WWW.THESTATE.COM THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2001 B5 call 1-800-888-3556 to subscribe The State METRO METRO DEATHS Nellie Mabry UNION Services for Nellie Harvey Mabry, 90, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Mon-Aetna Baptist Church with burial in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery. S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs.
Mabry, widow of Erby Mabry died Tuesday, 1, 2001. Born in Jonesville, she was daughter of the late Frank Simpson Harvey and Edith McDaniel Harvey. She was a member of Mon-Aetna Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Lucille Palmer; sons, Ray, Erby Mabry sister, Petty; brother, Mack Harvey; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sons and a grandson.
John Matheson Sr. FORT LAWN Services for John William Matheson 82, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at El Bethel United Methodist Church with burial, with military honors, in the church cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 this evening at Mahaffey Funeral Home. Mr.
Matheson, widower of Martha Mary McFadden Matheson, died Wednesday, May 2, 2001. Born in Augusta, he was a son of the late William and Lillian Jeeter Matheson. He was a retired World War II U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer. Surviving are his son, John Matheson daughters, Margaret Edwards, Mary Montgomery; two sisters; a brother; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren.
Dorothy Melton "Mama Dot" Melton, 83, will 3 p.m. DARLINGTON Services for Miller Dorothy, Saturday at Central Baptist Church with burial to follow in Darlington Memory Gardens directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 7-9 this evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Central Baptist Church, 512 Spring Darlington, SC 29532. Mrs.
Melton, wife of the late Troy Melton, died Wednesday evening in a Florence hospital after an illness. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Marie Miller. She was a retired employee of Dixie Cup and currently served as the "Tea Lady" at Jewel's Deluxe Restaurant. Mrs. Melton was a member of Central Baptist Church where she taught Children's Sunday School Class for 30 years.
Mrs. Melton also enjoyed watching WWF Wrestling where her favorite wrestler was "The Rock." Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Troy "Chappie" and Sharon Melton of Darlington; daughter, Dottie Jean Lewis of Cheraw; grandchildren, Dodie and Billy Bright both of Darlington, Jeff Melton, Chris Melton both of Darlington, Richard and Donna Lewis of Cheraw, Zoe Lynn Lewis of Kingstree; great grandchildren, Amber Lewis, Kacey Lewis, Ashley Bright, Ty Bright. Virginia Myers VANCE Services for Virginia Myers, 71, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Providence Baptist Church of Santee with burial in Myers Cemetery Vance. Eutawville Community Funeral Home is in charge.
Ms. Myers died April 28, 2001. Born in Vance, she was a daughter of the late Sammie and Izora Hilliard Myers. Surviving are sons, Frank Williams, Roosevelt Myers, both of Vance; daughters, Joan Jefferson, Cathy Shaw, both of Vance; sisters, Mrs. Wendell Johnson of Vance, Ella Graham of Washington, D.C.; brother, James Myers of Washington, D.C.; 18 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
Jessica Nguyen Services for Jessica Linh Phan NEWBERRY, of 321 Player will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, conducted by the Rev. Kent Peterson. Interment will be in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 this evening at Whitaker Funeral Home and the family will be at the residence of her parents, 718 O'Neal Street.
Notes to the family may be sent via email at Miss Nguyen died Wednesday, May 2, 2001 in Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. Born in Lake Village, she was a daughter of Sung Van Nguyen and Myanh Phan Nguyen. She attended Newberry City Schools and graduated from Newberry High School where she was a member of the Newberry High School Band. She attended Columbia College and Newberry College and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. She was an employee of Bi-Lo Food Stores and was a member of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
Surviving are her parents of Newberry; sisters, Jennifer Lien Phan Nguyen and Jullitte Lan Phan Nguyen, both of Newberry; maternal grandparents, Richard T. and Elizabeth T. Phan of Newberry; paternal grandparents, Tran Van No and Nguyen Thi Huong of Saigon, Vietnam; and special boy friend, Vincent Frick of Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, P.O. Box 382, Newberry, SC 29108 or to the Newberry Dialysis Center, 2041 Medical Park Drive, Newberry, SC 29108. Hunter O'Neal JENKINSVILLE Services for Hunter C.
