Wednesday, December 28, 2005 MORNING NEWS Funerals Today Xavier Lamar Alexander 11 a.m. St. John United Methodist Church, Lynchburg. Carrie Leona Richburg Burgess 1 p.m. Mt.
Zion AME Church, Florence. William Burton Cash 2 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Florence. Nancy White Hankins 11 a.m... Family Worship Center, Irmo.
Willie R. James ...2 p.m. Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Florence. Ted F. Kelley 2 p.m...
Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Darlington. Wade Lane 2 p.m. Mallory Church of God. Helen C. Lindsey 11 a.m.
Brockington Funeral Home Chapel, Lake City. Boston McClain Sr. noon Salem United Methodist Church. Kathleen E. Jordan Miles 2 p.m...
Brockington Chapel, Lake City. Charlena B. Mills 3 p.m. New Hopewell Baptist Church, Darlington. Elizabeth M.
Montgomery 11 a.m. Williamsburg Funeral Home Chapel, Kingstree. Rick Pearce 2 p.m. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home Chapel, Hartsville. Rachel T.
Seel 2 p.m. Mt. Rona Baptist Church, Darlington. Randolph Spencer Williams 11 a.m. Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home Chapel, Darlington.
Aline Graham Wilson 11 a.m.... Clio First Baptist Church. James Wilson Sr. 1 p.m. Union No.
1 Baptist Church, Salters. Death Notices Amy Hall Bacchus died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, in a local hospital. will be announced by Peoples Funeral Service of Arrangements Florence. The family will receive friends at 550 W.
Darlington Apt. 112, Cambridge Court, Florence. Donald Lee Cooper, 47, of Lake City died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence after a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by Samuels and Richardson Funeral Home of Lake City.
The family will receive friends at 5923 N. Old Georgetown Road, Coward. Ruby Evelyn Cooper, 72, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, at a Winston-Salem medical center after illness. Arrangements will be announced by Samuels and Richardson Funeral Home of Lake City.
The family will receive friends at 525 Freedom Lake City. Henrietta Crocker died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, in a local hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Peoples Funeral Service of Florence. The family will receive friends at 719 Maxwell Florence and 804 McCowns Mill Pond Road, Darlington.
Roy J. Gough, 92, of Little Rock died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005 at his residence. Arrangements will be announced by Cooper Funeral Home of Dillon. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Dorothy Hamilton of Dillon died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, at McLeod Medical Center-Dillon. Arrangements will be announced by House of Thomas Funeral Home of Dillon. The family will receive friends at 1948 Green Acres Loop, Dillon.
James Albert "Coot" Hamlet, 67, of Salters died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree. Arrangements will be announced by Henryhand Funeral Home of Kingstree. The family will receive friends at 211 Swinton Road, Salters. James Murphy Jacobs, 78, of Manning died Saturday, Dec.
24, 2005, in Manning. Arrangements will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home Crematory of Manning. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Agnes Patterson Jackson of Darlington died Tuesday, Dec.
27, 2005, in a local nursing home after an illness. Arrangements will be announced by Mitchell-Josey Funeral Home of Darlington. The family will receive friends at 527 Oleander Drive, Darlington. Edward R. Lamm 87, died Tuesday, Dec.
27, 2005, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. Arrangements will be announced by Cain Funeral Home of Florence. Thomas Edward "Jack" Sweatt 73, of McBee died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005. Arrangements will be announced by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home of Hartsville.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Almeta Wheeler, formerly of Dillon, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, in Carolinas Hospital System in Florence. Arrangements will be announced by House of Thomas Funeral Home of Dillon.
Aline Graham Wilson, 63, of Bennettsville died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005. Arrangements will be announced by Whitner-Evans Funeral Home of Bennettsville. Wade Lane LATTA Wade Hampton Lane, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2005, in Faith Health Care Center in Florence.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in Mallory Church of God with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery directed by Cooper Funeral Home. Born in Marion County, July 14, 1923, he was the son of the late Jospeh Lane and Margaret Ellen Taylor Lane. He was a member of Mallory Church of God, and was a retired farmer. Survivors include his sister, Rosie Ard of Cheraw; brothers, Woodrow Lane of Latta and George Lane of Cheraw; nieces and nephews.
Sign or for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Roger Dale Smith TIMMONSVILLE Roger Dale Smith "Bud," 57, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, after a long illness. A graveside service will be 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
29, in Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in the Oates community of Darlington County, the son of the late Robert Duncan and Etta Rogers Smith. He was a member of Bible Truth Holiness Church in Lydia. He was married to Faye Clamp Smith.
