B4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2006 THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA WWW.THESTATE.COM OBITUARIES Joseph Bass, of Columbia, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Joyce Chavis, of Columbia, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Thompson Funeral Horne of Lexington. Avie H.
Cooper, 84, of Mullins, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Cox-Collins Funeral Home. Dorothy Javis Davis, of 10008 Broad River Road, Irmo, died Saturday. Plans will be announced by Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home, Columbia. Vivian Short Dawkins, 92, of Ridgeway, formerly of Richburg, died Sunday.
Friends may call from 6-8 tonight at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, Great Falls. Betty T. Dunham, 81, of Columbia, died Sunday, Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Glenda Jackson Frazee, 61, of Columbia, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Shives Funeral Home.
June Gabrenas, 88, of 831 McDow Drive, Rock Hill, died Saturday, Plans will be announced by Greene Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel. James Louis Glenn 77, of 307 George Lexington, died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Lexington Funeral Home. Clyde Godwin 58, of 1220 Candice Road, Lake City, died Saturday. Friends may call at 424 Moore St.
Plans will be announced by Green's Funeral Home. Sarah H. Hammond, of West Columbia, died Sunday, Plans will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Larry C. Nettles, 60, of Santee River Road, Santee, died Saturday.
Friends may call from 6-8 tonight at Avinger Funeral home, Holly Hill, and other times at 6980 Old Number Six Elloree. Mary Taylor Rice, 82, of Lexington, died Saturday. Friends may call from 6-8 tonight at 1920 Shady Columbia, SC 29206. Plans will be announced by Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. LaMeca Nicole Samuel, 20, of Darlington, died Saturday, Plans will be announced by Mitchell-Josey Funeral Home.
Edith Tisdale Scott, of Bronx, N.Y., formerly of Kingstree, S.C., died Saturday. Plans will be announced by Henryhand Funeral Home, Kingstree. Andrew Charles VanHorn, 39, of West Columbia, died Saturday. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington.
Theresa Woodham, 85, of Hartsville, died Sunday. Friends may call from 6-8 tonight at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. RITES NOTICES Lucille M. Barnes, 84, of West Columbia, at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Thompson Funeral Home, West Columbia, is in charge. Geneva Boney, 93, at 10 a.m. at St. James AME Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. A.A.
Dicks Funeral Home, Sullivan Chapel, Columbia, is in charge. Oscar Bryson, 68, of 3841 Leslie Rock Hill, at 4 p.m. at the graveside in Grandview Memorial Park. Greene Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, is in charge. Jimmy Wayne Cobb, 63, of Camden, at 2 p.m.
at Mt. Hebron Free Will Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge. Patrick Jonathan co*ckrell, 23, of West Columbia, at 2 p.m.
at the graveside in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. Thompson Funeral Home, Lexington, is in charge. Theodora Doukas Dalonas, 74, of Columbia, at noon at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge. Daisy Cannon Huffstetler, of Chapin, at 4 p.m.
at St. Peter's (Pineywoods) Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Chapin Chapel, is in charge. Mary Laird Inabinet, of North, at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Pen Branch Cemetery.
Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home is in charge. Bishop Andrew Charles Jackson, of Columbia, at noon at Bibleway Church of Atlas Road with entombment in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. Leevy's Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel, is in charge. James Ramsey, 70, of 1468 Hallmark Drive, Rock Hill, at 2 p.m.
at Northside Baptist Church with burial in Grandview Memorial Park. Greene Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel, is in charge. Kyle Eugene Ransom, 29, of Charlotte, N.C., formerly of McColl, S.C., at 4 p.m. at McColl Church of God with burial in Rogers Cemetery. Rogers Funeral Home, McColl, is in charge.
Robinson Corbett Roberts, 27, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is in charge. DEATHS Milton Rodgers Ackerman BEAUFORT Milton Rodgers Ackerman, 40, husband of Cindy M.
Ackerman, died September 30, 2006. Family will receive friends Monday from 6-8 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at The Baptist Church of Beaufort with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Ackerman was born in Beaufort, SC, July 16, 1966, a son of the late Kenneth L. Ackerman, Jr. and Johnnie Redman Ackerman. He was employed by United Parcel Service and was a member of Teamsters Local Union 509 for over 20 years.
He was a member of Ducks Unlimited, Wild Turkey Federation, was the president of Homeowners Association, Poplar Creek, Santee and Benton Farms Hunt Club in Hendersonville, SC. He is survived by his wife; a stepson, Hunter Lewis; two daughters, Ashleigh Ackerman and Morgan Ackerman, all of Beaufort; a brother, Kenneth L. Ackerman, III of Ridgeland; and a sister, Patricia "Patsy" Ackerman Masters of Lobeco. Memorials may be made to Tidal Creek Building Fund, 12 Fairfield Road, Unit 4-A, Beaufort, SC 29907. Anderson Funeral Home is serving the family.
