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a a a a a a a a a a a of of a a SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1969 SIX THE GREENVILLE NEWS, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES WILLIAMSTON Graveside services for Elliott Earle Wood, who died Thursday at 8 p.m., will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Baker-Earle family cemetery near Pickens. Surviving are a half-sister, Miss Ruth Wood of Williamston, and a half-brother, Herman L. Wood of Williamston. Cox Funeral Home of Belton is in charge.

Mrs. Copeland E. E. Wood Miss LYMAN Funeral services for Miss Sarah Emily Drake, 57, of Gap Creek Road, Rt. 1, Lyman, who died Thursday, will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m.

at the Wood Mortuary in Greer by the Rev. E. C. Campbell. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m.

at Freeman Cemetery near Hendersonville, N. by the Rev. Quay Corn. The body is at the mortuary and the family is at the home of a sister, Mrs. Celia Brown, Gap Creek Road.

Henry Vandewall ANDERSON Henry Vandewall, 68, of Asbury Church Road, Rt. 3, Anderson, died in a local hospital at 12:15 a.m. Friday. He was a native of New York, was a retired truck line owner, a veteran of World War II and a Baptist. Surviving are, his wife, Mrs.

Rosa Ferrell McDougald a de wall; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mary Hutchins of Anderson; and a sister, Mrs. Harry Telleare of New York. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fant's Grove Baptist Church by the Rev.

S. D. Hart and the Rev. D. Clarence Shirley.

Burial will be in church body is at McDougald Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Laughter FOREST CITY, N. C.

Mrs. Cora Mae Laughter, 88, of 60 S. Broadway, died at a Rutherford hospital at 2:10 a.m. Friday. She was a native of Cleveland County, N.

and attended the Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Maude Manley of Greenville, S. and Mrs. Minnie Wishon and Miss Mary Laughter of Forest City; three sons, Logan Laughter of Greenville, and Charles and Claude Laughter of Travelers Rest, 40 grandchildren and 52 greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sandy Level Baptist Church by the Rev. Dan Hensley and the Rev. Tull Hollifield. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body is at the home. Crowe Mortuary, Spindale, is in charge. J. F. Floyd GREER Joseph F.

Floyd, 84, of Apt. 2, Maple Village, died Friday at 11:25 a.m. at his home. He was a native of Inman, a son of the late Crawford and Leana Lawrence Floyd. He lived Greer for 30 years and was a member of Floyd's Creek Baptist Church near Inman.

He was a member of Tucapau Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Lee Hawkins Floyd; three daughters, Mrs. G. W.

Moore of Welford, Mrs. Edward Rogers of Reidville and Mrs. H. C. Campbell of Greer; four sons, N.

C. Floyd of the home, Joe M. Floyd of Miami, Olin Floyd of Decatur, and Alfred Floyd of Fort Myers, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Wood Mortuary. A.

E. Mull EASLEY Augustus E. "Guss" Mull, 87, of Old Greenville Road, died at his home at 9:20 a.m. Friday. He was a native of Transylvania County, N.

son of the late George E. and Mary Lealon Mull. He was a member of Easley First Baptist Church, a WICKES LUMBER and BUILDING SUPPLIES CENTER Prefinished PANELING MAHOGANY GREER-Mrs. Eshchol Davis Copeland, 68, of 202 Trade widow of J. Oscar Copeland, died Friday at 2:03 p.m.

at a Greenville hospital. She was a native of the Greer area, a daughter of the late Rev. George and Mildred Cothran Davis. She was a member of Victor Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, John G.

Copeland of the home; a sister, Mrs. Erah Powers of Startex; two brothers, A. H. Davis of Taylors and G. N.

of Simpsonville; and a grandchild. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wood Mortuary. Mrs. G. F.

Jones Mrs. Doris Burkhalter, Jones, 33, former resident of Greenville, wife of SP-5 Gary F. Jones, died in Berlin, Germany, where her husband is stationed. A daughter of Luther E. and Gladys Smith Burkhalter, of Greenville, she was born i in Laurens.

She attended schools at Gray Court and Woodruff lived in Gray Court before moving to Greenville 15 years ago. Since May, 1968, she lived in Germany with her husband, who was stationed with the U. S. Army. She was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church of Gray Court.

Surviving also are a daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Jones of Berlin, Germany; a son, Luther Hicks Jones of Berlin, Germany; two sisters, Mrs. James D. (Catherine) Parker, pre (Ruby) Simpsonville Eaton of and Greenville; Mrs. Ronnie and two brothers, Charles Lee Burkhalter of Greenville and Douglas E. Burkhalter of Taylors.

