B4 MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1998 Helen Bone LEXINGTON Services for Helen O'Neil Porter Bone, 61, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 1998, at St. David's Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will friends at receive. man Funeral Homes, Lexington Chapel.
Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association, Kidney Foundation or St. David's Lutheran Church. Mrs. Bone died Sunday, June 14, 1998. 8.
Born in Lexington, she was a daughter of Altha Slyce Porter and the late Isaac Dawsey Porter Sr. She was a widow of Robert F. "Bob" Bone and a member of St. David's Lutheran Church. She retired from Clemson Extension Service.
Surviving are her son, Myron Bone of Lexington; daughter, Alicia Bone of Lexbrother, I.D. Porter Jr. of Lexington; sisters, Jackie Huff of Springdale and Retha Armstrong of Columbia; grandchildren, Anthony Robert Bone, John Carl Shealy and Amber LeAnn Williams. Nora Brown COLUMBIA Services for Nora Bendio Brown, 91, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 16, 1998, at Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Christian Life Assembly Church. Mrs. Brown died Sunday, June 14, 1998. Born in Butte, she was a daughter of the late John and Marie Louma Bendio.
She was a widow of Raymond H. Brown and a member of Christian Life Assembly. Surviving are her son, Rev. Steven Brown of Columbia; daughter, Doreen Tunnell of Atlanta; brother, Laurie Bendio of Utah; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Frances Campbell ORANGEBURG Services for Frances L.
Campbell, 68, of 22 Club Acres, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 15, 1998, at Good Shepherd Mausoleum, Memorial Park Cemetery, conducted by Dr. Theron Smith. Dukes-Harley Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Hospice, 1324 Hutto P.O.
Box 2352, Orangeburg 29116, to CCMO, 302 Russell Orangeburg 29115, or to a charity of choice. Mrs. Campbell died Saturday evening, June 13, 1998, at Methodist Oaks after a long illness. Born Feb. 10, 1930, in Atlanta, she was a member of St.
Andrews United Methodist Church. Mrs. Campbell spearheaded the citywide Christmas Ministry for children in Bosnia and the Easter Basket Program for needy children in Orangeburg. She was an executive secretary at Ethyl Corporation for 24 years. Mrs.
Campbell served as administrative assistant to senators Harry Chapman, Ed Garrison, Douglas Hinds and Davis Thomas, before retiring after 18 years in the S.C. Senate. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gerald J. (Babs) Kendziorski of Lake Tahoe, a son, John A.
Jordan Jr. of St. Matthews; a sister, Mrs. Edward V. (Barbara) Mirmow Jr.
of Orangeburg; grandchildren, Laura, Greg and Ansley Kendziorski and Alicia Jordan. Fred Chavis INDIAN LAND Services for Fred "Wild Man" Chavis, 47, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Blessed Hope Baptist Church with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, Great Falls. Visitation is 7-9 at Wolfe Funeral Home, Fort Mill. Mr.
Chavis died Saturday. Born in Hamlet, N.C., he was a son of the late William Edward and Geraldine Geneva Belue Chavis. Surviving are wife, Brenda Coan Chavis; son Andrew Wright; daughters, Missy Dietrich, Tina Dabbs, Robin Blackmon; brother, William Chavis; sisters, Jewel Powell, Elizabeth Grooms; four grandchildren. Dorothy Clark COLUMBIA Graveside services for Dorothy Young Clark, 73, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Visitation will be 6-8 tonight at Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to a charity of choice Mrs. Clark died Saturday, June 13, 1998. Born in Charlotte, she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Vera Stricklin Young. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Kenneth H. Clark of Columbia; sons, James Kenneth Clark of Jacksonville, and Dan Leigh Clark of Little Mountain; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a son, Lyn L. Clark. Betty Cleveland LEXINGTON Graveside services for Betty Ann Cleveland, 69, will be held at 1 p.m.
Wednesday at Southland Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Tuesday evening at 401 North Eden Drive, Cayce. Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia is in charge. Memorials may be made to the building fund of Covenant Christian Academy of West Columbia. Mrs.