DEATHS John Frank Biggers Jr. MATTHEWS, N.C.- John Frank Big- gers 84, of Matthews, passed away September 29, 2006. He was born in Union County to John Frank and Myrtle Moore Biggers. He served his country in the Pacific Theater during WWII in the Marine Corps. After the war he started his family in Charlotte and for the largest part of his career was a heating engineer with the Gas Heat Engineering Corp.
in Charlotte and Columbia, SC. After retirement, Frank divided his time between homes in Matthews and Lake Tillery, NC. He was an active member of Matthews United Methodist Church. He is survived by his loving wife, Audrey Braswell Biggers; sons, J. Frank Biggers III and wife, Anne, of Walterboro, SC, and David T.
Biggers and wife, Brenda, of Raleigh, NC; grandchildren, Elizabeth C. Bernat and husband, Christopher, of Charleston, SC, Ashley Biggers of Columbia, SC, and Bridget B. Anderson and husband, Stephen, of Raleigh, and Barbara Biggers of Raleigh, NC; great-grandchildren, Anneliese and Maxwell Bernat, Ava Anderson; brother and sisters, Myrtle Mae Winchester and husband, Charles, of Matthews, Reverend James N. Biggers of Asheboro, NC; and stepsister, Mary Woolard of Charlotte, NC. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepmother, Ellen S.
Biggers, and his brothers and sisters, John Biggers, Grace Hawfield, Isabel Howey, Cleo Starnes, Willene Howey, Allen Biggers, Dwight Biggers, and infant sister, Mary Frances Biggers. A service to celebrate his life will be held 1 p.m. Monday, October 2, 2006, at Matthews United Methodist Church with the Reverend Dr. Ken Lyons officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park. Flowers will be accepted, however, memorial donations may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 733 Third New York, NY 10017 or to Matthews United Methodist Church, 801 S. Trade Matthews, NC 28105. Arrangements by Heritage Funeral and Cremation Service-Indian Trail Chapel. Online condolences may be made at heritagefuneral.net.
Edith Boyce COLUMBIA Edith 1 Wilma Boyce, 91, formerly of Williamston, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Providence Hospital NE. Born in Williamston, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Franklin and Lois Massey Boyce. She had been an active member of Williamston First Baptist Church, the Darcas Sunday School Class and the Coasters. Miss Boyce attended Lander College, graduated from Limestone College and did graduate work at the University of South Carolina. She had taught in Elgin, SC, Avery, and retired from T.L.
Hannah High School in Anderson. She was a member of the South Carolina and National Education Association. Surviving are sisters and brothers-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers of Charlotte, NC, Dr.
and Mrs. Joe Dusenbury of Columbia, Mrs. Agnes Powell and the late Gene Powell of Rock Hill, Mrs. Kathleen Smithwick and the late Myron Smithwick of Raleigh, NC; sister-inlaw, Mrs. Gloria Boyce and the late Dr.
William Boyce. She was predeceased by Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Pickens and Floride Boyce. Graveside services will be 11 a.m.
Wednesday in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Williamston First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 477, Williamston, SC 29697. The family will receive friends following the services at the graveside. Gray Mortuary, Pelzer, is in charge of arrangements.
Warren W. Cox KINGSTREE Warren Wesley Cox, 69, died Saturday, September 30, 2006, in a Florence hospital. Mr. Cox was born July 7, 1937, in Williamsburg a son of the late Lorenzo Johnny and Nellie Godwin Cox. He served in the S.C.
National Guard and was retired from the Coleman Co. Mr. Cox was a member of the Kingstree Church of God. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Lorenzo Cox and Ralph Cox. Surviving are his wife, Mary Louise Floyd Cox of the home; three sons, Wesley Lynn Cox, Kevin Trent (Rebecca) Cox and Kenneth Wayne Burrows, all of Kingstree; two daughters, Kathy Louise (Ricky) Tisdale and Edith Susan (Brad) McElveen, both of Kingstree; three sisters, Hattie Cantley, Lucille Player and Maggie Cribb, all of Andrews; two brothers, Shorty Cox and Wayne Cox, both of Andrews; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Kingstree Church of God with burial in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Monday at Williamsburg Funeral Home. DEATHS be made to First Baptist Church, P.O.
