a a of of of of of of of of of of of 4-A The S.C., Monday, February 3, 1986 Tallye H. Shealy, former magistrate Deaths and Funerals POMARIA Tallye Hugh Shealy, 73, died Saturday. Born in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Joseph Marion and Alice Epting Shealy. He was the owner and manager of Shealy Brother General Merchandise for 38 years. He was a former magistrate for Pomaria and a member of Little Mountain Masonic Lodge 1 No.
281, AFM, and Pomaria Lutheran Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Minnie Lee Boland Shealy; a daughter, Mrs. Craig (Rebecca Rae) Weber of Pomaria; sisters, Mrs. Rubye Glymph and Mrs.
Mabel Cromer of Pomaria, Mrs. Louise Corbett and Mrs. Dorothy Boyd of Columbia and Mrs. Mary E. Doolittle of Spartanburg; brothers, Roy Shealy of Pomaria, Charles R.
and Grady Shealy of Irmo and Marion Shealy of Myrtle Beach; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pomaria Lutheran Church, with burial in Pomaria Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Pomaria Lutheran Church building fund. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. SUMTER Creed J. Towery, 81, died Sunday. Born in Cleveland County, N.C., he was a son of the late William J.
Nelia Panther Towery. He was a member of Lattimore Baptist Church in Lattimore, N.C., and a retired farmer. He was married to the late Mrs. Zinnie Bailey Towery. Surviving are sons, Ray and Don G.
Towery of Sumter; a daughter, Mrs. Edith T. Eaker of Fort Wayne, a brother, Glenn G. Towery of Sumter; a sister, Mrs. Mae Tessneer of Bessemer City, N.C.; grandchildren; and be prelate at 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Elmore-Hill Funeral Home, Sumter, with burial at 4 p.m. in Lattimore Baptist Church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
today at the funeral home and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Towery, Old Manning Road. Mrs. Hattie N.
Nelson Death notices continue on 5-A former magistrate Creed J. Towery POMARIA Death notices Bledsoe rites JOHNSTON Services for Mrs. Ruby Williams Bledsoe will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dry Creek Baptist Church, with burial in Sunset Memory Gardens in Langley. Mrs.
Bledsoe, 72, wife of Monroe P. Bledsoe died Saturday. Clark-Bland Funeral Home is in charge. William P. Petty BEAUFORT William P.
Petty, 87, died Saturday. Born in Bowling Green, he was a son of the late William and Laura Wilson Petty. He was the retired supervisor of the Board of Public Works in Bowling Green. He was a member of Bowling Green Presbyterian Church and a Mason. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Sally Smith Petty; brothers, Neil Petty of Greenwood and Clarence Petty of Greenville; and a sister, Mrs. Joe Jackson of Bowling Green. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Anderson Funeral Home, with burial at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Gardens in Gaffney.
Mrs. Merritt Chavis LAKE CITY Mrs. Hazel Evelou Chavis, 70, wife of Merritt Chavis, died Saturday. Born in Georgetown County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. J.
Benjamine and Janie Courtney Oliver. She was a member of Newtown Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband; a son, James Chavis of Lake City; sisters, Mrs. A.J. Vause of Florence and Mrs.
Neola Russell of Rockingham, N.C.; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Newtown Free Will Baptist Church, with burial in Lake City Memorial Park. Floyd Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs.
Thelma P. Butler GREENWOOD Mrs. Thelma Price Butler, 73, widow of James Andrew Butler, died Saturday. Born in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late Jack and Rebecca Cockrell Price. She was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills and attended Blyth Road Church God of Prophecy.
Surviving are a stepson, Herman Butler of Atlanta; stepdaughters, Miss Frances Butler of Greenwood and Mrs. Jennie Butler of Atlanta; and brothers, Rufus Price of Saluda and Sam Price of Greenwood. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Faith Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in the Good Hope Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. today at Harley Funeral Home. Mrs. Estelle D. Bowers SILVERSTREET Mrs.
