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South Carolina, U.S., Births, 1915-1920

Al Morris
GREENWOOD — Allen Terrance “Al” Morris, 50, of 951 Sunset Drive, husband of Martelle Taylor Morris, died Aug. 3, 2001, at his home.
born in South Charleston, W.Va., he was a son of Edna Cox Morris and the late Wetzel Walter Morris. He graduated from South Charleston High School and attended West Virginia University and Anderson University in Anderson, Ind. He was owner and operator of Carolina Micro Systems. Formerly of Morgantown, W.Va., he had lived in Greenwood since 1991.
Survivors include his wife of the home; his mother of South Charleston, W.Va.; a son, Ian Matthew Morris of Greenwood; three daughters, Becca Elise Morris, Brielle Martelle Morris and Matea Estelle Morris, all of the home; a sister, Pam M. Hamilton of South Charleston; and a granddaughter.
There will be a private family memorial service.
Visitation is at Blyth Funeral Home from 7-8 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Self Memorial Hospital Juvenile Diabetes Camp, c/o Self Memorial Hospital, 1325 Spring St., Greenwood, S.C. 29646.
Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.

Earl Shirley
HODGES - Earl Tex Shirley, 77, resident of 4711 Main Street, husband of Dorothy (Dot) Godfrey Shirley, died August 3, 2001 at Self Memorial Hospital.
born in Greenwood County, June 28, 1924, he was a son of the late George Daniel and Emma Hodges Shirley. He was a US Army Veteran of WW II and retired from Marvin Mathis Plumbing Company after 38 years service.
A member of New Life Pentecostal Holiness Church, he was also a member of the Senior Sunday School Class.
Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are two daughters, Jeannie S. Crouch of Edgefield and Elaine S. Hudson of Greenwood; four sons, Rondy E. Shirley of Donalds, Dorton E. Shirley and Jerry D. "Rip" Shirley, both of Hodges and Terry "Bird" Shirley of Greenwood; two brothers, Marshall Shirley of Abbeville and Elbert Shirley of Hodges; a sister, Lois Langley of Greenwood; grandchildren, Tommy Shirley, Lisa Shirley Reese, P.J. Shirley, Sandy Brusca, Missy Tripp, Shane Puckett, Jennifer Lindley, Michael Steinhauer, Hope Campbell and Matt Shirley; eleven great-grandchildren.
Mr. Shirley was predeceased by a daughter, Diane Shirley.
Funeral services will be conducted 2PM Sunday at New Life Pentecostal Holiness Church with Dr. Phillip Morris and Rev. Alvin Hodges officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Buddy Shirley, Raymond Shirley, Claude Shirley, Jason Shirley, Colie Shirley, Robert Godfrey, Jr., Roger Knight, and Jim Timms.
Honorary escort will be Men of the Senior Sunday School Class along with Marvin Mathis, Mark Harrison, Jerry Mitchell, Dr. Robert Todd, Frank Smith, Tom Shirley and Adger Shirley.
The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the Church at 1PM Sunday.
The family is at the home and will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 Saturday evening.
Memorials may be made to New Life Pentecostal Holiness Church, Hwy. 246, Hodges, SC 29653.
Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.

Kenneth E. Smith
SALUDA - Services for Kenneth E. Smith, 65, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 5, 2001 at St. Paul United Methodist Church with burial in Travis Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, August 4, 2001 at Ramey Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, Kenneth E. Smith Memorial Fund or Saluda Fire Department.
Mr. Smith died Thursday, August 2, 2001, in an accident. born in Saluda, SC, on.January 18, 1936, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of St..Paul United Methodist Church where he was a member of Charles A. Graves Sunday School Class and the Super-intendent of the Sunday School. He was retired from Sprint and was a member of the Saluda Fire Department and was the 2000 Fireman of the Year.
Surviving are his wife, Annie "Ann" M. Smith; daughter and son-in-law, Kennifer S. and Tom Cox; son and daughter-in-law, Ben W. and Michelle W. Smith; brother and sister-in-law, Toni C. and Fairy B. Smith; nieces, Allyson S. Martin, Natalie S. Hite, Paula Copeland, Jessica Wilson and Gia Seaberg; nephews, Bill McAlister and Alex Wilson; an aunt, Gwendolyn Boswell; and in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. McAlister; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Underwood and Mr. and Mrs. Darron Wilson.

