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Pa obit to. in The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Sunday, January 21, 1996 DEATHS AND FUNERALS Lucy M. Walker GREENVILLE Mrs. Lucy Mann Staton Walker, 82, of 1381 Wade Hampton widow of Randall C.

Walker, died Jan. 18, 1996 at the Greenville Memorial Medical Center. Born in Pickens County, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Alice Hendrix Mann, and a granddaughter of the late pioneer Confederate soldier, Thomas Mann. She was a homemaker and an ordained minister with the Assembly of God. She was twice married, first to the late Rev.

Linton Doyle Staton, who had been pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Greenwood. Surviving are four sons, Benny D. Staton, Bob J. Staton and Jimmy L. Staton, all of Greer, and Danny J.

Staton of Lima, Ohio; a brother, Clarence Mann of Waterloo; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one greatGraveside services were at 2 p.m. Saturday in Graceland Cemetery. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's Irene Glenn PELZER Mrs. Irene Waldrop Gillespie Glenn, 82, formerly of Pelzer, died Jan.

18, 1996 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. She was a former employee of Kendall Mills and was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Smith of Piedmont; a son, Ellis Bridges of Pelzer; a stepdaughter, Rachel Pilgrim of Greenville; a stepson, Jerry Gillespie of Greenville; a sister, Jessie Maddox of Ware Shoals; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three -grandchildren. Services were at 3 p.m. Saturday at Gray Mortuary, Pelzer with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson.

The family is at the residence of Joyce Smith, 205 Crawford Street, Piedmont. Inez G. Gillian GREENWOOD Mrs. Inez Gambrell Gillian, 65, of 1211 Highway 246, South, widow of George H. Gillian, died Jan.

20, 1996 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Albert C. and Minnie Dean Gambrell. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two sons, Gary Gillian of Waterloo and Keith Gillian of the home; a sister, Patricia Hart of Greenwood; a brother, Albert C.

Gambrell Jr. of Greenwood; and one grandson. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Bethlehem Cemetery with the Rev. E.A.

Cooper officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews, along with Bud Hudson, Doug Hudson, and Michael Rhodes. The body Harley Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight. Memorials may be made to HospiceCare of the Piedmont, Greenwood Medical Center, Greenwood, S.C. 29646.

Dorothy C. Adams SALUDA Mrs. Dorothy Belle Counts Adams, 82, of 307B South Jennings widow of Willie Warren "'Bill" Adams, died Jan. 19, 1996 at Self Memorial Hospital, Greenwood. Born in Lexington County, she was a daughter of the late G.H.

and Anna Counts. She was a homemaker. Surviving are two sons, Buddy Adams and Terry Adams, both of Saluda; four daughters, Jackie Charles, Bonnie Morelock, Cora Matthews and Deborah Edwards, all of Saluda; 11 grandchildren; and five great -grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today at Travis Park Cemetery.

The family is at the home of a daughter, Deborah Edwards, 106 Buffington St. Ramey Funeral Home of Saluda is in charge of arrangements. Marion Boyce Sr. ABBEVILLE Marion Owens Boyce 89, resident of National Health Care, Anderson and formerly of McGowan Abbeville, husband of Janet Taylor Boyce, died Jan. 19, 1996 at the National Health Care.

Born in Cross Hill, he was a son of the late Robert Austin and Bessie Owens Boyce. He was retired resident engineer of the Abbeville County, S.C. Highway Department with 49 years of service. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and a member of the Abbeville Presbyterian Church, where he was a member of the Oscar Hunter Sunday School Class. Surviving, in addition to his wife of Anderson, are two sons, Marion O.

Boyce Jr. of Honea Path and James Austin Boyce of Columbia; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Gay of Charlotte, N.C.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville with the Rev.

Raymon White officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. The family is at the home of a son, Marion O. Boyce 209 Lola Lane, Honea Path. Memorials may be made to the Abbeville rian Church, North Main Street, Abbeville, 29620.

