Deaths And Funerals Leon F Beck 85 Williston
Leon F. Beck 85 died Tuesday at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services 5:30 p.m. at Folk Funeral Home Williston with Rev Michael Davenport officiating. Buried Williston Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Dessie Cushman Fabian Mundy and Frankie Glaze one son T F Beck Sr and one brother Preston Beck. Grandsons as pallbearers.
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Williston
Leon F. Beck
Aiken County Hospital
Chapel of Folk Funeral Home
Michael Davenport
Barnwell County
White Pond
Beck
Woodmen of the World
Dessie Cushman
Fabian Mundy
Frankie Glaze
Charlotte
T.F. Beck
Preston Beck
Lexington
Funeral for Mason McKnight Sr. held in North Augusta
Funeral services for Mason McKnight Sr. of 1017 Georgia Ave North Augusta were conducted at Greene Street Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert Hunt officiating. Burial followed at Westover Memorial Park. He was active in Greene Street Presbyterian Church Lions Club and construction business since 1935. Survivors include wife Edna, son Mason Jr., four sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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North Augusta
Mason McKnight Sr
Georgia Ave
Greene Street Presbyterian Church
Robert F. Hunt
Westover Memorial Park
McKnight
Lions Club
Edna Sandifer McKnight
Mason McKnight Jr
Augusta
Hugh A. White
Ruth M. Barber
Mary McKnight
Mooresville
N.C
Nesbitt Johnston
Decatur
J.E. McKnight
George L. McKnight
Tom H
Mrs. Helen Sweeney Dies in Greene New York at 75
Mrs. John Helen Sweeney 75 mother of Mrs. Jeremiah Hammitt of Dibble Road Aiken died August 4 at her Greene New York home Funeral services were held August 8 at Chase Funeral Home in New York Burial was in Spring Forest Cemetery in
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Binghamton, NY
John
Helen) Sweeney
Jeremiah
Helen) Hammitt
Dibble Road
Aiken
Greene
N.Y
Chase Funeral Home
New York
Spring Forest Cemetery
Aiken Standard Publisher Notice and Rates
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except weekends from Aiken South Carolina. Leased AP dispatches used exclusively for local news. Rates listed: by carrier 40 per week, 1.73 monthly, 22.00 yearly by mail, 11.60 half-year, 0.40 quarterly by mail.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Denise Curry Dies in Clearwater
Denise Curry of Old Storm Branch Community died Monday at her residence. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 6 p.m. at Jackson-Brooks Memorial Chapel in Aiken with burial in the family cemetery on Old Storm Branch Road.
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Clearwater
Denise Curry
Old Storm Branch
Jackson-Brooks Memorial
Aiken
Old Storm Branch Road
Agnes Gray Dies. Funeral Plans In Aiken
Mrs Agnes Gray died Monday at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral arrangements are by Millers Funeral Home in Aiken. A native of Edgefield County, she lived in Aiken for years. Survived by a daughter Mrs Bernice Brooks in New York and sisters Mrs Ethel B Jones of Trenton and Mrs Lillian Robinson of Washington DC.
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Agnes Gray
Aiken County
Miller
Aiken
Edgefield County
Bernice Brooks
New York
Ethel B. Jones
Trenton
Lillian Robinson
Washington, D.C
Richardson Williston Obituary Notice
Sophia Richardson Barrett Richardson of Newark New Jersey died Monday in a Newark hospital. Funeral arrangements are by Weathersbee Grove Funeral Home Williston. Survived by two daughters two sons five sisters and many relatives with services set per mourners and home calls.
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Williston
Sophia Barrett Richardson
Newwark
N.J
Newark
Weathersbee Grove Funeral Home
Barnwell County
Young Rosemary Baptist Church
Josephine Perry
Virginia V. Richardson
Sammy Richardson Jr
Wilmington
Del
Douglas Richardson
East Orange
Marie Smith
Ada Brown
Vero Beach
Fla
Annie L. Jeffcoat
Maggie Barrett
Josephine Holston
Jersey City
McCormick Mourns Wilton C. Bandy Obituary
Wilton Claude Bandy 70 died Monday night at home in McCormick. Funeral held today at 3 p.m. in Overbrook Cemetery with Rev. Jim Gilliam officiating. Native of Forest Oaks NC he was retired superintendent of R H Douligny Co Charlotte NC and a McCormick Lions Club member. He lived in McCormick since 1950. Survived by wife Irene McCall Bandy daughter Boots Bandy two sons John Harvey Bandy and Joseph Wilton Bandy brother Blake Bandy sister Florence Turnage. Pallbearers named. Students may collect at Strom Funeral Home.
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McCormick
Wilton Claude (Rock) Bandy
Overbrook
Jim Gilliam
Forest Oaks
N.C
McCormick United Methodist Church
Bandy
R.H. Douligny Co
Charlotte
McCormick Lions Club
Board of Trustees of
McCormick Schools
Plum Branch Saddle Club
Irene McCall Bandy
Boots Bandy
Johnston
John Harvey Bandy
Joseph Wilton Bandy
Easley
Blake Bandy
Fayetteville
Florence Turnage
Gastonia
Tom Minor
Sonny Caudle
Jamie Sanders
Jimmy Edwards
Buddy Corley
James Madison
Charlie Edmonds
James Edwards Jr
Strom Funeral Home
Rev. C.E. Puette Dies at 91 in Aiken Nursing Home
The Rev. C.E. Puette, 91, died Sunday in an Aiken nursing home. Today at 2 p.m. services will be held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Spartanburg with burial planned in Green? Funeral details reflect a local church service and interment following the death of a Southern pastor.
