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The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Friday, January 28, 2005 DEATHS AND FUNERALS GREENWOOD COUNTY Fred Douglas Aiken, 320 Cemetery Road, Ware Shoals David 'Billy' Anderson, 400 N. Emerald Road, Apt. N-4, Greenwood Warren Cox, Greenwood I Nancy O'Bryant, 205 Center Robert 'Stick' 118 ABBEVILLE Emily Johnstone, Due West MCCORMICK Lillian G. Searles, 601 N.

Mary Frances Bennett, San VISITATIONS AIKEN, Fred, begins at 12, vice, Ware Shoals. COX, Warren, Blyth I HARRISON, Emma, 10-11, I O'BRYANT, Nancy, 7-9, Blyth ROBERTSON, Martha, 6-8, Ala. WRIGHT, Robert, SERVICES I COOPER, Howard, 11, The I GARY, Katherine, 2, Robinson I GREEN, Myrtle, 11, Zion Hill I HARRISON, Emma, 11, Harley JOHNSTONE, Emily, 5, Horton Lounge. McMILLIAN, Lonnie, 3, Buffalo WALKER, Jessie Mae, 2, Paid obituaries are published desiring more information than funeral notices. Such obituaries Advertising Department at 223-1411.

ANNOUNCEMENT COURTESY OF BLYTH FUNERAL HOME. PAID OBITUARY Warren Cox GREENWOOD Warren G. Cox. 75, husband of Hilda Massie Cox, died Thursday. January 27, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.

Born February 1, 1929 in Asheville, Alabama, he was a son of the late Ormond and Mattie O'Donnell Cox. He was a US Army Veteran and was retired from Monsanto. He was a member of South'4 Main Street Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his of the home are two daughters, Claudette C. Leary and husband Rick, and Kelly C.

Calvert and husband Randall, both of Greenwood: two brothers, Marlin Cox and Gene Cox, both of Asheville, Alabama: four sisters. Bernice Walls of Greenwood, Dean Swiney of Oxford, Alabama, Barbara Kay and Patricia Bunt, both of Ragland, Alabama; three grandsons, Erek Leary, Bret Leary and Sloan Calvert, all of Greenwood. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Saturday from the Blyth Funeral Home Chapel with Otto McDonald and Rev. David Corbitt officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Martin Witt, Jim Bohler, Charlie Duff, Bill Dorn, Maurice Pridmore, Allen Irwin and Mike Martin. Honorary 'escort will be the Couples' II Sunday School Class of South Main Street Baptist Church. The family is at the home and will receive friends at Blyth Funeral Home from 6:00 to 8:00 Friday evening. Memorials may be made to the South Main Street Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O.

Box 1093, Greenwood, SC 29648, or to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Greenwood, SC 29646. For further information, please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE COX FAMILY. PAID OBITUARY Emily Johnstone DUE WEST Emily Johnstone, 93, of Carlisie Nursing Home, Due West Retirement Center, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, she was a daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Gillis Johnstone. She Greenwood New Greenwood COUNTY COUNTY Mine McCormick OUTSIDE S.C. Diego TODAY viewing, Robinson-Walker Funeral Ser- Funeral Home. Harley Funeral Home. Funeral Home.

Frederick's Funeral Home, Opelika, viewing, Parks Funeral Home. TODAY Baptist Church of Beaufort. Son Mortuary. Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Funeral Home.

memorial, Due West Retirement Center, United Methodist Church, Buffalo. Harley Funeral Home. OBITUARIES as requested to accommodate those is provided in traditional death and are prepared and billed through our retired from Boeing Aerospace Cape Canaveral, and was a member of Due West A.R.P. Church. Survivors include two brothers, Jim Johnstone of Australia and John Johnstone of England.

A memorial service is 5 p.m. today at the Due West Retirement Center Horton Lounge. Burial is 1 p.m. Monday in Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park. Clearwater, Fla.

Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville, is in charge. Nancy O'Bryant Modge O' Bryant. 58, resident of 205 Center Street, beloved wife of James R. "Jimmy" O' Bryant" entered Heaven after a courageous battle with cancer on January 26. 2005 at her home.

Born in Charleston, SC, August 4, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Alix Jackson and Leona Mixson Hodge. Her early childhood was spent in Pinewood, SC and she then became a resident of Connie Maxwell Children's Home for eleven years, a place that was very dear to her heart. She was employed in Greenwood and Aiken by Cable Vantage, Inc. division of the Liberty Corporation of Greenville. A member of Harris Baptist Church and the Master's Disciples Sunday School class of the church, she was also a member and Past Worthy Matron of the Joppa Lodge Order of the Eastern Star.

