptist Church and Hezzie Griffis Post No 30. Survived by widow Mary T Doolittle of Modoc and a daughter Debbie Doolittle of Garden City Florida. three sisters Annie Holmes Augusta Jessie Bussey Wagoner Sue Faulkner Edgefield. and three brothers George Doolittle Granitevill e Charles Doolittle Sr Martinez Ga Lexter Doolittle Kalamazoo Mich.
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Red Oak Grove Baptist Church
W.O. Key
Doolittle
Hezzie Griffis
Mary T. Doolittle
Modoc
Debbie Doolittle
Garden City
Fla
Annie Holmes
Augusta
Jessie Bussey
Wagoner
Sue Faulkner
Edgefield
George Doolittle
Graniteville
Charles Doolittle Sr
Martinez
Lexter Doolittle
Kalamazoo
Mich
Marion Jenkins Johnston Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Marion Jenkins 44 were held at Amos and Sons Chapel with Rev. Mac Cooper officiating. Burial followed at Lott's Grove Church. A Korean War veteran, he belonged to Valley Fair Church and is survived by three sisters Betty R Washington Johnston Beulah Jackson New York City and Gladys Simpkins Aiken South Carolina and two brothers Matthew Jenkins and Mathis Jenkins Johnston.
Obituary: John Casper Knight 73 of Aiken County
John Casper Knight 73 of 472 Columbia Ave died Friday at an Aiken County hospital. He was a native of Aiken County and a member of the Young Macedonia Baptist Church. Survived by wife Mrs Lillie Carter Knight, three daughters Addie Mae Holmes Jackson Aiken Margreta Washington Jacksonville Florida and Catherine Brown Aiken. three sons John H Knight Jacksonville Florida Roosevelt Knight Jacksonville Florida and Joseph Campbell Knight Trenton South Carolina. five sisters Johnnie Mae Whaley Washington DC Thelma Platt Murdock Florida Margret Samuels Augusta Frankie Lee Blair Philadelphia Pennsylvania Josephine Blair Jacksonville Florida. two brothers Lewis Blair Washington DC and John Wesley Tokyo Japan. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Knight
Aiken County
Young Macedonia Baptist Church
Lillie Carter Knight
Aiken
Addie Mae Holmes
Margreta Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Catherine Brown
John H. Knight
Fila
Roosevelt Knight
Jacksonville Fla
Joseph Campbell Knight
Trenton
S.C
Johnnie Mae Whaley
Washington, D.C
Thelma Platt
Murdock
Margret Samuels
Augusta
Frankie Lee Blair
Philadelphia
Penn
Josephine Blair
Lewis Blair
John Wesley
Tokyo
Japan
Tilbury Fabrics Plans Mit chell Center Outlet Store
Tilbury Fabrics announces an outlet store opening near Mitchell Center around August first. The store will sell fabric direct from its Aiken warehouse and bedspreads and draperies from its Grosby Products Division in New York with discounts on all items.
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Tilbury Fabrics
Mitchell Center
Aiken
Alan Weisburg
Tilbury Fabrics, Inc
New York
Grosby Products
County considers litter officer commissioning and office leases
The board discusses appointing the litter officer under sheriff supervision with incident emergency duties and county administrator supervision, plus a public hearing on leasing space for the Aiken County Paramedical Service. A $2000 grant covers six months for the Paramed HQ at 218 Newberry St. S.W. and Paramed’s move from the old Post Office.
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Wow
Cullinan
Aiken County Paramedical Service
Aiken County Planning Commission
Paramed
Newberry St
S.W
U S Climbers Fail To Reach Summit On K2
An American expedition led by Jim Whittaker fails to summit K2 amid porter strikes and bad weather. The group, 10 climbers, retreats to base at 17 600 feet after 20 days of severe storms with one porter seriously ill and evacuated by helicopter.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Jim Whittaker
Seattle
Wash
Whittaker
U.S
Mt. Everest
Skarda
Godwin Austen
Contested Trenton Election Faces Court Order Barrier
Edgefield County Sheriff H H Griffis says the ballot box will open only by court order amid protests over the Trenton election. Reynolds and Grandy cite a two day protest deadline after Mayor Rikard disputes and cites Ashworth and the Attorney General in delay. The Jackson election controversy, ruled valid by Judge Peeples after Ashworth’s initial invalidation, looms over the case.
