Anderson Independent from Anderson, South Carolina (2024)

and funerals 12B Anderson In Memoriam In Loving Memory of Barbara Hewell Bruce Who died one year ago today July 27, 1978. All the pain and grief is over, Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever, Safely home in Heaven at last. And He came Himself to meet me In that way SO hard to tread; And with Jesus' arm to lean on, Could I have one doubt or dread? There is work still waiting for you, So you must not idly stand; Do it now, while life remainethYou shall rest in Jesus' land. When that work is all completed, He will gently call you Home: Oh, the rapture of that meeting, Oh, the joy to see you come! Mother, Mrs. R.E.

Hewell Brother, Hayward Hewell Sisters, Nellie Ruth Wiles Betty Burdette, Linda Wilson Camp Services GREENVILLE Services for Rodney Justine Camp, 4, at 11 a.m. Friday at Robinson Funeral Home Chapel by the Revs. Paul Wilcox and Bill McKee. Burial in Siloam Baptist Church Cemetery. body is at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of the grandparents, William Long, Route 8, Roe Road, Greenville. McClain Services McCORMICK Services for Henry Campbell McClain, 72, at a.m. Friday Blyth Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Calvin Smith. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.

The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Jim Ridgeway, 116 Colonial Drive, Bellemeade, Greenwood. Independent, July 27, 1979 south Grace Brown HONEA PATH Evangelist Grace Booker Brown, 65, of 111-C Shamrock Apartments, Honea Path, died Monday at Anderson Memorial Hospital after a brief ilIness. A native of Abbeville County, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Josephine Carter Booker.

was a member of New Friendship Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher and a member of the gospel choir. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Josephine Downs and Mrs. Henrietta Holmes of Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Corinthia Lumpkin of Philadelphia, son, Nathaniel Cunningham of Bronx, N.Y.; 22 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren.

Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Friendship Baptist Church by the Revs. L.R. Best, R. Hawkins and P.D.

Suber. Burial in the church cemetery. The body is at Holloway Funeral Home where the family will receivia friends from 7-8 and will be placed in the church at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The family is at the home, 111-C Shamrock Honea Path.

Phillips Services WESTMINSTER Services for Mrs. Zelia Lee Phillips, 87, at 4 p.m. Friday at Long Creek Baptist Church by the Revs. Jimmy Rholetter, Alvin Cooks and Clyde Crenshaw. Burial in Long Creek Baptist Church.

The body is at Sandifer Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. Friday. The family is at the home of Mrs. Margaret Grubbs, 323 Mt. View Westminster.

Wooten Services GREENVILLE Serfor Ralph Eugene Wooten, 69, at 2 p.m. Friday at Thomas-McAfee Funeral Home. Burial in Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, near Piedmont. The body is at the funeral home. Northeast Georgia Hospitals Elberton-Elbert Nellie Curry, Bowersville Nancy Edwards, ADMISSIONS Danielsville Herman Bond, Elberton Dorothy Waller, Royston Ruby Stalnaker, Elberton DISCHARGES William Gaines, Elberton Elaine Moss, Elberton Annie Allen, Elberton Joanne Willis, Elberton Thomas Thornton, Chris White, Elberton Elberton Sherry Dove, Canon Jack Vaughn, Royston Roosevelt Wheeler, Lessie Maxwell, Dewy Rose Carnesville DISCHARGES Thelma Fleischer, Vanessa Dixon, Elberton Carnesville Jackie Rhodes, Elberton John Brady, Lavonia Rhodes baby girl, Nellie Nowells, Comer Elberton Betty Dickerson, Edna Franklin, Elberton Mountain City Franklin baby girl, Hilda Hambrick, Elberton Danielsville Brenda Tate, Elberton Terry Moore, Bowman Frank Butler, Elberton Ezra Crowe, Royston Thelma Mack, Carlton Sarah Price, Toccoa Dean Guest, Dewy Rose Clovis Bond, Bowman Alfred Caldwell, Ridgecrest Lexington ADMISSIONS Robert Cannon, Clayton Habersham Cheryl Thomas Love, Clayton Ledbetter, ADMISSIONS Mountain City Diane Tanksley, Cornelia Pearl Watts, Rabun Gap Tanksley baby boy, Lloyd Hicks, Rabun Gap Cornelia Flora Ramey, Clayton Rebecca McLaughlin, DISCHARGES Baldwin Aller Shook, Seneca, S.C.