Surviving in addition to her husband of the home are her children who were the apple of her eye; William A "Bill" Cockrell, Kathy O. and Wells Thomason, Stacy O. Deale, all of Greenwood and Candice "Candy" C. Robertson of Gilbert; five adored grandchildren, Ansley G. Robertson, Jimmy W.

Thomason, Holley K. Thomason, Thomas O. Thomason and Abbey R. Deale; three wonderful sisters and their husbands, Elinor H. andL.

Russell Smith of Fort Mill, Helen H. and B. Steven Troxel of Pineville and Faye H. Smith of Rock Hill; a sister-in-law, Judy O. McClain of Green-wood; nieces and nephews, Dr.

Jane S. Himarious of Arlington, TX, L. Russell Smith, of Little River, J. Patrick Smith of Fort Mill, Barbara E. Batton of Pineville, Matthew B.

Evans of Kingstree, Robert E. Evans of Pineville, Lewis Smith, Jr. and J. Alan Smith, both of Rock Hill, Jamie McClain of Greenwood and Rev.Jefferey McClain of Ohio. She was predeceased by her brothers-in-law, Lewis P.

Smith, Jr. and James E. McClain, Jr. GREENWOOD Nancy DISCOUNT BEDDING WORLD 229-3012 2 PC. SPRING AIR QUEEN I PILLOWTOP 2 PC.

QUEEN PILLOWTOP 2 PC. QUEEN HEAD BOARDS FOOT BOARDS BED FRAMES ALL YOUR BEDDING Discount Furniture Variety .601 South Main Street Greenwood, SC 77878 Snake hunters plan to gather in Georgia for yearly roundup Fred Douglas Aiken WARE SHOALS Fred Douglas Aiken. 62. of 320 Cemetery Road. husband of Mattie G.

Aiken, died Monday. Jan. 24. 2005 this home. Born in Ware Shoals.

he was a son of the late Frank and Lillie Mae Rice Aiken. He graduated from Emma Maddox High School and lived in Brooklyn. N. for 42 years. returning to Ware Shoals in 1998 He was an employee of Lander U'nversity Maintenance Department.

Survivors include his wife of the home: two sons. Derwin Aiken of Brooklyn and Rodney Aiken of Oucens. N. a daughter. Lutonja Aiken- Dauvot Brooklyn: five sislets.

Apostle Audrey Aiken of Atlanta. Deborah Moore of Greenwood. Marchia Lubsey. Mary Hottenden and Denise Hottenden, all of Baltimore: a brother. George Aiken of Bronx.

N. and eight grandchildren Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Full Gospel Tabernacle Fellowship Church. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park. Greenwood.

Pallbearers are Troy Butler. Matthew Frazier. James Freeman. Shawn Freeman. Timothy Freeman and John A.

Fuller. Flower bearers are Elaine Bolden. Jeanette Bolden. Margaret McIntosh. Francis Tucker.

Judy Tucker and Annise Williams. Honorary escorts are James Rushion and Dan Dickery. Viewing begins at noon today at Robinson- Walker Funeral Service. No wake is planned. The family is at the home.

Robinson-Walker Funeral Service is in charge. David 'Billy' Anderson David son. 32. of William "Billy" Ander400 N. Emerald Road, Apt.

N-4. husband of Nakisha Bell Anderson, died Thursday, Jan. 27. at his home. Born in Greenwood County, he was son of David Anderson and Lillie Williams Akali.

He grad- unted from Greenwood High School in 1991 and studied CADD al SC. Vocational Rehabilitation in Columbia. He was a member of Upper Room Church of God and served the Tape Ministries. Survivors include his wife of the home: his father of Greenwood: his mother of Greenville: a brother, Vincent Edward Anderson of Greenville: and a sister. Mrs.

Gerald (Adrienne Anderson) Davenport of Mauldin. Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Upper Room Church of God. conducted by Apostle Jessie Simmons and Pastor Kevin Simmons. The body will he placed in the church at 2.

Burial is in The Evening Star Pallbearers are Dennis Perrin, Asa Parks. Ian Davis. Kenya "Newt" Chappell. Bobby Hall and Howard Woods Jr. Flower bearers are Valerie Deveaux.