Box 518, Chester, SC 29706 or the Solicitor John R. Justice Prosecutors Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 11251, Columbia, SC 29211. Honorary pallbearers will be South Carolina Solicitors, members of the Chester Bar Association and law enforcement officers of Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield Counties. Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street, Chester, is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Rich Lloyd Lockwood FLORENCE Dorothy Rich Lockwood died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Heritage Home of Florence after an extended illness. Born in Marion, Mrs. Lockwood was a daughter of Luther Oran Rich and Mary Avant Rich. She graduated from Marion High School and the McLeod Hospital School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse and an active member of St.
Paul United Methodist Church as long as her health permitted. Mrs. Lockwood was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Lockwood, and two brothers, Grady G. Rich and James Edward Rich. Surviving are a sister, Virginia Rich Freeman of Marion; and four nieces and two nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 4, in Rose Hill Cemetery of Marion. The services will be directed by SmithCollins Funeral Home of Marion. Visitation will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery following the graveside service. Memorials may be made to St.
Paul United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 5446, Florence, SC 29502 or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, P.O. Box 36405, Charlotte, NC 28236-6405. Wyatt McElveen SUMTER James Wyatt McElveen, 93, husband of Dorothy Phyllis Taylor McElveen, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in a local nursing facility. Born in Shiloah, S.C., he was a son of the late Frank McElveen and Sulie Chandler McElveen.
Mr. McElveen was a charter member of St. John's United Methodist Church where he served as Sunday School superintendent for 26 years. He had currently been a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church and the Christian Businessmen Association.
He was a former Mason, former member of the Sumter Civitan, and a former member of the Sumter Lion's Club. He was a retired salesman with Kimbrell's Furniture. Surviving are his wife of 69 years of Sumter; two sons, Wyatt Bernard "Bernie" McElveen of Sumter and William Lewis "Billy" McElveen and wife, Donna, of Irmo, S.C.; one daughter, Phyllis Patrick and husband, Bill, of Savannah, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev.
Billy Lewis officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times the home of his son, 301 Rutledge St. Memorials may be made to St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 27 Broad St.
Sumter, SC 29150. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad is in charge of the arrangements. 803-775-9386. Talbert Eli "Brudd" McFaddin Jr. SUMTER Talbert Eli "Brudd" McFaddin, 73, husband of Rosalind Tisdale McFaddin, died Saturday, September, 30, 2006, in Tuomey Healthcare System.
Born in the Dabbs Crossroad community of Sumter County, he was a son of the late Talbert E. McFaddin and Maude Carraway McFaddin. Mr. McFaddin was a member of Swan Lake Presbyterian Church and had retired from Newman Construction Company. He was a U.S.
Army veteran. Surviving are his wife of 51 years of Sumter; one son, Tem McFaddin and wife, Vandy, of Columbia; one brother, Marion McFaddin of Dabbs Crossroad, S.C.; his mother-in-law, Ruth Tisdale Sumter; his sisterin-law, Nancy McFaddin of Turbeville, S.C.; numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Richard McFaddin. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
Walt Kendall officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Brogdon, Marion Baker, George McFaddin, Kevin McFaddin, Clark Tisdale and Jamie Burns. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 6 Burress St.
Memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 230 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad is in charge of the arrangements. 803-775-9386. DEATHS Alice Millstead NEWBERRY Alice Roton Millstead, 76, of 1930 Tanyard Newberry, widow of C.T.
"Tuffy" Millstead, died Saturday, September 30, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Millstead was born January 14, 1930, in Newberry, a daughter of the late Bennie R. and Sudie Fulmer Roton. She was a retired employee of Allied Chemical and was a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church and the Newberry County Shrinettes.
She is survived son, Larry A. Millstead of Newberry; two sisters, Ethel R. Coleman of Newberry and Polly R. Sanders of Baker, FL; and three grandchildren, Larry A. Millstead, his fiance, Treva Smith, and Daren C.
Millstead, all of Aiken and Leann M. Millstead of Newberry. She was predeceased by two sisters, Minnie Werts and Mary Wicker; and four brothers, Buddy Roton, Pete Roton, Raymond Roton and Bit Roton. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church.
Interment will be in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The family will be at her residence, 1930 Tanyard St. Messages to the family may be sent via e-mail at Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry, is assisting the family.
Nell Eubanks Sears WEST COLUMBIA Graveside vices for Nell Eubanks Sears, 92, will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2006, in Southland Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Rev. John D. White.
The family will friends from p.m. Monday, October 2, 2006, at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Mrs. Sears, widow of Claire G. Sears, passed away September 30, 2006.
