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4A The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C LakelandsNation Sunday. December 7, 1997 DOTHS AND FUNERALS to Hielo cMIdren 'ft tiff By MARYNETT index-Journal staff Writer GREENWOOD SrVitiU little generosity, it's easy to make a child feel warm this winter. In an effort to collect used coats for children in need, The County Bank and WCRS Radio joined to sponsor the "Coats for Kids" campaign Denise Lollis, marketing officer for The Cflunty. Bank, saidVThe County Bank has always been committed to the Greenwood community. We were founded by the people of Greenwood in 1933, so we feel it's important to give back to the community." Lollis said they hoped to collect 250 coats, and she was pleased by the number of people dropping by.

She said because of the good turnout, they would probably exceed their goal. After the coats are collected, they will be cleaned by Cambridge Professional Dry Cleaners and then sent to the United Way for distribution. Children who are in foster situations, abused homes, or have had their homes destroyed by fire will be the primary recipients of the coats, officials said. Anyone who wishes to donate a 3Vv Rev. Georgia Valentine HENDERSONVIUE, N.C Rev.

Georgia Mae Valentine, 59, of Route 14, Howard Gap died Dec 1997, at Pardee Hospital. Bora in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late George Washington and Sadie Bigby Valentine. She was a member of Covenant Christian fellowship where she served as assistant pastor. Surviving are two sons, Dezerro Benton of Simpsonville and Wesley Jerome Jordon of Ware Shoals; a daughter, Yvonne H. Valentine-Logan of Horse Shoe, N.C; two brothers, George W.

Valentine Jr. of Greenville and Thomas Valentine of Jamaica, N.Y4 five, sisters, Georginna, Stewart of Greenville, Eugenia Luster of San Francisco, Effie Nelson of Tryon, N.C, Carolyn Valentine of HendersonviUe, and Pastor Doris Valentine of Fletcher, N.C; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Star of Bethel Baptist Church in HendersonviUe with Pastor Don Bledsoe officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery in Hodges, S.C The family will receive friends at Robinson-Walker Funeral Service in Ware Shoals from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Monday. Arrangements by. Pilgrim's Funeral Home, HendersonviUe, N.C and Robinson-Walker Funeral Home in Ware Shoals. Harry Lee Foy Sr. BARNWELL Harry Lee Foy 75, husband of Marjorie Hill Foy, died Dec.

5, 1997. 1 Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late John Watkins and Mary Schumpert Foy. He served with the 88th Seabee Battalion in the South Pacific during World War II. He was a member of Barnwell First Baptist Church and formerly of Seven Pines Baptist Church of Snelling, where he was a deacon and was active in the church building program. He was a member of the South Carolina Forestry Association, the Ellenton Agriculture Club and Harmony No.

17 Masonic Lodge. He was in the timber business for over 30 years and founded South Carolina Timber. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a son, Harry Lee "Bubba" Foy Jr. of Hampton; three daughters, Lee Early of Bamberg, Suzanne Nicholson of Greenwood and Jane Abbott of Spartanburg; two sisters, Ann Moore of Snelling and Georgia Fields of Barnwell; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m.

today at Barnwell First Baptist Church with the -Revs. Stephen Burnett, Posey Belcher, and Billy Mew officiating. Burial will be in Barnwell County Memory Gardens Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Roberts, George Sanders, Wesley Fail, Bruce Hill, Tim Moore Jr. and Roy Fields Jr.

Memorials may be made to the Harry Lee Foy Memorial Scholarship Fund at USC-Salkehatchie, co Dr. Ann Carmichael, P.O. Box 617, Allendale, S.C. 29810. i Mole Funeral Home is in charge.

Staff photo by Mary Nett Carl Pundt of WCRS Radio collects donated coats from Janet Butler and Amy Williamson during the Coats for Kids campaign Saturday. "Christmas is a special time," he explained. Coat can do so by taking it to WCRS on 637 East Durst Ave. or The County Bank on 419 Main St. 1 t.

And if you are fresh out of used coats? Follow Steve Grogan's example and go buy a couple of new pnes to donate. Lectra-Lift Chair Ashes of Pearl Harbor veterans to be scattered in ceremony HONOLULU AP) Joe Bill Phillips WOODRUFF Bill Phillips, 79, of 200 Phillips died Dec. 4, 1997, at his home. He was a retired supervisor with Globe Oil a U.S. Army World War II veteran and a member of Cavins Baptist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Linda Gail Farrow of Piedmont and Mazie Ann Phillips of the home; a stepson, Bobbie Joe Clardy Sr. of Martinez, a stepdaughter, Gale Choate of Piano, Texas; a brother, Blease Phillips of Piedmont; a sister, Dorothy Derrick of Greenwood; two grandchildren reared in the home, Cruz Phillips and Tina Hines; and seven other grandchildren. Services will be at 4 p.m.' today at Cavins Baptist Church with burial in Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. Lanford Funeral Home is in charge. Allie Mae Wright ABBEVILLE Mrs.

Allie Mae Sanders Wright, of 112 Adams widow of Jessie Wright, died Dec. 6, 1997, at her home. Born in Abbeville County, she was a daughter of the late Issac Partlaw and Alberta Sanders. She was a member of Long Cane AME Church where she was a member of the Missionary Society. She was a retired cafeteria worker with Abbeville School District.

Surviving are three sons, Eugene Wright of the home, Joseph Wright and Jesse Wright, both of Abbeville; five daughters, Rachel Wright of the home, Elaine Wright of Abbeville, Jeanette Best of Panama City, Janice Cook of Pascagoula, and Jackie Anderson of Elberton, a sister, Sallie Ray ford of Abbeville; 25 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family is sat the home. Arrangements will be announced by Brown and Walker Funeral Home. John Henry Knight GREENWOOD John Henry Knight, 64, of 634 Cobb husband of Margaret Ann Cooley Knight, died Dec. 6, 1997, at Self Memorial Hospital.

