U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Mr. Olin Franklin
Graniteville Co. retiree
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
GRANITEVILLE -- Mr. Olin D. ``Bob" Franklin, 65, of 308 Main St., died Friday, May 15, 1998, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Gloverville, with the Rev. John Lawlor officiating. Burial will be in Graniteville cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Franklin, a native of Langley, was retired from Graniteville Co. and was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus, Aiken.
Survivors include his wife, Jean Woodward Franklin; one son, Richard ``Ricky" Franklin, Graniteville; two daughters, Pam McKee, Gloverville, and Dee Cofer, Wagener; one brother, Nolan C. ``Billy" Franklin, Pompano Beach, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be members of Knights of Columbus.
Friends may call at the residence of Ricky Franklin, 214 Laurel Drive.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Napier Funeral Home.
Mr. Robert Jackson Jr.
Retiree
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
UNION POINT, Ga. -- Mr. Robert Glenn Jackson Jr., 79, of 1661 Rhodes St., died Friday, May 15, 1998, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Bethesda Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Olds officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Jackson, a native of Greene County, was retired from Chipman-Union Manufacturing as a knitter and was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Irene Walker Jackson; two sons, Wayne Jackson, Union Point, and Stan Jackson, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; one daughter, Marsha Jackson Swann, Union Point; three sisters, Evelyn Jackson Webb, Woodville, Rebecca Jackson Deaton, Auburn, and Martha Jackson Harwell, Crawfordville; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Ed Dingler, Olin Griffin, Kenneth Stewart, Pete Underwood, Ronnie Yearwood and Bud Tuggle.
Friends may call at the residence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Callaway Funeral Home.
Mr. Richard Kee
Army veteran
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
NORTH AUGUSTA -- Mr. Richard Thomas Kee, 65, of Ridge Road, died Monday, May 4, 1998, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John Baptist Church, Garysburg, N.C.. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Kee, a native of Garysburg, was an Army veteran of the Korean conflict.
Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home, Aiken, is in charge of local arrangements.
Coleman Funeral Home, North Carolina, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. W.D. Koon
Burlington Industries retiree
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
WARD, S.C. -- Mr. W.D. Koon, 77, of Route 1, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Good Hope Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Koon, a native of Saluda County, was retired from Burlington Industries, Johnston, and was a Navy veteran of World War II, where he served on the USS Franklin. He was a member of Good Hope Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Amelia Black Koon; two sons, Toby Willie Koon, New Orleans, and Tony Kevin Koon, Ward; one daughter, Vickie Koon Holsomback Nye, Ward; one brother, Curtis B. Koon Jr., Newberry; three sisters, Callie Rae K. Berry, Saluda, Cloree K. Schumpert, Ward, and Jesse ``Jackie" K. Foy, Central; and seven grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two great-stepgrandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Ramey Funeral Home, Saluda.
Mr. Clinton Lovett
Butcher
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
MILLEN, Ga. -- Mr. Clinton Lovett, 44, of 215 Old Waynesboro Road, died Thursday, May 14, 1998, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital.
The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at First McCoy Baptist Church with the Rev. Judson Scott officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Lovett, a native of Jenkins County, was a butcher.
Survivors include one daughter, Clintandra Wadley, Millen; two brothers, McKinley Lovett, Chester, Pa., and Willie Lovett, Delaware; eight sisters, Jeanette Layton, Chester, Luvenia Johnson, Florida, Suzanna Pryor and Gladys Oliver, both of Pennsylvania, E. Brenda Davis and Claudia Jones, both of Delaware, Wilma Teen Walker, Augusta, and Ella Watson, Millen; and two grandchildren.
Friends may call at the residence of Georgia Lovett.
James A. Kirkland Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Teru Merz
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mrs. Teru Atari Merz, 73, died Thursday, May 14, 1998.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Soka Gakkai International-USA Community Center, Columbia. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the National cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Florence.
Mrs. Merz, a native of Osaka, Japan, was a pioneer member of SGI-USA Buddhist Lay Organization.
Talbert-Shives Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Nellie Washington
Homemaker
Date of announcement: May 16, 1998
NORTH AUGUSTA -- Mrs. Nellie Jo Washington, 60, of 240 Dicks Drive, died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, in Pulaski, Tenn.
The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Starling-Hatcher Funeral Home, Richmond Hill Road, Augusta, with the Rev. Ernest Sikes officiating. Burial will be in Bellevue Memorial Gardens, Grovetown.
Mrs. Washington, a native of Pulaski, was a homemaker and a member of Gracewood Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Walter Martin Washington; five sons, Walter Vernon Washington, Terry Martin Washington, James Michael Washington and John Dewayne Washington, all of North Augusta, and Larry Tyler Washington, Gloverville; six brothers, Claude Whitsett, Bert Whitsett, Glenn Whitsett and Larry Whitsett, all of Alaska, and Wayne Whitsett and Bobby Whitsett, both of Florida; and 13 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Vernon Washington, Terry Washington, Larry Washington, Dewayne Washington, James Washington and Martin Washington.
Friends may call at the residence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Starling Funeral Home, U.S. Highway 78, Harlem.
Mr. Henry Bailey Sr.
Retired farmer
Date of announcement: May 17, 1998
STATESBORO, Ga. -- Mr. Henry Jack Bailey Sr., 75, died Saturday, May 16, 1998.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Joiner-Shepard Funeral Home with the Rev. Dorsey Horton officiating. Burial will be in Brannen cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery.
Mr. Bailey, a native of Bulloch County, was a retired farmer and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, Sunday school superintendent and adult Sunday school teacher.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred Bailey; one son, Jack Bailey Jr., Statesboro; one daughter, Gwendolyn Wilson, Statesboro; one brother, James E. Bailey, Statesboro; four sisters, Annie Laura Wildenradt and Frankie Kruse, both of Statesboro, Dorothy Butterworth, Haughton, La., and Cleo Odum, Pooler; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Alvin Brant, James Godbee, Lannie Brant, Freddie Rathmann, Kenneth Rathmann and Archie Odum.
Memorials may be made to Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, c/o Paul Nessmith Sr., 5697 Westside Road, Statesboro, GA 30458.
The family will receive friends at 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Joyce Becker
Retired nurse
Date of announcement: May 17, 1998
Mrs. Joyce E. Becker, 69, of 3866 Old Savannah Road, died Friday, May 15, 1998, at St. Joseph Hospital.
Private graveside services will be in Andersonville National cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga.
Mrs. Becker, a native of Stanley, N.D., was a retired nurse and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include her husband, Richard V. Becker; three daughters, Linda Williams, North Augusta; Judy Jordan, La Quinta, Calif., and Jennie Wright, Dexter, N.M.; and seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Hospice, 2260 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, GA 30904-4726.
Poteet Funeral Home, Greene Street, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Martha Burgess
Retired teacher
Date of announcement: May 17, 1998
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Mrs. Martha Hannah Backus Burgess, 101, died Friday, May 15, 1998.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Burgess, a native of Vaughn, was retired as a teacher and co-owner of M.F. Burgess Store. She was a member of Mount Juliet United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Fleetwood Burgess, Fort Myers, Fla., and John Burgess, Orange, Texas; one daughter, Delloris Gillingham, North Augusta; and 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home, North Augusta, is in charge of arrangements.