Rudolph McBride CALHOUN FALLS Rudolph McBride of Route 1, Calhoun Falls, husband of Barbara Hammonds McBride, died Jan. 20, 1996 at his home. He was a son of the late Alexander and Leanna Gray McBride. He was a J.S. Wright High School graduate, a Vietnam veteran and a former employee of the city of Abbeville.

Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are two brothers, Alvin McBride of Jonesboro, Ga. and James A. McBride of New York; five sisters, Doris McBride of Abbeville, Miriam Denise Klugh of Greenwood, Varon Dunn of Englewood, N.J. and Amelia Gates and Gerald Colzard, both of Atlanta. Services will be announced by Richie Funeral Home of Abbeville.

Authorities make arrest in shooting TAYLORS (AP) Authorities late Friday charged a Campobello man with murder and said nothing indicated race was a factor in the killing of a black man married to a white woman. Daniel Vinson Staggs, 22, was arrested about 11 p.m. at a motel in Lake Wells, according to Lt. Millie Hashe of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. Staggs, who is white, was charged in Wednesday night's slaying of Danny Greer in Taylors.

Greer, 34, was shot to death as his wife and young sons watched. Two men in a pickup truck had trapped the family's van in a parking lot. Hashe said Staggs is believed to be the pickup driver and the gunman. She would not give more de- FBI opening NEW ZION (AP) The FBI opened a civil rights investigation into the case of a 9-year-old black boy who said he was tied to a tree, punched, kicked and almost strangled by a white playmate and the playmate's parents. Benjamin Mims, 62, and his 43-year-old wife, Betty, were arrested on state charges of seconddegree lynching, or mob violence, which does not require a racial motivation.

The offense carries up to 20 years in prison. Belated Birthday Wish LAWRENCE REED Jan. 14, 1919 Jan. 5, 1996 Our visit here is but a pause, Along the path to glory. Our lives may seem An interrupted story.

Of our loved ones we may wonder Just why they could not stay. And visit here among us. One more hour, one more day. But the journey must continue And so. along life's paths we go.

To far more glorious Than any place we know. We're only here to visit To pause and do our best, But we'00 meet again in Glory. Where the Lord will give us rest. "Sappy Buthday From You Family The he her Harriet Wiggins Greenwood County 'Teets' Bailes, 613 Watford Avenue, Greenwood Inez G. Gillian, 1211 Highway 246 Greenwood Steve W.

Mann, 131 Seminole Drive, Greenwood Aaron Sams, 328 Greenbriar, Greenwood Abbeville County Marion Boyce McGowan Avenue, Abbeville Rudolph McBride, Route 1, Calhoun Falls Saluda County Saluda County Dorothy C. Adams, 307-B S. Jennings Street, Saluda Jake Willing, Johnston Others in South Carolina Grace M. Ford, 601 Walnut Street, Seneca Irene Glenn, Pelzer David Hart, 205 Vaughn Road, Honea Path Lucy M. Walker, 1381 Wade Hampton Greenville Outside South Carolina Harriet Wiggins, Givens Estate, Asheville, N.C.

Jake Willing JOHNSTON Jacob "Jake" Willing, 93, of Johnston, died Jan. 18, 1996. Born in Aiken, he was a son of the late J.H. and Happy Berry Willing. He was a retired farmer and member of Providence Baptist Church.

Surviving are a son, Bennie Willing of Johnston; a brother, Lenwood Willing of Aiken; three sisters, Mattie Wise of Edgefield, Nellie Rhoden of Greenwood and Martha Redd of Aiken; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. Services were at 3 p.m. Saturday at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, with burial at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church parking lot fund. 'Teets' Bailes "Teets" Bailes, 74, of 613 Watford wife of Gordon L.

Bailes, died Jan. 19, 1996 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late J. Williams and Marguerite Greene Watson. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and Lander College.

