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Robbery suspect caught

Busy city thoroughfare blocked during response and search

January 14, 2006

By VIC MacDONALD, MEGAN VARNER and JOANIE BAKER
Of The Index-Journal staff

A lone robber picked the wrong day to try his luck at holding up a credit union in Greenwood.
Within minutes of a Friday the 13th alarm, the State Credit Union, at 1000 Montague Ave., was swarmed by law officers, most of whom had their handguns, shotguns and automatic weapons drawn.
Unsure if the robbery suspect was still inside the credit union, and if he was holding employees hostage, a negotiator, shielded by the drive-through ATM, used a bullhorn to call to the drive-up window for anyone inside to pick up the telephone.
Getting no response, SWAT officers cautiously walked past the large windows, around the corner of the building and in through the front door.
The suspect had left, but was seen later at a fast-food and ice cream restaurant where he apparently had tried to stash incriminating evidence. He was arrested without incident, and no one was injured during the robbery and search for the suspect in the busy commercial area.
“The real heroes,” said Sheriff Dan Wideman, “are the women in the bank — what they did and how they responded. And the restaurant clerk and how observant that employee was.”
Wideman said the credit union employees quickly set off an alarm and barricaded themselves safely in a break room. Hope Peel, a teller who was not at work at the credit union at the time of the robbery, said Friday night that she had talked to the two tellers and a manager and “everybody is okay.”
Authorities arrested and charged Lannell Dyches, 34, of 106 Leisure Lane, Spartanburg. He is in The Greenwood County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing on charges of armed robbery, felon in possession of a handgun and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Federal charges might be filed next week after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, authorities said.
Authorities did not disclose the amount of money taken. Investigators went to Spartanburg Friday night to follow leads on the location of the money and weapon.
At the Dairy Queen, on her 47th birthday, store Manager Claudia Harrison got more than just a little surprise.
And minutes after officers left her restaurant, her shaking hand snuffed out her 10th cigarette.
“My nerves are tore. I’m just shaking inside,” said Harrison, who normally takes two days to smoke a pack of cigarettes. “I always watched my customers. Being in this business, it’s always good to be a little suspicious with your customers.”
Harrison said she thought the man who came into her restaurant Friday afternoon wearing a black coat and a gray sweater was just a regular customer who looked suspicious.
“He got a glass of water and sat in the booth and stared up at the road,” Harrison said. “When the law blocked the road, he kept chanting for us to go up and see what was going on.”
As the two other employees on duty walked outside to talk to the police in the parking lot, Harrison said she looked out the back door with her back to him, not wanting to leave customers in the store alone.
She said the man had asked her for an application and seemed too nervous to fill it out and kept pacing the floor, then going into the bathroom.
“He kept asking questions about are we busy, are we always this slow,” Harrison said. “He kept saying how stupid people are driving outside, going into the scene.”
Harrison said that when the man went outside without his coat, she started to look around but couldn’t find it. When Harrison went into the bathroom to look, she said she saw “some black stuff all folded up,” and found the coat, facemask and a pair of gloves stuffed under the sink behind the toilet. Employees later told her that the man had been put into a law officer’s car.
Harrison said the restaurant was then put on lockdown, and the other customers — a mother and son and an elderly man — were told they could leave in an orderly fashion.
“I just keep thinking, ‘God, what if we would have just ignored it and went on with our day. What would he have done to us?’ He could have robbed us. There was only three of us here,” she said. “I’m just grateful I could walk out and talk to the police. We’re just innocent bystanders. We’re just trying to help them.”
Harrison, who has worked at the Dairy Queen restaurant for 10 years, said the restaurant has never been robbed. She said the event has not made her more suspicious of people, but she’ll continue to always be on the lookout.
Store owner John Gillespie said he was grateful no one was hurt.
“Even when you’re running from the law,” he quipped, “there’s still time to stop for a good Dairy Queen treat.” Officials at Greenwood School District 50 were notified of the incident about 1:45 p.m., and administration at two schools in the area where the suspect was thought to have fled were told to take action immediately, said Robert McClinton, assistant superintendent for administration.
