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South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1920

JAMESETTA ROBINSON
Mrs. Jamesetta Blakney Robinson, of Linden, N.J., formally of Hartsville, died in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday, June 14th after an illness. The family will receive friends at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mildred Arnold of Kingston Drive, McBee. Hines Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

ERMA EASTERLING
Graveside services for Erma Moody Easterling, 88, who died Thursday, June 15.2006, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at Magnolia cemetery. The Rev. Ed Griggs will officiate and Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge. The family will receive friends following the service.

Surviving are her sons, Charles H. Easterling of San Francisco, Ca., Russell A. Easterlington of Charleston, and Dan S. Easterling of Columbia; a daugher, CArole Young of Salisbury, NC; grandchidlren, Phil Easterling, Kendall Easterling, Blake Easterling, Ryan Easterling, Kristin Singleton, Daniel Easterling, Rachel Easterling, and Elizabeth Young; and one great-grandchild.

DR. BERRY L. LITSEY JR.
Funeral services for Dr. Berry Leachman Litsey, Jr., 62, will be held at 11 a.m. today, June 16, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The Rev. Dr. Jeri Parris Perkins will officiate and Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Coker College, 300 E. College Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550; American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia SC 29210; or the First Presbyterian Church, 213 W. Home Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550.

Dr. Litsey died Tuesday, June 13. Born in Norwich, NY, he was a son of the late Berry Leachman and Jean Ann Litsey. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He taught psychology at Coker College for 33 years, was retired as Professor Emeritus, and served a sabbatical at Oxford in 1985.

Surviving are his son, Lewis Litsey of Moriarty, NM; sister, Mathilda Bessinger of Tampa, FL; niece, Nina Bessinger of Hot Springs, MT.

LENNY F. WOODS
Funeral services for Lenny Floyd Woods, 49, will be held at 2 p.m. today, June 16, 2006 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery, directed by Young & Young Funeral Home.

Mr. Woods died Friday, June 9. He was born in New York, a son of Leonard and Johnnie Mae Arthur Woods. He received his education in the public schools in the area and was a member of Park Street Church of Christ in Columbia.

Surviving other than his parents of Hartsville and Queen, N.Y. are a sister, Genevieve Woods of Columbia; a maternal grandmother, Lillie Mae Arthur of Lydia; seven aunts, five uncles; and a host of other close relatives and friends.

LaVERNE VICKERY
Funeral services for LaVerne Dewey Vickery, 84, will be held at 4 p.m. today, June 14, 2006, at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Roberts will officiate with burial in Mag-nolia cemetery, directed by Brown-Penning-ton-Atkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 104 E. Home Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550.

Mr. Vickery slipped from earth June 11, to be present with the Lord. Born in Savannah, Ga., Aug. 12, 1921, to Clarice Annelle Bonner and George Dewey Vickery as the eldest of three sons, he would spend his first six years there before the family moved to LaGrange, Ga. He spent his school years there and graduated from high school. While 'Vick' was working at Callaway Mills, Pearl Harbor was attacked and he enlisted in the Navy Jan. 30, 1942, to answer his country's call, as did many of our 'Greatest Generation.' He served as a pharmacist's mate second class at the Naval Hospitals in New Orleans and Trinidad, British West Indies, then on board the USS LST 722 and USS LST 883, seeing duty in Okinawa.

A fellow Navy friend, James Marshall, thought LaVerne should meet his cousin in Hartsville, Hazel Jeanette Tyner. This introduction turned into the enduring love that would last beyond the 33 years Hazel and 'Vick' had together. The Lord blessed their marriage with the joy that only He can give and He held them closely as they lost their 19-year-old son, LaVerne Jr., in a 1969 car accident. Hazel preceded 'Vick' in passing in 1978 after a courageous battle with cancer.

The Lord blessed 'Vick' with another season of joy when he married another Godly woman, Ruth Long Hager. Ruth and 'Vick' shared a bond in Christ and some happy years before they faced a long battle with illness that would take Ruth home after 23 years of marriage.

A member who loved the First Baptist Church of Hartsville for 60 years, 'Vick' served as youth Sunday school teacher in 'Miss Jo' Erwin's Junior Department, sharing his deep love for Christ. He served the Lord as a Big Brother, a deacon, a lay leader in worship times at Morrell Nursing Home and as a devoted husband and father. He was steadfast in his passion to share the love of Christ with all.

