U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mr. Theodore Polk Sr.
X-ray technician
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
ATLANTA -- Mr. Theodore C. Polk Sr., 69, of 1670 Clairmont Road, died Saturday, May 9, 1998, in Dekalb County.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anthony Catholic Church. Burial will be in Resthaven cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Polk, a native of Macon, was an X-ray technician and an Army veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a Mason, Shriner and a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, Theodore C. Polk Jr., Clinton, Md.; one daughter, Brenda Polk Maxey, Hephzibah; four brothers, Edward Polk, Rudolph Polk, Donald Polk and Cornelius Polk; two sisters, Thelma Polk Collier and Blanche Polk; and six grandchildren.
Dawson and Son Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. James Satcher Sr.
Retired Ford dealer
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
JOHNSTON, S.C. -- Mr. James Heber Satcher Sr., 88, died Monday, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Mount Olive cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery with the Revs. Keith Polk and Paul Frey officiating.
Mr. Satcher, a native of Edgefield County, was a retired Ford dealer and farmer. He was a member of Johnston United Methodist Church and a Navy veteran of World War II, where he served with the strategic forces unit. He was a Paul Harris Fellow in the Aiken Rotary Club, a Shriner with Almas Temple, Washington, and a former South Carolina district highway commissioner.
Survivors include two sons, James H. Satcher Jr., Johnston, and Benjamin W. Satcher, Lexington.
Pallbearers will be James H. ``Chip" Satcher III, David S. Satcher, Ricky Heath, John Boatwright, Ben W. Satcher Jr., Robert Satcher, Johnny Gray and Roy Cleveland.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Aiken Rotary Club.
Memorials may be made to Johnston United Methodist Church.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Bland Funeral Home.
Mr. Willie Scott Sr.
Retired maintenance mechanic
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
GRANITEVILLE -- Mr. Willie Joe Austin Scott Sr., 64, of 108 Spring Drive, died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at University Hospital, Augusta.
The funeral will be at 5 p.m. Thursday at Horse Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Earl Carter, Bruce Palmer and Tony Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Graniteville cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery
Mr. Scott, a native of Vaucluse, was retired from Peridot Chemical Plant, Augusta, was a maintenance mechanic. He organized Graniteville Trucking Co. and Scott's General Construction. He was a member of Little Horse Creek Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, adult men's Sunday school class teacher and chairman of the men's council. He was a charter member of the Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as assistant fire chief.
The family said he was known by all at the church as ``Papa Willie."
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Washington Scott; three sons, Robert ``Bobby" Scott and Thomas E. Scott, both of Graniteville, and Willie ``Bill" Scott Jr., North Augusta; one daughter, JoAnn Scott Widener, Aiken; one brother, Raymond O. Scott Sr., Warrenville; and eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be William Gregory, Jimmy Wood, Jimmy Maness, Wayne Huff, Jimmy Jackson and Grady Beck.
Friends may call at the residence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Napier Funeral Home.
Mr. Jessie Turner
Clearwater Finishing Plant retiree
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
GLOVERVILLE -- Mr. Jessie L. Turner, 76, of Lot G, Henson Trailer Park, died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Aiken.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Hatcher Funeral Home, Langley, with the Revs. Roy Hayes and Ed Turner officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens, Graniteville.
Mr. Turner, a native of Johnston, was retired from Clearwater Finishing Plant and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Emmie Boatwright Turner; two sons, Raymond Turner, Gloverville, and Donald Turner, Belvedere; one brother, Edward Turner, Aiken; one sister, Malena Anderson, Warrenville; and eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Chris Hammett, Raymond Turner, Harley Henkes, Eddie Turner, Clark Turner, Charles Turner and Jeff Turner.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Sidney Wheeler
S & P Grading retiree
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
GLOVERVILLE -- Mr. Sidney Lanier Wheeler, 64, died Monday, May 11, 1998, at Westlake Nursing Home, Augusta.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hatcher Funeral Home, Langley, with the Rev. Clifton Stancel officiating. Burial will be in Langley cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Langley.
Mr. Wheeler, a native of Stillmore, Ga., was retired from S & P Grading.
Survivors include four sons, Billy Wheeler, McDonough, Ga., Stanley Wheeler, Jonesboro, Ga., Jerry Wheeler, Nicholson, and Michael Dennis Wheeler, Morrow; four daughters, Patricia Weathersbee, Bath, Maria Lynn Wheeler, Smyrna, Ga., Wanda Jo Kidd, Forest Park, Ga., and Angela Delane Wheeler; his mother, Mamie Wheeler, Belvedere; three brothers, James L. Wheeler, Bath, Ervin Wheeler, Swainsboro, Ga., and Marvin Wheeler, Graniteville; seven sisters, Bonnie Hutto, Betty Jean Able and Vivian Antwine, all of Bath, Margie Black, Bartow, Kathleen Coxwell, Swainsboro, Lois Leophart, New Ellenton, and Doris Fulmer, Langley; and seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be David Dubose, Wayne Henderson, John McDaniel, Roger Stancel, Lee Dudley and Kenneth E. Weathersbee Jr.
