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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1995 THE GREENVILLE NEWS Upstate Deaths Friedrich Aalderink, Greenville Friedrich Aalderink, 50, of 110 Oak Grove Lake Road, died June 28, 1995. He was born in Neuenhaus, Krs Bentheim, Germany, a son of Jan Hindrik Aalderink of Neuenhaus and the late Frieda Giesbirs Aalderink. He had a degree in mechanical and textile engineering and was a consulting expert in yarn texturizing and president and owner of TAS Inc. of Greenville. He was a member of Lake Keowee Sailing Club in Seneca.

Surviving are his wife, Renate Roettgers Aalderink of Germany; his father, Jan Hindrik Aalderink of Neuenhaus, Germany; a daughter, Birgit Nicole Ostermeier of Germany; two brothers, Juirgin Aalderink and Hartmut Aalderink, both of Germany, a sister, Sie Glinde Jaeckil of Germany, and one grandchild, Florian Ostermeier. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 301 University Ridge, Suite 5000, Greenville, S.C. 29601, or to the charity of one's choice. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, by the Rev.

C.E. Kanipe Jr. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary.

The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. Louise Agnew, Liberty Louise Austin Agnew, 61, of 101 Ella Drive, died June 26, 1995, at Baptist Medical Center, Easley. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, a former employee of Western Electric in New Jersey, and a part-time beautician. Surviving are her parents, Roosevelt and Annie Smith Austin of Liberty, and four sisters, Grace Hagood, Bertha Lee Walker and Catherine Plummer, all of Liberty, and Rose Ann Biera of Hillside, N.J. Services: 2 p.m.

Saturday a at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in West View Cemetery. Visitation: Will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Austin, 430 E. Main Liberty.

S.C. Franks Chapel of Remembrance, Liberty. Anderson, Belton William Bond "Bill" Anderson, 71, of 509 Kay died June 29, 1995, at the home of his son, Ken, at 190 Sandstone Drive, Athens, Ga. He retired from Blair Mill as a master mechanic and was a member of Belton First Baptist Church and Marshall Sunday School Class. He was a European Theater veteran of World War II.

Surviving are his wife, Frances Elizabeth Little Anderson of the home; three sons, Ken Anderson of Athens, Larry Anderson of Liberty and Buddy Anderson of Lenoir, N.C., five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to Belton First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 366, Belton, S.C. 29627. Services: 2 p.m.

Saturday at Belton First Baptist Church with burial in The Garden of Memories. Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Cox Funeral Home. Cox Funeral Home, Belton. a Guy Bagwell, Williamston Guy Furman Bagwell, 63, of 6 Mauldin died June 28, 1995, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center.

Born in Anderson County, he was a son of the late George Furman and Annie Kate Durham Bagwell. He was a former Winn Dixie store manager, retired owner of Nationwide Insurance Agency, a member of the Cattleman's Association and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Guthrie Grove Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith. Surviving are his wife, Emma Louise Poore Bagwell of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Bonnie Bagwell of Greenville and Susan and Mike Moorehead of Piedmont; a son, Lee Bagwell of Williamston; a brother and sister-in-law, Lloyd and Ruth Bagwell of Williamston; a brother-in-law and a sisterin-law, Tommy and Martha Poore of Mauldin, and two grandchildren, Patrick and Meredith Moorehead.

Memorials may be made to Williamston Rescue Squad, 902 Anderson Drive, Williamston, S.C. 29697, or to the charity of one's choice. Services: 5 p.m. Friday at Gray Mortuary Chapel with Pastors Wally Winner and Joe James officiating. Burial will be in Guthrie Grove Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith Cemetery.

