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I 2 The Index-Journal, Greenwood, May 12, 1989 Deaths and funerals Pen Pals BETTY J. DERRICK ORANGE, TEXAS Betty Joyce Derrick, 54, wife of Nelson J. Derrick, died May 12, 1989 in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Greenwood she was a stepdaughter of Helen R. Bagwell and daughter of the late John L.

Bagwell and Kathleen Anderson Bagwell. She lived in Orange, Texas for the past 10 years and was assistant manager in the cafeteria at DuPont Sabine River Works. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home and stepmother of Greenwood, are a daughter, Kathy Montiville of Orange; a son, Stephen Piccone of EMMIE STEPHENS Mary Whatley (Emmie) Stephens, 83, of 316 East Creswell wife of Clyde H. Stephens, died May 12, 1989 at Greenwood Health Care Center. Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Lawton M.

and Treasy Timmerman Whatley. She was a member of South Main Street Baptist Church and Amoma Sunday School Class. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home, are a daughter, Mrs. Betty S. Rice of Dallas, Texas; a sister, Mrs.

Bob Ruth Timmerman of Greenwood, S.C; a brother, Hollie Whatley of Kirksey; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Blyth Funeral Home with the Rev. Ryan Eklund and the Rev. Joseph Ouzts officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wayne Whatley, Carol Whatley, Charles Sperry, Harold Timmerman, Jimmy Stephens and Jerry Smith. Honorary escort will be Amoma Sunday School Class of the church, along with Mrs. Thelma Cullum. The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive frinds from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to South Main Street Baptist Church. RICHARD V. WILSON (Continued from page 1) friends.

They played together like they had played together before. Wrestling, jumping rope, chasing each other around, and tackling each other just to get to the frisbee first. Dougherty and Story answered questions from visitors while the students ran around free to play. With so much energy and looking as fresh as if they had slept for two days straight, Story said, "We were tired when we got here. But not now! Our adernalin is just flowing." Story and Dougherty talked about how this special relationship started and grew stronger.

"After the shooting happened, I tried to explain it to the children, but surprisingly, they had already heard about it," said Story. "So I asked the children if we should send them cards and letters and they said definitely yes, so we did. It was a feel good thing and it really lifted our hearts." Story told the children after they mailed the cards to Oakland that what they had done made them special. A reply from Oakland was not expected. Story said they were surprised.

"But we did write back," said Dougherty. "You sure did, and the correspondence has just kept going ever since," said Story. For the past eight months, the children have been learning about each other and their lifestyles. And the learning just keeps going. "As we learned more about Gail's students, we all began to hunger to meet them," said Dougherty.

Also determined to meet their pen pals, the Nebraska students began to raise money for a trip to South Carolina. By working in their neighbors' yards and collecting aluminum cans, the students were able to raise $2,600. What money they could not raise was loaned to them by a local bank. Story said employees at the bank were eager for the students to make the trip. "We borrowed $3,600 from the bank.

Of course we have to pay that money back," said Story. "By borrowing the money, it is teaching them how to be responsible." Dougherty and Story both agreed that fear and the fact that these chidren were about the same age caused the bond between these students. "There are no strangers in our county," said Story. "Everybody knows everybody, but it (a shooting) could happen anywhere." "It really opened these kids up to a whole new life," said Dougherty. "This whole thing is causing our children to learn all the time." After James William Wilson was sentenced to the electric chair at Tuesday's trial for the Sept.

26 shooting at Oakland, teachers were informed immediately, but Dougherty said no wounds were reopened. "We feel good about the justice system and feel it has worked for us," she said. "I did talk about it with my students and we kept it very positive. "We knew that by them coming to Greenwood was the most positive thing and we felt they were coming here for a big celebration." Shaking her head, Story said, "We were happy to hear about it too. We picked up a daily paper when the train stopped somewhere and read about it." After four full days of fun with their new best friends, leaving Greenwood will be difficult for them, the students and teachers of Oakland.

"It will be hard," said Dougherty. "And I would like to go with them." Before lunch, Dougherty and Story added the Nebraska flag, along with the American and South Carolina flag to the school flagpole. "When the students look back on this whole situation, they will remember this day forever," said Dougherty. MISS AZALEE O. WHITE ABBEVILLE Miss Azalee Otis White, died May 9, 1989 at Abbeville Nursing Home.

Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Parris and Tena Lafayette White. She was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church, served on many boards and auxiliaries of the church, was a graduate of Allen University and taught in public schools in South Carolina for more than 30 years. She opened and operated a kindergarten in her home for the next 15 years and then became a teacher in the Head Start Program in Abbeville from which she retired.

She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at St. James A.M.E. Church, Abbeville with the Rev.

L.E. Crumlin, the Rev. Dr. W.J. Jefferson Jr.

and the Rev. J.S. Maddox officiating. Burial will be in Thompson Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gordon W.

