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4B www.greenvilleonline.com Saturday, July 1, 2000 The Greenville News I I 1 etanenn Uaima DEATHS IN THE REGION TODAY'S SERVICES Garrett, Mildred, 2 p.m. at Cedar Hill Funeral Chapel. EDISTO ISLAND: Hayes, Stanley E. Dil-lard Memorial Funeral Home GAFFNEY: Turner, Joshua Ryan GRANITEVILLE: Seago, Sarah Lott GREER: "Vaughan, Ruby M. Wood Mortuary INMAN: Gilmer, James Curtis MARIETTA: Looper, Edna Few NEWBERRY: Sims, Mary Lois Goree SENECA: Dobson, "Bill" SIMPSONVILLE: Chandler, Kittie SPARTANBURG: Jenkins, Rev.

Monroe WALHALLA: Peay, Neela Miller WEST UNION: Moss, Katie Patterson WESTMINSTER: Monroe, Jyoti Rowe WOODRUFF: Brady, Cecil Details incomplete GREENVILLE: Banks, Albert GREENVILLE: Heard, Joe GREENVILLE: Hill, Leila B. GREENVILLE: Shepherd, Franklin D. Jr. GREENVILLE: Stockton, Hazel Lamb ABBEVILLE: Grice, Patricia ANDERSON: Barden, Charles ANDERSON: Propes, Chuck ANDERSON: Walls, James C. CHARLESTON: Spell, Thelma Westbury CLEMSON: Richardson, Mary F.

CLINTON: Jackson, Estelle T. DETROIT, Jackson, Ruby S. DUNCAN: "Hendrix, Margaret Hadden -Wood Mortuary EASLEY: Revis, Evelyn M. OBITUARY GUIDELINES To read past obituaries on the Internet, go to greenvilleonline.qpm The Greenville News publishes free obituaries up to 20 lines written in traditional newspage style. Longer obituaries up to 30 lines, or those with nontradi-tional news content such as testimonials, cost $75 daily and $100 Sunday.

Lines exceeding 30 cost $4 per line. Obituaries outside the Upstate cost $75 for 20 lines and $4 for each additional line. Pictures cost $25, and funeral announcements in Today's Services are $25. Albert Banks, Greenville i 7 Albert Banks, of 446 Perry 1 -died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at Green- wille Memonal Hospital. j-'-f Occupation: Brick mason.

Survivors: daughters, Yvette Tomp-, kins of the home; stepdaughters, Fran-- fcina McMillian of the home and Wanda Anderson of Greenville; sons, Alvin Sullivan and Brian Sullivan, 'both of Greenville; stepsons, Michael Sullivan and Stanley Dixon, both of Greenville; sister-in-law, Ruby Jordon i of Charlotte; 17 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Watkins i Garrett Woods Mortuary. Charles Barden, nderson i Charles Joe Barden, 67, of 206 well Drive, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Anderson Area Medical Center. Born in Birmingham, he was the son of the late Herbert Alvin 'den and Hortense Hammac Barden -Ard.

jt- Survivors: wife, Dorothy E. Barden; Leanne Thacker and Che-'ryl Strickland of Anderson; brothers, jf -James Barden of Milton, and Tommy Barden of El Paso, Texas; sis- ters, Doris Johnson and Carolyn Dud- ney of Milton, and four grandchil- dren. Service: 11 a.m. today at King Mortuary Chapel, with the Rev. Rob Roy McGregor officiating.

Cecil Brady, Woodruff Cecil Brantley Brady, 81, of 205 Country Estates, died Friday, June 30, 2000. i. A native of Spartanburg County, he was a son of the late Tom and Ruth "Brady. Retired: General Electric. Mem-tr ben Northside Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge No.

112. Served: U.S. Air Corps during World War II. -v. survivors: wire, irene rage tiraay; a Son, Bill Brady of Woodruff; a sister.

Claudia Hand of Mauldin; and one grandchild. r' Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at For- jest Hills Funeral Home. Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hills Funeral Chapel.

