Charlie Mae Cade
McCORMICK — Services for Mrs. Charlie Mae Wright Cade, of Route 1, Box 142, will be conducted at 3 Friday at Little Mill Baptist Church by the Rev. Jackson Parks, assisted by the Rev. Paul Saunders. The body will be placed in the church at 2. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers and flower bearers are friends of the family. Visitation is tonight at the home, off Highway 81.
Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc., Greenwood, is in charge.
Grace Cantrell
GREENWOOD — Grace Stewart Ambrose Cantrell, 83, of 605 Colonial Drive, wife of Loyde E. Cantrell, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, at the National Health Care Center.
born in Pickens County, she was a daughter of the late William Pleasant and Malissa Porter Stewart. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she created the first Kindergarten Sunday School Class, served on the Visitation Committee and served as president of The Women of the Church. She was twice married
, first to the late Major L.R. Ambrose.
Survivors include her husband of the home; two sons, Luther R. “Rutty” Ambrose of Fort Mill and William S. “Bill” Ambrose of Chattanooga, Tenn.; a daughter, Joyce Ambrose of Tega Cay; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Richard (Margaret) Frassrandand Mrs. Max (Sue) Tromblee, both of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Doug (Mary) Scott of Montgomery, Ala.; three sisters, Viola Dobbs of Willsboro, Pa., Adalene Brady of Oxford, Ala., and Gladys McNair of Birmingham, Ala.; two brothers, Lloyd Stewart of Hawthorne, Calif., and Clyde Stewart of Brownsville, Tenn.; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 Friday at First Presbyterian Church by Dr. John R.
Wall. Burial is in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. The body will be placed in the church at 1.
Pallbearers are Barry Stewart, Dr. Steve Stewart, David Patterson, Mack Bond, Gary Bryant and Jimmy Dyar Thompson.
Visitation is from 7-9 tonight at Harley Funeral Home.
The family is at the home in Belle Meade.
Harley Funeral Home is in charge.
Mary Palmore Clinkscales
HONEA PATH — Mary L. “Bitsey” Palmore Clinkscales, 61, of 107-B Shamrock Apartments, widow of William Henry Clinkscales, died Saturday, Oct. 6, at her home.
born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Early Cook and Carrison Terry Palmore. She attended Gantt Rosenwall High School and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, Honea Path.
Survivors include two daughters, Glenda Oliver of Greenville and Alberta Palmore of Honea Path; three grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth Palmore of Honea Path and Azzie Lee Palmore of Philadelphia; and four brothers, Willie J. Palmore, John Henry Palmore and Walter Palmore, all of Honea Path and Curtis Palmore of Philadelphia.
Services will be at 3 Friday at Liberty Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 7-7:30 tonight at Holloway’s Funeral Home.
The family is at the home of a daughter, Alberta Palmore, 204 Gilkerson Road, Honea Path.
Holloway’s Funeral Home, Belton, is in charge.
Cornell Duckett
GREENWOOD — Cornell Duckett, 81, of 117 Cole Street, widower of Carolyn Butler Duckett, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2001, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.
born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Nathaniel and Daisy Lee Pyles Duckett. He was a member of Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church, where he was a member of the Steward and Trustee boards and chaplain of the Lay Organization. He was also a member of Harmony Masonic Lodge 37 and American Legion Post 224, a World War II veteran and a retiree of Greenwood Mills.
Survivors include two sisters, Pearlie Ruth Duckett Scott and Lillie Mae Duckett Bennett, both of Stratford, Conn.; and a brother, Lilliewood Duckett of Baltimore.
Services will be conducted at 2 Friday at Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Jackie R. Whitted officiating and the Rev. James R. Glover presiding. Assisting are the Revs. L. Ruth Whitted and Fred Armfield. Burial is in Evening Star Memorial Gardens. The body will be placed in the church at 1.
Pallbearers are members of Harmony Masonic Lodge 37.
Flower bearers are Missionaries of the church.
Honorary escorts are Thomas Gray, Clyde Gray, Joel Wimmes and Melvin Payne.
Visitation is at the home.
Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge.
Cindy Hamilton
GREENWOOD — Cynthia West “Cindy” Hamilton, 47, of 205 Curl Creek Road, wife of Clifton Douglas “Doug” Hamilton, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, at the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C.
born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of William C. “Bill” West and the late Betty Callahan West. She graduated from Greenwood High School in 1972 and was employed with Self Memorial Hospital as a pharmacy technician supervisor. A member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, she was also a member and captain of the Hunter’s Creek 3.5 Tennis Team.
Survivors include her husband of the home; her father of Greenwood; two sons, Paul Douglas Hamilton and James Blake Hamilton, both of the home; a sister, Margaret “Meg” Lewis of Raleigh, N.C.; and a brother, William “Billy” West of Greenwood.