Within minutes, Northside Middle School had been put into lockdown mode, and Merrywood Elementary was put on alert.
When a school goes into lockdown mode, it means all buildings are locked to prevent anyone from entering, and students must remain in their classrooms until the order is lifted, McClinton said. Students are not allowed outside the building.
At Northside, Assistant Principal Mike Hudson said parents started arriving early, apparently having heard about the credit union robbery on police scanners. He relayed the names of students to be picked up into the school via walkie-talkie, and some students left. Hudson explained the lockdown circumstances to people in their vehicles.
“On the advice of our district office officials and law enforcement handling the situation with the armed robbery, we went to a lockdown situation until it was safe to move students,” he said. “In this technological age, the message got out. We had parents call the school. Some had heard it on their scanners. We went with and did our policies.”
Some students relayed the information about the lockdown to their waiting parents when the general school departure with car riders and school buses began without a delay.
An alert, such as the one issued Friday, means all faculty and staff are notified of a possible incident. Though the building is not locked down, students are monitored closely and are escorted by faculty during any movement outside the classroom.
Students outside for recess at Merrywood were brought in early when officials learned of the possible threat to their safety. At dismissal time, extra staff was made available to escort students to buses and cars. Parents picking their children up were informed of the situation and rerouted, being told to avoid the S.C. 72 Bypass. The lockdown and alert procedures are used in situations in which students’ safety might be threatened, McClinton said.
“We knew where every child was,” said McClinton, who went to the Merrywood campus after the district received the initial call from law enforcement. “The procedures worked very well and the faculty and staff handled the situation with a calm demeanor. They are to be commended.”
McClinton said the lockdown order was lifted at Northside shortly after 3 p.m. when officials with the sheriff’s office notified the school that “everything was clear.”
While the suspect was still at-large, officers rode in their vehicles along Laurel Avenue and other areas near Northside Middle and Merrywood Elementary, keeping lookout for a suspicious person.
And there were plenty of other “eyewitnesses” to the drama unfolding at the Montague Avenue location. Greenwood Police blocked the busy road from near the Dixie Drive-In to the S.C. 72 Bypass.
People in the Dixie knew something was happening when sheriff’s office, police and highway patrol vehicles zoomed up Montague to converge on the scene. Soon, word got out that a nearby credit union had been robbed.
People came out of neighboring restaurants and other businesses to watch the lawmen at work, and some people videotaped the scene. Once traffic was allowed to flow again along Montague, people coming to the traffic light at the 72 Bypass were calling out, “What happened?”
Three employees gave the robbery suspect money, a sheriff’s office statement said, and then barricaded themselves in a break room. The first reports were that the suspect was still on the scene when deputies arrived about three to four minutes after the alarm, the statement said.
The statement said the sheriff’s office Bloodhound Tracking Team traced the suspect’s movements from the credit union, and that tracking led investigators to interview Dyches, who was standing in a crowd.
They detained Dyches and took him to the sheriff’s office for an interview. About 30 minutes later, he confessed, the statement said, and agreed to assist investigators in finding the money and weapon.
The statement said that shortly after arriving back at the scene to conduct that search, Dyches changed his mind. He recanted, the statement said.
The credit union and the Dairy Queen are in the county’s jurisdiction, but Wideman said the quick capture of the suspect resulted from a coordinated response of local law enforcement. The sheriff’s office statement said officers on the scene were sheriff’s office deputies, investigators and SWAT members, troopers from the S.C. Highway Patrol, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Greenwood Police.
Eighth Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace also was on the scene because he and Wideman were eating lunch at Capri’s Italian when the robbery alarm call came in to dispatch.
“For the second time in just over three months, our deputies have arrested a bank robber within minutes of his crime,” Wideman said. “Hopefully, the message will eventually get out that this sort of thing just doesn’t work out that well for these folks.”