Estelle Dominick Bowers, 87, widow of Pink Evans Bowers died Sunday. Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph B. and Rosanna Elizabeth Nichols Dominick. She was a member of Silverstreet Lutheran Church. Surviving are a son, P.
Evans Bowers Jr. of Silverstreet; sisters, Mrs. Olin (Fannie) Mrs. Herman (Eva) McDowell of Spartanburg and Mrs. Virgil (Sarah) Stilwell of Clinton; brothers, George S.
Dominick of Gaffney and J. Allen Dominick of Silverstreet; grandsons; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Silverstreet Lutheran Church. Memorials may be made to Saluda Nursing Home or the Silverstreet Lutheran Church cemetery fund.
McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is in charge. William T. Gales Jr. HAMER William Thomas Gales 60, died Sunday. Born in Robertson County, N.C., he was a son of the late William Thomas and Mable McLean Gales Sr.
He was a retired truck driver. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Kate Gales; daughters, Mary K. Gales of Hamer and Mrs. Monahan Miss.
of Dillon; sons, Tommy and LeGrant Gales of Dillon and Jimmy and Johnny Gales of Hamer; sisters, Misses Martha A. and Lillie M. Gales of Florida and Mrs. Louise Brigman of Mullins; brothers, Leroy Gales of Midway, N.C., Bobby Gales of Mullins, James Gales of Raleigh, N.C., Hilton Gales of Lumberton, N.C., and Bill Gales of High Point, N.C.; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 4 p.m.
Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Home, with burial in Midway Presbyterian Cemetery in Roland, N.C. James M. Smart ORANGEBURG James M. Smart, 83, died Sunday. Born in Hutherfordton County, N.C., he was a son of the late William and Martha Smawley Smart.
He was a retired engineer with the Tennessee State Highway Department and a member of First Baptist Church of Orangeburg, Layman Sunday School Class and the Christian Men's Fellowship. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gladys Wolfe Smart; and a sister, Mrs. Ora Andrews of Spindale, N.C. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home, with burial in the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Orangeburg Family Life Center. Mrs. Estelle F. McCravy GREENWOOD Mrs.
Estelle Fouche McCravy, 87, widow of Lewis E. McCravy, died Sunday. Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late W. Warren and Malissa Franklin Fouche. She was a retired employee of W.L.
Leary Firestone Store and a member of Coronaca Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, Miss Nita Fouche of Greenwood; and nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Coronaca Baptist Church, with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.
Benjamin S. Clarkson, aided medical research MYRTLE BEACH Benjamin Sommers Clarkson, 54, died Sunday. Born in Louisville, he was a son of the late Cecil W. and Esther Riley Clarkson. He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean conflict and a postal clerk with the U.S.
Post Office for 30 years. He was a member of Myrtle Beach Masonic Lodge No. 353, the Dunes Golf and Beach Club and First United Methodist Church. In 1984 the Ben Clarkson-Lou GehrigALS Golf Tournament was started at Baytree Golf Club to raise funds for research for Lou Gehrig disease. Surviving are a brother, Cecil W.
Clarkson Jr. of Myrtle Beach; and a sister, Mrs. Lady E. Green of Myrtle Beach. Services will be held at 3 p.m.
Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, with burial in Ocean Woods Cemetery. Memorials may be made to ALS Society (Lou Gehrig disease) of America in of Mrs. Wayne Floyd, 6210 Tindal Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29577. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at Bullard Funeral Home. Jackson R. Cousins, 78, owner of grocery stores Jackson R. Cousins, 78, of Route 1, Chapin, died Sunday.
Born in Newberry County, he was a son of the late John Henry and Ila Cromer Cousins. He was the retired owner of Suburban Food Stores in Columbia and a member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church, and the LCM. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd Cousins; a daughter, Mrs.
Fred C. (Norvice) Gilbert of Saluda, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. George B. (Ila Mae) Brehmer of Newberry; brothers, James C. Cousins of Simpsonville and Marion and Frank Cousins of Newberry; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. Thomas Lutheran Church. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Whitaker Funeral Home of Newberry.
