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The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Tuesday, June 30, 1998 DEATHS AND FUNERALS James A. Peterson HODGES Services for James A. Peterson, of 4602 Cokesbury Road, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Springfield Baptist Church, Edgefield County, by the Rev.

W.H. McCain and the Rev. Clyde Cannon. Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.

Pallbearers will be nephews. Flower bearers will be nieces. Visitation will be at the home Robinson and Son Mortuary is in charge. JAMES A. PETERSON Wednesday evening.

Mary L. Floyd EASLEY Mary Lillian Messer Floyd died June 28, 1998. She was retired from Carolina Blouse and was a member of Crosswell Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Horace (Audrey) Jones and Mrs.

Stan (Gail) Rowland, both of Piedmont and Mrs. Ernest (Joyce) Clayton of Greenville; a brother, Herbert Messer of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Floyd of Greenwood; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel, with burial in Graceland Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest, is in charge. Jerry King PROSPERITY Jerry Richard "Gobber" King, 57, of 122 Sexton Road, husband of Irma Bradley King, died June 29, 1998, at Providence Hospital. Born in Clinton, he was a son of Eugene and Jessie Sexton King. He operated Kings Rag Barn and was a U.S.

Army Vietnam War veteran. He was a member of Webb Memorial Church, Woodmen of the World, Newberry Moose Lodge and the Mid Carolina Country Club. Survivors include his wife; his parents of Roebuck; and two sisters, Betty Cooper of Roebuck and Pat Lawson of Ninety Six. Services will be conducted at 7 tonight at McSwainEvans Funeral Home with burial at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Newberry Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7 tonight at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Mrs. Myra Addy, 2230 Glenn Newberry, S.C. 29108. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is in charge.

Helen Hendrix NEWBERRY Helen W. Hendrix, 94, of 1924 Evans widow of C.E. "'Scrap" Hendrix, died June 27, 1998, at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Albert Darius and Mary Arrington Woodle.

She attended Lander College and Anderson College. She received an elementary education degree from the University of Georgia and taught in Georgia and South Carolina schools. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Newberry, the Women's Missionary Union, the Nosegay Garden Club and a former member of the Rose Society. She was twice married, first to the late Daniel Rabon Newton Sr. Survivors include a stepson, Clinton Eugene Hendrix Jr.

of Chapin; and a sister, Mrs. E.B. Smith of McRae, Ga. Services were conducted at 10:30 a.m. today at First Baptist Church by the Rev.

Kenneth Harmon. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 1020 Boundary Newberry, S.C. 29108. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is in charge.

Eliza Anderson WATERLOO Eliza Jane Anderson, 79, of 569 River Folk Road, died June 28, 1998, at her home. She was a member of Laurel Hill Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Ann Cook of Laurens; a sister, Ida Mae Smith of Laurens; four stepsons, Timothy Rice and Robert Lee Anderson, both of Waterloo, and Thomas E. Anderson and Harvery Anderson, both of Clinton; four stepdaughters, Catherine A.

Turner of Greenwood, Ola Mae Simpkins of Brooklyn, N. Virginia A. Stephens and Leanease A. Foggie, both of Waterloo; a grandchild and 19 stepgrandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Laurel Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Herbert Glenn, pastor. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. The family is at the home of Betty Ann and Teddy Cook, Route 6, 127 ByPass, Laurens.

Goins Funeral Home, Laurens, is in charge. Michael W. McCoy GAINESVILLE, Fla. Michael Wayne McCoy, 48, died June 27, 1998, at the V.A. Hospital in Gainesville.

Born in Greenwood, S.C., he was a son of Mattie Louise Sprouse and the late L.G. "'Brother" McCoy. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran, a hair dresser and an employee of Crane Cleaners. He lived in Florida for 20 years and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Mattie Louise and Neal Sprouse of Greenwood; and a brother, Lawrence Gary McCoy of Lancaster, S.C. Memorial services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday at the V.A. Medical Center Chapel by Chaplin Chuck Gass. Burial will be at a later date in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell.

Moring Funeral Home, Melrose, is in charge. GREENWOOD COUNTY Jack Rush, 409 Lindsey Greenwood Eddie Brown 1401 Phoenix Apt. 14-F, Greenwood James A. Peterson, 4602 Cokesbury Road, Hodges Abbeville County Claude Crawford 1493 Old Calhoun Falls Road. Abbeville Laurens County Eliza Anderson, 569 River Fork Road, Waterloo Others in South Carolina Helen Hendrix, 1924 Evans Newberry Jerry King, 122 Sexton Road, Prosperity Mary L.