She was a charter member and past president of the Isaquena Study Club, a member and past president of the Ivy Garden Club and a member of the Greenwood Woman's Club. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where she taught in the Sunday School for more than 32 years. She was a member and former secretary and historian of the Women of the Church, a former deacon and secretary of the Diaconate. She was a former member and secretary of the Board of Directors of the Greenwood Y.M.C.A., where she also as chairman of senior high youth services and served as president of the Parent- Youth Council. She was a member of the Self Memorial Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary, where she formerly served as president and member of the Board of Directors of the Auxiliary.

She had formerly served as Den Mother of the Cub Scouts and was a Brownie Scout leader. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home, are two sons, Dr. G.L. Bailes Jr. of Johnson City, Tenn.

and John W. Bailes of Columbia; a daughter, Dr. Marguerite B. Muzikowski of Houston, Texas; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m.

Sunday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. John Wall officiating. Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Wade, William Harrison, Bill Squires, Billy Tinsley, Roy Owen, Howard Parker, John Harrison and Dick Abney.

Honorary escort will be grandsons, Brian, John and Jeff Bailes, along with Gus Ramage, Charles Schulze, Joel Tinsley and Robert Tinsley. The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Sunday. The family is at the residence on Watford Avenue. The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 108 East Cambridge Greenwood, S.C.

29646, or to Self Memorial Hospital Foundation, Self Memorial Hospital, 1325 Spring Greenwood, S.C. 29646. GREENWOOD Mrs. Marguerite Watson Grace M. Ford SENECA Mrs.

Grace Masters Ford, 89, of 601 N. Walnut Seneca, widow of Melrose Barksdale Ford, died Jan. 18, 1996 at the Mariner Health Care of Seneca. Born in Calhoun Falls, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Willie Hilburn Masters. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher for 40 years.

She was a member of the Ada Morgan Sunday School Class and a member of The Golden Ages of Seneca Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, M.B. Ford of Hodges and Neil Ford of West Union; three daughters, Sara Cantrell, Gerry Boggs and Carol McCall, all of Seneca; two brothers, Jacob and Pete Masters, of Greer; three sisters, Emma Lou West of Nashville, and Mae Scott and Margaret James, both of Greenville; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Services were at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev.

Wayne Lovett, the Rev. Willie Honea and the Rev. Von Reynolds officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home of Seneca was in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to the New Hope Baptist Church, Community Mission, 4010 Keowee School Road, Seneca, S.C. 29672. ASHEVILLE, N.C. Harriet Wiggins, 90, of Givens Estates, Asheville, died Jan. 19, 1996.

A daughter of the Rev. L.E. Wiggins and Leila Black Wiggins, she spent her childhood years in Bamberg, S.C. She was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph Macon College, Lynchburg, Va. and received her Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina.

She taught high school Latin in Swansea, S.C., Gaffney, S.C., Thomasville, Ga. and Lee Edwards High School, Asheville. She retired from Asheville High School in 1970. She was a summer resident of Lake Junaluska, N.C. She was a member of Central Unitedl Methodist Church, where she was active in the women's work and taught Sunday School for several years.

Surviving are two brothers, Wiggins Jr. of Givens Estates and Dr. C.E. Wiggins of Greenwood, S.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Thad (Elizabeth) McDonald of Hickory, N.C.

and Mrs. Lydia Maclaughlin of Daphne, and ten nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at he Chapel of Central Methodist Church. Burial will be at 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Greenwood, S.C. Morris Funeral Home of Asheville is in charge of arrangements. Blyth Funeral Home of Greenwood, S.C. is in charge of arrangements in Greenwood. In lieu of flowers, a memorial may be made to Givens Estates or to Lake Junaluska Associates.