Plans will be announced by the funeral home. Joseph N. Allston HARTSVILLE Joseph North Allston, 85, died Saturday. Born in McCormick County, he was a son of the late Joseph N. and Victoria Augusta McIntosh Allston.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a retired automobile dealer. Surviving are his widow, Lillis McCollum Allston; a daughter, Mrs. Adele A. King of Columbia; a son, Joseph H. Allston of Hartsville; a sister, Miss Mary L.
Allston of Columbia; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. today in Magnolia Cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs.
Sue B. McLauchlin NORTH MYRTLE BEACH Mrs. Sue Beatrice McLauchlin, 82, widow of Charles Harold McLauchlin, died Sunday. Mrs. McLauchlin was the daughter of the late C.L.
and Maggie Gregg Smith. She was former manager of Cherry, Grove Fishing Pier and a member King of Glory Lutheran Church. Surviving are sons, Charles H. McLauchlin Jr. of Charleston, Capt.
Poo McLauchlin of North Myrtle Beach, Dick McLauchlin of Hope Mills, N.C., and Lynn McLauchlin of New Bloomfield, grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Southeastern Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Windy Hill, North Myrtle Beach. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or Sea Haven Home in North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. Hardwick Funeral Home of Loris is in charge.
Kirby rites MULLINS Services for Lamar Grady Kirby will be held at 2 p.m. today at Meares Funeral Home, with burial in Cedardale Cemetery. Mr. Kirby, 76, died Saturday. Born in Marion County, he was a son of the late William Jule and Florence Kersey Kirby.
He was a farmer. Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Bertha K. Ford of Dillon, Miss Annie Mae Kirby of Charleston and Mrs. Lurleen K.
Hanks of Lexington, Ky. Walter B. Bailey DILLON Walter Brad Bailey, 4-year-old son of James Walter and Nancy Lou Hargrove Bailey, died Saturday. Surviving are his parents of Dillon; a brother, Christopher A. Bailey of Dillon; his maternal grandparents, Lacy Hargrove of Dillon and Mrs.
Sara McCrae of Dillon; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bailey of Dillon; his maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and ry Lester Ivey of Dillon; and his paternal great-grandmother, Mrs.
Annie Bailey of McColl. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Home, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Paul G.
Gillespie LANCASTER Mrs. Carolee W. Gillespie, 85, wife of Paul G. Gillespie, died Saturday. Born in Polk County, N.C., she was a daughter of the Elbert and Sarah Dimsdale Whiteside.
She was a member of Second Baptist Church, where she was a former teacher, Sunday school junior department director and WMU director. She was a former Red Cross volunteer. Surviving are her husband; daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) Gerace of Rock Hill, Mrs. Mitchell (Reba) Parker of Lancaster and Mrs.
Dr. (Mary) Scott of Greenwood; grandchildren; and greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Second Baptist Church, with burial in Lancaster Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church.
Mahaffey Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Carlisle Habenicht, 101, was deputy Richland treasurer WHITE ROCK nephews; and a great-great-greatMrs. Carlisle Caughman niece. Habenicht, 101, widow of John Henry Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Habenicht, died Saturday. Tuesday in the Christ Chapel at WashBorn in Mount Willing, she was a ington Street United Methodist late Bankston Liv- Church, conducted by the Revs. daughter of the ingston and Diana Aycock Caughman. Douglas A. Bowling and Joseph S.
She attended Winthrop College and Harvard. Burial will be in Elmwood was employed with the telephone Cemetery. In 1921 she joined the staff Pallbearers will be John S. company. of the Richland Treasurer's O'Brien F.
Porter III, Marvin County Office, where she worked for 43 and S. Wright Caughman and Edgar She was deputy treasurer when L. and W.D. Morris. years.
she retired. She was a member of Memorials may be made to CaroStreet Baptist Church. lina Children's Home. Washington Surviving are nieces and nephews, The family will receive friends at and great-nephews; the home of Mrs. James B.
great-nieces great-great-nieces and great-great- Caughman, 3530 Monroe St. Mrs. Kate W. Gibson Gardner G. Abercrombie Mrs.