Funeral, arrangements will be announced by Thomas McAfee Funeral Home. The body will be returned to Greenville. The family is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Burkhalter, 10 Lester Ave.

Union Bleachery! community. L. M. White PIEDMONT Lawrence Monroe White, 63, of Rt. 3, Piedmont, Rehobeth community, died at a Greenville hospital at noon Friday.

He was a native of Anderson County, son of the late William and Deliliah Gambrell. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Rehobeth Baptist Church and Pelzer Masonic Lodge 217. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elsie Anders White; daughter, Mrs. Truman (Sarah) Hunt of Easley; two brothers, Raymond White of Pelzer and W.

I. White of Dacusville; four sisters, Mrs. Pauline Hunt of Easley, Mrs. Josie Moody and Mrs. Mabel Marshbanks of Greenville and Mrs.

Thelma Roach of Easley; and two grandsons. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, 3 p.m at Rehobeth Baptist church by the Rev. Ralph Bagwell, the Rev. Carol Davis and the Rev. C.

H. Miller. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is at the Gray Mortuary and will be placed in the church Sunday at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 7 to 9 p.

m. Saturday. FULL 4'x8' FIRST QUALITY PANELS $277 LAST DAY SATURDAY 227 PENDLETON ST. OPEN FRI. 'til 9:00 OPEN SAT.

'til 5:30 tel. 235-6361 retired merchant and farmer, and served three terms on Easley City Council. His first wife was the late Janie Bridges Mull. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vineita G.

Lesley Mull; four sons. A. L. Mull of Long Beach, George D. and Allen E.

Mull of Greenville and James E. Mull of Greer; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Matthews 5 of Greenville and Mrs. Mary Ellen Murphree of Buffalo Grove, four brothers, Walker and Harrison Mull of Greenville, Eugene Clyde Mull of of Hampton, Greenwood. 'Nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Robinson Funeral Home by the David G. Anderson. the Rev. E.

G. Robertson and Dr. Norman R. Lewis. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be George, Feilding, Clyde, LeRoy, Ralph and Lankford Mull. The body is at Robinson Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. J. L.

Lollis Funeral services for James Lee "Jim" Lollis of 204 Beattie Simpsonville, will be conducted Saturday at p. m. at Temple Baptist Church by the Rev. M. A.

Martin and the Rev. Jack Hester. Pallbearers will be Tony and Gary DeVall, Bruce and Bobby Lollis, Donald Sales, Steve Barton, Dan Barker and Ronnie Edge. The body is at the home but will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Jones Mortuary is in charge. C. J. B. Welch ANDERSON Clyde J.

B. Welch, 53, of 609 McCown died at an Atlanta, nursing home Friday. He was a native of Mountain City, son of Mrs. Molly Welch Elrod. He was a carpenter.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva Swilling Welch; two sons, Jerry and Ronald Welch of Anderson; a daughter, Mrs. Delores Crow of Anderson; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Rollins of Anderson; a half-brother, Herbert Elrod of Georgia; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

at McDougald Funeral Home by the Rev. R. E. Cason. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Hart County, Ga.

The body is at the funeral home and the family is at the home of a son, Ronald Welch, 520 W. Shockley Ferry Road. Larry Peavy FRANKLIN, N. Larry "Buck" Peavy, 44, of 25 W. Main died Thursday night at He was a native of South Carolina, a son of W.

H. Peavy and the late Mrs. Lois Wilbanks Peavy. He was a member of the Franklin A Salvation Army Corps and was a shoestore owner and operator in Franklin. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Louise Cook Peavy; a stepdaughter, Mrs. David Faulkner of Waynesville; two brothers, Jack Peavy of Enoree, S. and Frank Peavy of Mrs. Nellie McG aha of Lafayette, three sisters, Spartanburg, S.C., Mrs. Betty Campbell of Laurens, S.

and Mrs. Mary Seegors of Clinton, S.C. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Franklin Salvation Army Corps Chapel. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery at Waynesville.

Pallbearers will be Wymer, Ellis and Byrd Collins, Leonard Maney, Jim Peek and Herman Franks. The body is at Bryant placed in church at 10:30 Funeral Home, and will be a.m. Sunday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Mrs. E. M. Thacker Mrs. Lela Henderson Thacker, 77, wife of E.