O'Neal, 74, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Whitehall AME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 1-9 p.m. today at Glover's Memorial Chapel, Winnsboro. Mr.
O'Neal died April 30, 2001. Born in Jenkinsville, he was the son of the late Clarence and Bertha O'Neal. Surviving are wife, Ernestine O'Neal; daughters, Jackie Bannerman, Carolyn O'Neal, Velma Patterson, Zelma Whitener and Angela Weldon; sons, Gerald, Leonardo, Valdez, Mark, Travis and Hernandez O'Neal; sisters, Lois Boyd and Frankie Glenn; a number of grandchildren. Helen Olenchak AIKEN Memorial services for Helen Anita Olenchak, 93, will be held at a later date. South Carolina Cremation and Memorial Society is in charge.
Mrs. Olenchak, widow of Frank R. Olenchak died Wednesday, May 2, 2001, in Carriage Hills Plantation Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Bessie Russ f*ckan. She was a garment inspector for Scranton Wearing Apparel and a Union Trustee in the Garment Workers Union.
Surviving are her son, Frank Olenchak Jr. of Columbia; three grandchildren; a great grandchild. George Osborne LAKE CITY Services for George Tillman Osborne, 30, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tabernacle In The Wilderness Church with burial in Lake City Memorial Park. Visitation is 7-9 this evening at Brockington Funeral Home of Lake City, Mr.
Osborne died May 2, 2001. Born in Florence, he was a son of Bobby N. and Chloe Faye Smith Osborne. He was a member of Tabernacle In The Wilderness Church. Surviving are parents of Lake City; daughter, Courntey Faye Osborne of Timmonsville; brothers, John Allen Osborne of Coward, Bobby N.
Osborne II and Gerald Heath Os- DEATHS borne, both of Lake City; sister, Joby Meyers of Covington, Ga. Ethel Owings LAKE WYLIE Memorial services for Ethel Johnsen Owings, 67, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 5, 2001, at River Hills Community Church conducted by the Rev. John E.H. Van de Vate.
The family will receive friends following the services at the home of Bear and Janet Owings, 480 Lakedale Lake Wylie. The family requests that those attending the memorial service and visitation dress casually. Memorials may be made to River Emergency Squad, Heritage Lake Wylie, SC 29710. M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs.
Owings. Mrs. Owings, widow of Frank M. Owings, died Wednesday, May 3, 2001, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. Born February 26, 1934, in Canandaigua, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Arne Johnsen and Alexandra Davidson Johnsen.
Surviving are her daughters and sons-inlaw, Anne and Don Futch of Columbia, Kate and Ben Nowell of Orlando, sons and daughters-in-law, Frank Jr. and Jill Owings of Matthews, N.C., Andrew and Janet Owings of Lake Wylie; grandchildren, Sean Futch of Columbia, Caitlin Owings of Charlotte, Kelly Henion, Greg Henion both of Matthews, Michael Lucas, Courtney Lucas both of Lake Wylie. Stacy Parker NEW ELLENTON Services for Stacy Brown Parker, 22, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Poplar Hill Christian Church, Cross, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at 1060 Nash Road, Ridgeville, or at ShulerMarshall Funeral Home.
Mrs. Parker died Monday, April 30, 2001. Born in Charleston, a daughter of James Edward Brown and Cynthia Wallace Brown. She was a member of Poplar Hill Christian Church. Surviving are her husband, Willie James Parker; parents; two sisters; a brother; an adopted sister; adopted grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Jefferson; maternal grandmother, Josie Wallace; four stepdaughters. Donald Phillips BISHOPVILLE Services for Donald Ray Phillips, 40, will be held Saturday in the Chapel of Hanco*ck Hill Funeral Home with the Wallace officiating. Burial be in Bethlehem Cemetery, The family will receive friends this evening at the funeral home and other times at the home of his father, 2159 Bishopville Highway, Camden. Memorials may be made to his children care of John Phillips, 2159 Bishopville Camden, SC 29020, or Sandra Lubs, 6052 Abington Rockford, IL 61149.