Kate Wright Gibson, 92, of McCORMICK Batesburg, widow 1 of Dr. W.T. Gibson, died Sunday. Born in Batesburg, she was a daughter of the late Henry Thomas and Julia Bates Wright. She was a member of St.
John's United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and United Methodist Women. She attended Winthrop College. are daughters, Mrs. Julia Chase Springs, and Mrs. Surviving, Norris (Katherine) Hook of Leesville; a son, Dr.
Henry W. Gibson of Barnwell; a sister, Mrs. Frances Bissitte of Bailey, N.C.; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Batesburg Cemetery, conducted by the Revs.
John Rush, Carl Frazier and Glen Everette. Memorials may be made to the St. John's United Methodist Church building fund or a charity of one's choice. Barr Funeral Home of Leesville is in charge. Mrs.
Lenora B. Jones Mrs. Lenora "Nora" Brown Jones, 92, of 920 Meeting West Columbia, died Sunday. Born in Fairfield County, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Delaney Muse Brown. She was a member of Brookland United Methodist Church and the Aimwell Sunday School Class.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Margaret J. King of Bethune and Mrs. Marie Barwick of Sumter; sons, Cramer Jones of Bethune and Charles R. and F.N.
"Sam" Jones of West Columbia; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; greatgreat-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia, conducted by the Rev. George M. Riser.
Burial will be in the Mount Tabor Lutheran Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Ms.
Omie E. Hood FORT MILL Ms. Omie Elliott Hood, 78, died Saturday. Born in York County, she was a daughter of the late Robert Marcellus and Mollie Bertha Hood. She was a past employee of Springs Industries.
Surviving are brothers, Olin James M. and Frank P. Hood of Fort Mill. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at St.
John's United Methodist Church, with burial in Unity Cemetery. Wolfe Funeral Home is in charge. Wallace J. Connell FLORENCE Wallace J. Connell, 65, died Sunday.
Born in Florence County, he was son of the late Myers and Ethel Jones Connell. He was a retired mailroom employee at McLeod Regional Medical Center and a member of Hebron Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II. (Ruth) Matthews of Scranton; and Surviving, are a sister, Mrs. Eugene nephews.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Hebron Baptist Church. Brockington Funeral Home is in charge. Miss E. Hope Craig CAMDEN Miss E.
Hope Craig, 64, died Saturday. Born Newport News, she was a daughter of Mrs. Addie B. Smiley and the late Ernest E. Craig.
She was a member Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her mother of Camden; a brother, Robert E. Craig of Camden; and nieces, Susan C. Carnes of Bishopville and Mary C. Watts of Augusta.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the Midlands Center in Columbia. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge. Otis Ryant Jr.
ORANGEBURG Otis Ryant 68, died Thursday. Born in Orangeburg County, he was a son of the late Otis and Jessie Cleckley Ryant Sr. He was a member of Good Hope AME Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Annette Pendarvis Ryant; sons, John Ryant of Cope and Shellie Ryant of Corona, N.Y.; daughters, Mrs.
Jesse Moorer, Mrs. Emmar R. Jennings, Mrs. Nancy Coleman of Cope and Mrs. Carolyn Parker of Cordova; sisters, Mrs.
Viola Johnson and Mrs. Rebecca Curry of Orangeburg; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Good Home AME Church in Cope. Simmons Funeral Home is in charge.
Theodore R. Hubbard ORANGEBURG Theodore R. Hubbard, 81, died Friday. Born in Dillon, he was a son of the late Harrison and Hannah Paige Hubbard. He was a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the administrative board, the finance committee and United Methodist Men.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rosa. J. Hubbard; sons, F. Roosevelt Hubbard of Aiken and the Rev.
Wendell G. and Elbert G. Hubbard of Orangeburg; a daughter, Mrs. Emily H. Scoville of Orangeburg; sisters, Mrs.