M. Thacker of 107 Hammett St. Ext. died Friday at 5:20 a.m. at a local hospital.

A daughter of the late Edward H. and Elizabeth Morgan Henderson, she was born in Pelham. She lived most of her life in Greenville and lived on Hammett Street for 27 years. She attended the Park Place Church of God. Surviving also are a daughter, Mrs.

J. 0. (Esmey) Hembree of Greenville; a half-sister, Mrs. Heaton of Inman; two grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday an hour to be announced at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home by the Rev.

Newby Thompson, Rev. Carl Ellenburg and the Rev. Paul Sullivan. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Luther FUNERAL INVITATIONS The friends and relatives of Mrs.

Claudia Cullum Kirkland and Mr. Haskell Kirkland are respectfully invited to tend Cullum the funeral Kirkland, services Saturday for Mrs. Claudia at the graveside in the Princeton Baptist Church Cemetery Princeton. S. C.

The Mackey Mortuary, Funeral Directors. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. James "Jim" Lollis, Mrs. William D.

Singleton, Mrs. William A. Grant, C. DeVall, Mrs. Paul L.

Smith, Mrs. J. Barton, Mrs. Milton Contrell, Mr. Robert L.

Lollis, Ralph E. Lollis, Mr. BIll B. Lollis and Mr. Tommie C.

Lollis are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services for James Lee "Jim' Lollis at p. m. Saturday at Temple Baptist Church, Burial will be in Greenville Memorial Gardens. The Jones Mortuary, Funeral Directors. Gilliard, Ernest Ted Robertson, E.

H. Hollingsworth, Charles Finley, Earl Foster and Woody Pitt. The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Saturday. The family is at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

J. O. Hembree, 11 Sixth Avenue, Poe community. Melvin Jones Funeral services for Melvin Jones of 112 Horton who died Sunday, will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at St.

James Holliness Church by the Rev. T. T. Mansell. Burial will be in Fairfield Methodist Church Cemetery in Anderson County.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Barbara Sue Jones; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones of Greenville; a daughter, Pandora Denise Jones; four sisters, Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Sarah Ann Jones, Miss Lois Jones Mary Ann Jones of Greenville; two brothers, Henry Lee and Nathaniel Jones of Greenville; and a grandfather, LeRoy Franklin of New York. The body is at Watkins, Arnold and Sheppard Mortuary where the family will receive friends Saturday from 9 to 10 p.m.

C. O. Sanders SENECA Cullen Otto Sanders, 76, died at a Lexington rest home at 5 a.m. Friday. He was a native of Oconee County, a son of the late Thomas Andrew and Susan Ila Brooks Sanders.

He was a retired farmer and lived in the Return community near Seneca. He was a World War I veteran and a member of Return Baptist Church. He was the member of his immediate family. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Seneca Mortuary by the Rev.

Earl Mosteller. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers nephews. The body is at the mortuary where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The family is at the home of Mrs. J. J. Hemphill, Shiloh Road. William Riley William Riley, 21, of 112-A Mt.

Zion died Tuesday in a local hospital. He was a native of Greenville County, a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Riley. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.

Effie Lynch Riley; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Brown of Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Ruby Lee Hawkins of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Queenie Blackman of Greenville; five brothers, David, Wesley, Charles, Willie Joe and Robert Riley of Greenville; and a grandmother, Mrs. Queen Hill of Greenwood.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 1 p.m. at Watkins, Arnold and Sheppard Mortuary by the Rev. E. D. Dixon.

Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. The body is at the mortuary where the family will receive friends from 8 to 9 p.m. Saturday. G. A.

Gibbs GREER George A. Gibbs, 59, of 207 Earl St. died Friday at 9:30 a.m. at his home. He was a native of Union County and was an employe of the Bank of Greer.

He was a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and was a veteran. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Ollie Bell Gibbs of the home; a son, Bennie Gibbs of the home; two brothers, Eugene Gibbs of Mountain Homes, and Earl Gibbs of Spartanburg; and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Cedar Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. J.

C. Jackson. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dan Sloan, Ralph 0. Jenkins, Robert D.

Waddell, Marvin C. Dacus, James A. Bennett, Conrad Robinson, Wilton J. Gibson Jr. and The John family C.

Bearden. that requests any memorials be made to the Heart Fund of Greer. Sullivan Brothers Mortuary is in charge. P. M.

Wood SIMPSONVILLE Paul M. Wood, 60, of Rt. 1, Simpsonville, died Friday at 1:34 a.m. at a Fountain Inn hospital. He was a native of Woods Chapel community, Spartanburg County, a son of J.