Mr. Smith worked as a carpenter's helper and in maintenance with Econo-Lodge for many years. Surviving are his wife of Timmonsville; a son, Roger Dale Smith Jr. of Timmonsville; a daughter, Rose Anne Smith (James) of Mayesville; three brothers, Jack (Dolly) Smith of Oates, Robert (Carolyn) Smith of Timmonsville and Jennings Smith of Darlington; two sisters, Helen Welch of Darlington and Virginia "Sister" Mixon of Hartsville; and nieces, nephews and friends. He was predeceased by a daughter, Margaret Inez Smith; a brother, William F.
Smith; brother-in-law, Wilbur Mixon; and a sister-in-law, Jeri Smith. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. prior to the service Thursday at Layton-Anderson Funeral Home, 4210 W. Palmetto Florence. Memorials may be made to the Smith family, Layton Anderson Funeral Home, P.O.
Box 187, Timmonsville, SC 29161. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Helen C. Lindsey LAKE CITY Mrs. Helen Culpepper Lindsey, 98, wife of the late James E.
Lindsey died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, in Commander Nursing Center after an illness. Mrs. Lindsey was born in Greenville, a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Did You Miss Hearing Any "I Love You's" 332222 This Christmas Dr. Lesley Kirby Let Us Help BBB Doctor of Audiology 522 W.
Palmetto St. Florence Lifetime 662-4327 HEARING Tommie Sams Culpepper. She attended Bessie-Tiff College in Atlanta, and worked as school secretary for Jerome Jones School in Atlanta. She was a Tommie Sams member of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta. Survivors include a son, James Eugene (Sarah) Lindsey III, of Gainsville, three granddaughters, Helen E.
(Jeff) Gardner of Hemingway, Delia Brown and Shelia Fraizer, both of Atlanta; three grandsons, James (Beth) Epps and John Epps, both of Lake City, and Danny (Ellen) Lindsey of Chicago; and 10 great-grandchildren, Valerie Gardner and Thomas Gardner, both of Hemingway, Jaimee Epps of Lake City, Allen Conley, Jennifer Conley, William Conley and Gavin Brown, all of Atlanta, Anika Lindsey, Sitol Lindsey and Serrina Lindsey, all of Chicago. She was predeceased by a daughter, Tommie Sams Lindsey Epps of Lake City. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. today in the Brockington Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 29, in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. The family will have visitation immediately following the service Wednesday in the funeral home. Brockington Funeral Home, Lake City, is in charge. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com.
Rebecca P. Wiggins FLORENCE Rebecca Peddicord Wiggins, 54, of Florence died Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 27, 2005, in a Florence hospital after an illness. Mrs. Wiggins was born in Harriman, a daughter of the late J.B.
and Georgia Derrick Peddicord. She attended the Church at Sandhurst, where she worked in the toddler nursery. She had been employed for many years in child care. She is survived by two daughters, Rebekah Ashley Kirby and her husband, Landon Kirby, and Jessica Devon Wiggins, all of Florence; a brother, Ronald B. (Rhema) Alley of Fort Wayne, four sisters, Diane Sawyer of Columbia, Phyllis (Jan) Hardwick of Dillon, Peggy (Barry) Mims of Darlington and Kathy "Lulu" Middleton of Mesa, nieces and nephews, Mona K.
Sawyer, Trey Sawyer, Suzy Workman, Leah Hucks, JanMichael Hardwick, Derek Hardwick, Todd Hardwick, Heidi Gibbs, Clint Mims, Lisa Mooneyhan, Laura Leichtey, Maria Middleton, Danielle Middleton, Stephanie Middleton, Kim Moore and Richie Wiggins; and special extended family members, Kendall, Carter and Cameryn Brand. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, in the Church at Sandhurst in Florence. Burial will follow in Mt.
Hope Cemetery, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Rockville, MD 20852. Mrs.
Wiggins was a devoted and loving mother to her two girls, and a true blessing to everyone whose life she touched. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Preston 'Jack' White Wiggins LYNCHBURG Funeral service for Mr. Preston "Jack" White will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec.
29, 2005, in St. John United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Chandler Cemetery directed by Bacote-Eaddy Funeral Home of Timmonsville. He died Friday, Dec. 23, in a local hospital.
