Deaths And Funerals Mrs Wiggins and Ruth Townsend
Mrs Willie Wiggins 48 of 1459 Caesar Street Pittsburgh died Tuesday at home. Funeral Monday 5 PM at Jackson Brooks Memorial chapel with Rev N L Bush officiating. Burial Jessamine Memorial Gardens Aiken. Survived by widower sister Naomi Talps Richmond CA brothers Harold Townsend Aiken and Zack Townsend Orangeburg. Friends may call at Poseys Funeral Home chapel. Burial Westover Memorial Park. She belonged to First Baptist Augusta Augusta Garden Club Shrine Auxiliary Ruth Bible Class. Also survived by widower sister Hugh L Jack Rhodes Augusta niece Jean Rhodes Anderson Aiken nephew Hugh L Jack Rhodes Jr North Augusta. Friends may call at residence or funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie T
Ruth Townsend) Wiggins
Caessan St
Pittsburgh
Jackson- Brooks Memorial Chapel
N.L. Bush
Jessamine Memorial Gardens
Aiken
Naomi P. Talps
Richmond
Calif
Harold W. Townsend
Zack E. Townsend
Orangeburg
S.C
Posey
North Augusta
R.J. Robinson
Sanford Kidd
Westover Memorial Park
Augusta
First Baptist Church
Hugh L
Jack) Rhodes
Jean Rhodes Anderson
Jack) Rhodes Jr
William B. Miller Rites Planned in Augusta
William B. Miller of 123 Greene St. died Wednesday in a local hospital. Funeral services at 3 p.m. in Platt's Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Charlie T. Mason and Rev. Bob Cannnett officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Native of Hampton, long resident of Augusta, carpenter, Matlock Baptist Church member. Survived by seven sisters and one brother. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta William Barrett Miller
Greene St
Platt
Charlie T. Mason
Bob Cannnett
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Hampton
Augusta
Miller
Matlock Baptist Church
Jackson
Ethel Bolin
Edna Strickland
Walterboro
Julia Foreman
Jane Taylor
Savannah
Blanche Bettie
Crawford
Fla
Bessie Key
New Ellenton
Marion Way
Beaufort
James Miller
Orlando
Herbert Freeman
Paul Bennett
Frank Overstreet
W.W. McElmurray
Cecil Greene Jr
Eugene Overstreet
Funeral services for Mrs Betty Ruth Eubanks Hutto Langley
Funeral services for Mrs Betty Ruth Eubanks Hutto of Langley are set for today at 4 p.m. at Gloverville Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev Floyd Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Langley Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence of her brother Bennie A Eubanks 7 Roberson St Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Betty Ruth Eubanks Hutto
Gloverville
Arthur Rollins dies in Laurens nursing home
Arthur Rollins died today in Laurens at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be announced by George Funeral Home. The family will be at the home of Mrs. Lillian J. Rollins at 330 Pine St N W Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens
Arthur Rollins
George Funeral Home
Lillian J. Rollins
Pine St
N.W
Aiken
Mrs. Anna Johnson 73 Funeral Held In Aiken County
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Eliza Johnson 73 of Route 1 Box 402 will be Saturday at 3 30 p.m. at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev E W Simmons officiating. Burial will be in Johnson Family Cemetery. Surviving are three daughters three sons two sisters and one brother. Pallbearers named. Friends may call at Jackson Brooks Funeral Home until 12 30 p.m. Saturday and at the church until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eliza Johnson
Route 1
Box 402
Aiken County Hospital
Zion Hill Baptist Church
E.W. Simmons
H.J Dicks
Johnson Family Cemetery
Jackson-Brooks Memorial
Aiken County
Marcella Craig
Aiken
Frank Chavous
Walter Chavous
Booker T. Floyd
Matthew Greer
Donnie Davis
George Weaver
Howard Rouse
Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Mrs Herman Johnson Dies in North Augusta
Mrs. Herman L. Johnson of 3004 Lake Forest Drive North Augusta died Thursday in a local hospital. The funeral service was held Saturday at 11 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Augusta
Herman L
Mattie Lou Forman) Johnson
Lake Forest Drive
Funeral services for Melton Clyde Boyer held in Aiken
Melton Clyde Boyer of Tulsa Oklahoma and formerly of South Carolina died July 12. Services were held at 3:30 p.m. in Bethel Baptist Church Aiken with Rev Carl Hayes and Rev C C Duncan officiating. Burial followed at Rocky Spring Church cemetery. Donations accepted at Mrs Emmett Baughman 1409 Redd Street Aiken or George Funeral Home Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton Clyde Boyer
N. Main St
Tulsa
Okla
South Carolina
Bethel Baptist Church
Aiken
Carl Hayes
C.C. Duncan
Rocky Spring Church
Emmett Baughman
Redd St
George Funeral Home
Edgefield Woman Mrs W F Samuels Dies in Augusta Hospital
Mrs. W F Samuels 75 of Edgefield died Thursday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements are with Hollingsworth Funeral Home Edgefield and burial will be in East View Cemetery. A Barnwell native she lived in Edgefield County 42 years and was a member of Edgefield Methodist Church. Surviving are her widower sister Mrs Sam Paul and brothers George Bates and E E Bates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgefield
William Francis
Mattie Bates
Samuels
Augusta
Hollingsworth
East View
Barnwell