Services will be conducted at 3 Friday at Blyth Funeral Home by the Revs. Ken Timmerman and John White. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park.
Pallbearers are Bill Rogers, Thom Tyner, Jimmy Morgan, Dubie Brown, Tommy Bryan, Randy Culbertson, Bob Wingard and David Matthews.
Honorary escorts are employees of the Self Memorial Hospital Pharmacy, Eddie Bailey, Wanda Witt, the Class of ’72 Reunion Committee and Hunter’s Creek 3.5 Tennis Team. Visitation is from 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
The family is at the home in Curl Creek.
Memorials may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Cancer Society, South Carolina Chapter, 1247 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, S.C. 29063.
Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.
Christine Madden
NEWBERRY — Christine Stone Madden, 67, formerly of Belton, widow of William D. Madden, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, at Newberry County Hospital.
A daughter of the late John Carl and Clara Simpson Stone, she was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include three sons, Richard Madden Sr. of Honea Path, Billy Madden of Clinton and Mark Madden of Abbeville; two daughters, Sherry Neeley of Abbeville and Rhonda Griffin of Belton; a sister, Mildred McNeil of Abbeville; two brothers, Thomas Alvin Stone of Greenwood and John Rayford Stone of Salisbury, N.C.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 2 Friday at Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville, by the Rev. Jones Brewer. Burial is in Eastview cemetery, Honea Path.
Visitation is from 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.
The family is at the home of her sister, 303 Miller St., Abbeville.
Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville, is in charge.
Jim Farnham
GREENWOOD - James Paul "Jim" Farnham, 52, resident of 718 Highland Park Drive, died October 8, 2001 while enjoying his favorite pastime, hunting in Abbeville County.
born in Champaign, IL, July 27, 1949, he was a son of the late Paul James and Beulah Parker Farnham. He was a graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas, VA and Piedmont Tech-nical College. He served in the US Navy and the US Army where he received the National Defense Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Good Conduct Award Ribbon. He was employed by the US Postal Service as a letter carrier.
He was twice married
, first to the late Linda Diane Proctor Farnham.
He was a member of Woodfields Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. George (Jennifer) Stroud of Greenwood; a sister, Sandra Farnham of Manassas, VA; one granddaughter, Grace Elizabeth Stroud.
Funeral services will be conducted 2PM Thursday from the Blyth Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Robert Miller officiating.
Burial will be in.Oakbrook Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Terry Dorsey, Bubba Jones, John Grier, Mitch Terry, Carroll Sams, John Proctor, John Davis and Chad Stroud.
The family is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George (Jennifer) Stroud, 403 E. Henrietta Avenue and will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Wednesday evening.
Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.
Johnie Mae Fletcher
McCORMICK — Johnie Mae Fletcher, 86, widow of Clifton Fletcher, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001, at the home of a niece, Mrs. Monica Kelly.
born in Pendleton, she was a daughter of the late Bertha Rice. A resident of Philadelphia, she had lived with her niece for about a year.
Survivors include her niece of McCormick and nephews.
Services are at 11 a.m. Friday at Walton B. Brown Funeral Home, Philadelphia. Burial is in Fairview cemetery, Willow Grove, Pa.
Visitation was Tuesday at Walker Funeral Home.
Walker Funeral Home, McCormick, was in charge of local arrangements.
William ‘Bill’ McKinney
HONEA PATH — William “Bill” Clifton McKinney, 83, of 22 Shirmadon Drive, husband of Rachel Caroline Black McKinney, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, at Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home.
born in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late Frank Hahn and Ruth Donnald McKinney. He retired from Burlington Industries and was a World War II Army veteran and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, William D. McKinney of Hampton, Va.; a daughter, Rhonda Talbert of Virginia; a brother, the Rev. Edward Don McKinney of Greenville; and two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Greenwood Memorial Gardens by the Revs. Fran Elrod and Jim Patterson.
Visitation is from 6-8 tonight at Pruitt Funeral Home.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 483, Honea Path, S.C. 29654.
Pruitt Funeral Home is in charge.
Lula O. McMeekin
SALUDA — Lula Ouzts McMeekin, 81, of 509 W. Butler Ave., widow of Marion Pope McMeekin, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2001, at Saluda Nursing Center.
born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Trapp and Effie Polattie Ouzts. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the J.N. DeLoache Sunday School Class and the Dorsey Circle of the United Methodist Women.
Survivors include two sons, Robert D. McMeekin of Saluda and William O. McMeekin of Irmo; a sister, Gladys Powell of Greenwood; and four grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, with burial in West Travis Park cemetery.
Visitation is from 7-9 tonight at Ramey Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 102 Butler Ave., Saluda, S.C. 29138.
Ramey Funeral Home is in charge.