Bunal: Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. PKittie Chandler, Simpsonville i a r-i ,1 i nrt ivuiie mae ourreu uum '4 4'1801 West Georgia Road, 'r George Dewey Chandler, nw mp mirrp i pr mm nr widow of died Thurs- day, June 29, 2000, at her home fol- Jyoti Theresa Phyllis Jean Rowe Monroe, 53, of 775 Baileys Mountain Road, died Thursday, June 22, 2000. Born in Springfield, 111., she was a daughter of the Tate Forrest Max and Wanda Mae Cravens Monroe. She was doing graduate work at Clemson University. Graduate: Southern Illinois University.

Survivors: brothers, Mark Monroe and his wife, Desiree, of Naperville, 111. and Jeffrey Monroe of Naperville, 111; three nieces; and two nephews. Memorial service: 2 p.m. today at Sandifer Funeral Home with the Rev. John B.

Compton officiating. Memorials: American Cancer Society, co Phyllis King, 239 Snow Creek Road, Seneca, SC 29678. Infant Katie Patterson Moss, West Union Infant Katie Lynn Patterson Moss, 12-day-old daughter of Rickey and Lo-retta Patterson Moss, of 109 Fern wood Drive, died Thursday, June 29, 2000. Survivors: parents; brothers, Daniel Sloan and Justin Patterson, both of West Union and Matthew and Cody Moss, both of Walhalla; a sister, Julie Moss of West Union; and grandparents, Willie and Louise Stinnett Patterson and Shelby Moss, all of West Union. Predeceased: grandfather, Douglas J.

Moss. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. today at Davenport Funeral Home. Graveside service: 4:30 p.m. today at Evergreen Memorial Gardens.

Family: 820 Burns Mill Road. Infant Neela Miller Peay, Walhalla Infant Neela Ann Miller Peay, daughter of James Daniel Miller and Tom Michelle Peay, of 112 Wolfers Hollow Road, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Survivors: parents; grandparents, Tony and Marta Peay, and Curtis and James Miller, all of Walhalla; great-grandparents, Vickie Trammel! of Seneca, and Curtis and Josephine Smith of Westminster; and great-great-grandmother, Gertrude Peay of Walhalla. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. today at Davenport Funeral Home.

Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. today at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Chuck Propes, A nderson Charles Thomas "Chuck" Propes, 80, widower of Dorothy Emery Propes, of 200 Lakeshore Drive, died Wednesday, June 28, 2000. Survivors: sons, Thomas E. Propes of Santee and Charles R.

Propes of Honolulu, Hawaii; daughters, Pamela P. Childers of Easley and Kathy P. Ma-lone of South Bend, a brother, Truman Propes; a sister, Teresa Owen; seven grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Predeceased: parents, Angus and Irene M. Propes.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at The McDougald Funeral Home. Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel. Burial: McNeely Memorial Cemetery, Powdersville.

Family: 917 Crestview Road, Easley. Evelyn M. Revis, Easley Mrs. Evelyn "Elvie" Medlin of William H. Fair Memorial Apartments, died Friday, June 30, 2000, at Laurel Baye Nursing Center in Greenville.

Mrs. Revis was born in Pickens Jowing an illness. J- Born in Asheville, N.C., she was a native of Greenville County and a daughter of the late William Brazila and Mary Lewis Burrell. She was re-- tired from Woodside Mills in ville and attended Guthrie Grove 4 Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith. Surviving are a son, William H.

Chandler of Simpsonville; -K' three daughters, Dewey Ann of Greenville, Mirian C. Garrett of Simpsonville and Faye Audrey Pitts of the home; 15 grandchildren; 39 'i great-grandchildren; and 14 great-J- great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by five broth-! "ers; and one sister. Graveside services will be 3:30 p.m. today at Guthrie Grove Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith Cemetery by i the Rev.

Terry Ferrell. The family is at the home and will receive friends 2 to 3 p.m. today at Gray Mortuary, Pelzer. ueu flowers, memorials may be to Guthrie Grove Church of God -of the Abrahamic Faith Building Fund, 405 Guthrie Grove Church Road, zer.SC 29669. Bill Dobson, Seneca Kachel of Taylors; and three grand-f children.

Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Westvilie Memorial Hospital Funeral Home. Graveside service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Graceland Cemetery, West. Family: 400 Roe Road.

Mary Lois Goree Sims, Newberry Mary Lois Goree Sims, 74, of 2026 Shelley died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at her home. Survivors: husband, Calvin Sims; daughters, Mary Ann Mayers, Gracie M. Edwards, Deloise Ruff, Ruby R. Cook and Gail G. Turner; sons, Willie T.

