Deaths and Funerals in Aiken County and Surrounding Areas
Obituary notices for Lonnie O Baxley of Beech Island retirement from Kimberly Clarke and Navy service. Funeral set at Hatcher Funeral Home with burial at Jackson Memorial Park. relatives include Lois Powell Baxley and children Patrick, Lonnie, Lee. services also note Idella Bing, Phillip Courtney Jr, and other local survivors with funeral plans and donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Island
Lonnie O. Baxley
Pine Log Road
Lois Powell Baxley
Baxley
Lonnie Baxley
Juanita Squires Baxley Walters
M.C. Baxley
Patrick
U.S. Navy
Open Bible Baptist Church
Hatcher
Hatcher Funeral Home
U.S. Highway 1
Langley
Philip L. Courtney, Jr
Byron
Hart’s
Elease Key
Trenton
Shaws Creek Baptist Church
Obituaries from Augusta area honor local residents
Obituaries note the July 21 2003 passing of Mrs Sarah S Dotson of Old Savannah Road Augusta after 35 years at University Hospital. Survived by husband Exerzene and daughter Kathy Blunt with grandchildren and siblings. Service at Harmony Baptist Church with interment at Walker Memorial Park. Additional notices for Ruth Ready Lois Reel and Daisy Jones Robinson follow with funeral plans and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. Courtney, Jr
Byron
Phillip Lanier Courtney, Jr
Courtney
Riverside Cemetery
College St
Macon
Philip Lanier
Frederica B. Courtney
Augusta
Aiken
Lanier High School
Auburn University
Macon Jaycees
Goldfield Mining International, Inc
Nevada
California
Arizon
Utah
Joan Pruett Courtney
Cindy Attaway Courtney
Indianapolis Inc
Tracy Garrett Bradley
Sarah S. Dotson
Old Savannah Road
University Hospital
Exerzene Dotson
Dotson
Schofield High School
Lamar School of Nursing
Harmony Baptist Church
Mission Ministry
Kathy
Danny) Blunt
Brittanie Blunt
Carrington Blunt
Nancy
Henry) Craig
Milton
Meta) Scott
Jimmie
Mary) Scott
Vernon Bernard Johnson
Maurice
Marcus Bryant
Graniteville
Lois Woodward Reel
Graniteville First Baptist Church
Steven Hendricks
Reel
Napier Funeral Home
Main St
Daisy J. Robinson
Daisy Jones Robinson
James Henry Robinson
Kendall Robinson
Mark Robinson
Charles Rayford Cauthen
Ruby Slater
Grace Lay Criswell
Mary Grant
Sonny Jones
Faith Baptist Church
Clifton Stancel
Sunset Memory Gardens
Robinson
Hatcher Funeral Home
U.S. Highway 1
Langley
Sanford signs missed school days bill
Gov. Mark Sanford signed a law granting local school districts more flexibility in making up missed days. The General Assembly may forgive days or let districts determine makeup dates, start and stop dates, and in service days. Local officials praised the move for closer voter accountability and local control. The signing occurred at the Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville with House Speaker David Wilkins and local educators present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Mark Sanford
General Assembly
Sanford
David Wilkins
Roper Mountain Science Center
Oconee
Pickens
Rob Novit
Smith pulls ad by convicted child killer Susan Smith
Susan Smith has withdrawn her online pen pal ad after heavy media attention. The life prisoner apologized in a letter posted by Edgewater-Flat site writeaprisoner.com and a photo remains on the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Susan Smith
Smith
Edgewater-Flat
Writeaprisoner.com
S.C. Department of Corrections
Michael
Alex
Union
John D. Long Lake
Tenenbaum weighs Senate run and possible successor
State Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum says she would consider running for U S Senate if Fritz Hollings retires next year and notes Gov Mark Sanford would appoint a temporary successor. She adds the appointing governor would influence her decision and expects a moderate replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Inez Tenenbaum
U.S. Senate
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Senate
Tenenbaum
Mark Sanford
State seeks worker input on rising health plan costs
The state asks workers for input on handling higher health insurance costs as premiums are projected to rise about $65 monthly to preserve current benefits. Individual increases may reach $51 and $102 for employees with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Woman pleads guilty in fatal hit and run case
A Kings Mountain woman Dawn Michelle Smith 31 pleads guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident in York. She is sentenced to six months house arrest and five years probation for striking William Kendrick Jr 43 who was helping a stranded motorist on May 7 and died instantly.
Riverbanks Zoo Opens Giraffe Feeding Platform At African Plains
Daniel Frye, six, tried feeding Ginger as Riverbanks Zoo opened a new giraffe feeding platform. Visitors pay a dollar for chow nuggets to tempt giraffes, zebras, and ostriches nearby, with Ginger often returning every 10 to 15 minutes.
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Columbia
Daniel Frye
Riverbanks Zoo
Frye
Riverbanks
Daniel
Ginger
Tiffany Rose
Zoo
Atlanta
Monie Bardoul
Bardoul
Becky
Jack
Krissy
Steve Wing
Wing
Cable barrier program advances to final construction phase
South Carolina's transportation department moves to bid on 70.4 miles of cable barriers costing about 4.2 million to separate medians 72 feet wide or less on interstates 34 miles of added barriers have already yielded 2 953 cross median impacts and 630 billed parties totaling 859 000 with 654 000 recouped since 2000 the program follows deadly crashes including a 2000 I 26 Chapin fatality and 1997 I 77 incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Transportation Department
Pete Poore
Poore
Transportation Department
Interstate 26
Chapin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lonnie
W. Bing
New Ellenton
Idella W. Bing
Valley Ave
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Flem Bing
Catherine
Dry Branch Road
Cheatham Funeral Home
Hickory Ave
Bennie Jennings
Science Hill Baptist
Bath
Lois W. Rees
First Baptist Church
Ruth
Ruth Ready
Laurens St
Mattie C. Hall Nursing Home
Davis Funeral Home
Merritt Ave
Ridge Spring
Lois W. Reel
Yuneral Home
Main Street
Sammie" Napier
Nick Flouras
Aiken County
Hayne
Smith Pulls
Associated Press
Janice Hanley
Bishopville
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