Bom in Seneca, he was a son of the late Joe Henry and Etta Whitaker Knight. He was employed by Greenwood Mills and was a member of Ninety Six Church of God. I Surviving, in addition to his wife' of the home, are a son, Tim Knight of Greenwood; daughter, CeCelia George of Aiken; three sisters, Mafgare! Getsinger of Anderson, Shirley Giles and Sandra Crenshaw, both of Wade Khight 'and- Wilson Knight, both of Greenwood; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. i Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Harley Funeral Home with the Rev.

Roy Burroughs officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Johns, Ken Crenshaw, Bill Crenshaw, Joey Knight, Rodger Knight and David Knight. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of a brother, Wade Knight, 111 Piedmont St. of the attack that drew the United States into World War II, two Navy men who survived the battle are scheduled to have their ashes scattered on the waters above the battler-ship. It is an honor extended' to those who survived the attack while serving on another ship, or those who served on the Arizona before the attack. .1 Allows you to stand smoothly without strain The Ideal chair for a person with arthritis Hand-held control to sH slowly and safely Featuring the fluallty craftsmanship and comfort of Lt-Z-Boy Performs as a full recliner when in regular sitting position Includes 3-year warranty on motor DISCOUNT FURNITURE Victoria Mulkey THANK YOU The Family of Evander Cannady wish to express a sincere thank you to friends, neighbors, the Greenwood school system, and even strangers for all the love shown to us during the recent loss of our precious loved one. Your calls, cards, gifts, prayers8 visits will never be forgotten.

May Goi bless and keep you all in His care. Langdell comes from a seafaring family. It was natural for him to join the Navy an ancestor was lost at sea while raiding British ships in the late 1790s, and several other family members later served in the Navy. He became an ensign, assigned to the USS Arizona stationed at Pearl Harbor. As luck would have it, Langdell was ashore the morning of Dec.

7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked. Langdell watched from nearby Ford Island as 1,177 of his crew members were killed. An estimated 950 of them were entombed in the sunken ship. When Langdelf diesi his ashes will join his fallen shipmates in the rusting hull of the ship. "I felt absolutely helpless as I attack, said Langdell, an 83-year-old retired lieutenant commander from Yuba City, Calif.

"If I had; been aboard, I would have been killed in that No. 2 (gun) turret That was the one that blew up. It was my luck to be assigned off the ship that day." On Sunday, the 56th anniversary of Greenwood I he bamilv 4 601 S. Main 9-3012J i .1 MILLEN, Ga. Victoria Davis Mulkey, 85, 6f The pjnes, died Dec.

5, 1997, at Jenkins County Hospital. Bom in Carteret County, N.C, she was a homemak-eand retired registered nurse. She received her RN degree from James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, N.C She was a charter member of the Millen Woman's Club and the Magnolia Garden Club and a member of Millen Rose Society and American Rose Society. She was a Girl Scout leader and a judge for the American Camellia Society and the American Hemerocallis Society. She was a member of Millen United Methodist Church.

Surviving are a son, Dr. Arnold P. Mulkey Jr. of Greenwood; a daughter, Angie M. Gay of Millen; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Millen Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Cravey officiating. Crowe-Fields Funeral Home is in charge. rALl I I want to remove the burden of funeral costs and decisions from my There! are many decisions related to the funeral and burial of a loved one that need attention by the family.

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15. a ivev. Lioya Drowning Staff photo by Allen Easier Abbeville tour giooai warming conference in Kyoto, Japan. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Phyllis Boykin, left, samples a bowl of "Gypsy" while Jackie i Campbell serves a bowl to David Boykin. "The Taste of Gypsy" was part of the Abbeville Christmas Tour of Homes during Saturday afternoon.

Gypsy, a combination of sponge cake and boiled custard flavored with sherry, was topped with sweetened whipped cream and sprinkled with almond sliversThe dessert, an Abbeville tradition, vasserveeVat-the last stop of the tour at the home of Mason and Connie Speer. National Selected Morticians and National Funeral Directors Association Since 1884 cJlmnkjyou The amity of 'Bamort Duncan toouUlikf. to Tfuxnf tfieir mam i friends for off acts of fondness shown during tieir 1425 Montague, Greenwood, SC 223-2223' bereavement of their husband and father. rprauifsTtom: Christmas poem brings in $211,500 NEW YORK (AP) "Twas the night before Christmas" was on the block and all through Christie's auction house, big bidders were stirring, pushing up the price. A handwritten, 1860 manuscript of fie classic Clement Clark Moore poem drew a high bid of $211,500 Friday, going to buyers who immediately put it on display for Christmas.

The holiday poem didn't score the highest bid at the auction. That honor went to a condolence letter fronTAbraham ttmoMT which sold for $425,000. OUR 1998 DAILY CHRISTIAN GUIDE ART presence, and service sustained CUvinD. Gilliam Jr. Dec.

7, 1942 To June 29,1997 Our sense of hurt and loss must be seen in the light of HEAVEN'S gain. You now reside where pain and sufferings a thineof the past, and joy and gladness ETERNALLY last We rejoice that you're in GOD'i presence now, where there's no Good-bye but see you later. Death is not the end, for early in the morning we shall see you again! Frances (wife) Sharon, Brideett, Calvin III, Vincent, (ChUdren) and Grandchildren us. your cards, flowers and gifts of food were warmly appreciated. Qod Bless each of you.

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