Sims, Carl Ruff.Cleo Sims, Curtis Goree, Gary L. Goree, Russell Goree; stepchildren, Neddra A. Cannon, Step-hon Sims; six sisters; two brothers; nephews reared in the home, Wilbert Chaplin and Haze Sims; 42 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and six stepgrandchildren. Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Baptist Church.

Burial: Church cemetery. F.B. Pratt Son Funeral Home. Thelma Westbury Spell, Charleston -Thelma Westbury Spell, 98, widow of David Smith Spell, died Thursday, June 29, 2000. Born in Grover, she was a daughter of William Shuler Westbury and Alice Gaskins Westbury.

Oraduate: at, George High School. Member TriniK United Methodist Churcn. Survivors: sons, William S. Spell of Grover, David S. Spell and Delano Rr Spell, both of Charleston; a daughter, Frances S.

Griffith of Lexington; three 1 grandchildren; three great-grandchil- -dren; and two great-stepgrandchil- dren. Service: 4 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial: Live -Oak Memorial Gardens. J.

Henry -Stuhr, Downtown Chapel. Hazel Lamb Stockton, Greenville Hazel Lamb Stockton, 87, widow of Wayne Stockton, died June 29, 2000. Survivors: a daughter, Carolyn Da- vis and her husband, John, of Greenville; granddaughter, Kimberly De-Mauex; grandsons, Russ Davis and his wife, Nancy, and Scott Davis; and great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Mary Grace Davis. Predeceased: parents, Roy and Grace Wyatt Lamb. Graveside services: 10 a.m.

Monday at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Padu- cah, with the Rev. Eddie Bromley officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, Education Department, 2703 Augusta Greenville, SC 29605. The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. Joshua 'Josh' Ryan Turner, Gaffney Joshua "Josh" Ryan Turner, 305 Kentwood Road, died Friday, Jul! 30,2000.

Education: 8th grader at Ewing Jr. High. Survivors: parents, Richard Deaj and Robin Thomas Turner; pater, grandfather, Robert Turner of Gaiw' ney; a sister, Katrina Turner of the I home; stepbrother, Matthew Thomp- son of Gaffney; and maternal grandfa- ther, Raymond Thomas of Gaffney. Visitation: 7 to 8 p.m. today at Shu-ford-Hatcher Funeral Home.

Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at Christian Heights Bap- tist Church. Burial: Oakland Ceme-tery. Memorials: Christian Heights Bap- tist Church, Building Fund, 605 6th Gaffney, SC 29340. James C.

Walls, Anderson James C. Walls, 56, of 106 Donhill Road, died Thursday, June 29, 2000. Survivors: wife, Sarah R. Walls; sons, James Curtis Walls of Italy; a daughter, Jill Marie Walls of Colum- bia; a stepson, James White of Ander- son; a stepdaughter, Sherry Wentzky' of Iva; mother, Grace Dow of Tampa, a brother, Douglas Walls of Jack- sonville, a sister, Jean Sumner of Tampa; and one grandchild. Prede- ceased: father, Charles Otis Walls.

Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at The McDougald Funeral Home. Memorial service: 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel. Omit flowers.

Memorials: American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1086, Simpsonville, SC 29681-1086. to the casino's 1,500 employees, Moss said. Most of the tribe's 12,500 members receive about $2,000 twice a year in shared profits from the casino, which attracts nearly 3.5 million visitors annually. The Cherokees operate their casino under a compact agreement with the state of North Carolina.

The agreement, entered into in 1994 after Cherokees sued the state, allows payouts up to $25,000. Robinson of Easley in a letter to the board. When applications are reviewed beginning July 17, board Chairman Joe Tankersley said trustees will be "looking for someone who is keenly interested in the educational pro- cess, not only in regard to a refer; endum, but also in educational prrt. grams." JT He said he was pleased with till number of applicants and their qual- ifications. After interviews are conducted, the seat is to be filled by Aug.

