WIGGINS, Joe
Joseph Lawton Wiggins, 84, a long-time Hartsville community leader, newspaper owner, publisher and editor and Hartsville businessman died at his home Saturday evening, October 6, 2001. A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, October 10, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the family's house at Sail Club Drive on Lake Robinson.
Born in Hartsville, SC, he was the son of the late A. Lee M. and Pauline Lawton Wiggins. He was a graduate of Hartsville High School, attended The Citadel and earned a bachelor of aeronautical engineering from the Georgia School of Technology in 1939. He was president of Chi Psi Fraternity his senior year of college. For several years he worked in various positions as an aeronautical engineer and he returned to Hartsville in 1948 to become the publisher of THE HARTSVILLE MESSENGER and the president of the Hartsville Publishing Company. Known for his hard hitting, conservative editorials, he was a strong proponent of a free and independent press. He was the president of the S.C. Press Association in 1958/59 and was a recognized leader in the non-daily press of South Carolina.
In addition to the Hartsville Publishing Company, he was also the past president of the Hartsville Broadcasting Company and a past president of Cable TV of Hartsville. He also served on the board of directors of the Trust Company of South Carolina from 1959 to 1968.
In 1965, Mr. Wiggins was honored for his leadership in the Hartsville community by being named the Citizen of the Year. He was extremely active in Hartsville serving as a director in the Hartsville Chamber of Commerce and as the president of the Chamber in 1962. He was a past president of the Hartsville Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow with that organization. Many institutions in Hartsville benefited from Joe Wiggins' leadership. He joined with other civic leaders in the 1950s and early 1960s to form the United Fund of Hartsville, which has evolved into the Hartsville United Way. He was chairman of the Darlington County Planning Commission, chairman of the Housing Authority of Hartsville and chairman of the advisory board of the Hartsville Township Memorial Library Association.
Mr. Wiggins had a strong interest in health planning and served as an advisory council member for the South Carolina Comprehensive Health Planning, he was a past member of the statewide Health Coordinating Council and a past chairman of the Pee Dee Regional Health Systems Agency.
One of his greatest interest in Hartsville was the former Byerly Hospital. He was elected to the board of trustees of Byerly Hospital in 1955 and was chairman of the Byerly Hospital Building Fund.
In 1987, Coker College awarded Mr. Wiggins an honorary doctorate degree for his strong support of the college and his decades of leadership in the Hartsville community.
Joseph L. Wiggins is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty Campbell Wiggins; a son, Joseph Lawton Wiggins, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Donna F. Wiggins; nephews, Douglas L. Bush of Hartsville, David M. Bush of Smyrna, Georgia and John A. Belding, Jr. of Rockville, Maryland.
COOPER, Paul
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Cooper of Lugoff, SC, formerly of Moncks Corner, SC, are invited to attend the funeral services for the former, 11:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, October 10, 2001, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Moncks Corner. Interment will be in Biggin Cemetery. Friends may call at DIAL-MURRAY FUNERAL HOME, MONCKS CORNER, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001.
WARING, Ella
Entered into eternal rest on October 6, 2001, Mrs. Ella B. Waring, beloved sister of Mrs. Wilhelmina Rogers, Mr. Samuel Jefferson and Mr. James Washington. Late residence 55 Poinsett Street, Charleston, SC. Friends may call at FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, 722-3348 OR 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.
MAHONEY, Elizabeth
Elizabeth DuBose Porcher Mahoney, 93, artist and musician, died Saturday, October 6, 2001, at a hospital in Charleston. Born April 30, 1908, in Porcher's Bluff, S.C., she was the youngest child of Philip Gendron Porcher and Mary Frances Porcher (nee Cords). She attended the College of Charleston and was a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation she taught in the Aiken and Columbia school system. She became the Curator of Education at the Charleston Museum. During WWII, she was a volunteer with the American Red Cross and other war efforts. She married her husband, J.J. Mahoney, in 1949, and together they created a successful automatic vending machine business operating in several states. Her husband J.J., many nieces and nephews survive her. A Requiem Mass will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday (today) at Stella Maris Catholic Church, Sullivan's Island. Interment will follow at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. A reception will be held at the family's home following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mother Teresa's Order, 335 East 145th Street, Bronx, NY 10451. Arrangements by MCALISTER-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 1520 Rifle Range Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC.
EDGE, Douglas
We sorrowfully regret to inform you that Mr. Douglas Edge entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 8, 2001. Late residence 160 Braly Dr., Summerville, SC. Husband of Mrs. Rosa Edge; father of Stephanie Ladson, Louise Rivers, Jeanette Williams, and Ella Johnson; brother of Curtis Edge, Larry Edge, Josephine Funny, Betty Brown, Catherine Mazyck, Lorine Shafer, and Johnnie Mae Orton. Condolences may be sent to aaglover@msn.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to the ALBERT A. GLOVER FUNERAL HOME, 113 BRYAN ST., SUMMERVILLE, SC, and PHONE (843) 871-1528, FAX (843) 832-9240.