Cleveland died Sunday, June 14, 1998. Born in Washington, D.C., she was a daughter of the late Howell and Edna Ozell Jones Jarman. Formerly of 2020 Success North Charleston, she was a local resident since 1995. She retired from Whitey's Grocery in Ladson and attended New Covenant Church. Surviving are her husband, Robert G.
"Cleve" Cleveland of Lexington; daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia "Cindy" and Robert Winter of Cayce, Dottie and Mark Reynolds of Columbia, sons and daughters-in-law, William and Beth Rodgers of Mystic, Benjamin and Debbie Rodgers of Gaston; brothers, Howell Jarman and Warren Jarman, both of Maryland; and 10 grandchildren. Kevin Cochran SALTERS Services for Private 1st Class Kevin Draper Cochran, 22, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church with burial in PorterFerrell Cemetery. Redmond-Richardson Funeral Kingstree, is in charge. Mr.
Draper died Monday, June 8, 1998. Born in Kingstree, he was a son of Sarah Davis Cochran Woods and Herbert Cochran. Surviving are a daughter, Natasha Alexus Cohran; his mother; brothers, Yale, Dale, Detrick and Stacy Cochran; sisters, Tamaka Cochran, Shereka Woods. Maude Cook EARLY BRANCH Graveside services for Mrude Crews Cook, 79, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crews Family Ceme- THE STATE, COLUMBIA, S.C.
NOTICES SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES Virginia Todd "Babe" Adams, 82, of Columbia, died Sunday, Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Jane Boncouri of 317 Palmetto Bennettsville, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Whitner-Evans Funeral Home. Rev. Johnny Broughton, of 422 RITES Mary Louise Gladney Adams, 52, of Columbia, at 2 p.m.
at God's Church of Deliverance with burial in St. Matthew's Baptist Church Cemetery, Blair. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Russell-McCutchen Funeral Home, Columbia Chapel is in charge. Carlos Vintonio Cornelius, 20, of 125 Robin Height Circle, Pontiac, at 3 p.m.
at Jacob Mission A.M.E. Church, Elgin, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is tery. Visitation is at 6 p.m. tonight at Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home, Hamp- ton Chapel.
Mrs. Cook, widow of Benjamin C. Cook died Saturday at Beaufort Memorial Hospital after along illness. Born Oct. 8, 1918, in the Fechtig Community, Hampton County, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Benjamin Crews and Annie G.
Weekley Crews. She was a homemaker and a member of Deep Branch Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Benjamin C. Crews Jr. of Varnville and Joseph A.
Crews of Early Branch; a daughter, Carolyn J. Cook of Early Branch; a sister, Ollie Lee Murdaugh of Walterboro; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Julia Dantzler BOWMAN Services for Julia D. Dantzler, 89, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, Orangeburg, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation is 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, Charleston Orangeburg 29115. Mrs. Dantzler, widow of Wilbur Davis, died Sunday. Born in Orangeburg, she was a daughter of and Katherine Funches Davis.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Robert (Kathy) Cooper of Bowman, Mrs. Woody (Patricia) Lambert of Orangeburg; brother, Guess Davis of Bowman; sisters, Mary Arant of Rowesville, Ruth Williams of Orangeburg; three grandsons; a granddaughter; nieces and nephews. Clara Dimery LAKE VIEW Services for Clara Ford Dimery, 84, will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with burial in Lake View Cemetery.
Cook Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Dimery died Friday. Born in Dillon County, she was a daughter of the late John and Artie Barfield Ford. She was a homemaker.
Surviving are son, Dr. Lee Dimery of Duncan; daughters, Margaret D. Hass of San Antonio, Jeanette D. Butler of Rock Hill, Betty D. Atkinson of Myrtle Beach, Sarah Greer of Surfside Beach, Sadie D.
Pagett of Elberton, Christine Rae of Lake View; 18 grandchildren; 26 greatgrandchildren. George Dutcher SUMTER Services for George E. Dutcher, 67, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, with military honors. Rev.
Rodney Howard and Darryl Pierce will officiate. Pallbearers will be sons and grandsons. The family will receive friends 6-8 tonight at the funeral home, and other times at the home. Mr. Dutcher died Saturday, June 13, 1998, at Tuomey Health Care System.