GREENVILLE COUNTY Aalderink, Friedrich, 110 Oak Grove Lake Road, Greenville Hall, Bobby Gene, 230 Pelham Road, Greenville Lawson, Mrs. Jimmy, 310 Ivydale Drive, Greenville Mills, Leon F. of Greenville Raines, Moddell 100 Howell Road, Greenville Shelor, Joseph 8 Picardy Drive, Greenville SPARTANBURG COUNTY Garrett, Raymond 204 Edge Wellford Miller, Catherine Denise, Northwood Trailer Park, Greer Phillips, Mary 209 S. Blackstock Road, Landrum ANDERSON COUNTY Anderson, 509 Kay Anderson Bagwell, Guy, 6 Mauldin Williamston Epps, Martha, 1018 Bowman Anderson Hammonds, Dakota, 182 Garrett Road, Pelzer PICKENS COUNTY Agnew, Louise, 101 Ella Drive, Liberty Edwards, George, 1379 Ruhamah Road, Liberty CHARLOTTE OCALA, Fla. McHargue, Ruby Batson, 'Mike' GREENWOOD SALUDA Machen, Geneva W.

Giddings, Karl JOHNSTON TOANO, Va. Oliver, Clarence Harrison, Robert S. LAURENS UNION Hunter, Dicie Mae Corn, Ross Details incomplete Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Gray Mortuary, Pelzer.

a 'Mike' Batson, Ocala, Fla. "Mike" Batson, 43, formerly of Syracuse, N.Y., died June 28, 1995, in Ocala. He was a Baptist and served with the U.S. Marine Corps. Surviving are his wife, Becky Batson of Ocala; his mother, Lillie Morton of Ocala; his stepfather, Sloan Morton of Ocala; two daughters, Alicia Batson and Amanda Batson, both of Ocala; four sisters, Norma Megill of Portsmouth, Regina Chaudoin of Greenville, Debbie McGahan and Karen McEvoy, both of Ocala, and two brothers, Mickey Finley of Greenville and Tad Morton Jr.

of Ocala. Services: 4 p.m. Saturday at Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala. Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, Fla. Ross Corn, Union Hilliard Ross Corn, 84, of 216 Pine died June 28, 1995, at Wallace Thomson Hospital after a sudden illness.

He was a member of Union First Baptist Church, a former deacon and a member of the church choir. He was a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky and was a retired industrial arts teacher at Union High School. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jim (Annette Cantrell of Abbeville; a son, Bob Corn of Union; two sisters, Ella Mae Little of Sandersville, and Kitty Leapard of Mauldin; two brothers, Jack Corn of Mauldin and Samuel Claude Corn of Detroit, and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Organ Fund, 405 E.

Main Union, S.C. 29379. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with burial in Union Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday at Holcombe Funeral Home. S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home, Union. I George Edwards Liberty George Clinton Edwards 80, of 1379 Ruhamah Road, died June 29, 1995, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center. He was a carpenter, a U.S.

Army veteran of World War II and a Presbyterian. Surviving are his wife, Minnie Smith Edwards; a daughter, Maxine Clardy of Liberty; three sons, Wilbur Edwards and Larry Edwards, both of Liberty, and George C. Edwards Jr. of Pickens; four sisters, Inez Turner of Charleston, Irene Dill of Union, Avis Bailey of Lyman and Mary Rinker of Belleair, three brothers, Marvin Edwards of Hickory, N.C., Sam Edwards of Salisbury, N.C., and Jack Edwards of Duncan, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services: 2 p.m.

Saturday at Liberty Mortuary Chapel with burial in Liberty Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Liberty Mortuary, Liberty. Martha Epps, Anderson Martha Brissey Epps, 52, of 1018 Bowman died June 29, 1995, at Anderson Area Medical Center.

She was an employee of Wal- children. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1010 E. North Building Suite 6, Greenville, S.C. 29601, or to Gideons International Memorial Bible Fund, P.O. Box 771, Greenville, S.C.

