MARY B. BRYANT
EUTAWVILLE - Mary B. Bryant, 86, died Sunday at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shuler and Marshall Funeral Home in Holly Hill.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
CLEVA W. COOKE
MOUNT PLEASANT - Cleva White Cooke, 65, died Sunday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Entombment will be directed by Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Mrs. Cooke was born in Florence, a daughter of Thomas D. White and Annie Lee White.
Surviving are her husband, T. Maywood Cooke; a son, Donald R. Winningham; and five sisters, Tommie L. Poston, Lucille Hill, Katie Walton, Carol Moore and Mary Ann McKeown.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
DENIECE W. KERCE
Deniece Worsham Kerce, 85, of Charleston, died Sunday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Stuhr's Downtown Chapel. Burial will be in Riverview Memorial Park.
Mrs. Kerce was born in Bluff, N.C., a daughter of Franklin Worsham and Eva May Worsham Braxton. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are a son, Harry Braxton Jr. of Charleston; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
DOROTHY L. WIETERS
Dorothy Lorraine Wieters, 90, of Charleston, a retired secretary with Wm. M. Bird Co., died Saturday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. John's Lutheran Church. Burial, directed by Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel, will be in Magnolia cemetery.
Miss Wieters was born in Charleston, a daughter of Ernest F.A. Wieters and Minnie Jessen Wieters. She was a graduate of Randolph Macon College.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
RICHARD M. MAUTZ
SUMMERVILLE - Richard Merlin Mautz, 76, a retired sales representative with Procter & Gamble, died Sunday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Summerville Baptist Church. Burial, directed by Parks Funeral Home, will be in St. Paul's Episcopal Church cemetery.
Mr. Mautz was born in Eagle Port, Ohio, a son of Albert F. Mautz and Chania Akers Mautz. He was a graduate of Marshall University. He was a Mason and a Shriner and a member of the Lions Club. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Summerville Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Dale W. Mautz; a daughter, Kimberly M. Charpia of Summerville; a son, Mark Mautz of Ashland, Ky.; and five grandchildren.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
ELOISE R. VAUGHAN
ST. GEORGE - Eloise Rourk Vaughan, 81, died Saturday in a local nursing home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Mount Tabor United Methodist Church in Ridgeville. Burial, directed by Parks Funeral Home of Summerville, will be in Bonnie Rest cemetery in Ridgeville.
Mrs. Vaughan was born in Charleston, a daughter of Pleasant L. Rourk and Katherine Crosby Rourk. She was a graduate Rice Business College. She was a member of Mount Tabor United Methodist Church. She was the widow of Emory M. Vaughan.
Surviving are two brothers, Pleasant L. Rourk Jr. of Charleston and Evon C. Rourk of New Port Richey, Fla.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
MARIE M. PRIMUS
BEAUFORT - Marie Middleton Brown Primus, 79, died Friday in a Savannah hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Free born Deliverance Church in Burton. Burial, directed by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Funeral Home of Beaufort, will be in Sixteen Gates cemetery.
Mrs. Primus was born in Beaufort County, a daughter of Robert Middleton and Florence Middleton. She was an active member of Free born Deliverance Church. She was first married
to the late Jeffrey Brown and was the widow of Joseph Primus.
Surviving are a son, Herbert Wright of Beaufort; a daughter, Martha Fields of Glendale, Ariz.; two sisters, Lillie Mae Donaldson of Beaufort and Beatrice Hagood of Burton; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
SUSIE MAE L. FRANCHINI
HEMINGWAY - Susie Mae Lewis Richardson Franchini, 74, a retired schoolteacher, died Sunday in a Columbia hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Morris Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Garden of Devotion cemetery.
Mrs. Franchini was born in Johnsonville, a daughter of William O. Lewis and Onie Grace Hughes Lewis. She was a graduate of Johnsonville High School and Columbia College. She attended Winthrop College. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Hemingway.
Surviving are two sons, Grady Richardson of Hemingway and Walter Richardson of Chapin; two daughters, Suzanne Holbrook of Cayce and Sylvia Evans of Driftwood, Texas; a brother, Olin Lewis of Hemingway; two sisters, Vera Mitchum of Bonneau and Claire Murray of Moncks Corner; and four grandchildren.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
JESSE HILTON
MANNING - Jesse Hilton, 45, a retired employee with the logging industry, died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today in Society Hill AME Church. Burial, directed by Fleming and Delaine Funeral Home, will be in Society Hill cemetery.