Born in Vandercook Lake, he was a son of the late Leon Dutcher and Myrtle Faught Dutcher. He was a retired Master Sgt. from the U.S. Air Force with 27 years of service. He was a Korean and Vietnam veteran having received Distinguished Flying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal and 1970 Freedom Foundation Medal.
He was a member of the Sumter Elks Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Ida Jo Dutcher of the home; sons, George H. Dutcher of Mayesville, Dana M. Dutcher and Leslie A. Dutcher, both of Dallas, Scott D.
Dutcher of Sumter; daughters, Lynn A. Dutcher and Susan J. Dutcher both of Asheville, N.C., Marilyn B. Evans of Sumter; brothers, Earl Dutcher of Orlando, Rex Dutcher of Leslie, Kenneth Dutcher of Mandarin, eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Katherine Dutcher and a sister, Winifred Reams.
Lonzo Forbes GREAT FALLS Graveside services for Lonzo B. Forbes, 83, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellenboro, N.C. DantzlerBaker Funeral Home is in charge. Mr.
Forbes, husband of the late Mildred McSwain Forbes, died Saturday. Born in Rutherford County, N.C., he was a retired employee Great Falls Police Department and the Chester County Sheriff's Department. Surviving are a daughter, Kay F. Evans Great Falls; sisters, Edna Fowler of Rock Hill, Stella Wells of Great Falls; four granddaughters; five great-grandchildren. Harvey Grayson KINGSTREE Services for Harvey Leonidas Grayson, will be held at 5:30 p.m.
Cedar Swamp United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Cedar Swamp U.M.C. Williamsburg Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Grayson died Saturday in a Columbia hospital after an illness.
Born in the Cedar Swamp Community, near Kingstree, Sept. 6, 1920, he was a son of the late Leonidas Mobley Grayson and Ervin McCullough Grayson Graham. He was a graduate of Kingstree High School and a lifelong member of Cedar Swamp Methodist Church, where he was an active member. Mr. Grayson was a Lauderdale Road, Eutawville, died Sunday.
Plans will be announced by Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home, Holly Hill. Ester L. Donlan, 81, of the Lowman Home, White Rock, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Caughma Funeral Homes, Chapin Chapel. Andrew J.
"Andy" Floyd, 64, of Columbia, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel. at 2 p.m. at the church. Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge.
Smith Davis, 73, of 718 Whiskey Road, Batesburg-Leesville, at 1 p.m. at the graveside, Beaufort National Cemetery. R.O. Levy Home for Funerals is in charge. Troy Lee McLemore, 78, of Columbia, at 10 a.m.
at the graveside, Greenlawn Memorial Park. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge. Samuel Murphy of Kingstree, at 2 p.m. at Elijah United Methodist Church with burial I in the church cemetery. McClary's Funeral retired employee of the S.C.
Department of Agriculture and a farmer. He was also active in community affairs, a member of the V.F.W. and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Phillips Grayson of Kingstree; sons, Harvey Leonidas Grayson Jr.
and Charles Allen Grayson, both of Kingstree; daughters, Sarah Grayson Hipp of Newberry, Myra Grayson Nuttall of Georgetown; grandchildren, Elizabeth C. Grayson, Bartley L. Grayson, Tish C. Grayson and Sean A. Grayson; brother, Mobley L.
Grayson of Kingstree. Mary Hall RUBY Services for Mary Frances Gulledge Hall, 62, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 1998, at Elizabeth Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 7-9 tonight at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home, Memorials may be made to Chesterfield Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 147, Chesterfield 29709.
Mrs. Hall died Saturday, June 13, 1998. Born in Chesterfield she was a daughter of the late Tillman and Louise Welch Gulledge. She was a homemaker and a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church and WMU. Surviving are her husband, Otis W.
Hill of the home; sons, Ronald E. Hall and Christopher L. Hall, both of Cheraw, James Robert "Randy" Hall of Pageland, Michael T. Hall of Jefferson and Rodney W. Hall of Marshville, N.C.; stepdaughters, Nancy H.