Daisy Osborne, Alto Amble Leitzinger, Burch Wilson, Tallulah Falls Clarksville Peggy Henry, Clayton Jimmy Burgess, Toccoa Dewey Page, Clayton Sue Clark, Mt. Airy Roy Jones, Clayton Allan Simmons. Habersham Charlie Alexander, Baldwin Stephens DISCHARGES Jack Green, Cleveland ADMISSIONS Ed Silber. Clarksville Kimberly Chitwood, Ida Powers, Cornelia Demorest Rosa Lee Free, Timothy Crump, Clarksville Carnesville Regina Ivester, Turnerville Hart Jackie Pitts, Toccoa Asalene English, Clayton ADMISSIONS Stephen Gastarin, Maxine Wright, Hartwell Franklin, N.C." John Wright, Hartwell Rebecca Peck, Lavonia Ida Merritt, Hartwell Thelisa Arthur, Toccoa DISCHARGES Arthur baby boy. Toccoa Brenda Waller, Hartwell George Crittendon, DISCHARGES Hartwell Charles Stamey, Naomi Brown, Hartwell Clarksville William Jordan, Hartwell Agnes Pitts, Toccoa Robbie Goss, Hartwell Hershell Anderson, Susie Osborne, Hartwell Eastanollee Eugene Tucker, Hartwell Jesse Justice.

Clayton Billy Ankerich, James Buffington, Canon Bowersville Bonnie Armour, Eastanollee Rebecca Poole, Baldwin Poole baby girl, Baldwin Cobb ADMISSIONS Judy Rae, Clarkeswille Velma Standridge, Royston Charles Alley. Daisy Dove, Canon Clarksville Lorand Batten, Augusta Costa, Toccoa Edgefield, S.C. Tennessee York, Toccoa Martha Hughes, Elberton Edgar Blackwell, Toccoa Mattie Hill, Elberton Smith baby boy. Toccoa Lucy White, Canon Samuel Thompson, Toccoa Nellie Aldrich. Lavonia Robert Ayers, Toccoa Jack Agee GREENVILLE Jack Harris Agee, 63, of Route 3, Augusta Road, Belton, husband of Edna Knight Agee, lied Wednesday at GreenV ille General Hospital after a sudden illness.

Born in LaFollette, he was a son of the late John H. and Lillian Wynn Agee. He was an Air Force veteran of World II, receiving Silver Star and Purp le Heart medals. He wast retired from the tractor industry and was a member of Davington Baptist Church Surviving are wife of the home; daughter, Mrs. Virginia A.

Dean of Piedmont; sons, John Harris Agee of Charleston, Henry Milton of Belton; sisters, Mrs. Edmund Faulkner of LaFollette, Mrs. Jim Myers of Dallas, Texas; brothers, Joe M. Age of Knoxville, Dr. Robert Agee of Pulaski, Agee of Jacksboro, four grandchildren.

Services at 2 p.m. Friday at Jones Mortuary Chapel by the Revs. O. L. McGuinness and Walter B.

Fortune. Entombment in Greenville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The body is at the rnortuary. The family is at the home. Ervin Winkler WALHALLA Ervin P.

Winkler, 86, cof 3-A-11 Wagner Circle, died Thursday afternoon at Oconee Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born in Rabun County, he was a son of Newton and Pheolbe Lee Winkler. He was a retired textile employee a former member of Springs Baptist Church. He was twice married, first to the late Millie Cartee Winkler. Surviving are wife, Mrs.

