‘Vintage Christmas’ to parade
through Uptown Greenwood

November 29, 2005

Crowds will gather Sunday in Uptown Greenwood for a favorite Greenwood tradition — the annual Greenwood Christmas Parade.
The parade will begin at the corner of West Cambridge and Montague avenues about 2:30 p.m. and will proceed down Main Street through Uptown Greenwood.
The parade theme selected for 2005 is “A Vintage Christmas.” Parade entrants were encouraged to select a historical period or holiday tradition and design their entry around the chosen theme.
“A Vintage Christmas” was selected because of the numerous renovation projects in the community, including the historic Federal Building in Uptown Greenwood.
Some of the 2005 parade theme adaptations include “Jingle Bell Rock” by Noah’s Ark Preschool, a 1960’s “Hippie Christmas” by the Carolina Employees Credit Union, and the South Carolina Christmas tradition of “Shaggin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Sunny Radio 103.5 FM.
Connie Maxwell Children’s Home will showcase two horse-drawn wagons. One wagon will be led by Clydesdales, while the second will be led by Percherons.
In addition to floats, parade-goers also will be treated to several performing groups and four marching bands from area high schools. As always, Santa Claus will make his presence in Uptown Greenwood during the parade.
Before the parade, the Arts Council of Greenwood County will sponsor a children’s art activity in the courtyard area between the Greenwood Federal Building and the Greenwood Community Theatre.
The activity, taking place from 1-2:30 p.m., will allow children to decorate Christmas ornaments.
The 2005 Parade Grand Marshal is Boykin Curry.
A Greenwood native and local historian, Curry was selected because of his historical impact on the community. Curry graduated from Furman University in 1937 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Following his graduation, he returned to Greenwood and became president and owner of Citizens Trust Co., a position he had until 1977.
Community service positions occupied by this member of the Greenwood County Hall of Fame include president of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, and a trustee of the boards of Furman University, The Lander Foundation Board of Trustees, The Self Family Foundation, Self Memorial Hospital, Greenwood Genetic Center, the Greenwood Heritage Foundation and Greenwood School District 50.
For information about the parade, call Uptown Greenwood at 942-8448 or e-mail uptown@cityofgreenwoodsc.com.

Hope Barrett

WARE SHOALS — Hope Olivia Barrett, infant daughter of Brent Barrett and Jennifer Wells, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 at Medical University of Charleston.
Survivors include her parents of Ware Shoals; maternal grandparents, Candy and Keith Wells of Ware Shoals; paternal grandparents, Danny Barrett of Hodges and Wendy Wetherall of Waterloo; paternal great-grandparents, Frances and Rick DeBaun of Greenwood and Sammy Barrett of Hodges.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Marcus Bishop.
The family is at the home Heather Pilgrim, 29 Forest Lane, Ware Shoals.
Parker-White Funeral Home is in charge.

