The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 66

2Y YORK OBSERVER Monday April 17 1995 Adopt Rock Hill couple killed in auto wreck one injured Sliovrccm sample GAFFN EY A Rock Hill couple were killed and another woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident on SC 5 in Cherokee County early Sunday morning Reese Barringer Jr 59 and Ponza Barringer 55 who lived at 1483 Mathis Rd were killed when their car apparently drifted into the path of a tractor trailer said Highway Patrol spokesman Lance Cpl JT Suter Their stepdaughter Peggy Sue Haigler 37 who lived with the Barringers was in guarded condition Sunday at Upstate Carolinas Medical Center in Gaffney Reese Barringer was driving north on SC 5 toward Blacksburg at about 40 mph when the car struck the left front about 10:25 am Suter said The truck driver Larry Eugene Scruggs was traveling about 20 or 25 mph in a 30 mph zone Suter said Scruggs 35 of Gaffney was not hurt Ponza Barringer was riding in the backseat of the car while Haigler was in the front Tom Domalski Cnen Easter Monday AwS A-? found my son in 1983" says Teague who runs a salvage business in Clover that 1 started doing searches for people I make a dime People reimburse me for expenses You do a search without help" While records may be sealed Teague explores other avenues to find the same information She talk much about how she does it but says her methods are all legal On March 7 Beam called her birth mother said my God been waiting on this phone call for 30 Beam recalls thought I want to find her She gave me the whole story of how I came about We tried to catch up on two lifetimes hit it off well on the phone It was just like always known Beam knows lucky always the possibility be rejected" she says maybe you find someone you hate The fantasy you have may not be what you For anyone considering such a search Beam suggests they first join a support group encourage them to do a lot of reading she says give yourself a lot of time" In time Beam hopes to know her birth mother better Yet she wants her adoptive parents to know this: would not change "At the very least I think my birth mother and I can be very good Beam says not a replacement for my parents and never will be And she knows York County Rock Hill man charged in shooting ROCK HILL A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning and charged in connection with the shooting of an Orr Drive man Saturday night Dwight Dobie of 1230 Heckle Blvd was arrested at the Hillside Inn and jailed at the Rock Hill Law Center with no bond set Rock Hill police said He is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill possession of a pistol by a convicted felon using a firearm while committing a violent crime and carrying a firearm unlawfully Dobie is accused of shooting Marion Brown 19 in the back under his left arm about 5:15 pm Saturday A Rock Hill police report said Brown and another teenager were standing in front of their house when a car with three men pulled up One of the men got out and shot Brown then got back into the car and it drove off Brown was treated at Piedmont Medical Center and released Saturday night said a hospital spokeswoman According to the report Brown told officers Dobie had threatened to shoot him after a disagreement over a larceny warrant Police said they recovered a handgun from Dobie during his arrest Chester County Sleeper Sofa starting at $299 Sofa air starting at $449 Sofa Loveseat starting at 499 Sofa Chair Loveseat starting at 699 Recliner rz I Tables 3 pc set 2 End Tables 1 1 Coffee Table Sofa Table Skydiver dies of heart attack after jump CHESTER A Harrisburg NC skydiver died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon immediately after completing a successful jump over the Chester County Airport said county Coroner Watson Wright William Yates who was 66 and had more than 40 years of experience as a skydiver made the jump from 12500 feet over the airport Wright said After he leaped from a Beechcraft B-90 Kingair piloted by Larry Barger of Charlotte parachute opened perfectly and he had a clear landing Wright said The pilot told Wright he saw Yates get up and then collapse son told Wright his father had no heart problems Emergency medical services technicians took Yates to the Chester County Hospital emergency room where Wright pronounced him dead at 5:21 pm Wright said there were no visible injuries on Yates The family requested that no autopsy be performed the coroner said Edited by Patrick Scott Glider Rocker I Her 3-year search has a happy ending From preceding page said you go out and open box" she says "This person was someone who gave you up and went on with their life Why do you disrupt it? This person is a stranger now" About three years ago Beam decided to do the search herself thinking it would take only a few months But she miscalculated Under NC law adoption records are