MIZELL, W. Kermit
ORANGEBURG - W. Kermit Mizell, 54, 642 Hillsboro Road, Orangeburg, died Monday at his home.
Funeral services will be announced by AVINGER FUNERAL HOME, HOLLY HILL.
WILLIAMS, George
Entered into eternal rest on December 30, 2001, in Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. George Williams, beloved husband of Mrs. Rosa Grant Williams, father of Rosalie Ponds, brother of Anna Bell Roper, Charleston, S.C., Lena Gilliard of New York, Joseph Williams, Jr., (Albertha), Julia Scott (Joseph) Dorothy B. Williams of Charleston, S.C. The family will be receiving friends at 1544 East Witter St. (Hot Spot) James Island, S.C. Friends may call at FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, 722-3448 or 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.
GEARY, Gloria
Entered into eternal rest on Monday afternoon, December 31, 2001, Gloria Owens Geary. Residence, North Charleston. Funeral notice later. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTH AREA CHAPEL, 2119 DORCHESTER ROAD.
BROWN, Freddie
Entered into eternal rest on December 29, 2001, Mr. Freddie James Brown, beloved husband of the late Evangelist Nancy M. Brown, father of Ms. Nannette, Ms. Fredericka and Mr. Carlos Brown, Mr. Frederick H. Townsend and brother of Ms. Ruth Forman. Late residence, 2317 Assembly Drive, Charleston, S.C. Friends may call at FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, 722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. Funeral notice later.
BROWN, Roberta
Roberta Hilburn Brown, 61, died on the morning of December 31, 2001. The funeral service will be conducted 2 o'clock, Thursday, January 3, 2001, in Pinecrest Baptist Church, 1285 Ashley Hall Road, West Ashley, with Rev. Todd Hadley officiating. Entombment will follow at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MT. PLEASANT CHAPEL.
Mrs. Brown was born in Charleston on August 5, 1940, the daughter of William R. and Mae Wimberly Hilburn. She was a graduate of Charleston High School and was a retired accountant with WCIV-TV. She was a longtime active member of Sullivan's Island Baptist.
She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Debra (Ray) Dawson of Augusta, Ga., and Denise (Willard) Hair of Atlanta, her son and daughter-in-law, Robert G. (Christina) Brown, Jr. Roberta is also survived by seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and her sisters, Jean Mims of Mt. Pleasant, and Delores Miles of Atlanta.
Memorials are suggested to Sullivans Island Baptist Church, 1753 Central Ave., Sullivan's Island, S.C. 29482 or the American Cancer Society, Lowcountry Chapter, 5900 Core Road, North Charleston, S.C. 29406.
EADY-CHISOLM, Mary
Entered into eternal rest, Sunday, December 30, 2001, Mrs. Mary Eady-Chisolm, the beloved wife of Mr. Lewis C. Chisolm, and the devoted mother of David Eady (Francina), Daphne, Rosemary, Steven, Terrance, and Darryl Eady, Sister of Harold Eady (Christine), John Eady, Carrie Jenkins, Annabell Eady and Helen Eady, grandmother of Trevis, Candice, Darnell and Danielle Eady, Tyheria Gregg, great-grandmother of Trevis Eady, Jr., of the home. Late residence, 2-B Elmwood Ave., Charleston, S.C. Love, Care, Christian Service entrusted to the G.W. HEYWARD'S MORTUARY, 12-14 Dewey St., Charleston, S.C. Phone 577-6497. The family will receive friends at 2-B Elm Wood Ave., and at 122 1/2 Congress St., Charleston.
WHITE, Carrie
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF QUEEN OF SHEBA TENT NO. 202, you are requested to assemble at Wesley United Methodist Church, Hollywood, S.C., on Wednesday, January 2, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., to pay our late respect to our deceased Sister Carrie Louise White. The Sisterhood is invited.
By order of:
Sister Dorothy Smashum, Assistant Leader
Sister Erlene Gathers, Secretary
WRIGHT, Nielie
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Bertha Rourke "Nielie" Wright of Cordesville, S.C., are invited to attend her Funeral Mass, 11 a.m., Wednesday morning, January 2, 2001, in the St. Phillip Benizi Catholic Church. Final Farewell and Commendation will be in Berkeley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at DIAL-MURRAY FUNERAL HOME, MONCKS CORNER, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., this Tuesday evening.
DILLIGARD, Richard
The relatives and friends of Mr. Richard Dilligard, Sr., of McClellanville, S.C. (South Santee Community) are invited to attend his funeral services, Wednesday, January 2, 2001, 1 p.m., at Greater Mt. Zion AME Church, McClellanville, S.C. Interment, Old Board Cemetery. Arrangements by GETHERS FUNERAL HOME, INC., MONCKS CORNER, S.C.