Dee and Tweetie DeShields the Simpsonville community for Wood. He was a resident, of seven years and was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Green Wood: a stepdaughter, Mrs.

Calvin Sellars of Rt. 2, Simpsonville; seven brothers. Leonard, Vaxton and Louie of Rt. 1, Duncan, Lloyd Wood of Rt. 1, Greer, Vernon Wood of of Rt.

Rt. 5, Greer, LeRoy 4, Greer, and Malcolm Wood of Rt. Travelers Rest; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 4 p.m. at Wood Mortuary by the Rev.

Billy Brant, the Rev. D. B. Webber and the Rev. Charles Brooks.

Burial will be in Cannon Memorial Park, Fountain Inn. Pallbearers will be Cecil and James DeShields, Roy and DEATH LIST BALL, A. Rt. 2, Woodruff BALL, Mrs. A.

Rt. 2, Woodruff BENNETT. Mrs. Ora Lee, Taylors BRATCHER, Mrs. J.

Edgefield COLLINS, Susan Vernell, Rt. 4, Easley COPELAND, Mrs. J. Oscar, Greer FLOYD, Joseph Greer GIBBS, George Greer HARRIS, Boyd Thomas, Greenwood HENDERSON, Harold Edward, Spartanburg JONES, Mrs. Gary Berlin, Germany JONES, Melvin, Greenville LAUGHTER, Mrs.

Cora Mae, Forest City, N. C. MAYFIELD, Grady, Rt. 1, Woodruff McDONALD, Sgt. Jerry Greenville MORSE, Mrs.

Margaret Little, Joanna MULL, Augustus Easley OWENS, George Union PEAVY, Larry, Franklin, N. C. RILEY, William, Greenville ROGERS, Mrs. Maude, Greenville SALTER, Vernon, Greer SANDERS, Cullen Otto, Seneca SMITH, Willie Edgefield SNIDER, Mrs. James Jasper, Belton THACKER, Mrs.

E. Greenville TOOKER, George Easley VANDEWALL, Henry, Rt. 3, Anderson WATTS, J. Furman, Orlando, Fla. WELCH, Clyde J.

Anderson WHITE, Lawrence Monroe, Piedmont WILLIAMS. Yancy, Laurens WOOD, Elliott Earle, Williamston WOOD, Paul Rt. 1 1, Simpsonville Harold Greer, Lewis Green, Alton Baldwin, Charles Sloan and John Larry Sexton. The body is at the mortuary. Mrs.

Rogers Mrs. Rogers Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Rogers of 1112 Hampton Ave. will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Watkins, Arnold and Sheppard Mortuary by the Rev.

J. H. Smith. Burial will be in Bruton Town Cemetery. The body is at the mortuary where the family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m.

H. R. Hipps SIMPSONVILLE Funeral services for Herman Rector "Rex" Hipps, 74, of the Unity Community, who died Thursday, will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Unity Baptist Church by the Rev. Dillard Alexander, the Rev.

Pat Perry and the Rev. D. B. Webber. Burial will be in Cannon Memorial Park.

Survivors include four brothers, John, Charlie, Rufus and B. P. Hipps of Simpsonville. The body is at Cannon Funeral Home, Fountain Inn, and the family is at the home of a daughter, Mrs. A.

C. Peden, 312 Pliney Circle. Yancy Williams LAURENS Funeral services for Yancy Williams, who died in a local hospital Thursday, will be conducted Sunday at Poplar Springs AME Church at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. William Gramble.

Burial will be in Poplar Springs cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Willie Mae Williams; three sons, Yancy Gregory, Ivan Bradley and Frederick Williams of home; two brothers, Nathaniel and Timothy Williams Jr. of Laurens; three sisters, Mrs. Ola Bell Anderson, Mrs.

Jessie B. Madden and Mrs. Barbara Fielder of Laurens; and his mother, Mrs. Ozola Williams Byrd of Laurens. Goins Funeral Home is in charge.

J. F. Watts J. Furman Watts, of 533 Kalmia Drive, Oralndo, a former resident of Greenville, died Thursday at 3:30 a.m. at an Orlando hospital.

A native of Fountain Inn, he was a son of Mrs. Sophronia Wix Watts of Greenville and the late J. L. E. Watts.

He spent most of his life in Greenville and in the Sans Souci community, but for 12 years, he lived in Orlando. He was a retired drug clerk and a Mason. He was a member of Sans Souci Baptist Church. Surviving also are his Mrs. Kathaline Edwards Watts; a daughter, Mrs.