sealed for not only the adoptee but for the adoptive parents and birth parents as well Beam had to dig hard for every shred For example when she contacted the hospital where been born in Richmond: had to butt heads with officials all the way up to the hospital she recalls I got my birth records on At first the records appear to reveal much Then Beam noticed that officials had failed to scratch off her name at birth: Girl I had a last she says was just like being a As time permitted Beam ran down other leads a few paid off but many more Meanwhile read Other and talked with Schaefer on the phone They met last fall at an adoption conference in Chapel Hill She also met Teague who had helped Schaefer find her son in 1984 Teague whose interest in uniting parents and children began with the search for her own son offered to do the same thing for Beam Cadets Students eagerly join ranks of JROTC From preceding page Rock Hill High program Cathcart said the corps not only taught him how to treat people better but has earned him respect from teachers and classmates especially when the cadets wear their navy blue uniforms to school once a week Freshman Latavia Lee has already joined the corps drill team rifles club color guard and Kitty Hawk Air Society an honor society like it real fun You get to do a lot of things" said Latavia 15 get to be a class The popularity became apparent during the Rock Hill school hearings on block scheduling earlier this year Parents of JROTC participants at Rock Hill and Northwestern High schools were concerned that the program could be hurt with the switch from 50-minute classes running yearlong to 90-minute ses- Elizabeth Jones of Greensboro eight grandchildren five greatgrandchildren Memorials may be made to The Gideons of Lancaster PO Box 1302 Lancaster SC 29721 The family will be at the home of Dr William Duke 3385 Great Falls Rd Mildred Dean Computer programmer YORK Mrs Mildred Connolly Dean 74 of 5124 Liberty Hill Rd died April 15 1995 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill Funeral is 1 1 am Tuesday at First Wesleyan Church where she was a member The Rev Larry Fowler will officiate Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at York Funeral Home Mrs Dean born in York was a daughter of the late Miles and Ruth Connolly She was a retired computer programmer for the Marriott Hotel She was the widow of Hugh King and William Dean Survivors are her son Harold King brothers Ed Connolly of Silver Spring Md Paul Connolly of Rock Hill MR Connolly Jr sisters Ms Hazel Barnette of Newberry Mrs Dot Greene Ms Daisy Whistnut three grandchildren six great-grandchildren Entertainment Centers chairman and treasurer and an update on computer purchases Details: 684-3137 TUESDAY Want to know more? The NBC movie "The Other Mother" starring Frances Fisher and Cameron Bancroft will be shown tonight at 9 pm on WCNC (channel 36) sions running half a year Time will reveal how block scheduling will affect JROTC pro grams at Rock Hill Northwestern York Comprehensive and Fort Mil high schools which will switch to block scheduling in the coming school year In the meantime students keep joining Col Gene Musselwhite who oversees Rock Hill High program said JROTC gives students disinterested in athletics or other activities an alternative may not be the perfect person for cheerleading or Musselwhite said As popular as it is JROTC is not for all high school students Musselwhite and other directors say about 40 of first-year students drop out because of the discipline requirements or lack of interest in the program But those who stick with it have no regrets Participation and good grades helped earn Rock Hill High senior Stan Seegers 18 a seat at the prestigious Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs next fall a well-established program" Seegers said very prestigious to be in our unit and be able to make it" ber of the Rock Hill Bowling Association Survivors are his wife Mrs Ter-rie Lambert Roberts daughters Ms Donna Baker Ms Candy Rob erts mother Mrs Betty Louise Smith Roberts of Charlotte sister Ms Susan Stohl of Myrtle Beach two grandchildren Memorials may be made to Zoar United Methodist Church 14701 Thomas Rd Charlotte NC 28278 The family will be at the home ol Mrs Betty Louise Smith Roberts 13324 Zoar Rd Charlotte Compiled by Tom Domalski Other SC deaths and up 4-Drawer Chest A u'p r( 1 YORK SCHOOL BOARD 7:30 pm 18 Spruce St Expected vote on rezoning plan options Details: District administration 684-9916 LANCASTER TUESDAY LANCASTER COUNTY JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION: 6:30 pm USC-L Hubbard Hall Steven's Auditorium Agenda includes public hearing to rezone property on Laurel Avenue and subdivision applications from AG Ellison Jr and Ben Zimmer Details: Commission staff 285-6005 is in charge Mrs Duke born in Edgefield County was the daughter of the late Philemon and