Floyd, Easley Outside South Carolina Michael W. McCoy, Gainesville, Fla. Claude Crawford Sr. ABBEVILLE Claude Crawford 70, of 1493 Old Calhoun Falls Road, husband of Frances Crawford, used June 25, 1998, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville County, he was a member of Shady Grove AME Church, Calhoun Falls, where he was a trustee and class leader.

He retired from Flexible Technologies. Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, Claude Crawford Jr. of the home; two daughters, Marjorie Hudson and Rosa De Vettee, both of Abbeville; a brother, McKinley Crawford of Abbeville and three grandchildren. Services will be conducted at noon Wednesday at Shady Grove AME Church by the Rev. Larry Murrill, the Rev.

J.R. Jackson and the Rev. James E. Speed Sr. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Visitation will be at the home. Abbeville Mortuary is in charge. Jack Rush GREENWOOD Henry E. Rush, 80, of 409 Lindsey husband of Ruth Cooper Rush, died June 29, 1998, at Self Memorial Hospital.

Born in Callison, he was a son of the late Henry Eugene and Janelle Hinton Rush. He retired from Greenwood Mills, Greenwood Plant, and was a U.S. Navy World War II and Korean conflict veteran. He was a member of Joppa Lodge AFM, Harris United Methodist Church and Cooper Reed Sunday School Class and the United Methodist Volunteers i in Mission with whom he made 11 trips overseas. Survivors include his wife of the home; three daughters, Nancy R.

Geib of Graceland, Judy R. Merritt of Columbia and Linda R. Richitelli of Abbeville; three sisters, Selma Macy of Greenwood, Mayzelle Vanadore of Nashville, Tenn. and Neutrice Rush of Long Island, N.Y.; a brother, Carson Rush of Greenwood; and four grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Thursday at Harley Funeral Home by the Rev. Clayton Childers, the Rev. Nick Elliott and the Rev. Charles Sperry. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Kevin Cooper, Paul Macy, Buddy Rush, Donnie Henderson, Johnny Lowman, James Brown, Kieth Sperry and Gerald Martin. Honorary escorts will be members of the Cooper Reed Sunday School Class of Harris United Methodist Church, along with Eugene Whatley, Jack Simpson, William Booker, Phillip Harrison, Tom Bladon, Paul Walker, Dr. E.L.I Petit and Dr. J.K. Stokes.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to Harris United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 8058, Greenwood, S.C.

29649. Harley Funeral Home is in charge. Eddie Brown Jr. GREENWOOD Services for Eddie Brown of 1401 Phoenix Apt. 14-F, will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Friendship Baptist Church by the Rev. Jonathan Greene. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Pallbearers will be Willie Fuller, Willie Wideman, Woodrow Williams Thomas Frazier, Wilbert Harrison and John Williams.

Flower bearers will be Tawanna Mason, April Lukie, Lola Bell Little, Cassandra Lukie and Tammy Lukie. Visitation will be at the home, Greenwood Gardens Apts. and at the home of a brother, Willie Robinson, 131 Rock Church Road, Greenwood. Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge. CORRECTION The obituary for Rosie Fulbright in Monday's paper should have said she was the widow of George Washington Fulbright, according to additional information provided by the funeral home.

Textile giant dies at 69 COLUMBIA (AP) Textile giant Ellison S. McKissick Jr. has died at 69 after a long illness. McKissick did odd jobs at his family's Easley textile mill, Alice Manufacturing before he was of the working age. At 19, he began working at the plant for an hourly wage, toiling in different shifts in the carding, spinning and weaving departments without air conditioning.

McKissick was chairman of Alice Manufacturing when he died Saturday. Alice Manufacturing employs about 1,300 people at four mills. Judge dusts off year-old gambling case COLUMBIA (AP) A federal deny those allegations. which duplicate each other. judge has asked lawyers to pare the Nine people sued several opera- Once that's done, Anderson said growing pile of motions that have tors in June 1997.

he could move forward on several sprung up since some video gam- That suit has been expanded key points, including the $125 limit bling players sued operators more to include 39 people and is and beer-and-wine sales. than a year ago. seeking untold millions in dam- Earlier this year, Anderson The suit alleges that video agreed to wait for the South bling operators pay out more than On Monday, U.S. District Court Carolina Supreme Court to rule the $125 per day limit, had more Judge Joe Anderson asked attorneys whether the industry, expected to than five machines per location and to work with his staff to whittle grow to almost $3 billion by next served alcohol. The companies down the 98 motions, many of year, was an illegal lottery.

