WALTERS, Helen
ESTILL - Mrs. Helen Jones Walters, 77, of 221 Clarke Avenue of Estill, died Tuesday morning in the Hampton Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Mrs. Walters was born in Salley, S.C. on January 8, 1925, a daughter of the late Rev. C. W. Jones, Sr. and Leah Berg Jones. She had worked with the Head Start Program in Beaufort County as a Teacher, and was a member of the Scotia Baptist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Walters are one daughter, Lynda Walters DeLoach of Hampton, and three grandchildren: Trevor, Luke and Callie Barcomb of Albany, New York. She was pre-deceased in death by a brother, C. W. Jones, Jr. and a sister, Anita Jones Thomas.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday in the Lawtonville cemetery in Estill, conducted by Dr. Jamie Norris, and directed by PEEPLES-RHODEN FUNERAL HOME, HAMPTON CHAPEL. Friends may call at the Chapel in Hampton from 6 to 8 P.M. Wednesday, and Thursday morning prior to services.
The family suggests that those who wish to may send memorials to the Lawtonville cemetery Association, in care of Wiggins Hardware, 50 East Railroad Avenue, Estill, S.C. 29918.
WILSON, Annie
Entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 5, 2002, Mrs. Annie Wilson, beloved mother of Mrs. Brenda Sales (George), Mr. Willie Ward, and Mr. Larry Wilson; sister of Mrs. Allie Deberry and Mr. Robert Lewis (Amanda). Late residence: 1377 Sessionville Road, James Island. Friends may call the Family at FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, NORTH CHARLESTON; Phone 744-2545 or 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.
GANT, Lillian
Entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 5, 2002, Mrs. Lillian M. Gant of Huger, S.C.; the beloved mother of Mrs. Inez G. Watson, Mr. Robert Gant, Ms. Earlene Gant, Mrs. Jannie Mae G. Smalls, Mrs. Margarret G. Heyward, Mrs. Betty G. Green, Mrs. Willie Mae G. Stafford, and Mr. David Gant, Jr., all of Huger, S.C.; and the beloved sister of Mr. Frank McNeil, Mrs. Rebecca M. Wright, Mrs. Mary M. Cromedy, Mrs. Alice M. Washington, all of Huger, S.C., and Mrs. Theresa McNeil Brown of Charleston, S.C.
Funeral notice later. SCOTT'S MORTUARY is in charge of arrangements.
JACKSON, James
HUGER, S.C. - James McDonald (Jack) Jackson, 64, French Quarter Creek, Huger, SC died Tuesday August 6, 2002 in East Cooper Regional Medical Center, Mt. Pleasant. Funeral Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday August 8, 2002 in the Cokesbury United Methodist Church with Rev. Joe N. Long and Rev. Terry Hiers officiating. Burial with Military Honors will be at 4 p.m. in the Murray cemetery near Grover. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday evening at BRYANT FUNERAL HOME in St. George. Pallbearers will be Roger Rodgers, Jimmie Bulter, Steve Sponaugle, Charlie Cain, Ralph Runyon, Jim Natividad, and Tim Bass. Honorary pallbearers will be the Army National Guard.
Mr. Jackson was born December 5, 1937 in St. George a son of Lyl Verna Shieder Jackson and the late George Francis Jackson. He was a 1955 graduate of St. George High and was a retired Superintendent of Public Works at Charleston Navel Shipyard. Mr. Jackson retired as Command Sergeant Major of 105 th Signal Battalion, Army National Guard after 30 years of service. He was a former Vice-President of National Association of Superintendents at CNSYD and a member of Old St. George Baptist Church.
Surviving: his wife, Jerelyn (Jeri) Knight Jackson, Summerville, 2 daughters, Donna Jackson Traxler, and Christina (Kristi) Jackson Willis, both of St. George, Step-daughter, Angela C. West, Summerville, mother, Lyl Verna Jackson, St. George, 2 brothers, George William (Billy) Jackson, and David Allen Jackson, both of St. George, a sister, Ethel J. Sweatman, St. George. 4 grandchildren, Joshua Traxler, Jessica Traxler, Kristen Traxler Ryan, Maggie Willis, and great-granddaughter Elizabeth Ryan, all of St. George. A step-grandson, Dylan W. Harley of Summerville.
RAMSEY, Velma
The relatives and friends of Velma Harper Ramsey, widow of Jacob Wildon Ramsey, are invited to attend her funeral services in Cooper River Baptist Church, Wednesday morning, August 7, 2002, at 10 o'clock. Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Cooper River Baptist Church, P.O. Box 5291, North Charleston, S.C. 29405.
HARRIS, Harold
Entered into eternal rest of July 26, 2002, Harold Dean Harris. Residence, Charleston, S.C. His funeral services will be held at a later date in Forest Hill Mortuary in Woodruff, South Carolina. The family will be at the residence of Doris H. Franklin, 12 Franklin Road, Cross Anchor, S.C. 29331.
Mr. Harris was born October 12, 1930 in Spartanburg County, S.C., the son of Hobson Harris and Pearl Adair Harris. He retired from Ashley Printing Company as a printer. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He is survived by two sisters: Doris H. Franklin of Cross Anchor, S.C. and Florence H. Hyatt of Roebuck, S.C.; one brother: Ernell Harris of Campbellsville, Ky.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
WHETSELL, JR., Samuel
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel "Sammy" Jake Whetsell, Jr. are invited to attend the funeral services of the former in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this Wednesday afternoon, August 7, 2002, at 1:30 o'clock. Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Park. Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel.