Staff Writer Jackie R. Broach contributed to this article.

Balanced GHS girls defeat Wren

Four Lady Eagles score in double figures in Region I-AAAA win

January 14, 2006

By RON COX
Index-Journal sports writer

Getting four players in double figures, the Greenwood High School girls basketball team improved to 2-0 in Region I-AAAA play with a 55-42 win over Wren Friday night at home.
Senior guard Ashly Chandler led the Lady Eagles (8-5 overall, 2-0 region) with 16 points and eight rebounds. Freshman Syteria Robinson and Vijya Corbett had 14 and 11 points, respectively, while junior Jacena Thompson pitched in a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds.
“We all look for each other on the court,” Chandler said of playing alongside Corbett, Thompson and Robinson. “We practice really good together, and it’s showing on the court.”
The quartet, all starters, scored all but two of Greenwood’s 55 points in the win over the Lady Hurricanes, who were in their third game without standout Brooke Kotcella. The College of Charleston signee tore multiple ligaments in her right knee in a game Jan. 5.
“When you’ve got four or five scoring in double figures, you’re going to be OK,” Greenwood coach Susan Thompson said. “We’re going to continue to work to get (center) Brantley (Sacoco) and (backup center) Keisha (Simpson) going inside. But it’s hard to complain when you get that kind of scoring.”
Possessing a tenuous six-point halftime lead, the Lady Eagles opened the second half with a 9-0 run, getting scoring from three different players. Robinson led the attack with five of her eight second-half points during the stretch. Thompson’s putback with 5 minutes, 45 seconds left in the quarter put Greenwood comfortably ahead at 36-21. It was the Lady Eagles’ largest lead of the game.
Maureen Kotcella, one of the Kotcella triplets (one sister doesn’t play basketball), ended the Greenwood run and the Wren drought, which lasted 3:17, with a left-handed layup.
Simpson dropped in a putback with 47 seconds left in the third to put the Lady Eagles up 43-28.
It was the first and only points scored by someone other than Greenwood’s Big 4.
The Lady Eagles were able to maintain a double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the game, with Corbett and Chandler combining to score 10 of the 12 fourth-quarter points.
“It’s just so exciting to see the way the girls are playing right now,” Thompson said. “They don’t give up. They work hard. I can’t say enough about them.”
Robinson gave the Lady Eagles their largest lead of the first quarter by with her putback on a fastbreak miss, giving Greenwood a 12-6 lead with 2:29 left in the period.
Wren responded almost immediately after Ashley Holliday came off the Lady Hurricanes bench onto the floor. The Wren freshman drilled a pair of 3-pointers in the final two minutes of the quarter to tie the game at 12.
Holliday’s 3-ball to open the second quarter gave Wren its first lead of the contest, 15-12.
But that lead didn’t last long. Greenwood quickly reclaimed the advantage with a pair of free throws from Chandler and a three-point play from Corbett.
After Greenwood forced a Wren turnover, Corbett took Chandler’s out-of-bound pass and, in the same motion, released a layup, while being fouled by Kotcella.
Corbett sank the free throw to put the Lady Eagles up 17-15.
Holliday tied the game with a driving layup on Wren’s ensuing possession. The Lady Hurricanes again knotted the score at 21, but Greenwood never relinquished the lead.
The Lady Eagles closed out the half with a 6-0 run behind two baskets from Thompson and one from Corbett to take a 27-21 lead into the break.

Balanced GHS girls defeat Wren

Four Lady Eagles score in double figures in Region I-AAAA win

January 14, 2006

Opinion

Observations ...
... and other reflections

January 14, 2006

It’s strange to call the Senate Judiciary Committee inspection of Judge Samuel Alito’s qualifications to be seated as a justice of the U. S. Supreme Court “hearings.” There’s so much posturing and pontification by the members, how can they be expected to “hear” anything when they’re chattering away?
Furthermore, the “questions” they ask don’t come out as questions at all. They are merely accusations.
How do we continue to get good jurists under such character-bashing exercises?

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The South Carolina Legislature appears determined to “reform” property taxes this year. What ultimately comes out is anybody’s guess, to be sure, and no matter what they do, chances are the cure could be worse than the disease.
Taxes are necessary, of course. However, to paraphrase President Grover Cleveland, when government takes more than is necessary to reasonably get the job done, and in the process hit the taxpayers unfairly, is that really fair or reform?
The South Carolina tax system is a hodgepodge, with years of layers piled on one another at every level of taxation. Isn’t it past time for a comprehensive analysis of the system? Why keep patching?