Lawmaker, husband see marital strife go public CHARLESTON (AP) Alleged death threats, jail time and a restraining order are now the catchwords of a 30-year marriage gone awry for two public officials. State Rep. Shirley Hinson, R- Goose Creek, said she asked a judge in March to seal the records to protect her family. "Because of my position, I didn't want the press to get it," she said. "I knew this was going to happen." But a judge unsealed the records June 18, nine days after Mrs.

Hinson, 48, won re-election. Jimmy Hinson, principal of Sangaree Elementary School, was released from jail Thursday, six days after he was charged with threatening a public official. Rep. James Law, R-Moncks Corner, said Hinson threatened to kill him because he suspects Law is involved with his wife. Hinson, 51, denies threatening Law but said he called and asked him to stay away from his wife.

Hinson acknowledges he is jealous; Mrs. Hinson and Law say he shouldn't be because they are merely colleagues. Law is as chairman of Berkeley County's legislative delegation, and Mrs. Hinson is secretary. Hinson has been under a restraining order since the couple's March 26 separation.

Mrs. Hinson said her husband threatened to kill her and himself. She also accused him of stalking her during a delegation meeting in Columbia. Hinson denies the allegations. Eighteen years ago, the couple separated for six months when Hinson got upset about his wife's acquaintance with another man.

Hinson acknowledged he sawed a dining room table in half to symbol- Southern states show some education gains CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) There have been some gains in public education by Southern states over the past 10 years, but policy makers must be patient before they see impressive results, according to a report issued by a regional group. "What it shows is a continued impact. of political decisions. Southern states started making in the early 1980s requiring students to complete more rigorous, challenging curriculum," said Joseph Creech, the report's author and a director of the Southern Regional Education Board.

"It shows the results of what can happen when you have a sustained effort. But you have to be patient and stick to it." Creech cited North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia and Maryland as states where policy makers continue to support education and are trying to improve it over a long term. South Carolina was beginning a program to boost public education, he said. "You won't see the result of a preschool program in next year's graduating class," Creech added. "Twelve years from now, maybe." The report was released Monday during a meeting of the SREB.

U.S. Education Secretary Richard Riley was to speak to a dinner meeting and in prepared remarks said the South has prospered through a commitment to improving education for everyone. Overall, the school dropout rate is less than it was in the 1980s and more pre-elementary students are in classes, the report said. It said adult literacy still is a problem as is the number of college freshmen taking remedial courses. SREB members are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

The report measured 13 indicators, from readiness for school and student achievement to teacher education and funding. The report is the fifth biennial progress report issued by the group and measures progress against goals established when the group was founded. Increases in publicly funded kindergarten programs in the region have outpaced the national increase, the report said, and enrollment accounts for half of the public kindergarten enrollment in the nation. More students are scoring higher levels on achievement tests and ize their breakup. The trouble stems in part from her political career.

Mrs. Hinson says her husband jealous of her power as a legislator and wants her to give it up, but she's not ready to. She says his position as a school principal is just as important. Hinson, placed on administrative leave, must appear in court July 243 He said he does not know whether. his marriage can be saved; Mrs.

Hinson said there is no hope. "Do I want to see him sitting in jail? Absolutely not," she said. "Do I want him to get better? Yes." Life will go on, she said. "It's unfortunate that we have a family. crisis, but I'm not the only one ID the world to go through a family crie sis," she said.

"I know we are going to get through this." Debutante sentenced for attack North Carolina and Texas led the nation in gains on the most recent that night or what anybody says, National Assessment of Educational Progress, but most SREB states am not prejudiced. I am not as still trail the nation. racist," Wesley told Judge Michael; Beale. According to authorities, the atFour missing fishermen found an tack happened in the parking about lot mid- of; apartment complex night July 1, 1997. Rogers arrived; after day of bobbing in ocean with a few friends, who were black.