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C.E. Puette
Aiken
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Spartanburg
City Democrats To Meet Next Tuesday
The City of Aiken Democratic Party will hold an organizational meeting next Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Bankers Trust Civic Room to elect officers set filing fees filing dates and primary dates. All city Democrats are invited.
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City of Aiken
Democratic Party
Bankers Trust
F.A. Kennedy
City Democratic Party
Gospel Sing Friday at Southside Baptist Church
A Gospel sing will be held in Gloverville on Friday at 7 30 p m at Southside Baptist Church. The Marksman Quartet will be featured during the evening.
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Gloverville
Southside Baptist Church
Marksman
Puette Family Obituary Noted At Memorial Gardens
Retired Baptist minister and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church former member Mr Puette laid to rest at Lawn Memorial Gardens. He attended Furman University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Survived by wife Carrie Belk Puette and three daughters Mrs Mary Wimberly Reidville NC Mrs Rose Osteen Jackson NC Mrs Elizabeth Graham Spartanburg and three sons Robert Puette Seattle WA Lyman Puette Jackson and Charles Puette Roebuck SC.
Break-Ins Reported at Local Stations and Homes
Two Aiken service stations and Schofield School reported break-ins with items stolen. A Schofield storage cabinet yielded a 250 dollar tape recorder. The Richland Avenue service station lost about 70 dollars, a TV, and vending-machine cash. Entry came after an air conditioner was removed and glass broken. A Simmons Union 76 station on Richland Avenue also reported thefts including 10 dollars in coins and 75 to 80 soft drinks. The Beech Island home burglary involved a missing 1 000 pound Holstein cow purchased by Raymond Sapp, plus a deputy noted no tracks. Beech Island resident Mary A Williams reported a pistol pair, 6 pennies, 286 Kennedy halves, a camera, and meat from her freezer missing.
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Aiken
Schofield School
Schofield
Richland Avenue
Simmons Union 76
Richland Ave
East
Sheriff's Department
Beech Island
Raymond Sapp
Box 3
Montmorenci
Sapp
Mary A. Williams
McMillan Dr
Kennedy
Chartered Flights Set for New Nuclear Headquarters
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services plans a major hub near Barnwell with a proposed consolidation of Gulf United Nuclear Fuels facilities. The firm eyes sites in Aiken, Atlanta, San Diego, and Barnwell for the headquarters as it links plants in New Haven and St. Louis with a research center in Elmford into one regional facility.
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Aiken
Atlanta
San Diego
Barnwell
Allied Gulf Nuclear Services
Ing
Gulf United Nuclear Fuels Corporation
New Haven
Graniteville Co Holds Off On New Headquarters Plan
Graniteville Co plans no immediate headquarters project near Gulf United Fuels Corp across from the University of South Carolina Aiken Regional Campus. William C. Lott says a study favored the Aiken by-pass site but the company will not build soon. Graniteville owns adjacent land set aside as a possible site yet won by other priorities.
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Graniteville Co
Gulf United Fuels Corp
William C. Lott
Graniteville
University of South Carolina Aiken
Lott
Aiken
By-Pass
Cox Aide Faces Possible Resignation
Washington AP reports Archibald Cox’s veteran trial attorney hired for Watergate cases may be forced to resign soon. The developing situation centers on Cox and his legal team amid ongoing investigations into the break in and cover up.
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Washington
Archibald Cox
Incumbent Wins Williston Mayoral Election
Bill Knotts won the Williston mayoral race with 583 votes out of 961. Tom Jackson received 381 ballots. For the three open council seats, candidates were Glenn McGee and incumbents Bebo Flynn and Norman Widener.
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Williston
Bill Knotts
Tom Jackson
Glenn McGee
Bebo’ Flynn
Norman Widener
Churches Plan Training Classes In Evangelism
Teacher-training classes in child evangelism will be held at Storm Branch Church and Kalmia Chapel in Aiken County. Sessions run Thursday 5 30 to 7 and September 17 7 to 8 30 with a contact number 648 2793 for information.
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Kalmia Chapel
Storm Branch Church
Lydie Miller
Aiken County
Navy crewman aids rescue of Saudi survivors at sea
Navy Fireman Kimmie C. Byrne served aboard USS Jonas Ingram during a Gulf of Aden search after a distress call from the Indian merchant ship Saudi. The Ingram and Israeli ship Leora found and recovered 54 survivors and 6 bodies before transfer to a Somalian hospital. Also noted is Hospitalman George S. Pope graduating with honors at San Diego.
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Navy
Kimmie C. Byrne
J.W. Byrne
Rosemary Drive
Stephanie Hawkins
Pine Log Road
Aiken
Gulf of Aden
Jonas Ingram
U.S. Navy
Middle East
Leora
Ingram
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John Sweeney
Sophia Richardson
Erco St
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Northwest
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FBI
Harold C. Swanson
Columbia Division
Clarence A. Grooms
Swanson
Wash
D.C
Thomas W. Leavitt
Columbia
City Democrats
Serviro
Cox Aid
George S. Pope
Richard R. Pope
Winfield, Ala
The
Hospital Corps School
Ela
Vihang
Sears
Cord Body
Sears Tire
Whiskey RD
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