Paul W. (Myrna) Roberts of Orlando; two sons, Brian A. and F. Watts Jr. of Oralndo; a sister, Mrs.

James V. (Ruth) Wherry of Greenville; three brothers, James T. Paul Watts of Greenville and Lloyd W. Watts of New York City; and two grandchildren. The body is being returned Saturday to Thomas McAfee Funeral Home.

The family is at the home of his sister, Mrs. James V. Wherry, 218 Kirk Blvd. B. T.

Harris GREENWOOD Boyd Thomas Harris, 52, died at 10 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital. He was born in Gaffney, a son of Mrs. Fannie Oxford Harris and the late Charlie Harris. He lived in Greenwood for 35 years and was a World War il veteran and member of Abney Memorial Baptist Church.

Surviving also are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Hollingsworth Harris; two daughters, Mrs. Ransom Rauton and Mrs. Steve Flemming of Greenwood; three sisters, Mrs. Addie Parker, Mrs.

Rebea Cooksey and Mrs. Thelma Hill of Gaffney: a brother, Charles Harris of Gaffney; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 4 p. m. at Abney Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev.

W. G. Ellenburg, Spartanburg; and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by S. R.

Holcombe Funeral Home. Mrs. J. J. Snider BELTON Mrs.

Effie Gibby Snider, 81, widow of James Jasper Snider, died at the home of a son, C. Snider, 212 Breazeale at 9 p.m. Friday. She was born in Cornellia, a daughter of the late Charlie and Josie Williams Gibby. She was a Baptist.

Surviving also are a daughter, Mrs. Nannie Hicks of Greenville; 13 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren, and one greatFuneral arrangements will be announced by Cox Funeral Home. Vernon Salter GREER Funeral services for Vernon Salter, 61, of 105 Kelley Greenville, who died Feb. 27, will be conducted at 3 p.m. at Mt.

Pleasant Baptist Church by the Rev. Lester Bell. Burial will be in the church cemetery. are his wife, Mrs. Surviving, Salter; four daughters, Mrs.

Cora Ferguson, Mrs. Mary Henderson, Miss Sarah Salter and Miss Bobby Jean Salter of Greenville; six sons, Jonah and Frank Salter of Norfolk, and Willie James, Jimmy David, Johnny and Charles Salter of Greenville; a brother, Willie Norah Salter of Parris; and 16 grandchildren. The body is at M. B. Callaham Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 8 p.m.

The family is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norah Salter, 1523-A W. Washington Road, Greenville. Grady Mayfield WOODRUFF Grady Mayfield, 78, of Rt.

1, Woodruff, Reidville community, died Friday at 8 p.m. in a Columbia hospital. He was a native of Greenville, County, a son of the late William H. and Ultama Smith Mayfield. He was a member and former deacon of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and a member of the Reidville Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Olive Campbell Mayfield; a daughter, Miss Evelyn Mayfield of Gastonia, N.C.; two stepsons, Ernest of Greer and Hubert White of Greenville; and a sister, Mrs. Altha Burgess of Greenville. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at Poplar Springs Baptist Church by the Rev.

H. G. Babb and the Rev. Bobby Crocker. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Greer.

Pallbearers will be Rock and Ray White, Ronnie Hart, Mike Tennis and Talmadge and Reg Campbell. The body is at Wood Mortuary, Greer, and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Sunday. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Susan Collins EASLEY Susan Vernell Collins, infant daughter of Earl Randolph and Cathy Hayes Collins, of Rt. 4, Easley, died at a Pickens Hospital at 2:45 p.m. Friday. Surviving also are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Aaron Hayes of Easley and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Collins of Easley; great grandparents, Charlie Patterson of Liberty, the Rev. L. O.

Hayes of Pickens and Lee Collins of Pickens. Graveside services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at Rice's Creek Baptist Church cemetery by the Rev. Wallace Looper. The body is at Robinson Funeral Home, and the family is at the home of the grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Aaron Hayes, Highway 8, Easley. G. H. Tooker EASLEY George H.

Tooker, 52, of 204 Biltmore Drive, died at his home at 7 p.m. Friday. He was a native of York, N. a son of the late Austin and Emma Halaback Tooker. He lived in Greenville before moving to Easley in 1968.

He was manager of Hardee's in Easley. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion and York Baptist Church, N. J. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Harden Tooker; daughter, Mrs.

