Deaths and Funerals in Johnston and Edgefield
Funeral services are scheduled for Dorothy Mathis of Johnston on Saturday October 23 2010 at Rosa Spring Baptist Church with burial at Mt Alpha Baptist Cemetery in Ward. James Patten's service is set for Sunday October 24 2010 at Freedom Temple United Church of God in Trenton with interment at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. Friends may call at 220 Glover Street or after 1 pm today at the funeral home. G L Brighthorp & Sons Mortuary Edgefield SC 503-637-4900.
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Johnston
Dorothy Mathis
Johnston, SC
Rosa Spring Baptist Church
Johnston SC
Mt. Alpha Baptist Cemetery
Ward, SC
Davis Funeral Home. Inc
Edgefield
James Patten
Freedom Temple United Church of God
Trenton
Mattie P. Cheatham
Sunset Gardens Memorial Park
Glover Street
G L Brighthorp & Sons Mortuary
Coral Street
George Funeral Home & Cremation Center
Park Avenue
Aiken
Sunset Memorial Gardens
St. John’s United Methodist Church of
Woodrell
Georgefuneralhomes.com
Memorial services held for Lee Overman and Willie Huckabee
Obituaries notice two veterans, Lee Overman and Willie Huckabee, with memorials and church and civic affiliations. Lee Overman, 87, was honored by the Jesse C. Lynch American Legion Post 71 with military rites. services in Aiken and North Augusta. Willie Huckabee, 68, of Ridge Spring, Memorial service at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel with burial plans and prayers from Rocky Spring Baptist Church.
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Aiken
Lehman A. “Lee” Overman
USAF
Muirfield Court
Posey
Jerry T. Matthews
Jesse C. Lynch
American Legion
American Legion Post
P.O. Box
North Augusta
Gideons International
P.O
Ridge Spring
Willie Huckabee
Milton Shealy Funeral Home
Huckabee
Furman C. Huckabee
Elizabeth Goss Huckabee Hallman
Rocky Spring Baptist Church
Best Mechanical
Batesburg- Leesville
Milton Shealy
Monroe Wills Funeral Services Planned
Monroe Wills funeral is set for 1 pm Tuesday October 26 2010 at Young Storm Branch Baptist Church with Rev Dr Hayward Dock officiating. Interment follows at St John Cemetery. Friends may call at 612 Old Trail Road. G L Brighthorp Sons Mortuary North Augusta SC.
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Monroé Wills
Young Storm Branch Baptist Church
Hayward Dock
St. John Cemetery
Old Trail Road
G.L. Brighthorp & Sons Mortuary
West Avenue
North Augusta
Graniteville Ray Jackson Woodzell 85 Dies in 2010
Graniteville native George Woodzell, 85, died October 20, 2010. WWII veteran served with the 88th Division in Italy earning three campaign stars and the Purple Heart. A CIA retiree with thirty years and six overseas tours, he leaves wife Joan Phillips Woodzell and three daughters Karen Rexrode Lisa Hood and Leslie Woodzell plus four grandchildren. He attended WV Tech George Washington University and William and Mary. He was honored with the CIA Silver Medallion and the Vietnam Service Medal. He was a member of several veterans and retirees groups and volunteered with Aiken Regional Medical Center. Friends may call noon to 2 PM on a listed date.
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Phyllis E. Woodzell
Robert J. Woodzell
Joan Phillips Woodzell
Karen A. Rexrode
Lisa K. Hood
Leslie K. Woodzell
Rebecca
Danny Rexrode
Brian
Jennifer Hood
Northern Virginia
Mr. Woodzell
Italy
WV Institute of Technology
George Washington University
William and Mary College
CIA
Woodzell
Berlin
Okinawa
Vietnam
Mexico City
Panama
Central Intelligence Retiree’s Association
Disabled American Veterans Association
National Association of Retired Federal
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Services Today for Local Notables
Joseph Jake L. Blackmon Jr. holds a Saturday service at 1 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Windsor. Dorothy Mathis attends a 1 p.m. service at Rosa Spring Baptist Church in Johnston. Willie Huckabee is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Milton Shealy Funeral Home Chapel.
