‘It’s been an incredible experience’

Friends share last day with The Museum’s outgoing director

July 1, 2005

By SHAVONNE POTTS
Index-Journal staff writer

It was a bittersweet goodbye for co-workers and friends of Lyda Carroll, who officially retired Thursday as executive director of The Museum.
“It’s been an incredible experience. A wonderful opportunity — something I’ll miss,” Carroll said.
She said everyone who’s been associated with The Museum has contributed in some way.
“Any achievements made have been made together,” said Carroll, who was guest of honor at a reception at The Museum.
April Miller has worked with Carroll at The Museum for four years.
“Her presence will definitely be missed. Her mission was public awareness,” Miller said.
Bob Poe, advisory board member, said he thinks Carroll single-handedly saved The Museum.
“She’s made a big difference in Greenwood. She’s brought exhibits here that have made a great cultural contribution to the community,” he said.
Donna Turner has worked with Carroll for the last three years and said it’s been an adventure.
“It’s been fun. I’ve enjoyed it, and it’s been really nice working with her,” Turner said.
Although Dominic Ervolina has worked at The Museum for only about three months, he said it doesn’t change the way he feels about Carroll.
“I love her,” he said, “and I’m going to miss her.”
Carroll began as a volunteer at The Museum where she eventually became an interim director, and for the last seven years she’s been The Museum’s executive director.

Jessie C. Bussey

PLUM BRANCH — Jessie Cartledge Bussey, 93, widow of Pat Bussey Sr., died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood after a sudden illness.
Born in Old Edgefield County, she was a daughter of the late James S. and Adline Key Cartledge. She was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church, where she was mother of the church, a missionary and member of Mount Moriah Lodge Order of the Eastern Star. She was also a member of Mount Moriah and Cedar Spring Burial Aide Societies.
Survivors include three daughters, Jamie Chamberlain of Philadelphia, Pearine Stevens of Edgefield County and Adline Harrison of Oxford, Md.; three sons, James Bussey of Malibu, Md., Otis Bussey of Philadelphia and Pat Bussey Jr. of Plum Branch; a sister, Roxie Martin of Union, N.J.; a brother, Claude Cartledge of North Augusta; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
The family is at the home, 135 Old Augusta Road.
Services will be announced by Walker Funeral Home, McCormick.

Riley W. Cain

Riley William Cain, 77, of 403 Center St., widower of Peggy O’Neil Finley Cain, died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late Willie P. and Lula Dunn Cain. An Army veteran, he retired from Liberty Life Insurance Co. and attended Providence Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Taylor of Greenwood; two sons, Mike Cain of Greenwood and Dennis Cain of Anderson; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Providence Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Revs. John Abrams and Hayes Riddle. The body will be placed in the church at 1. Burial is in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Visitation is 5-6:30 tonight at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, Anderson, and from 1-2 Saturday at the church in Greenwood.
The family is at the home of a son Mike Cain, 135 Oxford Road.
Sullivan-King Mortuary, 3205 N. Highway 81, Anderson, is in charge.

Frank Hart Crenshaw

Frank Hart Crenshaw, 60, of 101 Quince St., husband of Barbara Jones Crenshaw, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at Providence Hospital in Columbia.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late David and Amanda Hart Crenshaw. He served in the Navy and retired as a quality assurance inspector from Grede Foundry. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he was Trustee Board chairman and a member of the Quarter Century Club and Tabernacle All Male Choir. He was also a member of American Legion Post 224 and Promised Land All Male Choir.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Tyron Jones of Florence and Anton Crabb of Greenwood; three daughters, LaShawn Crenshaw and Tonia Stewart, both of Greenwood, Tamiko Jones of Arlington, Texas; two brothers, Wilton Crenshaw and Robert Riley, both of Greenwood; a sister, Pernola Crenshaw Barr of Greenwood; and 13 grandchildren.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Tabernacle Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. William L. Moore, assisted by the Revs. W.A. Pilgrim and James Speed Sr. The body will be placed in the church at 1. Burial with military rites is in The Evening Star.
Pallbearers are church trustees and Frank Brown.
Flower bearers are the women of Brewer High School Class of 1963.
Honorary escorts are American Legion Post 224 members and the men of Brewer High School Class of 1963.
Visitation is Saturday at the home.
Robinson & Son Mortuary Inc. is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at robson@emeraldis.com

Virgil W. Duffie Jr.

