as as as as as as as as as as B4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1996 THE STATE, COLUMBIA, S.C. David Andrews Jr. ATLANTA David Wayne Andrews of 659 Peachtree Apt. 1506 died 21, 1995. Private memorial services held Dec.
26 at Temple Baptist Church Greenwood; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hill of Culpeper. Columbia. Memorials may be made to the John Wyndham Patient Assistance Fund of the Burnside Clinic, Calander Court, Columbia, 29206.
Mr. Andrews was born in Fort Worth, Texas, a son of David W. Andrews and Lee Hill Andrews. He was a 1984 graduate of Dreher High School of Columbia, where he was president of the Key Club and a Merit Scholar. Mr.
Andrews participated in the Governor's School whil attending Dreher and received a Thomas Jefferson Scholarship to the University of Virginia, where he was a counselor to emotionally disturbed children. He was an administrative manager of Curry Development Co of Atlanta. Surviving are his father, David Andrews of Columbia; his mother, Lee Hill Andrews of Culpeper, a brother, Daniel Andrews of Columbia; paternal grandmother, Margaret Andrews of Frances Ashe CHESTER Frances Ashe, 61, of 1828 Re- vis Drive, 2 p.m. Thurs. at Barron Funeral Home, burial Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery of York Co.
Visitation from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Ashe died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996. Born in Chester County, a daughter of the late John O.
and Monnie Byers Horton. Surviving: husband, Marvin W. Ashe; sons, Marvin Ashe of Lockhart, James Ashe of Owosso, daughters, Kathy Ashe of Charlotte, Sharon Martin of Rock Hill; a brother, John Horton of Lockhart; sisters, Barbara Ellis of Cherryville, N.C., Annie McKee of Charlotte; and six grandchildren. Frances Avinger DAVIDSON, N.C. Services for Frances Haltiwanger Avinger, 83, The Pines Retirement Community, formerly of Columbia, will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the graveside in Elmwood Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to The Pines at Davidson, 400 Avinger Lane, Davidson, N.C. 28036. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. Mrs. Avinger, wife of the late Robert L.
Avinger, died Tuesday, January 2, 1996. Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Ames and Lucia Cheathan Haltiwanger. Educated in Columbia, she was a member of the Gray Ladies during WWII serving at Ft. Jackson. After the death of her husband in 1959, she founded and operated a printing shop in Columbia.
Following her retirement and until her move to The Pines, she lived with her sister, Edythe H. Fowble at Lake Murray, S.C. She was a life-long member of the Lutheran Church, St. Paul's and Incarnation in Columbia. Surviving are her son and daughter-inlaw.
Robert L. and Jane J. Avinger of Davidson; grandson, Robert L. Avinger, Ill of a granddaughter, Mary Charles Montgomer of Charlotte, N.C.; and a great-granddaughter, Findley Dean Montgomery of Charlotte, N.C. Cline Backman Sr.
LEXINGTON Services for Cline O. Backman 70, of 129 Red Ribbie Road will be held at p.m. Thursday at St. James Lutheran Church, Parkin burial in Lexington Memorial Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. Memorials may be made to the church.
Mr. Backman died Monday, Jan. 1. 1996. Born in Lexington County, he was a son of the late Judson E.
and Grace Taylor Backman. He retired from Springs Mills and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, Eunice Owens Backman; sons, Cline O. Jr.
and Jack Backman, both of Lexington; daughters, Sara Miller of Lexington, Edith Causey of Beaufort and Caroline Gantt of Batesburg-Leesville; a brother, Richard S. Backman of Lexington; sisters, Margaret Baker of West Columbia and Ada Lou Warren of Greenville, N.C.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Curtis Bailey COLUMBIA Services for Curtis Irving Bailey, 84, of 1217 Whitney Street, will be held Thursday at 2 pm in Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the Center for Cancer Treatment and Research at Richland Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be Wednesday 7-9 pm at the funeral home.
Mr. Bailey, husband of the late Effie Coward Bailey, died Tuesday, January 2, 1996. Born in Florence County, he was the son of the late James M. and Tulie Bailey. An Army veteran of WW II, he retired from Kafers Bakery.
