Aiken SC - Donald M. Law, 94, retired newspaperman, died January 31 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Burial at the Ridge Spring Cemetery. Mr. Law was born at Elliott and was a son of the late Robert W. and Mary English Beard Law. He was the last of nine children. He graduated from the University of South Carolina, where he was editor of the Gamecock, president of the YMCA and a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternities. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was credited with over 30 missions over Europe as a B-17 navigator with the 15th Air Force and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel. As journalism major at USC, he was employed by the Columbia Record before entering military service. Returning to civilian life, he worked for the Spartanburg Herald and the Orangeburg Times and Democrat. In 1952 he was employed by the Du Pont Co. at the Savannah River Site and retired as a media relations specialist in 1982. He then became associate editor of the Aiken Standard and continued as a contributing editor after retirement at age 65. For many years he wrote local history features for the newspaper and he was the author of two books of local history, Connections: The History of the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken with Lorraine Minton as co-author and Forever Flourishing, the history of Aiken Preparatory School. Mr. Law was a founding elder of Grace Presbyterian Church in 1953 and he later served for many years as an elder of Aiken’s First Presbyterian Church. He was twice elected by Congaree Presbytery as a commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. For a number of years he served as a trustee of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a Presbyterian-affiliated institution at Rabun Gap GA. He served as president of Historic Aiken Foundation and as a member of the City of Aiken Historic Preservation Commission. He was a member of the Torch Club of Augusta, and served as the club’s president. He is a former member of the board of the South Caroliniana Society. He served on the board of several organizations, including the Salvation Army and Red Cross and was a regular Red Cross blood donor for many years. His hobby was book collecting, and he specialized in Caroliniana. He was married to Julia Ernestine Bodie of Ridge Spring, a newspaperwoman who was for 25 years an associate professor of journalism at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Mrs. Law died in 1999. Surviving are sons: McDonald Law (Ilona), Ernest Law, Charlie Law (Kathy); grandchildren: Gregg Law, Joseph Law (Brittany), Margaret Fields (Matt), Zander Law, Leighton Law, and Harriett Law; great grandchildren: Vivian Law, Julia Law and Dean Law. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Aiken, SC.
Aiken SC - Donald M. Law, 94, retired newspaperman, died January 31 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Burial at the Ridge Spring Cemetery. Mr. Law was born at Elliott and was a son of the late Robert W. and Mary English Beard Law. He was the last of nine children. He graduated from the University of South Carolina, where he was editor of the Gamecock, president of the YMCA and a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternities. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was credited with over 30 missions over Europe as a B-17 navigator with the 15th Air Force and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired from the Air Force Reserve as a lieutenant colonel. As journalism major at USC, he was employed by the Columbia Record before entering military service. Returning to civilian life, he worked for the Spartanburg Herald and the Orangeburg Times and Democrat. In 1952 he was employed by the Du Pont Co. at the Savannah River Site and retired as a media relations specialist in 1982. He then became associate editor of the Aiken Standard and continued as a contributing editor after retirement at age 65. For many years he wrote local history features for the newspaper and he was the author of two books of local history, Connections: The History of the First Presbyterian Church of Aiken with Lorraine Minton as co-author and Forever Flourishing, the history of Aiken Preparatory School. Mr. Law was a founding elder of Grace Presbyterian Church in 1953 and he later served for many years as an elder of Aiken’s First Presbyterian Church. He was twice elected by Congaree Presbytery as a commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. For a number of years he served as a trustee of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a Presbyterian-affiliated institution at Rabun Gap GA. He served as president of Historic Aiken Foundation and as a member of the City of Aiken Historic Preservation Commission. He was a member of the Torch Club of Augusta, and served as the club’s president. He is a former member of the board of the South Caroliniana Society. He served on the board of several organizations, including the Salvation Army and Red Cross and was a regular Red Cross blood donor for many years. His hobby was book collecting, and he specialized in Caroliniana. He was married to Julia Ernestine Bodie of Ridge Spring, a newspaperwoman who was for 25 years an associate professor of journalism at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Mrs. Law died in 1999. Surviving are sons: McDonald Law (Ilona), Ernest Law, Charlie Law (Kathy); grandchildren: Gregg Law, Joseph Law (Brittany), Margaret Fields (Matt), Zander Law, Leighton Law, and Harriett Law; great grandchildren: Vivian Law, Julia Law and Dean Law. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Aiken, SC.
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