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B4 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1999 THE STATE, COLUMBIA, S.C. Martin Adams COLUMBIA Graveside services for Martin L. (Luke) Adams, 76, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, Bush River Memorial Gardens.

3.988 CaughmanHarman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel in charge. Mr. Adams died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. Born in Saluda, he was the son of the late Manuel and Effie Henderson Adams.

He was retired from Atlantic Bottling Co. Surviving are his wife, Mary Davis Adams of Columbia; daughter, Kim Adams of Pomaria; grandson, Shane Rogers of Pomaria. Eugene Alspach TRAVELERS REST Services for Eugene Heroze Alspach, Mortuary 75, is in will charge. be private. The Mr.

Alspach died Saturday. Born in Huntington County, he was a son of the late Ivan and Vera Sands Alspach. Surviving are his wife, Patsy Ann McCumber Alspach of the home; daughters, Susan Gene Willis and Rebecca Ison both of Travelers Rest and Peggy Gressley of Easley; half-brothers, Melvin Wilson of Travelers Rest, Russell Wilson Wawaka, Ind. and Harold Wilson of Ossian, half-sister, Betty Jean Hibbert of Huntington, nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Robert Amerson HARTSVILLE Services for Robert L.

Amerson, 74, of Tema Road, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Liberty Hill Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. James E. Beck the Rev.

James R. Samuel, and the Rev. Clarence Elmore will officiate. Norton Funeral Home is in charge. Mr.

Amerson died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Born in Darlington County, he was a son of Willie Lawton and Hettie Davis Amerson. He retired from Liberty Life Insurance Co. after 31 years of service.

He was a member of Liberty Hill Baptist Church where he was a deacon and a Sunday school teacher. Surviving are his wife, Lois Truett Amerson of Hartsville; sons, Robbie Amerson, Robbie Amerson both of Hartsville, Don Amerson of Timmonsville; brothers, James Amerson Hartsville, Ray Amerson of Gainesville, sister, Ethelyne Ward of Florence; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter Patsy Gainey. Carolyn Anderson ROCK HILL Services for Carolyn June Kish Anderson, 57, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Greene Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Grandview Memorial Park.

The Rev. Bill Shytle will officiate. Visitation is tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Anderson died Sunday.

She was born in Bridgeport, Conn. She was a systems analyst with Day Zimmerman at the DuPont offices in Charlotte. Surviving are daughters, Debbie Davis of Lampe, Kim Reber of Greenwood and Jennifer Bowling of Charlotte; brother, Jules Kish of Connecticut; two grandchildren. Robbie Baker PAGELAND Services for Robbie J. Baker, 25, will be held at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Flemming Funeral Home of Pageland is in charge. Mr. Baker was a son of Mabel Baker and the late Charles Wilson Baker.

Surviving are his mother; sisters, Alberta Sinclair, Evelyn Sturdivant, Montgomery, Cynthia Baker, Lynette Clark, Laura Flemming, Eunice Baker; brothers, Stoney, Charles, Christopher, Colon, Anthony, Tommy, Randy Baker. Belton Boulware Jr. BUFFALO Services for Belton Jerome Boulware 78, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Putman Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is 7- 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Boulware died Saturday. Born in Fairfield County, he was a son of the late Belton Boulware Sr. and Lula Fee Boulware.

Surviving are his wife, Frances Haney Boulware; brothers, Thomas and Vernon Boulware both of Buffalo; sister, Nellie Lawson of Buffalo; great-niece, Christine Sousa of Buffalo; nieces and nephews. Raleigh Brown Jr. YEMASSEE Services for Raleigh Brown 45, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday the Chapel of Young Funeral Home with burial in the Limehouse Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Mr. Brown died Friday. Born in Hampton County, he was a son of the late Raleigh Brown Sr. and Lenora Malone Brown. He was employed with the Taylor Guardrail Pavement and Manufacturing Company.