7, and a swearing-in ceremony has been set for Aug. 9 at the district office. Erikah Haavie covers Easley and Pickens. County. She can be reached at 850-0681 County, a daughter of the late Jefferson L.

and Levi Hamilton Medlin and she was formerly married to the late William Felton Revis. She was a member of Roanoke Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Richard J. and Kathy M. Revis of Easley; one brother, Ed Medlin of Easley; three sisters, Dollie Patterson, Ollie Mae Gilstrap and Lou Alma Lusk, all of Easley.

Mrs. Revis was predeceased by two brothers, Lewis Medlin and the Rev. Looney Medlin; and a sister, Thelma Revis. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, July 2, 2000, in the Robinson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev.

Jack Shook and the Rev. Garland Sentell. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Michael Chappell, Jeremy King, Vester Lusk, Coleman Harrison, Edward Kelly, Gene Derrick, Joe Holcombe and Grady Revis. The escort of honor will be the Mother's Sunday School Class of Roanoke Baptist Church.

The body is at Robinson Funeral Home where the family will receive friends today from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to Pickens County Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 1162, Pickens, SC 29671. The family is at the home of the son, Richard J. Revis, 325 Sylvia Road, Easley, SC 29642.

Mary F. Richardson, Clemson Mary Freeman Richardson, 92, of 241 Riggs Drive, died Friday, June 20, 2000, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Warrenton, N.C, she was a daughter of the late Edwin Jones and Dora Armistead Freeman. Graduate: Merideth College. Member: Clemson United Methodist Church.

Survivor: husband, Joe B. Richardson. Service: 11 a.m. today at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Chapel. Burial: 2 p.m.

today at Oakwood Cemetery, Memorials: The Building Fund of Clemson United Methodist Church, 195 Old Greenville Highway, Clemson, SC 29631. Sarah Lott Seago, Graniteville Sarah Lott Seago, 94, widow of Boyce M. Seago died Friday, June 30, 2000, in Aiken. Born in Edgefield, she was a daughter of the late Luther M. and Nettie Cato Lott.

Member: First Baptist Church, Graniteville and Graniteville Leisure Club. Survivors: a daughter, Carolyn S. Welborn of Greenville; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Graveside service: 4 p.m. Sunday at Dry Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Johnston, where the family will receive friends following the service.

Memorials: Graniteville First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 119, Graniteville, SC 29829. Napier Funeral Home. Franklin D. Shepherd Greenville Franklin Dewitt Shepherd 53, of 1 1 Sorrell Drive, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Survivors: mother, Mildred D. Shepherd of Greenville; wife, Shirley K. Shepherd; a son, Roy Shepherd of Greenville; daughters, Mary Christine Treadway of Piedmont and Samantha the state west of Asheville. "It's going to be a beautiful building," said Norma Moss, facility operations manager for Harrah's casino. "We're hoping to incorporate traditional Cherokee art and feeling." Harrah's officials recently told the Cherokee Tribal Council the hotel could generate an estimated $12 million per year.

Construction is expected to start this summer and take 14 months. About 300 workers will be added nical College. Though he ran against Garrison for the seat in 1994, Swords said he and his opponent had many of the same ideas. He wants to see more emphasis on giving students career guidance, recruiting teachers and performing a realistic building needs assessment. The remaining candidates couldn't be reached for comment Friday.

District policy passed in 1991 stipulates that any trustee replacements must be appointed by a majority vote of the school board. The state Constitution allows school districts some flexibility in determining how they will fill unexpired terms, said state Rep. Al home; sons, Richard Jackson of Alexandria, Claude Jackson and Michael Jackson, both of Clinton; brothers, James Turner of Knoxville, and George Turner of Clinton; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Predeceased: parents, George and 01-lie Turner Sr. Service: 3 p.m.

Monday at Hebron Baptist Churcn, Clinton. Family: 803 East Florida Clinton. Childs Funeral Home. Ruby S. Jackson, Detroit, Mich.

Ruby Shambly Jackson, widow of Webster Jackson, formerly of Greenville, died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, in Detroit. Survivors: a daughter, Cynthia Jackson of Detroit; and a son, Kenneth Jackson of Detroit. Service: 1 1 a.m. Monday at Springfield Baptist Church. Burial: Detroit Cemetery.

S.C. Franks Chapel of Remembrance, Liberty. Rev. Monroe Jenkins, Spartanburg The Rev. Walter Monroe Jenkins, 82, of 264 Brenton died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at his home.

