Virgil Wilkins honored for jail breakout leadership and service
The American Law Enforcement Officers Association awarded Virgil Wilkins the Silver Star for negotiating with inmates during the 1977 Aiken County jail break and aiding their capture. He served with the Aiken County Sheriff's Department since 1971 after earlier police and public safety roles. Surviving family includes wife Phyllis Reese and children Tanjia Ergle, Virgil R. Wilkins Jr., with funeral set at First Baptist Church.
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American Law Enforcement Officers Association
Wilkins
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
City of
Aiken
Eden
N.C
Carroll Heath
William G. Hamilton
Hamilton
Levels Baptist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Phyllis Reese
Tanjia
Richard) Ergle
Holleye Wilkins
Virgil R. Wilkins Jr
William W. Weaver
Maxine Surrell
Selma
Ruth Hughes
Norfolk
Aiken Public Safety Department
George Funeral Home
Aiken County Tax Discount Ends Friday
Aiken County taxpayers must pay at the 1 percent discount rate by 5 30 p m Friday or send payments by postmark Friday to qualify. Treasurer Margie H Plunkett notes many have not paid yet and receipts will arrive by mail soon amid high lines and mail volume.
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Aiken County
Margie H. Plunkett
Advance payment instruction for Aiken Standard PBM
All advance payments should be made to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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Aiken Standard Pbm
Clouds Don’t Promise Rain Weather Update
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies today and tonight with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. Expect a mild 24 hour period with highs in the mid to upper 70s and overnight lows around 50. Scattered showers are possible as northwest flow brings rain into Aiken County late Friday into Saturday with weekend highs in the 70s falling to the 60s and overnight lows in the 40s to 50s.
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Aiken County
McDonald's Denies Worm Rumor Hurting Profits
McDonald's officials publicly denied a worm rumor after it spread and caused financial damage in stores. Timbers said the tale began in Chattanooga Tennessee in August and that the company treated it as a false report at first before a stronger denial was issued.
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Atlanta
McDonald's
McDonald’s
Doug Timbers
McDonal
Timberlake
Chattanooga
Tenn
Deaths and Funerals across several Georgia communities
A long list of obituaries and funeral notices from Johnston Amos Bush of North Augusta to Willie Smiley of Burlington and others across Augusta Eagle Lake Mena Ark and surrounding areas. The notices name survivors including spouses children and siblings and outline funeral homes and arrangements.
Death of Frank Coleman 90 in Tampa
Frank Coleman ninety father of Gertrude Viola Davis of Aiken died Friday in Tampa. Funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at Church of the Apostles Thonopassassa. Jackson Brooks Funeral Home Aiken announces local arrangements. Native of Edgefield County he lived in Florida 50 years. He was a retired farmer and member of Zion Hill Baptist Church Aiken and Watulla Missionary Baptist Church Ocala.
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Eagle Lake
Texas
Ernestine Grant
Rufus) Tillman
Penn Funeral Home
Tillman
Aiken County
Rufus Tillman Jr
Calvin Tillman
Doris Tillman
Ruth Tillman
Sandra Tillman
Elease Grant
Aiken
Matthew Grant
Washington, D.C
Maxine Peterson
Ella Harris
Hackensack
N.J
Vernice Moore
Jeanette Coleman
Jamaica
N.Y
Ertha Hendricks
Baltimore
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Augusta
Richard G. Freeman
First Church of the Nazarene
Hilton Gillespie
Westover Memorial Park
Mr. Freeman
Gerline Boggs
New Ellenton
Richmond County
Freeman
McComb
Miss
Plumbers
Steam Fitters Union
Mary Freeman
Richard W. Freeman
Athens
Clarence Freeman
Houston
Albert Freeman
Edward Freeman
Magnolia
Truman Coburn
Andy Rutherford
John Williams
Carl Godsey
D.W. Swint
Frank Whitaker
Clarence Brown
Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local No. 150
Tampa
Fla
Frank Coleman
Gertrude Viola Davis
Church of the Apostles
Thonopassassa
Jackson- Brooks Funeral Home
Coleman
Edgefield County
Florida
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Watulla Missionary Baptist Church
Ocala
Audit Report Accepted by Wagener Board
B T Brinkley presented the Audit Report for the year ending June 30 1978 and the Board of Aiken County Schools accepted it noting no management letter. USC Aiken practicum students and eight new personnel were approved while job descriptions field trip and jury duty policies were postponed.
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Wagener
Wagener-Salley High School
B.T. Brinkley
Aiken County Schools
Willis
Usc-Aiken
Brown rejects Carter’s naval upgrade funding request
Brown asked to replace deleted carrier funds and did not include mobile missiles nuclear submarines or Prance class destroyer money in the proposal. The rejected items indicate a shift away from certain naval weapons programs while pursuing other defense needs.
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Brown
Poseres
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Rochester
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Bettie Jean Coates
Saluda
Allen Holmes
George Elliott Bush
Amos Bush Jr
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Annie Bell
Nipples
Long Island
Willie Smiley
Burlington, N.C
Joe
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Burlington Roof Company
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Columbia
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Greensboro
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Brooklyn
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Blackwood
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New York
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Altimount
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East Orange
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Falmetto
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William) Allen
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Mena
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A.K. Carter
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Charles Brewer
Richard A. Blocker
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Charleston
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Trenton
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Snooky) Ferrell
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Beech Island
Hillcrest Memorial Park
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Savannah
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Okla
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Augusta Police Department
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Elliott Sons
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Colquitt
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