Clyde Cooper

GREENWOOD — Clyde Thomas Cooper, 80, resident of 109 Morgan Avenue, husband of Alice Mabrey Cooper, died November 27, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Laurens County, April 23, 1925, he was a son of the late George T. and Fannie Brissie Cooper. He was a US Army Veteran of WW II having served in the 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division and retired in 1978 from the Army Reserve with the rank of Master Sergeant. Mr. Cooper was retired from J.P. Stevens-Whitmire Plant.
A member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church and the Tom Bryan Sunday School Class of the church, he was also a former Deacon, Sunday School teacher, Royal Ambassador Leader and Adult Sunday School director of the church. He was also honored by the church as a Life Deacon. Mr. Cooper was also a member of Greenwood Masonic Lodge # 91 A.F.M.
Surviving in addition to his wife of 58 years are a daughter, Candy and husband, Robert Tinsley of Greenwood; grandchildren, Shay Funderburk Twiggs and husband Sammy of Midlothian, VA, Chip Funderburk of Greenwood, Jamison Tinsley of Columbia and Cooper Tinsley of Greenwood; two great-granddaughters, Mabrey Anne and Madison Twiggs.
Mr. Cooper was predeceased by a daughter, Claudia Cooper Kelley and a sister, Ruth Cooper Wrenn. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 pm Wednesday from the Blyth Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leland Scott and Rev. Craig Hughes officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Scooter Brown, Bill Camp, Speed Hall, Bobby Mabry, Brian Saxon, Gene Saxon, Adam Witt and Scott Witt.
Honorary escort will be the Deacons of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church, members of the Tom Bryan and James Bailey Sunday School Classes along with Al Johnson, Dwight Funderburk, Joel Tinsley, Bill Tinsley, Bill Logan, Harold McNeil, Chipper Bagwell, David Eustace, Dr. Joseph Beaudrot, Jimmy Corley, Doug Kelley, Melvin Scott, James Witt, Brian Witt, Randolph Knight, Jerry Horton, Harper Daniel, Charles Schulze, Jerry Mabrey, Dr. Charles West, Bobby Cockrell, Henry Massey, Molton Sanders, Tim Hinton, Jack Bass, Bill Coursey, Marion Medlock, Scottie Scott, Drew Stockman and Chris Tyler.
The body is at Blyth Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 Tuesday evening.
Masonic Rites will be rendered at 7:00 Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
The family is at the home on Morgan Avenue.
Memorials may be made to Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church, 509 Kirksey Drive, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646.
For online condolences please visit www.blythfuneralhome.com.
Blyth Funeral Home And Cremation Services Is Assisting The Cooper Family.
PAID OBITUARY

Brad Davis

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brad Steven Davis, 36, formerly of Greenwood, S.C., died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte.
Born in Nashville, Tenn., he was a son of G. Wendell and Margaret E. Stewart Davis. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and attended Greenville Technical College. He was working in Charlotte as a certified personal trainer.
Survivors include his parents of Greenwood; a brother, Keith Davis of Greenwood; two sisters, Sheila Whisnant of Hartwell, Ga., and Misty Davis of Greenville, S.C.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blyth Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robert Miller. A burial service is in Oakbrook Memorial Park Mausoleum. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park, Greenwood.
Visitation is in Oakbrook Memorial Park Family Center after the burial service.
The family is at the home of his parents, 114 Northgate, Greenwood.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Greenwood, is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

Buddy Dorn

GREENWOOD — George Albert “Buddy” Dorn, 81, of 105 Chestnut Court, widower of Doris Simpson Dorn, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at NHC Healthcare Center.
Born in Edgefield County, he was a son of the late Wilbur Herlong and Ethel Americus Bryant Dorn. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant and was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of New Market Baptist Church, Mathews Lodge #358 AFM and the Greenwood Shrine Club, where he was Past President.
Surviving is a son, Phillip “Ray” Dorn of Greenwood; two sisters, Myrtle Brazeal of Greenwood and Ruth Alley of Donalds; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Dorn Gary and Michelle Dorn Burton, both of Greenwood; three great grandchildren, Caroline Gary, Ethan Burton and Davidson Burton, all of Greenwood.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Stanley Sprouse officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Fred Smith, Wayne Blackburn, Bill Logan, Troy Shealy, Roy Ballard and Douglas Amyx.
Honorary escort will be the members of Mathews Lodge #358 AFM, the Greenwood Shrine Club and Joppa Lodge #387 AFM.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The family is at the home of his son, Ray Dorn, 409 Beechwood Circle, Greenwood.
Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605 or to New Market Baptist Church, 906 Ninety Six Highway, Greenwood, SC 29646.
Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com
PAID OBITUARY

Judge Duncan

Judge Duncan, 83, of 363 Joe Louis Blvd., husband of Thelma Jones Duncan, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Willie and Victoria Griffin Duncan. He was a member of Marshall Chapel Baptist Church, St. Charles Masonic Lodge No. 310, Shriners and College Heights Community Association.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two nieces reared in the home, Celeste Mitchell Jordan of Orlando, Fla., and Emma L. Mayes Kabba of Norristown, Pa.; five grandchildren, two reared in the home, Jalil Jordan and Wynton Jordan; four great-grandchildren.
Services are at noon Thursday at Marshall Chapel Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Carl Wells, assisted by Bishop Emanuel Spearman and the Rev. Henry Smith. The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers are church deacons and nephews.
Flower bearers are church deaconesses and nieces.
Honorary escorts are members of St. Charles Lodges No. 310, Electa Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and Shriners.
Visitation is at the home.
Viewing is 1-8 p.m. Wednesday at Parks Funeral Home.
Parks Funeral Home is in charge.