Mr. Phillips, husband of Glenda "Gigi" Phillips, died Tuesday, May 1, 2001, in West Columbia. Born in Gary, he was a son of John W. Phillips and Sandra S. Lubs.
Mr. Phillips was employed by Motorola. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a Baptist. Surviving are his wife of North Carolina; father of Camden; mother of Rockford, daughters, Genie Ann Phillips, Connie Ray Phillips both of North Carolina; brother, Steve Phillips of Bishopville; sister, Sherri Joyner of Columbia.
Betty Rabon COLUMBIA Funeral service for Betty Hatchell Rabon, 63, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2001 in Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel. Visitation will be from 7 until 9 this evening. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Center at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, 1301 Taylor Columbia, SC 29201. Mrs.
Rabon, wife of George W. Rabon Sr. died Wednesday, May 2, 2001. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late James R. and Margaret Watford Hatchell.
Mrs. Rabon was a tender, loving and caring Mother and Grandmother. Surviving are her husband of 45 years; sons, George Rabon Jr, and wife, Barbara of Hopkins, Timmy Rabon and wife, Melissa of Columbia; daughter, Angela and husband, David Carter of Columbia; grandchildren, Amanda Carter, David Carter, Jennifer Rabon, Julie Rabon, and Angel Rabon. She was predeceased by a son, Jimmy David Rabon. Albert Reeves ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Services for Albert Ray "Al" Reeves, 63, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Jesus Christ's Church with burial in Stonewall Holiness Church of Chapin. Visitation will be this evening at Russell-McCutchen Funeral Home, Winnsboro. Mr. Reeves died Monday, April 30, 2001.
Born in Lexington, he was a son of the late Lowie and Willie Mae Dominik He was an Army veteran and worked for General Motors. Surviving are his wife, Annie M. BridgesReeves; daughters, Carol Williams of Winnsboro, Tammy Robinson of Rochester, N.Y.; brother, A.Z. Reeves of Columbia. Charles Riley Jr.
PATRICK Services for Charles J. Riley 67, will be held at 4 p.m. today, May 4, 2001 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel in Chesterfield, with burial in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens, Cheraw. Mr. Riley died Wednesday, May 2, 2001.
Born in Marlboro County, he was a son of the late Rev. C.J. and Maggie Butler Riley. He retired from Ina Bearing Co. Mr.
Riley was an avid hunter and fisherman. Surviving are wife, Lucille Griggs Riley of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Linda Riley, Rex and Debbie Riley, all of Cheraw and Joey and Donna Riley of Lancaster; daughter, Debbie Riley of the home; sister, Dorothy Outen of Pageland; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Rudolph Ruilova CHAPIN Memorial services for Rudolph Ruilova, 59, will be held at at his residence on Saturday, May 5, 2001 at 3 p.m. CaughmanHarman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel is in charge lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605.
Mr. Ruilova died Wednesday, May 2, 2001 in Providence Hospital, Columbia. Born in Tampa, Florida, he was a son of the late Nellie Prado. Mr. Ruilova was a retired Sergeant Major from the U.S.
Army. He held a 32nd Degree in Masonic Lodge and was a member of the Jamil Temple and a member of the Boylston Lodge Surviving are his wife, Linda Ruilova; daughters, Marlo Lempesis, Debbie Chapman, Lisa McDaniel; sons, Rudolph Ruilova Mark Ruilova; sisters, Sonja Stansel; brother, James Prado; grandchildren, Chloe Lempesis, Brandon Ruilova, Michael Beckham, Michelle Beckham, Tiffany Brown and Stephanie. Mr. Ruilova also had two great He will always be in our hearts and will be missed dearly. Mildred Ruland TUPELO, Miss.
Graveside services for Mildred Kennedy Ruland, 92, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Magnolia Cemetery of Augusta. Platt's DEATHS Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Ruland died May 1, 2001.
Born in Aiken, she was a longtime resident of Tupelo. She was predeceased by husband, Emery P.H. Ruland. Surviving are daughter, Jean R. Pittman; grandchildren, Bonnie Pittman of Guntown, Emery Pittman of Tupelo.
Aldean Schmitz HOPKINS Graveside services for Aldean Runelle Schmitz, 49, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7-9 this evening at Greenlawn Funeral Home. Mrs. Schmitz died Wednesday, May 2, 2001.
Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of Modean Beasley Dean and the late 1 Willie A. Beasley. Surviving are her husband, Charles "Chuck" W. Schmitz of Hopkins; mother of Hopkins; brothers, Edison F. Beasley and Sherman L.
Beasley, both of Hopkins; sister, Sharon R. Walker of Atlanta. Geneva Singletary SCRANTON Services for Geneva "Shug" Gaskins Singletary, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with burial in Sandhill Cemetery directed by Green's Funeral Home.
Mrs. Singletary, wife of the late Leo Singletary died Saturday, April 28, 2001. She was a daughter of the late Anderson and Mattie Gaskins and a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are children, Valley Henry, Lula, Leo, King, Joe Singletary; grandson, Arlo Graham; six sisters; three brothers; 16 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two adopted daughters, Glendella Gaskins, Shirley Graham; nieces, nephews, cousins.
John Stafford COLUMBIA Services for John D. Stafford, 65, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Columbia. Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m.
this evening at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Memorials may be made Ronald S. Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 375 Homeward Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Mr. Stafford died Wednesday, May 2, 2001.
Born in Jersey City, N.J., he was a son of the late Arthur Stafford and Helen Treier. A graduate of Rutgers University, he was a former president of Phi Kappa Epsilon. He was a former resident of Erie, where he retired as a realtor with Crandell Associates was a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Erie Maennerchor, served on the Greater Erie Board of Realtors, and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. While residing East Brunswick, N.J., he was a little league coach, and Pop Warner football coach.
He was also a member of St. Pius Booster Association, and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Stafford's career spanned 30 years in industrial sales serving in various capacities from Sales Representative to National Sales Manager. Surviving are his wife, Ruth H.
Stafford; sons, Bill Stafford of Kingwood, Texas, a and Glenn Stafford of Chicago, daughter, Lori Anne Smith of Columbia; sister, Evelyn Byron of Peoria, grandchildren, Reagan Stafford, Bryston Stafford, Brittany Smith, Ryan Smith, and Max Lanzing. Alexis Stanfield GASTON Graveside services for Alexis Stanfield, infant daughter of Thomas and Tabitha Stanfield, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2001 in Southland Memorial Gardens. Caughn Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is in charge. Alexis died Wednesday, May 2, 2001.
She was born in Lexington County. Surviving are her mother and father of Gaston; paternal grandparents, Donald and Deloris Stanfield Sr. of Gaston; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Sandy Ball of Graham, Ky. and Alberta and Billy Owens of Lexington. Bessie Taylor ROBERTVILLE Services for Bessie Cunningham Taylor, 85, will be held at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Mount Zion AME Church with burial in Lawtonville Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 this evening at Mount Zion AME Church of Garnett. Houston Funeral Service of Estill is in charge. Ms. Taylor died April 28, 2001.
Surviving are son, Freddie Cunningham of Robertville; grandchildren, Fredrick Wright, Virginia Cunningham, Calvin Gadson; greatgrandchild, Ashley Cunningham; sister, Carrie Armstead; brothers, Richard Cunningham Frank Cunningham John Cunningham, James Cunningham. Dr. Jim Vernon Sr. PIEDMONT Services for Dr. William James "Jim" Vernon 80, of 1425 Hwy.
86, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shiloh United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Bob Norris and the Rev. Ron Thomas with burial following in Greenville Memorial Gardens. Gray Mortuary, Pelzer, is in charge.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shiloh United Methodist Church Building Fund, 131 Reid-Bagwell Lane, Piedmont, SC 29673. Dr. Vernon died Tuesday, May 1, 2001 in Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Darlington County, he was reared in Cheraw and was the son of the late William Bryant and Addie Goude Vernon. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Pharmacy, graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in the class of 1951 and practiced in Pelzer, Georgetown and for 30 years in Piedmont prior to his retirement in 1990.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Martha Dell Wilson Vernon, of the home; daughter, Alice Nell Vernon of Watkinsville, son and daughter-in-law, William James Jr. Becky Bryant Vernon of Piedmont; sister and brother-inlaw, Jane Vernon and Billy Joe Moore of Cheraw; grandchildren, William James Vernon III and Amanda Susanne Vernon. Melinda Wells ELLIOTT Services for Melinda Marie Wells, 23, will be held at 1 p.m Saturday at Mt.