SIMMONS, Alma
The last religious rites for Mrs. Alma K. Simmons will be held Tuesday, October 9, 2001, 11:00 a.m. at Baum's Temple AME Zion Church, Rev. George E. McKain, II, Pastor. Interment Brownsville Cemetery. Her daughters, Verdell (Leroy) Glover, Beatrice Henderson, Virginia (Marshall) Ketchens, Margaret Boone, Geraldine (Ernest) Moultrie; niece, Courtland (William) Mackey; daughter-in-law, Gladys Simmons Suddeth; son-in-law, Nathan Nolan; sister-in-law, Julia Viola Kitchen; request her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends to attend with them these last rites. Mrs. Simmons will lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. There will be no viewing following services. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Baum's Temples AME Zion Church Building Fund, 943 West 1st North St., Summerville, SC 29483. Condolences may be sent to aaglover@msn.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to the ALBERT A. GLOVER FUNERAL HOME, 113 BRYAN ST., SUMMERVILLE, SC and PHONE (843) 871-1528, FAX (843) 832-9240.
MCDANIEL, Virginia
Mrs. Virginia Walker McDaniel, entered into eternal rest on Monday morning, October 8, 2001 at her home. She is the beloved wife of Alonzo (Clarence) McDaniel; mother of Lawrence Walker (Sylvia), Drucilla McKelvey, Marian McDaniel and Sargeant Major Alfred R. McDaniel; sister of Buster Walker (Evelina), Arthur Lee Backman (Gloria), Louise Prioleau (George, Sr), Romeo Richardson (Betty), Bernard Richardson, Irvin Richardson (Anna Mae), Prince Richardson, Octavia Richardson, Peggy Pinckney (Leroy) and Mildred Joan Deleston; grandmother of Clarence B. Shepherd, Cheryl M. Elliott (Brian), Delores E. Collins (Delbert), Kelly R. Davis (Reginald), Anthony Shepherd, Karen M. McCray (Billie Ray), Tara V. McDaniel (Mark) and Margaret White.
Late residence 1258 Oxbow Drive, James Island, SC. Telephone (843) 762-3182. Funeral arrangements by FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, 122 Logan Street, Charleston, SC. Phone 722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.
JUSTUS, Donna
Gaston, S.C. Mrs. Donna C. Justus, age 58 of Gaston, S.C. died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. Funeral services will be held at 11a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church near North with Rev. Roger C. Goupil, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Justus was born in Jefferson, N.C., a daughter of the late Bynum W. Jones and Rachel Pennington Jones. She was retired from the U.S. Postal Service in Gaston.
Survivors including her husband: Bobby Justus of Gaston; daughter: Lesha Justus of Gaston; son: Paul Justus of Gaston; sisters: Ruth Rosenbaugh and Gaynelle Davis, both of Marion, VA., Joanna Wolfe of Meadowview, VA., Helen Bard of West Jefferson, N.C. and Mary Jones of Centreville, VA., one brother: Howard Jones of Warrenton, VA., grandchildren: Jason Justus,
Tarah Justus and Jordan Justus, all of Gaston.
The family is at the home, 124 Herschel St. in Gaston and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at CULLER-McALHANY FUNERAL HOME in North.
WILLIAMS, Derrill
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Derrill Fulton Williams are invited to attend the memorial services of the former Wednesday morning, October 10, 2001 in J. HENRY STUHR, INC. WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL at Eleven-thirty o'clock. Burial will be private. Friends may call at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel Wednesday morning from Ten-thirty o'clock until time of service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Elks Lodge 242, Educational Fund, 1113 Sam Rittenburg Blvd., Charleston, SC, 29407.
REYNOLDS, Edith
MANNING - Mrs. Edith W. Reynolds, widow of Preston Reynolds, 83, died Monday in a Manning hospital. Mrs. Reynolds was born in Mississippi, a daughter of Annie Manning and William Walker. She attended school in Mississippi and was a home nurse for many years. Mrs. Reynolds was a member of Lane Baptist Church.
Survivors include, two daughters, Evelyn Copeland of Braxton, Miss., Elsie Grace Walters (Skippy) of Manning; one son, Corbit Reynolds of Mill Springs, N.C.; one sister, Merle Williams of Terry, Miss.; two grandchildren, P.J. Tobias of Manning and Donyele Gamble of Greeleyville; one great-grandchild, Briyele Gamble.
Funeral services will be held Thursday in the Williamsburg Funeral Home Chapel at a time to be announced later, with burial to follow in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors, Wednesday at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. The family asks that memorials be made to the Alzheimers Association.