Surviving are his wife, Martha Jo Clark Brown, Yemassee; brother, Samuel Holmes, Miami; adopted sisters, Luethel Daivs, Elyria, Ohio and Caroline Solomon, Yemassee. Donley Burnett LEXINGTON Graveside services for Donley Lee Burnett, 81, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Lexington Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 tonight at Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Lexington Chapel. Memorials may be made to Round Hill Baptist Church.

Mr. Burnett died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. Born in Lexington County, he was a son of the late Capers Lee and Cora Leah Derrick Burnett. He was a member of Round Hill Baptist Church and was retired from Yeargin Construction Co.

Mr. Burnett was married to the late Frances Risinger Burnett. Surviving are sons, Gerald W. Burnett of Lexington and Donald L. Burnett of West Columbia; sisters, Pearl Scoggins and Annie Ruth Amick, both of Lexington; brother, Julius Burnett of Lexington; grandchildren, Kirk Burnett of Irmo, LaDan Brown of Sandy Run, Ashley and Mira Burnett, both of Lexington; three great-grandchildren.

Olive Cline GAFFNEY Graveside services for Olive Tate Cline, be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation is today at the residence, 302 Union St. Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs.

Cline died Sunday. Born in Gaffney, she was daughter of Henry and Olive Clary Tate. She was a graduate of Limestone College and a member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Cline was a retired school teacher and homemaker.

Surviving are a son, Christopher SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES Rhonda Blakeney, 26, of Pageland, has died. Plans will be announced by Flemming Funeral Home of Pageland. Charles F. Heber, 93, of Columbia, died Friday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel.

James C. Herrington, of Mullins, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by CoxCollins Funeral Home. Ruth Martha Sanders Jackson, 77, of Estill, died Sunday. Plans will be ial to follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel is in charge. Ira Quitman Craft, 80, of Columbia, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Boyce Chapel, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. Virginia Graydon Davies, 82, of Columbia and Laurel Crest Retirement Home, at 11 a.m.

at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with private burial in Edgewood Cemetery, Greenwood. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel is in charge. Juanita Sligh Gossett, 86, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. in Eau Claire Baptist Church. Interment will be at 2 p.m.

in Springfield was preceded in death by a brother, George R. Dawson and a sister, Margaret Dawson Jennings, both died in 1993. Carroll Fleming Sr. GREER Services for J. Carroll Fleming 72, will be held at 4 p.m.

Monday at Fairview Baptist with burial in the church cemetery. Wood Mortuchurche ary is in charge. Mr. Fleming died Saturday. Born in Greer, he was a son of the late John Pierce and Myrtle Fleming.

He was owner of Fleming Realty, Inc. and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Annie Laurie Breazeale Fleming; daughters, Linda Ott of St. Matthews, Cathey Chaffee of Greer and Betty Miller of Greenwood; son, James Carroll Fleming eight grandchildren. Letha Gerald MARION Services for Letha Jane ShelGerald will be held at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Marion Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Devotion Gardens. The family will receive friends 7-9 tonight at Richardson-Miles Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and great-grandsons.

Memorials may be made to Marion Baptist Church Music Fund, P.O, Box 3, Marion, 29571. Mrs. Gerald died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999 in Marion County Medical Center after a long illness. Born April 30, 1906, in Marion County, she was a daughter of the late Furman Levi and Lula Atkinson Shelley.

She was the widow of Dudley Gerald. She was a homemaker, mother, and the former owner of a day care center. She was a member of Pomona and Pineland Grange and Home Demonstration Club. She was a lifetime member of Marion Baptist Church, Euzelian Sunday School Class, and in later years a member of Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was a member of Happy Timers Senior Group and choir.

Surviving are her sons, Joe Gerald of Garden City, Bobby (Frances) Gerald of Marion, Zack Gerald of Florence; daughters, Mildred (Harry) Love of Florence, Mary Alice (S.W.) Williamson of Murrells Inlet, Betty Lou Price of Sumter; sisters, Louise Coleman of Latta, Bernice Rich of Mullins; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; great-greatgrandchildren. A son, Harold Gerald, a daughter-in-law, June Gerald, and a sister, Nina Atkinson, predeceased her. Doris Hall EUTAWVILLE Services for Doris Shuler Hall, 76, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Southern Methodist Church near Eutawville, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 tonight at Avinger Funeral Home, Holly Hill.