Surviving are 'Vick's' daughter, Stephanie, and son-in-law, Oliver Stanley of Hartsville; granddaughters Christy Fitts (Brad) of Omaha, Neb., and Catherine Stanley of Hartsville ; grandson Oliver Stanley Jr. (Jonie) of Jackson, Tenn.; great-grandchildren Alden, Ashley, and Andrew Fitts and Ethan Stanley; nieces and nephews and Ruth's children, Peggy (Chris) Friedman of New Orleans, Jeanne (Tom) Eckert of Roanoke, Va., Bill (Jan) Hager of Athens, Ga., and Beth (Richard) Rush of West Grove, Pa., and dear friends.

VICTOR G. FARROW
Services for Victor Gerald Farrow, 56, widower of Rachael O. Farrow, were held Sunday, June 11, 2006, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel Norton Funeral Home with the Rev. Hazel Mixon officiating. Burial followed in Antioch cemetery.

Mr. Farrow died Thursday, June 8. He was born in Conway, a son of the late Victor McRae and Sally Maude Sarvis Farrow. Surviving are a daughter, Melissa Howle of Hartsville, Victoria Farrow of Bolivia, N.C., Diane Farrow of Grissett Town, N.C.; a brother, Larry Farrow; and seven grandchildren.

JOHN L. EASTERLING JR.
SPARTANBURG - A memorial service for John Lawrence Easterling Jr., 79, to honor his life was held on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church with the Revs. J. Lawrence Bates and Charles H. Horne officiating, directed by Dunbar Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mr. Easterling, husband of Kathryn Crosby Easterling, died Sunday morning, June 11.

Born in Hartsville on Dec. 28, 1926, he was the son of the late John Lawrence and Helena Fisher Easterling. He attended Hartsville schools, graduated from Oak Ridge Military Academy in 1944, and from Clemson University, Class of 1950. He was a veteran of the United States Navy Air Corp, having served from 1944 to 1946.

Mr. Easterling was managing officer and served on the Board of Directors of Mutual Savings and Loan Association, past president of the Hartsville Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Pee Dee Chapter of the American Savings and Loan Institute, past president of Darlington County Mental Health Association, director of the Florence-Darlington Mental Health Clinic; past president and district governor of the Kiwanis Club, and past chairman of Darlington County March of Dimes.

Mr. Easterling moved to Spartanburg in 1969 to take the position of president of First State Savings and Loan. While living in Spartanburg, he was a director of the United Way and a Past President of the Piedmont Club of Spartanburg. He served on the first Board of Visitors of Converse College and as Chairman of Converse College Business and Industry Annual Fund; Board of Directors of South Carolina Savings and Loan Association and Treasurer of the Appalachian Health Council.

As an Alumnus of Clemson University, Mr. Easterling was a former member of the Alumni National Council, Board of Visitors, and an Iptay Representative for 50 years. He was a former president of the Spartanburg County Clemson Club, and received the Spartanburg Area Lifetime Achievement Award. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a volunteer for Mobile Meals.

Mr. Easterling is survived by his wife of 56 years, Kathryn Crosby Easterling; two daughters, Beth Easterling Smoak and son-in-law Michael Carlyle Smoak of Pinopolis and Glorian Easterling Hayes and son-in-law Robert Cates Hayes of Spartanburg ; two sons, John Lawrence Easterling III and daughter-in-law, Carroll Chambers Easterling and William Fisher Easterling and daughter-in-law Tracie Driggs Easterling, both of Spartanburg; his grandchildren, Kathryn Lawrence Smoak, Michael Carlyle Smoak Jr., Robert Cates Hayes Jr., Elisabeth Easterling Hayes, Glorian Lawrence Hayes, Elizabeth Lee Easterling, John Lawrence Easterling IV, Henry Chambers Easterling, Jean Marie Easterling, William Fisher Easterling Jr., and Charles Caldwell Easterling. He is also survived by a niece, Julian Bourne Horst, and nephews, Cooper Wall, Stephen Wall, and Davis Bourne all of Columbia, and his life-long friend, Harry M. McDonald of Hartsville. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Glorian Easterling Wall and Edith Easterling Bourne Blizzard.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in remembrance of Mr. Easterling be made to The Columbarium Fund, First Presbyterian Church, 393 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29302, Mobile Meals, 419 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29302, or The Clemson Fund Clemson University Clemson, SC 29632.