He the son of the late Ivory and Liza Scott White. The late Maude Goodman was influential in his life after the death of his mother. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and was a carpenter. He was a lifelong member of St. John United Methodist Church where he served as past president of the Methodist Men, and as a member of the Usher Board and the Finance Committee.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Nellie Smith White, and five siblings. Survivors include his wife, Annie White; his children, Mary (Eugene) Taylor, Ivory White, Warren White, Liza (Robert) Mack, Mellinese White, Miranda White, Mishalah R. White, Stephen (Sharon) White and Ronald (Barbara) Chandler; a sister, Johnnie Pearl (Leroy) McKnight; his mother-in-law, Rebecca Laws; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at 2925 Old St.
John Church Road, Lynchburg. Sign or obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Willie 'Bill' R. James FLORENCE A memorial service Mr. Willie "Bill" R.
James, widower of Madge H. James, will be at 2:00, Wednesday afternoon, December 28, 2005, in Ridgecrest Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Legendre will conduct the service. The family will receive friends in the Fellowship Hall of the Church following the service.
A private committal will be held at a later date. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. Myrtle Beach, SC 29577, Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1011 S. Parker Drive, Florence, SC 29501 or Pisgah United Methodist Church Family Life Center Fund, 621 N. Ebenezer Road, Florence, SC 29501.
Cain Funeral Home is assisting the family. Mr. James, of Florence, died Monday, December 26, 2005, in a local nursing facility. He was born October 28, 1923, in Florence, to the late Grover C. and Bessie Isgett James.
He was also predeceased by a daughter, Marilyn T. McElveen. He was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. He. served in the US Navy during WWII.
Mr. James was a manager for Eden's Food Chain and later was manager of Midway Grocery, until he retired in 1980. Among his survivors, are: granddaughter, Melia Evans of Pamplico; sister, Mary Kathryn Holladay of Florence; brother, Frank G. (Betty) James of Florence; sister-in-law and special friend, Doris Edmonds of Florence; son-in-law, Steve McElveen of Florence; and several nieces and nephews. An online guest register is available on the obituaries page at www.cainfuneralhome.com.
Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Beulah R. Smith TIMMONSVILLE Beulah Rabon Smith, 92, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, in a local nursing home after an illness. Mrs.
Smith, wife of the late Arthur I C. Smith, was born in Conway, a daughter of the late Duke and Mattie Rabon. She was a cotton mill employee and a farmer. Surviving are three sons, Arthur Smith Jr. of Pamplico, Donald R.
Smith of Scranton and Ronnie Smith of Timmonsville; a daughter, Molly Ann Newman of Grand Rivers, 25 grandchildren; 41 greatgrandchildren; four greatMrs. Smith was preceded in great grandchildren. death by four children, Edward Smith, Harry C. Smith, Frank Smith and Mary Frances Moore. Funeral services will be 11 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 29, in the Chapel of Morris Funeral Home in Hemingway, with burial to follow at Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com.
Illa Mae Altman Knight COWARD Mrs. Illa Mae Altman Knight, 74, widow of Thomas Laverne "Vern" Knight, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, in a Florence hospital after an illness. Mrs. Knight was born in Flor- ALLEN PATRICK HOWLE March 17, 1960 April 13, 2005 God said there's a reason and this is the first He was a wonderful brother, father son.
God only made one. You left on birthday and oh how I wanted you to stay. You are free of sickness and pain, and have gone to a better place. We love and miss you. Trisha Balkcum The Family Of Allen Patrick Howle ence County, a daughter of the late John and Annie Pate Altman.
She was a seamstress in the textile industry and a member of Coward Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include two sons, Tommy (Cecile) Knight and Eddie (Gladys) Knight, both of Coward; three daughters, Joyce (William) Prosser, Faye Knight and Karen Milene Knight, all of Coward; a grandson, Bryan (Lyndsey) Knight of Coward; six granddaughters, Lisa (E.B.) Hopkins, Jessica Carraway and Allyson Carraway, all of Coward, Melissa (Scott) Beverly of Florence, Laura Guthrie Wise of Pamplico and Sara (Charles) Todd of Conway; four greatgrandchildren, Trevor Hopkins and Brantley Hopkins of Coward, Hannah Guthrie of Pamplico and Cameron Todd of Conway; a brother, Lavern (Betty) Altman of Coward; and a special friend, Margaret Hannah of Lake City. She was predeceased by a brother, the Rev. John Altman Jr. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 29, at Coward Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will have visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Brockington Funeral Home, Lake City, is in charge.
Sign or read for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. Clifford W. Cunningham FLORENCE Clifford Whit- field Cunningham died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at his residence after an illness. Funeral services will be 11 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 29, in Central United Methodist Church, directed by Waters Powell Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Florence National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 7 p.m. today at the family home.
