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ALLEN EASTERLING
Graveside services for Allen Easterling, 87, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001 at Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Homer Hinson and Ed Griggs will officiate with burial directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. The family will receive friends tonight, Wednesday from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Easterling died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001. Born in Darlington County, he was a son of the late Joseph Kenneth and Viola Morrell Easterling. Memorials may be made to Cedar Creek Baptist Church Building Fund, Rt. 6 Box 120, Hartsville, SC 29550. He was a member of Cedar Creek Batpist Church, a former member of the board of directors for Chesterfield County Hospital, and a veteran of W.W. II in the European Theater. He was a retired farmer and was married
for 66 years.
Surviving are his wife, Alice Walters Easterling of Hartsville; sons, Joe D. Easterling and G. Wayne Easterling, all of Hartsville; sisters, Curtis Talbert and Cora Steinhauser, both of Hartsville, and Ola McLain of Patrick; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his children, Richard Allen Easterling, Alice Jane Easterling; brothers, J. K. Easterling Jr., Carroll L., Colon and Grover Easterling; sisters, Carrie Griggs, Ethel Johnson, Louise Huggins and Annie Bell Loghing.
JOSHUA JAMES
Graveside services for infant Joshua Anthony James will be held at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2001, in Piney Plains Freewill Baptist Church. The Rev. Marco Kelley will officiate and Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge. The family will receive friends Wednesday after the service at 4 p.m. at the Steen home, 2826 Whitehall Lane.
Surviving are his parents, Ron James and Patti Walker of Hartsville; paternal grandparents, Doris and Ervin Steen, Ronnie and Stephanie James, all of Hartsville; maternal grandparents, Jimmy and Donna McGee Jr. of Hartsville; paternal great-grandparents, Elbert and Sally James of Hartsville; maternal great-grandparents, Jimmy and Louiza McGee Sr., and Bertha Hodge, all of Hartsville; and maternal great-great-grandmother, Lois Norris of Hartsville.
JESSIE LEE MYERS
Services for Jessie Lee Myers will be held at 3 p.m. today, Dec. 21, 2001, in Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. Edward J. Squire, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church Cemetery, directed by Hines Funeral Home.
Mrs. Myers was born
in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Demon and Millie Ann McCleod. She moved to Hartsville in the early 40's and was educated in the public schools. She was married
to Frank Myers for 45 years. They moved to Newark, N.J., where they raised their three children as well as several other children in the home. She worked as a head cook and supervisor in the school system in Newark for 35 years. She retired in 1996 and she and her husband returned to South Carolina. Mrs. Myers was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and while in Newark, she worshipped at the Wells Cathedral Church of God in Christ. Survivors in addition to her husband, Frank Myers of the home, are two daughters, Angela (William) Davis of Columbia and Linda (Jack Hunter) Jackson of Hartsville; a son, Donnie Myers of Hartsville; a sister, Ruby (Alexander Clark) Green of Fayetteville, Ga.; a step-brother, Roy (Naomi) McIver of Detroit, Mich. and two grandchildren.
JUDY SMITH
Memorial services for Judy M. Smith, 81, will be held at 4 p.m. today, Dec. 21, 2001, at Middendorf Baptist Church. The Rev. Ed Griggs will officiate with Brown-Pennington-Atkins in charge. Mrs. Smith, widow of Arthur W. Smith, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2001. Born in Chesterfield County, she was a daughter of the late William K. and Mabelle Johnson McManus. She was a member of Middendorf Baptist Church.
Surviving are her son, Bobby McManus of Thomasville, N.C.; sister, Nora M. Bullard of Hartsville.
CHARLES C. WASE
Graveside services for Charles C. "Chris" Wase, 45, were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Westview Memorial Park Cemetery. The Revs. Lloyd Brock and John Griggs officiated and Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home was in charge.
Memorials may be made to the NYI Youth Group of the First Church of Nazarene, 1909 W. Bobo Newsome Hwy., Hartsville, SC 29550.
