FLOYD, Neal
The relatives and friends of Mr. Neal Floyd, husband of Alma "Runette" Freeman Floyd are invited to attend his funeral service this morning at 11 o'clock in Heritage Holiness Church, 3836 Ladson Road. Burial will be in Plantation Memorial Gardens, Moncks Corner.
Friends may call at the church from 10 o'clock until the hour of service.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Duplin Home Care P.O. Box 887, Kenansville, NC 28349.
Arrangements by: JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME 303 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WILLIAMS, Homer B.
COLUMBIA - Services for Homer B. (Bill) Williams, 69, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2001 at CAUGHMAN-HARMAN FUNERAL HOMES, Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel with burial in Bush River Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Rev. Edward N. Taylor and Rev. Eddie Taylor. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mr. Williams died Monday, November 26, 2001. born in Asheville, Ala., he was the son of the late Virgil L. and Lora Tanner Williams. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Williams was owner/operator of Busy Bee Charter Service.
Surviving are his wife, Naomi Weatherford Williams of Columbia; daughter, Dian Williams of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; son, H. Dale Williams and (Lynn) of Hilton Head; daughter, Jackie Williams and (Tim) of Columbia; daughter, Carolyn Miles and (Ross) of Scranton and son, Kenny Lamb of Columbia; 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his brother, Ray Williams.
THORNTON, Melanie
Entered into eternal rest on the evening of November 24, 2001 at Zurich, Switzerland, Ms. Melanie Thornton, beloved daughter of Mrs. (Ida) Delores Thornton and the late Mr. Julius Thornton, sister of Mrs. Lois Thornton-Chisolm, sister-in-law of Mr. Todd Chisolm and aunt of Ms. Lee Ann Chisolm, Mr. Todd
Chisolm, Jr. and Mr. Julius Thornton Chisolm. Friends may call at FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, 722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. The date and time will be announced later for funeral services to be held at Fielding's Downtown Chapel. Interment will be in Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens.
Memorial services will be held at the Thornton's residence in Atlanta, Ga. on Sunday evening, December 2, 2001 at 6 p.m.
SINEATH, Alene
ISLANDTON - Mrs. Alene Bishop Sineath, 84, of 187 Sineath Road died Monday at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Adnah United Methodist Church with Rev. David Cox officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, directed by the BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOME.
Mrs. Sineath was born in Colleton County, a daughter of the late Frank Bishop and Mamie Murdaugh Bishop. She was a retired supervisor with Walterboro Dress Company and was a member of Adnah United Methodist Church. She was the widow of Legare W. Sineath.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Adnah United Methodist Church Building Fund or cemetery Fund, c/o Jackie Smoak, 124 Hiers Corner Road, Walterboro, S.C. 29488.
PORTER, Khalil
Entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 26, 2001, Mr. Khalil H. Porter of Charleston, S.C.; the beloved son of Mr. Frank Porter, Jr. and Mrs. Gloreka W. Porter of Charleston, S.C.; the beloved brother of Mr. McKinley Harley, Jr., Mr. Alphonso Harley, Mrs. Darlene P. Bratton, Ms. Annette P. Harley all of Charleston, S.C., and Mr. Franklin Porter of Charlotte, N.C.
Funeral notice later, SCOTT'S MORTUARY in charge of arrangements.
DUNCAN, John
Relatives and friends of Mr. John Duncan of Columbia, S.C. (formerly of St. Stephen, S.C.); the beloved husband of Mrs. Yvonne C. Duncan of Columbia, S.C.; the beloved father of Ms. Alexandria R. Duncan of Columbia, S.C., Mr. Carlton J. Duncan of Leonardwood, Miss., Mr. Isaac Duncan, Ms. Kathleen Cardoza both of Connecticut; the beloved step-father of Ms. Stephanie Johnson and Mr. Mark Powell both of Columbia, S.C.; the beloved brother of Mr. Junior Lee Scott, Mr. John Arthur Scott both of Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Carlisle Scott of New Jersey, Mr. Jerry Duncan of Georgia, Mr. Joseph Duncan, Jr. of Charleston, S.C., Mrs. Eliza S. Mayes of Florida, Ms. Eunice Scott, Mrs. Stella S. Senna, Mrs. Earline D. Mazyck all of St. Stephen, S.C., and Mrs. Hazel D. Garvin of Charleston, S.C., will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2001, 1:00 p.m. at Allen AME Church, St. Stephen, S.C. Family will receive friends at the residence of Mrs. Lavenia Scott, 113 Scott Ln., St. Stephen, S.C. Interment: St. Stephen Baptist Church cemetery.
SCOTT'S MORTUARY in charge of arrangements.
BARNES, Frances
MOSELLE - Mrs. Frances Kearse Wilson Barnes, 86, of 5526 Moselle Road, died Monday afternoon at her residence after an extended illness.