Born in Jefferson, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Franklin and Henrietta Lynn Eubanks. Formerly of Charlotte, NC, she was an area resident for over 40 years and a member of Congaree Presbyterian Church. Surviving is her sister, Maude Jowers of Jefferson City, TN; brother and sister-in-law, Mack and Jane Eubanks of Cayce; nieces, great-nieces and great-nephews. Mrs. Sears was preceded in death by three brothers, Tom Eubanks, Willis Eubanks, Joe Eubanks; and a sister, Aline Holley.
The family would like to extend a special Thank You to the nurses and staff at National Health Care and to her friends at Congaree Presbyterian Church for their love, visits and prayers during her illness. www.thompsonsfuneral.com Thomas "Razor" Shark SANDY RUN Memorial service for Thomas Lee "Razor" Shark, 62, of Sandy Run, will be held 3 o'clock Saturday, October 7, 2006, at the Warlocks Clubhouse. Shives Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Shark died Saturday, September 30, 2006.
He was born in Marion, OH, and retired from the U.S. Navy after 30 years of duty. He was a Vietnam veteran. Mr. Shark was a member of the Warlocks Survivors include his wife, Helen "Shorty" Shark of Sandy Run; daughters, Dawn (Jody) Powell of Beaufort, NC, Rhonda (Mark) Wintersteen of St.
Matthews; stepdaughter, Cindy Watson of Lexington; five granddaughters; one great-granddaughter. He was predeceased by his parents, Ed and Wanda Shark of Marion, OH; and a son, Jack Shark of St. Matthews. www.shivesfuneralhome.com (803) 754-6290 Vanessa Evelyn Washington COLUMBIA Services for Vanessa Evelyn Washington, 31, will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at First Calvary Baptist Church.
Interment to follow in Memorial Gardens of Columbia. A.A. Dicks Funeral Home, Sullivan Chapel, is in charge of these arrangements. Ms. Washington died Wednesday, September 27, 2006.
She was the daughter of Allen Washington, Sr. and Shante Foster. She was educated in the public schools of Richland District One and the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, Class of '94, where she was a member of the track team and was also a cheerleader. She was very outgoing and involved in the activities of the deaf community. She is survived by one daughter, Temeisha Manda Hopkins of Kingstree; her father, Allen (Tania) Washington, Sr.
of Columbia, S.C.; her mother, Shante Faye (David) Foster of Charlotte, N.C.; her grandmother, Joan G. Hunter of Columbia, S.C.; five brothers, Allen Washington, Jr. of Columbia, S.C., Rico Washington of Charlotte, N.C., David Washington of Blythewood, S.C., Derik X. Gray of Ft. Campbell, and Stanly D.
Gray, currently stationed in Iraq; her companion, LaMont Coles of Kingstree, S.C.; two nephews, eight aunts, five uncles and a host of other relatives and friends. DEATHS Emaryllis T. Zeigler ORANGEBURG Emaryllis Thomas Sarah Beth Fallaw PELION Sarah Beth Fallaw, born September 11, 2006, in Richland County, passed away September 30, 2006. She was the infant daughter of Toby and April Fallaw of Pelion. She is survived by her sister, Sallie Ann Fallaw; her grandparents; and many other loving family members.
Caughman-Harman Funeral Home at Southland Memorial Gardens, West Columbia Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements. COLUMBIA Funeral services for Malinda Runee Goff will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at Kornegay Funeral Home, LugoffElgin Chapel. Burial will follow in Highway Pentecostal Church Cemetery, Elgin. Rev.
Lisa Thorpe and Rev. Paul Miles will officiate and Mr. David Ezell will present a special eulogy. Miss Goff died Sunday, October 1, 2006. Born in Elgin, she was the daughter of Aussie B.
and Leverda Brown Goff. Miss Goff was an honors graduate of the University of SC. She was a published poet and soloist and guitarist with Christ Unity Church, 1801 LeGrand Road, Columbia, SC, where she was a member. She was employed with "Network Area Traffic" with her on-air radio personality being "Rene' Brown." She was formerly employed with the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County and the SC State Museum, under a grants program. Surviving, in addition to her parents of Elgin, are a sister, Dorinda "Rene" Lloyd and her husband, Mike, of Sumter; brother, Kevin Brian Goff of Columbia; and nephews, Micky and Matthew Lloyd of Sumter.
Margaret Elledge Jones ELGIN Funeral service for Margaret Elledge Jones, 86, of Elgin, formerly of Fletcher, NC, will be held at 11:00 o'clock Tuesday, October 3, 2006, at Royal Pines Church in Columbia. Burial will be at 4:00 o'clock in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard, Fletcher, NC. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o'clock Monday evening at Shives Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Royal Pines Church. Mrs.