Owen of New Bern, N.C., Eleanor H. Mauldin and Bonnie H. Braddock, both of Lawrenceville, Elaine H. Maree of Wadesboro, N.C., and Lucille H. Mauldin of Marreo, brothers, Jimmy Gulledge and Steve Gulledge, both of Ruby; sisters, Joyce Ann G.
Williams of Blythewood, Sylvia G. Bettis of Anacordis, and Betty Lou Mason of Mount Croghan; 20 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Hall, and a stepson, Darryle W. Hall. Raymond Harnetiaux COLUMBIA Memorial services for Raymond R.
Harnetiaux, 77, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Living Springs Lutheran Church. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to Carolina Children's Home or to the Lions Club. Mr.
Harnetiaux died Saturday, June 13, 1998. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late August and Alice Harnetiaux. He retired from The Ducane Heating and Air Conditioning Co. of Columbia, Jan. 1, 1995, after 43 years in marketing.
As the vice president of marketing, he earned the respect and confidence of the corporate leaders in the manufacturing sector of the leading companies of the heating and air conditioning industry. He was often published in trade magazines. After his retirement, he served as corporate marketing consultant for The Ducane Co. Mr. Harnetiaux was a decorated war veteran, earning a battlefield commission in World War II, rising to the rank of major in the Army Corps of Engineers.
He was recalled in the Korean War and awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in a combat situation. A graduate of the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, he later earned a master's degree in marketing. He played college baseball and semi-pro baseball until joining the Army. A former member of Coldstream Country Club, he was a current member of Wildewood and Woodcreek country clubs. He was a supporter of the Humane Society.
He was an avid golfer who often posted golf scores equal to or lower than his age. He died Saturday while playing golf. Surviving are his wife, Julie Werth Harnetiaux of Columbia; daughter, Stephanie Zullo of Zanesville, Ohio; stepsons, Stephen Fleming of Washington, D.C., David Fleming of Hilton Head Island and Michael Fleming of St. Louis; and grandchildren, Brian McLoughlin and Cheryl Lynn McCullough, both of Zanesville, Ohio. Tamryn Henderson NINETY SIX Graveside services for Tamryn Tiona Henderson, four weeks, are at 5 p.m.
today at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. The family is at 105 Cruger Court, Ninety Six. Blyth Funeral Home, Greenwood, is in charge. daughter of Travis T. and Jennifer Scarboro Henderson, died Saturday.
She was born May 14, 1998, in Greenwood. Surviving: parents of the home; sister, Jade Elizabeth Henderson of the home; grandparents, Don and Linda Rowe Henderson and Eugene Scarboro; greatgrandparents, Hazel Rowe and Robert and Elizabeth Anderson. Keith Holecek WEST COLUMBIA Services for Eric Keith Holecek, 48, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sgt. 1st Class John Gardner, U.S.
Army (retired), 68, of Pelion, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Visitation is 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Walter Gattison, 46, of 3409 Gat Drive, Darlington, died Saturday. Plans will be announced by Young Young Funeral Home.
Family is at 3401 Gat Drive. Boysie Holman, 91, of Edisto Convalescent Center, St. Matthews, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Jenkins Funeral Home is in charge. Loye Eugene Nations of Darlingotn, formerly of Columbia, at 10 a.m.
at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Marion Phillips, 79, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. at Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Caughman-Harman Funeral Homes, Andrews Chapel is in charge. Lt.
Col. William A. Rawlins, U.S. Army (retired), 84, of Columbia, at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holland Avenue Baptist Church.
The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at 149 W. Idlewood Circle. Mr. Holecek died Saturday.
Born in Orangeburg, he was a son of Jacqueline Holecek and the late William F. Holecek. He attended Holland Avenue Baptist Church. Surviving: his wife, Patricia Holecek; stepsons, Jody Cummings of the home, Coleman Cochran and Shawn Cochran, both of Cartersville, brothers, William of Hepzibah, and John Holecek of Columbia. Carl Jones TRAVELERS REST Services for Carl T.
Jones, 50, are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church with burial in Coleman Memorial Cemetery. Visitation is 7- 8:30 tonight at Howze Mortuary. Mr. Jones died Sunday morning, June 14, 1998.
