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Wednesday, January 31, 1990 5C DEATHS fthfCnTfiunllfNftPS 3 13 1 0 Continued died Jan. 30, 1990, at Cannon Memorial Hospital following a short percent this year because of its addition of more than 175 baseball telecasts for the upcoming season, Mellon said. On Greenville TeleCable, the Comedy Channel will run on channel 31; AMCVH-1 on channel 27; CNBC on channel. 34; CMTV on channel 35; C-SPAN on channel 36 and Movietimelocal origination programming on channel 4. I Wriy Continued from Page 1 Schools Continued from Page 1C as new facilities and good programs." The proposal that has been supported by the school board would create one high school, convert Greer and Riverside into middle schools, renovate Greer Middle into a large elementary school and close three aging elementary schools.

Greenville County Republican Party Chairman Joey Hudson told opponents that a plan the board considered in 1986 could achieve many of the same things for $16 million less. Before it was revised by school trustees, he said the original plan would expand Riverside High School slightly, switch the campuses of Greer High and Greer Middle and build a $4 million elementary school. School officials have said the plan was changed to create five new or completely renovated schools while only constructing one new building, the consolidated high school. Support group member Dennis Hennett said the current proposal offers the entire Greer area the chance to gain one of the best high schools in the state. vous department officials decided to bar reporters from viewing the records.

However, Mcintosh said he never told White not to let reporters see the material, even though federal investigators aren't expected to examine the records until next week. In midafternoon, the department again reversed its decision Pets. Continued cil members on this pass, he said. For example, continuous barking is now prohibited only in platted suburban subdivisions. This had been a point of contention in the last ordinance, which mum Surviving are his wife, Elma M.

Trammell Watkins of the home; and a son, James M. Watkins of Jacksonville, Fla. Graveside services, with Masonic Rites, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Westview Memorial Park, Laurens. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday at the home of Cora Pitts, Route 3, Laurens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shrine Hospital in Ogden, Utah. Gray Funeral Home, Laurens. Elma D. Williams HENDERSON, N.C.

Elma Dunn Williams, 88, formerly of Honea Path, died Jan. 29, 1990, at Pine Haven Convalescent Center following an extended period of declining health. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Honea Path. She attended Greenville Women's College and received her A.B. degree from Anderson College.

Surviving is her daughter, Mrs. William B. (Louise) Dennis of Henderson, N.C. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Thursday in Eastview Cemetery.

Visitation: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Pruitt Funeral Home, Honea Path. The family is at the home of Nell Monroe, Central Avenue, Honea Path. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, Box 43, Honea Path, S.C. 29654.

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weekdays and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays. and allowed reporters into the room containing the three-deep piles of boxes that housed hundreds of files. It was virtually impossible to determine anything from an hourlong examination of the records, other than that building roads and highways requires an enormous amount of paperwork, from Page 1C did not differentiate where bark-f ing was banned. "We must understand that Greenville County is very diversi-, fied," Leach said.

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10.7 Sun. r7 1 cr Deaths Marshall Peace STARR Marshall Louis "Peck" Peace, 60, of Englewood Circle, Route 1, died Jan. 30, 1990, at Anderson Memorial Hospital. He retired from Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. with 28 years service.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his wife, Ruby Philyaw Peace of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Jamey (Marsha) Merck and Mrs. Dennis (Donna) Richardson, both of Anderson; a brother, Victor Peace of Starr; and a sister, Mrs.

Olin (Mildred) Dob-son of Anderson. Services: 3 p.m. Thursday at The McDougald Funeral Home Chapel, Anderson. Burial, with Masonic Rites, will be in Forest Lawn Me morial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral home. The family will be at the residence. Mrs. Lawrence A. Raines SIMPSONVILLE Rubye Bay-ne Raines, 76, of 104 George's Hide-A-Way, died Jan.

29, 1990, following several weeks of illness. She was a retired employee of Reigel Textile Corp. and more recently an employee of the Medical Personnel Pool. She was a member of Dunean Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Johnny E.

Raines of Simpsonville; three sisters, Alma Pitts and Hazele Bar-nette, both of Greenville, and Willie King of Laurens; and a brother, Robert D. Bayne of Hilton Head. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Wednesday in Greenville Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Greenville Cancer Treatment Center.

P.O. Box 9108, Greenville, S.C. 29604. The Mackey Mortuary. Grace Rothell WALHALLA Grace Finley Rothell, 91, of 611 S.

John died Jan. 29, 1990, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. She was a homemaker and a member of College Street Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mildred Rothell of the home; and a half brother, Jack Finley of Toc-coa, Ga. Services: 2 p.m.

Wednesday at the Davenport Funeral Home Chapel, Walhalla, with burial in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery near Toccoa, Ga. Visitation: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to College Street Baptist Church, 407 S. College Walhalla, S.C.

29691. Bessie W. Scott GREENWOOD Bessie Whitman Scott, 73, of Highway 25 South, wife of Russell Scott, died Jan. 30, 1990, at Self Memorial Hospital. She was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills, Mathews plant, and of the Baptist faith.

Surviving are her husband, Russell Scott of the home; a daughter, Daisy Rushton of Greenwood; and two sons, David Cannon and Henry Gene Cannon, both of Greenwood. Services: 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel, Greenwood, with burial in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of Gene Cannon, Highway 25 South. Grade C. Simmons PICKENS Gracie Crumpton Simmons, 87, of 123 Patrick Lane, OBITUARIES EVELINA H. BARKSDALE Laurens. Evelina Hildebrand Barksdale, age 75, of 115 Barksdale Circle, died January 29, 1990 in Laurens County Hospital.