29601. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at The Mackey Mortuary conducted by the Rev. Lewis Batchler. The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive.

a Dakota Hammonds, Pelzer Dakota Granger Hammonds, infant son of Joel Robert and Tonya Lee Pless Hammonds, of 182 Garrett Road, died June 28, 1995, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center. Also surviving are maternal grandparents, Robert and Freddie Pless of Pelzer; paternal grandparents, Hack and Kathy I Hammonds of Pelzer; and paternal great-grandmothers, Delma Fuller of Pelzer and Ruth Vaughn of Williamston. Services: Graveside, 3 p.m. Friday in Bethel Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith Cemetery. Gray Mortuary, Pelzer.

a Robert S. Harrison, Toano, Va. Robert S. Harrison, 51, formerly of Boiling Springs, died June 28, 1995, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond, Va. He was an employee of Thermadyne Industries for 17 years and was a member of the First Methodist Church in Houston, Texas.

He was awarded a Purple Heart for action in Vietnam. Surviving are his wife, Rebecca V. Harrison of Toano, two daughters, Sherri Moore of Elkhart, and Lisa Robertson of Inman; his father, Robert L. Harrison of Landrum; and a brother, Reginald L. Harrison of Myrtle Beach.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of Williamsburg, 312 Waller Mill Road, Room 150, Williamsburg, Va. 23185. Services: Memorial, 5 p.m. Friday at Williamsburg Funeral Home. Williamsburg Funeral Home, Williamsburg, Va.

Gloria Ann Holder, Central Gloria Ann Harper Holder, 57, of 135 Eden Lane, died June 28, 1995, at her home following a long illness. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Williamston. Surviving are her husband, Leroy Holder of the home; a son, Todd Cram of Six Mile; a daughter, Leann C. Watts of Easley; and one grandchild. Services: 11 a.m.

Friday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with burial in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Duckett Funeral Home, Central. Dicie Mae Hunter, Laurens Dicie Mae Copeland Hunter, 53, of 115 Gray died June 24, 1995, at Laurens County Hospital in Clinton. She attended Bell Street High School in Clinton and was a member of New Bethel AME Church in Clinton. She was a former employee of Whitten Center and a member of the Salt and Pepper Social Club.

Surviving are her husband, Otis Hunter of the home; her mother, Annie Workman Copeland of Clinton; five sons, James A. Sanders and John E. Sanders, both of Clinton, and Otis Hunter James O. Hunter and Roger K. Hunter, all of the home; four daughters, Maria Cope- TODAY'S SERVICES land Sanders of Clinton, Mary Ann Parks of Fountain Inn and Debra Ann Dobson and Lisa R.

Hunter, both of Laurens; two brothers, John B. Copeland Jr. of Clinton and Timothy E. Copeland of Laurens; two sisters, Vickie Delorse Conway of Clinton and Bessie M. Fleming of Kannapolis, N.C., and 19 grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday at New Bethel AME Church with burial in the church cemetery. Thompson's Mortuary, Clinton. Mrs. Jimmy Lawson, Greenville Louise Sentell Lawson, 67, of 310 Ivydale Drive, died June 29, 1995, at Greenville Memorial Medical Center following a period of declining health.

She was a former employee of K- Mills Manufacturing Co. and was a Baptist. Surviving are her husband, Jimmy Lawson, and a sister, Gertrude Jones of Greenville. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel, with burial in Graceland Cemetery.

7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Geneva W. Machen, Greenwood Fannie Geneva Wells Machen, 87, of 222 Mills died June 29, 1995, at Self Memorial Hospital.

She retired from Greenwood Mills, Plant 5, where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. She was a member of Lowell Street United Methodist Church and the Ready To Serve Sunday School Class. Surviving are two brothers, Charles "Pete" Wells of Calhoun Falls and Paul N. Wells of Elberton, Ga. Memorials may be made to Lowell Street United Methodist Church, 300 Lowell Greenwood, S.C.

29646. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Harley Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Harley Funeral Home, Greenwood. Ruby McHargue, Charlotte Ruby Elizabeth Jackson McHargue, 85, died June 28, 1995, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. She was a sales clerk at Ivey's Department Store before she retired. She attended school in Cliffside, N.C., and was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church where she served on various committees and was a member of Crusader Sunday School Class.

