a greenvilleonline.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004 I THE GREENVILLE NEWS Obituaries -Esther Lou Cole Spartanburg Esther Lou Lewis Cole, of 332 Connecticut, at her died home. Monday, A native of Marion County, she was a daughter of the late Odell and Loula Derham Lewis. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Contract Bridge Club and was a 1947 graduate of Limestone College. Survivors include her husband, Claude "Bud" Cole of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, The Honorable Joseph Derham Cole and Candace Carlson Cole, and Lewis Buchanan Cole and is Georgia Treen Cole, all of Spartanburg; a daughter-in-law, Margaret Crowley Cole, of Spartanburg; a sister, Jean Lewis Bane, of Mullins; 10 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Claude "Buddy' Cole III.
The family will receive friends at the home: 332 Connecticut Ave. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 25, 2004, at Trinity United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr.
W. Harmon and the Rev. A. Mickey Fisher. In lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium Fund, P.O.
Box 2947, Spartanburg, SC 29304; or to Hospice Special Needs Fund, 120 Heywood Suite 300, Spartanburg, SC 29302. Floyd's North Church Street Chapel. Kenneth Coley Jr. Fountain Inn Kenneth Reginald Coley husband of Mary Louise Hudson Coley, of 101 Old Laurens Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Coley was born on Sept. 30, 1929, to the late Kenneth R. and Mittie Jane Coley. He retired as a truck driver with Specter Red Ball Co.
and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Surviving, in addition to his wife, of the home, are a son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Tammy Coley; a brother, Harold Coley; six sisters, Margaret Brown, Betty Morgan, Freddie Thackston, Frances Shelton, Carrie Hudson Virl Ritchie; and three grandchildren, Brandon, Amber and Ashton Coley. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
26, 2004, at Cannon Memorial Park. Fletcher Funeral Service, Fountain Inn. a Jack C. Dearman Greenville Jack C. Dearman, 68, of 115 Carolina died Monday, Feb.
23, 2004, his residence. Born in Greenville County, he was the son of the late Robert Tandy and Berzella King Dearman. Mr. Dearman was a very active member of Airport Baptist Church, where he belonged to the Faith Class. He was retired from John D.
Hollingsworth after 42 years and was also a member of the Mauldin Masonic Lodge Surviving are his wife, of the home, Aline McGaha Dearman; four sons, J. David Dearman, of Simpsonville, Greg Dearman, and his wife, Roxanne, of Mount Holly, N.C., Mark H. Dearman, and his wife, Kimberly, of Woodruff, and Christopher Michael Dearman, and his wife, Natalie, of Greenville; a sister, Kathryn D. Moize, and her husband, Don, of Simpsonville; two brothers, Ben 0. Dearman, and his wife, Eleanor, of Yuma, and Gilford R.
Dearman, and his wife, Mildred, of Simpsonville; a sister-in-law, Carolyn Partain, of Columbia; a brother-in-law, William "Bill" Warren, of Ladson; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces nephews. Mr. Dearman was predeceased by his first wife, Sherilyn Howard Dearman; two sisters, Betty Jean Dearman and Mildred D. Warren; and a brother, Robert T. Dearman Jr.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. at Airport Baptist Church. Visitation will be held at the church, prior to the service, from noon to 1:20 p.m. will follow at Greenville Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Airport Baptist Church, 776 S. Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29650. The family will be at the residence: 115 Carolina Ave. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. William Harris Deck Greer William Harris Deck, 95, formerly of 111 Ridgewood Drive, Greer, died Feb.