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Joseph
Jake” L. Blackmon Jr
First Baptist Church of
Windsor
Dorothy Mathis
Rosa Spring Baptist Church
Johnston
Willie Huckabee
Milton Shealy
Sunday Services for James Patten at Freedom Temple
James Patten will be remembered at an afternoon service Sunday at 2 p.m. at Freedom Temple United Church of God in Trenton. The service will include congregational rites and a brief tribute from the church community.
Memorial service for Ray Jackson Wood
A service for Ray Jackson Wood is set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Family and friends are invited to attend and celebrate his life.
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Ray Jackson Woodzell
Sunset Memorial Gardens
James F. Neal, famed trial lawyer, dies at 81
James F. Neal, renowned prosecutor and defense attorney who led cases around Jimmy Hoffa Watergate Elvis Presley and Exxon, died in Nashville at age 81. Fred Thompson called him the greatest trial lawyer of his time and Al Gore called him a brilliant attorney and friend in a remembrances.
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Nashville
Tenn
James F. Neal
America
Jimmy Hoffa
Elvis Presley
Exxon Corp
Alaska
Fred Thompson
Jim Neal
al Gore
Neal
Gore
Ard Cooper Seek South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Gina
In Columbia, two outsiders bid for lieutenant governor claiming private sector experience can fix the state's battered economy. Democrat Ashley Cooper, a Charleston attorney, advocates unity to boost jobs and elder care, while Florence County Councilman Ard touts business know how and a blunt push for a more efficient Office on Aging.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Ashley Cooper
Charleston
Cooper
Fritz Holling
Ard
Florence
Senate
Andrew Bauer
Clemson
University of South Carolina
Advertisements Dominate SC Comptroller General Race
In Columbia ads emphasize sex and sensational angle as Democrat Robert Barber attacks incumbent Richard Eckstrom over an old harassment suit and romantic emails. Eckstrom counters with Barber’s Cockfighting lobbying while Furman University analyst Danielle Vinson notes voters know little about the post.
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Columbia
Post of
South Carolina
Vinson
Officer shoots and wounds man in Mount Pleasant driveway
Mount Pleasant police officer on leave after firing at a man who approached with what appeared to be a gun. The wounded 24 year old Alexander S Rogers was treated and released. Rogers is charged with assault and battery. State investigators probe as no officers were injured.
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Carolina Highway Patrol
Laurens County
Regional Medical Center
Ricky Chastain
Interstate
Sid Goulden
Lance Cpl T.K. Teaster
Nick Nichols
Chastain
Mount Pleasant
Alexander S. Rogers
Amy McCarthy
Rogers
William Decker
State Law Enforcement Division
Former Lee County official indicted for embezzlement
Former Lee County public works director John Muldrow, 39, was indicted on an embezzlement charge by U.S. Attorney William Nettles. He allegedly took more than $5,000 of county property for personal use.
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Bishop Ville
Lee County
U.S
William Nettles
John Muldrow
Unemployment dips as government jobs rise in South Carolina
South Carolina's unemployment rate edged down to 11 percent in September from 11.1 percent in August as government payrolls grew by 14 400. Private sector lost over 12 600 jobs led by declines in retail, leisure, and tourism while manufacturing added 200. Marion County posted 18.6 percent, Lexington 7.9 percent. The state has borrowed 887 million to fund unemployment checks amid a $40 billion shortfall from employers.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Nevada
Michigan
California
Florda
Rhode Island
State Workforce Department
John Finan
Marion County
Lexington County
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Lehman A. Overman “Lee
Monroe Wills
Graniteville
Ray Jameson
Lana M. Woodzell
Webster Springs, WV
Ray Jackson
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Office On
Wofford College
Francis Marion University
Francis Marion
Ken Ard
Mark Quinn
ETV
Lindsey Graham
Graham
Barack Obama
Clinton
Finan
Southlawn Cemetery & Mausoleum
Whiskey Road
Shellhouse Funeral
Hayne Ave. Aiken
Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home, Inc
Pine Log
OF and Operated
Pine Log Road
Bethany Weme
Shellhouse Rivers Crematory
Shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com
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