MARTEZ A. BENNETT
EDISTO ISLAND - Martez Antwon Bennett, 13, died Friday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Allen AME Church. Burial, directed by Wm. Smith Funeral Home of Charleston, will be in the church cemetery.
He was born in Charleston, a son of Wendell Bennett and Carolyn Bennett. He was in seventh grade at R.D. Schroder Middle School. He was a member of Allen AME Church.
Surviving are his parents of Edisto Island; a sister, Shavonna Bennett of Edisto Island; three brothers, Wendell Richardson, Joshua Bennett and Cordell Bennett, all of Edisto Island; and his grandmother, Pearl Wright of Edisto Island.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
PHILIP THOMPSON Jr
AWENDAW - Philip Thompson, 47, died Saturday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Union AME Church. Burial, directed by Wm. Smith Funeral Home, will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Thompson was born in Charleston, a son of Philip Thompson and Victoria Thompson. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School. He was an Army veteran and a member of Union AME Church.
Surviving are his mother of Awendaw; a son, Philip Thompson III of Awendaw, a daughter, Lashaunda Johnson of Awendaw; three sisters, the Rev. Anna L. Steed and Mary Kinloch, both of Awendaw, and Susan Middleton of McClellanville; four brothers, Fred Thompson of Louisville, Ky., Isiah Thompson and Herbert Thompson, both of Awendaw, and Roosevelt Thompson of Huger.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
BEVERLY V. GIBBS
HOLLYWOOD - Beverly V. Gibbs, 37, died Friday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mount Zion AME Church. Burial, directed by Walker's Mortuary of John's Island, will be in the church cemetery.
Miss Gibbs was born on Yonge's Island, a daughter of Benjamin Gibbs and Daisy White Gibbs. She was a graduate of Baptist Hill High School and was a member of Mount Zion AME Church.
Surviving are her mother of Hollywood; a son, Douglas Gibbs of Hollywood; two daughters, Sierra Gibbs and Sharon Gibbs, both of Hollywood; two brothers, Benjamin Gibbs Jr. and Jerome Gibbs, both of Hollywood; five sisters, Shirley Gibbs and Anna Gibbs, both of Bronx, N.Y., Katherine Gibbs and Karen Wilson, both of Hollywood, and Barbara W. Butler of Parkers Ferry; and her grandmother, Rose G. Jenkins of Hollywood.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
EVANGELINE B. INFINGER
Evangeline Brownlee Infinger, 83, of North Charleston died Tuesday at her residence. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel. Burial will be in Carolina Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Infinger was born in Ridgeville, a daughter of Henry J. Brownlee and Emma Hilton Brownlee Mizzell. She was a member of Indian Field United Methodist Church in St. George. She was the widow of Nathaniel H. Infinger.
Surviving are four sons, Everett N. Infinger of Columbia, Emory J. Infinger and Derrill F. Infinger, both of North Charleston, and Jasper M. Infinger of Pittsboro, N.C.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
HELENA E. HEIDTMANN
Helena E. Heidtmann, 91, of Charleston, a retired matron with the City of Charleston jail, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today in Bethany cemetery. Burial will be directed by Stuhr's Downtown Chapel.
Miss Heidtmann was born in Charleston, a daughter of Ernest H. Heidtmann and Marie Weirmann Heidtmann. She was a member of St. Barnabas Lutheran Church.
Surviving is a sister, Johannah H. Roberts of Charleston.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
ANNIE BELL HUDSON
SPARTANBURG - Annie Bell Hudson, 94, a retired teacher with Greenwood and Clinton schools, died Tuesday in a local nursing home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Beulah United Methodist Church cemetery of Camden. Burial will be directed by Floyd Mortuary.
Surviving are two sisters, Maude H. Fletcher of Charleston and Margaret Morse of Rockingham, N.C.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
LYDIA B. McCLARY
KINGSTREE - Lydia Barrineau McClary, 82, died Tuesday in a Lake City hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Williamsburg Funeral Home.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
EDGAR WALKER
HEMINGWAY - Edgar "D.I." Walker, 70, a former employee with the S.C. Highway Department, died Sunday in a Georgetown hospital. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Mount Olive Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial, directed by Dimery and Rogers Funeral Home of Kingstree, will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Walker was born in Georgetown, a son of Willie Walker and Annie Sumpter Walker. He was a member of Mount Olive Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Kathleen Walker; seven sons, Willie J. Walker, James Walker, Calvin Walker, Willie Langley, Robert Langley and Jimmy L. Langley, all of Hemingway and Nathaniel Langley of Maples, Fla.; six daughters, Gladys Mae Wilson, Jestine Davis, Rose Verner, Patricia Linnen, Catherine Nesmith and Christine Pittman, all of Hemingway; three brothers, Samuel Walker, Golaith Walker and James R. Walker, all of Hemingway; and three sisters, Alphatina Gainey of New York, Remell Ladson of Georgetown, and Zelene Locklear of Hemingway.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
SHELTON E. THOMAS
HUGER - Shelton Enoch Thomas, 49, died Tuesday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Eccles United Methodist Church. Burial, directed by Dial-Murray Funeral Home of Moncks Corner, will be in the church cemetery with military honors.