Grainger, Dr. James L. Grainger the Rev. Johnny Mack Quarles, Sheriff Charles H. Goodwin, James Rayford and Claude Thomas.

Flower bearers will be members of Boosters Club of the church and former students of Cherry Street Kindergarten. The family will receive friends at her home, 206 Cherry Street. Brown and Walker Funeral Home is in charge. MAE C. PHILLIPS SPENCER, OKLA.

Mae Curtys Phillips, 51, wife of Henry "Phil" Phillips, of Oklahoma City, died May 10, 1989 at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C Nebraskans entertain (Continued from page 1) brought all the Nebraska students on stage, "to ask them a few quesions." Working her way down the line of students, she asked one little girl, "Are there any strange animals where you're from. Other than cats and dogs I mean," she asked. "No," said the little girl. "Then what was this I heard about an ostrich farm?" asked Reynolds. "Aaaaaawww yeah," was the only answer she got.

Reynolds asked another girl about branding. "Tell me how you brand a cow." "Well, urn," she began, "you go out and round up cattle, get a branding iron and brand them and that's all." This made Reynolds laugh. After all the students had the chance to answer a question, one of the little girls did an imitation of a South Carolinian. "Ha yaw dooin'?" she said, in a perfect southern tone. She wasn't finished.

"What do South Carolinians eat a lot of?" asked Story. "We had griuts and riiiice," she said, which sent the audience roaring with laughter. So, on with the show. The Nebraskans proved they weren't shy when they all boogied down, sang and played invisible instruments along with the song "That's What I Like About You" by the Romantics and "Locomotion" by Kylie Minogue. The audience loved it.

How time flies when you're having fun. Time ran out and the program came to a close. Principal Eleanor Rice and Dougherty thanked everyone for coming and thanked the Nebraskans for being in Greenwood. Water quality (Continued from page 1) Columbia. Thursday's gathering was absent of the hot tempers and angry accusations that have characterized several recent meetings at nearby lakes, most notably a raucous February session at Lake Thurmond to discuss low water levels there.

But the absence of controversy didn't prevent area residents from raising a variety of issues about the lake during a 45-minute ques-tion-and-answer session. One landing owner said he had noticed "a lot of dead fish in the lake," and said they seemed to have had some type of soapy powder around them. Tumblin said the powdery substance could be some type of natural organism. "We had a similar complaint two years ago," he said. "There was some kind of milky substance in the lake.

It looked like white latex paint. We took it to be analyzed at Lander College and Presbyterian College, and we found that it was some type of organism." As for the dead fish, officials said that large, mature crappies tend to die off each year around May after they complete spawning. That could explain the dead fish the owner had seen, they said. "But we'll get out there (and take a look)," Tumblin said. A lake homeowner told the panel that she worried about the erosion of water levels near her home.

"Where we live, it's too shallow to bring in boats to our pier," she said. "It's because of the mud from all of the development. That's the problem we're facing." Bridge City, Texas; a stepson, Jay Jordan of Orange; a sister, Linda B. Boles of Greenwood; and three grandchildren. Services will be at 4 p.m.

Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home, Orange with Dr. W.S. Lescallette officiating. Burial will be in Hill-crest Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

HENRY SLOAN SR. COLUMBIA Henry N. Sloan 78, husband of Nettie Simpson Sloan, of 1718 Madison died May 11, 1989. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late G.P. and Pearl Coleman Sloan.

He attended Clemson University and Ben Franklin University of Washington, D.C., founded the first management consultant company in South Carolina in 1945, Henry N. Sloan Co. and retired in 1984. He was a member of Five Points Rotary Club, a charter member of Palmetto Club, a member of Shandon United Methodist Church and twice was a member of the administrative board. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are a son, Henry N.

Sloan Jr. of Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. Barry Lide of Columbia; and a sister, Mrs. Almena Sloan of Columbia. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday at Shandon United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the home. Memorials may be made to Shandon United Methodist Church or Carolina Children's Home. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge.

ELVA PADGETT WARE SHOALS Elva "E.C." Padgett, 56, of 411 Aldridge Scottsdale, formerly of Ware Shoals, died May 11, 1989. Born in Lumpkin, he was a son of the late Elva W. and Sallie Lou Lanier Padgett. He was a self-employed painter and of Baptist faith. Surviving are three sons, Brian Padgett of Lutkin, Wendell Padgett of Shallotte, N.C.

and Perry Padgett of Scottsdale, three daughters, Mrs. Ronnie (Jenny) Seawright of Donalds and Mrs. Johnny P. (Joy) Hill and Betsy Padgett, both of Scottsdale, a brother, Bernard Padgett of Greenwood; a stepbrother, Harry E. Padgett of Mills Springs, N.C; a sister, Mrs.