Priscilla Cruell of North Augusta; a stepson, Jack R. Blackmon of Easley; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Violet Green of North Augusta and Mrs. Jewel Tager of Glavenville; and 10 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will 1 be announced by Posey Funeral Home, Langley.

Robinson Funeral home is in charge of local arrangements. the Rev. Gary Byrd, the Rev. Ralph Rhyne and the Rev. Donald Hawthorne.

Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Garden. Pallbearers will be Neil, Freddy and Barry Hollingsworth, Tommy and Danny Parker and John Lawton. The body is at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Rauton, 17 Manning Road, Avondale, and will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Harley Funeral Home is in charge. F. L. Burgess PICKENS Funeral services for Franklin Lee Burgess, 90, who died Thursday, will be conducted at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Saturday at 3 p.m. by the Rev.

Robert Culbertson Jr. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is at Clayton-Dillard Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. R. E.

Hope WALHALLA Funeral? services for Robert E. "Bob" Hope, 64, of 803 N. Broad who died Thursday, will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Davenport Funeral Home by the Rev. C.

L. Letson and the Rev. Don Hope. Burial will be in Oconee Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be J.

C. Abbott and Dr. John T. Davis, W. T.

White, Ross Ward, J. A. Ross, Dean Harrill, Ray Head and Bob Owens. The body is at the funeral home. Mrs.

Bratcher EDGEFIELD Mrs. Bessie Hill Bratcher, 76, widow of J. L. died Thursday at a Columbia hospital. She was a native of Laurens County.

Surviving is a son, Otis Bratcher of Edgefield. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Edgefield Church of God by the Rev. John Gilbert, the Rev. S.

A. Bell and the Rev. Gerald Lee. Burial will be in East View Cemetery. The body is at the home of a son, Otis Bratcher, 600 Mims St.

Edgefield Merchantile Funeral Home is in charge. W. H. Smith EDGEFIELD Willie H. Smith, 64, died early Friday at his home.

He a native of Alabama and was a retired truck driver. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Marie Chavis Smith; three sons, William E. and Roy Willie Smith of Edgefield and Henry Rodney Smith of Ward; a brother, Woodrow W. Smith of Orlando, a sister, Mrs.

Myrtle Fetner of Williamston; and a grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home by the Rev. J. T.

Littlejohn and the Rev. Conrad Johnston. Burial will be in East View Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. G.

C. Owens UNION George C. Owens. 70, of 200 Dawkins died Friday at 8:10 p.m. at a local hospital.

He was a native of Union County, a son of the late George C. and Mattie Sweat Owens. He was a retired painter and a member of the Order of Redmen. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ellen Doris L.

Owens; two daughters, Miss Millie Owens of the home and Mrs. Marvin Hopkins of Rt. 1, Buffalo; a son, Otis Lee Patterson of Rt. 4. Union; three stepdaughters, Mrs.

Helen Cathcart Moore, Mrs. Mary Kennett of Union and Mrs. Eugene Rabun of Birmingham, three stepsons, William and Lawrence Fall of Union and Charles Gill Jr. of Buffalo; two sisters, Mrs. Faye Charles of Cowpens and Mrs.

James E. Aughtry of Lyman; five brothers, Ed, John. R. and Harold Owens of Union and W. V.

Owens of A. J. Ball Mrs. Ball WOODRUFF A. J.

Ball and his wife, Mary MaGaha Ball of Rt. 2, Woodruff, died Friday at 5:15 p.m. Mr. Ball, 49, was a retired employe of Riverdale Mills. He was a son of William Henry and Zora Burke Ball of Newport, Tenn.

He was a disabled veteran of World War II and a member of Woodruff Church of God. Mrs. Ball, 44, was a daughter of Mrs. Myrtle Huskie MaGaha of Greenville and the late Joe A. MaGaha.

She was a seamstress at Her Majesty plant and member of Woodruff Church of God. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy B. Richards of Woodruff; two sons, Buster Ronald Ball of Woodruff; and four grandchildren. Surviving Ball also are a sister, Mrs.

Will Mintz of Canton, N.C.; and a brother, Scott MaGaha of Greenville. Mr. Ball is also survived. by four sisters, Mrs. Grace Click, Mrs.

Minnie Hale, Mrs. Ruby Crumb and Mrs. Polly Smith of Newport, and five brothers, Carl, Arlis, Hubert, Robert and Henry Ball Jr. of Newport, Tenn. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Lanford-Boyter Mortuary.

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