SCHENDEL, Susan
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Schendel are invited to attend the funeral services of the latter in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this Wednesday, August 7, 2002 at 11:00 o'clock. Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel.
HAHN, Jr., Edward
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edward William Hahn, Jr. are invited to attend the funeral services of the former Wednesday at three o'clock at the graveside in Bethany cemetery.
Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
CASH, James
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Blake Cash are invited to attend the funeral services of the former at the graveside, Carolina Memorial Park, this Wednesday afternoon, August 7, 2002, at 1 o'clock.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The American Heart Association, 409 King St., Suite 300, Charleston, S.C. 29403.
RUBENSTINE, Jr., Gary
The relatives and friends of Gary Lee Rubenstine, Jr. are invited to attend his funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this Wednesday afternoon, August 7, 2002 at 3:00 o'clock. Interment will follow in Bethany cemetery.
Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to The American Heart Association, Inc., 409 King Street, Suite 300, Charleston, S.C. 29403.
BUIST-RODKE, E.
Elizabeth Johnston Buist-Rodke, 66, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., died Wednesday, August 7, 2002, at Roper Hospital. Born November 4, 1935, at Riverside Hospital, Charleston, S.C. Betty attended Ashley Hall School and graduated from Charleston High School in 1953. She received her degree in x-ray technology from Roper Hospital in 1956, and worked there for two years. She was of the Episcopal faith.
Betty was a devoted Air Force wife and a Grey Lady Volunteer in Key West, Fla. She also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross, and for My Sister's House in North Charleston, S.C. She was an accomplished artist, painting watercolor landscapes and nature scenes. She donated her eight year collection of Indian and dinosaur artifacts from Edingsville beach to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. She loved cats.
She was the daughter of the late Dr. Archibald Johnston Buist, Jr., M.D., Chairman of Roper Hospital 1944-1960 and Carolyn Murray Buist, granddaughter of Dr. A.J. Buist, Sr., M.D., 1839-1910, Chief physician, Roper Hospital, Professor Emeritus MUSC, and 33rd degree Mason.
Betty was preceded in death by her son, Phillip M. Rodke, Jr. "Skip" in May 1999, her husband of 41 years, Lt. Col. Ret. USAF Pilot Phillip M. Rodke, Sr., Oct. 2000, and sister, Anne Buist Waggoner in March 2001.
She is survived by her beloved daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Raul Morales of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Robertha Warth and three grandchildren of Chatham, Va.
Graveside service will be in Magnolia cemetery, Friday morning, August 9, 2002, at 11 o'clock. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, Thursday evening, from 6:00 until 8:00 o'clock.
Memorials may be made to Roper Hospital Heart Center, Building Fund, in memory of Dr. Archibald Buist, M.D., c/o Roper Foundation, 69 Barre St., Charleston, S.C. 29401.
MILES, Delerea
Entered into eternal rest on August 4, 2002, Mrs. Delerea Emma Miles. The relatives and friends of Mrs. Delerea Emma Miles, those of her husband, Mr. Robert Miles, sons, Nikita and Jayson Middleton, late mother and father, Mrs. Carrie B. and Mr. Joe Nathan Wright, Sr., sister and brothers, Ms. Gloria Rhodan, Messrs. Joe Nathan Wright, Jr., (Betty), Harold Wright (Annette), special grandaunt, Ms. Anna Nelson, aunts, Mrs. Daisy B. Richards (Alonzo), Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Jenkins (Henry), Mrs. Annie Haynes Mack (Willie), Mrs. Melissa Biel (Anthony), Ms. Lucille Wright, Ms. Rebecca Nelson, uncles, Messrs. Daniel Middleton, Sr. (Bernetha), Paul Williams (Doris), Thomas Middleton (Flo), Rufus Washington (Virginia), Richard Haynes, Isiah Wright (Beatrice), Arthur Haynes (Sheila), brothers-in-law, Messrs. William Milligan (Linda), Samuel Milligan, Christopher Milligan (Cookie), Frances Miles, John Milligan (Rosa), Leonard Fyall, sisters-in-law, Ms. Willie Mae Swaine, Ms. Jean Milligan, Ms. Blossom Barron, mother-in-law, Ms. Beulah Miles, step-grandmother, Mrs. Julie Oridge (Oridge), nieces, nephews, and a host of cousins are invited to attend her funeral services on Friday, August 9, 2002, 1 p.m., at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Edisto Island, S.C. Friends may call at FIELDING YONGES ISLAND CHAPEL, 722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. The family will be receiving friends at the church on Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. Remains to the church, 12 noon, Friday. Interment, churchyard.
WRIGHT, Rosalee
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Rosalee "Rosie" Wright are invited to attend her funeral services on Friday, August 9, 2002 at 3 PM at Greater Zion A.M.E. Church, 4174 Hwy 17 North, Awendaw, S.C., Rev. J. Keith, Pastor. Interment, Church cemetery.
Mrs. Wright is survived by her sisters, Mrs. Virginia McNeal and Mrs. Louise White; her devoted niece, Mrs. Mildred W. Thompson; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
Viewing for Mrs. Wright will be at the W. M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Chapel, 4129 Hwy 127 North, Awendaw, S.C. on Thursday, August 8, 2002 from 4 to 8 PM. "There Will Be No Family Hour".
Arrangements by W. M. SMITH-McNEAL FUNERAL CHAPEL; (843) 881-4920 or 1-800-924-5659; or memorial messages may be e-mailed to wmsbmc2@aol.com.