Mr. Wase died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001. Born in Darlington County, he was a son of Charles Howard and Patsy Penny Wase. He was a member of the First Church of Nazarene and was employed with Tytt Budget of Pine Ridge.
Surviving are his mother and father of Hartsville; sister and brother-in-law, Gloria and Gary White of Hartsville; and nephews, Brad and Michael White.
REBECCA GOODSON
LAMAR – Funeral services for Rebecca "Buster" Goodson were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at the Barbara J. Hines Memorial Chapel of Hines Funeral Home of Lamar. Elder Roscoe Black officiated with burial in the Plaza Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Goodson was born
in Sumter County, a daughter of the late Elliot and Hattie Capers Herriot and was educated in the public schools. She was married
to the late Willie Goodson of Lydia on April 11, 1943, and together they continued to support their family through the art of farming. She was the natural mother of one child, Annie Maple, who died in 1995. She also mothered four other children as her own, two of which survive her. Mrs. Goodson's entire life was lived as a true believer with strong faith and Christian attitude. She loved to worship her Lord and Savior in her home, her community and her church, the Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Bishopville. She loved people and had a reciprocal love between herself and her grandchildren. She personally raised four of her grandchildren and two of her great-grandchildren.
Survivors are one son, Claudis (Harriet) Goodson of Petersburg, Va.; a daughter, Annie Lee McDaniel of Bishopville; grandchildren raised as her own, Billy (Deirdre) Goodson, Robert (Dianne) Goodson, Tyrone (Sharon) Hicks, Charlie Goodson and Molly Rodgers. Also a loving daughter-in-law, Mary Jane Goodson; 30 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
REV. WALTER ALFORD
The Rev. Walter Alford, 90, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, in an Augusta, Ga., hospital after an illness. Arrangements will be announced by Young & Young Funeral Home.
REV. WALTER ALFORD
Services for the Rev. Walter Alford will be held today, Friday, Jan. 4, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hartsville. Rev. Alford died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001. He pastored the Bennettsville Church of God.
In the tradition of a devoted life in the service of the Lord, Pastor Walter Thomas Alford Sr. made his annual trip, for the last time, to the Church of God Campgrounds in Augusta, Ga., on Dec. 28, 2001. At approximately 11:30 a.m. he was called to his final duty standing in the vestibule of the Augusta Church of God to minister to a lost soul that expressed a great desire to be set free from the burden of sin and experience the joy of salvation. In his humble obedient way, this spiritual giant labored to win the soul of a young woman for the Lord and as he prayed the Lord looked upon His faithful servant and ushered him into His presence. For, 'to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.' When the death angel came at 11:40 a.m., Pastor Alford was walking with the Lord.
On Sept. 18, 1911, Walter Thomas Alford was born
to Jesse Thomas and Susanna Mack Alford. He was the second of seven children born
to this union. His immediate family affectionately called him 'Bubba.' He distinguished himself among his siblings early in life, as being different. By age 15, this different quality was manifested through his conversion to Christ. He started his Christian walk with absolute resolve to serve the Lord with a faithful heart. He became an avid reader of God's Word and read the Bible in its entirety right from the start as a youth. He began his service in the Vineyard of the Lord in the Methodist church as a Sunday school teacher, choir member and church secretary at the Sandy Grove Methodist Church for two years. Then he moved his membership to Emanuel AME Church where he served in the same positions for the next two years. His study of God's Word lead him to the Church of God Reformation Movement, headquarters in Anderson, Indiana in 1931. Thereafter, he proclaimed that this change led him to fully embrace God's Word, which reads, 'Be ye holy, for I AM Holy, and Without Holiness no man shall see the Lord.' This marked the beginning of a great servant of the Lord . . . called to be a Saint. He continued to show forth a remarkable understanding of God's Word, always lending his spiritual ears to the voice of the Lord. He truly accepted the fact that it was the Holy Spirit who leads and directs God's children in to all truth and reveals the deep understanding of His word. Walter's ability to discern and teach God's Word even as a youth amazed those who came to know him.
