Death notices from Ridge Spring and surrounding areas
Funeral services and viewings for Willie James Brooks Jr. at Bethlehem Baptist Church Saluda follow by burial at Bethlehem Cemetery. Other obituaries list Emma Kenner Cummings Aiken Ocean Grove Baptist Church and Monroe Harrison Norman Park and Tifton services with multiple survivors and memorial times.
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Willie James Brooks Jr
Ridge
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Saluda
Bethlehem Cemetery
Davis Funeral Home
Judy Lott Brooks
Ethel Smith
Gerline Gibson
Geneva Smith
Lisa Leaphart
Marissa Brooks
Willie James Brooks III
Wyman Brooks
Marion Box
Rose Reed
Jeanette Wesley
Ruby Daugett
Davis Funeral Home, Inc
Merritt Ave
Ridge Spring
Emma Kenner Cummings
Cooks Bridge Road
Aiken
Ocean Grove Baptist Church
Anthony Wilson
Church
Janine) Cummings
Donnia Bouknight
Naomi Crawford
New York
N.Y
Jackson-Brooks Funeral
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home
Monroe Harrison
Aiken and Hempstead
Norman Park
Monroe
Mount Anna
Shiloh Baptist Church
Tifton
William John Bill Jacober
St. Mary Help of Christian Catholic Church
Willie James Brooks
Lois Acheson, Black Ball founder, dies at 89
Lois L. Acheson of Medina Washington former owner of Black Ball Transport and among the few women to run a freight hauling business died August 29 after a stroke at her home She helped build Black Ball into a 350 truck operation and oversaw the ferry Coho launch in 1959 before selling the trucking side in 1975 Marion Babb a Seattle singer and editor died Friday at 85 after a career spanning opera theater and journalism
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Lois L. Acheson Medina
Wash
Lois L. Acheson
Black Ball Transport Inc
Acheson
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trustees
Shipping News
The
Marine Guide
Robert J. Acheson
Black Ball Freight Service
Black Ball
Seattle
Bremerton
Tacoma
Olympic Peninsula
Victoria
British Columbia
Port Angeles
Black Ball Transport
Chamber
Marion Amy Standahl Babb
Babb
Fritz Lehmann
Vienna Staatsoper
Vittorio Ruffo
la Scala
Milan
Italy
William Pierce Hermann
New York
U.S
Giacomo Puccini
Edgar
Carnegie Hall
Aiken Standard Obituary Notice Policy Overview
The Aiken Standard runs daily obituary notices up to 16 lines free the first time. Submissions come from funeral homes and may be edited for style. Deadlines are 7 p.m. daily. call 648 2311 for more information.
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The
Aiken Standard
South Carolina Reels From Frances Aftermath
Remnants of Frances dropped nearly a foot of rain and spawned about two dozen weak tornadoes across South Carolina. The storm caused scattered damage, two deaths, and thousands of insurance claims while crews assessed roads and floodwaters.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Frances
Hilton Head Island
Sumter County
Walhalla
Glenn Wyatt
Simpsonville
Greenville
Parks Evans
Robin J. Williams
Martinez
Aiken
State Emergency Management Division
Joe Farmer
Allison Dean Love
South Carolina Insurance News Service
Farmer
Charley
Gaston
Bonnie
Ivan
Florida
South Carolina civil rights figures honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Congress awarded posthumous Congressional Gold Medals to Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson for leading school bus desegregation efforts in the 1950s. Relatives accepted the honors in a Capitol ceremony as lawmakers lauded their courage and impact on Brown v. Board of Education.
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Washington
Congress
Joseph A. DeLaine
Harry
Eliza Briggs
Levi Pearson
Congressional
Capitol
Nathaniel Briggs
Eliza
Joseph Armstrong DeLaine Jr
Viola
Ferdinand Pearson
DeLaine
Summerton
S.C
Harry Briggs
Clarendon County
Pearson
Briggs
Hootie and the Blowfish Donate 80 000 to Eight SC Districts
The band foundation gives 80000 to eight troubled South Carolina districts, each receiving 10000 to fund computers, library books, projectors, VCRs, maps and globes. Districts named are Allendale Dillon 2 Florence 4 Hampton 2 Jasper Lee Marion 7 Orangeburg 3. The group also promotes its Homegrown Concert on October 8 at Daniel Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Hootie and the Blowfish
Hootie and the
Blowfish Foundation
Allendale
Dillon
Florence
Hampton
Jasper, Lee
Marion
Orangeburg
Darius Rucker
Family Circle Tennis Center
Daniel Island
Dead Savannah soldier identified in Bamberg County
Bamberg County authorities identified Sgt. First Class Jeremiah H. Barnes, 42, of Savannah area as the man found shot to death beside a car Sunday night. Deputies noted no known relatives or property in the county and an autopsy was completed. Investigators continued determining the weapon type with help from the State Law Enforcement Division and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.
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Orangeburg
Bamberg
Savannah
Jeremiah H. Barnes
Sheriff’s Office
Barnes
Bamberg County
Ed Darnell
Billy Duncan
State Law Enforcement Division
U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command
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Pauline D
Pauline D. Haynes
Henderson
Our Lord
Gloria Staples
Charles
Jerry Haynes
Henderson County
Brian
Versailles
William Tyre
Ty” Staples
Robbinsville
N.J
Jeremy
Texas
Alan Haynes
Henderson Co
Wilbur Ford Dodson
Dorothy Liles
Robards
Ann Rideout
Franklin, Tenn
Benton-Grant Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Shellhouse — Rivers Funeral Home
East
Pine Log Road
W.G
Billy” Rinehart Jr
Bethany Cemetery
Marion Amy Standahl
Henry Gordon
Oconee County
Valhalla
Gordon
Pickens County
Don Evett
Pee Dee
Department of Health and Environmental Control
South Carolina National Guard
National Guard
State Forestry Commission
Scott Yearwood
Rip Bercame
Campbell Tile
Reedy River
Falls Park
Illhouse
James E. Clyburn
Ds.c
Ernest Hollings
Elijah E. Cummings
D-Md
Congressional Black Caucus
House
Dennis Hastert
R-Il
Viola Pearson
U.S. Capitol
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