COLUMBIA — Virgil Whatley Duffie Jr., of 34 Quinine Hill, died Thursday, June 30, 2005. He was 69.
Born in Greenwood, S.C., he was the son of the late Virgil Whatley and Lorena Ouzts Duffie. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and the University of South Carolina, where he was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for excellence. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1959.
Mr. Duffie served as vice president and trust officer of Bankers Trust and NCNB and served on Gov. Carroll Campbell’s cabinet as the State’s first director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Upon his retirement in 2000, he was presented the Order of the Palmetto, SC’s highest civilian award, by Gov. David Beasley.
Mr. Duffie was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, served as national regent and life director of the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation and was elected to the National Legion of Honor. He also was a lifetime supporter, director and counselor at Palmetto Boys State for more than 25 years.
Mr. Duffie was a member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Forest Lake Club, the St. Andrews Society, the Camellia Ball and the Palmetto Club.
Mr. Duffie was married to the late Mary Hartzog Duffie. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Michael Penland of Columbia; daughter Page Duffie of Columbia; son and daughter-in-law Virgil W. “Chip” and Ashley Brown Duffie of Dallas, TX; brother and sister-in-law Walter Duffie and Tanis Duffie of Camden; and granddaughters Caroline and Anna Penland.
He loved his family, friends, life and travels. He was a great father, grandfather, mentor and friend. He will be sorely missed by all who knew his smile and unmatched wit.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC 29204.
The visitation will be Friday evening from 5:00-7:00 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel.
The family will be at the Penland home at 8 Braddock Point.
PAID OBITUARY

S. Allen King

GREENWOOD, SC – Sumner Allen King of 108 King’s Grant, Greenwood, SC, Professor Emeritus of English at Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, died Thurs-day, June 30, 2005 at his home following a long struggle with emphysema. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Tapson King of the home; sisters, Mary Louise Coleman of Greensboro, GA and Claudia Luckey of Perry, GA; a nephew, William Coleman of White Plains, GA and three nieces, Beth Loyd of Waxa-hachie, TX, Barbara Stanley of Perry, GA and Nancy Luckey of Savannah, GA. He was the son of the late Claude Grant and Sumner Allen King.
He was born September 1, 1922, in White Plains, GA. After graduating from Greens-boro (GA) High School, he attended North Georgia College before serving in the US Army Air Force during World War II. He then attended the University of Georgia, where he received a B.S. in Chemistry and an M.A. in English. He also did post-graduate work at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, took a six-week course in British Novel at Exeter College, Oxford University, England, and attended the Yeats Summer School in Sligo, Ireland, and twice attended the Faulkner Conference in Oxford, MS.
He taught at Pine Street School in Spartanburg, SC for one year and then taught at Darlington School, Rome, GA for seven years. From 1959 to 1985 he taught English at Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC. His excellence in teaching was recognized by the Alumni Service Award, the Distin-guished Teaching Award, having the Year Book dedicated to him twice, and having a scholarship established in his honor. He also taught courses in English literature at Lander University and Piedmont Technical College.
Upon his retirement from Presbyterian College, his twenty-six years of dedicated service in the classroom, on numerous committees, on the Academic Affairs Council, and as a Faculty Secretary, was recognized as follows by his colleagues: “Mr. King, through his teaching, has inspired in generations of students an appreciation for world and modern literature and especially the works of William Faulkner, through his efforts to bring contemporary writers to the campus has made literature vital for the college community, through his scholarship has provided the English Depart-ment with its Handbook of Grammar and Usage, through his unrelenting commitment to high moral and intellectual standards and his sometimes biting wit has stimulated the effort to achieve excellence at Presbyterian College, through his enduring friendships with students long after they have left the campus has strengthened relationships between the college and its alumni, and through his service on the Minority Concerns Committee, his work with the homeless and indigent, and his advocacy of human rights has afforded both students and fellow faculty members a high standard of social commitment.”
Allen traveled widely with many visits to England and France, also Estonia, Russia, Malta, Mexico, Canada and Martinique. For a number of years, he worked as a volunteer at the Soup Kitchen and at a homeless shelter in Atlanta. He also served on the advisory board of the Upper Savannah Health District.
There will be no visitation and the burial will be private.
Instead of flowers, the family requests memorials to be sent to The S. Allen King Scholarship Fund, Presbyterian College, PO Box 975, Clinton, SC 29325.
Harley Funeral Home of Greenwood, SC is in charge of arrangements.
PAID OBITUARY