Elizabeth Cogburn Waters She was a homemaker and the widow of Charles Duke She attended Brenau College in Gainesville Ga and was the state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution She was a former member of the Lancaster Book Club and had been active on the state level with the Girl Scouts of America Survivors are her sons Charles Duke Jr of New Braunfels Tex Dr William Duke daughter Mrs Sarah Bolton Cosmetologist FORT MILL Mrs Sarah Jean Riggs Bolton 48 of Fort Mill died April 16 1995 at her home Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at McEwen Funeral Home in Pineville NC with the Rev Benny Green officiating Burial will be private Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home Mrs Bolton rTT'T born in Spartan- burg was the 1 daughter of the late Jack and Doris Wylie Riggs She had been a Fort Mill resident for more than 20 years She was a cosmetologist and owned Only You salon in Indian Land for eight years She was a Dorman I ligh School graduate and a member of Indian Land Baptist Church Survivors are her husband Gene Bolton son Aaron Bolton daughter Ms Anna-Lee Sistare of Charlotte brother Charles Riggs of Louisiana sisters Mrs Jacqueline GOVERNMENT CALENDAR YORK MONDAY CLOVER SCHOOL BOARD: 7:30 pm district office 604 Bethel St Reports on budget facilities and curriculum Details: District administration 222-7191 YORK SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD: 7 pm Agriculture Building York Agenda includes selection of conservation teacher of the year reports from the OBITUARIES Edna Starnes Homemaker BLACKSBURG Mrs Edna Starnes 76 of 703 Church St Cramerton NC and formerly of Blacksburg died April 15 1995 at her home Funeral is 3 pm Tuesday at Broad River Baptist Church where she was a member The Revs Howard Allen David Cobb and Billy Sanders will officiate Burial will be in Wisher Cemetery Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Gordon Mortuary Mrs Starnes a native of Cherokee County was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Arbella Hul-lender Painter She was a homemaker and the widow of Baxter Starnes Survivors are her sons Zeb Starnes of Lake Wylie Thomas Starnes daughters Ms Martha Wilson of Cramerton Ms Minnie Pettit of Cowpens Ms Brenda Cole of Gaffney Ms Lillian Manning 37 grandchildren 46 greatgrandchildren four great-greatgrandchildren Memorials may be made to Hospice of Gaston County PO Box 3984 Gastonia NC The family will be at the homes of Joe Adams 703 Church St Cramerton and Mrs Brenda Cole 616 River Dr Gaffney Willie Duke Homemaker LANCASTER Mrs Willie Catherine Waters Duke 84 formerly of Lancaster died April 15 1995 at Wesley-Long Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greensboro NC Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Christ Episcopal Church where she was a member The Rev William Walters will officiate Burial will be in Lancaster Memorial Park Mahaffey Funeral Home I Kingsdown Bedding 15 Yr Non-prorated Warranty Twin Size $19995 Regular Size set Queen 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The following deaths were pub lished in The State April 1 6 1 995 Lillie Addison LaVerne Burks Er-skine Clower Anna Dreyspring Edward Holmes Naomi Strickland Columbia Mildred Bass WInnsboro Barbara Blakeney Jack Holmes George Spivey Erna Viragh Myrtle Beach Rev Louis Brunson Summerton Dorothy Cooper David Heideman Jeffery White Sumter Louis Damour Branchvllle Jack Davis Florence Dell Derrick Chapin Peter Gabel Bennettsvllle Leroy Gamble Greeleyville Dr William Gilliam Jr Carlisle Charlotte Goldston Charleston John Hampton Gaston Bobby Herring Dillon Alexander Heyward Jr Margaret Peters Camden Emma Jefferson Mayesvllle Jeff Jenerette Gallvants Ferry Louis Mansbach Ladson Vinson McDaniels Mullins Anne Marie Monts Florence Myrtle Pruitt Donalds James Putnam Jerry Wilson Lau rens Minnie Reed Greenwood Judy Richburg North Charleston May Rush Jeffrey Thelning Charleston Floyd Williams Greenville NOBODY BEATS OUR PRICESNOBODY! 44995 1554 10-7 Sat 10-6 Mark Roberts Vietnam veteran YORK Mr Mark Wayne Roberts 48 of 2421 Country Trail Rd died April 15 1995 at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning Funeral is 4 pm Tuesday at Zoar United Methodist Church in Charlotte where he was a member The Rev Cooper Lewis will officiate Burial will be in the church cemetery Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Whitesell-Wolle Funeral Home in Fort Mill Mr Roberts a Charlotte native was a Vietnam War Army veteran and an employee of James Rivers Corp in Charlotte He was a member of the Fort Mill Veterans of Foreign Wars and a former mem- i ti FroMinriumiE Cherry ltd Itock Hill (across from Ccliincsc) 32 5 VISA Mon-Fri Broome of Inman Ms Janice Ellis of Blacksburg several nephews and nieces In lieu of flowers memorials rnay be made to Hospice of Lancaster County 800 Meeting St Lancaster SC 29720 7.