He was a builder and a member of the "Foothills Bass Masters" Fishing Club and Calvary Baptist Church of Travelers Rest. Surviving: wife, Linda Whitmire Jones; mother, Hazel Batson Jones; sons, Tyler Palmer, Kevin, Tommy Jones; daughters, Nicole Jones, Sherry Bryant; brother, Ken Jones; sister, Kathy Burdett. Bonnie Kruger NORTH Services for Bonnie L. Kruger, 93, will be held at 4 p.m. today, June 15, 1998, at Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hillside Cemetery in Akron, Ohio.
Rev. Larry Shull will officiate. Mrs. Kruger died Saturday, June 13, 1998. Born in Galion, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Bessie Gwinner Shumaker.
She was Methodist. Surviving are daughter, Patricia Kyle of Orlando, sons, Robert Kruger of Arlington, Texas, David A. Kruger Sr. of North, Lawrence Kruger of Edisto Island; sister, Virginia Payne Galion, Ohio; grandchildren; great-grandchildren. Pauline Lester NEWBERRY Services for Pauline Nichols Lester, 94, of 1524 Caldwell will be held at 2 p.m.
today at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Whitaker Funeral Home is in Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3990 St. Luke's Church Road, Prosperity 29127.
Mrs. Lester, widow of Allen H. Lester, died Saturday, June 13, 1998, at White Oak Manor. Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Luke M. and Viola Schumpert Nichols.
She was the retired operator of the Zesto Drive-In and was the oldest member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Surviving are daughters, Thelma Dominick and Bonnie Culclasure, both of Newberry and Joyce Johnson of La Grange, a son, Fred V. Lester of Newberry; a sister, Erin Kunkle Saluda; and a brother, Demp Nichols of Newberry; eight grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons, Willie Frank Lester, Vernon Lester and Jimmie Lester.
Mary Major COLUMBIA Services for Mary Richardson Major, 88, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shandon United Methodist Church with burial in Elmwood Memorial Gardens. Visitation will 6-7 tonight at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to Shandon United Methodist Church or to Lander University. Miss Major died Sunday, June 14, 1998.
Born in Lydia, she was a daughter of the late Rev. John R.T. Major and Estelle Richardson Major. She graduated from Lander University, where she also received an honorary doctorate degree. She held a master's degree in education from University of South Carolina.
She retired from the S.C. Department of Education, where she worked in the finance office. She was a member of Shandon United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was the treasurer of the sunday schools for 43 years. She was active in the United Methodist Women. A United Methodist Women's Circle was named for her in recognition of her devotion and longstanding contribution to that organization.
She was a member of the Shandon Book Club and the Lander Alumni Association, where she served as president. Surviving are nieces, Mary Cameron Richardson, Mary R. Major, Sarah G. Major, Frances S. Major and Vandy M.McFaddin; two great-nephews; and two great-nieces.
She was preceded in death by a brother, John R.T. Major and a sister, Roberta M. Powell. Kenneth Partin GASTON Services for Kenneth Wayne Partin, 34, will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia with burial in Southland Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Partin died Friday, June 12, 1998. Born in Columbia, he was a son of Kenneth Partin and Phyllis Ilene Partin. He was a local resident most of his life and was an employee of Phenix Supply Co.
Surviving are his father of Ohio; this mother of Gaston; his wife, Sharon Mur- Home of St. Matthews. Florence Kraker Indihar of Columbia died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home. Dave Ervin Highland Park day.
Plans will Funeral Home, Jenkins Sr. of 4100 Drive, Columbia, died Sunbe announced by Leevy's Taylor Street Chapel. Eva McClurkin, 88, of Ridgeway, died Saturday. Plans will be announced by Russell-McCutchen Funeral Home of Winnsboro. at St.
John Neumann Catholic Church with entombment at Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge. Our obituary policy The State publishes the first 18 lines of an obituary free. Additional lines 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. phy Partin of Gaston; daughters, Rachel Partin of Gaston, Kristen Partin; sons, Benjamin and Seth Partin, both of Gaston, Kenneth B. Partin; brothers, Kevin Partin and Kirk Partin, both of Gaston. Barbara Portee CAMDEN Services for Barbara L.