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There’s no better indication of how easily we get hooked on cradle-to-grave government largesse (make that handouts) than Medicaid. It feeds on itself and just keeps growing. In South Carolina lawmakers already are faced with controversy over the issue.
Some want to keep Medicaid coverage where it now is. That’s fine, but if that and routine growth continues, somewhere along the way the cost will become so great it’s likely to create unbelievable problems for everyone. The way it looks, we can do whatever is necessary to make sure Medicaid costs won’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg, or see socialized medicine take more giant leaps toward bankruptcy.
But, then, some believe that ol’ goose will go on forever, no matter what.
It won’t! The taxpayers who ultimately pay the bill will rebel ….. or join the crowd and add to the problem.

Obituaries

Phil Brady

Phillip Freeman “Brady” Brady, 55, of 106 Cedar Court, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 at his home.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of Charles R. and Patricia Ann Burnett Brady. He attended Independence High School in Charlotte, N.C., was employed in custom auto styling and was formerly employed by Rudy’s Enterprises. He was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include his parents of the home and a sister, Connie Brady Doby of Charlotte.
Graveside services are 2 p.m. Saturday in Oakbrook Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Todd Johnson.
Pallbearers are Jimmy Sligh, David Keith Barbour, Kenny Carlisle, Ernest Harris, Charles Harris, Tommy Moony and Ricky Carlisle.
Visitation is in Oakbrook Memorial Park Family Center after the services.
The family is at the home.B Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

Lilian Moller Brock

VICKSBURG, Miss. — Lilian Moller Brock, 99, daughter of the late Algernon Wallner and Annie Woodward Moller, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 at Rivers Regional Medical Center in Vicksburg.
Survivors include two sons, Carl M. Brock of Greenwood, S.C., and Bradley L. Brock of Vicksburg; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Riles Funeral Home, 5000 Indiana Ave., is in charge.

Ulyses “Buchum” Graham

Ulyses “Buchum” Graham, 73, of 414-A Greene St., Apt 3, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 at the Hospice House.
Born in Saluda County, he was a son of the late Thomas and Wilma Scurry Graham. He was a deacon and member of Lockhart Baptist Church and also attended Dunns Creek Baptist Church. He was a farm attendant for Dr. Walter Bishop, a cook at Workman’s Restaurant and an Army veteran.
Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Graham of Greenwood; four brothers, George Graham of Philadelphia, Charles Graham of Cleveland, Ohio, Gerald Graham of Edgefield, John H. Graham of Johnston; four sisters, Gladys G. Hill and Shirley G. Watts of Greenwood, Cora Bell Chinn of Edgefield and Annie R. Culbreath of Atlanta; and a grandchild.
The family is at the home of a sister, Mrs. Jimmy Lee (Shirley) Watts, 124 Watson St.
Services will be announced by Butler and Sons Funeral Home, Saluda.

Fred Stewart Hill, Jr.

ATLANTA, GA – Fred Stewart Hill, Jr., age 89, died Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 8:40 PM at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The body was cremated.
He graduated from Boy’s High, Atlanta, Georgia in 1934; the forerunner of Georgia State University in 1941; and from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University in 1953.
A World War II veteran, he served in England, France, Germany and Austria. His career with Trust Company Bank, now SunTrust Bank, spanned over 45 years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.
He was predeceased by his sister, Becky (Alice Rebecca Hill Kelly) in 2001 and is survived by his brother, Harry; sister-in-law, Polly; brother, Perrin; 3 nieces; 6 nephews; and 5 godchildren.
Services will be graveside with inurnment in the family plot at historic Long Cane Cemetery in Abbeville, South Carolina Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 1:00PM.
Remembrances in lieu of flowers may be sent to The Fred Stewart Hill Scholarship, Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia 30149.
HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, Abbeville is assisting the Hill family.
PAID OBITUARY