Survivors: wife of 58 years, Joan Vassey Jenkins; daughters, Merle J. Higgins of Forest City, N.C. and Linda J. Carver of Shelby, N.C; sons, James W. Jenkins of Rutherfordton, N.C, and Harry E.

Jenkins of Spartanburg; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and several great-stepgrand-children. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.

Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Memorials: Hospice Special Needs, 120 Heywood Spartanburg, SC 29306. Edna Few Looper, Marietta Edna Few Looper, wife of the late William Rudolph Looper, died peacefully Wednesday afternoon, June 28, 2000, at her home. Born in Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Ira Clen Few. Mrs. Looper was a home-maker and was a member of the Marietta First Baptist Church, where she attended the Naomi Sunday School Class and the Mission Study Circle. Mrs. Looper was predeceased by her son, William Max Looper; brothers, Clarence, Dwight, Leo, Clyde and James Few; and sisters, Morene Hunter, Floy and Hattie Few.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Maxine and Lawrence Led-ford of Marietta; daughter-in-law, Carole Looper of Travelers Rest; one brother, I.C Few of Six Mile; two sisters, Bessie Mann of Kingsport, Tenn. and Elizabeth Few of Easley; three grandchildren, Cherie Foster, Cheney and Casey Looper; and two greatgrandchildren, Johnathan and Michael. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Marietta First Baptist Church with burial in Coleman Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m.

at the church today. Honorary pallbearers 'will be the Ladies of the Round Table. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Marietta First Baptist Church, 2936 Geer Marietta, SC 29661. The Howze Mortuary. Jyoti Rowe Monroe, Westminster WHERE TO CALL Family Connection is located at the Center for Developmental Services on Academy Street.

For information, call 331-1340 in Greenville, or 800-578-8750. nected more than 7,000 families since we started in 1990." Family Connection also offers support and activities for brothers and sisters and grandparents, Ginsberg says, as well as a physician awareness program that brings third-year medical students at the University of South Carolina Medical School into the homes of these families. Like many Family Connection support parents and employees, Evington came to the program for personal reasons the birth of son Josh nine years ago with Down syndrome. "The pediatrician gave us information, but no emotional support," she recalls. "We wondered, 'What are we going to do? What can we do for him?" A year after Tyler, now 4, came home from the hospital, Sheryl and Michael White became support parents too.

"At first you think, "Nobody knows how I Then you get all this help and support," Sheryl White says. "It's wonderful." James Curtis Gilmer, 75, formerly of Old Spartanburg Highway, died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at Camp Care Nursing Home. A native of Piedmont, he was a son of the late Henry and Emma Lasinburg Gilmer. Member: Florence Chapel United Methodist Church. Survivors: wife, Geneva DeShield Gilmer; a daughter, Rita Gilmer of Spartanburg; a son, James C.

Gilmer of Spartanburg; and sisters, Irene Kelly of Connecticut, Alma Cleveland of New Jersey, Evelyn Blassingame of New York and Lillie Booker of Well-ford. Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at Florence Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial: Church cemetery. Family: 129 Board Wellford.

Patricia Grice, Abbeville Patricia Murray Grice, 68, widow of Karl Raymond Grice of 1 14 Buck-hall Lane, Honea Path, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital. Born in Jacksonville, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray. Graduate: Winthrop College.

Survivors: sons, Karl Raymond Grice III of Honea Path and Tony Grice of Abbeville; a daughter, Patti Stair of Mt. Pleasant; and eight grandchildren. Visitation: 2 to 3 p.m. today at Harris Funeral Home with service at 3 p.m. Entombment: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Mausoleum.

Memorials: Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 911, Abbeville, SC 29620. Joe Heard, Greenville Joe Heard, of 5 Crystal died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at Greenville Memonal Hospital. Retired cook: Greenville County School System. Survivors: a daughter, Marlene Fair of Greenville; sons, Bobby Lee Heard of Tampa, Rufus Norwood of Greenville and George Crane of Springfield, a sister, Leila Mae Cherault of Tifton, and a brother, McNeal Heard of Greenville.

Service: 4 p.m. Sunday at Watkins Garrett Woods Mortuary. Burial: Pinedale Memorial Park. Family: 54 Frontage Road. Leila B.

