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Merged Aiken Insurance Firms Echo City History and Leaders
The upcoming merger of Hutson-Etherredge-Brown-Ashhurst and Lyon-Croft-Weeks & Hunter forms a major regional agency. The eight founding families and civic leaders—from Hutson to Weeks—shaped Aiken’s business and community life since the 19th century, with legacies including the Ashhurst and Ravenel lineages and Odell Weeks’ longtime mayoralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutson-Etherredge-Brown-Ashhurst
Lyon-Croft-Weeks & Hunter
South Carolina
Aiken
Hutson
Ashhurst Agency
John C. Hutson
Sherman
Savannah
Columbia
Hutsons
Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church
Savannah River Valley
Yemassee
Cecil Etherredge
Hutson-Etherredge
John Ashhurst
Ashhurst
Henry W. Ravenel
Lewis Brown
John R. Thomas
Dan P. Bacot
Ferrell L
Larry) Holley Jr
Rickie W. Thornton
Mary Croft Lyon
Ella Croft
T. Clifton Weeks
Montmorenci
H. Odell Weeks
Odell Weeks
John M. Hunter
Lyon-Croft-Weeks
Aiken Insurance Agency
Hunter
Lcw&h
Harry O
Spooky) Weeks Jr