...folks are from Aiken County and they deserve a proper burial," he said. Mr. Carlton's predecessor as chief coroner, Sue Townsend, started the practice of giving formal burial to unclaimed bodies in the late 1990s, Mr. Carlton said. "I...
...coroner; Political background: None; Endorsements: Coroner Sue Townsend endorsed Mr. Carlton before her death. ED GLADD...continuing programs initiated by late Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend that highlight causes of accidental fatalities such...
...adding that the announcement was a key factor in the decision to grant Mr. Zorn's request. When Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend died earlier this year, Mr. Sanford, responding to requests from state Sen. Greg Ryberg, R-Aiken, and local...
...that is almost double the nation's and murder cases that have more than doubled last year's total have pushed Coroner Sue Townsend's workload to an average of more than one death per day. The number of Aiken Country deaths in 1990 have climbed...
...Solicitor Barbara Morgan's But the only local seat that guaranteed a battle as of Monday was for late Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend's position. Chief Deputy Coroner Tim Carlton, former South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper Bill Cole and Coordinator...
In the often grim task of county coroner, Sue Townsend found a calling that meant much more to her than body bags, autopsy reports and monthly statistics. The case of Robert Poe illustrated...
AIKEN - Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend, a tough investigator with a passion for defending the dignity of the dead, died Tuesday evening at her family farm after a four-year...
...seriously injured after a head-on collision with a pickup driven by a neighbor, authorities said. Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend said Heather Smith, 16, of Herndon Dairy Road, was pronounced dead at the scene on Brier Patch Lane, near Warrenville...
...officials said lived in the Murphy Village area of Aiken County, died of a shotgun wound to the chest, Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend said. Mr. Carroll and the 15-year-old girl, whom authorities would not identify but said was also a Murphy...
...tractor-trailer caved in the van's roof near mile marker 12, between Aiken and Graniteville, Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Sammy Morgan, 50, of...
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