JASPER, Barbara
Entered into eternal rest on October 7, 2001, Mrs. Barbara Ann Johnson Jasper, the beloved sister of Dorothy Louise (Tootie) Johnson, Timothy Johnson, Marie Johnson and Olando Dale Johnson. Late residence, 100 North Romney Street, Apt. K, Charleston, S.C. Funeral notice later. ARRANGEMENTS BY ABBEVILLE & WHITE MORTUARY, 100 Whitehall Street Abbeville, S.C. 29620.
HOLBROOK, Harold
Harold Arthur Holbrook, age 46, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Ridgeville, S.C., died October 8, 2001, at Hospice of Palm Beach County, after an extended battle with cancer.
Harold was born in Evanston, Ill., on October 11, 1954, to Nancy Joan Holbrook and the late Harold Williamson Holbrook.
He attended Southboro Elementary, Conniston Middle, graduated in 1972 from Forest Hill High School and North Tech Educational Center.
August 1974, Harold enlisted in the United States Navy. Served 20 years in the Submarine Service. When he retired in August 1994, he held the rank of Chief Petty Officer.
Harold then went to work for J.B. Hunt Trucking in Alabama as a driver, later Bulldog Trucking and D&P Trucking in Charleston, S.C.
Harold enjoyed fishing, SCUBA diving, and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.
He was a member of the Ridgeville Volunteer Fire Department from April 1989, until July 2001.
Active in church activities at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Summerville, S.C., where he was a communicant. In West Palm Beach he attended Holy Spirit Episcopal Church.
Harold is survived by his mother, Nancy Holbrook, West Palm Beach, his brother, Robert Charles Holbrook Stuart, and sisters, Sally Ann Haynes, W.P.B., and Mary Suzanne (Arthur) Kratka, Hayward, Calif., nephews, Robert Charles, II, Scott, and Alan, nieces, Christina, Jennifer, Amanda, and Kathryn, grandniece, Savannah, and uncles, aunts, and cousins.
A memorial service will be celebrated at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, 1003 Allendale Road, West Palm Beach, on Thursday, October 11, at 7 p.m. The Rev. Hallock Martin, officiating.
There will be a memorial service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Summerville, at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Harold's memory to Holy Spirit Episcopal Church; St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 111 Waring St., Summerville, S.C. 29483; or Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Ave., West Palm Beach, Fla. 33407.
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CHERRY, Jim
COLUMBIA - Services for Jim Marion Cherry, 93, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m., at First Baptist Church, Boyce Chapel, Columbia. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME, DEVINE STREET CHAPEL. Memorials may be made to the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina, 190 Stoneridge Dr., Columbia, S.C. 29210, the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee, 2100 Twin Church Road, Florence, S.C. 29501, or to the South Carolina Lions Eye Bank, 110 Medical Circle, West Columbia, S.C. 29169.
Mr. Cherry, husband of the late Anne Dyer Cherry, to whom he was married for 64 years, died October 8, 2001. Born July 2, 1908, in Sumter, S.C., he was the son of Martha Orilee Thomasson Cherry and Robert Stough Cherry. He was a graduate of Sumter High School and earned an A.B. Degree in English from Furman University in 1929. He later received the M.Ed. Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also pursued additional graduate study.
He was a school administrator in Edgefield County and later was Superintendent of the John DeLa Howe School in McCormick, S.C. In 1945, he moved to Columbia, where he lived until 1992, when he and his wife entered a retirement home in Florence. He served as Director of Public Relations for the South Carolina Education Association, Superintendent and Business Manager of the South Carolina Area Trade Schools, Chief of the Division of the Blind for the S.C. Department of Public Welfare, and President of the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina.
He was an active member of First Baptist Church of Columbia, where he was Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Sunday School Superintendent, and teacher of the Jim Cherry Bible Class. His civic activities included positions as District Governor of Lions International and as International Director from 1961 to 1963. He was also a Director of the South Carolina Cancer Society, President of the South Carolina State Employees Association, and a Director of the S.C. Rehabilitation Association. He was a member of the S.C. Lions Sigh Conservation Association Board, the YMCA Board, and Chairman of the Board of Ocean City Life Insurance Company.
He is survived by four sons, Jim Marion Cherry, Jr., of Kingstree, George William Cherry and Robert Bernard Cherry of Sumter, and Charles Maurice Cherry of Greenville; one sister, Bleka Anita Cherry Kolb of Liberty, S.C.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandsons and three great-granddaughters.
COOPER, Paul
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Cooper of Lugoff, S.C., formerly of Moncks Corner, S.C., are invited to attend the funeral services for the former, 11 a.m., this Wednesday morning, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment will be in Biggin Cemetery. Friends may call at DIAL-MURRAY FUNERAL HOME, MONCKS CORNER.