Ruth Robinson of Orangeburg and Mrs. Rachael Claiborne of Savannah; brothers, Robert, Ebbie, Joseph and Hiram Hubbard of Orangeburg; and grandchildren. will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Jamison, with burial in Bellville Memorial Gardens. Bythewood Funeral Home is in charge.
A A Gardner Gray Abercrombie, 81, died LAURENS Mrs. Hattie Sue Nelson Nelson, 90, widow of Wade Fowler Nelson, died Sun- day. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Emma Sue Weathers Nelson. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and a former teacher of the Frankie Fowler Sunday School Class. She was a retired employee of Laurens Mills.
Surviving are a son, Ralph J. Nelson of Laurens; daughters, Mrs. Nannie N. Harvey of Laurens and Mrs. Annie Sue N.
Minor of Enoree; brothers, Dexter and Albert Nelson of Laurens; a sister, Mrs. Lila Grubbs of Greer; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today at New Prospect Baptist Church, with burial in the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church cemetery. The body will be at the home of Ralph J.
Nelson, Route 4, Cold Point Community, Laurens. Kennedy Mortuary is in charge. Mrs. Myrtle R. Crider ST.
MATTHEWS Mrs. Myrtle R. Crider, 70, widow of W. Harold Crider, died Sunday. Born in Calhoun County, she was a daughter of the late John and Addie Hair Rickenbaker.
She was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Robert Crider of St. Matthews and Linwood Crider of Florence; daughters, Mrs. Helen Williams of Gladstone, Miss Addie Crider and Mrs. Pat Felder of St.
Matthews, Mrs. Carolyn Wayne of Jerome, and Mrs. Lois Heath of Homer, N.Y.; sister, Mrs. Jessie Crider of St. Matthews; a half sister, Mrs.
Vera Jackson of St. Matthews; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to the Gethsemane Baptist Church cemetery fund.
Dukes-Harley Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge. Victor Johnson Victor Johnson, 57, died Sunday. Born in Horry County, he was a son of Mrs. Vick Allen Johnson and the late George Washington Johnson. He was a farmer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Georgia Mae Johnson Johnson; a son, Victor D. Johnson of Aynor; daughters, Mrs. Brenda Williamson of Aynor and Mrs. Bob (Linda) Hudson of Elgin; his mother of Aynor; sisters, Mrs.
B.R. (Vera) Jones and Mrs. Virginia Kroger of Aynor, Mrs. Millard (Evelyn) Williams of Columbia and Mrs. James (Texie Lee) Randolph of Rock Hill; and grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Berea Baptist Church. Goldfinch Funeral Home is in charge. David L. Harrell FLORENCE David Leon Harrell, 61, died Sunday.
Born in Florence, he was a son of the late Fred F. and Lela Christian Harrell. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Doris Watford Harrell; a daughter, Mrs.
Marilyn H. Stewart of Florence; sons, David L. Jr. and Wesley F. Harrell of Florence; brothers, Fred Harrell Jr.
of Tuscaloosa, Randolph and Marvin Harrell of Chicago; sisters, Mrs. Alice F. Pritchard of Florence, Mrs. Miriam Burks and Mrs. Shelby McDermott of Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs.
Lorrine McDowell of Reedsville, N.C.; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church. Waters Funeral Home is in charge. Willie F.
Galloway DARLINGTON Willie F. Galloway, 94, died Sunday. Born in Darlington County, he was a son of the late John and Anna Howle Galloway. He was a retired farmer and a member of Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church, where he was in the Men's Sunday School Class. He was married to the late Mrs.
Louise Rhodes Galloway. Surviving son, Clifton and Raymond Galloway Darlington; daughters, are, Mrs. Oscar (Mildred) Blackmon of Columbia and Mrs. Clint (Lois) Davis of Darlington; a brother, Toy Galloway of Goldhill, N.C.; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 4 p.m.
today at Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church, with burial in Grove Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church. Belk-Davis Funeral Home is in charge. Franklin M. Pridgeon NORTH MYRTLE BEACH Franklin Marshall Pridgeon, 36, died Saturday.
