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The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Sunday, October 23, 2005 DEATHS AND FUNERALS William 'Billy' Burdette WATERLOO William Alton "Billy" Burdette, 65, of 231 Cannon Road, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late John Dewitt and Mattie Genell Gambrell Burdette. He was retired from Springs Mill in Lancaster and of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include a daughter, Tonda Burdette of Old Town, two sons, Charles Burdette of Waterloo and Jody Steadman of Gaffney; two sisters, Delores Shealy of Batesburg-Leesville and Helen Leopard of Saluda; three brothers, Melvin Burdette, Julian Burdette of Waterloo, Donnie Burdette of Greenwood; and six grandchildren. Services are 3 p.m. Monday at Harley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Grady Lothridge Sr. Visitation is 1-3 Monday at Harley Funeral Home.

The family is at the home of his son, Charles Burdette, 263 Cannon Road, Waterloo. Memorials may be made to the Billy Burdette fund, Harley Funeral Home. Harley Funeral Home is in charge. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.harleyfuneralhome.com John Hayward Coates John Hayward Coates, 68, of 1044 Phoenix died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005.

Born in Saluda County, he was a son of J.B. Coates and the late Beaulah Ethel a a Coates. He was a member of JOHN the Lockhart COATES Baptist Church, Saluda, where he was a member of the Trustee Board, the Senior Choir and a former Sunday School Teacher. He was a retired owner and operator of John's Body Shop a 1955 graduate of Riverside High School and an Army veteran. Survivors include his father of Saluda; two brothers, Willie James Coates, Philadelphia, Pa.

and George Coates, Saluda; four sisters, Marcella Dean and Leona Coates, both of Saluda, Sallie Durrant, Philadelphia, Pa. and Ruby Coates, Norristown, Pa. Services are 1 p.m. Monday at the Lockhart Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Willie C.

Bryant. The body will be placed in the church at noon. Burial is in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews. Flower bearers are nieces.

The family is at the home of his father, J.B. Coates, 436 Henley Road, Saluda. Butler Sons Funeral Home, Saluda, is in charge. Ophelia Cunningham PLUM BRANCH Ophelia Cunningham, 69, of 465 Gilchrist Road, died Friday, Oct. 21, 205 at Aiken Regional Medical Center.

Survivors include five daugh- ters, Delores Jones and Elaine Anderson, Edgefield; Margaret Wideman, McCormick, Lucinda Coats, Greenwood, Renee Saunders, Schensville, eight sons. Larry Cunningham, Walter Cunningham and Stevie Cunningham, Edgefield: James A. Cunningham and Clement Cunningham Greenwood, Franklin Abbeville, Jesse Cunningham, Norfolk, Va. and Kevin Cunningham: North Augusta; three sisters. Effie Stevens, Plum Branch, Emma Gilchrist, Edgefield and Daisy Reed, Washington, D.C.; two brothers, Curtis Outz, Plum Branch and Willie Outz Edgefield; 27 grandchildren and eleven great -grandchildren.

The family is at the home. Services will be announced by G.L. Brightharp Sons Mortuary, Edgefield. James Thomas 'Tom' Gilchrist McCORMICK James Thomas "Tom" Gilchrist, 85, of 287 Sandrock Road, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005 at the HospiceCare of the Piedmont Inc.

in Greenwood. Group on the prowl for cougars in Midwest GREENWOOD COUNTY John Hayward Coates, 1044 Phoenix Greenwood James Marion Hackett 114 N. Bethune Greenwood Billy Wayne Johnson, 232 East Cambridge, Apt. 3, Greenwood Phillip Wayne Morris, 230 East Cambridge, Apt. 213, Greenwood George Presley Morton, 813 Whitehall Road, Greenwood ABBEVILLE COUNTY M.B.

Watson, Abbeville County Nursing Home, Abbeville LAURENS COUNTY William 'Billy' Burdette, 231 Cannon Road, Waterloo MCCORMICK COUNTY Ophelia Cunningham, 465 Gilchrist Road, Plum Branch James Thomas 'Tom' Gilchrist, 287 Sandrock Road, McCormick VISITATIONS TODAY LEAGON, Bill, Blyth Funeral Home. SERVICES TODAY TREADWELL, Larry, 3, Calvary Baptist Church, Ware Shoals. WARE, Katherine, 2, memorial, Blyth Funeral Home. PAID OBITUARIES Paid obituaries are published as requested to accommodate those desiring more information than is provided in traditional death and funeral notices. Such obituaries are prepared and billed through our Advertising Department at 223-1411.