DANIELS, Izeta
Entered into eternal rest on the morning of Monday, December 31, 2001, Mrs. Izeta Jones Daniels, 86, of 15 Deveareaux Ave., Charleston, S.C. She is the wife of the late Mr. Holland Toby Daniels, mother of Ms. Marty Daniels. Funeral notice later. Arrangements by HARLESTON-BOAGS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 121 Calhoun St., Charleston, S.C. (843) 723-3066.
BROWN, Beverly
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Beverly Brown, those of her husband, Mr. Kenneth Brown; son, Maurice Shannon Sabater, those of her brothers, Mr. Joseph P. Jackson, Moncks Corner, Mr. Nathan Button (Valencia), Atlanta, Ga., Mr. James K. Button (New York), and Mr. Clarence L. Button of Moncks Corner, S.C., are invited to attend her funeral services on Thursday, January 3, 2002, 11 a.m., at Berkeley Church of Christ, Hwy. 52, Moncks Corner, S.C. Interment, Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bonneau, S.C. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m.
Arrangements made by MILLIGANS FUNERAL HOME, MONCKS CORNER, S.C. 761-8696.
GRANT, Nellie
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Nellie Richards Grant and those of her husband, the late Mr. Henry Grant, her children, Roy Lee Richards, Long Island, N.Y., Ann (Carl) Morris, Birmingham, Ala., Louise "Tiny" Ravenel, Hollywood, S.C., Robin Blue, Crest City, Fla., God-daughter, Cathy Gathers, Charleston, S.C., brother, Deacon John (Mary) Richards, Hollywood, S.C., sister, Mrs. Ella Bell Harrison, Hollywood, S.C., nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services, Wednesday, January 2, 2001, 1 p.m., at the Old Ashley Baptist Associational Center, 3275 Old Pond Road, John's Island, S.C. Interment, St. Paul Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ Church Cemetery. Bishop Anderson Williams, officiating. Remains will lie in state at the Old Ashley Baptist Associational Center on Wednesday from 12 noon until the hour of service. Remains to St. Paul Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ Church this evening (Tuesday) at 6 p.m., where the family will be receiving friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Arrangements by WALKER'S MORTUARY "Chapel of Peace," 3407 Old Pond Road, John's Island, S.C. Phone 559-0341.
BREELAND, John
Entered into eternal rest on December 31, 2001, John "Buddy" B. Breeland, husband of Doris Jackson Breeland. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John "Buddy" B. Breeland are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, Wednesday, January 2, 2002, in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, at 11:30 o'clock. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Stuhr's Downtown Chapel, Tuesday, between 4 and 6 o'clock.
Mr. Breeland was born February 1, 1925, in Charleston, S.C., the son of John Hoyt Breeland and Corine Pearl Crosby Breeland. He was a member of Citadel Square Baptist Church. He was retired after 38 years as a pipefitter with the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Shop #56. He served with the U.S. Navy during W.W.II.
He is survived by his wife of Charleston, one son, Michael Breeland of Tifton, Ga.; three daughters, Donna Brannon of Goose Creek, S.C., Susan Murray of Charleston, S.C., and Sherry Breeland of Goose Creek, S.C.; one sister, Geneive McMillan of Charleston, S.C.; six grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
MOYE, Anne
The relatives and friends of Anne King Moye are invited to attend her funeral services, Tuesday, January 1, 2002, in the Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan's Island, S.C., at 11 o'clock. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Cross, Building Fund, 2520 Middle St., Sullivan's Island, S.C. 29482, or the American Red Cross, Carolina Chapter, 5290 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, S.C. 29406.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.
MILLER, Marie
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Marie Rose Brown Miller, those of her children, Mr. Wilbert Rose, Ms. Evelyn Brown, Mrs. Carrie Clarke Roper (Dr. Morris Roper) and Mr. William H. Brown (The late Mrs. Lorraine Brown), sisters-in-law, Mrs. Lucille Robinson, Mrs. Carrie Robinson (John), Ms. Henrietta Jackson and Ms. Elizabeth Smith; brother-in-law, Mr. James Brown (Daisy), grandchildren, Mr. Wilbert and Ms. Wanda Rose, Mr. Billy and Ms. Nicole Brown, devoted daughter-in-law, Ms. Ella Pearl Rose, a devoted uncle, Mr. Elmo Randall (Lucille); step-daughter, Ms. Dorothy Brown, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends are invited to attend her Home-going Services Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at 1:P.M. at Allen A.M.E. Church, Botany Bay Road, Edisto Island, S.C.
Friends may call at FIELDING YONGES ISLAND CHAPEL, 889-9181 or 1-800-290-5954. The Family will be receiving friends at the Chapel on Tuesday from 7 to 8:P.M., and afterward at 126 Sugar Magnolia Way, (Grand Oaks Subdivision Off Bee's Ferry Road). Remains to the Church on Wednesday at 12 Noon. Interment: Bethel A.M.E. Church Cemetery, Hwy 174 M, Edisto Island, SC.