Pleasant High School with burial in St. Paul Wisacky Cemetery. A wake service will be held 7-8 this evening at Williams Funeral Home, Sumter. Miss Wells died Saturday, April 28, 2001. Born in Lee she was a daughter of Mack Preston Wilson and Ora Bell Wells Wilson.
She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Elliott. Surviving are her parents of the home; son, Markeavius Griffin of the home; fiance, Marcus Griffin of Dalzell; six brothers; five sisters; maternal grandmother, Dorothy Mae Wells; paternal grandmother, Ulysses Wilson. Claude Williams LEXINGTON Memorial services for Claude L. Williams, 60, will be held at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 5, 2001 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. John Derrick and the Rev. Russ Stillwell. Following the service, the family will DEATHS receive friends at the residence, 412 Frye Branch Road, Lexington, SC 29072.
Mr. Williams died Wednesday, May 3, 2001. Born in Cobden, Illinois, he was a son of the late Lowell E. and Ruby V. York Williams.
He was a Navy veteran and a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Illinois. Surviving are his wife, Brenda Choate Williams of Lexington; daughter and son-inlaw, Tracey and Kevin Kreipe; granddaughter, Elizabeth Kreipe; grandson, Nolan Kreipe; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Margaret Williams and nieces and nephews. Robert Williams Sr. RIDGELAND Services for Robert Lee Williams 61, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bostick Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Grahamville Cemetery.
Mr. Williams, husband of Evelyn DuPont Williams, died Friday, April 27, 2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He was born in Augusta. Surviving are his wife; daughters, Lori Pinckney, Navira Williams, Shorner Brockington, Jennifer Williams, Nakia Williams, Nichele Williams; sons, Robert Robert Williams III, Daquan Williams; 12 grandchildren. Paul Wilson DARLINGTON Graveside Services for Paul Wayne Wilson, 71, will be held at 4 p.m.
Friday in Grove Hill Cemetery directed by Belk Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America, S.C. Chapter, 1248 Lake Murray Irmo, SC 29063, and the Susan Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Darlington Presbyterian Church, 311 Pearl Street, Darlington, SC 29532. Mr. Wilson died Wednesday evening in a Florence hospital after an illness.
Born in Effingham, Florence he was a son B.o the late Charles Montgomery and Essie Waddell Wilson Sr. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force and had retired after 34 years as executive director of the Darlington County United States Department of Agriculture and the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Services. He was a past president of the State Association of ASCS County Employees (SCASCOE), a member of Darlington Kiwanis Club and Darlington Presbyterian Church where he had served as a deacon and treasurer. Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Janice W.
and William Hiner of Atlanta, Diane W. and Dwayne Hanco*ck of Darlington; grandsons, Jason and Travis Hanco*ck of lington; sisters, Merna W. Berry of Jacksonville, June W. Willford of Columbia, Edith W. (Ernest) Allen of Florence, Mildred W.
Clark, Betty W. (Charles) Dennis, Grace W. Mims all of Florence; special friend, Barbara Horne of Darlington; a number of nieces and nephews. was predeceased by brothers Brutus, Ray, Charles Jack Wilson; wives, Virginia Hutchinson Wilson, Phyllis Harrelson Wilson. Lillian Winbourne CAMDEN Services for Lillian Swortzel Winbourne, 81, will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 6, 2001, in Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Frank Griffeth and Michael Turner will officiate. The family will receive friends p.m. Saturday at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.
Memorials may be made to Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church, 1206 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020. Mrs. Winbourne died Wednesday, May 2, 2001. Born in Stuart Draft, she was the daughter of the late Howard Newton and Mae Clara Fox Swortzel. Mrs.
Winborne was a member of Lyttleton Street Methodist Church, Activity Club and United Methodist Women. She was a former member of Calvary Methodist Church in Stuart Draft. Surviving are her husband, Leslie A. Winbourne; daughters, Carolyn W. Shiflet and husband Warren of Colonial Heights, Linda W.