He was a member of Bethel Freewell Baptist Church, Florence. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Spears of Lexington; three sisters, Margaret Steidtmann of Myrtle Beach, Rada Lloyd of Florence and Irene Chavis of Conway; three grandchildren; and one great -grandchild. Leontine Bair SANTEE Services for Leontine Berry Bair, 88, of 22 Ibis Point Road, Providence Community, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Providence United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 2 p.m.
The Rev. Zach Farmer officiating. Active pallbearers are Larry Shuler, Randy Melvin, Bobby Melvin, Joey Whetsell, Jammie Whetsell and Gene Proctor. Friends may call at the home and at Avinger Funeral Home of Holly Hill. A Memorials may be made to the church, 4410 Vance Road, Holly Hill, 29059.
Mrs. Bair died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. Born in Branchville on Oct. 22, 1907, she was a daughter of the late Hebron and Annie Bruce Berry.
She was a 1929 graduate of Winthrop College and received a master's degree from the University of South Carolina in 1962. She retired as a math teacher with Holly Hill High School and was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority and Providence United Methodist Church, where she was a member of United Methodist Women and a former Sunday school teacher. Surviving are her husband, J. Gilbert Bair of the home; daughters, Barbara B. Proctor of Chapin Betty Whetsell of Vance; a son, James G.
"Teddy" Bair Jr. of Panama Canal Zone, Panama; sisters, Twylah B. Evans of Santee and Merita B. Folk of Hanahan; nine grandchildren; and four -grandchildren; she was predeceased by a daughter, Loretta B. Melvin.
were Dec. 30, of SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES NOTICES Rev. Edward Belton of Passaic, N.J., formerly of Camden, died Saturday. Plans will be announced by Brown's Funeral Home of Camden. Deanna Floyd Blanton, 49, of Gaffney died Monday.
Plans will be announced by Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home. Linda Overstreet Christenbury, 43, of 603 Mattison Sumter, died Tuesday. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 to- RITES L. Frank Allen, 61, of Bishopville at noon at Norton Funeral Home, with burial in Lafette Memorial Park of Fayetteville. Harold Withers Carson Sr.
of 4193 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia, at 11 a.m. in Southland Memorial Gardens. Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia is in charge. Carolyn Lovett Dial of 212 McLain Road, Blythewood, at 1 p.m. in Southland Memorial Gardens.
Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia is in charge. Pauline H. Giannaros, 71, of 530 Westlawn Road, Columbia, at 11 a.m. at Elwood Barrs MARTINEZ, Ga. Services "Shorty" Barrs, 74, of 4514 Shawnee Road will be held at 1 p.m.
Thursday at Platt's Belair Road Chapel, with burial in Bellevue Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Bobby Coleman and Rev. Lee Spires are officiating ministers. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
Active pallbearers are member of the U.S. Army Honor Guard. Mr. Barrs doed Monday, Jan. 1, 1996.
Born in Bamberg County, he was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the military and as a construction worker. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Moon Barrs of Martinez; sons, Michael E. Barrs of Sumter and Brian Barrs of Martinez; daughters, Cindy M. Ford Durden and Kristi Michelle Barrs, both of Augusta, and Dorothy Juineta Ford Clay and Linda Gayle Ford Glover, both of Martinez; a brother, Paul Linberg Jones of Columbia; a sister, Loretta Campbell of Mount Pleasant: and five grandchildren.
George Bickley PHILADELPHIA Services for George Bick- ley, 91, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in St. Paul Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at A.P.
Williams Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. Mr. Bickley died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995. Surviving is a sister, Cecelia Walker of Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Bouknight CHAPIN Services for Elizabeth K. Bouknight, 74, of Indian Creek Circle will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Faith Presbyterian Church of Ballentine, with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at CaughmanHarman Funeral Home, Irmo-St. Andrews Chapel.
Memorials may be made to Lowman Home of White Rock or the church. Mrs. Bouknight died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1995. Born in Aiken, she was a daughter of Alice Black Kimball and the late Willie A.
Kimball. She retired from J.B. White and was a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. She was a charter member of AARP of Columbia and a member of Faith Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her husband, Quincy C.
Bouknight Sr. of Chapin; sons, Quincy C. Bouknight Jr. of Batesburg-Leesville, Larry K. Bouknight of White Rock and Johnny T.