Cleve Holmes

GREENWOOD – Cleve Wallace Holmes, 80, resident of 111 Hagood Road, husband of Ruby Lorraine Smith Holmes, died January 12, 2006 at the Hospice House.
Born in Walhalla, March 3, 1925, he was a son of the late Otto Queen and Vera Waters Holmes. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II earning the rank of Sergeant and served in Company C of the 169th Infantry Regiment 43rd Division and was the recipient of a Bronze Star. Mr. Holmes retired from Dow BASF after 25 years of service.
Mr. Holmes was a member of Coronaca Baptist Church where he was a member of the Clay Grant Men’s Sunday School Class, a former Deacon and was recently made Deacon Emeritus.
Surviving in addition to his wife of 60 years are two sons, Gregory W. Holmes of Greenville; and Dr. Steven Larry and wife Billie Alexander Holmes of Greenwood; a brother, Chester H. and wife Esther Holmes of Greenville and a sister, Ruth Holmes Chastain of Walhalla; five grandchildren, Leah Holmes Tjemsland and husband Kristian Tjemsland, Anna Elizabeth Holmes, Steven Wallace Holmes, Joshua Vincent Holmes and Caleb Kenneth Holmes, all of Greenwood.
Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 PM Sunday at Coronaca Baptist Church with Rev. David Tester and Dr. Chester H. Holmes, Jr. officiating.
Entombment with military honors will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Steven Holmes, Mike Holmes, Kristian Tjemsland, Joshua Williams, David Williams, Brian Holmes and Brad Chastain.
Honorary escort will be members of the Clay Grant Men’s Sunday School Class and Deacons of Coronaca Baptist Church. The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2:00 PM Sunday.
The family is at the home of Dr. Larry and Billie Holmes, 925 Woodlawn Road, and will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 Saturday evening.
Memorials may be made to Coronaca Baptist Church, 300 Highway 246 N., Greenwood, SC 29649, Hospice Care of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to Philippine Missions, c/o Calvary Chapel Baptist Church, 2024 Woodlawn Road, Greenwood, SC 29649.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.blythfuneralhome.com
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is assisting the Holmes family.
PAID OBITUARY

Eric Patterson

McCORMICK — Eric Patterson, 45, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 at Hilton Head Island after a sudden illness.
Born in McCormick, he was a son of the late Dorothy Patterson and James T. Freeman. He attended McCormick schools, was a concrete finisher and was of the Protestant faith.
Survivors include a daughter, Erica; a sister, Betty W. Harper of McCormick; four brothers, Allen Patterson, David Patterson, Ray Patterson and James E. Patterson; eight half sisters, Bonnie Strickland, Ojetta Bland, Luedella Moton, Roberta Harrison, Sandra Milton, Effie Linda Hill, Janice P. Lyons and Marie Williams; three half brothers, James P. Freeman, Willie R. Freeman and Charles Freeman; an uncle with whom he lived, Thomas Patterson of McCormick.
The family is at the home of his uncle, Thomas Patterson, Mine Street and a brother Willie Freeman, 600 Bryant St.
Services will be announced by Walker Funeral Home.

Ralph Ridlehoover

PLUMBRANCH – Ralph E. Ridlehoover, 82, of 1360 SC Highway 283, Plum Branch, husband of Hortense Cartledge Ridlehoover, died Thursday, January 12, 2006 at the Hospice House in Greenwood.
Born in Plum Branch, he was a son of the late Luther W. and Mary Sue White Ridlehoover. He was a retired rural mail carrier and was a cattle farmer. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the South Pacific. He was a member of Plum Branch Baptist Church.
Surviving is his wife of 63 years; two daughters and sons-in-law, Annette R. and Elzy Jones of Plum Branch and Betsy R. and Gerald Robinson of Ninety Six; grandchildren, Chad Jones and his wife, Brandy, Leeanne Hodges and her husband, Jason, Dawn Robinson, Debra Robinson, Doug Robinson and his wife, Sharen, and Diana Robinson; great grandchildren, Natalie Jones and Maggie Jones; and three brothers, Walter Carlton Ridlehoover of Groveland, FL, L. Nathan Ridlehoover of Wendell, NC and Robert Evan Ridlehoover of Modoc.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Plum Branch Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Chuck Sprouse and the Rev. Darrell Engle officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church social hall.
The family members are at their respective homes in Plum Branch and Ninety Six.
Memorials may be made to Hospice House, HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to the Plum Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 150, Plum Branch, SC 29845.
Harley Funeral Home & Crematory of Greenwood is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com.
PAID OBITUARY