Born in Hagood, S.C, she was a daughter of the late Russell M. and Harriet Sanders Hildebrand, she was a homemaker and a member of The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. She was the widow of W. C. Barksdale, Sr.

Surviving are three sons, William C. Barksdale, Jr. of Columbia, Frank S. Barksdale and Richard A. Barksdale, both of Laurens; two sisters, Harriet Chenette of Annandale, VA and Amelia Brace of Fort Lauderdale, six grandchildren, Cecilia, Frank, Harriet, Allen, Collyar and Leigh.

Services will be 11 AM Wednesday at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany conducted by Rev. W. Gilbert Dent, III, with burial in Laurens City Cemetery. The family will be at the home, 115 Barksdale Circle, Laurens and the body will remain at Kennedy Mortuary and will be placed in the church 10 AM Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, West Main Street, Laurens, S.C.

29360 or to Laurens County Cancer Society, CO Mrs. Roy Gasque, 200 W. Maple Street, Clinton, S.C. 29325. Kennedy Mortuary in charge.

MRS. LE ROY DEMPSEY Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Dempsey, 85, of Greenbrook Manor, Greenwood, died Monday, January 29, 1990. Born in Pelham, she was a daughter of Miller and Sarah Jane Ferguson Ross. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Judson.

illness. She was a retired employee of Brandon Mill in Greenville and a member of Golden Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Anderson Valley Simmons of the home; two daughters, Lib Simmons of the home and Effie Lau-raie Simmons of Easley; three sons, Elmer Simmons and Ernest Simmons, both of Pickens, and J.L. "Jack" Simmons of Easley; two granddaughters raised in the home, Patricia Ann Holliday of Roswell, and Barbara Gail Nix of Easley; and a sister, Cora Lee Gantt of Pickens. Services: 2 p.m.

Thursday at Golden Creek Baptist Church with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Dillard Funeral Home, Pickens. The family is at the residence. Addye B.

Stephens PICKENS Addye Breazeale Stephens, 78, of Route 2, died Jan. 27, 1990, at South Seminole Community Hospital, Altamonte Springs, after an illness of three months. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two daughters, Lou Cater of Greenville and Patricia Nicholson of Orlando, and four brothers, Wade Breazeale, Fowler Breazeale and Sheriff Breazeale, all of Pickens County, and Jut Breazeale of Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Dillard Funeral Home Chapel, Pickens, with burial in Griffin Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family is at the home of Lou Cater, 104 South Estate Drive, Greenville. Colle B. Syracuse FOUNTAIN INN Colie Brock Syracuse, 75, of W-ll Woodside died Jan. 29, 1990, at her home. She was a homemaker and a member of Emmanuel Temple.

Surviving are two daughters, Linda S. Dean of Simpsonville and Sue S. Hudson of Fountain Inn; two sisters, Clara Joseph of Greenville and Sue Levy of Florida; and a brother, Vernon Brock of Cones-tee. Graveside services: 3 p.m. Wednesday in Conestee City Cemetery.

The family will be at the home of Debbie Boiter, 1905 Bethel Road, Mauldin. Cannon Funeral Home, Fountain Inn. Nora J. Thlbodeau CHARLOTTE, N.C. Nora Jeanette Thibodeau, 67, of 2715 Oakcrest Place, died Jan.

28, 1990, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. She was administrative assistant for the Charlotte offices of the Secret Service for more than 30 years. She was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church. Surviving is her sister, Mary Genevieve Kahrs of Greenville.

Services were held Tuesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Charlotte with burial in Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, N.C. Memorials may be made to St. Ann's Catholic Church, 632 Hillside Charlotte, N.C. 28209, or the American Cancer Society.

Harry and Bryant Charlotte, N.C. William C. Watklns LAURENS William Coleman Watkins, 66, formerly of Laurens, died Jan. 27, 1990, in Ogden, Utah. He was a retired iron worker with Local Union 27 in Ogden and a member of Valley View Baptist Church.

Obituary notices are published as requested to accommodate those desiring more information than is provided in the accompanying news articles. Obituary notices are prepared and billed through the Classified Advertising Department at 298-438, Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, James Bruce and Louise Dempsey of Greenville. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Wednesday at Christ United Methodist Church in Judson with burial following at Ebenezer Cemetery near Pelham. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30 AM Wednesday. The family is at the home of her son, James B.

Dempsey, 25 Second Judson Community. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home TED J. GREEN Cross Hill. Ted J. Green, 75, of Route 1 Box 128, formerly of Fountain Inn, husband of Allene Whit-mire Green, died Monday, January 29, 1990 at Self Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Funeral Services were conducted Tuesday, January 30 at Soule Chapel United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. David Brown and Rev. Floyd Chandler. Burial was in Cannon Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to to Soule Chapel United Meth odist Church, Cross Hil, SC 29332.

CANNON FUNERAL HOME FUNERAL INVITATIONS The friends and relotives of Mr. and Mrs. Rutin Ray Coker, Mrs. Ruby Coker Smith, Miss Brenda Susan Caker, Mr. Jasper R.

Coker, Mr. Steven Allen Coker, Mrs. Ruby Morgan and Mrs. Eliora Minten are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral serv ices tor Mr. Rufus Ray Coker to be conducted at 3:30 PM Wednesday at Park Place Church of God.

Inter-ment will follow at Graceland Eost Memorial Park. Thomas McAfee Funeral Director The friends and relatives of Mrs. LeRov Dempsey and Mr. and Mrs. Jomes Bruce Dempsey ore respectfully Invited to ottend me funeral services for Mr.

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