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Mamie Parker BLACKSBURG Mamie Smith Parker, 81, of 221 Cherokee died Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. A native of York County, she was the daughter of the late Abe and Adeline Smith. Survivors include one son, N.D. Parker Jr.

of Blacksburg; one brother, Leon Smith of Shelby, N.C.; and one sister, Essie Smith of Blacksburg. Services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Smyrna, with the Rev. James Thompson officiating.

Burial will be in Pine United Methodist Churching Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from p.m. at the church. The family is at the home of Essie Smith, 314 E. Lime Blacksburg.

Enloe Mortuary is in charge. Thomas Good Thomas Lee Good, 51, of 51 Camellia Circle, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 1996, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of Ernest "Red" Good of Gaffney and the late Vivian Jefferies Good. He was a member of New Mount Zion Baptist Church and was a retired employee of Daniel Construction Co.

Also surviving are one daughter, Gloria Thomasene Good of Gaffney; one son, James Albert Tate of Gaffney; two sisters, Minnie Pearl Smith and Addie Ruth Good, both of Gaffney; four brothers, Peter C. Good, William Carl Good and James Frank Good of Gaffney and Jerry Shippy of Charlotte, N.C.; four foster daughters he reared in the home, Jacquelin Logan, Lataner Logan, Lonteia Logan of Gaffney, and Drekyria Logan of the home; three foster sons he reared in the home, Michael Logan, Darius Logan and Tommy Logan of Gaffney; and three grandchildren. The family is at the home of David and Teresa Morman, .606 Dogwood Circle. Foster Funeral Home is in charge. Stella Davidson Services for Stella Mitchem Davidson, 82, of 613 Marion will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m.

at Bethel Baptist Sunken Japanese sub may hold $24 million treasure 1 Explores plans to salvage gold, ship's artifacts Obituaries Rosa Pennington Rosa Lee Pennington, 83, of 278 Great Meadows died Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A native of Cherokee County, she was the widow of John Henry Pennington and daughter of the late Roland and Leila Ramsey Parker. She was a retired nurse and a member of El Bethel Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Trudy Pelfrey, Peggy Oakes and Betty Orr, all of Gaffney; three sons, Winfred Pennington and Jerry Pennington, both of Gaffney, and Wendell Pennington of Morganton, N.C.; one sister, Margaret Oakes of Gaffney; 27 grandchildren; 25 grandchildren; and 12 step-grandchildren.

Services will be held today at 3 p.m. at Shuford-Hatcher Chapel with the Revs. John Goforth and Bill Bennett officiating. Burial will be in Frederick Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Brad Oaks, Jerry Wyatt, Shannon Pelfrey, Jimmy Orr, Timothy Manning and Ronnie Parker.

The family is at the residence. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice, 120 Heywood Spartanburg, S.C. 29302. Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home is in charge. Codee Jones Codee Martin Jones, 4- month-old son of Samuel Grady Jones Jr.

and April Michelle Bridges Jones of 116 Goforth died Friday, Jan. 19, 1996, at his home. Also surviving are two brothers, Jodie Barley Jones and Dennis Wayne Walker, both of the home; one sister, Brittany Bridges of the home; maternal grandparents, Jerry and Barbara Blackwell of Gaffney; maternal great-grandmother, Francis Hullender of Gaffney, paternal grandparents, Grady and Doris Jones of Jonesville; and paternal great-grandparents, John and Myrtle, Blackwell of Pacolet. Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at East Gaffney Church of God with the Rev.

Nick Heatherly officiating. Burial will be in Clingman Memorial Park, Blacksburg. Body will be placed in the church 1:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be Lester Parsons and Joey Hardin. The family is at the residence.

Funeral Home is in charge. By ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writer CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) The huge Japanese submarine dived, struggling for cover in the Atlantic depths as an American torpedo bomber wheeled above and locked in for the kill. The bomber pilot heard an explosion and then the sound of air rushing out of the doomed ship. The 1-52 sank on June 23, 1944, with 109 sailors and two tons of gold Japan planned to use to pay war debts.

The ship, bound for a port in Germanoccupied France, also held raw materials for the Nazi war machine. For 51 years the location of the submarine's grave was a secret, until a maritime researcher using new computer mapping technology found and photographed the ship last year about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands and Barbedos. Project director Paul Tidwell plans to salvage the gold along with artifacts from the ship, and may try to raise the submarine itself. The gold ingots Local News Page 8 The Gaffney Ledger, Monday, January 22, 1996 Church with Dr. J.W.

Sanders Sr. and the Rev. Lawrence Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery. Body will be placed in the church at 2 p.m.

Pallbearers will be the grandsons. Honoraries will be members of Bethel Jubilee Choir. The family will receive friends Tuesday from p.m. at Foster Funeral Home. Barbara Byrd DAYTON, Ohio Barbara Falls Makupson Byrd of 3474 St.

James died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1996, while visither son in San Diego, Calif. A native of Gaffney, she was the widow of Lemuel Makupson and James Byrd and daughter of the late Bud Falls and the late Della Falls. She was a graduate of Granard High School. Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Myers, Kay Faton and Barbara Ann Newufoh, all of Dayton, Ohio; two sons, Ronnie Falls of Dayton, Ohio, and Lemuel Makupson of San Diego, and one sister, Virginia Falls Cooper of Dayton, Ohio.

Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Flowers and telegrams may be sent to H.H. Roberts Funeral Home, 38 S.

