Deaths of Earline McKinney Jenkins Sammons at local churches
Funeral services announced for Earline B. McKinney at Union Baptist Church at 1 p.m. and Lillian B. Jenkins at New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church at 2 p.m. Also service for Charles Anthony Sammons at Folk Funeral Home Chapel at 7 p.m.
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Earline B. McKinney
Union Baptist Church
Lillian B. Jenkins
New Life Seventh Day Advantist Church
Charles Anthony Sammons
Folk Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Dorothy Brill and Vivian Hammonds
Dorothy E. Brill, 86, died May 7 2004 in Ft. Walton Beach Florida after living in Aiken 32 years born July 13 1917 in Dallas Texas survived by daughters Ginny Hughes-Greif and Patricia Blackburn son Paul Roberts brother William Dempsey ten grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren memorial services set May 13 2004 in Niceville Florida and a July service in Aiken. Vivian Ruffin Hammonds 65 of New Ellenton died May 10 2004 at the Medical College of Georgia funeral arrangements incomplete. family receiving at residence Cheatham Funeral Home New Ellenton.
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Paul Roberts
Waves
N.C
William Dempsey
Jacksonville
Fla
South Aiken
McLaughlin Mortuary
Chestnut Ave
Ft. Walton Beach
New Ellenton
Vivian Ruffin Hammonds
South Boundary Ave
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta
Cheatham Funeral Home, Inc
Hickory Ave
Virginia Capers Dies at 78 Matrix Capers Broadway and TV Star
Virginia Capers, Tony winner for Raisin, died at 78 after pneumonia. She played Lena Younger in Raisin and Mama Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, with film and TV credits including Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Frank's Place. Her stage work spans Jamaica and Saratoga, plus guest roles on Daniel Boone Marcus Welby M D Murder She Wrote and Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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Capers
LOS Angeles
Virginia Capers
Raisin
Lena Younger
Glenn S. Capers
Mama Holiday
Billie Holiday
Florence Sparrow
Ferris Bueller
Frank’s
Daniel Boone
Marcus Welby
Murder
Bel-Air
Thurmond monument could include Essie Mae Williams
The South Carolina House Judiciary Committee approved adding Essie Mae Washington Williams to a granite monument honoring Strom Thurmond. Williams, the biracial daughter born to a 16-year-old housekeeper, would join Thurmond’s other engraved children. no opposition was noted. The bill, already passed by the Senate, awaits full House action with private funding planned for any changes.
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Columbia
U.S
Strom Thurmond
House Judiciary
Mittee
Essie Mae Washington Williams
Thurmond
Williams
Edgefield
Senate
Mark Sanford
Teacher pushes for district email policy in Horry County
Myrtle Beach report details history teacher Bobby Chandler at Socastee High School who was told to stop mass emailing during school hours. He seeks a district policy to protect free speech and encourage teacher opinions without fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Beach
Horry County
Jacqueline Jacobs
University of South Carolina
Department of Educational Leadership and Policies
Chandler
Fire damages Cherokee County Courthouse in Gaffney
A passerby spotted a blaze at 4 am damaging the Family Court area on the ground floor and gutting the prosecutor's office on the third floor. Investigators from state and federal agencies, aided by local deputies, search for a cause and possible entry via a broken window. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney
Cherokee County
Steven Blanton
Blanton
Division and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
South Carolina minibottles vote delayed by House panel
A constitutional amendment on minibottles faced another delay as the House Judiciary Committee postponed action until next week. The proposal, already passed by the Senate, would let voters decide the minibottles fate amid revenue and monopoly concerns. Legislative members questioned timing and economic impact as time runs short in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Creighton Coleman
Winnsboro
John Graham Altman
Altman
Charleston
South Carolina
Coleman
House
James Smith
Smith
Chad Prosser
State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
Governor Sanford brings cabinet to Broad River prison tour
In a rare move Governor Mark Sanford holds a cabinet meeting inside Broad River Correctional Institution to discuss the Corrections Department budget and reforms. Director Jon Ozmint outlines cost saving ideas, including inmate labor for prison upkeep and satellite teaching, as reporters observe tight security and a rare governor in a prison setting.
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Columbia
Mark Sanford
Wall Street Journal
Broad River Correctional Institution
Sanford
Corrections
Jon Ozmint
Corrections Department
Ozmint
Cabinet
Greenwood Wing
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
South Carolina
Prison Industries
Broad River Road Correctional Institute
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Pine Log Road
Aiken
Napier Funeral Home
Main Street
Graniteville
Sammie" Napier
Thurmond Monument
Barry Barnett
Preen
Associated Press
Southern Plumbing & Electrical, Inc
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