While still a teenager, Walter began to pray to the Lord for his helpmate. He often shared the story of how he put several fleece before God to get confirmation on who would become his bride. Eventually, by age 21, he was satisfied that he had received his answer from the Lord and on Sept. 3, 1932, he married
the former Lillie Bell Franklin and God blessed this union with 10 children . . . five girls and five boys.
As a young family man he resided in Lamar, and situated himself with the Lamar Church of God serving in the capacity of Sunday school superintendent, youth leader, teacher and janitor. After a period of time, he moved his family to Timmonsville and joined with other pioneers of the faith to build the Timmonsville Church of God edifice.
Surviving are his beloved wife of 69 years, Mrs. Lillie B. Alford; five daughters, Jessie A. Stuckey of Washington, D.C., Mary A. Yarborough of Aiken, Gradye A. Stephen of Paterson, N.J., Beverly Alford of District Heights, Md., and Linda Rene Alford of Florence; three sons, Norman L. Alford of Freeport, Bahamas, William Alford of Darlington, and Reginald Alford of Hartsville; two sons-in-laws, Maxi Stuckey Sr. of Washington, D.C., and Allen Stephen of Paterson, N.J.; one daughter-in-law, Carolyn Alford; four sisters, Ellen Pickett of Norfolk, Va., Alberta Mack of Timmonsville, and Rosa Lee Hines and Minnie Lee George, both of Hartsville; one brother, Dock Blythers of Lamar; one aunt, Louise 'Sweeter' Ashwood of Bennettsville; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters-in-law, Johnnie Lee Alford of Wilmington, N.C., and Lillian Alford of Marion; one brother-in-law, Joseph Scott of Baltimore, Md.; a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his two eldest sons, Walter Alford Jr. and Willie F. Alford.
DONALD RAY ROGERS
McBEE – Funeral services for Donald Ray Rogers, 36, were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, in Shady Grove Baptist Church with burial in Pines Forest Memorial Cemetery, directed by Young & Young Funeral Home.
Mr. Rogers died Wednesday, Dec. 26, in New Haven, Conn. He was born
in Chesterfield County, a son of Susie Outen Dallas and Ned Rogers. He received his education in Chesterfield County public schools and was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving, other than his mother and father, both of McBee, are his stepfather, Ernest Dallas of McBee; two children, Domique Rogers of Lydia and Dearria Rayshawn Peoples of Washington, D.C.; four brothers, Greg Rogers, Jason (Darlene) Rogers, Ned Harper and Dustin Harper, all of McBee; two half sisters, Denise (Tony) Robinson and Loretta (Tyrone) Gilford, both of Kershaw; eleven aunts, five uncles; six great aunts and a host of nieces, nephews and other close relatives and friends.
MARRINE JACKSON
BENNETTSVILLE – Funeral services for Marrine Jackson, 71, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002 in Sunset Memorial Park, directed by Whitner-Evans Funeral Home of Bennettsville.
Mr. Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 29. She was born
in Marlboro County, he was a son of the late Carl and Elva Freeman Jackson. He was formerly employed with Oak River Mills and attended the First Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are four brothers, Rev. Randy Jackson of Hartsville; Keith Jackson of Great Falls, Eric Jackson and Richard Jackson of Bennettsville; two daughters, Patricia McDowell and Lee Ann Jackson of Bennettsville; two sisters, Elattis Frazier and Edna Keating of Bennettsville and a grandchild, Courtney McDowell.
LORRAINE J. DRIGGERS
BENNETTSVILLE – Funeral services for Lorraine Jeannette Driggers, 61, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 2, 2002 in Sunset Memorial Park, directed by Whitner-Evans Funeral Home of Bennettsville.
Mrs. Driggers died Saturday, Dec. 29. Born in Marlboro County, she was a daughter of the late Brantley an Nellie Parker Driggers. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was married
to the late James E. Driggers.
Surviving are a son, Bobby Driggers of McBee; a daughter, Karen Byrd of Society Hill; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Phyllis Clay.
