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Newspaper

Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1985

Page

6

West Columbia funeral for Viola Wooten today at Red Bank Baptist

Viola B. Wooten 74 of 73 Steele Road West Columbia died Monday in Lexington County. Funeral at 3 p.m. today Red Bank Baptist Church near Lexington with burial in church cemetery. Survivors include four daughters a son a sister two brothers 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Thompson Funeral Home West Columbia in charge.

West Columbia Viola B. Wooten Aiken County Red Bank Baptist Church Lexington R.B. Day James R. Wooten Red Bank Thompson Funeral Home

Graveside rites set for Vernon J. Shephard in Augusta

Vernon J. Shephard of 3508 Redd Drive died Monday in an Augusta nursing home. Services were to be held at 2 p.m. at Bellevue Memorial Gardens with Rev. Grover Lee officiating. He was a shipping clerk, former Florida native, and a 22 year Augusta resident. Survivors include his brothers Beezie and G W Shephard of Augusta and sisters Ira M Stewart and Delma Martin, also of Augusta. He belonged to Disabled American Veterans. Funeral home: Thomas L. King Funeral Home, Martinez.

Augusta Vernon J. Shephard Juanita Sanders Beech Island Bellevue Memorial Gardens Grover Lee Shephard Redd Drive Florida Beezie Shephard G.W. Shephard Ira M. Stewart Delma Martin Thomas L. King Funeral Home Martinez Batesburg George Louie Cato Aiken County Milton-Shealy Funeral Home John Still Enos Rikard Christ the Good Shepherd Ridgecrest Memorial Park Cato Route 2 Bethel Baptist Church Life of Georgia Insurance Co Georgie Barnes Cato David Cato Chester Cato Leesville Bill Slover Donnie Shealy S.A. Dancy Ruby Hoffman John B. Wise Jeff Wise Lester Leaphart Ralph Wasson North Augusta Clarence Howard Ertzberger Jacksonville Ertzberger McKenzie Court Poteet Funeral Home Greene Street Dominique DuPree McRae J.B. White Hair Salon Aiken Mount Galilee Mount Galilee Baptist Church C.M. Ertzberger Elizabeth Gibbons Ruevelia Huffstuttler Adel Ellen Deen Broxton Willie Wilcox Byron Hazel Dennis Milledgeville William Ertzberger Lumber City Harris Ertzberger

Obituaries: Mrs Barrineau and Mrs Johnson Pass Away

Mrs. Kate Barrineau of 4626 Clemson Avenue Columbia South Carolina died November 19 1985. George Funeral Home of Columbia handling arrangements. Mrs. Dasey Johnson wife of the late James Luther Johnson died November 19 1985 at University Hospital. Funeral services to be announced. Friends may call at Mrs Wheat’s residence Rt 1 Pine Log Rd Warrenville or Posey’s Funeral Home Langley.

Barrineau Columbia S.C Kate Barrineau Clemson Avenue Columbia, S.C George Funeral Home, Inc Dasey’s Mrs. Johnson University Hospital Davie Lanier Johnson James Luther Johnson Pauline Wheat Rt. 1 Pine Log Rd Warrenville Wheat Posey Langley

Death of Stepin Fetchit Ends Sidelined Hollywood Era

Stepin Fetchit died in Los Angeles at age 83. A pioneering Black performer in the 1920s 1930s, he became the first Black actor to receive featured billing alongside Will Rogers and Shirley Temple in films such as Show Boat Stand Up and Cheer Dimples and Steam Boat Round the Bend. He later toured nightclubs and appeared in occasional films.

Stepin Fetchit Los Angeles Fetchit Hollywood Will Rogers Shirley Temple

Patrick Maher longtime Santa Barbara leader dies at 101

Patrick Joseph Maher former Santa Barbara mayor and six decade city servant died at his Carpinteria home aged 101. He joined the fire and police commission in 1929, led the planning commission in 1936, then won four two year mayoral terms. Owen Churchill Olympic yacht gold winner and rubber fin designer dies in Los Angeles at 89. Churchill skippered AngeLita to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and created the rubber fin later used by frogmen in World War II.

Patrick Joseph Maher Santa Barbara Carpinteria Calif Maher Fire and Police Commission Planning Commission E.O. Hanson Owen Churchill United States Los Angeles Churchill Angelita Europe

George Mahon Dies at 85 Former House Appropriations Chair

George Mahon served 44 years in Congress representing West Texas 19th District. He chaired the House Appropriations Committee from 1964 to 1978 after being appointed in 1949. Mahon died Tuesday in San Angelo Texas at age 85 after a long legislative career.

George Mahon Congress House Appropriations Committee San Angelo Texas Mahon West Texas Appropriations Committee

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Ruth E. Corley McCormick Ruth Eldora Corley Frank W. Corley McCormick United Methodist Church Ira Carey McCormick City Miss Corley McCormick County South Carolina Tax Commission Melba Titus Raleigh N.C Robert A. Corley Tom Minor Harold Browne Archie Lewis Bill Pruitt Jack Matheny Dan McGrath Strom Funeral Home George L. Cato C.H. Ertzberger George Paisa Yu Aady Fivcedi al Seewers Frank Ite Interiors Park Ave. S.E Turkey Marda TV and Appliances ALY High Speed Cooker Spe S&s INA Magnavox North Augusta Plaza Walton Way America Hitachi Panasonic Frigidaire Mitsubishi Bobby Jones Frigitake Gordon Hwy Regency Ilvesitei Aiken, S.C. Corner Silver Bluff Margot Marcotte Fayetteville, N.C Stepin Patrick Maher
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