23, 2004, at Magnolia Place, Spartanburg. He was a native of Spartanburg County, the son of the late William Carson and Keturah Harris Deck, and was the husband of the late Cornelia Balentine Deck. He was retired from Duke Power where he was employed for years, and was a member of Ridgewood Baptist Church, Greer. He is survived by a daughter, Frankie Deck Humphries, of Spartanburg; a sister, Katherine D. Killingsworth, of Charlotte; two grandsons, William "Bill" Humphries, and wife, Marsha Humphries, and Michael Humphries, and wife, Angela Humphries; and five great-grandchildren, Will, Adam, Morgan, Ali and Chase Humphries.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the Wood Mortuary, Greer. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Poplar Springs Baptist Cemetery, Ware Shoals, conducted the Rev. Sal Barone.
The families are at their respective homes. Today's obituaries Homer William Dixon Jr. Greenville Homer age 60, of 501 Sunday, Feb. Born in Dixon Jr. William "Dick" Dixon Edwards Road, died 22, 2004.
Greenville, he was the son of Helen Pettett Dixon and the late Homer William Dixon. Mr. Dixon graduated from Greenville High School in 1961 and attended Clemson University. He was employed by CitiFinacial and previously was employed by Heilig-Myers and Towers Theatre. He was a charter member of John Knox Presbyterian Church.
Preceding Mr. Dixon in death were his brother, G.O. Dillard and grandparents, Carrie Floyd Pettett, and Pearl and Eula Dixon Graham. Surviving, including his mother, are his son, Richard Dixon; sisters, Dorothy Petropoulos, of Greenville, and Gail Richardson, and husband, Neil, of Manning; a niece, Denise Curry, and husband, Jim, of Columbia; nephews, Jimmy Petropoulos, and wife, Cathy, and Mark Petropoulos, and wife, Lynn, all of Greenville, John Richardson, and wife, Allissa, of Manning, and Robert Richardson, and wife, Cheri, of Orangeburg; cousins, Caroline Morris, and John Pettett, and wife, Margaret, all of Greenville, Pat Dixon, of Charleston, and Elaine Lowe, of Parkersburg, W.Va. Funeral services will be held today, Feb.
25, 2004, at 11 a.m. at John Knox Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John Brearley officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park. The family requests that the employees of CitiFinacial, Heilig-Meyers and Towers Theatre serve as honorary pallbearers.
The family will receive friends today from 11 a a.m. in the Kirk Room at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made, to the YMCA of Greenville, E. McBee Greenville, SC 29601. The family will be at 206 McSwain Drive, Greenville.
The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. Archibald T. Gallivan Charleston Archibald "Archie" Thomson Gallivan, 23, of 258-A Rutledge Charleston, died Feb. 23, 2004. Born in Greenville, he was the son of Gene Mills and Therese Thomson Gallivan.
After graduating high school, he attended Johnson and Wales Culinary Institute, Charleston. He was a self-employed construction contractor. He loved the outdoors, training dogs, woodworking and his saltwater aquariums. Archie was a lifelong St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Catholic School, 101 Hampton Greenville, SC 29601. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a sister, Mary Kathryn Gallivan, currently at the College of Charleston; and his grandfather, Harold F. Gallivan of Greenville. Archie had planned to marry Amanda Susan Thornberg in the near future.
Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, with visitation to follow until 8:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The family is at the home of Mills and Carol Anne Gallivan, 230 E.
Parkins Mill Road. Precious Breonna Gamble Greenville Little Precious Breonna Gamble, 60. Bluff died Feb. 21, 2004, at Egleston Children's Health Care, Atlanta. Born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of Priscilla Ketter Gamble.
She attended Community Mission Baptist Church. Survivors are her mother and stepfather, Priscilla and Gregory Ketter, of the home; father and stepmother, Calvin and Verlyn Gamble, of Charlotte; a sister, Keana Ketter, of the home; brothers, Trevon Scott, of Columbia, Jalen Gamble, of Charlotte, and Terrell Smith, of Hartsville; maternal grandparents, Fracilla Foster and Albert Evans, of Greenville; and paternal of grandparents, and Peggy Isaiah Smith, of Baltimore. Funeral service: 1 p.m. Thursday at Taylors First Baptist Church, with burial at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home.