Bouknight of St. Marys, a daughter, Lynn B. Homan of Irmo; her mother, Alice Kimball of Columbia; sisters, Mary K. Reed of Williston and Georgia K. Hanson of Columbia; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Muriel Bryant GRAY COURT A memorial Mass for Mur- iel C. Bryant, 82, of 214 Quail Road will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Laurens. Gray Funeral Home of Laurens is in Mrs. Bryant died Tuesday, 1996 at her home.
Born in St. Louis, she was a daughter of the late Fredrick J. and Della Agnes Wellborn Loeshe. She was a homemaker and a member of Family and Community Education Club and Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband, James Franklin Bryant of the home; sons, James T.
Hardy of Orlando, John A. and Paul A. Hardy, both of Gray Court, and Richard Bryant of Pembroke Pines, daughters, Dolores Snowberger of Webb City, Jean Marie Orme of North Miami, and Margie Ann Shields of Augusta; a brother, Fred Loeshe Jr. of Live Oak. sisters, Lorraine Schaffer of Miami and Helen Howell of Sebring, 25 grandchildren; and 19 greatgrandchildren.
Jim Burchfield WELLFORD Memorial services for James E. "Jim" Burchfield, 70, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church of Spartanburg. Memorials may be made to the church building fund.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel is in charge. Mr. Burchfield died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Evansville, he was a son of the late Earl James and Mary Jane Cabage Burchfield.
He was a graduate of Butler University and an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Surviving are sons, James Burchfield of Spartanburg and John Burchfield of Camden; and two grandchildren. Gertrude Butler VALRICO, Fla. Services for Gertrude F. Butler, 60, will be held at 2 p.m.
Friday at Stowers Brandon Chapel, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery of Tampa. Mrs. Butler died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Orangeburg, she was secretary and treasurer of Medical Diagnostic Services Inc.
Surviving are her husband, F. Paul Butler; daughters, Nina Dorsett of Valrico and Trudie Battle of Lithia; her mother, Alma Gertrude Harley of Orangeburg; brothers, Harold Jr. and Virgil Fairey, both of Orangeburg; and two grandchildren. Beatrice Lanier night at Crawford Funeral Home. Edna Clarke of Savannah died Sunday.
Plans will be announced by Martin's Funeral Home of Estill. George Hoyt Eaddy of Los Angeles, formerly of Lake City, died Dec. 27. Plans will be announced by Green's Funeral Home of Lake City. Lincoln Eaddy 71, of Lake City died Tuesday.
Plans will be announced by Green's Funeral Home. Mary Felder of 511 Johnson Columbia. died Tuesday. Plans will be an- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
Jerome W. "Fuzzy" Goforth, 72, of Columbia at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, with burial in Elmwood Memorial Gardens. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. Grace Hucks, 74, of Rock Hill at 2 p.m.
in Grandview Memorial Park. Greene Funeral Home is in charge. Willie Lee Johnson of Winston -Salem, N.C., at noon at Gilmore Funeral Home. Hines Funeral Home of Lamr is in charge locally. Louise H.
Koon, 85, of 100 Castle Era Carson ST. GEORGE Era Catherine Jackson Carson. 102, at 2:45 p.m. Thurs. at Peniel Baptist Church.
Visitation from 6 to 9 tonight at Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro. Mrs. Carson, late Fred Carson died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996.
Born in Dorchester County, she was a daughter of the late Christopher and Lucille Marchant Jackson. Surviving are sons, Fred Carson Jr. of St. George, Grady Carson of Hampton; daughters, Thelma Dixon of Columbus, Ohio, Rosa Lee and Stella Nettles, of St. George; 31 grandchildren; 63 greatgrandchildren; and 32 g-g-grandchildren.
Mickie Casey BATESBURG-LEESVILLE Services for Mickie Jones Casey, 38, of 147 Blue Poppy Road will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Kneece Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Maurice Smith and the Rev. Dean Hill. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Milton Shealy Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church. Mrs. Casey died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. Born in Aiken, she was a daughter of Henry L.