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Edgefield
H.H. Griffis
Reynolds
Grandy
Rikard
Treva G. Ashworth
Attorney General's Office
McLeod
Edgefield County
John Edwards
Edgefield Commission
State Election Commission
James B Ellisor
Trenton
Saluda Man Elected State Commander at Disabled American Veterans Meet
George Langford of Chapter 37 Saluda was chosen state commander at the DAV convention held in Myrtle Beach. Aiken Chapter 43 earned recognition for membership and community work at Forest Hills Veterans Hospital, with Ladies' Auxiliary commended. New officers for Chapter 43 include Thomas Bass as Commander and William H. Dorsett as Adjutant and Treasurer.
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Myrtle Beach
George Langford
Saluda
Aiken
Forest Hills Division Veterans Hospital
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Thomas Bass
William H. Dorsett
North Augusta
Gladden Addresses LBC Lions on Economy and Drugs
Gladden, manager for Southern Bell in Aiken and Edgefield, urged the Langley Bath Clear water Lions to pursue a better economy while accepting necessary sacrifices. He criticized a pessimistic society, linking drug worries with youth behavior and urging pride in work. Oma Wilhelm was installed as president, with officers and long-service pins awarded for 3, 24, 20, and 15 years.
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Bath
Herbert J. Gladden Jr
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Aiken
Edgefield
Langley - Bath - Clearwater Lions
Gladden
Oma Wilhelm
Floyd Lowe
A B. Calhoun
Tom Thurmond
Lewis G. Leverett
Jim McKinney
Bill Goodwin
Fred Pitts
Kenneth Dennis
WE. Marchant
Lewis Leverett
L.B. Ergle
Community figure linked to United Way and local clubs
The subject is a wife of James T. Jordan involved in United Way work and nonprofit accounting. She attends First Baptist Church and Aiken Toastmasters Club and studied at Georgia State College for Women, with two grown sons.
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James T. Jordan
First Baptist Church
Aiken Toastmasters Club
Georgia State College For Women
Youth Advisory Council Set To Convene In Aiken County
The newly formed Aiken County Youth Advisory Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at St Thaddeus Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Presentations by Al Maddox, Robert Funk, and Scott McPherson are planned along with talks from Marshall Cain, Grady Decell, and George B Grogan.
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Aiken County
Department of Youth Services
George B. Grogan
Youth Bureau Services
Community Calendar Evening Meetings Across Aiken Belvedere North Augusta
Local organizations schedule evening events from 5 pm to 8:30 pm including library boards, rescue squad, Jaycees chapters, senior clubs, and city councils across Aiken Belvedere North Augusta. Highlights include Nancy Carson Library board at the library and USC Aiken campus commission meeting in Room 107.
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Nancy Carson Library
Nancy Carson
Aiken County
Jaycees of
Belvedere
First State National Bank
Manly’s
Boat City
Georgia-Carolina Stamp Club
Virginia Acres
American Association of Retired Persons
Aiken
Senior Citizens
Mid-Way Rebekah
Seven Gables
Midland Valley
Clearwater
Aiken Optimist Club
Heart of Aiken
Aiken County Commission
Usc-Aiken
Center Fire Department
North Augusta
Georgia War Veterans Home
Augusta
Jaycees
North Augusta City Council
North Augusta City Hall
Council Chambers
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
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Willie M. Doolittle
Marion Jenkins
John Casper Knight
Columbia Ave
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Houndslake
Houndslake Country Club
Houndsllake
Paul Jennings
Forest L. Kirby
Lower Savannah
Moye Billig
LBC Lions
United Way
Aiken Board of Realtors
Heart of
Planned Parenthood of
Aiken, Family
Real Pro
Lilliston
Holley Tractor and Equipment Co. Inc
Aiken, $.C
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