Cathy Anderson, Candice Porter. Vivian Covington, Ruby Kemp and Tammy Woods. Visitation is 6-8 Saturday at Robinson Son Mortuary. The family is at the home. Robinson Son Mortuary Inc.

is in charge. Online condolences may be sent to the family at Mary Frances Bennett DAVID ANDERSON SANDIEGO. CA Mary Frances Davis Bennett. 83: widow of Clark Bennett, died January 24, 2005 in San Diego. Born in Greenwood, SC.

September 16. 1921. she was a daughter of the late James Franklin and Mary Cromer Davis. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and Lander College. Mrs.

Bennett formerly owned and operated Mary F. Bennett Realty in San Diego and formerly served as president of the San Diego Board of Realtors. Surviving are two nieces. Carol Haynes of Fayetteville, GA and Jamie Hosey of Franklin, GA: nephews, Thomas Wingard of Greenwood and Dr. Ted Wingard of Jacksonville, FL.

Mrs. Bennett was predeceased by two sisters, Tommie Davis Wingard and Margaret Davis Raven. Funeral services will be conducted at 2PM Monday in the Salli Lynn Chapel. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego. Funeral services will be conducted at 3PM Saturday at Harris Baptist Church with Rev.

Frank Thomas. Rev. Jeff McClain and Rev. Doug Kauffmann officiating. Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park.

Active pallbearers will be James Bowers. Jim Edwards. Frankie Rhodes. Carl Weeks, Roy Yelton and Jimmy Burnette. Honorary escort will be employees of Cable Vantage and the alumni of Connie Maxwell Children's Home along with Claude McElhannon.

John Rhodes, William Cockrell. Wells Thomason. Derek Deale. Tommy Robertson. Ruple Harley, IlI, John Alewine.

David Crotts, Hoyt Hembree. Dr. Ben Davis, Dr. Don Johnson. George Teasley.

Rev. Miller Murphy, Eric Taylor, John Sheriff. Marion Carnell, Sam Riley, Jimmy Britt and Hugh Riley. The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2PM Saturday. The family is at the home on Center Street and will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Friday evening.

Memorials may be made to Connie Maxwell Children's Home. PO Box 1178. Greenwood, SC 29648. For additional information please visit funeralhome.com BLYTH FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE O'BRYANT FAMILY. PAID OBITUARY Lillian G.

Searles McCORMICK Services for Lillian Gertrude Searles are 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Roderick Cummings, pastor, and Minister Eric Butler. The body will be placed in the church at 1. Burial is in the Letman Family Plot.

Pallbearers are Emmanuel Blair, Freddie Sibert, Bill Gaskin, Marcus Chamberlain, David Milton and Joe Price. Flower bearers are Rosie Lee Holloway, Thelma Brown, Shikina Murray, Lizzie Tennant, Angela Murray and San Mims. The family is at the home, 601 N. Mine and the' home of her sister, 709 Marshall St. Walker Funeral Home is in charge.

Robert 'Stick' Wright ROBERT Robert Thomas Wright, widower of Eulalar Wright, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. A son of the late Griffin and Georgia Davis Wright, he was a member of Springfield Baptist Church, Greenwood. Survivors ROBERT include a son, WRIGHT Robert Wright Germany; two daughters, Bettye Wright of the home and Mrs. Marvin (Linda) Carroll of Greenwood; a greatgranddaughter reared in the home, Alisha "Toi" Arnold; a sister, Lucille Wright of Greenville; eight grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services are at noon Saturday at Springfield Baptist Church, Laurens Highway 72, conducted by the Rev. Andy Young. The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Burial is in The Evening Star cemetery. Viewing is today at Parks Funeral Home.

The family is at the home, 118 New St. Parks Funeral Home is in charge. THURSDAY'S LOTTERY NUMBERS S.C. GEORGIA Pick 3: 8-1-3 Cash 3: 1-9-2 Pick 4: 2-0-4-5 Cash 4: 5-6-1-4' NIGHT NIGHT Pick 3: 1-6-6 Cash 3: 3-4-0 Pick 4: 3-2-6-3 VIRGINIA FLORIDA Pick 3: 2-7-1 Cash 3: 3-4-1 Pick 4: 7-4-2-4 Play 4: 9-7-4-5 Cash 5: 5-13-15-18-26 ALBANY. Ga.