The casket will be placed in the church at 10:30 prior to services. Mrs. Hall died Sunday. Born in Eutawville, she was a daughter of the late Preston Whitfield Shuler and Ethel Orine Dantzler Shuler. Surviving are her husband, George Hall Jr.

of the home; son, G.W. "Joey" Hall of Marietta, sister, Eva Claire Furches of Holly Hill; a grandson. Abbie Jennings JOHNSTON Services for Abbie Stevens Butler Jennings, 74, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is at Davis Funeral Home of Johnston. Mrs. Jennings will be placed in the church at noon. Mrs. Jennings died Friday.

Born in Edgefield she was a daughter of the late Willie and Leora Dozier Stevens. Surviving are a daughter, Annie Jackson; sons, Alvin Butler, David Bulter, Rev. Walter Butler, Willie Butler and Jessie Jennings step Annie Stevens; six sisters; eight brothers; 17 grandchildren; 8 grandchildren. Ruby Jolly UNION Services for Ruby Sinclair Joily, 77, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Hebron Baptist Church with burial in Union Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is 7- 9 tonight at S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home. Mrs. Jolly will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. prior to services.

Mrs. Jolly died Sunday. Born in Union, she was a daughter the late Hughes and Kathleen Young Sinclair. She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church, the W.M.U, and a member of the Treasurer's Committee. Surviving are her husband, George Raymond Jolly of the home; nieces and nephews.

Max Jones SUMTER Services for Chaplain Max Duncan Jones, 78, of 6130 Ramsey Road, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. Internment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. Father Frank Costantino will officiate.

The family will receive friends 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Boulevard Church of the Nazarene, P.O, Box 1405, late Samuel Moses Haselden and Vernice Owens Haselden. Surviving are her husband, John T. "Bubba" Rhames; daughters, Peggy Haselden, Pat Freeman and Tammy Stewart; brothers, Alton, Jimmy, Jack Preston and Roger Haselden; sisters, Debbie Richardson, Linda Graham, and Mary Parker; four grandchildren NOTICES Gertrude J. Ackerman, of Georgetown, died Sunday.

Plans will be announced by Graham Funeral Home. Visitation is 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. Claudia Witherspoon Billie, 87, of Lincoln Street, Summerton, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Dyson's Home for Funerals. The family will receive friends at the residence.

RITES Eunice Lyghts Bullock, of Philadelpha, at noon at St. Peter Baptist Church in Irmo, with interment in the church cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge. Frances Christian, 80, of Newark, at 11 a.m.

at Spicer-Mulliken Funeral Home, Newark, Del. Visitation is at 10 a.m. before services at the funeral home. SpicerMullikin Funeral Home is in charge. Gary E.

Copeland, 55, of Lexington, at 2 p.m. at Bethune Baptist Church with bur- Cline of Columbia; brother, H. Allen Tate Sr. of Charlotte; sister, Betty Clark of Atlanta; two grandchildren. Julian Crosby Sr.

LEXINGTON Services for Julian D. Crosby 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Lexington Chapel with burial in Southland Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7-9 tonight at the funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the VFW Post 8738 or the American Cancer Society. Mr. Crosby died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999. Born in Columbia on Oct.

10, 1932, he was a son of the late Alexander C. and Beatrice Gable Crosby. Mr. Crosby was married first to the late Betty Elders Crosby of Columbia. He served in the United States Air Force for 10 years and retired from Roadway Express Company in 1992.

