The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 2

Midi-Delia obituaries Mrs. Garner Fletcher CLEVELAND-Mrs. Garner E. Fletcher, 75, died at the East Bolivar County Hospital at 8:30 a.m. Friday following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were to be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fletcher Funeral Home Chapel in Cleveland. Burial was to follow in the New Cleveland Cemetery with Elder 0. L. Hawkins to officiate.

Born and educated in Ackerman, Mrs. Fletcher was wed 49 years ago and had lived in Cleveland since that time. She was a member of the Morrison Chapel Baptist Church in Cleveland. Survivors include her husband, P. D.

Fletcher of Cleveland; one son, Palmer Fletcher of Cleveland; three daughters, Mrs. C. V. Cobb, Mrs. D.

W. Cobb and Mrs. Louise Hollingsworlh, all of Cleveland; one brother, E. Tollison of Cleveland; and one sister, Mrs. M.

H. Baker of Eupora. Charlie Jackson ROLLING FORK--Charlie Jackson of Fork, died Saturday in the Sharkey- ilssaquena County Hospital. Funeral are incomplete, with Edwards Evans Funeral Home in charge. Thomas H.

Miller LAKE VILLAGE, W. 54, of Lake Village died Wednesday at IShreveport, La. Funeral services were to be at 10 a.m. at the Lake Village Baptist Church. 'Burial was to follow in the Lake Village with the Rev.

Edward Edmondson Little Rock, to officiate. He was a veteran of World-War Two, a NATIONAL WEATHER During Sunday, showers will be scattered over upper New England, along the West Gulf coast, near the Lakes region and along the North Pacific coast. Elsewhere, generally fair weather should prevail with skies ranging from sunny to partly cloudy. Worries About KIDS What with a rising crime rate, dope, narcotics and "pushers," lots of folks are worried about safeguarding our youngsters. Ollie Mohamed (with six of his own) worries too.

And that's why he pushed his tough bill on narcotics control through the state senate. Another reason we should vote for Ollie. Ollie Mohamed SENATOR S3 Mason and a member of the Jennie Baptist Church in Jennie, Ark. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lorene Miller; two sons, Preston Miller of DeKalb, Tex.

and Julius Miller of Lake Village; 'iifie daughter, Mrs. Barbara Davis of Stamps, his mother, Mrs. Margaret Miller of Houston, one brother, John Miller of Houston, and three grandchildren. James Bivins James Bivins, 93, of 631 W. O'Hea died Friday at his home following an apparent heart attack.

Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the Redeemer Episcopal Church with the Rev. R. T. Scott and the Rev.

S. W. Foster officiating. Burial will follow in the Live Oak Cemetery. Watson Funeral Home has charge.

He was a retired cotton sampler and a member of the Redeemer Church. Survivors include five nieces, Mrs. Rosa B. Holloway, Mrs. Alvoide Fowles and Mrs.

Bernice H. Stokes, all of Greenville, Mrs. Estelle Buser of Chicago, and Mrs. Susan Lewis of St. Louis and two nephews, Joseph H.

Bivins of Greenville and John H. Bivins of Chicago. Howard Harbison Funeral services for Howard Harbison, 67, of Gamwyn Park, were at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenville. Burial followed in the Greenville Cemetery with the Rev.

Richard Harbison of Baton Rouge, assisting Dr. T. Robert Fulton, minister of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Johnson infant Cutie Johnson, three-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Eddie Lee Johnson of Hollandale, died Thursday at the Hollandale Clinic. Graveside services were held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Pleasant Star Cemetery in Chatham. Edwards Evans Funeral Home had charge. Other than his parents, he is survived by his maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Levi Spand of Greenville and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson of Greenville; his great-grandfathers, Jim Edwards of Greenville and Eddie Bracy of Glen Allen; four brothers, names not available, and one brother, name not available. Mrs.

Huldah Phillips Mrs. Huldah Anne Phillips, 73, died Friday at 11 p.m. at the Arnold Avenue Nursing Home, where she had been a patient for four years. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of the National Funeral Home, with the Rev.

Paul Brooks officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. Born in Cruger in 1897, Mrs. Phillips was a member of the First Methodist Church in Greenville.

She had lived in Greenville for 37 years. She had worked for Washington County Welfare Department for 16 years. Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. F. R.

Holloway of Houston, one brother, A. B. Brantley of Memphis, and two sisters, Mrs. Florence Middleton of Greenville; Mrs. Elizabeth Mclngvale of Lake Cor- moran and three grandchildren.

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All portraits delivered to you at our store by Penney associates. Age limit: 12 years. 3 BIG DAYS Absentee prospects look bright JACKSON (Special)-Odds are good that when the state legislature convenes in January, a majority of the legislators already have committed themselves to work for passage of legislation to allow students to vote by absentee ballot. Luther Munford, chairman of the Committee for the Student Absentee Ballot, said 21 Senate and 55 House candidates who won Democratic nomination Aug. 3 have pledged themselves to work to create a student absentee ballot in the 1972 session.