Lucy Allen Smith Winkler of the home; son, James E. Winkler of Honea Path; daughters, Mrs. Ella Mae Morgan of Walhalla, M.rs. Adell Hendricks of Pendleton; stepsons, Ray and Thomas Smith of Seneca; stepdaughters, Mrs. Lois Clips and Mrs.

Nellie Thomas of Califor, nia; 17 grandchildren; great stepgrandchildren. grandchildren; 23 Plans will be announced by Davenport Funeral Home. The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday. The family is at the home.

Announcement courtesy of McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson, S.C. Edna Green DYERSBURG, Tenn. Edna Green, 89, of Dyersburg, died Monday at her home after a long ilIness. Surviving is daughter, Mrs. William W.

(Doris) Wyatt of Anderson, S.C. Services and burial were held Thursday in Dyersburg. Announcement courtesy of McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson, S.C. Anderson Memorial Hospital Patient Condition Information, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., 226-4162. DISCHARGES Joyce Vickery, Anderson.

Carlise Lovett, Hartwell, Ga: Gasoline Crunch Eases Elmer Bryant EASLEY Elmer Americus Bryant, 64, of 4 6th Arial Community, died Thursday morning at Easley Baptist Hospital. he was a Jesse Born in Pickens, County, Sheriff Bryant of Easley and the late John Bryant. He was a retired employee of the Foster Plant and attended Arial Baptist Church. Surviving are mother; wife, Mrs. Anne Mull Bryant; son, Kenneth Bryant of Easley; daughter, Helen Rackley of Easley; sisters, Mrs.

Hoyt Duncan and Mrs. Michael Pace of Easley, Mrs. Floyd Burman of Lexington Mrs. Pete Ramage Newport News, brothers, T.B. Bryant of Toccoa, Roy Bryant of Easley, Frank Bryant of Six Mile; four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild.

Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Arial Baptist Church by the Revs. Grady Tollison and Nick Price. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. The body is at Robinson Funeral Home where the family will receive friends 7-9 p.m.

Friday. Cleveland Services SENECA Services for Mrs. Hattie Gilstrap Cleveland, 91, at 11 a.m. Friday at Seneca Mortuary Chapel by the Revs. Harry Floyd, Claude Landreth and Tom Walton.

Burial in Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery. The body is at Seneca Mortuary. The family is at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lois Corbett, 910 S. Walnut Seneca.

The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Lila Doyle Nursing Facility. Austin Services CLEMSON Services for Theodore Roosevelt Austin, 27, at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Abel Baptist Church, Clemson, by the Revs. Albert Patterson and 0.D. Benson.

Burial in the church cemetery. The body at Adams Mortuary, Seneca, and will be placed in the church at 2:30 p.m. Friday. georgia Wilbanks Services TOCCOA, Ga. Services for Mrs.

Lucy Smith Wilbanks, 80, at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church by the Revs. Bobby Childress and J.0. Pritchett. Burial in the church cemetery.

The body is at Whitlock Mortuary. The family is at the home of Miss Zora Mae Smith, Yow Mill Road, Toccoa. Miss Susie Payne DEWY ROSE, Ga. Miss Susie Payne, 88, of Route 1, Dewy Rose, died Thursday morning at Hart County Hospital after a long illness. Born in Franklin County, she was a daughter of the late James Jackson and Henrietta Henson Payne.

She was a member of Old Henry Baptist Church and served as secretary and treasurer of the Goldmine Home Demonstration Club. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Services at 4 p.m. Friday at Pruitte Funeral Home Chapel, Royston, by the Rev. Herman Purcell.

Burial in Nancy Hart Memorial Park. The body is at the funeral home. Mrs. Willie Phillips ROYSTON, Ga. Mrs.