Gettysburg Dayton, Ohio 45417. Courtesy of Foster Funeral Home. C. Lloyd Gibson Graveside services for C. Lloyd Gibson, 84, of 6502 Union were held Sunday at 3 p.m at Rehoboth Church Cemetery conducted by the Revs.

Jerry Ford and Melvin Hampton. Pallbearers were Joe Arrowood, Terry Wayne Sanders, Charles Pridmore, Dewitt McCraw, Ken Harvey and Ralph Harris. Honorary pallbearers were the employees of J.T. Baines Store. The family is at the home of Paula Harris, 4159 Union Hwy.

Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home was in charge. Hattie Dowdle SPARTANBURG Hattie Mae Dawkins Dowdle, 61, of 725 Ridgedale died Saturday, Jan. 20, 1996, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A native of Gaffney, she was the daughter of the late Julia Dawkins. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church Would You Believe? by.

Vic Smith Our friend's insomnia is so bad, he can't even sleep when it's time to get up. He who is always blowing a fuse is usually in the dark. For most of us there are two chances of getting rich-slim and fat. Proverb: a short sentence based on long experience. You know it's an election year when congresspeople start writing to you, instead of the other way around.

We get the votes at: Vic's Tire Auto Service 120 ick St. Galtney, SC 189-1736 where she served as a member of the usher board. She was a retired employee of Hoechst Celanese Corp. Survivors include two daughters, Minister Jerry Lynn Dowdle of the home and Jeryl Miller of Spartanburg; seven sons, Chief Petty Officer James Odell Dowdle of Charleston, Calvin C. Dowdle and Donnell L.

Dowdle of the home; Michael W. Dowdle of Greensboro, N.C., Orville D. Dowdle of Blacksburg, Thomas C. Dowdle and Elder Dawkins Richard Dowdle of Gaffney; two sisters, Staucey Logan of Norfolk, and Annie Pearl Manning of Cleveland, Ohio; one brother, Ronnie D. Dawkins of Gaffney; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Dr. Eula Miller the Rev. Larry D. Brooks and Elder Dot Ellis officiating.

Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Body will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Pallbearers will be her sons, Ronnie D. Dawkins and William S. Stuard.

Honoraries will be the deacons of Ebenezer Baptist Church, granddaughters and nieces. The family is at the home of her son, Elder Richard Dowdle, 137 Concord Rd. Foster Funeral Home is in charge. Syme Matson Services for Syme Matson, 44, of 2065 Union were held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Shuford-Hatcher Chapel.

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124 Archer St Spartanburg, SC (803) 573-1001 or 1-800-499-7299 27 deaths blamed on heavy flooding By NED KILKELLY Associated Press Writer After the worst flooding to hit the East in years, swollen waterways slowly receded and thousands of evacuated residents returned home to find floors caked with mud and basements turned into icy swimming pools. Melting blizzard snow combined with heavy rain turned once-placid waterways into raging torrents, forcing weekend evacuations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. At least 27 deaths, mostly from drowning, were blamed on heavy flooding. "We had eight feet of water in the cellar. It was filled right to the top," said Barbara Meuller, from her home along the Delaware River in Harmony Township, N.J.

Normally smooth as a lake, the Delaware's cocoa-brown water on Sunday raged under a bridge crossing to New Hope, showing off the bits and pieces of the lives it touched. President Clinton on Sunday declared six Pennsylvania counties, covering the towns of Harrisburg, Wilkes Barre and Bloomsburg, a disaster area, and Tom Ridge said he was pressing for federal help for 52 more. "We've got people dead and missing. We've got families walking around in shelters with only the clothes on their backs. We have roads under water and ice," Ridge said.

Unseasonably warm temperatures last week and heavy rain broke up ice jams along streams and creeks and melted mounds of snow on riverbanks in some areas up to 40 inches that had fallen during the region's record-breaking blizzard two weeks ago. In central Pennsylvania, some bridges remained closed and railroad tracks east of Harrisburg were covered, forcing Amtrak to reroute passengers onto buses between the city and Lancaster. In West Virginia, where the flooding topped the 1985 floods that left 47 dead and caused $570 million in damage, the Ohio River crested as high as 10 feet above flood level at Wheeling, as did rivers in the east. "This water i is so powerful," said Gov. Gaston Caperton, who toured the hardest hit areas by helicopter Sunday.

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The bodies entombed in the submarine have probably disintegrated under the crush of water pressure, he said. The 357-foot sub, remarkably intact, sits upright more than three miles underwater in a remote corner of the tropics. It is in international waters, which helps Tidwell's claim. He plans a second trip to the ship site either this spring or in the fall. The first artifacts could come to the surface in 18 months, he said.

Raising the hulk with special foam would be years off. Scientific and historical interest in the project is high, in part because of the research and technology used to find the ship. Tidwell used recently declassified documents to learn about the ship and its sinking, then hired a defense contractor to plot the wreck's location. SOMETIMES BELOW AVERAGE CAN BE GOOD! 6.75% 30 YEAR ARM WITH 10 YEAR FIXED RATE TERM; 2 5 CAPS 7.699% APR FIRST 503 NORTH GRANARD ST. 4300 PIEDMONT 210 SOUTH LIMESTONE 488-4200 FEDERAL 1229 FLOYD BAKER 488-4242 SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION EQUAL HOUSING Our Prime Interest 1 Is OPPORTUNITY.