Dennis Rucker

Services for Dennis Mark Rucker are 2 p.m. Sunday at Springfield Baptist Church, Laurens Highway, with the Rev. Andy Young officiating and the Rev. Jerry Brown presiding. Assisting are the Revs. Patrick Carter, Kimberly Martin and Ned Anderson. The body will be placed in the church at 1. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers are brothers-in-law.
Flower bearers are sisters-in-law.
Honorary escorts are members of the church Trustee Board.
The family is at the home, 202 Melody Lane.
Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge.

Billy Smith

Robert William “Billy” Smith, 83, of 1228 Mathis Road, husband of Claire Hinton Smith, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 at Self Regional Medical Center.
Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late James Monroe and Margaret Rebecca Gallman Smith, He was a graduate of Greenwood High School, an Air Force pilot during World War II and retired from Aldrich Machine Works. A member of Tranquil United Methodist Church and the Brockwell-Clark Sunday School Class, he was also a member of American Legion Post 20.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Gail S. Moore of Conway and Connie S. Griggs of Dothan, Ala.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Blyth Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Melvin Arant. Burial is in Oakbrook Memorial Park.
Pallbearers are Scott Griggs, Smith Griggs, Frank Thompson, Friar Thompson, Dennis Covington, Robert Boger, Jim Smith and Ben Simmons.
Honorary escorts are members of Brockwell-Clark Sunday School Class, along with Giles and Annie Daniel, Buck and Gladys Lawson, T.P. and Sara Callison, Gene and Elsie Spears, Carl May, Marvin Byrd, Jack Thompson, Hazel Simmons, Tom Ates, Allen Laughlin, Marvin Lewis and Ray Davenport.
Visitation is 2-3 Sunday at the funeral home.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to Tranquil United Methodist Church Building Fund, 1702 McCormick Highway, Greenwood, SC 29646 or a charity of one’s choice.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

Gary Vaughn

Gary Vaughn, 69, of 128 Cherokee Drive, widower of Joyce Graham Vaughn, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 at his home.
Born in Charlotte, N.C., he was a son of the late Major and Ruby Brock Vaughn. He was a graduate of Newberry High School and received a bachelor of arts degree in math from Newberry College and a master’s degree from Appalachian State University. A Navy veteran, he was a retired industrial electronics instructor from Piedmont Technical College. He was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, the Fellowship Sunday School Class, the church council and taught the Disciple Bible Study Class.
Survivors include a daughter, Denise Vaughn-Huget, with whom he made his home; a son, Neal Vaughn of Greenville; three sisters, Bonnie Perry of Chicago, Judy Vaughn of Rocky Hill, Conn., and Armenia Makison of Anderson; two brothers, Jim Vaughn of Inkom, Idaho and Bill Vaughn of Newberry; a grandson.
Memorial services are 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at St. Mark United Methodist Church, conducted by the Revs. Jim Johnston and Kym Thompson. Burial is in Graham Cemetery, Newberry.
Memorials may be made to Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assistance Fund, Self Regional Foundation, 1325 Spring St., Greenwood, SC 29646.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is in charge.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com

John Henry Williams

John Henry Williams, 45, of 614 Hall Ave., died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 at his home.
Born in Edgefield, he was a son of James P. Williams and Helen Brown Williams Johnson. He was of the Baptist faith and an employee of Spearman Janitorial Services.
Survivors include his mother of the home; his father of Brooklyn; a half brother, Michael Brunson of Georgia; three sisters, Catheryn Patricia Williams, Doris W. Jones and Janie E. Williams, all of Greenwood.
The family is at the home.
Services will be announced by Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home.

Correction

For the obituary of Brad Masterson in Friday’s paper, there were errors in survivors’ names given to The Index-Journal. Survivors include a son Jay P. Masterson, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Scott (Sonia) Masterson and a grandchild Julie Masterson.
Additional pallbearers are Chris Hammett and Ed Valkenburg.