Friends may call at the residence of Mamie Wheeler, 408 McNair Drive.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. George Wright
Date of announcement: May 13, 1998
EUTAWVILLE, S.C. -- Mr. George A. Wright, 89, of 139 Addidas St., died Saturday, May 9, 1998, at Columbia Trident Medical Center, North Charleston.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today at Springfield Baptist Church with the Revs. John Williams Jr. and Bruce Wright. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Wright was a native of Vance.
Survivors include his wife, Zelphine Smith Wright; five sons, Bruce Wright, Aiken, Paul Wright, Rosedale, N.Y.; George B. Wright Jr. and David Wright, both of New York, and Gerald Wright, Eutawville; three daughters, Lorraine Wright and Frances Lawyer, both of New York, and Shelia Washington, Eutawville; one brother, Willie Wright, Charleston; one sister, Sarah Gourdine, Eutawville; and 20 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at Cheatham Funeral Home, New Ellenton.
Mr. Orris Barber
World War I veteran
Date of announcement: May 14, 1998
BARNWELL, S.C. -- Mr. Orris B. Barber, 102, died Monday, May 11, 1998, in Aiken.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Barnwell United Methodist Church cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery with Bob Clyburn officiating.
Mr. Barber, a native of Denmark, Ohio, was retired from C.G. Fuller and was an Army Veteran of World War I. He attended Ohio University and Columbia University, where he received his masters degree. He was a member of Masonic Paramuthia Lodge 25 in Athens, Ohio, the Lions Club, American Legion-Richardson Walsh Post 46 and Barnwell United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one cousin, Don Wright, Ohio.
Memorials may be made to Barnwell United Methodist Church, Main Street, Barnwell, SC 29812.
Mole Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. William Batchelor
Retired mechanic
Date of announcement: May 14, 1998
Mr. William ``Bill" Batchelor, 83, of 2407 Brentwood Place, died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Platt's Funeral Home, Crawford Avenue, with the Rev. J. Andrew Menger officiating. Burial will be in Westover Memorial Park.
Mr. Batchelor, a native of McRae, was a retired mechanic with the automotive repair division at Fort Gordon and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a member of First Baptist Church and Richmond Lodge No. 412 Free and Accepted Masons, Hephzibah.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice Usry Batchelor; one son, Brady Batchelor, Augusta; one daughter, Judy Fiedler, Dallas; one sister, Maude Harrington, Brunswick; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Earl Dennis, Jimmy Dennis, Don Jordan, Gus Magoulas, Kenneth Carter and Sonny Boltin.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. John Capes
Retiree
Date of announcement: May 14, 1998
THOMASTON, Ga. -- Mr. John A. Capes, 85, of 115 Ave. F, died Wednesday, May 13, 1998, at Upson Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Twin Oaks Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Collins officiating. Burial will be in Southview cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Capes, a native of Newton County, was retired from Thomaston Mills as a supply room clerk and was a member of Twin Oaks Baptist Church. He had been a member of the Masons Lodge 175.
Survivors include one son, John H. Capes, Augusta; two daughters, Jennifer Earles, McDonough, and Barbara Miller, Long Beach, Calif.; and one sister, Burt Speers, Porterdale.
Memorials may be made to Twin Oaks Baptist Church.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Coggins Funeral Home.
Mr. Roy Demmons Jr.
Bell South retiree
Date of announcement: May 14, 1998
Mr. Roy Demmons Jr., 57, of 1626 1/2 High St., died Sunday, May 10, 1998, at University Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Sam Davis officiating. Burial will be in Southview cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Demmons, a native of McDuffie County, was retired from Bell South as a supervisor and was a member of Beulah Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sons, Joey Davis, Charles Demmons, Danny Demmons and Kelvin Demmons, all of Augusta; five daughters, Dorothy Ann Demmons, Karole Demmons, Kimberly Paschal and Helen Pinckney, all of Augusta, and Natasha Glover, Tuskegee, Ala.; his father, Roy Demmons Sr., Augusta; one brother, Ricky James Demmons, Augusta; three sisters, Eloise Haynes, Alberta Demmons and Ann Sullivan, all of Augusta; and 11 grandchildren.
Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