Willie Ruth Rice Phillips, 60, of Route 1, Royston, died Thursday afternoon a at Athens General Hospital after a short illness. Born in Franklin County, she was a daughter of William Harris and Bernice M. Phillips Rice of Royston. She was a member of Gordon Baptist Church. Surviving are parents; husband, Tyrus Raymond Phillips of the home; sons, Raymond Phillips Bowman, Ronnie Phillips of Royston; daughter, Mrs.

Laverne Starrett of Royston: sister, Mrs. Gladys Rice Jarvis of Decatur; three grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gordon Baptist Church by the Revs. Hoyt Dove and Darvin Slaton.

Burial in the church cemetery. The body is at Pruitte Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday and will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The family is at the home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W.H. Rice, Route 1, Royston. By The Associated Press The end-of-the-month gas crunch that plagued American motorists in recent months apparently is not going to materialize this weekend, government and industry officials said Thursday. They said people are driving less and supplies of gasoline are increasing.

Although many stations will continue to have shorter hours, close on Sunday and impose purchase limits, officials say they don't expect long lines at stations for the last weekend of July. Long waits for fuel have been typical in many areas at the end of recent months as monthly gasoline allocations ran out. "Things are not happening at all like they did towards the end of the month in June," said Steve Carlson, a spokesman for the Cornhusker AAA Motor Club in Nebraska. "There are few, if any, reports of stations running out of fuel or limiting purchases." "I hesitate to say every area has adequate supplies, but the traveler who starts looking for gas when his table to is find one-half it." said full will James be Benton, a spokesman for the Gasoline Retailers of Northeastern New York. "I don't foresee a problem." "We're almost to March said back, Robert P.

Murray, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Automobile Club. Even in the Washington, D.C. area, perhaps hardest hit in recent weeks by the gas squeeze, officials expect many stations to be open longer than on recent weekends, with fewer purchase limits and fewer Sunday closings. The that gasoline supplies are no longer as tight as they were a few weeks ago does not necessarily mean the end of the gas squeeze. Oil companies are still supplying dealers with less gas than a year ago.

The easing of the crunch can be traced to a number of factors. Most important is the fact that Americans are driving less as a result of the gas crunch. Gasoline demand is down about 10 percent from last year. Sunday School Lesson The Sunday School Lesson for July 29 is entitled, "Amos Calls for Genuine Religion" Amos 5, 6-7, 14-15, 21-24. Based on copyright Outlines produced by the Committee on the Uniform Series and used by permission.

By DR. ELISHA DOUGLASS It is sometimes assumed that the concept of social justic originated in modern times. Actually it is of ancient origin, and one of the first, and most eloquent proponents of social reform was the prophet Amos, whom we study today. Amos is the first of the prophets such as Isaiah and Jeremiah whose prophecies have come down to us in extended and systematic form. From the earliest days of the Jewish kingdoms there were "prophets" in the form of soothsayers and magicians, and a few like Elijah and Elisha had gained prominence because of their special supernatural powers.

But Amos was the first 10 bring to Israel Yahweh's comprehensive and detailed judgment of its national life. As a shepherd, Amos came from humble origins, and therefore was able to sympathize with the thousands of poor and dispossessed in the land of Israel. On the surface, the kingdom, under Jereboam II, who ruled form about 783 to 745 B.C., had never been more prosperous and secure. Syria, Israel's perennial enemy, had been humbled, and Israel's future nemesis, Assyria, was as yet quiescent. The kingdom of Judah was little more than a client state of Israel.

ISRAEL'S PROSPERITY With this military security had come unparalleled prosperity. Astride the main trading routes stretching from the Mediterranean to the East and from Egypt to the North, Israel was levying a toll on all its neighbors. Recent archeological excavations at Samaria and Megiddo reveal that at this time the wealthy had beautiful summer and winter palaces. Find jade and ivory artifacts indicate a luxurious standard of living among the rich. Yet, as always in time of prosperity, the good things of life were not evenly distributed between the rich and the poor.