Watkins Garrett Woods Mortuary. Ida R. Godfrey Greer Ida Rogers Godfrey, 81, of 25th widow of Jay Godfrey, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 23, 2004. A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late Eskew and Fannie Hipp Rogers, she was the last of her immediate family.
Mrs. Godfrey retired from Lyman Printing and Finishing was a charter member of Southside Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Dot Ellis, JoAnn Ross and Linda Caulder, of Greer; a son, Woody Godfrey, of Greer; three grandchildren, Randy Ross, Shane Godfrey and Terry Ross; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at The Wood Mortuary, conducted by the Rev.
Martin Atkins and Rev. Tony Jones. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Tony Painter, Greenville Jack C. Dearman Homer William Dixon Jr.
Precious Breonna Gamble Rose Henderson Jon A. Stubbs Anderson Wade A. Watson Jr. Belton Katsuko A. Woodard Charleston Archibald T.
Gallivan Fountain Inn Kenneth Coley Jr. Greer William Harris Deck Ida R. Godfrey Stewart M. Howard Archie Howell Jr. Dr.
John R. Parris Edith M. Ray Pelzer Furman Kelley Rockingham, N.C. Esther McKay Monroe Salem Marjorie Ruth Wehmeyer Bob Barton, Chris Minkler, Randy Ross, Bobby Gilliam and Shane Godfrey. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 The tonight at The is at Wood the Mortuary.
family Memorials be made to Regional Home Health Services, Hospice Special Needs, 120 Heywood Suite 300, Spartanburg, SC 29302; or to Cancer Center, Spartanburg Regional Foundation, 101 E. Wood Spartanburg, SC. 29303. -Tommy R. Hart Wellford Tommy Randall Hart, 44, of 131 Cannon Road, died Feb.
24, 2004, at home. "A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Boyce R. and Nancy Burnette Hart, was a member of Loree United Methodist Church and was a former employee of Johnson Hardware. Surviving are his brother, Boyce R. "Buddy" Hart I1, of Charleston; and aunts; uncles; cousins; nieces; and nephews.
He also is survived by a longtime friend, Ronnie Mitchell. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Wood Mortuary, conducted by the Rev. Bill Vines. Burial will be at Wood Memorial Park.
Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the Wood Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 154 Milestone Way, Greenville, SC 29615. Rose Henderson Greenville Rose Joseph Henderson, 87, of 1326 E. Washington died Tuesday, Feb.
24, 2004, at the home of her daughter. Born in Greenville, she was the daughter of the late George J. and Zehia Barkett Joseph and was the wife of the late Thomas Boyd Henderson. Mrs. Henderson was owner and operator of Henderson's Market.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. L. Robert (Sherrill) Howayeck, of Greenville; two grandsons, Rob Howayeck, of Atlanta, and Kenney Howayeck, of Columbia; a sister, Mrs.
John I (Louise) Hill, of Greenville; and a brother, Robert Joseph, of Greenville. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 7 tonight at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown, with visitation to follow until 8:30. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Rite of committal will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary's Catholic Church, 111 Hampton Greenville, SC 29601; or to the Monastery of St. Claire, 1916 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC 29609. The family will be at the daughter's home: 227 E.
Seven Oaks Drive, Greenville, SC 29605. Stewart M. Howard Greer Stewart Morrow Howard, 90, of 2601 Holiday Road, died Feb. 24, 2004. A native of Greenville County, son of the late Columbus and Isabelle Babb Howard, he was a retired employee of Lyman Printing and Finishing and was a member of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Letha F. Howard, of the home; a daughter, Barbara E. Peck, of Lyman; a son, B. Howard, of Greer; a brother, Oran Howard, of Blue Ridge; a sister, Lorene Atkins, of Greer; three grandchildren; and two great -grandchildren. Graveside will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Mark Smith and the Rev. Frank Jones. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 tonight at The Wood Mortuary. -Archie Howell Jr.