David Goode Graham

SALUDA — David Goode Graham, 44, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005 at Saluda Nursing Center.
Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late Yammassee Graham and James Abney. He was a member of Lockhart Baptist Church and a 1979 Saluda High School graduate.
Survivors include a sister, Esther Graham Rhode of Johnston and a brother, Onemuis Dean Graham of Saluda.
Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lockhart Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Adams. The body will be placed in the church at 12. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers and flower bearers are friends of the family.
The family is at the home of his sister, Mrs. Johnny (Esther) Rhode, 145 Bates Rhode Drive, Johnston.
Butler & Sons Funeral Home is in charge.

Clara Mae Poole Lane

GREENWOOD, SC — Clara Mae Poole Lane, 79, of Greenwood, formerly of Seven Oaks Lane, Spartanburg, died Sunday, November 27, 2005, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born April 1, 1926, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter D. and Ollie Coggins Poole and the wife of the late Wilbur Dean Lane. A 1947 graduate of Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing, she was a retired Registered Nurse at Spartanburg General Hospital and with private care. She attended Park Hills Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Paula Culbertson and her husband Ray of Greenwood; three sisters, Betty Johnson and her husband Hugh of Hyder Valley, AZ, Marie Murray of Augusta, GA, and Carey Thompson of Spartanburg; three granddaughters, Jean Owens and her husband Keith of Lexington, Kerrie Barbee and her husband John of Roanoke, VA, and Leigh Ann McMinn and her husband Earle of Sarasota, FL; two grandsons, Kevin Dickey and his wife Toni, and Cameron Dickey and his wife Amy, all of Greenwood; and seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ann Zimmerman of Spartanburg; three sisters, Lillian Swofford and Lucille Davis, both of Cowpens, Mrs. P. C. Anthony of Zion Hill; and three brothers, Charles Poole and Luther Poole, both of Spartanburg, and Arthur Poole of Winter Park, FL.
Visitation will be 1-1:45 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel conducted by the Rev. C. Kent Smith. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to River Hills Baptist Church, 5762 Reidville Road, Moore, SC 29369; or to the Alzheimer’s Association, Upstate SC Chapter, 110 South Dean Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302.
An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com
Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel
PAID OBITUARY

Faye F. Mitchell

UNION — Mrs. Faye Farr Mitchell, age 81, of 478 Hawkins Rd., Union, widow of Edward Mitchell, died Monday, Nov. 28, 2005 in Wallace Thomson Hospital after an extended illness.
Mrs. Mitchell was born in Union on March 3, 1924, a daughter of the late J.W. Farr and Bessie Broome Farr. She was a member of the Hebron Baptist Church where she remained active as long as her health permitted. Mrs. Mitchell was retired from Conso Products.
Surviving are a daughter, Patricia M. Lawson and husband Larry of Union; two sons, Vick Mitchell and wife Carol of Union and Roger Mitchell and wife Lois of Greenwood; a sister, Joyce Rector of Union; 6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Mitchell was pre-deceased by a grandson, two sisters and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at Hebron Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Larry Padgett and Rev. Ralph Brown. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral home where the family will receive friends Tuesday night from 7:00 until 9:00 and will be placed in the church at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday to await the hour of service.
The family is at the home, 478 Hawkins Rd., Union.
Memorials may be mde to the Hebron Baptist Church, 143 Hebron Church Rd., Union, S.C. 29379.
The S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home.
(www.holcombefuneralhomes.com)
PAID OBITUARY

Earl Herbert Monroe

NINETY SIX — Earl Herbert Monroe, 56, of 3502 Highway 246 S., died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2005 at the VA Medical Center, Salisbury, N.C.
The family is at the home of a sister Barbara M. Williams, 3502 Highway 246 S.
Parks Funeral Home is in charge.

