Obituary notices from Langley and surrounding areas
Deaths and funerals across Langley Burnettown and North Augusta take note. Henry Ed ward Miles 83 of 106 Sycamore Street Burnettown died Sunday in a Richmond County hospital. He served 42 years on the Burnettown council and worked at United Merchants and Manufacturers Bath Mill Division. Burial at Sunset Memory Gardens Langley. Survivors include widow Fannie Halford Miles sister Bernice Miles and brothers Grady Miles and Herbert Miles. Funeral home Posey’s Langley in charge. Ruby Evelyn Davis Jay 53 of Cushman Road Langley died Monday in an Aiken County hospital. Funeral set for 4:30 p.m. at Posey’s with burial at Langley Cemetery. Survivors include husband Thomas Lamar Jay two daughters two sons mother sister and brother. Pallbearers named. Mary Frances Ruth Berry 77 of Greenbrier Apartments died yesterday in an Aiken nursing home. Graveside 11 a.m. at Aiken Memorial Park. Burial arranged by George Funeral Home. She was Savannah native with Asheville ties and church affiliations. Neal Gilchrist 520 Jackson Ave. North Augusta funeral 4 p.m. at Young Macedonia Baptist Church burial Southview Cemetery. Dent’s Undertaking in charge. Effie Prescott 713 E Chapman St Augusta died Sunday in a Richmond County hospital. Funeral arrangements by Peoples Funeral Home. Grady F Whiddon 4 p.m. Langley First Baptist with burial Langley Cemetery. Survivors include widow Ida Cochran Whiddon and daughter Peggy Ryals. Langley.
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Burnettown
Henry Edward Miles
Richmond County
Miles
Sycamore St
First Baptist Church
Langley
Charles Wilson
L.H. Fowler
Sunset Memory Gardens
Aiken County
Bath Mill
United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc
Good Samaritan
Posey
Ruby Evelyn Davis Jay
Graniteville
Jimmy Jay
Steve Jay
Willie Mae Davis
Lavern Davis
Dale Davis
Dennis Davis
Bubba Campbell
Pete Cochran
Jimmy Courtney
Keith Gregory
Bennie Davis
Pelzer St
Edward A. Berry
Mary Ann B. Jones
Aiken
Gwen B. Jolliff
Raleigh
N.C
E.W. Peterson
Columbia
T.J. Mitchell Jr
Brooks Ave
George Funeral Home
North Augusta
Neal Gilchrist
Young Macedonia Baptist Church
Southview Cemetery
Augusta
Effie Prescott
Rebecca Hilliary
Annie Mae Williams
Belvedere
Grady F. Whiddon
Charles M. Wilson
Robert M. Mitchem
Langley Cemetery
Whiddon
Project Road
Ida Cochran Whiddon
Peggy Ryals
Langley Posey
Burnettown S.C
Fannie Halford Miles
Langley First Baptist Church
LH. Fowler
Posey Funeral Home
S.C
New Directory Assistance Embraces Female Computer Voice
In Harrisburg and nationwide the old buzzy operator voice yields to a female computer synthesized voice. The shift aims to boost calls handled per operator and cut six seconds per query, with 25 percent more calls possible and mid-1985 completion expected. Public utilities voices concern over clarity.
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Harrisburg
Bell Telephone
Richard Keener
Bell Communications Research
Dan Sandis
Bell of Pennsylvania
Michael Gomez
Southern New England Telephone Co
Connecticut
Southern New England
Gomez
Department of Public Utility Control
Mary Frances Ruth Berry Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Frances Ruth Berry wife of Edward A Berry were conducted Wednesday at 11 at Aiken Memorial Park graveside. Surviving are six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. George Funeral Home Inc
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Berry
Mary Frances Ruth Berry
Edward A. Berry
Aiken Memorial Park
George Funeral Home Inc
Obituaries for Posey seniors in Langley South Carolina
Three notices report deaths in June 1984 in Langley SC. Henry Edward Miles 106 Sycamore St Burnettown beloved husband of Fannie Miles funeral at Langley First Baptist June 19. Ruby Evelyn Davis Jay Cushman Rd Langley wife of Thomas Jay funeral Langley Posey chapel June 20 with eight grandchildren among survivors. Grady F Whiddon Project Ad Langley husband of Ida Whiddon funeral Langley First Baptist June 19 with three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Jay
Ruby Evelyn Davis Jay
Cushman Rd
Langley
S.C
Thomas Lamar Jay
Posey
Langley Chapel
LH Eliott
Marion Jay
Langley Cemetery
Willie Mae Davis
Pelzer St
Langley SC
Posey's Funeral
Whiddon
Grady F. Whiddon
Project Ad
Ida Cochran Whiddon
Langley First Baptist Church
Robert M Mitchum
Charles M Wilson
Peggy Whiddon Ryals
Project Rd
Langley, S.C
Permanent Olympic Games Site Would Prevent Nation Pull-Outs
The Senate endorsed a non-binding amendment urging a permanent Olympic site to shield games from political pressure. Sponsored by Sen. Bill Bradley the measure calls for a facility that could have prevented the U S pullout from Moscow in 1980 and the Soviet pullout from Los Angeles in 1984. Bradley favors Greece as a preferred site but the amendment did not name any nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Pentagon
Congress
Greece
Bradley
United States
Moscow
Slot Machines Cheat Ring Shocks Nevada Casinos
A decade long federal state probe uncovered a sweeping slot machine cheating scheme that possibly tainted up to half of large Nevada jackpots since 1980. The San Francisco operatives allegedly breached Harrah’s Tahoe access points to tamper with microprocessor brains and attach slug devices to force repeated plays. Gus Econopoulos, arrested after a routine check followed by his cooperation, named a California-based gang as masterminds.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
San Francisco
Tahoe
Stateline
Reno Gazette-Journal
Gus Econopoulos
Econopoulos
California
Gazette-Journal
U.S
Ruth Cohen
Las Vegas
Reagan skips mayor conference drawing mixed urban reaction
Philadelphia AP Reagan avoids the U S Conference of Mayors meeting drawing criticism from several Democratic mayors while HUD chief Pierce says the president cares about urban America. Pierce and Heckler represented the administration with Jesse Jackson and David Rockefeller also scheduled to speak. San Juan Mayor Hernan Padilla to become conference president. The Reagan letter touted urban gains and proposed enterprise zones.
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Philadelphia
Reagan
U.S. Conference of Mayors
America
Housing and Urban Development
Samuel Pierce
Pierce
Jesse Jackson
David Rockefeller
San Juan
P.R
Hernan Padilla
Nashville, Tenn
Richard Fulton
Health and Human Services
Margaret Heckler
Congress
Scranton
James McNulty
Eatels
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Henry E. Miles
Ruby E. Jay
Mary Berry
Linda Salter Gooding
Richard Stanford
DuBose Robertson
Hopeland Gardens
Recreation Department
Ginny Southworth
George
International Olympic Committee
Whiskey
Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home
Tolliquin Ovodss Lige
Jackson
Southern Bell
Tuy
Bellsouth Company
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