VIRGIE R. TUCKER
Virgie R. "Sunny" Tucker, 71, of Charleston, a retired inventory control specialist with Charleston Naval Supply Center, died Thursday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuhr's Downtown Chapel. Burial will be in Live Oak Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Tucker was born in Anderson, a daughter of John W. Williamson and Minnie Nimmons Williamson Baratta. She was Presbyterian.
Surviving are her husband, Orin B. Tucker; her mother of John's Island; a daughter, Phyllis Gunnels of Walterboro; a son, O. Forrest Tucker of James Island; a sister, Ovaline Reeves of Greenville; a stepsister; two stepbrothers; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
CHARLES F. LATHAM
SUMMERVILLE - Retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Charles Fate Latham, 64, died Thursday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial, directed by James A. Dyal Funeral Home, will be in Plantation Memorial Gardens in Moncks Corner.
Mr. Latham was born in Washington, N.C., a son of James T. Latham and Marcia W. Latham. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was Baptist.
Surviving are his wife, Lena D. Latham; a son, J.H. Latham of Hanahan; a daughter, Teresa L. Williams of Spartanburg; a brother, James Latham of Bethel, N.C.; a sister, Mamie Rae Chambers of Milton, Fla.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
PATRICIA M. BRYANT
LADSON - Patricia M. Bryant, 60, died Wednesday at her residence. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in James A. Dyal Funeral Home of Summerville. Burial will be in Dorchester Memory Gardens of Summerville.
Mrs. Bryant was born in Dover, Del., a daughter of Connelly E. Scott and Anna Mae Willy Scott. She was vice president of the Cooper River PTA Council. She was Episcopalian.
Surviving are her husband, G.L. Bryant; her mother of Dover; four sons, John W. Scott of Charleston and Gary D. Bryant, Michael R. Bryant and Timmy D. Bryant, all of Ladson; four daughters, Diane B. Gause of Cottageville, Sandy B. Floyd of James Island and Robin E. Judy and Tina S. Bryant, both of North Charleston; three brothers, Connelly E. Scott of Greenwood, Del., George D. Scott of Felton, Del., and Harry M. Scott of Magnolia, Del.; six sisters, Connie A. Cadorette of Lake Placid, Fla., Sharon L. Tornatore of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Candy S. Covey of Milton, Del., Penny L. Marrs of Dover, Mary L. Hurd of Camden, Del., and Rene J. Remus of Wyoming, Del.; and eight grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
CORNELIA T. LUCAS
The funeral for Cornelia Taft Lucas of Charleston will be at 10 a.m. today in Old St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Burial, directed by McAlister's Downtown Chapel, will be in Magnolia cemetery.
Mrs. Lucas, 86, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. She was born in Charleston, a daughter of Robert Taft and Mary Witsell Taft. She was a member of Grace Church. She was the widow of John Lucas.
Surviving are a daughter, Virginia Deden of John's Island; a son, Jackie Lucas of Mount Pleasant; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
CLARENCE F. CHAMBERS
MURRAY, Ky. - Clarence Fenton Chambers, 80, a retired iron working superintendent with Armco Steel Co., died Wednesday in a Paducah hospital. Burial, directed by Churchill Funeral Home, will be in Berkeley County, S.C.
Mr. Chambers was born in Berkeley County, a son of Hezekiah Chambers and Lenora Brown Chambers. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving are two sons, Clarence "Skip" Chambers Jr. and Richard W. Chambers, both of Murray; a sister, Mary Carlton of Summerville, S.C.; and four grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
LAURA LEE WILLIAMS
HOLLY HILL - Laura Lee Williams, 54, died Thursday at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Shuler and Marshall Funeral Home.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
JOSEPH W. LYNAH
COTTAGEVILLE - Joseph Woodrow Lynah, 61, died Thursday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mungo Funeral Home of Walterboro.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
WYLMA S. EADDY
SCRANTON - Wylma S. Eaddy, 94, a former schoolteacher with Hannah- Pamplico, died Thursday in a Florence hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Brockington Funeral Home in Lake City. Burial will be in Hebron Baptist Church cemetery in Friendfield.
Mrs. Eaddy was born in Cross, a daughter of Benjamin A. Singletary and Lula Brown Singletary. She graduated from Limestone College. She was a member of the South Carolina Education Association, Florence County Education Association and Florence County Retired Teachers' Association. She attended Bethlehem Methodist Church and was a member of Hebron Baptist Church. She was the widow of Joseph E. Eaddy.
Surviving are a son, Joseph E. Eaddy, Jr. of Pamplico; a daughter, Pat Jumper of Columbia; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
LELA G. DANIELS
SCRANTON - Lela G. Daniels, 85, died Thursday in a Lake City hospital. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Community Holiness Church. Burial, directed by Brockington Funeral Home in Lake City, will be in Scranton United Methodist Church cemetery.
Mrs. Daniels was born in Lake City, a daughter of Joe Garris and Mary Jane Teal Garris. She was a member of Community Holiness Church. She was the widow of Duffie Daniels.
Surviving are five sons, Major "Penny" T. Daniels of Charleston, Bobby Daniels of Coward, Jerry Daniels and Russell Daniels, both of Florence, and Donny Daniels of Scranton; a daughter, Joann Wrenn of Kingstree; a brother, W.D. Garris of Scranton; a sister, Mary M. Williamson of Hemingway; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
KITTY LOU T. TILGHMAN
MARION - Kitty Lou Thompson Tilghman, 78, died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church. Burial, directed Richardson-Miles Funeral Home, will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Tilghman was born in Wilmington, N.C., a daughter of John M. Thompson and Alma Foxworth Thompson. She attended Duke University and was a graduate of the University of South Carolina. She was a board member of the Coastal Education Foundation and a member of the Marion Garden Club. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the widow of Horace L. Tilghman Jr.