Ruth B. Knox

SPARTANBURG, SC – Ruth Burgess Knox, of 206 Wildwood Street, died Wednes-day, June 29, 2005, at White Oak Estates. A native of Pacolet, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Martin and Sarah George Burgess and the wife of the late Lamar Knox. She was a graduate of Pacolet High School and a former owner and operator of Wayside Gardens. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class.
Survivors include a son, David Lamar Knox and his wife Mildred of Spartanburg; a daughter, Nancy Anne Knox of Spartanburg; three grandchil-dren, Dr. Christopher Knox of Greenwood, Kelly Knox Roper and her husband Matt of Spartanburg, and Jeremy Knox of Spartanburg; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2005, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. David M. Blanton and the Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Garrett, Jr. The family will receive friends following the service at the graveside.
Memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, 316 South Church Street, Spartan-burg, SC 29306.
The family is at their respective homes.
An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com
Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel
PAID OBITUARY

Lavonia McCurry

April 11, 1916 - June 30, 2005
PIEDMONT – Lavonia Smith Dill McCurry, 89, of 144 Golden Grove Circle, wife of Everett Hundley McCurry of Riverside Nursing Center, died Thursday, June 30, 2005.
Born in Oglethorpe County, GA, she was a daughter of the late James Calvin and Elna Decy McCannon Smith. She was twice married, first to the late Jacob Rosell Dill, retired from the Greenville Hospital System, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Abbeville.
Surviving are daughters, Sylvia D. Brown, widow of the Rev. Alton Brown, and Deborah D. and Terry Nichols, all of Piedmont, Nancy D. and Tommy Batson of Greer; sons, Maxie J. and Frankie Dill, Jacob Benny and Pauline Dill, all of Green-ville, Johnny Lee and Donna Dill of Taylors; nephew reared in the home, Tony Pannell and his wife Pat of Easley; sister, Mildred Smith Ford of Beech Grove, TN; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by a son, John Calvin Dill; and eight brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be 3 pm Saturday at Gray Mortuary Chapel, Pelzer. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery in Greenville.
The family is at the home and will receive friends 1-3 pm Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621, Life Church of Pied-mont, P. O. Box 371, Piedmont, SC 29673, or to the First Baptist Church of Abbeville, P. O. Box 825, Abbeville, SC 29620.
Gray Mortuary, Pelzer is in charge of funeral arrangements.
PAID OBITUARY

Roosevelt Smith

DONALDS — Roosevelt Smith, 71, of 17 Smith St., died Thursday, June 30, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.
The family is at the home. Services will be announced by Robinson-Walker Funeral Service, Ware Shoals.