VETERANS FLAGS The Index-Journal includes, free of charge, the image of an American flag within the text of any U.S. veteran's full obituary. Families of deceased veterans should advise the funeral home of their desire to have the flag included in their loved one's obituary. The newspaper will include the flag's image only when directed to do so by the funeral home in charge. ww.greenwoodflowershop.net Born in Edgefield County, he was a son of the late Sam Sr.

and Mary Eliza Price Gilchrist. He was a member of the Liberty Spring Baptist Church and a retired mechanic for Miranda Fuel Company of New York. Survivors include his wife, Carrie Brown Gilchrist. Cincinnati, Ohio; three sons, Alonza Gilchrist. Detroit, JAMES 'TOM' GILCHRIST Black Gilchrist of Bronx, N.Y.: four daughters, Mary Ann Davis, Atlanta, Barbara, Black, Manhattan, N.Y., SSG Juanita Black, Laurel, Md.

and Josephine Bell, Honolulu, Hawaii; a brother, John Henry Gilchrist Edgefield; five sisters, Juanita Coates and Geneva Herring, both of McCormick, Maggie Gordon, Edgefield, Pauline Johnson, Temple Hills, Md. and Callie Brown. Indian Head, 28 grandchildren, 32 great -grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Liberty Spring Baptist Church, Edgefield, conducted by the Rev.

Henry R. Merriweather, assisting Revs. Henry Gilchrist, Sloan Gordon, Ernest Gordon and Doris Merriweather. The body will be placed in the church at noon. Burial is in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers are Keith Gordon, John H. Gilchrist Fred Coombs, Sam Gilchrist IlI, Wilbur Gordon Jr. and David Gilchrist. Flower bearers are granddaughters and nieces. The family is at the home of his sister, Mrs.

Wilbur (Maggie) Gordon, 54 Gordon Town Road, Edgefield. Butler Sons Funeral Home, Saluda, is in charge. James Marion Hackett Sr. James Marion Hackett of 114 N. Bethune died Saturday, Oct.

22, 2005 in Greenville. The family is at the home. Services will be announced by Parks Funeral Home. Billy Wayne Johnson Billy Wayne Johnson, 66, of 232 East Cambridge, Apt. 3, died Saturday, Oct.

22, 2005 at his home. Services will be announced by Harley Funeral Home. Phillip Wayne Morris Phillip Wayne Morris, 49, of 230 East Cambridge, Apt. 213, died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2005.

Services will be announced by Harley Funeral Home. George Pressley Morton Services for George Pressley Morton are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cross Road Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Caldwell, assisted by the Revs. Willie Evans.

William Pilgrim and Minister Charles Williams. The body will be placed in the church at 1. Burial is in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews, cousins and friends. Flower bearers are nieces, cousins and friends.

Visitation is Monday evening at the home of his sister. Lila B. Dansby, 815 Whitehall Road. Robinson Son Mortuary Inc. is in charge.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at M.B. Watson ABBEVILLE M.B. Watson, 63, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005 at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville County, he was a son of Sadie M.

Watson Johnson and the late David Johnson. He was a member of Mount Ollie Baptist Church and a retired employee of Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Greenwood. Survivors include his mother of Abbeville; two sisters, Mary L. Coates of the home, Catherine Hancock of Washington D.C.: two brothers, John Johnson of Abbeville and Joseph Johnson of Hawaii. The family is at the home of his sister, Mary L.

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There are 69 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon were killed in a suicide truckbombing at Beirut International Airport; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers. On this date: In 1864, forces led by Union Gen.

Samuel R. Curtis defeated Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's army in Missouri. In 1915, 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote. In 1925, talk show host Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa.

In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt. In 1944, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf began. In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly convened i in New York for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing Meadow. Today's Birthdays: Movie director Philip Kaufman is 69. Soccer great Pele is 65.

Author Michael Crichton is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) is 62. Actor Michael Rupert is 54. Movie director Ang Lee is 51. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 49.

Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 49. Movie director Sam Raimi is 46. Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic is 46. Rock musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 41. Rhythmand-blues singer David Thomas (Take 6) is 39.