Surviving are a daughter, Kitty Anne T. McEaddy of Charleston; a brother, William F. Thompson of Marion; and five grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
SALOME W. WILLIS
LOVELAND, OHIO - Salome Williams Willis, 84, formerly of Charleston, a retired veterinary assistant with Willis Animal Hospital, died Wednesday in an Ohio nursing home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Stuhr's Downtown Chapel in Charleston. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Cottageville cemetery in Cottageville, S.C.
Mrs. Willis was born in Westminster, S.C., a daughter of Miles C. Williams and Mary Broom Williams Elkin. She was a graduate of Long Creek Academy and Greenville Women's College.
She was a member of the Charleston Lions Club Auxiliary and of the Charleston Veterinary Association Auxiliary. She was an active member of North Charleston United Methodist Church. She was the widow of Dr. Robert L. Willis.
Surviving are two daughters, Peggy W. Lyles of Tucker, Ga., and Kathy Willis of Cincinnati; a sister, Rosa Fay Mauldin of Liberty; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
CLYDE H. CUMBIE
AUGUSTA - Clyde H. Cumbie, 73, a retired employee with Federal Paperboard, died Wednesday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today in Elliott Sons' Lumpkin Road Chapel. Burial will be in Bellevue Memorial Gardens in Grovetown.
Mr. Cumbie was born in Williamsburg County, S.C., a son of Julius Cumbie and Dawn Cannon Cumbie. He was an Army veteran and a member of Calvary Temple Assembly of God.
Surviving are his wife, Annie Laurie Cumbie; a son, Clyde E. Cumbie of Augusta; two daughters, Barbara C. Price and Wanda C. Reese, both of Augusta; and five grandchildren.
[dated Friday, July 10, 1998]
Rev. Frederick Douglas Dawson Sr.
he Rev. Frederick Douglas Dawson Sr., a Baptist minister, college trustee and civil rights activist who for more than five decades protested against segregation and unfair labor practices in Charleston, died Tuesday at his home. He was 82.
Dawson participated in countless peaceful demonstrations and at times would picket alone to draw attention to the injustices he saw, said the Rev. A.R. Blake, pastor of Morris Street Baptist Church.
In 1992, Dawson retired after more than 44 years as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church at Sumter Street and Ashley Avenue. "He was a man who sincerely wanted to get things done, not just for his church, but for the community, " Blake said Wednesday.
More than once, he was praised by local and state organizations for his commitment to community service.
The Rev. Willie E. Givens Jr., president of the Baptist Education and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, said Dawson was committed even when others didn't follow him. "He had that tenacity that none of us had."
In many demonstrations, Dawson didn't get a lot of publicity, but he didn't need it, Givens said. "He just looked at the cause, and if the cause was worth it, he would buy into it and give it his all."'
Givens said his earliest recollection of Dawson's civil rights work was a 1963 march to protest segregated lunch counters on King Street. Givens said Dawson was jailed.
By the late 1960s, Dawson joined protests against the lack of black clerks at Piggly Wiggly food stores, Givens said. In 1969, he was among the hundreds of protesters marching during the hospital strike at the Medical College of South Carolina, which is now the Medical University of South Carolina.
By the 1970s, Dawson turned his attention to unfair labor practices at Burger King restaurants and a lack of black salesmen at local car dealerships, said Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston.
In the 1980s, Dawson protested outside the News and Courier. "He had a deep-seated hatred for the News and Courier, " Blake said. He felt the newspaper, the predecessor of The Post and Courier, slanted the news and misrepresented the truth, especially against blacks.
"He marched and picketed outside the News and Courier by himself in the hot sun, " Blake said. "That caused The News and Courier, I believe, to change its style of printing news about black people."
Ford said few will remember or appreciate what Dawson has done. "He had an impact on thousands of people getting jobs and promotions, and I hope they will appreciate him, but I doubt they will, " Ford said. "The saddest thing, no minister has picked up where he left off."
Dawson was born in Louisiana, a son of James H. Dawson and Elnora Kinthen Dawson. He served on the board of trustees at Morris College. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was a former president of the Charleston chapter of Operation PUSH. From 1985-89, he served as president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and was treasurer of the Charleston NAACP.
He was a member of the S.C. Educational and Missionary Baptist Convention and the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. He was an executive board member of the Charleston County Baptist Association.
Surviving are three sons, Ralph S. Dawson and Frederick D. Dawson Jr., both of Charleston, and Albert S. Sabir of Washington; a daughter, Lillie M. Canty of Atlanta; two sisters, Ethel Walker of Milwaukee and Inez Mellion of Plaquemine, La.; three brothers, the Rev. James H. Dawson, Ralph Dawson and Dr. Peter E. Dawson, all of Plaquemine; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Morris Street Baptist Church. Burial, directed by Dorothy's Funeral Home, will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
[dated Thursday, July 9, 1998]
VERNELL B. EUBANKS
Vernell Buck Eubanks, 83, of North Charleston, a retired binder-stretcher packer with American Tobacco Co., died Wednesday at her residence. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Stuhr's North Area Chapel. Burial will be in Carolina Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Eubanks was born in Summerville, a daughter of William Buck and Sallie Johnson Buck. She was a member of Agape Baptist Church. She was the widow of Loyd Eubanks.
Surviving are a sister, Martha Fortner of Mount Pleasant; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
[dated Thursday, July 9, 1998]