Arsena Williams Perry

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arsena Williams Perry, 85, widow of James Perry, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005 at Doctor’s Hospital in Washington.
Born in Bradley, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Eddie A. and Christina Harrison Williams. She was member of Turner A.M.E. Church, Hyattsville, Md.
Survivors include a son, Alfred Perry and a sister, Olivia E. Green, both of Washington, D.C.
Services are today at Turner A.M.E. Church, Hyattsville.
The family is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Green, 1756 Lang Place N.E., Washington.
Latney’s Funeral Home, 3831 Georgia Ave. N.W., is in charge.
Announcement courtesy of Parks Funeral Home, Greenwood, S.C.

Rosa Stargel

GREENWOOD – Rosa Leopard Shumate Stargel, 65, of 225 Georgia Avenue, widow of Joe Stargel, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at her home.
Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late Tommie Pitts and Ruby Yeargin Leopard. She received her L.P.N. degree from Lander and retired from Equifax P.M.I. and the Newberry Hospital. She was a member of the Visiting Nurses and First Assembly of God Church.
She was twice married, first to the late Furman Wayne Shumate and was also preceded in death by a son, Furman Stacey Shumate and a grandson, Johnathan Alvin Shumate.
Surviving is a son, Jody Randall Shumate of Greenwood; four stepdaughters, Glenda Stargel, Teresa Pardue and Sandra Dodgen, all of Green-wood and Patricia Sherman of Simpsonville; a granddaughter raised in the home, Kayce Shumate; four sisters, Darlene Roberts and Dollinda Leopard, both of Greenwood, Laverne Gable of Lexington and Pat Joseph of Laurens; two brothers, Tommie Lee Leopard, Sr. of Bradley and Jackie Daniel Leopard of Ridgeville; 12 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Roy Burroughs officiating.
Pallbearers will be Furman Shumate, Ned McCarthy, Joey Pardue, Danny Crawford, Bo Attaway and T. L. Leopard, Jr.
Honorary escort will be Cory Dodgen, Timothy Leopard, Ben Leopard, Russell Covan, Joey Crawford, Allen Sherman, Joe Wooten, Bobby Day and John Ellis Leopard, Jr.
The family will receive friends at Harley Funeral Home on Tuesday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
The family is at the home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com
PAID OBITUARY

Giving in the Bible Belt should surprise no one

November 29, 2005

No one should have been surprised when it was announced by the Catalogue of Philanthropy’s Generosity Index that Bible Belt residents are among the most generous people in the United States. After all, the Bible tells us, in Romans, that “it is better to give than to receive,” and people in the Bible Belt take that to heart.
Of course, the Bible Belt is called that for a reason. For most folks hereabouts, there is no doubt they consider the Bible “the Good Book,” and strive to live by its teachings.
Whether it’s for church work or a hundred other charitable causes, including the United Way, people in Greenwood and the rest of South Carolina join their Bible Belt brethren from all over in demonstrating they truly believe they are their brothers’ keeper when it comes to filling needs.

THE RECENT RELIEF efforts to help hurricane victims left no doubt of that.
Consider, too, the annual United Way drive and all the other organizations that are recipients of the public’s generosity. The benevolent spirit and willingness to share reinforce, year after year, a kind of warmth and caring that makes the quality of life in the Bible Belt integral to the very idea of humanitarianism. It reinforces a well-earned reputation that fits the description.
It’s interesting that so many jokes have been made about Mississippi being last in some things. Yet, it tops the chart in charitable giving. That one positive outweighs all of the negatives put together.

THERE’S NO NEED TO list the stingiest area and states. They know who they are. When the critics talk disparagingly about the Bible Belt, though, they are way off base. The Bible Belt lives and gives when others are in need. Putting the Word into action is what it’s all about, and the people of the Bible Belt take that seriously.
South Carolina is in the top 10 among the most generous states where charitable giving is concerned. That’s a ranking that means something. So many negative lessons are taught to our young by what we sometimes do. This is a positive one. It is better to give than to receive.
Teach that.