Rock musician Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 39. Country singer-musician Junior Bryant is 37. Country singer Jimmy Wayne is 33. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 29. Actress Masiela Lusha is 20.

Thought for Today: "The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan values and ends is the source of all religious Reinhold Niebuhr, American clergyman and author (1892-1971). SATURDAY'S LOTTERY NUMBERS S.C. Play 4: 3-1-5-9 DAY Pick 3: 2-5-1 GEORGIA Pick 4: 9-8-1-5 DAY NIGHT Cash 3: 9-4-5 Pick 3: 4-7-9 Cash 4: 8-4-4-8 Pick NIGHT Powerball: Cash 3: 7-8-3 6-7-36-51-53 Power Ball: 17 VIRGINIA Multiplier: 5 Pick 3: 7-4-3 Pick 4: 2-4-1-9 FLORIDA Cash 5: Cash 3: 7-7-5 16-20-21-22-34 LATE NUMBERS FROM FRIDAY FLORIDA 11-17-28-29-36 Fantasy 5: Mega Ball: 42 1-6-4-19-26 Cash 4: 4-8-0-0 Mega Money: Fantasy 5: 43-40-23-34 16-20-21-24-37 Mega Ball: 2 VIRGINIA Pick 3: 2-6-0 GEORGIA Pick 4: 9-5-7-7 NIGHT Cash 5: Mega Millions: 2-16-20-25-32 CARBONDALE, III. (AP) Kenny Tharp was hunting deer near the Mississippi River last season when he spotted something curled beneath a pine tree that he just couldn't believe: the body of a 98-pound cougar. Tharp's discovery was only the second confirmed cougar sighting in more than a century in Illinois, and it came within five years of the first.

Reports of cougars, sometimes called mountain lions, have increased in the Midwest in recent years, and a nationwide effort is scratching for evidence of more in middle America, where the big cats thrived generations ago. No government agency tracks cougar numbers in this country, so the Cougar Network, based in Concord, took up the challenge. Using the discovery of carcasses, verifiable photos, and cougar DNA from scat and hair samples, the network is trying to measure the number of cougars east of the Rocky Mountains. It isn't easy. Some people confuse cougars with bobcats, which are far more common in the Midwest, said Mark Dowling, who helped found the Cougar Network about three years ago.

"We constantly get pictures of things people think are mountain lions, and they turn out to be domestic cats and retrievers," Dowling said. Cougars were hunted to near extinction in most of the Midwest by the early 1900s. Populations of the generally reclusive animals managed to survive over the years in remote, mountainous areas out West, but there's nothing verifiable to suggest that populations lived in the Midwest over the years, outside South Dakota's Black Hills, said Dave Hamilton, a Missouri Department of Conservation research biologist. photo credit Clay Nielsen, a Southern Illinois University wildlife ecologist, walks through Thompson Woods in Carbondale, Ill. 1 In Illinois, Nielsen said, there only have been two documented cases of wild cougars to turn up over the past 140 years.

Cougar Network officials think that might be changing. In 1 Illinois, a cougar was killed by a train in 2000 near Chester, about 60 miles southeast of St. Louis. Three have been killed in Iowa since 2000. A young cougar with no signs of captivity was killed by a vehicle in 2003 near Fulton, Mo.

That marked at least the eighth confirmed case in Missouri since 1994 when a hunter shot a small cougar near the sprawling Mark Twain National Forest. Missouri is taking the cougar issue seriously. It deploys a specially trained 10-member response team of experts and law enforcement to collect evidence following credible sighting, Hamilton said. Amtrak locomotive catches on fire LOCKRIDGE, Iowa (AP) Amtrak locomotive caught fire Saturday, delaying the Chicago-bound train carrying 164 passengers but causing no serious injuries, authorities said. The crew separated the burning engine from the passenger cars in southeast Iowa, and officials planned to use the train's remaining locomotive to pull the eastbound California Zephyr later Saturday.

"We will be severely delayed," Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said. "But we need to get the people to 'their destinations." The diesel engine, one of two, caught fire shortly before 5 p.m. in an apparent fuel-related blaze, he said. "We don't know what ignited it, perhaps a leak," Black Lockridge firefighters extinguished the blaze, officials said. The train left Emeryville, near Oakland, on Thursday and was to arrive in Chicago on Saturday.

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