McManus of Camden; grandchildren, Lesli Davis, Haidee Napier, Amber Cook, Robin McManus, Melissa McManus; eight great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Jerry Leslie Winbourne. OBITUARY POLICY The State publishes the first 16 lines of an obituary without charge. Additional lines may be purchased. Obituaries must be submitted by a funeral home and may be edited for style and policy.
Your funeral home can assist you with details. Deadline for the next day's publication is 4 p.m. Funeral home codes will be required at the time obituaries, rites or notices are faxed, emailed or hand-delivered. For assistance, please call the advertising department, (803) 771-8452, before 4 p.m. TREES FROM PAGE B1 eign languages in 1806, one year after the university's opening to one who helped guide USC into peaceful integration during the 1960s and died only last September.
That was Rufus Fellers, whose widow, Jeri, came to honor her husband. His tree stands outside Rutledge College, where Fellers lived as a student and in whose chapel the two were married. A committee of current and retired faculty members chose the honorees, all of whom made their careers at Carolina. All are deceased. There is no great plan for whose name marks which tree, except when it was possible to situate them near buildings in which the honorees had lived or taught.
In most cases, people who worked in the same departments were honored with nearby trees "except," Compton said, "those people that I remembered didn't speak to each other. I separated Christine Schweickert reports on USC. Call her at (803) 771-8488 or (800) 288-2727; or send e-mail to DEMOCRATS FROM PAGE B1 publicans. The state party later caved to threats from the DNC and abandoned the primary fight, but not without uttering some unkind words about the national party. Earlier, Hodges spurned efforts by Al Gore to gain the governor's endorsem*nt.
Hodges remembered when he was an unknown, trailing badly in the polls for governor. Gore snubbed him on two visits to the state. After Hodges got elected, Gore suddenly took an interest in Hodges. But the governor played hard to get. It was payback time.
Hodges finally endorsed Gore but not until the primary season was virtually over. This year, state Democrat leaders turned up the heat. They finally gained the attention of national party officials when Hodges consultant Kevin Geddings and Harpootlian strongly suggested the governor might name a Republican to Strom Thurmond's seat if the 98-year-old senator were unable to finish his term. "The governor is going to do what's best for South Carolina, not Tom Daschle," Harpootlian warned. It worked.
Today, a whole new attitude exists toward the Palmetto State. "We've had more attention from Terry in his first four weeks as DNC chairman than we had in the previous four years," Harpootlian said. State Sen. Tom Moore of Aiken, a DNC member, said: "Terry is not willing to surrender any state, and that's why he's making a point to be here." "It never hurts to be friends with people," said Carol Khare of Columbia, 2nd vice chair and a DNC member. Georgia Gov.
Roy Barnes will be the keynote speaker at the state party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner tonight at Seawell's. The event is expected to raise $250,000. Hodges and Barnes are scheduled to have breakfast with McAuliffe Saturday at the Governor's Mansion to talk about the party and the importance of the South in its 2002 planning. "My argument to Terry is that the DNC needs to look at the recent successes of the Democratic Party in the South and the resurgence of governors here," Hodges said. Democrats hold governorships in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
"There's no better symbol of what the new Democratic movement has done for the Democratic Party than what's happened at the gubernatorial level in the South," said Al From, president of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council. "These new Democratic governors can build a new Democratic majority in the South, and that's our challenge. We're going to help them. I'm very optimistic. Our head is going in the MATH FROM PAGE B1 dents with praise.
And then there are the quarters he flips when someone finds the right answer to a class problem. "It's a big honor to get a Sumner quarter," Flickinger said. "Some people get a whole lot of them because they're geniuses, but I only got one and I'm really proud of it." Flickinger, a junior and Goldwater Scholar, said she hadn't spent her quarter. Colleague Mary Ellen O'Leary has lingered in the back of Sumner's classroom on occasion, watched him at USC's annual math contest for high school students, and drafted him to work with secondary teachers something he did Thursday morning. O'Leary professed amazement at Sumner's style and called him wonderful.
