History taken to the grave in Willowbrook tours
Edgefield tour guide Tonya Guy leads visitors through Willowbrook Cemetery on Church Street to tell the stories of notable interred figures. Four South Carolina governors are buried there along with others such as Civil War general Matthew Butler whose embalmed foot is buried with him. Also interred is Dr. James Adams DeVore, 1895 death, noted for an iron trapdoor in his grave.
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Notable Willowbrook graves highlight SC history
Videos feature South Carolina residents buried in Willowbrook Cemetery. Rev John Lake’s grave marker comes from a leper colony he started on a South China Sea island during his missionary work. The online piece is available at www.aikenstandard.com.
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Tech firm buys URS in $4 billion deal
AECOM Technology will acquire URS Corporation for $4 billion in cash and stock, adding URS’s 50,000 plus employees and global footprint. The integration would raise enterprise value to about $6 billion and create a 95,000 plus workforce in 150 countries. URS has a notable presence in Aiken with its GMOS HQ on Newberry Street.
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Area Deaths list includes six names across South Carolina towns
Deaths and Funerals column lists Barbara Ann White Ridge Spring Bettie Jane Howell Warrenville Charlotte Young Lawson Aiken Henry Seawright Aiken Lucile B Smith Bladensburg Md Pansy Burgess Zimmerman Aiken Rose Marie DuBose Bath with notices on 6A.
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Barbara Ann White
Ridge Spring
Bettie Jane Howell
Warrenville
Charlotte Young Lawson
Aiken
Henry Seawright
Lucile B. Smith
Bladensburg
Pansy Burgess Zimmerman
Rose Marie DuBose
Bath
Weather Update: Thunderstorms and Heat Wave
A weather bulletin predicts scattered thunderstorms with a high near 92 and a low around 68. The forecast covers a five day period with similar warm, unsettled conditions expected.
NASCAR star Kevin Harvick to headline Ollies grand opening
NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick will attend Ollies Bargain Outlet’s grand opening at 1660 Richland Ave in Aiken on August 6 at 9 a.m. An autograph session is planned with 250 tickets available from 7:30 a.m. The 25,098 square foot Belk space will become Ollies with Veracity and Ziff Properties involved.
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Aiken Neurosciences Advertises Medical Specialties
Aiken Neurosciences promotes Interventional Pain Medicine Neurology and Sleep Medicine with services in MRI EEG EMG and Evoked Potentials. It offers Botox Injective Therapies for Cervical Dystonia and Chronic Migraines plus Allergy Testing and Weight Loss Therapy. Physicians listed are William E. Durrett MD E Richard A. Isenberg MD Melvyn L. Haas MD FAAN.
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