Greer William Archie Howell 67, of 2323 E. Gap Creek Road, died Feb. 23, 2004, at home. A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late William Archie Sr. and Inez Jones Howell, was a member of Washington Baptist Church and was a retired employee of Marshall and Williams Greenville.
Surviving ave a son, William Simpsonville Louise Jamison Sullivan Spartanburg Esther Lou Cole Ware Shoals George L. McCuen Wellford Tommy R. Hart York Clyde David 'Dave' Morton Details incomplete Bernice 'Bunny' Grant, Easley Other deaths OCONEE Schaffer, Blanche Barnum, 83, 715 Schaffer Road Davenport Funeral Home PICKENS Kirksey, Chessey 79, Wolf Creek School Road Robinson Funeral Home Obituary guidelines All obituaries are prepared and billed through the funeral home handling the arrangements. Obituaries within the newspaper's circulation area are billed to the funeral homes at a rate of $5 per line. Outside the circulation area, the rate is $6 per line.
Pictures cost $25, and there is no charge for publishing an American flag for veterans of military service. There is no charge to list a name in the Other Deaths list. Veteran. Howell III, and his wife, Gayle, of Greer; a daughter, Pam Hausladen, and her husband, Edward, of Greer; two sisters, Martha H. Griffin and Lou Ellen Barnett, both of Greer; a sister-in-law, Margaret Howell, of Greer; and three grandchildren, Anna Howell, Will Howell and Maggie Black, all of Greer.
He was predeceased by a brother, E.C. Howell. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wood Mortuary, conducted by Dr. Drew Hines.
Burial will be at Wood Memorial Park. The family is at the home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the mortuary. Furman Kelley Pelzer Furman Leroy Kelley, 74, died Tuesday. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.
at Graceland Cemetery, West. The family will receive friends Thursday at Westville Funerals and Cremations from noon to 1:30 p.m. George L. McCuen Ware Shoals George Lee Milton McCuen, 78, husband off Joyce Kennedy McCuen, 103 S. Greenwood died Tuesday, Feb.
24, 2004. He was born in Greenwood County, a son of the late George L.M. McCuen Sr. and Lula Davis McCuen. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m.
at First Baptist Church, with burial at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home and will receive friends in the church Social Hall from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Piedmont; or to Meals on Wheels. Parker-White Funeral Home.
Esther McKay Monroe Rockingham, N.C. Esther McKay Monroe, 78, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at her home. She was born on July 6, 1925, in Richmond County, the daughter of the late James L. and Thelma Marks McKay.
Monroe was retired legal secretary. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Monroe Jr. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Feb.
26, 2004, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Richmond County Memorial Park. Surviving are four daughters, Sandy Terry, and husband, Jim, of Greenville, S.C., Donna Taylor, and husband, Richard, of Spruce Pine, N.C., Susie Payne, and husband, Mark, of High Point, N.C., and Joanne Taylor, and husband, Keith, of Rockingham; two sisters, Ruby Hudson, Rockingham, and Ann McKay, of High- Point; a brother, David L.
McKay seven grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 at WatsonKing Funeral Home in Rockingham. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 804, Rockingham, NC 28380. Watson-King Funeral Home in Rockingham is serving the Monroe family.
Clyde David 'Dave' Morton York Clyde David "Dave" Morton, 59, of 202 Education Lane, York, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at Dorn VA Hospital, Columbia. Born on Nov. 2, 1944, in Grove Station, he was a son of the late Clyde D. Morton and Pauline Timmons Morton.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, York, and was employed by the York County Sheriff's Department. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving during the Vietnam era. After he returned from Vietnam, he joined the Augusta Road Fire Station. He spent 10 years with the S.C.
Highway Patrol. became chief of police for the city of York in 1983, serving until retirement in 1998. After a brief absence from York County, he returned and began working for the York County Sheriff's Department. He is survived by his spouse, Diane Westmoreland Morton, of York: daughters, Tracey Morton, of Donna Stickleather, of Charlotte, and Cindy Toney, of Tega Cay; a brother, A. Keith Morton, of Fountain Inn; sisters, Shelby M.