Hill, Greenville Leila Bradley Hill, 86, widow of Gary Hill, of 114 Easley Highway, died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at the home of her daughter. Member: Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. Survivors: a daughter, Janice Hill-Hatton of Greenville; and a sister, Virginia B. Mikell of Los Angeles, Calif. Visitation: 7 to 8 p.m.

today at S.C. Franks Chapel of Remembrance, Greenville. Service: 2 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with the Revs. C.S.

Sanders, Walter Perry and Ulysses Durham. Burial: West View Cemetery, Liberty. Family: 6 Whiller Drive. Estelle T. Jackson, Clinton Estelle T.

Jackson, 65, widow of Samuel Jackson, died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Survivors: daughters, Frankie Gary of Clinton, Celeste Pitts of Oxen Hill, Md. and Nannie Lee Jackson of the lies on doctor visits, to help navigate the red tape of insurance coverage, and to let them know what services are available. The difficulties associated with having a child with disabilities can be hard on many levels, Evington says. In some cases, it can put pressure on marriages, and in others one parent may be left with all the caregiving responsibilities.

Having someone to talk to can ease the strain, she says. Support parents receive 12 hours of training initially and another 15 hours each year, Evington says. Other volunteers also reach out into the community, attending support group meetings and facilitating new groups when needed, and providing information about the importance of prenatal care to prevent birth defects, she says. Family Connection operates on an annual budget of $1 million, 60 percent of it from the state, says executive director Connie Ginsberg. Other funding is provided by a variety of sources, including private foundations, corporations, individual contributions, and.

in Greenville, where the program has operated for five years, the Children's Hospital of the Greenville Hospital System. In South Carolina, there are some 275,000 children who have special needs, according to the state Budget and Control Board, Ginsburg says. "And'we have con- Herman A. Dobson, 68, of Field Vil- Ante HioH Fririav In no 'ffl 9000 5 Retired: LaFrance industries. Mem-; her.

East Main Street Church of God. Survivors: wife, Clara Eurala son; a son, Dennis Dobson of Salem; daughters, Sybil Wilson of Central, Mavis Lambreth of Joppa, Mari-' hm Dobson of Westminster and Ovaline Capone of Pinewood; a brother, Charles E. Dobson of Seneca; a sister, Doris Whitfield of Gastonia, and 16 grandchildren. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home.

7 Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral Burial: Memory Gardens. James Curtis Gilmer, Inman A. Cheroltees to add hotel skyscraper to casincP PARENTS FROM PAGE 1B i V1' ''j' After a social worker told them about Family Connection, they Here hooked up with another par- ent who also had a child with cere-bral palsy. "She was a shoulder to cry on.

'IShe understood what we were 'going through. She put it in per- i ''spective," Sheryl White explains. X'She let us know that it was not the end of the world, that the child is fj Btill your child, and will develop his personality, whether he can walk or not. 7 "Emotionally, it was wonderful," "Si she adds. "Not a doctor talking to vrjyou from another level, but another parent." Family Connection was born a V' tiecade ago when parents who'd gathered at a kitchen table to lend I each other support realized that The Associated Press CHEROKEE, N.C.

North Carolina's Cherokee Indians plan to spruce up their 2Vi-year-old casino with a new 15-story hotel featuring shops and 31,000 square feet of convention space. The planned $60 million project would be built on the tribe's reservation in the Appalachian Mountains next to Harrah's Cherokee Smoky Mountains Casino. The hotel would be the tallest building in LIBERTY FROM PAGE 1B of Remembrance in Liberty. Bill Smith 51, has worked at Michelin in Anderson for 24 years. He is a substitute teacher, volunteer activity bus driver and member of the School Improvement Council.

A former Liberty city councilman for eight years, Smith said his "deep love for Liberty" and the desire to get. more people involved moved him to submit his application. Brian Swords, 30, is a program coordinator with Tri-County, Tech Other parents in similar circum- stances might need help too, Eving- jj 'j, ton says. Today, the program boasts more s-than 400 parents in South Carolina ho have been trained more I 100 in the Upstate alone and last year fielded some 1,100 calls for help statewide. -wiLnin nours, a caner is jmatched with a volunteer who is on to listen, to accompany fami- lit I.