Jones and the late Emmie Dew Boatwright Jones. She was a secretary with Monetta Farrier Specialties and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Michael S. Casey; daughters, Jennifer and Cyndi Storey, both of Batesburg-Leesville; her father of Batesburg-Leesville; a brother, Alva "Bubba" Jones of Batesburg-Leesville; and a sister, Susan Bachelder of Batesburg-Leesville. Inez Chavis CHERAW Services for Inez Leviner Chavis, 65, will be held at 4 p.m.
today at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, 29709. Mrs. Chavis, wife of the late Clyde Chavis.
died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Marlboro County, she was a daughter of the late Whiteford and Nancy Jacobs Leviner. She was a homemaker. Surviving are sons, Ralph and Clyde Chavis, both of Wallace, and Danny Chavis of Cheraw; and three grandchildren.
Pauline Cogdill SUMTER Services for Pauline Osteen Brown Cogdill, 87, at 3 p.m. Thurs. at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home, with burial in Sumter Cemetery. Visitation. 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Mrs. Cogdill, wife of the late Steve Cogdill, died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born Pinewood, she was a daughter of the late Elec and Mollie McLeod Osteen. Surviving are sons, Carl Brown of Sumter and Jim Brown of Plano, Texas; daughters, Eugenia Bateman and Evelyn Lindsey, both of Orange Park, Shirley McCaskill of Summerton and JoAnn Wills of DeSoto, a brother, M.L.
Osteen of Sumter. Nathaniel Collins Sr. LEXINGTON Services for Nathaniel Col- lins 51, of 263 Andrew Corley Road will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel.
Memorials may be made to the church. Mr. Collins died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Page, W.Va., he was a son of the late Frank and Beatrice Warf Collins.
He retired from Columbia Post Office and was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. He was a former Mason and a member of Branch 233 of the National Association of Letter Carriers. Surviving are his wife, Dell Lorick Collins of Lexington; a son, Than Collins Jr. of Lexington; daughters, Tracy Anderson and Sandy Collins, both of Lexington; his stepmother, Fannie Lou Collins of Palatka, brothers, Lercy, Ike and David Collins and James Walter Gilmore, all of Palatka, and Frank Collins Jr. of Jacksonville, sisters, Fay Ansley of Ponte Vedra Beach, Jody Thomas of Palatka, Ethel Moore of Monroe, N.C., Barbara Browning of Bushnell, Sadie Gilmore of Chatahoochie, Sammie Jo Singleton of Pensacola, Linda Faye Gilmore of Okinawa, Japan, Clara Parrish of Mountain View, Yana Herold of Jacksonville, N.C., Mary Anisowicz of Siganella, Sicily, and Joan O'Connell of St.
Augustine, and grandchildren, Elaine, Carol and Joshua Anderson, all of Lexington. Naomi Cyrus TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Services for Naomi Bertee Cooper Cyrus, 60, formerly of Kingstree, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion United Methodist Church of Kingstree, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Dimery and Rogers Funeral charge.
Mrs. Cyrus died Saturday, Dec. 30, 1995. Born in Williamsburg County, she was a daughter of the late Christopher and Maggie Scott Cooper. Surviving are her husband, Woodrow Cyrus of Laurelton, N.Y.; sons, Curtis Cyrus of Long Island, N.Y., Gary Cyrus of Irving, Texas, and Roger and Terrill Cyrus, both of Brooklyn, N.Y.
nounced by Leevy's Funeral Home. Paden Fluitt, 68, of Salters died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by McClary's Funeral Home. Franklin Hagood, 73, of Muller Road, Blythewood, died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by Talbert-Shives Funeral Home.
Verla Smith Hodgeman, 76, of Columbia died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel. Mattie E. Jones Jacobs of 825 Tom Church Road, White Rock, at 2 p.m. at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church of Gilbert. Visitation will be after services. Memorials may be made to the church. Caughman Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is in charge. Hilda Gibson Lamond, 95, of Hartsville at 11 a.m.
at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. Friedrich Karl Neubert, 81, of Blythewood at 11 a.m. in St. Mark's Lutheran cemetery. Dunbar Funeral Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge.
Eva Young Owen, 85, of Swansea at 3:30 p.m. in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Cha- Mary Drawdy LEXINGTON Mary Magdalene Drawdy, 62, at 1 p.m. Thompson Funeral Home, visitation, 7 to 9 tonight. Mrs.
