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October 12, 2009 Aiken Standard, Aikeh, South Carolina Page edited by: Karen Klook Atkins CliffonI Allen Atkins Clifford Allen Atkins, 64, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, atPep- perhill Nursing Center in Aiken after a valiant battle with brain cancer. Mr. Atkins was bom on June 17, 1945, in Oak Hill, W.Va., son of the late Clifford Lawson Atkins and Blanche Cale Atkins. He was a meniber of First Baptist Church in Barnwell.

Mr. Atkins was a lifelong educator and coach for more than 30 years. He gave his life to working with children both on and off the basketball court, as well as in and out of the classroom. He lived his lifelong dream at various schools including Jackson High School, Allendale-Fairfax High School, Bamwell High School, Williston-Elko High School and Lower Richland High School. Mr.

Atkins was fourth on the all-time wins list for South Carolina boy's' basketball coaches. In 2004, he was recognized as the National High School Basketball Coach of the Year by the National High School Association and as the State Boys' Coach of the Year by the South Carolma Athletic Coaches Association. He had 637 career wuis in basketball. Over the course of his career, he -was honored with numerous accolades including 21 region championships, 30 Coach of the Year Awards in basketball and golf, two golf state championships, five golf state ruimers-up and two basketball state runners-up. He led teams to numerous champioiiships including 2A Basketball Lower State Champions in 1989 with Bamwell High School, 2A Basketball State Finalists in 1989 with Bamwell High School, A.AitJ.

Basketball State Cham- pioiis in 1986, A.A.U. Basketball' riinners-up, Lower State Champions in 2004 Lower Richland High School and 4A Basketball State Finalists Lower Richland High School. In addition, he was recognized as the S.C. State Boys' Coach of the Year by the S.C. Athletic Coaches Association in 1992.

Mr. Atkins was a member of numerous professional organizations including the South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA), National Association of Secondary Principals, National Education Association, South Carolina Education Association (SCEA), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association, South Carolina Athletic Directors Association, South Carolina Golf Coaches Association and the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association. Mr. Atkins was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Danny Eugene Atkins. Survivors include his former wife of 39 years, Anne Brant Atkins; daughters, Stephanie (Chuck) Shick of Aiken and Kim (Rusty) Rhoad of Bamwell; grandchildren, Annelise, Logan, Lindsey, Colton, Noah.

and Charlie; nephew, Kevin (Kindel) Atkins; great- niece and nephew, Kinsley and Keaton; and sister-in-law, Joan Atkins (David) Berry. will be held Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, fi'om 5 to 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church Worship Center in Bamwell. A private graveside ceremony will be held Tuesday, Oct.

13, 2009, at the Bamwell County Memorial Gardens. Mole Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family would like memorials to be made to the Walker Sports Group Foundation, Attn. Maurice Walker, 2308 Partridge Drive, South Hopkins, SC 29061. The Walker Sports Group Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports and fosters tiie development of luideiprivileged student athletes.

The family would like to thank the of Pepperhill Nursing Trim an Home; and Infinity Hospice for their compassionate care. Mole Funeral Home, 259-3166. Services today Bonnie W. Goshorn, 2 p.m., Shadow Oaks Assisted Living J.L. ShefTield, 11 a.m..

Folk Funeral Home chapel, Williston WilUam LoweU Skelton, George Funeral Home Cremation Center Services Tiiesday Don L. Passage St. James Church, Bata- George Oakman, 3 p.m. The Lord of Our Righteous Church of God, New EUenton Pliney Cook Seigler, noon. South Aiken Church of God Pliney Cook Seigler Entered into rest Saturday, Oct.

10,2009, at her residence, Mrs. Pliney Cook Seigler, 79, beloved wife of the late Mr. Vincent Seigler of 137 Veline Lane, Aiken, and daughter of the late Charlie and Missouri Goldman Cook. Funeral services will be held at noon on Oct. 13, 2009, at South Aiken Church of God with the Rev.