Munford said run-offs for an additional 34 House and 14 Senate seats will be held Tuesday, and 41 of the 68 candidates for House seats and 20 of 28 candidates for Senate seats have pledged to support student absentee ballot legislation, if elected. Gubernatorial candidates Charles Evers, Charles Sullivan and William Waller have declared their support for such legislation, as have William Winter, unopposed candidate for lieutenant governor, and incumbent speaker of the House John Junkin of Natchez. Rep. Horace Harned of Starkville is the only candidate who has announced his opposition to legislation allowing students to vote by absentee ballot. Harned, an incumbent who is unopposed for reelection, represents Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha Counties.

His district includes both Mississippi State University and Mississippi State College for Women. Fifteen persons who have won Democratic Senate nominations and 33 who have won House nominations did not reply to the Committee's mail poll, Munford said. Thirty- three candidates in run-offs for House nominations and eight in run-offs for Senate nominations did not respond. Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama allow students to vote by absentee ballot if they are in school on election day. Mississippi does not.

In Mississippi, an 2 Sunday, August 22,1971 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi I take this opportunity to A all my Mencl 8 recommend to all man whom I and A a man who has respect and a man a 'rlpT 3.HCI I ask all of you to support Paul -C. his bid for this public office. Thank you- The Rev. Don H. Neil Pastor, Lake Washington First Baptist Church.

Aug. 23-24-25, "Buddy" Gresham has three good reasons why he is vitally interested in the youth of Washington and Humphreys Counties. "Buddy" and Betty Gresham have three fine children--Donna, 15; Laurie Ann, Ken, 14--who are growing up in Washington County. They work together, play together, worship together and plan for the future together. These are three good reasons why "Buddy" Gresham is vitally concerned with problems of law and order, drug abuse, education, job training and economic progress for this area.

And, this concern is for all of the young people in Washington and Humphreys Counties. FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HELP ELECT J.K/Buddy'Gresham STATE SENATOR "A New Strong Voice for Washington nnd Humphreys Counties!" estimated 52 per cent of the 130,000 potential favor. voters between ages 18 and 21 are students, SENATE: Dist. 12, Post 1: Ollie Mohamed Munford said. of Belzoni and Buddy Gresham of Greenville, Here's how Mid-Delta run-off candidates both in favor, stand on the student absentee ballot: HOUSE: Dist.

1: Dist. 12, Post 1: Ollie Mohamed of Belzoni of Cleveland, in favor; J. A. Thigpen of and Buddy Gresham of Greenville, both in Cleveland, no reply. wori from Earl Fisher SEE AND HEAR EARL FISHER ON WABG-TV 8 CHANNEL 6 ffi MONDAY SEE AND HEAR EARL FISHER ON WABG-TV CHANNEL 6 MONDAY TO THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY In the Sunday, August 15th issue of this paper there appeared an ad by Harvey Tackett, an ad by one of his supporters Sam Valencino, and an article by DD-T staff writer Bill Rose, which timed together painted a highly critical picture of me and Frank Columbus before the people for the political sin of honesty: the making of a "deal" if you please.

So I take this means to deal with the "deal" and a few other things, that you may know the truth. Yes, openly and before the people Frank Columbus made his choice and he did have a choice as naturally both Tackett and myself wanted and sought his support. Frank felt that I was the "best qualified" and would make a "true sheriff," and so stated. If elected I will need a good and experienced man for chief deputy, and so publicly stated I would appoint Frank. And I will.

This is our sin, our big "deal" that according to the politicians is against the established rules and for which I should be punished by defeat. Instead of being open and honest with the people, I suppose if we had kept our "deal" a back room secret, or even lied a little, our critics would have remained quiet. Instead we chose to tell the people before rather than after the election and the door closed. We would not have it otherwise, and the people are not now put to a political guessing game. No apology is ever necessary for honesty in partnership with the people.

The article by Mr. Rose was headlined "Old Enemies Become Allies" and goes on to describe so-called "political and courtroom brushes" between Columbus and myself, while in truth and fact we have never been enemies in the years we have known one another and have had no such "brushes." The lawsuit the article mentions is up for retrial in federal court. We are possible witnesses, and it is not for our discussion or judgement. It is a matter for the court and has no bearing on the sheriff's race, but Mr. Rose is a clever writer and he makes good reading.

The time is now short to August 24th. And I am going to spend it seeing you, the people. I am not going to be baited into stopping to answer political rumors and charges. And I ask you to please not be taken in by age old tactics and political scare stories that always seem to surface when a man's true character and record I cannot be otherwise blemished. If you will elect me your sheriff I promise you nothing less than honesty in conduct and service.

I Earl Fisher FOR SHERIFF PAH) KOlt BY KH1KNDS OF ICAHI, l-'ISIiKK.