Mr. Cunningham was born March 18, 1924, in Newnan, a son of the late Clifford W. and Lucille Broadwater Cunningham. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was a member of Central United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Christian Family Class and the Methodist Men. He was also a member of the Golden Kiwanis Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are his wife, Lauralee Bryce Cunningham of the home; stepdaughter, Lorraine Bryce Laliberte, and son-in-law, Todd Laliberte; daughters, Cassie Cunningham, Carol Bellis and -law, Rick Bellis, Katie Wasden, and Kelly Raymond and son-in-law, William Raymond; stepson, Delk Haigler; and 12 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 87, Florence, SC 29503 or to McLeod Hospice, 1203 E.
Cheves Florence, SC 29506. Sign or read the guest book for this obituary at www.morningnewsonline.com. CAROLINAS Continued From 1B new robot "doc," Da Vinci. "The perception has been that McLeod had the latest and best technology and that has not necessarily been the case," he said. "Robotics is an example.
We'll also be upgrading our CT scan to 64 slice. What that means to the general public is the availability of non-invasive coronary angiography," he said. In many instances, this advance could help do away with diagnostic catheterizations so routine today that detect blockages in the coronary arteries. There also will continue to be a strong focus on Carolinas' cancer programs. O'Loughlin said he is aware of their medical counterpart "down the road" but emphasized again that there is obvious support to justify the need for two WALKER Continued From 1B After Stanley wired his goat with 220 volts, Santee Electric installed a meter on his goat.
Stanley was outraged. He exclaimed, "I may be a McKenzie, but I ain't going to pay no goat's light bill." David Brown, a pill-pushing papa at the pharmacy in WalMart in Lake City, left the wastelands of Cedar Swamp and entered the promised land at Sandy Bay where he took a McKenzie for a bride. When you marry a McKenzie, you don't need awards; you need mercy. David is recognized for appearing as a contestant on Redneck Jeopardy in Greeleyville, where he was able to distinguish the difference between steroids and hemorrhoids. Hemingway Mayor Grady Richardson is our Mayor of the Year.
Mayor Richardson was quoted as telling his Gameco*ck friends, "Blessed are those who expect not, for ye will not be disappointed." Bubba Matthews is our Coroner of the Year. When he was called to the scene of an accident at Lynches River, he discovered a beloved redneck from Shinbone Alley wrapped in 40- pound chains with multiple gunshot wounds and cut from elbow to appetite. Bubba diagnosed the dearly departed as the worst case of suicide he had ever seen. Finally, this column received an award for imperfection. The only good thing about being imperfect is that it brings so much joy to others.
Just remember that all of us are 100 percent partly right some of the time. Happy New Year! Charlie Walker is a local newspaper columnist. TRAINING Continued From 1B Jones, a member of Florence School District 2's Board of Trustees in Pamplico and educators attended the conference. Board members who attended received 15 points and eight hours of credit in the year Boardmanship Institute. The three-day conference included an orientation and panel discussions of the state's financial forecast of K-12 funding with Sen.
Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence; S.C. Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum; and chief state economist Bill Gillespie. The state's legislative priorities also were addressed by Sen. John Matthews, D-Columbia; Rep. Ronny Townsend, R- Anderson; Tenenbaum; and Robert Staton, chairman of the S.C.
Education Oversight Committee. There also was a discussion on property tax reform proposals with Rep. Bill Cotty, R- Columbia; Sen. Wes Hayes, R- Rock Hill; and Rep. Harry Ott, D-St.
Matthews. large medical entities such as Carolinas and McLeod Health. "I think the fact that McLeod is a good hospital and our competitor is good because it makes both compete, which means that we invest in technologies that improve our facilities," he said. "We both recognize that both facilities are going to grow and do well as the Pee Dee continues to expand." One of the things making Carolinas stand out, O'Loughlin said, is its commitment toward providing exceptional patient care in an attractive, state-of-theart facility. "All of our employees understand the importance of how we communicate to our patients by having a compassionate attitude," he said.
"We try to focus on that every day, and I think that's what sets us apart. We want an environment where they don't just think they're another number." Nary Nettles Sunrise: Sunset: March 14, 1909 Dec. 28, 2004 HEAVENLY PRAYER Dear Heavenly Father hear my prayer. It's hard to believe my mother has been gone for a year. Trials and tribulations thru out our lives doesn't prepare us for our love one's end of their life.
I know she's with you Lord in your loving embrace. Knowing the love you have for us keeps a smile on our face. No matter where I go or whatever I do Jesus I will love and worship only Love, Your Children and Grandchildren.
