Roy Edward Cook 91 dies in Savannah
Roy Edward Cook 91 of Savannah died July 15 2004 at Azalealand Nursing Home. He married Leah Smith—66 years in July 2004—and worked 40 years at Howden Coal and Oil before retiring to Colonial Oil Industries and later Albert Oelschig Nurseries. A founder of Southside Baptist Church he received the Rotary Vocational Service Award in 1963. Survived by wife Leah two children five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Visitation today 5 7 p.m. Fox and Weeks Hodgson Chapel. Funeral 11:30 a.m. Saturday Southside Baptist Church. Burial Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Donations to Hospice Savannah or charity of donor choice.
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Avannah
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Azalealand Nursing Home and Hospice
Savannah, Inc
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Salley
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Wagener High School
Savannah
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Elizabeth Wimbish
Mary Cook Moyer
Aiken
Pope Cook
Merritt Nimmons
Columbia
Fox and
Weeks
Hodgson Chapel
Jerry Claxton
Petronas chair Azizan Abidin dies at 69 in Malaysia
Azizan Zainul Abidin, chairman of Malaysia's Petronas and Malaysia Airlines, died at home after chest pains. He helped Petronas grow into a Fortune 500 company with oil and gas investments in over 30 countries. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi noted his death.
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Malaysia
Azizan Zainul Abidin
Petronas
Malaysia Airlines
Azizan
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Southeast Asia
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Faulty Praxis scores affect 150 South Carolina teachers
A grading error by Educational Testing Service caused 150 SC teachers to believe they failed a Praxis licensing exam while passing. ETS said 4,100 nationwide were affected for tests between January 2003 and April 2004, delaying certification and job prospects.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Educational Testing Service
ETS
National
Aiken County
Joyce Stanley
Aiken
Poda
Education Department
Tom Ewing
Soldier dies at Fort Jackson during basic training
An Army recruit in the eighth week of basic training at Fort Jackson died after a road march in 99 degree heat. He was transported to a Columbia hospital and pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Officials did not release his name pending relatives notification. The coroner was not immediately available.
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Fort Jackson
Jim Hinnant
National Weather Service
Hinnant
Richland County
Joseph E. Jurewic
Altamonte Springs
Fla
Jurewic
South Carolina Adds Truck Idle Reduction Parking Along I 85
South Carolina and two neighbors plan about 150 plug in parking spaces at truck stops on I 85 to curb diesel idling. 50 spaces will be at an Anderson SC site with others in Mebane NC and Newnan GA. Trucks pay about $1.25 per hour for AC and Internet via a hose connected unit.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Anderson
Mebane
N.C
Newnan
Myra Reece
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Bureau of Air Quality
Georgia
North Carolina
State to issue bonds for Ravenel Bridge savings
South Carolina plans to save about 25 million by issuing bonds rather than taking a federal loan for the 650 million Ravenel Bridge project in Charleston. Federal loan offers 215 million at 5.73 percent while Merrill Lynch bid 4.57 percent on a revenue bond deal for the Infrastructure Bank.
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Ravenel
Charleston
Federal Highway Administration
Merrill Lynch
South Carolina Infrastructure Bank
Grady Patterson
Platt Named State Fire Marshal
Michael Platt of Chapin has been named state fire marshal by the Department of Labor and Regulation. He previously led fire safety surveys in the Office of Fire and Life Safety and serves in the South Carolina Air National Guard.
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Columbia
Michael Platt
Chapin
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Platt
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Office of Fire and Life Safety
South Carolina Air National Guard
Southern Wesleyan University
Community College of the Air Force
South Carolina Artillery Unit Deployed to Iraq
Six hundred South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers from the 1st Battalion 178th Field Artillery, based in Georgetown, depart for 30 to 45 days of training at Fort Dix New Jersey. Batteries are in Wellford Clinton Hemingway Manning and Andrews. This is the largest unit deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Soldiers will train beyond their usual artillery mission, including for OEE missions.
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Columbia
South Carolina Army National Guard
Iraq
Georgetown
Brooks
South Carolina adds 5600 jobs in June across sectors
The Employment Security Commission reported 5600 net jobs added in June with gains in services and leisure hospitality. Local government jobs fell by 5700 due to school year endings, while the agency said overall growth shows a slowly strengthening economy.
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Columbia
Employment Security Commission
South Carolina
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