Mr. Crosby served on the Board of Trustees of the Teamsters Local Union No. 509. He was a member of the Cayce Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and the Jamil Shrine Temple. He was a member of the VFW Post 8738 where he held Office of Quartermaster for seven years and was a member of Grace Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Vera H. Chesser Crosby of Lexington; sons, Julian "Rick" Crosby Jr. Columbia and Alexander Guy of Lexington; Crostest stepson, Allen J. Chesser of Gaston; stepdaughter, Charlene Chesser Almond of Lexington; brothers, Bruce M. Hart of West Columbia and Hughie R.

Crosby of Lexington; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. was preceded in death by a son, Michael Thomas Crosby. Edward Dawson CHESTER Services for Edward Hood Dawson, 85, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Purity Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr.

Joe Brooks, recent interim pastor, and Dr. George Fitzgerald, former pastor. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends today at the residence, Saluda St. Memorials may be made to Purity Presbyterian Church, P.O.

Box 278, Chester 29706 or to Hospice Community Care, 325 S. Oakland Rock Hill 29730. Barron Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Dawson died Sunday.

Born Jan. 27, 1913 in Chester, he was the son of the late George Robert Dawson and Henrietta Sommerville Hood Dawson. Educated in Chester City Schools, he was a 1933 graduate of The Citadel and attended the University of South Carolina Law School. He was a veteran of World War II and retired U.S. Army colonel, having served in the Coast Artillery and AntiAircraft in the Panama Canal Zone and other locations.

He was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Levenworth, Kan. Mr. Dawson served as mayor of Chester from 1967-1975 and was a member of Chester City Council from 1959- 1967. He was chairman of the Chester Planning and Zoning Commission from 1977-1998 and served on the board of the Chester Metropolitan Water District as well as other local boards.

He was a past president of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of South Carolina, the Chester Rotary Club, and the Chester Chamber of Commerce, served on the board of the South Caroliniana Society, and was a member of the South Carolina Historical Society, the Chester County Historical Society, the Old Purity Society, the Chester Assembly and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Mr. Dawson established G.R. Dawson Son, a wholesale distribution company, with his father in 1935 and was president from 1955 until the business was sold in 1982. He was national president of the Toy Wholesalers of America in 1974 and served as a director of that group.

He was president of Hamilton Company, Investment Bakers from 1984 until his death and a member of the National Association of Security Dealers. At the time of his death, he associated with Cape Securities of Jacksonville, N.C. He was a life-long member of Purity Presbyterian Church and served as elder and deacon. He was also author of "Purity and Its People," a history of the congregation from 1787-1987. Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Caroline Pryor Marion Dawson; daughter and son-in-law, Ann Dawson Gary Keith Castle of Atlanta; sons and daughters-in-law, Edward Jr.

and Cynthia Gilbert Dawson of Asheville, Robert L. and Emmie Aichele Dawson of Charlotte; grandchildren, Caroline Castle, Kathryn Castle of Atlanta, May Mills Dawson, Edward H. Dawson Ill of Asheville, Catherine Pryor Dawson, Robert L. Dawson Jr. of Charlotte; He announced by Garvin and Garvin Funeral Home of Estill.

Nell Welsh Mays, 95, of Yemassee, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home of Hampton. Madeline Orndoff Meetze, 86, of Columbia, died Saturday, Plans will be announced by Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel. Gladys Langston Suell, 86, of 1907 Highway 246 North, Greenwood, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Blyth Funeral Home.

Cemetery, Springfield. Talbert-Shives Funeral Home is in charge. Hermi Sperl Nelson, 70, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the interment in the Greenlawn Community Room.

Joanne Kay Palshan, of West Columbia, 10 a.m. at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia, with burial in 1 Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens. Vivian Tucker Roche, 77, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church with burial in St.

Peter's Catholic Cemetery. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. Sumter 29154. Mr. Jones died Saturday, Jan.

23, 1999, at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Born in Columbia, he was a son of the late Clarence Melvin Sr. and Lillian Grace Duncan Jones. He was retired prison chaplain in Florida and was a member of the Boulevard Church of the Nazarene in Sumter. He was a Army staff sergeant in World War II, where he received the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, WWII Service Ribbon, U.S.