LILLIE W. ROGERS
Funeral services for Lillie White Rogers, 66, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at the Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Barbara Segars officiated with burial in New Market United Methodist Church cemetery.

Mrs. Rogers died Sunday, June 11. Born in Athens, Tenn., she was a daughter of the late Earl Buck and Mae McGaha White. She was a member of New Market United Methodist Church and Hartsville Women of the Moose.

Surviving are her husband, Charles C. Rogers of Hartsville; son and daughter-in-law, Charles W. and Stephanie Rogers of Hartsville; brothers, Jim White of Athens, Tenn., Earl White of Riceville, Tenn., Claude White of Madisonville, Tenn., Bill White of Athens, Tenn., Clyde White of Hartsville.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Oneda Malone, June Rue, Florence Cannon; brother, Jack White.

BOYD A. PARNELL
Funeral services for Boyd A. (BA) Parnell, 71, were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at Hartsville Church of God. Burial was in the Cedar Creek Baptist Church cemetery, directed by Norton Funeral Home.

Mr. Parnell, who died Saturday, June 10, was born in Hartsville, a son of the late Clifton R. Parnell Sr. and Juanita Weaver Parnell. He was retired from Henderson ACE Hardware.

Surviving are his wife, Maggie Weaver Parnell of Hartsville; a daughter, Mona Howell of Oates; a son, Randy Parnell of Hartsville; grandchildren, Adams Howell of Oates, Kyle Parnell, Andy Parnell; brother, Clifton R. (CJ) Parnell Jr.; sisters, Betty O'Neill, Henrietta Hinson and Libby Gandy, all of Hartsville.

Memorials may be made to McLeod Hospice, 555 E. Cheves St. Florence, S.C. 29506.

LOIS E. STEWART
Funeral services for Lois Evelyn Anderson Stewart, 92, was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 11, 2006, at First Southern Methodist Church. The Rev. Suzanne G. Michael officiated with burial in Westview Memorial Park cemetery, directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the First Southern Methodist Church, 820 Lakeview Blvd., Hartsville, SC 29550.

Mrs. Stewart, widow of Stith Barrett 'Doc' Stewart Sr., died Thursday, June 8. Born in Timmonsville, she was a daughter of the late Chapel Tillman and Mary Clara Stewart Anderson. She was a charter member of First Southern Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher and member of the Woman's Missionary Society. She was retired from B. C. Moore and Sons.

Surviving are her daughters and sons-in-law, Mariola and Howard Gainey of Greensboro, N.C., Diane and Carl Newsome, Jean and Donnie Putnam, all of Hartsville; sons and daughters-in-law, Sonny and Linda Gayle Stewart of Hartsville, Wayne and Debra Stewart of Dalton, Ga.; sister, Beatrice Anderson of Timmonsville; grandchildren, Crystal Hanna, the Rev. Suzanne Michael, Joan Johnson, David Gainey, Russ Stewart, Terry Stewart, Barry Stewart, Michael Stewart, Carl Newsome IV, Paige Gaddy, April Leeth, Ashley Alexander; and 20 great-grandchildren.

LENNY F. WOODS
Lenny Floyd Woods, 49, died Monday, June 12, 2006, at his residence after an illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Young & Young Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at 1000 Edgewood Drive, Hartsville.

BUCK GOUDELOCK
Funeral services for George E. 'Buck' Goudelock Sr., 84, were held Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with the Revs. Dr. Aubrey Floyd and John Goudelock officiating, directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Prior to the service, a private burial will be held at Magnolia cemetery.

Mr. Goudelock, son of the late George Whitlock and May Smith Goudelock, was born in Darlington on Dec. 5, 1921. At an early age his family moved to Hartsville. He attended city schools in Hartsville and graduated from Clemson in 1943. While at Clemson he lettered in tennis. After graduation he entered the Navy and attended Midshipman's School at Notre Dame University where he received his commission as Lieutenant JG. He served in the Pacific during World War II with courage and valor. Buck then began a career at Sonoco Products Co., retiring with 38 years of loyal service.

Buck served his Lord at First Baptist Church by teaching Sunday school and Training Union; working with Royal Ambassadors and Scouts; and serving as a deacon, as well as deacon chairman. He was always faithful in his support of the programs of the church by willingly serving on various committees.