Albert (Jean) Wood of Greenwood; and 13 grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Parker-White Funeral Home with the Rev. Ruel West-brook officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be James Haines, Alii Razor, Jesse Re-ardon, Jesse McDowell, Scurry Hazel and Bowles Dean, Jr. The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Parker-White Funeral Home. JOHN W. BOLDEN Services for John Wesley Bolden will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Marshall Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Henry Smith and the Rev. Henderson Louden officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews.

Flower bearers will be nieces. The family will receive friends tonight at the home, 375 Joe Lewis Blvd. Percival-Tompkins Service is in charge. MRS. ELLEN B.

CHILDS Mrs. Ellen Brewer Childs, 59, of 318 Milwee died May 11, 1989 at her home. Born, April 29, 1930 in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Richard Childs and Mary Ella Jackson Childs Davis. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Griffin of Greenwood and Mrs.

Cora Lee Walker of Sally. Services will be announced by Percival-Tompkins Service. Supercomputers (Continued from page 1) on the $3.4 billion state budget bill for 1989-90, on Thursday defeated attempts to remove $4 million in this year's budget for supercomputers. By its action, the Senate indicated it is not willing to balance the budget now about $50 million out of whack by eliminating the powerful new computers that would be paid for by a 95-cent per case tax on wine and liquor. SALUDA Richard Vernon Wilson, 62, husband of Barbara Rodgers Wilson, died May 12, 1989 at the V.A.

Medical Center in Augusta, Ga. Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late Willie and Alma Lathrop Wilson. He was retired from South Carolina Highway Department, was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and member of Richland Springs Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are two daughters, Mrs.

Ernie (Karen) Wertz and Mrs. Richard (Sheila) Ridgell, both of Saluda; three sisters, Mrs. W.L. (Frances) Ross and Mrs. Bobby (Rae) Izie, both of Saluda and Mrs.

J.T- (Lois) Berry Jr. of Ward; one grandchild and one stepgrandchild. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Richland Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Boineau officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Ramey Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Richland Springs Baptist Church. JOHN L.

HOBBY BELTON John Lee Hobby, 64, husband of Louise Griffin Hobby, of 411 O'Neal died May 10, 1989 at Anderson Memorial Hospital. He was a retired construction employee, a U.S. Army veteran and of the Holiness faith. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are two sons, David Lee Hobby of Abbeville and Timothy James Hobby of Level Land; two daughters, Mrs. William (Thelma) Calvert of Belton and Kathy Beckham of Pendleton; two brothers, David Hobby and Donald Hobby, both of Knoxville, and a sister, Louise Brooks of Overton, Texas.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Belton. The family is at the home. The McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson, is in charge. MRS.

MILLIE WARE QUEENS, N.Y. Mrs. Millie Ann Morton Ware, 92, widow of John Thomas Ware, formerly of Route 1, Cokesbury, died May 10, 1989 in Queens. Born May 15, 18 in Greenwood County, S.C, she was a daughter of the late Pledge Morton and Janie Morton. She was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church, Hodges, and retired from the U.S.

Postal Service in New York. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Lee Hines of Queens, N.Y., Mrs. Estelle Peay of New York, Mrs. Anniece Helen Luckey of Greenville and Mrs.

Eva Keller of Ware Shoals; two sons, Thomas Ware and Johnny Ware, both of New York City, N.Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Jones of New York City, N.Y. and Mrs. Lydia Thompson of Greenwood, S.C; a brother, Haywood Morton of New Jersey; sereral stepsons and stepdaughters, all of Abbeville, S.C; 35 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren and 22 great-greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Monday at Dunn Creek Baptist Church, Ware Shoals, with the Rev. Moses B. Norman and the Rev. J.S. Maddox officiating.

Burial will be in Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Flower bearers will be granddaughters. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Monday.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Percival-Tompkins Service. The family is at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Eva Keller, 36 Greenwood Avenue, Ware Shoals. Be kind to animals Born in Greenwood, S.C, June 18, 1937, she was a daughter of Zoline Chappell Humphrey and the late Nathaniel Ware.

She lived in Mercer, Pa. and came to Oklahoma in 1974, was formerly employed as a cable assembler at Baker-Hughes Tool Co. and was a member of Church of God of Prophecy in Midwest City, Olka. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home and mother of Greenwood, S.C, are three sons, Malcolm Phillips of Springfield, Vincent Phillips of Choctaw, Okla. and Keith Phillips of Oklahoma City, three brothers, Allan Ware of Greenwood, S.C, Bobby Ware of Hyat-tsville, Md.

and Cliff Ware of Mitchellsville, a sister, Vivian Fitzroy of Washington, D.C. and two grandsons. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bill Eisenhour, North East Funeral Home, Spencer Okla. Burial will be in Arlington Memory Gardens, Midwest City, Okla.