Chaplain of the Year in 1976, and the 1994 Billy Graham Faithful Service Award. He was a member of the VFW. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Myrtie Cole Jones of Sumter; son, Thomas Cole Jones of Dallas; daughters, Carolyn LaPointe, Maxine Carter, both of Sumter, Frace Helen Stump of Orlando, Fla. Marion Jones BURTON Services for Lance Cpl. Marlon T.

Jones, 21, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Baptist Church, with burial in Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge. Mr.

Jones died Jan. 3, 1999. Born in Detroit, he was a son of Susie Jones and Charles Reedy, both of Detroit. Surviving: his wife, LaRoesa Jones of Burton; his parents; sister, Sharita Jones of Detroit; brothers, Bruce Cain Byron Cain and Marcell Jones all of Detroit; maternal grandparents, Roosevelt and Ruth Jones; paternal grandmother, Inez Reedy. Gracie Lawson UNION Services for Gracie Magalene Grady Lawson, 71, will be held at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Union Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Lawson died Sunday.

Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late Lena Grady and was raised in the home of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben O'Shields. Surviving are sons, D. Wayne Lawson, Kingsland, Roy Lawson Augusta; grandchildren, Michael Lawson, Nahunta, Roy Lawson Megan Lawson of Augusta, Alex Lawson, Christopher Reeves of Union; 2 sisters.

William Mewborn CHESTER Services for Rev. William E. "Bill" Mewborn, 74, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Capers Chapel United Methodist Church, with burial at 4 p.m. at Tuxedo Baptist Church Cemetery, Tuxedo, N.C.

Visitation is tonight at Barron Funeral Home. Rev. Mewborn died Saturday. Born in Kinston, N.C., he was a son of the late Ronald and Susie Phillips Mewborn. He was a Methodist minister for 50 years serving in SC and Western N.C.

Conferences. He was pastor at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, Sharon. Surviving are his wife, Valma C. Mewborn; nieces and nephews. Daryl Miller LAURENS Graveside services for Daryl Keith Miller, 44, of 17 Walker Ave.

will be held at 4 p.m. today in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will be at the home of Melda Tumblin, Lee Carey Road, Laurens. The Kennedy Mortuary is in charge. -Mr.

Miller died Saturday in the Laurens County Hospital. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of Elsie Tumblin Miller and the late B.F. Miller. He was a member of Welcome Baptist Church. Surviving are his mother of the home; sister, Janice M.

Tollison of Anderson; nieces and nephews. Margaret Mullen GASTONIA, N.C. Memorial services for Margaret Nicholls Calder Mullen will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 1999, at the First Baptist Church, Union Road, Gastonia.

Dr. Leon Smith will officiate. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan.

28, 1999, at Carothers Funeral Home, 312 West 2nd Gastonia. Memorials may be made to of Gaston County, P. O. Box 3984, Gastonia, N.C, 28053. Mrs.

Mullen died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, after a prolonged illness. Born Sept. 7, 1915 in Charlotte, she was a daughter of the late Duncan Graham Calder and the former Maggie Belle McClintock. She was of James Mullen.

She graduated from Queens College in 1937. A resident of Gastonia for 60 years, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gastonia and was active in many other organizations. Surviving are her sons and daughtersin-law, Judge Graham C. and Judy Mullen of Charlotte, Dr. Patrick B.

and Hadley Mullen of Greenville, USNR Captain Peter L. and Kathy Mullen of Tallahassee, five grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Joseph T. (Elizabeth) Wyche of Whiteville, N.C. She was predeceased by a son, James Nicholls Mullen; brother, Dorothy M.

Talarico, of Saluda, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Metropolitan Funeral Home. Walter Frank Trail, 76, of 130 Kensington Drive, Greenwood, died Sunday. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Blyth Funeral Home which will announce plans. Wilbert Till Tuten, of Williston, formerly of Barton, died Sunday.

