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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1998
Page
5
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Aiken and surrounding areas list deaths on May 16 to May 17 1998. Individuals named include Dorothy Crapps Betty Ray Bobby Bonds Sarah Freitag Suedella Williams Alfred Dobson and Olin Franklin with service details and family survivors. Burial locations include Sunset Memory Gardens Gantt Baskett Cemetery and local churches.
Two obituaries note the deaths of Dorothy Phillips Crapps of 1621 Pinelog Rd Akan SC and William Henry Stalnaker Jr of 325 Hilman St Warren SC. Services for Crapps are set May 19 at Town Creek Baptist Church with interment at Sunset Memory Gardens Langley, with visitation May 18 at Hatcher Funeral Home. Stalnaker services are incomplete with details to be announced. both notices appear from Hatcher Funeral Home Langley SC.
Obituary notice for O D Franklin of 309 Main Grantaville wife Jean Wood. Son of late Clifford P Franklin and Salle Mae Newby Franklin. Mass of Christian Burial held Monday May 18 at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church Glover with Father Doh Lawlor officiating. Napier Funeral Home Graniteville SC listing.
Plum Pudding hosts ID-A-Kid on Saturday May 23 from 1 to 3 pm to help parents safeguard children. The Aiken Department of Public Safety will supply personnel and equipment to take pictures and fingerprints for potential investigations. Store location is Laurens Street and Richland Avenue. Contact 648-2744 for details.
GALEF director Diane Mangiante announced $580,000 will flow through the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation to support 10 of 12 area schools, aiding grants and matching funds. AMBUCS members were invited to help update a printer and acquire software for learning disabled students at J D Lever Elementary.
The Newcomers' Club met at Newberry Hall to install officers for a year starting June 1 and donated 4500 to community organizations. Newly elected officers are Judy Shepherd president Betty Crowe first vice Holly Franz second vice Pam Mace secretary and Pat Grimm treasurer. Grants supported Children's Services SC Commission for the Blind Aiken Community Band Literacy Council Historical Museum ACTS Caring Clinic Helping Hands Hitchcock Health and Hospice Aiken Community Blood Center and Aiken SPCA, with prior grants to chamber of commerce Critter Carnival Downtown Development Association National Science Center Fort Discovery and Veterans Memorial Park Coalition. The club remains nonpartisan and non profit with many activity groups and open membership. contact Judy Shepherd at 642-2675.
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