Deaths and funerals in Aiken and surrounding areas
Obituaries list Evelyn Stephens Bates 82 of Aiken with service at Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home and surviving daughters and sons. Also memorials for J Richard Burckhalter Jr of Atlanta and Claude Cordell of Graniteville with services at Shellhouse-Rivers and Hatcher Funeral Home. Other notices include Edward Caldwell of Columbia and Betty Alice Page Givens of Williston with church services and burial details.
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Stephens Bates
Evelyn Stephens Bates
Aiken
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Bates
Barnwell
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Williston
Betty Bates
Gladys Bates-Cheatham
Flora Bates-Riddick
Jesse J
Doris) Bates
John W. Bates
Mary Ann Stephens-Sapp
Curtis Stephens
Audous D. Cheatham
Derica Bates
Clearwater
Fla
Mickey A. Bates
Oxnard
Cailif
Mardell M. Bates
Charleston
Sabrina T. Riddick
Thelma Stephens
Delray Beach
Hattie Bates-Stephens
Flora Bates Riddick
Monetta St
Atlanta
J. Richard Burckhalter Jr
Shellhouse Rivers
Eddie Leopard
Gary Powell
Millbrook
Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home
East
Pine Log Road
Graniteville
Claude Cordell
Vernell Wilson Cordell
Breezy Hill Drive
Ann Redd
Windsor
Rose Marie Shelley
Conway
Donald Cordell
Mr. Cordell
Blue Ridge
John
Ellen Horton Cordell
Cordell Painting Company
Hatcher Funeral Home
Gene Wilson
Joey Cordell
Morningside Drive
U.S
Hwy
Langley
Chapel of Shellhouse
Rivers
Eileen L. Jenkins
Platt’s
Alice Page Givens
Betty Alice Page Givens
Williston United
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The
Aiken Standard
Actress Doris Dowling Dies at 81 in Los Angeles
Doris Dowling, the brunette star who debuted as a hooker in The Lost Weekend, died Friday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. She was 81. Dowling also appeared in The Blue Dahlia with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, later moving to Rome to work in Italian cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Doris Dowling
Billy Wilder
Dowling
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Leonard B. Kaufman
Ray Milland
Gloria
Raymond Chandler
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Rome
Donovan remembered as devoted wife and grandmother
Donovan, a devoted wife and grandmother from Columbia, was kidnapped from a Wal-Mart in Conway and is presumed dead. Prosecutors allege Chadrick Fulks and Brandon Basham planned a crime spree after breaking from a Kentucky jail. a federal death penalty trial is underway with testimony from family, co workers, and guards.
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Columbia
Alice Donovan
Chadrick Fulks
Donovan
Fulks
Brandon Basham
Wal-Mart
Conway
West Virginia
Samantha Burns
Kentucky
Mold Forces Governor's Mansion Closure in South Carolina
First Lady Jenny Sanford reports toxic mold at the Governor's Mansion in Columbia forcing the state first family from the home. Despite renovations worth 5.6 million dollars, mold has reappeared in basement and attic. health concerns prompted temporary closure and air duct work. Budget and Control Board oversight criticized for slow action. contractor to remove ducts for cleaning with three week estimated stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina Governor's
Mark Sanford
Columbia
South Carolina
Arsenal Military Academy
Jenny Sanford
Sanford
Trol Board
Charleston
Budget and Control Board
Mike Spanhour
Sponhour
Sanfords
Ravenel Bridge to glow dimmer to protect sea life
The $632 million Ravenel Bridge between Charleston and Mount Pleasant will be lit at night but with 37,000 watts instead of 117,000 to protect sea turtles and migratory birds. Lights on decorative elements will be reduced. from May to November they shut off at 10 p.m. while overhead signs stay unlit except in headlights.
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Charleston
Mount Pleasant
Paula Sisson
US. Fish and Wildlife Service
State Department of Transportation
Sisson
Bobby Clair
State Transportation Department
Court overturns murder conviction in Hill case in Calhoun Falls
The South Carolina Court of Appeals orders a new trial for Robert Orlando Hill after ruling prosecutors improperly used Hill’s post arrest silence against him. Hill was convicted in 1999 for Artie Hill’s death claiming self defense. Dialing in: Hill signed a rights form and prosecutors referenced his silence during cross examination. The ruling unanimously voids the conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Court of Appeals
Robert Orlando Hill
Artie Hill
Calhoun Falls
Hill
Washington, D.C
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Jamie Wilson
Wilson
High Court
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Edward Caldwell
Marion St
Davis Funeral Home, Inc
Earlena Rowe Coates
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Batesburg- Leesville
Joseph Mathis
Old Piney Grove Baptist Church
North Augusta
Donald Lee Wagner
South Airicn Presbyterian Church
Jeffrey Collins
Associated Press
Basham
Heather Byrd
Angie Warner
Columbia Prison
Amber Fowler
Fowler
Barry
Warner
Byrd
Columbia Care
Mold
S.C
Ozmint
Sumter
Todd Brian Huey
Sumter County
Verna Moore
Patty Patterson
Huey
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