Plans will be announced by Riley's Funeral Home. James Warren, 13, of 412 Shagbark Columbia, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by J.P. Holley Funeral Home. Donald Rufus Staton, of West Columbia, at 3 p.m.

at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia, with burial in Woodridge Memorial Park. Our obituary policy The State publishes the first 18 lines of an obituary free. Additional lines can be purchased. Obituaries are submitted by the funeral homes and may be edited for style and policy. Your funeral home can assist you with the details.

Deadline for the next day's publication is 6 p.m. Dr. Duncan G. Calder; sister, Mrs. James W.

(Susan) Rankin. Jeannie Parker FORT MILL Services for Jeannie Hanco*ck Parker, 80, formerly of Charlotte are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Glen Rock Baptist Church, with burial in Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte. The body is at the home, 9888 Barberville Road. Greene Funeral Home, Rock Hill is in charge.

Mrs. Parker died Saturday. Born in Ruby, she was a daughter of the late C.S. and Fannie Moore Hanco*ck. She was a of Glen Rock Baptist Church.

Sherbes married to the late William Parker. Surviving are a sister, Dorothy Hanco*ck O'Banion of the home; niece, Kasey O'Banion of Fort Mill. Catherine Purcell UNION A Funeral Mass for Catherine Purcell, 90, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, with burial in Rosemont Cemetery.

Visitation is at the home, 209 N. Pinckney St. Union. S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home is in charge.

Miss Purcell died Sunday. Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth McIntyre Purcell. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church. Miss Purcell was a school teacher having taught school for over 40 years.

Miss Purcell was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Leon Redden HARTSVILLE Services for James Leon Redden, 82, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999 at First Baptist Church. The Rev.

Dr. Bob Cline will officiate with burial in Westview cemetery. The family will receive friends p.m. Tuesday at Brown-PenningtonAtkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or Hospice of the Pee Dee, 181 East Evans Florence 29506-2512.

Mr. Redden died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. Born in East Point, he was a son of the late Lonnie and Julia Leona Carpenter Redden. He was a member of First Baptist Church and taught Sunday school at both First Baptist and West Hartsville Baptist Church.

Mr. Redden retired from Sonoco after 40 years and was a member of Sonoco Old Timers Club. He was married to the late Benzie Staggs Redden. Surviving are sons, Curt Redden of Hattiesburg, David Redden of Houston and Charles Redden of Fulton, sisters, Geneva Smith, Dorothy Broughton and Corrine Watt all of Sumter; grandchildren, Curt Redden Jr. and Erica Redden; his dearest friend, Betty Shepherd of Lane.

Evelyn Rhames JOHNSONVILLE Graveside services Evelyn Haselden Rhames, 68, will be held noon today in the Garden of Devotion Cemetery, directed by Morris Funeral Home of Hemingway. Mrs. Rhames died Saturday. Born in Hemingway, she was a daughter of the FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MRS. GOSSETT: Funeral service of Mrs.

Juanita Sligh Gossett, 86, of Columbia, SC, will be held 11 o'clock this (MONDAY) morningv at Eau Claire Baptist Church. Interment will be at 2 o'clock in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, South Carolina. TALBERT SHIVE Family Owned and Operated Since 1932 FUNERAL HOME FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MRS. PALSHAN: Funeral services for Joanne Kay Paishan will be held at 10 o'clock this (Monday) morning in the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Interment will follow at Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens.

MR. STATON: Funeral services for Donald Rufus Staton will be held at 3 o'clock this (Monday) afternoon in the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Interment will follow at Woodridge Memorial Park THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME "Family owned and operated by the Thompson Family since (803) 791-0650 Connie Rosenthal COLUMBIA Services for Connie Marie Breci Rosenthal, 47, will be held at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999 at Christian Life Assembly with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Mrs.

Rosenthal will be placed in the church at 11:15 a.m. prior to services. The family will receive friends tonight at CaughmanHarman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Tony and Christine Phang Missionaries, 5 Fairleaf Court, Columbia, 29212. Mrs.