Bmce Fox officiating. Interment will follow in Central Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Seigler was a native and lifelong resident of Aiken County. She retired in 1992 as a cloth inspector at the Graniteville Company with 28 years of service.

Mrs. Seigler was a member of Central tist Church. Survivors include three sons, James Michael Seigler of Aiken, Donnie Wayne (Lynette) Seigler of Aiken and Ronnie Lamar (Susan) Seigler of Aiken; three daughters, Blackmon of Aiken, Vickie (Leroy) Brown of Aiken and Wanda Shepphard of Aiken; 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one grandchild. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons. The family lias suggested in Ueu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 1105-D Fury's Lane, Augusta, GA 30907 and to the American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road Suite 104, Augusta, GA 30904.

The family vvall receive friends one hour before the services at South Ajken Church of God. Cole Funeral Home Cremation Services 1544 University Paricway (118 Bypass), Aiken, 648-7175. UsaJ.Vance Entered into rest Simday, Oct. 11,2009, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Ms. Lisa J.

Vance, 44, of 221 Cutler Court. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Cole Funeral Home Cremation Service 1544 University Parkway (118 Bypass), Aikeh, 648-7175. OBIT POLICY The Aiken standard publishes a daiiy listing of obituary notices with the following guidelines. Up to 16 lines of the notice, including headline, are printed free of charge the first time an obituary is run. Additional lines will be run for a fee.

Information is to be submitted by a funeral home and Is subject to editing for style. Funeral homes can assist with details and with charges. The deadline for submitting obituary notices 7 every day. For additional information, call 648-2311. By ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press FRANKLIN, Civil War soldier whose remains were found in a battlefield grave last spring was reburied Saturday by admirers who knew neither his naine nor even what side he fought on.

Among the history buffs paying tribute to him were two old men whose fathers fought on opposing sides in the War Between the States. "This soldier represents all of the soldiers, the thousands that were lost and are still buried across the South," said Robin Hood, chairman of theFranklin Battlefield Task Force that organized the event. It's unknown which side the soldier fought on when he was among the nearly 2,000 killed in the 1864 Battie of Franklin. Construction, workers happened upon the anonymous soldier's shallow grave in May. Military buttons found with the remains were from the Civil War, but they don't prove whether the soldier was a Union man or a Confederate, Hood said.

"Some of them were Union and some of them were Southern," he said. "And that late in the war a lot of the Southern buttons were Union buttons, because the Confederate buttons didn't hold up as well." The coffin draped in Confederate and Union flags was transported from St. Paul's Episcopal Church, which AP photo John Carruth, center, director of the Eighth Regiment Band of Rome, stands behind a caskiet covered with both a Union flag and a Confederate flag as he leads the congregation in singing during the funeral for an unknown Civil War soldier. served as a barracks and hospital during the conflict, to Rest Haven Cemetery in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by Civil War re-enactors. A new memorial at the cemetery features a limestone column that was once part of the state Capitol, which served as Union stronghold during the war.

"If this man was a Union solider, his comrades may have actually passed through those columns," Hood said. "So it's fitting." The services were attended by two elderly men whose fathers served in the Civil War. Harold Becker's father fought for the Union in the Battle of Franklin. "It was his first battle after he joined up in 1864," said Becker, 91, of Rockford, Mich. "And after the battle, he developed measles, and he spent 18 days in'a hospital." Becker's father, Charles Conrad Becker, served in the 128th Indiana Infantry, and later was part of Gen.

William Tecumseh March to the Sea. James Broym, 97, vented some mock mdignatipn upon hearing the firebrand general's name. "You mentioned about Sherman -1 should shoot you!" joked Brown, whose father served.in the 8th Georgia Infantry. "Sherman was a thorn in the side of every- body in tiie South." Both Brown and Becker were bom to elderly fathers veterans in their 70s who survived well into 20th Century. Brown's father, James H.

H. Brown of Oglethorpe County, was not at the Franklin battle but fought at several others including, Shiloh, Manassas and Gettysburg. A rifleman, he was also at Appomattox when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered, ending the war.

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