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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1973
Page
2
Obituary notices list Roy A. Shell Sr 69 of Aiken Route 3 died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral at Pentecostal Holiness Church Glov erville with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park Augusta. Also notices for Mrs. Rhoads a Graniteville resident with children and church ties, and related family calls.
Funeral services for 84 year old Thomas J. New of Valley Homes Gloverville will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the George Funeral Home chapel Aiken with the Rev H E Wyatt officiating. Burial will be at Redds Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. He is survived by wife Effie a daughter Pearl Bartley a son Thomas J New a sister Seabell Fox five grandchildren and six pallbearers.
Mrs. James Howard Lottie Randall Rhoads of 405 Main Street Graniteville died Wednesday in Aiken County Hospital. The obituary notes her long residence in Graniteville and family ties.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes afternoons excluding weekends. Leased wire dispatches from AP with exclusive reproduction rights for local news and AP stories. Rates listed for carrier and mail subscriptions with corrections policy noted.
Rennie G Booth of Southern View Drive Graniteville died Wednesday in Aiken County Hospital. Funeral 4:30 p.m. at Posey's Graniteville chapel with Rev Barbee Parsons officiating. Burial in Graniteville County. Survived by wife Myrtle Johnson Booth two daughters Avis Efrid Doris Faulkner both Graniteville son R L Booth Albany Ga two sisters Leila Fulmer Martha Mills Graniteville. Pallbearers listed. Donations to daughter Doris Faulkner at Southern View Drive Graniteville or Posey's Funeral Home.
Gwendolyn Vernice Gray eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Willie Gray of Batesburg died Monday at her residence. Services set for today at 4 pm at Chinque pin Baptist Church with Rev Charles Dennis. burial in church cemetery. She was a Saluda County native and Batesburg Elementary student. Surviving are her parents one brother Matthew Leon Gray maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Leon Morris and paternal grandfather Matthew Gray of Batesburg. Amos and Sons Funeral Home Batesburg in charge.
Funeral services for Herman Priester of Rt. 1 Dry Branch Community who died Thursday November 8 will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Fourmile Baptist Church with Rev. G G Pollock officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. The widow resides in Dry Branch or at Jackson Brooks Funeral Home.
Louis Bleriot of France completed the first recorded flight across the English Channel marking a milestone in aviation history. The feat demonstrated practical aerial travel and captured global attention for its technical daring and national pride.
Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips started their honeymoon with a British Airways first class flight to Barbados aboard the Britannia. They traveled with one bodyguard and planned a nearly three week Caribbean Pacific Galapagos cruise before visiting Ecuador Jamaica Montserrat Antigua then returning to London.
George Roof former director of the pre-release center will speak to the Aiken Sertoma Club Monday at 6 30 p m at the Rameda Inn The meeting will also welcome prospective members of the 50 Plus Sertoma Club All Aiken men aged 50 plus are urged to attend Reservations may be made with Robert Nathans at 648 381 A follow up Q A organizational meeting for the 50 Plus Sertoma Club will be held after the regular meeting
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