Edgefield County
E.E
Doc) Bates
Sam Paul
Mrs Louis Fletcher Belvedere dies in Edgefield church service
Belvedere resident Mrs Louis Rosa Fletcher died Wednesday in Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at Geter Baptist Church in Edgefield. She leaves son Jesse C Williams of Belvedere. Nix Williams Funeral Home of Belvedere is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvedere
Louis
Rosa) Fletcher
Aiken County Hospital
Geter Baptist Church
Edgefield
Jesse C. Williams
Nix & Williams Funeral Home
Storm Drainage Bids To Be Opened In Aiken
Bids for Aiken's storm drainage system will be opened Aug. 9 per City Manager Roland Windham. City Councilman Skipper Perry Jr and Councilman Lloyd Olsen expect contract awards and bid actions at the Aug. 13 council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Roland Windham
Robert “Skipper” Perry, Jr
Lloyd T. Olsen
Community Calendar Highlights This Week
Today a pet show is at 3 p.m. in Virginia Acres. The Senior Citizen's Club meets at 7:30 p.m. at Crosland Park Clubhouse. Tomorrow the Aiken County Museum opens 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday Rotary Club meets at 12:45 p.m. at Commercial Hotel and Kiwanis at 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Acres
Senior Citizen's Club
Crosland Park
Rotary Club
Commercial Hotel
New Jail Cost-Cutting Plan Improves Upkeep in Aiken
Wilkins outlines a plan to reform jail purchasing, saving money by sourcing salvage, upgrading utensils, towels, uniforms and cooking oil. The 48 inmate jail will receive better laundry, dishware, and a 180-degree sterilization standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Aiken County
Paul Grant
Grant
Girl Joins North Augusta Police Cadet Program
Two cadets were chosen from ten applicants for the North Augusta Police Department cadet program including Margaret Shannon Nelson a 19 year old Belvedere resident and William Wayne Kirkland Jr 18 of North Augusta. Nelson the first girl in the Palmetto state to join the program will work in the records division after training while Kirkland a North Augusta High School graduate and Augusta College criminology student asked when he starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkins
Sheriff's Department
Grant
North Augusta
Uate
Newman
Nelson
Kirkland
William W. Kirkland
American Legion
North Augusta Sr. High
Parks Pharmacy
Thomas
McNair Possible Run in South Carolina Race
The article notes rumors former Gov. Robert E. McNair might seek office again. It lists Republicans contending for the state post including William D. Workman James Henderson and Welch Morrisette. It also covers a police cadet program funded by a LEAP grant, detailing training steps and age requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. McNair
William D. Workman
Columbia
Graniteville Man Arrested in Belvedere Break-In Case
A 26 year old Graniteville man Rutherford Hayes Adams RT 1 Graniteville was arrested on housebreaking and grand larceny charges tracing to the May 16 break in at Albert Holmes 108 New Castle St Belvedere. Investigator Dan Bowe led the sheriff’s department arrest. Also reported was a Springfield home break in of Murray Weeks and three guns and a pistol missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville
Rutherford Hayes Adams
Rt. 1
Dence
Albert Holmes
New Castle St
Belvedere
Dan Bowe
Sheriff's Department
Springfield
Murray Weeks
Bombings Pinned On Washington Secrets Revealed
The Pentagon reversed course and blamed Washington for ordering falsified records on secret B52 bombings in Cambodia. No further clarification was provided about who in Washington issued the orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Cambodia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willie Wiggins
William B. Miller
Betty Hutto
Anna Johnson
Mrs
Herman Johnson
M.C. Boyer
W.F. Samuels
Vmirs
Louis Fletcher
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Inn
State Penitentiary
Miss Nelson
Augusta College
Dorn
James Henderson
Richland County
Welch Morrisette
First Baptist Church of
Richland and
York Streets
Robert L. Cate
Charles Rabon
Highland Pines Baptist Church
Hampton Ave. N.W
J.D. Dorr
Church of Christ Aiken Church of Christ Highway 19
Paul W. Epler
P.A
Church of God
First Church of God
Pine Log Road
Fred D. Woodham
Hampton Avenue Church of God
J.D. Warren
Church of the
Lord Jesus Christ
D.C
Apostolic Faith
Otto Meadows
Lutheran
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Whiskey Rd
Hitchcock
Robert Haupt Jr
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Widalt Road
Wakn FM 99MC
Hayne Avenue
S.W
Wednes
Church of
Independent Baptist
Aiken Baptist Tabernacle HiWay
South
Norman A. Seiler
Christ
Sunset Memorial Baptist
Robert
Bob) Mitchum
Millbrook Baptist Church
W. James Rivers
Shiloh Baptist Church
Hwy
North of Aiken
Daniel E. Johnson
Town Creek
Pine Log
Silver Bluff
Gem Lakes Estates
Fred L. Lowery
Aiken First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Gregg & Trolley Line Rd. E.L
Ned
Owen
Children’s Church
South Aiken Pentecostal Holiness Highway
South Rev. W.E
South Aiken Presbyterian
Whiskey Road
Mitchell Center
G. Dana Waters II
Salvation Army
Ladies Home League
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