Willie M. Webb Coleman
SALUDA — Willie M. Webb Coleman, wife of Grover Coleman, died Aug. 1, 2001, at Lexington Medical Center.
She was a daughter of the late Charlie and Amanda Webb and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of the home; a son, Tim Holt of Saluda; two daughters, Robin Lenora and Lena Vinessa Coleman, both of Saluda; six sisters, Charlie M. Webb of Washington, D.C., Blanch Wiggings, Gracie L. Smith, Patsy Spearman, Virginia Phillips and Lula M. Johnson, all of Saluda; and a brother, Benjamin Webb of Saluda.
Services will be conducted at 3 Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Clarence Kenner, pastor, and the Rev. Nikita K. Canty.
Visitation is from 7-8 tonight at Logan Funeral Home.
Logan Funeral Home is in charge.

Pryce Lorenzo Cuff
GILBERT — Pryce Lorenzo Cuff, 85, of 1124 Spring Hill Road, husband of Anna Marie Cuff, died July 31, 2001, at Season Happy Haus, Leesville.
born in Roanoke, Va., he was a son of the late Pryce and Carrie Leigh Edwards Cuff. He was a member of Joppa Lodge No. 72, a retired postal worker and a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife of Augusta, Ga.; a son, Elliott Cuff of West Haverstraw, N.Y.; a brother, Howard Cuff of Mount Airy, Pa.; a sister, Eola Wills of Detroit; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Olive A.M.E. Church, Lexington, conducted by the Rev. James Perry Jr. Burial is in Good Hope C.M.E. Church cemetery, Gilbert.
Butler & Sons Funeral Home, Saluda, is in charge.

Pat Griffin
GREENWOOD - Patricia Ann Rylee Griffin, 57, of 229 Jenkins Springs Road, wife of Fred Griffin, died Wednesday, August 01, 2001 at her home.
born in England, she was a daughter of Grace Young Rylee and the late Thomas Rylee and was a bookkeeper for Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store in Greenwood.
Surviving is her husband of the home; her mother of Fitzgerald, GA; a son, Sam Griffin and his wife, Crystal of Bradley, SC; two daughters, Penny Humbertson and her husband, Mike, and Peggy Turner, all of Greenwood; a sister, Pam Bateman of Franklin, TN; three brothers, Rick Rylee of Korea, Terry Rylee of Atlanta, GA and David Rylee of Fitzgerald, GA; four grandchildren, Bradley Griffin of Bradley, Casey Turner, Cody White, and Chris White, all of Greenwood.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Stephen Owens officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Freddie Wideman, John Witt, Roland McInville, Glen Wideman, Ray Witt and Ralph Reed.
The family is at the home.
Harley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lillian Y. Moore
LEXINGTON — Lillian Y. Moore, 58, of 1205 Two Notch Road, wife of John T. Moore, died Aug. 1, 2001, at Lexington Medical Center.
born in McCormick, she was a daughter of Rose Franklin and the late Moses Franklin. She worked at Moore’s Cleaning Service.
Survivors include her husband of the home; her mother; three daughters, Nancy C. Barron of Marietta, Ga., Sheilia Moore and Karen A. Moore, both of Lexington; a son, John T. Moore Jr. of Lexington; two sisters, Juanita Jenkins and Ruebenia Chamberlain; and five brothers, Edward Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin, Joe Franklin, Louis Franklin and Albert Franklin.
Services will be conducted at 2 Saturday at St. Paul Baptist Church by the Rev. Walter Butler.
Burial is in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 6-9 tonight at Branch Chapel of Remembrance.
The family is at the home.
Branch Chapel of Remembrance is in charge.

Allen T. ‘Al’ Morris
GREENWOOD — Allen Terrance “Al” Morris, 50, of 951 Sunset Drive, husband of Martelle “Marti” Taylor Morris, died Aug. 3, 2001, at his home.
The family is at the home.
Services will be announced by Blyth Funeral Home, which is in charge.