(AP) Snake hunters plan to gather Saturday for the 45th annual Whigham Rattlesnake Roundup. a serpent spectacle that attracts thousands to rural southwest Georgia. The event provokes venomous opposition from environmentalists and animal -rights groups who claim the roundups are cruel and threaten Georgia's eastern diamondback population. Sponsored by the Whigham Community Club. the roundups are a major fund-raising event in Whigham, a town of 320 located near the Georgia-Florida line.

"Everyone has their own said club president Dave Ulmer. "Ours is just to support our community. Our intention is not to upset the ecosystem." Hunters bring the slithering rattlers 320 last year to a snake ring. where they are weighed and measured and used in demonstrations. Prizes are awarded to the hunter with the most rattlesnakes and the one with the largest.

The events attract upward of 20.000 people, some from as far away as Atlanta and Tampa, who want to see rattlesnakes up close. "If you face one eyeball to eyeball, there's a little fear," Ulmer said. "It creates an aura of excitement." TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2005. There are 337 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 28. 1915, the Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress. Ten years ago: President Clinton was host to a "work session" of governors, legislators and local officials, both Democrats and Republicans, to discuss welfare reform. Five years ago: Sister Jeanne O' Laughlin, the Florida nun selected by Attorney General Janet Reno as a neutral party in the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez, sought unsuccessfully to persuade Reno to change her mind about returning the 6-yearold to Cuba.

Today's Birthdays: Musician-composer Acker Bilk is 76. Actor Nicholas Pryor is 70. Actor Alan Alda is 69. Actress Susan Howard is 63. Actress Marthe Keller is 60.

Actresssinger Barbi Benton is 55. Actress Harley Jane Kozak is 48. Rock musician Dave Sharp is 46. Rock singer Sam Phillips is 43. Country musician Greg Cook (Ricochet) is 40.

Singer Sarah McLachlan is 37. Rapper Rakim is 37. DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill) is 37. Actress Kathryn Morris is 36. Singer Joey Fatone Jr.

('N Sync) is 28. Singer Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) is 25. Actor Elijah Wood is 24. Thought for Today: "Success and failure are not true opposites and they're not even in the same. class; they're not even a couch and a chair." Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (1905-1984).

LATE NUMBERS FROM WEDNESDAY FLORIDA Fantasy 5: Fantasy 5: 2-15-26-33-37 11-31-21-26-16 Lotto: 10-35-22- VIRGINIA 12-32-1 NIGHT Pick 3: 5-0-0 GEORGIA Pick 4: 7-5-0-8 NIGHT Cash 5: Lotto South: 5-6- 3-6-10-19-30 16-17-22-47 Cash 4: 6-7-9-6 Floral Shop and Greenhouses Large Selection of Funeral Pieces Fresh Silk 1320 E. Cambridge, Greenwood 229-1591 NeVUS CO 99964 The snakes are eventually slaughtered for their hides, used to make outdoors apparel. Georgia once had three rattlesnake roundups in Whigham. Claxton and Fitzgerald but under mounting opposition. sponsors of the Fitzgerald roundup dropped snakes and began playing host to an annual chicken festival.

Claxton's roundup will be in March. Environmentalists and animalrights groups say the traditional roundups in Texas. Oklahoma, Kansas. New Mexico. Pennsylvania.

Alabama and Georgia promote animal cruelty and threaten snake populations. "We think the public displays of the mistreatment of snakes reinforce the mistaken idea that snakes are worthless animals, when they are extremely valuable to the ecosystem," said Andrea Cimino, a coordinator with the Humane Society of the United States. "They are predators of rodents and other animals that humans may not like." Snake hunters often use cruel methods, such as blowing gasoline fumes into the snake's winter burrows. to drive them out, she said. While habitat loss is a major factor in the decline of snakes, "roundups certainly don't help," Cimino said.

PAID Bowater posts 4th-quarter loss of $33.3 million 30 GREENVILLE (AP) Bowater Inc. said Thursday manufacturing costs and stronger foreign currency cut into improved earnings, as the company posted a loss of $33.3 million for the fourth quarter. The loss, equal to 58 cents a share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was up from a loss of $50.9 million, or 89 cents a share. during the same period a year earlier.

10901 The Greenville-based newsprint," pulp and lumber company reported a loss of $24.7 million, or 43 cents a share, excluding losses related to severance charges and foreign currency changes. That compares with a loss of $39.5 million, or 69 cents a share, in the same period in 2003. For the year, Bowater had a loss of $85.2 million, or $1.49 a share. That's up from a loss of $205 million, or $3.60 per share, in 2003. INDEX JOURNAL U.S.P.S.

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