Jones, widow of Fred Walter Jones, died Saturday, September 30, 2006. Born in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late James G. and Carrie Vaughan Elledge. She had retired from Roanoke College. Survivors include her children, Betty (Tommy) Hensley of Pontiac, Barbara (Joe Underwood) Martin of Callaway, VA, Walter (Phyllis) Jones of Zirconia, NC, Joyce (David) Underwood of Callaway, VA; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by grandchildren, Michael and Keith; and a brother, James Massey. www.shivesfuneralhome.com (803) 754-6290 John Reid Justice Malinda Goff CHESTER The Honorable John Reid Justice, age 63, Sixth Circuit Solicitor for Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield Counties, died late Friday evening in Providence Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clay Waldrip and Dr.
Fred W. Andrea, III officiating. Mr. Justice was born in Great Falls September 13, 1943, son of the late John and Kate (Baker) Justice. Justice was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1970 and 1972, and elected Solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in 1978, and had served unopposed since that time.
He was a member of the S.C. National Guard from 1967 to 1992, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Solicitor Justice was a graduate of Great Falls High School and the University of South Carolina and USC Law School. He has been a member and past president of the Solicitors' Association of South Carolina, Inc. which he joined in 1978.
He has served as President and Chairman of the Board of the National District Attorneys Association from which he received the President's Award, the highest award given by the NDAA. He was also Chairman of the Board of Regents of the National College of District Attorneys at the time of his death. Through the years, he was presented numerous awards for public service such as the Order Of The Palmetto, awarded to him by the former Governor James Hodges. Recently, the General Assembly by resolution requested that Exit 55 along Interstate Highway 77 be named "Solicitor John R. Justice Interchange." Surviving Mr.
Justice are his wife, Gracy Long Justice; three daughters, Dolly Justice Garfield and husband, Robby, of Columbia, SC, Ivy Justice of Columbia, SC, and Tess Justice of Chester and USC at Columbia, SC; one sister, Nancy Quarles of Greenville, SC. The family will receive friends at the Justice home, 137 West End Street, Chester, SC, anytime after 2:00 p.m, Monday. Memorials may Zeigler, 89, of Java Lane, Orangeburg, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in The Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2006, in Limestone United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev.
Kimmett Lott and Rev. Artie Bowling officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, Mrs. Zeigler was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Henry B. Thomas and Matilda Harvey Thomas.
She was a member of Providence Baptist Church and was the widow of Jake Hunter Zeigler. Surviving Mrs. Zeigler are daughter, Mrs. Sidney (Frances) Livingston of North; son, Ronald Thomas Zeigler of Orangeburg; brother, H.B. Thomas of North; grandchildren, Cheryl Knight, Rhonda Livingston, Barney Zeigler and Margaret Zeigler; and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 51 Providence Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118 or Limestone United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, Mary Agnes French, 1013 Deer Crossing Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at DukesHarley Funeral Home. Alma Rose Bowers Zurenda HAMPTON Mrs. Alma Rose Bow- ers Zurenda, 83, of Hampton, died Saturday afternoon in Bayview Nursing Center in Beaufort after an extended illness.
Mrs. Zurenda was born in Crocketville, October 31, 1922, a daughter of the late E.B. "Buck" Bowers and Emmie Thomas Bowers. She had retired as Director of Health Education and Family Planning with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, serving six Lowcountry Counties. She was a member of St.
Marys Catholic Church and the Catholic Womens Club. For many years, she was affectionately known as "Madam the fortune teller for many lowcountry school fundraising events. Surviving are two sons, F. Bernard "Bernie" Zurenda of Hampton, Wayne Anthony Zurenda of Spartanburg; grandchildren, Sarah Peyton Zurenda Kitchen and husband Ron, Charles Baring Farmer Zurenda and France-Olivia Zurenda. Mrs.
Zurenda was predeceased by two sisters, Virginia Bowers Brown and Elsie Bowers Freeman. Graveside services will be 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Sandy Run Cemetery near Hampton, conducted by Father Carl Bauer, and directed by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton. Friends may call at the Chapel in Hampton, located at 300 Mulberry from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, and Tuesday until the hour of services.
The family suggests that those who wish may send memorials to St. Marys Catholic Church, 703 East 5th Hampton, SC 29924. OBITUARY POLICY The State will publish the first 12 lines of an obituary for $20; additional lines may be purchased. Funeral home codes or confirmation of death will be required. Your funeral home can assist you with details.
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