Thomas Portee, 32, of 1051 Lawhorn Road, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hyco Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7-8 tonight at Cooke Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Home visitation is at 1262 Drakeford Road, Cassatt. Mrs.
Portee died Wednesday. Born in Richmond, she was a daughter of Richard Thomas and Mary Bell Gibson. She was employed by Wal-Mart before becoming a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, George Gregory Portee; son, Devone A. Patterson of Cassatt.
Timothy Proctor GASTON Services for Timothy Angus Proctor, 25, will be held at 2 p.m. today, June 15, 1998, at First Baptist Church of Swansea, on Hwy. 3, with burial in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, near Salley. Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home is in charge. Mr.
Proctor died Saturday, June 13, 1998. Born in Orangeburg, he was a son of Aaron Angus and Reather Ann Elders Proctor. He was a roofer. Surviving are parents of Gaston; sister, Darlene Ann Senn Whiteville, N.C.; brothers, Gregory Proctor, Michael Lee Proctor and Jeremy Aaron Proctor, all of Gaston. Vera Ramey ABBEVILLE Memorial services for Vera Milford Ramey, 87, will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday at Long Cane Cemetery. The family is at 107 Calhoun St. Harris Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Ramey died Saturday.
Born in Abbeville, he was a late W.J. Sr. and Mamie Stevenson Milford. Surviving are a daughter, Mary R. Gillespie of Abbeville; husband, Albert Tompkins Ramey of the home; grandson, Kenneth W.
Gillespie Jr. of Greenville; granddaughters, Ramey G. Millett of Charlotte and Laurie C. Lollis of Simpsonville; four great-grandchildren. Fannie Rogers EFFINGHAM Services for Fannie B.
Rogers, 76, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hebron Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Brockington Funeral Home. Viewing is 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home.
Mrs. Rogers died Saturday. Born in Hemingway, she was a daughter of the late Willie Britton and Callie Britton. Surviving: husband, Edward Theron sons, Dannie Keith Rogers; sister, Mary Council; brothers, Willie Jay Britton, Marion Alton Eaddy; four grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son and a grandson.
Howard Schmidt Jr. WESTMINSTER Services for Howard George Schmidt 67, of 609 Mimosa Road, will be private. The family is at the home. Sandifer Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Foothills, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca 29672, or to Oconee Humane Society, 321 Camp Road, Walhalla 29691.
Mr. Schmidt died Thursday, June 11, 1998, at his home. Born May 24, 1931, in Buffalo, N.Y., he was a son of the late Howard George and Ella Ruth Jane Skidmore Schmidt. He served in the U.S. National Guard and was of the Lutheran faith.
Surviving are his wife, Wilma Collins Schmidt of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy S. and Charles M. Salsman of Brevard, N.C., Karen S. and David L. Brown of Columbia; four grandchildren, Robert Brown, Julia Brown, Katherine Salsman and Isabel Salsman.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Louis Schmidt. James Simkins GREENVILLE Services for James Harrington Simkins, 77, of 105. Morningdale Drive, will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Mackey Mortuary, 311 Century Drive, with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park. Dr.
Robert B. Whaley will officiate. Mr. Simkins Friday, June 12, 1998, of congestive heart failure. Born in Knoxville, March 15, 1921, he was a son of the late Lilly Mae Stapleton Simkins and Robert Moorman Simkins and a lifelong resident of Greenville.
A Furman University graduate, he was president and owner of James H. Simkins Company, a commercial real estate and property management company and formerly headed the property management department of Caine Company. He served in the Army Air Force from 1943-1946, and received the ATO Good Conduct and Victory Medals. Elected to the Greenville City Council in 1961, he served as vice-mayor protem, mayor pro-tem and mayor. While on the council he played a key role in the revitalization of downtown Greenville, was instrumental in drafting the citymanager form of government, and the first to propose a full time municipal judge for the city.
He served as chairman of the finance, building, personnel and public works committees. "He was the conscience of the council," longtime friend and former mayor Max Heller, said Saturday. "Jimmy was a really solid, thoughtful, caring person who served because he truly wanted to serve. He was not only one of the best public servants I have ever seen he was also one of the best people knew," said Heller, who first met Simkins lever the 1960's when the two were in the Jaycees. After leaving politics, Mr.
