Local events fill Augusta area weekend agenda
Augusta area readers have a busy weekend with a range of activities. Augie the Green Jackets mascot kicks off the Summer Reading Program at Nancy Carson Library with a 10 30 a m start at 135 Edgefield Road North Augusta. The Wise Outrageous Women meet at Kathy Bankson's House for a picnic at noon today. The Savannah River Ecology Lab offers a local wildlife program at Midland Valley Branch Library on Hillside Road Langley. Single Again holds a 6 p m dinner at Grumpy's on East Gate Drive with reservations due by June 12. The William Stroud Society of the American Revolution meets at Aiken County Historical Museum at 10 a m Thursday and later distributes flags on Laurens Street for Flag Day. The Aiken Community Playhouse hosts Broadway Beyond fund raiser at 7 30 p m Friday featuring Hamilton School of Rock Anastasia Shrek Dear Evan Hansen and more. Morris Museum preschool storytime and craft at Nancy Carson Library Friday morning. Local author day at Aiken County Public Library Saturday 11 a m 2 p m features Marti Healey Latina McIntyre and Cathy Widener. Aiken Civic Ballet auditions for Dracula the Ballet Saturday at Crosby Miller School of Dance at 142 Greenville Street SW. Cub Scout Pack 555 dinner fundraiser Saturday at Ridge Spring Baptist Church. Bake the Ride for Marcia poker run Saturday at Cork & Bull benefits Huntington's disease. Depot Jam Saturday 10 30 a m at Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum. Bluegrass jam invites players and public. contact organizers for details.
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Deaths and Funerals Arthur Gantt
Arthur Lee Gantt 71 of Miami FL entered into rest June 11 2018 Funeral arrangements will be announced He was a member of Baughmanville Baptist Church Survivors include wife Alberta daughter Lisa son Seadrick Lataya two sisters Janette Marion two brothers Alvin Philadelphia Anthony Miami four grandchildren one great grandchild and a host of other relatives services by Gl BrightHar p & Sons Mortuary AIken South Carolina
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De Clarence Walter Yonce Jr 87 longtime psychology professor dies
Dr Clarence Walter Yonce Jr 87 of Graniteville died June 8 2018 at University Hospital Augusta GA. He taught psychology at the University of South Carolina and University of Alabama retired to Graniteville. Service at Breezy Hill Baptist Church at 4 PM Thursday. Body donated to the Medical College of Georgia Augusta University.
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University of Alabama, Birmingham
Katherine Vance Kirkland
Starkville
Mississippi
Abbie Misso
Ricky
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Francine Harley Allbrooks
Aiken
Visitation for Mark Bennett in Augusta and North Augusta
Mark Bennett 48 died June 10 2018 visitation Friday 6 to 8 PM Local 160 Union Hall 1211 Telfair St Augusta GA Lifelong CSRA resident formerly Evans GA employed as Maintenance Supervisor with SANS Operators and member Local 150 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Survivors include wife Leigh Ann Bennett two sons Franklin Mark Bennett Jr and Rush Heath Bennett and Ashlyn Kay Blanchard grandparents etc Memorials to Shepherd Center Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements spwenres.co
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Aiken
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Kevin Gene Turner 44 Aiken native dies after 2018
Kevin Gene Turner 44 of Aiken died June 11 2018 Born in Augusta GA son of Larry Gene and Ann Toole Turner Lifelong resident and South Aiken High School alumnus He worked in the City of Aiken Parks and Recreation He attended Christian Heritage Church and was in the Aiken Horse Power Club Surviving wife Alisha Lizzy Turner parents daughter and son brother and nephew reside in Aiken Funeral services June 14 at Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home with Reverends Powell and Phillips officiating
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Stephen Phillips
Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home
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Dawayne Smith Jr. of Charleston Dies at 31
Todd Dawayne Smith Jr 31 of Charleston SC died Sunday June 10 2018 He was born October 27 1986 in Augusta GA He married Margaret Daugherty Smith and is survived by two children his parents sister and grandparents A memorial service will be held June 14 2018 at Grace United Methodist Church Charleston Contributions may go to Grace United Methodist Church Arrangements by McAlister Smith Funeral Home West Ashley Charleston SC
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Graniteville
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Clearwater
Doris Gaillard
Roland
Peggy Smith
Warrenville
Grace United Methodist Church
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McAlister-Smith Funeral Home
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Celebration of life for Joseph E Williams of Aiken
Aiken native Joseph E Williams 83 died June 10 2018 at Pruitt Health Aiken. Celebration of life set for June 14 2018 at New Beginnings Congregational Holiness Church with Rev. John Wade officiating. Interment in Holsenback Family Cemetery. Survivors include wife Thompson Williams son David Williams two sisters Susan Green Nora Williams and more. Pallbearers listed. Visitation June 13 2018 at church. Cole Funeral Home 1544 University Parkway AIKEN SC 29801.
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Aiken
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Tri Development
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Columbia Hay North
Cole Funeral Home
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Waste
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World War I names desegregated despite monuments lawsuit
Trey Ward of Greenwood, South Carolina, installed a new World War I plaque listing Greenwood soldiers in alphabetical order, despite a state monuments law and ongoing litigation. A judge ruled for the American Legion, saying private ownership allows changes on public property, amid debates over Confederate flag removal and monument protections.
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Officer fired after arrest in Cherryville NC
Fort Mill Police fired 55 year old Tanya Ervin Leonhardt on June 3 after her North Carolina arrest for driving while impaired and drug possession. Cherryville Police say she was stopped for reckless driving and yelling, with alcohol on her breath and 12 grams of marijuana found in the car.
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