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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2004
Page
6
Funeral services are scheduled today. Peggy Cromer will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. at Hatcher Funeral Home Chapel. Edith M. Simons has a service at 11 a.m. at The Lankenau Funeral Home in Vincetown, New Jersey.
Peggy Fain Cromer Entered into rest May 14 2004 widow of Kenneth Cromer homemaker Surviving husband two sons Jerry and Mike Cromer sister and brother in laws and nieces Funeral Monday 2 p m Hatcher Funeral Home Langley interment Sunset Memorial Gardens Annie Jenkins 87 of 118 Candy Lane died May 15 2004 former laundry presser Funeral arrangements incomplete Cheatham Funeral Home Langley 593 0660
Charlotte Benkner, once recognized as the world’s second oldest, died Friday at 114. Her status changed when Guinness named a Puerto Rico woman the oldest last month. She spent her final years with sister Matilda O’Hare, who died in January at 99, and the siblings shared meals and prayers. Both enjoyed music and The Lawrence Welk Show.
The Aiken Standard outlines funeral home submitted obituaries up to 16 lines printed free of charge on first run. Notices are edited for style, deadlines are 7 p.m. daily, and longer notices incur a fee with funeral homes assisting on details and charges. For more information call 648 2311.
Advocates urge opening the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect, which holds about 37 600 names. Officials say listing nonconvicted individuals risks due process and constitutional challenges. Day care and foster care screening rely on the registry, while access remains restricted to consented checks.
Washington filmmaker Devin Williams makes a film on South Carolina’s tattoo ban and First Amendment issues. He notes SC and Oklahoma are the only states with illegal tattooing and cites ongoing legislative efforts to legalize giving tattoos with House and Senate versions already passed.
Greer police continue to investigate the Blue Ridge Savings Bank robbery on May 16, 2003, that killed Sylvia Barnes Holtzclaw and Ed and Maggie Barnes. Detectives review 700 leads and chase a red Oldsmobile Alero seen fleeing the scene as family lawsuits mount over security failures.
Rock Hill School District backs a regional trend toward public school resegre gation using socio economic and academic factors to set attendance lines. With a new high school opening next year nearly half of its students will be minorities as will those at Northwestern High, while Rock Hill High also reports majority minority enrollment. District policy echoes a 2001 elementary plan as board member Mildred Douglas emphasizes educating the total child and fostering cultural respect amid local and national debate on desegregation trends.
Tennessee restaurateur Kenny Siao, 43, drowned while swimming off Hilton Head Island. He disappeared around 3 p.m. Saturday. lifeguards found him but could not revive him. No unusual currents were noted by Shore Beach Service.
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