Wesley shouted from across the CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) Four fishermen survived more than parking lot, "I don't like white peo-1 a day of floating in the Atlantic Ocean by lashing together a crude raft from and approached food cooler, anchor ball and other items at hand after their boat sud- Wood said. She smashed a beer bota an denly sank. tle on a picnic table and cut Rogers; Three times they saw rescue aircraft that failed to spot their position 42 deeply on the underarm, as Rogers; charter boat hap- raised her arm to protect her face. miles off the southern North Carolina coast.

A passing pened onto them Monday after 26 hours adrift and plucked them from the A sizable chunk of flesh was cut; sea. from Rogers' arm; surgeons were; "They were lottery lucky," said Petty Officer Stephen Dixon at the unable to reattach it. Rogers had? Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Fort Macon. skin grafts taken from her stomach, Andy Shook, 37, of Leland; Joseph C. Gainey of Wilmington; Bobby which left large of "'She didn't know me.

I didn't Dominique, 32, Rocky Point; and Michael S. Myers, 46, of Hickory, were airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. All say anything to her. I don't undertreated for sunburn and stand how someone can hate me so, were dehydration. All released but Myers, who listed in condition much just because I'm were was good Monday night.

Rogers testified. The four men had left Carolina Beach at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in Shook's 21- Rogers, who is a freshman chemfoot Chris Craft Scorpion to fish for grouper. By 9 a.m., they had two in the istry major at North Carolina boat and it was looking like a good day. State University, said she fears the; Without warning, the stern sank, the bow rose, and the boat was under injury may have ended her dream of; water before the men could radio for help or grab a flare gun or even life becoming a surgeon.

preservers. "I really can't feel my hand any more. It just tingles," Rogers said. Building group seeks to weaken rules on coastal wind-resistance WILMINGTON (AP) Year- Fran, which barreled ashore in "They're overkill," said Michael; old state building regulations in- September 1996, the strongest sus- Carpenter, director of governmental; tended to make homes in coastal tained wind over land was 104 mph. affairs for the association.

counties better able to withstand Paul Wilms, the association's di- But Rod Andrew, a Wilmington hurricanes could be repealed as rector of regulatory affairs, said the engineer who pushed for tougher builders attack the rules as too strin- new rules are faulty because "they wind code regulations during his 181 gent and costly. look at the worst-case scenarios. years on the Building Code The North Carolina Home They assumed that every building Council, called the bill Builders Association is lobbying was fully to the ocean- merit, self-serving to one the state Legislature to weaken the front. of our industry and not in the best! regulations requiring steel rods and Two weeks ago, the state House interest of the citizens of this straps, extra-sturdy garage doors voted overwhelmingly and without The legislation, sponsored by and other provisions to bolster wind debate to pass an industry-written Rep. Mia Morris, R-Cumberland, resistance.

bill that directs the Building Code and 26 other House members is in Wind rules that were in place be- Council to re-examine the wind the Senate Commerce Committee, fore July 1997 were adequate to rules which were six years in the headed by Sen. R.C. Soles, D- protect houses from high-force making. The bill is pending in the Columbus. Sen.

David Hoyle, D- winds, the association maintains. Senate. Gaston, has a companion Senate; The new rules are aimed at mak- The regulations have increased bill. ing structures on the state's barrier the cost of building a new house in They are among 117 lawmakers islands strong enough to withstand 30 coastal counties by as much as who received a combined 110-mph winds. During Hurricane $5,109, the trade group says.

from the trade group. GREENSBORO (AP) debutante and high school class. president was sentenced to prison for attacking a woman with a broken beer bottle in what prosecutors; said was a racist attack. Evie Shante Wesley, 20, who is black, stood stoically in a long, black skirt, white blouse and red scarf as bailiffs led her out of Guilford County Superior Court in: handcuffs Monday. Wesley admitted cutting Lisa' Rogers, who is white, so badly with; a broken bottle that Rogers needed; skin grafts.

Wesley denied the attack was racially motivated. Prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge of ethnic intimidation as part of a plea agreement, but argued the racial nature of the attack justified a tougher sentence. North Carolina's hate-crime law boosts: penalties for crimes committed bet cause of a victim's race, color, religion, nationality or country of origin. "There was no other reason for what happened out there except this; defendant didn't like the victim because of the color of her skin," said, Bill Wood, an assistant district attorney. Wesley was sentenced to a minimum of one year, eight months in prison and a maximum of two years, six months.

"Regardless of what happened;.