He loved sports, especially tennis. He taught and encouraged young people to play and love the game. He was loyal to his alma mater. A perfect fall Saturday was spent with his family watching 'his' Tigers play football.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Nelle Cheatham Goudelock; son and daughter-in-law, George and Kathy Goudelock of Hartsville; daughter and son-in-law, Ginny and Kendall Cumbee of Sanford, N.C.; grandchildren, John Goudelock of North Myrtle Beach, Clare and husband Andy Steele of Greer, Mark Goudelock of Greer, Ben Cumbee of Asheboro, N.C., Paige Cumbee of Sanford, N.C.; great-granddaughter, Kate Steele; sister Turner G. Phillips of Anderson; nieces, nephews, cousins, and cherished friends.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 104 E. Home Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550 or Connie Maxwell Children's Home, PO Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648-9989.

JASPER RICHARDSON
McBEE - Funeral services for Jasper Richardson will be held at 3 p.m. today, June 14, 2006, at Shady Grove Baptist Church in McBee. Burial will be in Pine Forest Memorial cemetery, directed by Young & Young Funeral Home of Hartsville.

Mr. Richardson, 62 died, Saturday, June 10, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center after an illness. He was born in Chesterfield County. He was the loving son of Mattie Outen Richardson and the late James Willie Richardson. He received his education in the public schools in the area and was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church.

Those left to cherish his memory other than his mother Mattie Outen Richardson of McBee, are three daughters, Lisa Richardson (Franklin) Pettigrew of Hartsville, Barbara Richardson (Bernard) Robinson of Easley, and Roselyn (Ronald) Smith of Glasglow, N.J.; two sons, Timmy Richardson of Hartsville, and Johnny Richardson of Pageland; seven sisters, Edna Simmons of Englewood, N.J., Dororthy (Joe) Black and Carolyn (Richard) Hammond both of McBee, Willie Faye (Howard) Price and Mary Deloris (Willis) Holloman both of Bishopville, Sharon (McArthur) Black of Patrick, Ella Mae Wright of Hartsville, Corine R. Catoe of Bethune; three brothers, Jimmy Richardson and George Richardson, both of McBee, and Larry (Patricia) Richardson of Charlotte, N.C.; two aunts, Pauline Hall of McBee, and Ada Outen of Charlotte, N.C.; 11 grandchildren, two great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews and other close relatives and friends.

CATHERINE E. MILLSAPS
PATRICK - Funeral services for Catherine Elizabeth Teal Millsaps, 84, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 2006, at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in the Patrick cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the Funeral Home.

Mrs. Millsaps died Tuesday, June 13, at her home. She was born in Patrick, a daughter of the late Wilson and Rosa Lee Short Teal. She attended Columbia College and was a retired seamstress and Avon representative. Mrs. Millsaps was a member of Patrick Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her son, Johnny Millsaps Jr., and two brothers, George and Stephen Teal.

Survivors are her husband of 64 years, Johnnie A. Millsaps of the home; three daughters, Betty Sue Ralley, Rosa Lee Privette and Carolyn Ann Millsaps, all of Patrick; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Chesterfield County, PO Box 293, Chesterfield, S.C. 29709.

PATSY J. STEPHENS
Funeral services for Patsy Johnson Stephens, 58, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 2006, at Green Hill Church of God of Prophecy. Pastor Jerry Gainey will officiate with burial in the church cemetery, directed by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Green Hill Church of God of Prophecy Building Fund, 3945 Middendorf Rd., Hartsville, SC 29550.

Mrs. Stephens, widow of Jesse James Stephens Sr., died Tuesday, June 13. Born in Darlington County, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Janie Gainey Johnson. She was a member of the Green Hill Church of God of Prophecy.

Surviving are her sons, Billy James 'Cotton' Atkinson, Jesse James Stephens Jr., John D. Stephens, all of Hartsville, and Thomas Glen Stephens of McBee; daughters, Tina M. Stephens of McBee and Elizabeth Dawn Northcutt of Hartsville; sisters, Bobbie Jean Dozier, Annie Mae Shumate, Faye Elaine Steen, Hazel M. Gainey; brother, Billy Joe Johnson; and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother McKinley Johnson, sisters, Virginia Gainey and Ruby Flowers.

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