Coleman, of Upper Marloboro, Barbara McCormick, of Tigerville; and two grandchildren. Service: 11 a.m. today, Feb. 25, 2004, at First Presbyterian Church in York, with the Rev. J.
Todd Speed of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, York. Arrangements by Bratton Funeral Home, 1455 Filbert Highway, York. Dr. John R.
Parris Greer Dr. Parris son and daughter-in-law, John Jr. and Vickie Parris, of Woodruff; three daughters and sons-in-law, Babs and Jim Prust, of Charlotte, Debbie and Jim Young, of Columbus, Ohio, and Rita and Greg Bell, of Greer; two brothers, Raymond Parris, Spartanburg, and Preston Parris, of Atlanta; two sisters, Margie Kirby and Millie Edmonds, both of Spartanburg; eight grandchiland a devoted girlfriend, Melinda dren; and two great children; Cantrell, of Spartanburg. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Wood Mortuary, conducted by the Rev.
Preston Edmonds. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg. The family is at the home. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 tonight at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association, Upstate Chapter, 310-B Bennett Center Drive, Greer, SC 29651; or to Cancer Society of Greenville County, 113 Mills Greenville, SC 29605.
Dr. John Randolph Parris, 80, died Feb. 23, 2004, at Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital. He was the widower of Gwendolyn McGinnis Parris. A native of Spartanburg County, son of the late Clarence and Daisy Gilliam Parris, he was retired after operating his own dental practice in Greer for 36 years, and was a U.S.
Air Force veteran of World War II. Dr. Parris Surviving are a -Edith M. Ray Greer Edith May Miller Ray, 83, formerly of 7, 20th died Feb. 23, 2004, at National Health Care.
She was the widow of George Walker Ray Jr. A native of Inman, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Lloyd and Fernie Fay Horton Miller, was of the Pentecostal faith and was a retired employee of J.P. Stevens, Victor Plant. Surviving are two daughters, Vicki June Ray Payne, Greer, and Judi Fay Ray Field, of Travelers Rest; two sisters, Allyce Gail Metayer and Etta Louise Westmoreland, both of Greenville; four grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Malcolm Lance. The family is at the home of her sister: Gail Metayer, 3706 Edwards Road, Taylors, 29687. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the Wood Mortuary. Jon A.
Stubbs Greenville Jon Archer Stubbs, 64, of 418 Fairmont Drive, husband of Ethel Alverson Stubbs, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at his residence. Born in Greenville, he was the son of the late Archie and Marion Stubbs. He graduated from Carlisle Military and attended The Citadel. He was a U.
S. Army veteran, was a former Bi-Lo driver and was of the Presbyterian faith. Surviving are his wife, of the home; a son and his wife, Glenn and Shannon Stubbs; a granddaughter, Danielle, of Marietta; two brothers, his twin brother, Kent, and his wife, Annette, and Carl Stubbs, all of Greenville; three nephews; one niece; and four great-nieces. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:30 tonight at Gray Mortuary, Pelzer. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday at Washington Baptist Church Cemetery, Ware Place, with the Rev. Stan Candler officiating. Special thanks to the Cancer Center of the Carolinas, the Cancer Society and St. Francis Hospice. Louise Jamison Sullivan Simpsonville Louise Jamison Sullivan, of 814 S.
Garrison Road, died Monday at Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was daughter of the late Clifford Jamison Sr. and Mary Jane Rice Jamison. She is survived by her husband, Walter Sullivan, of the home; a son, Mitchell Sullivan, of Greenville; two daughters, Marilyn Sullivan, of Greer, and Sandra Holliday, of Greenville; two brothers, Haskell Jamison and Carroll Jamison, both of Greenville; two sisters, Betty Hughes, of Greenville, and Lillian Hewins, of Mauldin; and eight grandchildren. Funeral service: 2 p.m.