Born in Florence, he was a son of the late Early Q. and Joyce Boswell Pridgeon Jr. He received his degree in industrial management from Georgia Tech and was a construction superintendent at South Ron Development Co. He was a member of First Southern Methodist Church in Florence. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Jandira Silver Prado Pridgeon; a brother, Jody Pridgeon of Sunset Beach, N.C.; and a sister, Mrs. Kathy Stewart of Florence. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Bullard Funeral Home, with burial at 2 p.m. in Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence.
Saturday. Born in Florence County, he was a son of the late Auston and' Zela Davis Abercrombie. He was a member of McCormick United Methodist Church and an honorary member of the administrative council. He was a retired rural mail carrier and served as a major in the Army. He was a member of McCormick Exchange Club and the American Legion.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Alberta Wise Abercrombie; a daughter, Miss Robbie "Bobbie" Abercrombie of West Columbia; a son, Lt. Cmdr. Gray Abercrombie of Jacksonville, sisters, Mrs. Rubye Jones of North, Mrs.
Clara Bulin of Cornelia, N.C., Mrs. Erin Balolock of New London, N.C., and Mrs. Rucie Cobb of Winston-Salem, N.C.; a brother, Worth Abercrombie of Pickens; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at McCormick United Methodist Church, with burial at 4:30 p.m.
at Ebenezer Cemetery in Trenton. Strom Funeral Home is in charge. Robert A. Sprouse Sr. Mrs.
Lueda Montgomery, retired schoolteacher HARTSVILLE Mrs. Lueda Flowers Montgomery, 77, widow of Lawton Montgomery, died Thursday. Born in Richland County, she was a daughter of the late James and Rachel Flowers. She received her B.A. degree from Benedict College and her master's degree from North Carolina State.
She was a retired schoolteacher. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church and president of the United Methodist Women, District Office of South Carolina Conference. She was a member of Pride Pop Committee and organized a nutrition site for the elderly. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Lillie Walton of Hartsville; and a brother, John Flowers of Jamaica, N.Y.
Services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Centenary United Methodist Church, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Young and Young Funeral Home was in charge. Johnny F. Smith SALUDA Johnny F.
Smith, 55, died Sunday. Born in Edgefield County, he was a son of the late Fell and Zeephie Doolittle Smith. He was a retired employee of Milliken Mills and was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a member of Chestnut Hill Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Cecil (Annie) Whittle of Saluda; sons, Johnny W. Smith of Ward and Wyman F. and Robert 0. Smith of Taylors; sisters, Mrs. James (Nannie) Denby and Mrs.
Felix (Janie) Someillan of Saluda; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Chestnut Hill Baptist Church. The body will be at the home of Mrs. Annie Whittle, Route 2, Box 541, Saluda.
Ramey Funeral Home is in charge. Clarence W. Player Jr. GREENSBORO, N.C. Clarence Wesley Player 64, formerly of Hartsville, died Sunday.
Born in Sumter County, S.C., he was a son of Clarence Wesley and Mrs. Effie Keels Player Sr. He was a mechanic at Leo's Trailor Rentals, a veteran of World War II and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Pauline Grimes I Player; sons, Carey W.
and Bill B. Player of Greensboro; his parents of Hartsville; sisters, Mrs. Janet Allen of Charleston and Mrs. Barbara Hartsell Darlington; brothers, Wayne Player of Hartsville and Terrel Player of Atlanta; and grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Hillcrest Baptist Church, with burial in Lakeview Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to the Gideon Foundation. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home, North Elm Street Chapel.
Mrs. Melvin Mitchell EDGEMOOR Mrs. Doris Brown Mitchell, 61, wife of Melvin Mitchell, died Sunday. Born in Taylorsville, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Walter and Ethel Brown. She was retired from the Celanese Corp.
spinning department and was a member of Mount Holly United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband; sons, Joe Campbell of Ladson and Jim Campbell of Lancaster; a brother, Bob Brown of Concord, N.C.; sisters, Margaret Shofner of Charlotte and Mrs. Evelyn Heinzeling of Lancaster, and a grandson. Services will be p.m. today in the Mount Holly United Methodist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Mount Holly United Methodist Church. Bass Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Kathy Sears Mrs. Kathy Sears, 68, of 813 S.