Clara Hazel Amaker Moyer
SALUDA - Services for Clara Hazel Amaker Moyer, 86, of Saluda and Columbia, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, August 4, 2001 at Ramey Funeral Home Chapel in Saluda, SC. Officiating will be the Rev. Bill Stone with burial following in Greenlawn Memorial Mausoleum in Columbia at approximately 5:00 PM. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:00 PM before the service at Ramey Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Rhett Moyer, Hal Moyer, Mike Moyer, Curtis Hensley, Bill Hensley, and Curt Hensley Jr., Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons Mason Hensley and Drew Moyer, and granddaughter Laura Moyer. Memorials may be made to the Saluda County Nursing Center, P.O. Box 398, Saluda, South Carolina 29138. The family will gather at the home of Hal Moyer at 613 Bonham Road, Saluda.
Mrs. Moyer died at the SCNC on August 1, 2001. born in Saluda County, September 5, 1914, she was the daughter of the late John B. (Bunk) and Clara Hazel Amaker. She was a devoted wife and mother, enjoying her children and grandchildren. During her life she was a former member of the Saluda Garden Club, president of the Rutledge Book Club in Lake City, SC, and a member of the Pilot International Club of Columbia. She was a member of North Trenholm Road Baptist Church in Columbia. Mrs. Moyer was an exceptional florist, and worked at Shandon Greenhouses in Columbia before moving to Saluda to open her own business, the Saluda Flower Shop in 1947. In 1964, she served as House Director at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. Due to her continued support of her daughters career, Mrs. Moyer was honored as an honorary member of the South Carolina Association of Nurse Anesthetists in 1986.
Surviving are daughter, Betty J. Moyer, Columbia; and son and daughter-in-law, Russell Everett and Ethelyn Jones Moyer, Gilbert; sister, Onelia Amaker Cooper, Columbia; and brother and sister-in-law, J. B. and Nancy Amaker, Charleston. Grand-daughter and grandson-in-law, Vicky and Curtis Hensley, Greenwood; Grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, Rhett and Sandy Moyer, Gilbert; Hal Moyer and Diane Miller, Saluda; and Mike and Dana Moyer, Gilbert. Great-grandsons and spouses, Bill and Louisa Hensley, Rhode Island and Spain; Curt and Tonya Hensley, Greenwood; Mason Hensley, Greenwood; Drew Moyer, Gilbert. Great-granddaughter and mother, Laura Moyer and Tricia Moyer, Gilbert. Great-great-grandchildren, Guillermo Hensley and Alba Maria Hensley, Spain; and Tripp Hensley, Greenwood. She was pre-deceased by husband Russell E. Moyer Sr.; and sister, Sybil A. Ward.

Mary Powell
ABBEVILLE - Mary Elizabeth Madden Powell, 88, of 183 Highway 20, wife of Otis Lee Powell, died Thursday, August 2, 2001 at her home.
born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late John Patrick and Agnes Elizabeth Cooley Madden. She was a homemaker and member of Abbeville Pente-costal Holiness Church.
She is survived by her husband of the home; four children, Johnny Powell of Lexington, Wayne Powell and Diane Powell, both of Taylors and Elizabeth Spires and son-in-law Otis of Chapin; two grandchildren, RŽna Spires McDonald of Holly Hill and Michael Wayne Spires of Columbia; one great-granddaughter, Payton Elizabeth Spires; one brother, Joe Robert Madden of Ware Shoals and one sister, Claude Alewine of Tyler, Texas.
Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Saturday from the Chandler Memorial Chapel of Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Massey officiating. Burial will follow in Long Cane cemetery.
The body is at Harris Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7-9 P.M. Friday.
Memorials may be made to Abbeville Pentecostal Holiness Church, 109 Barnett St., Abbeville, S.C. 29620 or to Hospice Of The Piedmont, 408 Alexander St., Greenwood, S.C. 29646. The family is at the home.
Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Carrye Mae Ross
GREENWOOD — Carrye Mae Ross, of 518 Marion Ave., died last night at Laurens County Hospital. The family is at the home.
Services will be announced by Parks Funeral Home, which is in charge.

Willie S. Sanders Jr.
UNION — Willie Simpson Sanders Jr., 81, of 115 Pleasant View Drive, husband of Opal Mitchell Sanders, died Aug. 2, 2001, at the home of a daughter in Spartanburg.
born in Union, he was a son of the late Willie Simpson Sanders Sr. and Ellen Palmer Sanders. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, the Men’s Club, Bethel United Methodist Seniors, “BUMS, ” Union County Senior Citizens and the Hardee Bunch. He was a World War II Army veteran and retired from Saco-Lowell Co., Easley, after 25 years of service.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Victor (Willa S.) LeBron of Spartanburg and Mrs. Donnie (Alice S.) Hooper of Union; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen Sanders Ivey of Taylors.
Services will be conducted at 3 Saturday at Bethel United Methodist Church by the Revs. Don Alexander, Angelia Price and Wesley Farr. Burial is in Union Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is at the church from 7-9 tonight.
The family is at the home of a granddaughter, Heather and Jeff Crawford, 633 Kelly Road.
Memorials may be made at Bethel United Methodist Church, 1705 Lockhart Highway, Union, S.C. 29379 or Spartanburg Regional Hospice, 120 Heywood Ave., Suite 300, Spartanburg, S.C. 29302.
S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home is in charge.

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