Pair of titles for Emerald City

Jordan Poznick wins singles title, while Snead and West claim
doubles at Junior Hardcourt Championship in Columbia

July 1, 2005

By MICHAEL STONE
Index-Journal sports editor

Three players from Greenwood won titles Thursday at the 2005 Wachovia Junior Hardcourt Championship in Columbia.
Jordan Poznick won the boys 14 singles title, while Jack West and Edward Snead teamed to win the boys 14 doubles title.
Poznick, who was the No. 1 seed in his division, breezed through the tourney, beating Matthew Canelon of Florence, 6-0, 6-1 in the finals.
Snead and West defeated Greenville’s Connor Evin and John Keith, 8-5, in the doubles title match.
Poznick, who finished second in the same division at the Palmetto Championships in Belton, said he entered the championship with the title in mind.
“The only reason I played this tournament was with the intention of winning it,” Poznick said. “If I wouldn’t have won it, I would have been really upset.”
Poznick said he needed a good showing to secure one of the top three Davis Cup spots in South Carolina. He entered the tourney ranked second in the state in his age group.
The Davis Cup Tournament, in September in Chattanooga, features the top three players in several age groups from nine southern states.
“They pick the players in July, and I want to play in that tournament,” Poznick said. “Number three was 150 points behind me (before the hardcourt tournament), so I’m pretty confident I’m still in the top three.”
West, who also played singles, said he and Snead were proud to bring a title back to Greenwood.
“We’ve played for two years together, so we’re a good doubles team,” West said.
“It’s a major accomplishment for a Greenwood team to win a state tournament.
“I’m lucky to have a such good partner.”
West said he also had a hand in Poznick winning the singles title.
West and his family stayed in Columbia during the tournament, and Poznick stayed with him for two days.
“I think (Poznick) staying with us helped him win,” West joked.
Snead said the pair was pretty confident going into today’s final.
“We played good and pretty much we just had to stay on the offense,” Snead said. “Jack stepped up the big points.”
West said the win provided a big boost of confidence after he struggled in a couple of recent events.
“I had a good tournament considering the past two tournaments,” West said. “In those two, I didn’t play to my full potential.”
Poznick and West will start another tournament Saturday in Hendersonville, N.C.
Poznick will be the No. 1 seed in boys 14, with West the No. 2 seed.
Snead said his next tournament is the State Clay Court Championships in Greenville.

What makes us different from the people of Iraq?

July 1, 2005

In a speech at Fort Bragg, President Bush asked the American people to be patient with the war against terrorism and the insurgents in Iraq. Earlier, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said it might take 12 more years of fighting those insurgents.
Needless to say, that brought exclamations of concern from those who want Mr. Bush to set a withdrawal date, and that included some South Carolinians who remain disillusioned over the war.
The president refuses to say when U. S. forces will withdraw, and that’s the way it should be. Tell them when we’re going to get out and they’ll automatically wait us out.

IRAQ IS PUZZLING TO most Americans, though. In this country there are American citizens from every nation on earth, representing every nationality, ethnic background, religion, race and everything else that makes us what we are. Because we are what we are, we stay united. We argue and disagree over issues, of course. But we still are one people.
On the other hand, there are, by and large, only Iraqis and Kurds and one religion: Islam. That religion is divided into two branches, Sunni and Shiite.
Does anyone wonder why we have what we have and Sunnis and Shiites can’t get along? Does anyone doubt that it is our freedom to make our own decisions and freely elect those who represent us with all government business? And, they include school boards, city and county councils, state and federal government executives and legislators, sheriffs, coroners, adjutants and all of the other public servants who hold office at our pleasure.

COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, few people around the world have the extensive freedom that we enjoy from cradle to grave. They can’t understand us sometimes, and that’s not surprising. They don’t have any real frame of reference to enable them to compare. We do, and it isn’t all that difficult for us to see where people are being treated badly.
The whole thing, of course, especially our abundance of everything, is sure to create envy among those who have not. Human nature being what it is, it’s not a wide divide between envy and hate ….. and we, of course, are on the end of both of those emotions.
Mr. Bush believes the way to change that is to help others get at least part of what we have. He’s right. If we don’t, the envy will continue and, unfortunately, so will the hatred.