Drawdy, wife of the late Luther Drawdy died Monday. A daughter of Inis Sara S. Frier of Anniston, and the 1. late Homer Bobby Frier. Surviving: daughters, Diane Reed of Cayce, Cathy Alves of Providence, R.I., Barbara Neill, Deborah Jefferson, Brenda Gantt of Lexington; sons, Roger Marvin, Donald Drawdy of Lexington; sisters, Thelma Williamson of Anniston, Dorothy McMurray Piedmont, brothers, Lloyd Frier of Piedmont, William and Ralph Frier of Gaston, Leroy Frier of Cayce, Bobby Frier of Anniston.
Joseph Grant BRANCHVILLE Services for Joseph Grant, 31, of 168 Chip Road at 2 p.m. Thursday at Central United Methodist Church, burial in Peter Bowman Cemetery. Glover's Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Mr. Grant died Saturday, Dec.
30, 1995. Born in Orangeburg County, he was a son of Mollie Simpson Grant and the late Darris Grant II. Surviving: mother of Branchville; brothers, Darris Ill and Bee Grant, both of Branchville, Horace Grant of Columbia; sisters, Bernice Brown of Williams, Lucia Chilsom of Smoaks, Frances Grant of Columbia and Willie Mae Gadson, Carolyn, Linda and Mary Grant, all of Branchville. James Fisk DORCHESTER Services for James P. Fisk, 80, of 1658 Wire Road will be held at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Bryant Funeral Home, with burial in Dorchester Memory Gardens of Summerville. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Fisk died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996.
Born in Walterboro, he was a son of the late Harmon Isaac and Eula Hickman Fisk. Surviving are his wife, Eleanor Sanders Fisk; sons, J. Thomas Fisk of Norfolk, and Jason Lynch Dorchester; dauhgter, Cathy Varn of Charleston; a brother, H. Leonard Fisk of Dorchester; and two grandchildren. Mary Etta Hardee HEMINGWAY Services for Mary Etta Livingston Hardee, 89, will be held at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Morris Funeral Home, with burial in Old Johnsonville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hemingway First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 485, Hemingway, 29554. Mrs.
Hardee, wife of the late Klugh Nedo Huggins and Luther W. Hardee, died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996, in a Georgetown Nursing Center after a long illness. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late George Smith and Gulie Chewning Livingston. She was a graduate of Central High School of Lee County and Winthrop College and retired as a teacher, having taught in Aiken County from 1925 to 1927, Salley from 1927 to 1928, Richland County from 1928 to 1930 and in Florence County at Old Johnsonville.
Mrs. Hardee was a member of UDC Chapter 687 if Greenwood and Hemingway First Baptist Church, where she taught the Ladies Adult Class and Womens Missionary Union. She organized the Old Johnsonville Home Demonstration Club in 1931, where she served as president for several years. Surviving include sons, Ned Livingston Huggins and Kay Norris Huggins, both of Hemingway, William Elmer Huggins of Hickory, N.C., and Hugh Lovell Huggins of Myrtle Beach; sisters, Ruth Pilcher of High Point, N.C., and Esther Simmons of Greenwood; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Patricia Huffstetler COLUMBIA Services for Patricia K.
Huffstetler, 49, of 3516 Billingham Road will be held at 4 p.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Pomaria. Memorials may be made to Camp Hope. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home of Newberry is in charge.
Mrs. Huffstetler died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. 8 She was a daughter of the late Dewey and Virginia Martin Kingsmore and a former employee of Ellett Brothers. Surviving are a son, Michael Huffstetler; sisters, Sara Price of Pomaria and Ann Able of Newberry; a brother, Dale Kingsmore of Pomaria; and one grandchild.
Creek Road, Hopkins, died Monday. Plans will be announced by J.P. Holley Funeral Home. Serprener Clark Mabry of 1041 Cramer Drive, Columbia, died Monday. Plans will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel.
Vivian B. Minger, 91, of 887 Goff Ave. N.E., Orangeburg, died Friday, Plans will be announced by Glover's Funeral Home. James Williams Jr. of 222 Cromer Road, Lexington, died Monday.
Plans will be announced by Palmer Memorial Chapel. pel, is in charge. Donna Williams Shumpert of 112 Sweet Springs Court, Lexington, at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in Celestial Memorial Gardens. Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia is in charge.