"In his heart, he just cares so much about these students," she said. "He encourages them; he cares a lot about their futures not in a schmaltzy way; he's not gooey over Sometimes, she said, he'll reminisce about students long gone, recalling them by name. Also, "no one ever looks bored" in a Sumner class, she said. Sumner a past winner of a Mungo teaching award and a Carolina Distinguished Professorship will be able to finance a lot more quarter-tossing. The Amoco brings with it a permanent $2,500 yearly stipend.
A committee of former winners makes the selection based on student recommendations. A professor must be nominated two years in order to win. Sumner came to USC in 1971. "I try to motivate the students a lot," he said. "You don't learn to play a piano by attending a concert.
You don't learn about mathematics by watching me lecture. "I certainly don't think I'm easy, by any means. But I'm fair. "I try to make it very clear to my students what's expected of them. I don't pull any punches, but I don't throw them for any right direction, so the body will follow." DNC spokeswoman Jenny Backus said McAuliffe wants more of a focus on the South in 2002.
"That's a big McAuliffe year. We plan to McAuliffe pick up seats, and the South will play a strong role," she said. "The roadmap to victory leads through the South," Backus said. One thing Hodges and Barnes are planning to push with McAuliffe is the importance of an early presidential primary in the South. "And South Carolina is the logical place," Hodges said.
"It will give Southern states a voice in the selection of a nominee, and I believe lead to the selection of a moderate candidate." Two Southerners have floated trial balloons indicating they might seek the Democratic nomination in 2004. They are Barnes and U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who was on Gore's short list for vice president. "The DNC is not only going to hear it from me on this topic but other Southern governors," Hodges said.
Democrats feel they missed a real opportunity last year by not having a presidential primary in South Carolina. They were forced to sit on the sidelines while the GOP had a high-profile contest that attracted national media attention and hordes of new voters. Democrats want the same opportunity. "This will help us establish more of a presence in the primary campaign," Hodges said. Harpootlian said the new attention given South Carolina is a recognition by the party's new leaders that the South has got to be in play if Democrats hope to be successful nationally.
"If Gore had won one Southern state, he would be president today. But he wrote off the South," Harpootlian said. "When Democrats inside the beltway look South, they have a perception not based on reality. Terry is helping reshape that view," Harpootlian said. South Carolina Democrats also are hoping to get more money out of the DNC.
The state party receives about $5,000 every other year, Harpootlian said. Asked if the DNC could do better, Hodges quipped, "They certainly couldn't do any less." It is the hope of the state party that the DNC will direct more so-called soft money to the state for get-out-the-vote efforts and to fund down-ballot candidates. Harpootlian is confident that under McAufliffe's leadership, South Carolina will fare much better. "There's a whole new attitude on their part and, as a result, a whole new attitude on ours. "It bodes well for us in 2002," Har- pootlian said.
BRIDE FROM PAGE B1 patch report includes the notation, "in reference to emergency protective custody." DSS filed its case against Her and the girl's parents the next day, according to court records. Charles said the girl will be treated as an adult by the court if she is determined to be legally married to Her; if not, she will be treated as a childabuse victim. "That's a pivotal question in this case because it will determine how the case proceeds in Family Court," she said. Her needed an interpreter for a hearing in Family Court on Tuesday, but his lawyer and family members said afterward the marriage arrangement was not illegal and was in keeping with customs of the Hmong culture. Spartanburg attorney Kevin Miller, who represents Cher Her, said DSS is "totally wrong" in its depiction of a marriage-for-money deal.
"The money was a thank you for the parents, a gift of appreciation for raising a wonderful daughter for him to marry," Miller said. Miller said DSS alleged abuse because money was involved and the because of the girl's age. He suggested that DSS officials need to learn about Hmong culture. There are 160,000 Hmong in the United States, most having come here from Laos as refugees after the Vietnam War. An article by Hmong anthropologist Dr.
Gary Yia Lee published in the Journal of the Siam Society says Hmong men have traditionally paid a "bride-price" to their new wives' parents and it is not uncommon for Hmong females to marry in their teens or younger. Her married his bride in North Carolina, where girls 12-15 may get married with parental consent if they are pregnant or have had a child. Her does not face criminal charges in either North Carolina or South Carolina..
