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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1986
Page
6
Forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions with highs in the 90s and lower 80s in many areas. Tonight partly cloudy with mid to upper 60s. A 20 percent shower chance returns tomorrow, especially along the coast, with clearing and cooler weather Tuesday through Thursday.
The Associated Press reports rapidly rising rivers may force up to 15,000 people to evacuate in two Oklahoma cities as Bartlesville sees water 8 to 9 feet deep reaching rooftops. Caney River could reach 27 feet, threatening 10,000 residents in nearby areas. National Guardsmen rescue a trapped person as Jenks and Tulsa areas brace for floods.
Erma Lee Young died Friday in an Augusta hospital at age 83. She lived at 1301 Congress Dr. NW and taught 15 years at Byrd Elementary School in Graniteville. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. Thelma Diggs McCain death planned service 4:30 p.m. at Mount Canaan Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. she was 41 of Route 1. Francis J Watkins died Thursday in an Augusta hospital aged 46 of Route 1 Johnston, Jehovah’s Witness. survivors include Ernest Watkins Jr. and four sons. Survivors also include Emma Weaver Waldo of Washington DC and three sisters. Funeral notices published from Trenton and Johnston areas.
Obituaries list Johnnie Alvin Cue of New Haven aged 57 with relatives in Aiken and Ridge Spring buried at Monetta Baptist Church. Also Frances S Thrift of Warrenton with North Augusta ties dies in Augusta. services 3 p.m. at M W Callaway and Sons and burial in Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens. Other notices include Helen Ruth Talbert of Edgefield County retired teacher, and Carl G Holtsford of Augusta with military honors in Greenhill Alabama.
Lancaster AP state Rep Tom Gibson Mangum chairman of the Ways and Means Committee since 1977 died Saturday at Springs Memorial Hospital after a massive heart attack. He was 70 and had 29 years in the House with continuous service since 1961. He was survived by his wife four daughters two brothers and several grandchildren. Funeral set for 4 p.m. tomorrow at First United Methodist Church Lancaster.
Fairfield Conn AP Raymond E Baldwin 93 former Connecticut governor U S senator and chief justice of the state Supreme Court died after a long illness. Born Rye New York he was educated at Wesleyan and Yale and was a Republican presidential candidate in 1940 44 and 48 though he declined a 1940 draft and lost to Dewey in 44 and 48. He served three governor terms as well as senator and chief justice. Only Jonathan Trumbull has held all three offices.
George Padgett entered into rest on Wednesday October 1 1986 in Aiken South Carolina. Funeral services will be held October 5 1986 at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Survivors include his father Moses Padgett Sr and mother Doris Padgett Pope.
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