Surviving are her husband, Millard McHargue of Charlotte; two daughters, Patsy Crawley of Taylors and Mitzie Frye of Charlotte; four sisters, Marie Freeman of Forest City, N.C., Jessie Sorgee and Nell Kiser, both of Spindale, N.C., and Helen Huffstetler of Kings Mountain, N.C.; a stepson, Melvin McHargue of Mooresville, N.C.; a stepdaughter, Alma Chapman of Charlotte, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church with entombment at Sharon Memorial Park Mausoleum. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday at Hankins Whittington. Hankins Whittington Funeral Service, Charlotte. Catherine Denise Miller, Greer Catherine Denise Miller, 1, of Bagwell, Guy 5 p.m. at Gray Fleming, Eunice C. 10:30 a.m.

at Mortuary Chapel, Pelzer. Little Mountain Presbyterian Barnwell, Sara Margaret 2 p.m. Church. Harris Funeral Home, Abat Harley Funeral Home Chapel, beville. Goggins, Onelia Miller 2 p.m.

at Greenwood. Cohens, Odell 2 at Mountain Zion Hill Baptist Church, Cross Hill. p.m. Childs Funeral View Baptist Church. Watkins GarHome, Clinton.

rett Woods Mortuary. Hall, Bobby Gene 10 a.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. Cox, 'Bob' Memorial Mass, 10:30 a.m. at St.

Andrews Catholic Hammonds, Dakota Graveside, 3 Church, Clemson. Seneca Mortu- p.m. in Bethel Church of God of the ary. Abrahamic Faith Cemetery. Gray Mortuary, Pelzer.

Crawford, Thomas M. 1 p.m. at Harris, Willard Marcel 11 a.m. at Abbeville First Baptist Church. Forest Lawn Gardens, Harris Funeral Home, Abbeville.

Ala. Ford Anniston, Sons, Clover. Cushman, C. Whitacre Memorial, Harrison, Robert S. Memorial, 5 11 a.m.

at Mayport Naval Station p.m. at Williamsburg Funeral Home, Chapel, Jacksonville, Fla. Courtesy Williamsburg, Va. of The McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson. Holder, Gloria Ann 11 a.m.

at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Darrow, Mabelle C. 11 a.m. at Duckett Funeral Home, Central. Buncombe Street United Methodist Hunter, Dicie Mae 3 p.m.

at New Church. The Mackey Mortuary, Bethel AME Church, Clinton. Century Drive. Thompson's Mortuary, Clinton. Northwood Trailer Park, No.

59, died June 24, 1995, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Surviving are her mother, Frances Miller of the home; her father, Jerome Ferguson of Greer; a brother, Jerome Tompkins Jr. of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Dysheika Nesbitt of the home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of the home, and paternal grandmother, Lula Mae Ferguson of Greer.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at The Gilmore Mortuary Chapel with burial in Mayfield Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Duncan. The Gilmore Mortuary, Greer. Leon F. Mills Greenville Leon Fulton Mills 49, died June 29, 1995, following an extended illness.

He was vice president of Bank America Housing Services in Greenville and a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Easley. Surviving are his wife, Elaine Lusk Mills; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fulton Mills Sr. of Smyrna, two sons, John Fulton Mills of New York, N.Y., and Nathan Andrew Mills of the home; a stepdaughter, Tracy Rachel Carbaugh of Greenville; and three brothers, Alan Mills of Seattle, and Darrell Mills and Wayne Mills, both of Memorials may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church, Building Fund, 4500 Highway 86, Easley, S.C.

29642. Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Saturday in Greenville Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest, 6710 White Horse Road.

Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest. Mart on Liberty Highway in Anderson and attended West Anderson Church of God. Surviving are her husband, Samuel F. Epps of the home; a daughter, Mary Ann Epps Brown; a brother, Mike Brissey of Pickens; two sisters, Brenda Hamilton of Pickens and Jo Ann Luker of Tuckasegee, N.C.; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild. Services: 2 p.m.

Saturday at West Anderson Church of God with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at The McDougald Funeral Home. The McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson. Raymond 'Yates' Garrett, Wellford Raymond "Yates" Garrett, 50, of 204 Edge died June 27, 1995, at St.