Mr. Hilton was born in Clarendon County, a son of Matthew Hilton and Millie Dingle Hilton. He was a graduate of Manning High School and Houston Technical College. He was an Army veteran and a member of Society Hill AME Church.
Surviving are a son, Jesse Ragin of Hopkins; four brothers, Matthew Hilton Jr. of Sumter and Amos Hilton, Eddie Hilton and Leroy Hilton, all of Bridgeport, Conn.; five sisters, Elizabeth Wigfall, Bernice McKinney and Ruth Hilton, all of Jersey City, N.J., Ida Cowens of Newark, N.J., and Alzalee Mitchell of Manning; and two grandchildren.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
ELIJAH RIVERS
WALTERBORO - Elijah Rivers died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mungo Funeral Home.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
HOLBROOK MITCHELL
LADY'S ISLAND - Holbrook Mitchell, 17, died Sunday in Beaufort. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Funeral Home.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
ERNEST STEADMAN
BRANCHVILLE - Ernest Steadman, 77, died Saturday in a Columbia nursing home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Owens Funeral Home.
[dated Monday, May 11, 1998]
DAVID E. MacNEAL
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND - David Earl MacNeal, 78, a retired outside machinist at Westvaco, died Saturday at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel. Burial will be private.
Mr. MacNeal was born in Sumter, a son of Robert C. MacNeal and Irma Sickler MacNeal. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a former president of East Cooper React. He was a member of Stella Maris Catholic Church.
Surviving are his wife, Irene D. MacNeal; three sons, James R. MacNeal of Walterboro, Stephen W. MacNeal of Isle of Palms and Edward V. MacNeal of Mount Pleasant; three daughters, Marianne M. Wise of Houston, Christine M. Williams of Sullivan's Island, and M. Frances MacNeal of Goat Island; a sister, Geraldine Frampton of Columbia; and 12 grandchildren.
[dated Sunday, May 10, 1998]
BIRDIE M. SANDERS
ST. GEORGE - Birdie M. Sanders died Friday at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wamer and Co. Funeral Home.
[dated Sunday, May 10, 1998]
ANNE H. KENAN
Anne Hill Kenan, 77, of Charleston, died Saturday at her residence. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday in St. Michael's Episcopal Church. Burial will be private, according to Stuhr's Downtown Chapel.
Mrs. Kenan was born in Atlanta, a daughter of Thomas S. Kenan and Annice Hawkins Kenan. She was a graduate of Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and Vassar College.
Surviving are three daughters, Sarah E. Kenan and Emily H. Kenan, both of Charleston, and Anne R. Kenan of Gainesville, Ga.; two sons, Frank K. Barnard of Graham, N.C., and Church E. Barnard of Coconut Grove, Fla.; a brother, James Graham Kenan of Atlanta; and five grandchildren.
[dated Sunday, May 10, 1998]
TRAVIS D. SWINDLER
HANAHAN - Travis Drinkard Swindler, 78, died Friday at her residence. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Entombment will be directed by Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel.
Mrs. Swindler was born in Decatur, Ala., a daughter of Ocie W. Drinkard and Nancy Drinkard. She was the widow of Ernest R. Swindler.
Surviving are a daughter, Gwen S. Robinson of Columbia; a sister, Rosalee Grant of Decatur; and a grandchild.
[dated Sunday, May 10, 1998]
REITA H. PEELER
Reita Hilton Peeler, 80, of Charleston, died May 1 in a Fayetteville, Ga., nursing home. The funeral will be at noon Tuesday in Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Burial will be directed by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel.
Mrs. Peeler was born in Harleyville, a daughter of Lester Hilton and Fannie Mae Knight Hilton. She was a member of John Wesley United Methodist Church. She was the widow of George E. Peeler.
Surviving are two sons, George E. Peeler Jr. of Houston and Thomas H. Peeler of Peachtree City, Ga.; and five grandchildren.
[dated Sunday, May 10, 1998]