Maple widow of Virgil M. Sears, died Saturday. Born in Noblesville, she was a daughter of the late Perry and Muriel McVey Cooper. She was a retired selfemployed dog groomer and a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church.
Surviving are sons, Dr. James T. Sears of Columbia and David Sears of Hazen, N.D.; a daughter, Ms. Jane R. Coombs of Indiana; brothers, Donald Cooper of Indiana and Ormond Cooper of Minnesota; and grandchildren.
Private services will be held. Memorials may be made to the Baptist Medical Center Hospice Program. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. LAURENS Robert Allen Sprouse 62, died Sunday. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Joel F.
and Daisy Cannon Sprouse. He was a member of New Prospect Baptist, Church and a veteran of World He was a retired employee of Torrington Bearing Co. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lucille Putnam Sprouse; a daughter, Mrs. Brenda Porter of Laurens; sons, Kenneth Sprouse of Laurens and Bobby Sprouse of Mount Gilead, N.C.; sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cooper of Ware Shoals, Mrs. Ann Smith of Joanna, Mrs. Ruby Knight of Owings and Mrs. Etta Benjamin of Mountville; brothers, Luke and Paul Sprouse ofLaurens; and grandchildren. Plans will be announced by Kennedy Mortuary.
AYNOR Williams rites Services for Mrs. Durrett Lipscomb Williams will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Douglas A. Bowling.
Burial will be at noon in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Pallbearers will be Paul Waites, Clayton E. Sr. and Lee C. Tapp, Ed Hahn, Dan Hicks and Curtis Schumpert.
Memorials may be made to the Ameri-. can Cancer Society. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Williams, 67, of Jamestowne Apartments, died Saturday. Ninety Six, she was a daughter of the late Durrett and Nelle Moore Lipscomb. She was a retired manager of the Trenholm Plaza Branch of James L. Tapp Co.
taught in Ninety Six and Charleston. She served as secretary-treasurer of the Southeastern Cotton and Seed Association for 37 years. She was a member of Washington Street United Methodist Church. Holoride Mullinax Jr. LEBANON Holoride "Sonny" Mullinax 46, died Sunday.
Born in Berkeley County, he was a son of the Holoride and Bertah Clark Mullinax Sr. He was a member of Cyprus Methodist Church and shipping clerk of Westvaco. He was an Army veteran. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jill S.
Mullinax of Summerville; sons, Michael D. Mullinax of Lebanon and Christopher S. Mullinax of Summerville; his parents of Whitesville; sisters, Mrs. Laura Beasley and Mrs. Joyce Bennett of Moncks Corner and Mrs.
Jean Clark of Cross; a brother, Andrew L. Mullinax of Moncks Corner. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cyprus United Methodist Church. Dial-Murray Funeral Home is in charge.
Mrs. Sarah L. Rowell LORIS Mrs. Sarah Lucille Rowell, 79, widow of Marion Willoughby Rowell, died Sunday. Born in Marion County, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Flora Atkinson Jordan.
She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Wayne Rowell of North Myrtle Beach and Wendell Rowell of Loris; daughters, Mrs. Edna E. Hinson of Green Sea, Mrs. Mary Grace Dowling Nahunta, Mrs.
Mildred Lee of North Myrtle Beach, Mrs. Shirley Williamson of Augusta and Mrs. Barbara Blanton of Loris; brothers, Forrest Jordan of Sumter Jordan of Lake Michigan, sisters, Mrs. Inez Deese and Mrs. Irene Scott of Tampa, grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery in Nichols. Hardwick Funeral Home is in charge. Funeral Announcements GERVAIS STREET CHAPEL MR. HELDERMAN: Funeral service of Mr.
James Francis Helderman will be held in Dunbar Funeral Home, GERVAIS STREET CHAPEL, this (Monday) morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C. at 3:30 o'clock. DUNBAR Funeral Home of L. He S.
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