David Hart HONEA PATH David Hart, 78, of 205 Vaughn Road, husband of Elsie Vaughn Hart, died Jan. 19, 1996 at Anderson Area Medical Center. Born in Anderson County, he was a son of the late Eugene and Verena Kelley Hart. He was retired from Peerless Mill and was also a retired farmer. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.

Surviving, in addition to his wife of the home, are a son, Alfred Hart of Honea Path; three daughters, Annie Taylor, Louise Thomas and Cathy Foskey, all of Honea Path; five brothers, Louie Hart of Honca Path, Millard Hart of Anderson, James Hart of Belton, W.C. Hart of Anderson and Franklin Hart of Marion; three sisters, Catherine Pearson, Ethel Mae McCoy and Sarah Pearson, all of Honea Path: nine grandchildren; and four -grandchildren. Services wwill be at 3 p.m. today al Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Crawford and the Rev.

Norton Craig officiating. Burial will be at the Garden of Memories. The body is at Pruitt Funeral Home. Honea Path and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. today.

The family is at the residence. Steve W. Mann GREENWOOD Steve William Mann, 17, of 131 Seminole Drive, died Jan. 20, 1996 in Edgefield. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Clarence Stephen and Mary Lee Calvert Mann.

He was a senior at Greenwood High School. Surviving, in addition to his parents of the home, are grandparents, Martin and Mildred Benson Starnes of Mountville, Jessie J. and Grace Calvert of Laurens and Clarence Mann of Waterloo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Blyth Funeral Home with the Rev.

John Chip Sellew officiating. Burial will be at Oakbrook Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Chris Rearden, Jack Watson. Chad Timmerman, Troy Dodds, Eric Lawrence. Chris Collins, Adam Hastings and Chris Price.

The family is at the residence and will receive friends at Blyth Funeral Home from 7 to 9 tonight. Memorials may be made to the Bowers- Rodgers Home, P.O. Box 1252, Greenwood, S.C. 20648. Ann E.

Hallback SALUDA Services for Mrs. Ann Eiko Hallback, who died January 18, 1996, will be at 2 p.m. today at Ramey Funeral Home, Saluda, with the Rev. Dennis Campbell officiating. Burial will be at Travis Park Cemetery.

OBITUARIES Obituary notices are published as requested to accommodate those desiring more information than is provided in the normal news articles. Obituary notices are prepared and billed through our Advertising Department at 223-1411. C. SAMS GREENWOOD Aaron C. Sams, 82, of 328 Greenbriar Drive, husband of Mary Gladys Sams, died Friday, January 19, 1996 at Self Memorial Hospital.

He was preceded in death his first wife of 53 years Ruth Ida Meredith Sams, and by a stepson, James Hugh Thompson in 1990. Born December 28. 1913 in Elizabethton, TN. he was a son of the late Jackson William and Sallie Hyder Sams and was a stepson of Hattie Hyder Sams. He was employed by Beaunit Mills, American Bemberg Division in Elizabethton for 24 years and by in Pensacola and Greenwood for 22 years.

Aaron and Ruth raised a family of five children at their rural home near Milligan College, TN and in the 1950's, he was elected to two terms as School Commissioner to the Carter County Board of Education and selected to serve as its chairman. He was a member of Zion Baptist Church Gap Creek, TN and attended Emerald Baptist Church. Greenwood, where he was active in the Sonshiners groun and had delivered Meals on Wheels for the Piedmont Agency on Aging. Surviving in addition to his wife of the home, are four sons, James William Sams and his wife. Annette and Michael Meredith Sams and his wife, Mary Ellen, both of Pensacola, Fl, Gerald Neal Sams and his wife.

Sharon of Atlanta, GA, and Carroll Wayne Sams and his wife. Brenda, of Greenwood; a daughter, Patricia Ann Escajeda of Jacksonville, FL: two stepdaughters, Ruth Tnompson Connor of Greenville and Norma Carole Thompson of Charlotte, NC; two brothers, Elmer Sams and his wife Pearl, of Elizabethton, TN and Winston N. Sams and his wife, Virginia, of Johnson City, TN; ten grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. Services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with Dr.