Amos charged that judges took bribes: "They sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes." The wealthy "trample head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the (Amos Public morals were in an equally deplorable state: "A man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is Amos does not mean to imply that the offense here is incest, as the words might seem to indicate. He probably refers to participation in the temple prostitution practiced by the fertility cults. These seem to have operated side by side with the worship of Yahweh. WORSHIP CORRUPTED In other ways Israelites profaned the name of the Lord. "They lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in Amos is here referring to creditors, who in return for loans to the poor, demanded security in the form of the very My Answer By BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELIST DEAR DR.

GRAHAM: I am paralyzed and almost helpless because I got deeply involved in drugs and alcohol a few years ago. I get so discouraged, but for the first time in my life I am thinking about God. Can He be of any help to someone like me? T.W.P. DEAR T.W.P.: I am sorry that the experiences of the past have produced such bitter fruit in your life. Perhaps your letter will remind someone who is starting out life the same way you once did that such things are extremely harmful and eventually lead to a tragic dead end.

All of that is behind you, however. Now must begin again where you are. Yes, God can help you. Furthermore, He wants to help you. The most amazing, the most encouraging thing I can tell you is the wonderful truth that God loves you and can give you a whole new life.

You lived in the past without God and you discovered that the promises of happiness and pleasure that Satan gave you were a lie. I invite you to turn to God. In some ways you are like the so-called prodigal son White Services WALHALLA Services for James Edward White, 54, at 2 p.m. Friday at Davenport Funeral Home by the Revs. Frank Rochester and Ray Barnwell.

Burial in Rocky Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. The family is at the home. Ratiff Services SENECA Services for Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Williams Ratiff, 56, at p.m.

Saturday at Brevard Funeral Home North, Titusville, Fla. Announcement courtesy of Brown's Funeral Home, Seneca. clothes off their backs. The creditors used these garments as cushions upon which they knelt before altars dedicated to the Lord. Even more reprehensible, they took wine in pledge and then drank it while worshipping the Lord.

Amos made plain that merely observing the ceremonials of religion was not following the will of God. Speaking as mouthpiece of the Lord he declared, "I hate, I dispise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies." Nor would the Lord accept burnt offerings upon the altar. RELIGION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE It seem plain that the Israelites were following the form but not the substance of religion. Amos's message, transcends time and place, is that true religion and social justice cannot be separated. Unfortunately, this separation has taken place very often during the Christian era.

And, in one way or another, from the time of Amos down to our own day, it has brought retribution. The thunderous prophecy of doom which Amos pronounced against Israel took place with the capture of the nation by the Assyrians a generation or SO after Amos's death. Western nations have experienced somewhat the same fate in the form of domestic insurrection, revolution, or invasion. Of course, perfect justice is impossible in a world inhabited by imperfect people. Furthermore, many reform movements have degenerated into exploitation even more blatant than what the reformers set out to correct.

Therefore, the Christian as social reformer must always exercise good judgment and balance ends and means. But, in the long run, only through coupling soical justice and worship, as Amos reiterated, can nations "seek the Lord and live." that Jesus told about in Luke He left his home and his father and went into a distant country where he indulged in every pleasure he could find. But the time came when his way of living caught up with him. His money ran out and so did his friends. He was reduced to the worse possible circ*mstances.

He decided the only solution was to return to his father and become a slave of his father. But the father welcomed him and forgave him, and restored him to the position of sonship and honor he had once had. And this is what God does for us, when we turn to Christ in faith and trust. We have rebelled against our heavenly Father and tried to find happiness apart from Him. But there is no lasting joy apart from God.

Only as we return to Him can we know the joy of forgiveness and new life. Give your life to Christ. Let Him come into your life. He will give you a whole new meaning and purpose. Bulletin Board Singing Rocky River Presbyterian Church will hold a special singing program at 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 29. Hope of the World Singers, a group of 15 young singers from Abbeville area churches will present a modern musical concert. Observance Masjid Muhamman is observing Al Ramadan (the month of the fast) now through Aug. 24 from sunrise to sunset each day. Fire Report Anderson City, City No.

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