Mrs. Barnes was born in Fairfax, September 15, 1915 a daughter of the late Frank Willard Wilson and Anna Kearse Wilson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church. She was the widow of the late Eddie Heirs Barnes.
Surviving are one son, Eddie Eugene Barnes of Williston; one daughter, Vonnie Barnes Padgett of Islandton; 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in the Hickory Grove Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. David Deming and Rev. Ron Gaines, with burial in the church cemetery, directed by PEEPLES-RHODEN FUNERAL HOME in Hampton. Friends may call at the Chapel in Hampton from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and Thursday morning until 10 a.m. when the casket will be placed in the church prior to the services.
BLASETTI, Angelo
Angelo B. "Doc" Blasetti passed away November 26, 2001, after a long illness. He died at home with his wife of 41 years, Harriet, at his side.
Originally from Putnam, Connecticut, Colonel Blasetti retired from the Air Force and lived in Summerville, SC for twenty years. A veteran of two wars, Col. Blasetti served as both a pilot and a dentist.
Col. and Mrs. Blasetti have three children: Alice V. Harris of Columbia, SC, Tony Blasetti of Atlanta, GA, and Katrina B. Fortier of Augusta, GA. They also have two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be private. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a remembrance may be made to the American Lung Association of South Carolina, P.O. Box 1609, Columbia SC, 29202-1609.
MATSCH, Mary
Mary Alice Matsch, age 94, died on Monday, November 26, 2001, at a Mount Pleasant retirement home. She is survived by her daughter, Gretchan A. Pearce and son-in-law, Charlie A. Pearce, Captain, USN (Ret), of Charleston, S.C., and by her grandchildren, Charles "Chip" Pearce and Christine "Christie" Pearce, both of Atlanta, Ga. In addition to her grandchildren, Mrs. Matsch is survived by a great-grandson, Connor Charles Pearce.
Mrs. Matsch was born in Goodland, Kan., on July 19, 1907, where her father and mother, Robert Pierce Moon and Nannie Laura Roach had settles after "following the railroad West" from Virginia. Her father operated an apothecary in Goodland for a number of years where she worked, after school and on weekends, before leaving for college.
Mrs. Matsch attended Denver University from 1927 to 1931, a rarity for women in that age, where she studied Pharmacy. Using her medical training, she worked for a number of years at Research and General Hospitals in Kansas City, first as a laboratory technician and later as an x-ray technician.
In 1941, she married
Lloyd John Matsch in Kansas City, where they lived until Mr. Matsch's death in 1968. Following her husband's death, she continued to live in Kansas City until she moved to Charleston in 1997.
Mrs. Matsch was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kan., Wives of Rotarians (Rotary Club 13 Auxiliary), the Leawood Country Club, the Leawood Garden Club, and the Leawood Women's Club. She was a devoted homemaker and mother who enjoyed reading and knitting for her family, friends and charity.
A memorial service will be held at 1 o'clock, on Saturday, December 1, 2001, at the Cooper Hall Auditorium (Chapel) in Mount Pleasant, S.C. A separate memorial service will be held in Kansas City at a time to be determined. The family requests memorials to charity in lieu of flowers.
Arrangements were directed by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MT. PLEASANT CHAPEL.
SMITH, Esther
The relatives and friends of Esther M. Crowder Smith, widow of Joseph L. Smith, are invited to attend her funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, this (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be private in Beaufort National cemetery.
HOWARD, SR., Marion
Entered into eternal rest on the evening of November 25, 2001, Marion W. Howard, Sr., residence, Charleston, S.C. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, Thursday at 2 o'clock. Interment, Old St. Andrews Parish Episcopal Churchyard. Friends may call at Stuhr's Downtown Chapel, Wednesday, between 5 and 7 o'clock.
Mr. Howard was born September 9, 1922, in Savannah, Ga., the son of Marion Ripley Howard and Annie Gordon Howard. He was a retired mechanic with the Motor Pool, Naval Air Station in Beaufort, S.C. He served as a Chief Pharmacist Mate and Naval Corpsman with the U.S. Navy, attached 1st Marine Division during W.W.II. He was an honorary life member Millennium Lodge #2000 A.F.M.
He is survived by three daughters, Sandra H. Gowan of Melbourne, Australia, Ann H. Pitts of Johns Island, S.C., and Marie H. Mizzell of James Island, S.C.; two sons, Marion W. Howard, Jr., of Ludowici, Ga., and Richard B. Howard of Charleston, S.C.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Coastal Carolina Alzheimer's Chapter Association, P.O. Box 80459, Charleston, S.C. 29416-0459.
GRAY, Mae
The relatives and friends of Mae Rogers Gray are invited to attend her funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL, Wednesday morning, November 28, 2001, at 11 o'clock. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel.