Bob Miller and the Rev. Bill Miller officiating. Burial, with masonic rites, will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Happy Valley Memorial Park in Elizabethton, TN Pallbearers will be granasons. Honorary escort will be retired Monsanto employees.

The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive friends Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. The family is at the home. The family respectfully request that flowers be omitted and memorials made to Meals on Wheels, Piedmont Agency on Aging, 123 Bailey Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646. Aaron will be sorely missed by family and friends Farmer, husband and father, public servant, textile foreman volunteer and caregiver. Our love and gratitude go out Gladys for her love and comfort and to the Magnolia Manor Nursing Home Staff.

in of a be te gr 41 qu te ni SC tails about his arrest, saying that could jeopardize the investigation. She said if Staggs waives extradition, he could be back in South Carolina within a few days. He was being held in Polk County, Fla. Officials were still looking for a second suspect also a white male and they know of no motive for the shooting, Hashe said. Mechelle Greer told police she was driving her family to a sporting goods store about 7 p.m.

Wednesday when the two men in the truck began staring at her family and pulled up beside them. The truck stayed with the family van as Mrs. Greer speeded up, slowed down and finally, pulled into a parking lot, thinking the men would drive by. But the truck followed and blocked the van. Mrs.

Greer told deputies her husband got out, as did the driver of the truck. She said she heard her husband say: your problem?" Then she heard three or four shots, and the truck drove away. The men were in a white, fullsize pickup with ladders on top, a police report said. Mrs. Greer's stepfather, Freddie Davenport, said he believes the incident was racially motivated.

"They had never seen these people before," he said. "They don't know why they would do this unless it was seeing the two of them together." The Greers had been married five years. civil rights investigation They were jailed for a night before posting $5,000 bail each on Wednesday. Without elaborating, Sheriff Hoyt Collins said he does not think the alleged incident Jan. 5 was a hate crime.

But FBI agents are looking into the possibility of a federal civil-rights violation, he said. "We're aware of that case, and we'll look into it ourselves. I don't want to be tied into saying who we will meet with or said FBI agent Charlie Sheppard, a spokesman in the bureau's Columbia office. The Mimses agreed to take a lie detector test but later refused withexplanation, Collins said. got a 9-year-old child's LA-Z-BOY' Chair Allows you to stand smoothly without The Ideal chair for person with arthritis Hand-held control to sit and Featuring the quality anship and comfort of Performa as a full recliner when in regular sitting position Includes 3-year warranty on motor DISCOUNT FURNITURE of Greenwood 601 Main 229-3012 SC as 8: 8: p.

WI in atl th statement against an entire family," he said. The alleged attack left the victim with bruises, swelling and scratches, authorities said. Emergency room doctors said the boy's injuries were consistent with his account. Greenwood teen dies in accident EDGEFIELD A 17-year-old Greenwood man died early Saturday morning when his car struck a tree, according to a report from the S.C. Highway Patrol.

The victim, 17-year-old Steve William Mann from 131 Seminole Drive, had been traveling north in his 1988 Ford Mustang on Walker Road, 13 miles north of Edgefield, in Edgefield County. He apparently hit an icy patch at about 2:50 a.m., lost control of the vehicle, and struck a tree, said patrol spokesman Mark. Gosnell. was trapped within the vehicle for about 45 minutes, until he was extricated using the jaws of life," Gosnell said. "'He was dead on the scene." Leakage from a nearby private driveway, perhaps from a busted pipe, may have generated the water that caused the fatal skid, Gosnell said.

Evidence indicates he was wearing a seat belt, and there was no alcohol involved, be added. Mann, the son of Clarence Stephen and Mary Lee Calvert Mann, was a senior at Greenwood High School. pri Ov lat WE Co a.r Co GREENWOOD MISS JR..