Simkins remained involved in downtown Greenville revitalization efforts. In 1954, he receive the "Young Man of the Year" Award for Greenville County. He was past president of the Greenville and S.C. Jaycees, the Greenville County Mental Health Association, the Buttonhole Club, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, and past chairman of the Donaldson Center Development Board. He was former chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Greenville Housing Authority, and in 1992, the Woodland Homes Library was named in his honor.
He also served as vice chairman of the governor's legislative committee on Mental Health and Mental Retardation, a position he was appointed to by four South Carolina governors. Mr. Simkins was a member of the Greenville Board of Realtors, the S.C. Association of Realtors, and the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). He was the second person in South Carolina to earn the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation.
He was a devoted member of Northgate Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Neal Simkins of Greenville; sons and daughter-in-law, James Harrington Jr. and Mary Simkins of Winston-Salem, N.C., Neal Franklin and Leslie Simkins of Greenville; grandchildren, Emily Neal and Tate Harrington Simkins, both of Greenville; brothers, Robert Moorman Simkins Jr. and John Eldred Simkins both of Greenville. Dwight Sprang ROCK HILL Memorial services for Dwight C.
Sprang, 82, will be held at 3:30 today at West Main Church of the Nazarene with private burial. Visitation will follow the service at the church. Greene Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Sprang died Saturday.
Born in Wooster, Ohio, he was a son of the late Harold and Mattie Nave Sprang. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines. Surviving are wife, Martha Macdonald of the home; sons, Harold Sprang of Bradenton, David Sprang of Rock Hill; brothers, Lester Sprang, Mile Sprang; sisters, Naomi Ray, Ada Grace Maxwell. Mrytle Streeter LEXINGTON Services for Myrtle A.
Streeter, 91, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 16, 1998, at Mount Horeb United Methodist Church with entombment in Southeastern Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Myrtle Beach. The family will receive friends 7-9 tonight at CaughmanHarman Funeral Homes, Lexington Chapel. Mrs. Streeter died Friday, June 12, 1998.
Born in Circleville, she was a daughter of the late William and Jennie Phillips Robb Sr. and widow of B.P. Streeter. She was owner of Streeter Moving and Storage, member and past president of B.P.O. Does, Myrtle Beach Drove No.
205 S.C., and past member of Partners of the Americas, National Defense Transportation Association, South Carolina Movers and Warehouse Association. Surviving are son, James Streeter; sisters, Ruth Seager of Pompano Beach, Mabel Burtnett of Las Vegas, grandchildren, Paul T. Streeter of Baton Rouge, Michael J. Streeter of Grersham James R. Streeter David W.
Streeter, Rebecca Wingard, all of Lexington; 12 great-grandchildren. Ruth Swank GARDEN CITY BEACH Services for Ruth Haymes Swank, 75, will be private. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Disease Research, 2200 West Main Street A-230, Durham NC 27705. Mrs.
Swank died Friday, June 12, 1998, at National Health Care after an illness. Born June 21, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Winton and Grace Donehoo Haymes. She was a U.S. Navy Wave, and was a U.S.O. entertainer.
She was a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. Mrs. Swank received her masters from the University of South Carolina, Phi Beta Kappa. She was a charter member of Beta Phi Mu Library Science Honor Society at U.S.C. She was a retired librarian from Midlands Technical College, Columbia Campus.
Surviving are her son, John A. Swank Jr. of North Myrtle Beach; daughter, Jan A. Alexander of Augusta; brother, Roy E. Haymes of El Sobrante, four grandsons.
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS DEVINE STREET CHAPEL MR. MCLEMORE: Funeral service for Mr. Troy Lee McLemore will be held at the graveside in Greenlawn Memorial Park this (Monday) morning at 10 o'clock. MR. NATIONS: Funeral service for Mr.
Loye Eugene Nations will be held at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, this (Monday) morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. LTC RAWLINS: Funeral Mass for LTC William A. Rawlins, US Army (Ret), will be celebrated at St. John Neumann Catholic Church this (Monday) morning at 10 o'clock.
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