Thursday at Beasley Funeral Home Chapel in Fountain Inn, with the Rev. T.E. Simmons and Dr. W.R. Davis officiating.
Burial will be at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Greenville. The family is at the home of James and Sophia S. Jackson, 816 S. Garrison Road, Simpsonville. Beasley Funeral Home, Fountain Inn.
Wade A. Watson Jr. Anderson Wade Allen Watson 85, of Foothills Presbyterian Home at Easley, formerly of Anderson, and husband of Janet West Watson, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, at Anderson Area Medical Center. He was born in Anderson on Aug.
25, 1918, the son of the late Wade A. Watson Sr. and Caroline Elsie Gray Watson. Mr. Watson was a 1940 graduate of The Citadel and was a veteran of World War II, U.S.
Army, where he held the rank of captain. He was a survivor of Pearl Harbor. He was former president and chairman of the board of Perpetual Savings and Loan Association. He was a former city councilman in Anderson, and was a former school trustee and board chairman of School District No. 5.
He was a member and elder of Central Presbyterian Church. Surviving, in addition to his wife, Janet Watson, are a son, Charles West and his wife, Cynthia C. Watson, of Columbia; a daughter, Caroline Watson Green, and her husband, Stephen L. Green, of Greensboro, N.C.; a brother, a Jim Gray Watson, and his wife, Julia Anderson Watson, of Anderson; four grandchildren, James Norman Lyons, and his wife, Lisa E. Lyons, Justin S.
Lyons, and his wife, Kimberly A. Lyons, Charles West Watson II, and Martha Elizabeth Watson; a and a great-grandson, Grayson Michael Lyons. He was preceded in death by a son, Wade A. Watson III. Following a family burial at Old Silver Brook Cemetery, a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Central Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. David J. Bailey and Dr. John LeHeup. The body is at the Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel.
The family will receive friends in the Church Fellowship Hall following the service. The honorary escort will be elders of the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Foothills Presbyterian Home, 205 Bud Nalley Drive, Easley, SC 29642. Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Marjorie Ruth Wehmeyer Salem Marjorie Ruth Wehmeyer, of 1 Frigate Drive, Salem, died Monday, Feb.
23, 2004, at her home. Mrs. Wehmeyer was born in Detroit, daughter of the late Harry Elliot and Marjorie Mae Brown Stickel. She lived in Grosse Pointe Park until her marriage in 1951. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1949 with a degree in special education, and taught in Battle Creek, Dayton, Ohio, and Grosse Pointe, Mich.
She was a member and deacon of Seneca Presbyterian Church, was a longtime member of the American Association of University Women and was a charter member of the Lake and Hills Garden Club of Keowee Key. Surviving are her husband of 52 years, David; a son, Jeffrey Mark Wehmeyer, and his wife, Susan, of Kettering, Ohio; and two daughters, Kristin Sue Palmer, and her husband, David, of Ann Arbor, and Lisa Kathryn Ryan, and her husband, Michael, of Kingwood, Texas; six grandchildren; and a sister, Dorothy Lehr, in Muskegon, Mich. Two brothers, Harry and Frederick, predeceased Mrs. Wehmeyer. Ruth was a loving and caring person who will be missed dearly by her family and many friends.
A memorial service will be at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at 2 p.m., officiated by the Revs. Sally and Stuart Fulton. Graveside services will be held at later date in Ann Arbor, Mich. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Organ Fund of Seneca Presbyterian Church, 115 S.
First Seneca, SC 29678; or to Hospice of the Foothills, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca, SC 29672. Seneca Funerals and Cremations are in charge of arrangements. Continued on Page 7B MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR BERT RICE Bert Rice, 66, of Kyle, Texas, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2003. A Memorial Service will be held on February 29, 2004 at Maynard Community Building, Easley, S.C. Family and friends 26095 are invited to attend..