HENCE D. HERBERT WATERBURY, CONN. Hence David Herbert, 74, husband of Cinthia Nesbitt Herbert, died May 9, 1989. Born in Saluda County, S.C, he was a son of the late Clem and Shadre Washington Herbert. He was a retired telephone worker and member and pastor's steward of Cumming A.M.E.

Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are three daughters, Doris and Barbara Herbert, both of New Jersey and Helen Herbert of Buffalo, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Oliver of Oraspect, Mrs. Queenie Curry of Waterbury and Mrs. Hattie Golston of Saluda, S.C.

and three brothers, the Rev. Joseph Herbert of Saluda, S.C. and the Revs. Cor- neleus W. and Isiah B.

Herbert, both of Columbia. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cumming A.M.E. Church, Waterbury, Conn. Sanders Mortuary is in charge.

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S.C. 23646 Panama (Continued from page 1) The president also said he was ready to explore ways to entice Noriega to step down on his own. Diplomatic moves included a meeting today in Washington of the Organization of American States to consider a proposal by Venezuela for OAS foreign ministers to discuss the Panama situation next Tuesday, diplomatic sources said. "I will do what is necessary to protect the lives of American citizens and we will not be intimidated by the bullying tactics, brutal though they may be, of the dictator, Noriega," Bush said. At the same time, Bush's national security adviser questioned both the likelihood of a real confrontation with Noriega and the efficacy of the president's action in forcing Panama's de facto ruler from power.

"He is a thug but he clearly operates with some prudence when he has to," said Brent Scowcroft, the president's national security adviser. (Continued from page 1) After Murff took a job that required her to do a lot of traveling, her love and care for animals never stopped. "Animals is a subject that is so close to my heart," she said. She proved that when she picked up a stranded puppy off the side of the interstate, on her way to Augusta. "When I passed the puppy, I kept going for about a mile, then I just had to turn around.

"I just couldn't live knowing that poor dog was abandoned on the side of the road." Even though she had a 10 a.m. appointment that day, with a client that absolutely expected her to be there, she turned back, picked up the puppy and took him to a veterinarian in Augusta. Trying to understand why people abuse their pets baffles the minds of many. Murff, her voice a little shaky, said she too can't understand why. "I just don't know," she said.

"I have heard so many stories of people driving down the road at a fast speed and throwing an animal out the window or leaving a horse tied to a tree to die. I just don't know." According to E.L. Caldecott, president of the Humane Society, many abusers don't escape punishment. "In a case of cruelty, we would either prosecute the abuser or try to change their manners. Or to make them face it mostly," he said.

Although Saturday closes out "Be Kind To Animals" Week, being kind to our furry pets and feathered friends should fund-raiser in her back yard, raising a whopping total of $500. "You would be surprised that people give so freely for this cause." With the money, Flipper was sent to a veterinarian in Asheville, N.C., for surgery. Today, Flipper has a new home and is doing well. log reports of the Greenwood County EMS: EMS personnel responded to six emergencies and six transport on Thursday. Calls included: Marshall Road (twice), S.C.

254, McLees Avenue, Greenwood Health Care Center, Milwee Avenue, South Main Street, C. 246, Greenwood Medical Center and Self Memorial Hospital (twice). POLICE DEPARTMENT The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood Police Department: A stereo speaker valued at $100 was reported missing from a Dallas Court home Thursday. Jewelry and food stamps valued at $335 were reported missing from a residence at the Coleman Terrace Apartments Thursday. Thieves stole a $400 tiller from in front of a 72 Bypass business Thursday.

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood County Serif fs Department: A Brooks Road man reported that his wallet containing $80 was missing Thursday. Fifty-three bottles of perfume worth $1,248 were reportedly missing from a 72 Bypass business Thursday. last year round. poor puppy." What Murff saw was a puppy with no eyelashes (they had been burned off) and his front legs were fractured. "We found out later he had aluminum in his stomach." To help poor Flipper, Murff said the organization held a City CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood City Fire Department: Firemen responded to a false alarm on Hampton Avenue Thursday.

A smoke odor at a South Hospital Street home brought firemen to the scene Thursday. Firemen stood by for a helicopter to land near Self Memorial Hospital Thursday. A patient pulling an alarm was the probable cause of a false alarm call at the Greenwood Health Care Center Thursday. Firemen extinguished an automobile fire on the 72 Bypass Thursday. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood County Volunteer Fire Departments: The Hodges-Cokesbury Fire Department and Greenwood County Sheriff's deputies responded to a vehicle fire on U.S.

25 Thursday. Northwest Fire Department and Greenwood County Sheriff's deputies responded to a mobile home fire Thursday on Cokesbury Road. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE The following was taken from.