Francis Hospital. He was an employee of United Cloth Co. in Duncan and a member of Greater Hopewell Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Brenda Foster of the home; three daughters, Kimberly Garrett of the home, Tina Garrett of Wellford and Charlene Garrett of Spartanburg; four sisters, Mattie McClintock of Greer, Rose Wilkins and Mamie West, both of Wellford, and Blanche Bivings of Philadelphia, and four brothers, Calvin Garrett, Gary Garrett and Jimmy Lee Garrett, all of Wellford, and John H. Bivings of Philadelphia, Pa.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Mayfield Chapel Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Sullivan Bros. Mortuary, Greer. 1 Karl Giddings, Saluda Karl Francis Giddings, 79, of Route 2, Box 96, Zoar community, died June 28, 1995, at Saluda Nursing Center.

He retired from Daniel Construction Co. and was a member of Emory United Methodist Church, Emory Community Club and DAV. Surviving are his wife, Lynette Hazel Giddings of Saluda; two daughters, Ann Fulmer and Lisa Fulmer, both of Warner Robins, two brothers, Ralph Baggs and Jimmy Thompson, both of Peru, N.Y., and two sisters, Ida Giddings and Elizabeth Rock, both of Plattsburg, N.Y. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday at Emory United Methodist Church with burial in Newberry Memorial Gardens.

Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Ramey Funeral Home. Ramey Funeral Home, Saluda. Bobby Gene Hall, Greenville Bobby Gene Hall, 62, of 230 Pelham Road, died June 28, 1995. Born in Cherokee Falls, he was a son of the late Larkin A.

and Elizabeth Mosley Hall. He was a retired mechanical engineer with Hoover Universal in Georgetown, and served with the U.S. Marine Corps. Surviving are his wife, Betty Lever Hall of the home; two daughters, Genia Hall of Columbia and Charlotte Garrett of Greenville; a son, Bobby Keith Hall of Frankfort, three sisters, Ethel Patterson of Blacksburg, Dorothy Murrell of Clinton and Frances Gunter of Marysville, and five grand- Herbert D. Nickerson Pickens Herbert D.

Nickerson 73, of 130 Amberwood Road, formerly of Bourne, died June 27, 1995. He retired as a field auditor with ASCAP in New York, N.Y. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, 14th Division, and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Margaret M.

Nickerson of the home; a daughter, Diane Wojtkiewicz of Dover, a son, Herbert D. Nickerson III of Pocatello, Idaho; a brother, Richard Nickerson of Punta Gorda, and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 996, Pickens, S.C. 29671.

Services: Will be held later in Bourne, Mass. Visitation: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Dillard Memorial Funeral Home. Dillard Memorial Funeral Home, Pickens. Clarence Oliver, Johnston Clarence Oliver, 83, of 104 E.

Hill Drive, died June 29, 1995, at Saluda Nursing Home. He was a retired dairy manager and a member of Dry Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Wanda Culver of Johnston; a sister, Juanita McKee of Jonesboro, a brother, Herman Oliver of Jonesboro, and two grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday at Bland Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Mount of Olives Cemetery.

Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Bland Funeral Home, Johnston. Lowe, Jessie S. 3 p.m.

at Dorchester Baptist Church. The McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson. Pride, 'Cad' Jones 11 a.m. at Christ Church, Episcopal. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown.

Raines, Moddell H. Graveside, 3 p.m. in Howell Family Cemetery on Ikes Road. The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. Resch, F.A.

'Al' Graveside, noon at First Presbyterian Church, Greenwood. Harley Funeral Home, Greenwood. Shelor, Joseph W. 2 p.m. at Bethuel Baptist Church.

Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest. Smith, Elizabeth S. 11 a.m. at White Rock Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Goins Funeral Home, Laurens.

Westbury, Rodney Ames Memorial, 1 p.m. at Spring Hill. H.M. Patterson Son, Atlanta, Ga..

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