BOAGS, Eleanor
The relatives and friends of Mrs. Eleanor Marie Hazel "Nonie" Boags and of her husband, the late Mr. Walter N. Boags; her son, Mr. Walter Nathaniel Boags; sister, Mrs. Julia Hazel Cunningham; brother, Mr. Harold T. Hazel, Sr. (Corine), nieces, nephews, cousins, sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha Pezant Hazel, Mrs. Rovena Jones Hazel and Mrs. Doris Edwards Hazel; special friend, Mrs. Lillian Hern are invited to attend her funeral services on Wednesday afternoon, January 2, 2002 at 1 P.M. in Centenary United Methodist Church, 60 Wentworth St., Charleston, SC. Inhumation will follow in St. Peters Roman Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call in the Chapel at HARLESTON-BOAGS INC., on Tuesday, January 1, 2002 from 5 until 7 P.M. A quiet hour with family members will be observed from 6 until 7 P.M. Arrangements by HARLESTON-BOAGS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 121 Calhoun St. (DOWNTOWN) Charleston, S.C. Phone: (843) 723-3066.
DONALDSON, Kenneth
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Donaldson are invited to attend the graveside services of the former Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at twelve o'clock noon in Christ Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery, Highway 17N, Mount Pleasant.
Memorials are suggested to East Cooper Meals on Wheels, 440 Whilden St., Mt. Pleasant, SC. 29464 or John Ancrum SPCA, 3861 Leeds Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.
GRAY, Alta Odoms
Alta Odoms Gray, a long-time resident of Branchlands Retirement Village in Charlottesville, Virginia, passed away at the Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, Virginia, after a brief illness, on Sunday, December 30, 2001. She was visiting her daughter, Ellen in the Richmond area for the holidays.
Born Alta Harriet Odoms in Schooner Point (Fredonia), Indiana, on October 1, 1910, Mrs. Gray was the daughter of John Bert Odoms and Ethel Nelson Odoms, whose roots go back generations in Hamilton and Claremont Counties in Ohio. She was raised in the Cincinnati area and was a graduate of Milford High School. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati in the mid-thirties, a feat that only a small, select group of women of that day achieved. Following graduation she went to New York City, where she proofread mathematics textbooks and tried out and was selected to sing with the New York City Oratorio Society. In the late thirties, she joined the faculty of Duke University, and became the editor of the Duke Mathematical Journal. It was in Durham, North Carolina, that she met and married William Frederick Gray, the first child and only son of William Frederick Gray and Julia Howe Pinckney Gray of Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Gray was a Foreign Service Officer who was stationed primarily in South America and Europe. The couple lived in the Washington, D.C., area for many years, both between assignments and after his retirement in 1964. He died in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1986. Her daughter Ellen G. Hawkins is the author of the recently published book. Roger Pinckney of England and South Carolina: A Family History.
Mrs. Gray is survived by her three children: William F. Gray, Jr., of Manassas, Virginia; Ellen G. Hawkins of Manquin, Virginia; and Barbara G. Eldridge of Salem, Virginia; by four grandchildren: William E. Gray, III, Robert Christopher Gray, Ellen Catherine Eldridge, and Thomas Jackson Eldridge, and by a sister, Lulu Odoms Coy of Greenville, Ohio.
Funeral Services and burial will take place at the Gray family plot in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday, January 3rd.
Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
TAYLOR, Victoria
Entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 30, 2001, Mrs. Victoria Taylor, 91, formerly of Hollywood, SC. She is the beloved mother of Mrs. Peggy A. Wright and mother-in-law of Mr. Saul Wright of 491/2 Rose Ln., Mt. Pleasant, SC., grandmother of Dominic Wright of Santa Paula, CA., Iris, Crystal and Jeremy Wright of Mt. Pleasant, SC. Funeral arrangements will be announced by DOROTHY'S HOLLYWOOD CHAPEL.
WARD, Michael
The relatives and friends of Michael Stephen Ward, Sr. are invited to attend his funeral services in J.HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL this (Tuesday) afternoon at four o'clock. Interment, Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel from two o'clock until time of service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Greenville Unit, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, S.C. 29605 or the American Heart Association of South Carolina, 409 King Street, Suite 300, Charleston, S.C. 29403.
MARKGRAF, Helen
Helen M. Markgraf, 82, of Cross, died Sunday at her residence.
The funeral and burial will be private according to RUSSELL FUNERAL CHAPEL, MONCKS CORNER.
Mrs. Markgraf was born March 23, 1919 at New York State, a daughter of James Conrad and Emma Louise Conrad. She was a Presbyterian. She was the widow of Herbert M. Markgraf.
Surviving are three daughters- Edna M. (Paul) Gonya of Cross; Lorraine Pellegrino of Burleson, Texas; Diana Steffens of Greenport, New York; Son-Robert Markgraf of Brookfield, Illinois; three sisters- Dorothy Puglisi of West Islip, New York; Grace Skidmore of Rock Ledger, Florida; Joan Frasano of Glen Cone, New York; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild.