Rosenthal died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. Omaha, she was a daughter of Doris Faye Brown Breci and the Samuel J. Breci. She was a member Christian Life Assembly.

late. Surviving are her husband, Ernie Rosenthal of Columbia; her mother of Columbia; daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and William McCleery, Jessie and Abby Rosenthal; son, Aaron Rosenthal; sisters, Kathy Harris, Jan Schultz, Mary Swendrynski, Jenny Crawford, Peggy Taylor and Barbi Haase; brothers, Michael, Dan, Richard and Scott Breci; grandsons, Jacob and Joshua McCleery; granddaughter, Elise McCleery. W.0. Schumpert ELKO Services for W.0. "Buck" Schumpert, 84, of Jay will be held at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Elko Baptist Church with burial in the Williston Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 tonight at Folk Funeral Home in Williston. Memorials may be made to the Williston Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 367, Williston, 29853.

Mr. Schumpert died Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999. Born July 18, 1914, in Batesburg, he was a son of the late Jessie S. Schumpert and Josie Bedenbaugh Schumpert.

He moved to Dunbarton where he met and married his wife Imogene Thames Schumpert in 1945. He served his county Master Sgt. for the Army Air Corp during the European Theater of World War II. He was owner of Schumpert Lumber Company from 1945 until his retirement in 1985. He also served his community as a member of Williston Industrial Board, Ellenton Agricultural Club, Barnwell County Chamber of Commerce, 21 years on the Williston School Board, Chairman and Board Member of the Bank of Williston, American Legion Post served as Gideon for 20 years, was ordained as a deacon at the Williston First Baptist Church, he was a Sunday School teacher in the intermediate class and that adult class for many years and was a member of Elko Baptist Church.

He was a friend and philanthropist to many. Surviving are his wife of the home; daughter, Laura S. Buice of Williston; sons, Jay S. Schumpert of Williston, Russell V. Schumpert of Lake Murray; sonin-law, James M.

Buice Jr. of Williston; daughter-in-law, Marisa B. Schumpert of Williston; sisters, Betty S. Burke of Greenwood, Lona S. Crouch of Lexington, Barbara S.

Smith of Williston; brothers, L.M. Schumpert of Aiken, F.C. Schumpert of Elko, George R. Schumpert of Barnwell; grandchildren, Jason W. Stapleton, Joel T.

Stapleton, Bryane Mary Schumpert, Jarret C. Schumpert. He was predeceased by a sister, Helen S. Blanton; brothers, Ed Schumpert, Ralph Schumpert, C.0. Schumpert, Darrill Schumpert.

FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS MRS. NELSON: Funeral services for Hermi Nelson of Columbia will be held this (MONDAY) morning at 11 o'clock in the funeral home chapel. Her family will receive friends immediately following the interment in Greenlawn Community Room. GREENLAWN MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME 845 Leesburg Road Columbia, SC 29209 (803) 776-1092 FAX 776-0658 FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS GERVAIS STREET CHAPEL MRS. DAVIES: Service for Mrs.

Virginia Graydon Davies will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral this (Monday) morning at 11 o'clock. Interment will be private. MRS. ROCHE: Funeral Mass for Mrs. Vivian Tucker Roche, widow of Mr.

Jame Lawrence Roche will be celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church this (Monday) morning at 11 o'clock. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, MR. CRAFT: Funeral service for Mr.

Ira Quitman Craft will held at First Baptist Church Sanctuary this (Monday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Elmwood Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be Mr. Neal Davidson, Mr. Park Day, Mr.

Peyton Day, Mr. Craig Houston, Dr. Mike McKenzie, Mr. Gary Madden, Mr. Eugene Robinett and Mr.

Rigba Wolfe members of the Koinonia Sunday School Class; and members of the Rotary Book Club. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME A Family Commitment. 110 Years. 771-7990 Keep your eye on South Carolina's business The State Bringing South Carolina home to you..

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