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Horace Jackson DILLON Services for Horace Jackson, 67, held at 3 p.m. today at Cooper Funeral Home, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Jackson died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996 in St.
Eugene Community Hospital. Born in Dillon County on Oct. 17, 1928, he was a son of the late Shell and Lila Belle Dillon Jackson. He was an Air Force veteran and retired as owner of Horace Jackson's Supermarket. He was a farmer and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Jean C. Jackson of Dillon; daughters, Sidney Young Jackson of Rowland, N.C., and Barbara Jackson Minshew and Linda Jackson Skipper, both of Dillon; sisters, Amanda Hardwick of Floyd Loretta Jackson of Marshville. N.C., Clara J. Harrelson, Williams and Juanita J. all of Dillon; brothers, Hoyt Jackson of Dillon and Bishop Lee Jackson of Monroe, N.C.; seven grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.
Saul Jones Jr. FLORENCE Services for Saul E. Jones Jr. will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cumberland United Methodist Church, with burial in Florence National Cemetery.
Peoples Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Jones died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995 after an illness. Born in Florence County, he was a son of Saul Sr.
and Corene Jackson Jones of Florence. He was a 1951 graduate of Wilson High School and a 1954 bachelor of science graduate of Benedict College. He studied at the University of and received a master's degree in urban studies from Yale University. After serving in the Army, Saul relocated to Philadelphia, where he worked as a city medical researcher, state sanitarian, executive director of Hartranft Community Urban Center and regional training manager for the National Housing and Redevelopment Organization of Washington D.C. He retired a nursing home administrator with Faith Health Care Facility of Florence.
Community involvements include being a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. for 44 years, American Legion Post 22 of Florence, S.C. State Children's Bureau Commission and an active volunteer in many local, state and national political wife. Yvonne sosurviving formerly Charleston; children, Glenn (Linda) Jones, Camilla Jones (Chris) Bruce and Robyn C. Jones, all of Florence; a brother, Franklin (Judy) Jones of Florence; a nephew, Linwood Jones of Florence; an adopted sister, Virginia Morris of Philadelphia; aunts, Dr.
Vashti Smith and Marthenia Jackson, both of Florence; two brothers-in-law; and five grandchildren. Lucille Kelly LUGOFF Services for Lucille Branham Kelly, 82, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Springvale Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Paul Bullington and the Rev. Louie McDonald, with burial in Pine Grove Baptist Church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 tonight at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Mrs. Kelly, wife of the late Garner kelly, died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late William B.
and Elizabeth Peake Branham. She was a member of Springvale Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Fay K. Hornsby of Lugoff; sisters, Melita Elliott and Annie Kelly, both of Lugoff; four grandchildren, Cheryl Smith, Rebecca Burdette, Priscilla Clarke and Phillip L. Hornsby, all of Lugoff; and five greatgrandchildren, Amanda Smith, Caitlin Clarke, Jacob Clarke, Robby Hornsby and Dennis Hornsby.
Thurman Landers Sr. WINNSBORO Services for Thurman S. Landers 63, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Oaklawn Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Jay R.
Smith. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Pope Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Peachtree Hospice of Atlanta. Mr.
Landers died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996 at home. Born in Habersham County, he was a son of Sanford H. Landers and the late Lottie Pruitt Landers. He was a 12-year veteran of the Air Force and Army and received the Purple Heart for injuries in the Korean War.
He was a food service advisor with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 19 years and was president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Correctional Food Service Association. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene, Winnsboro. Surviving are his wife, Mildred Pullen Landers; his father of Mount Airy, sons, Wesley O. and Thurman Landes both of Tucker, and Terry, Michael and Timothy Landers, all of Granbury, Texas; and sisters, Lorna Reece, Jean Gambrell and Sue Watkins, all of Mount Airy, Ga. BEAUFORT Services for Beatrice Williamson Lanier, 78, will be held at 11 a.m.
today at Anderson Funeral Home, with burial in Beaufort National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or Beaufort Area Support Group for Alzheimers. Mrs. Lanier died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995.