Mr. Thomas was born in Moncks Corner, a son of Enoch Thomas and Vivian Morris Thomas. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of Eccles United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Juanita Elvis Thomas; his mother of Huger; a daughter, Donna T. Leasure of Bonneau; a son, Timmy R. Thomas of Huger; a sister, Diane Thomas of Huger; three brothers, Joe Thomas of Bethera, and Roger Thomas and Ronald Thomas, both of Huger; and two grandchildren.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
MARY M. DANIELS
CONWAY - Mary Elizabeth Marlow Daniels, 94, died Sunday in local nursing home. The funeral was held Tuesday in Goldfinch Funeral Home. Burial was in Galivants Ferry Baptist Church cemetery.
Mrs. Daniels was born in Galivants Ferry, a daughter of William Marlow and Dora Shelley Marlow. She was a member of Jamestown Baptist Church. She was the widow of Harry Daniels.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
VIRGIE L. GRAHAM
CONWAY - Virgie Lee Long Graham, 67, died Monday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today in Hardwick Funeral Home in Loris. Burial will be in Princeville cemetery.
Mrs. Graham was born in Loris, a daughter of Gollie W. Long and Beulah Hardee Long Davis. She was a member of Bayboro Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, James K. Graham; her mother of Loris; a son, Mike Graham of Conway; two daughters, Dianell Tyler and Sheryl Johnson, both of Conway; a sister, Barbara Ammons of Surfside Beach; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
DAVID P. VINCENT
MANNING - David Paul Vincent, 39, a former EMS technician and diesel mechanic, died Monday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Stephens funeral Home.
Mr. Vincent was born in Watertown, N.Y., a son of Richard Vincent and Catherine Drappo Vincent.
Surviving are his wife, Cindy Drescher Vincent; his mother of Manning; his father and stepmother, Dawn Vincent, of Calcium, N.Y.; two daughters, Desiree S. Vincent of Manning; a son, Ian Vincent of Manning; two brothers, Doug Vincent of Atlanta and Don Vincent of Barnes Corners, N.Y.; a sister, Debbi Vincent of Laurel, Md.; and his grandparents, Howard Drappo of Watertown, and Geri O'Hara of Sachets Harbor, N.Y.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
LUCILLE WILLIAMS
GEORGETOWN - The funeral for Lucille "Bessie" Williams will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Mount Zion Baptist Church. Burial, directed by Wilds' Daughter Funeral Home, will be in Morning Glory cemetery.
Mrs. Williams, 78, a retired midwife, died Friday in a local hospital. She was born in Georgetown, a daughter of Lawrence Tisdale and Nancy Washington Tisdale. She attended Georgetown County schools and was the widow of John Williams.
Surviving are a son, Guy Harrison of Georgetown; and a daughter, Lillie Bell Anderson of Washington, D.C.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
ROBERT F. McGINTY
LITTLE RIVER - Robert Franklin McGinty, 46, a former crane operator with Welbro Construction Co., died Monday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Stuhr's Downtown Chapel in Charleston. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery on James Island.
Mr. McGinty was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., a son of Robert F. McGinty and Olga Morris McGinty. He was Catholic.
Surviving are two sisters, Joan M. Tanner and Mary M. Horton, both of Charleston; and two brothers, Jerry McGinty of Florida and Timothy McGinty of Charleston.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
REMBERT E. EVANS
FLORENCE - Rembert E. Evans, 66, a retired farmer, died Monday in a Charleston hospital. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. today in Friendship United Methodist Church. Burial, directed by Layton-Anderson Funeral Home of Timmonsville, will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Evans was born in Sumter County, a son of Ellison L. Evans and Hattie Hodge Evans. He was a member of Friendship United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Gayle Graham Evans; three sons, Randy Evans of Birmingham, Ala., and Tony Evans and Archie Sox Jr., both of Florence; five daughters, Mary Ann Defee of Timmonsville, Kathryn Moyer of Elgin and Judy Campbell, Loretta Stricklen-Green and Wendy Kloos, all of Florence; three sisters, Garnett E. Mims and Felicia E. Rutter, both of Lynchburg, and Nona E. Reaves of Manning; and 17 grandchildren.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
VERLINE B. MOORE
GEORGETOWN - Verline Britt Moore, 94, died Monday at her residence. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Church of God. Burial, directed by Mayer Funeral Home, will be in Piney Forest cemetery in Andrews.
Mrs. Moore was born in Andrews, a daughter of Daniel I. Britt and Mattie Johnson Britt. She was an active member of the Church of God and the widow of John D. Moore.
Surviving are six sons, Willie Moore of Salemburg, N.C., Alvin I. Moore, J.V. Moore and Harry C. Moore, all of Georgetown, Paul A. Moore of Macon, Ga., and Luther Moore of Jacksonville, Fla.; three daughters, Mary L. Mixon of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Ruby A. Moore and Mae Harris, both of Georgetown; 29 grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 29 great-great-grandchildren.
[dated Wednesday, July 8, 1998]