Born in Garfield, she was a daughter of the late James Lawton Jr. Surviving are sons, Ronald Lanier of Beaufort and James Lanier of Lodge; daughters, Mary Rawls and Shirley Ann Bowling, both of Havelock, N.C.; 11 grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. Jeremiah Leake GARDEN CITY BEACH Jeremiah Francis Victor Leake, 91, at 11 a.m. today at St. Michaels Catholic burial Friday in St.
Peters Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y. Visitation 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. today, Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel. Mr. Leake died Monday, Jan.
1. Born in New York, a son of the late Henry and Mary C. Leake. He retired as a New York City police detective. Surviving are his wife, Anna G.
Leake; sons, Jeremiah Leake of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Michael Leake, Red Bank, N.J.: daughters, Marie DiCapua, Ann McCabe, Helen Matejovic, Surfside Beach; 32 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. Melissa Lightsey GREENVILLE Service for Melissa Lynn Lightsey, 27, will be held Thursday at 11 am in Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Memorial Garden at Richland Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be Wednesday 7- 9 pm at the funeral home. Miss Lightsey died Monday, January 1, 1996.
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, she was the daughter of Kay Roberts Minsky and the late Ernest Lightsey, Jr. She was a graduate of Irmo High School, an honor graduate of USC and an honor graduate of Tulane University where she earned a master's degree in Business Administration. Surviving are her mother and step-father, Stephen and Kay Minsky of Columbia: paternal grandmother, Annie S. Minsky of Worcester, Massachusetts; and maternal grandmother, Evelyn M. Roberts of Jacksonville, Florida.
Geraldine Lowery LANCASTER Memorial services for Geral- dine Breedlove Lowery, 64, of 610 Normandy Road at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to the church. Cauthen Funeral Home, Lancaster Chapel, is in charge. Mrs.
Lowery died Monday, Jan. 1, 1996. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Thomas and Ollie Griffith Breedlove Dyson. Surviving are sons, Russell Lowery of Cayce and Steve Lowery of Lancaster; her stepfather, Alfred Dyson of Lancaster; sisters, Jean Johnson of Athens, and Shirley Ann Siegler of Aiken; and two grandchildren. Christine McClain NEW ELLENTON Services for Christine R.
McClain, 87, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Southlawn Cemetery of Aiken. Visitation from 7 to 9 tonight at George Funeral Home, Southside Chapel. Mrs. McClain, wife of the late James McClain, died Monday, Jan.
1, 1996. Born in Clarksburg, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Costanzo and Margurite Ribero. She was a homemaker. Surviving are a son, Robert L. Ogden of New Ellenton; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two nephews; and two nieces.
Funeral Announcements MR. CARSON: Graveside funeral services for Mr. Harold Withers Carson will be held at 11 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning at Southland Memorial Gardens. MRS. SHUMPERT: Funeral services for Mrs.
Donna Williams Shumpert will be held at 11 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning in Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church. Interment will follow at Celestial Memorial Gardens. MRS. DIAL: Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Carolyn Lovett Dial will be held at o'clock this (Wednesday) afternoon at Southland Memorial Gardens.
Thompson Funeral Home WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS GERVAIS STREET CHAPEL MRS. MEYSSEN: Funeral Mass of Mrs. Ellie Gibson widow of Mr. Edmund J.
Meyssen, will be held in St. Peter's Catholic Church this (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery. MRS.
GIANNAROS: Funeral service of Mrs. Pauline Hockensmith Giannaros, widow of Mr. Thomas J. Giannaros, will be held in Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church this (Wednesday) morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Bush River Memorial Gardens.
MR. NEUBERT: Funeral service of Mr. Friedrich Karl Neubert will be held at the graveside in St. Mark's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Blythewood, this (Wednesday) morning at 11 o'clock. MR.
GOFORTH: Funeral service of Mr. Jerome W. Goforth will First Presbyterian Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Elmwood Memorial Gardens with masonic rites. MRS.
AVINGER: Funeral service of Mrs. Frances Haltiwanger Avinger, widow of Mr. Robert L. Avinger, will be held at the graveside in Elmwood Memorial Gardens this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. MRS.
OWEN: Funeral service of Mrs. Eva Young Owen, widow of Mr. Robert James Owen, will be held 1 at the graveside in Greenlawn Memorial Park this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME A Family Commitment. 110 Years.
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