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Thursday, January 6, 2000 The Greenville News 4D DEATHS IN THE REGION Memorial Funeral Home TAYLORS: Sheridan, Geraldine Mahon WHITMIRE: Boyter, Lula Belle Whitmire Details incomplete Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Graveside service: 3:30 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Section E. The family is at the home of his son, 231 Belvue Road, Travelers Rest. Martha Mitchell Shannon, Columbus, N.C.

Martha Dithridge Mitchell Shannon, 91, of Laurel Lake Drive, died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000, at Saint Luke's Hospital. Born in Alleghany County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Ross and Edith Dithridge Mitchell. Survivors: a son, Robert M. Shannon of Las Vegas, daughters, Edith Reams of Greenville, and Mary Namel of Milford, five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Memorial service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at Tryon Presbyterian Church, Tryon, N.C. Memorials: Tryon Presbyterian Church, Harmon Field Road, Tryon, N.C 28782. McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, N.C DURHAM, N.C.: McCullough Rev.

Henry A. Whitaker Funeral Home EASLEY: Odom, Woodrow W. Robinson Funeral Home GREENWOOD: Brock William GREENWOOD: Workman, Wilbur HONEA PATH: Hutchinson, Edmond 'Giggs' LADSON: Bone, Lois V. MOUNTAIN REST: Harris, Dollie Ruth PIEDMONT: Jones E. Grady SENECA: Adams, James Freeman SENECA: Burkett, Ruth Nelms SENECA: Putnam, Paul Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home SIMPSONVILLE: Srisurat, Chandee SIMPSONVILLE: Young, Annabel West SIX MILE: Henry, Robert SLX MILE: Roper, Frances G.

Dillard GREENVILLE: Allen, O. Guy GREENVILLE: Brougher, Edith Andrews GREENVILLE: Childress, Mary Ellen GREENVILLE: Eaker, Linda K. GREENVILLE: Ferguson, Mattie Mae B. GREENVILLE: Poole, Martin Ansel ANDERSON: Davis, Marie Katherine Bullock ANTREVILLE: Brownlee, Billy ATLANTA: Proser, Helen P. BOILING SPRINGS: Bayne, Jesse BOILING SPRINGS: McCullough, Wm.

Travis CHARLOTTE: Bailey, Mary Susan Wakester CLEVELAND: Cannon II, Fayette A. CLOUDLAND, Keaton, Charles COLUMBUS, N.C.: Shannon, Martha Mitchell OBITUARY GUIDELINES To read past obituaries on the Internet, go to greenvilleonline.com 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. 'Snook' Adams, Seneca James "Snook" Freeman Adams, 77, of 120A Coneross Knob Drive, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at his home. Survivors: wife, Stella Marcus Adams; sons, the Rev. James Adams of Columbus, and Clifton B.

Adams of Seneca; daughters, Betty A. Roe of Easley, and Musa I. Kirby of Seneca; nine grandchildren; and a greatgrandchild. Predeceased: first wife, Irene Meeks Adams; parents, Clifton Freeman and Zoa Durham Adams; and four brothers. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m.

today at Seneca Baptist Church, with the service at 4 p.m. Burial: Oconee Memorial Park. Memorials: Hospice of the Foothills, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca, SC 29672. Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home. 0.

Guy Allen, Greenville Oscar Guy Allen, 76, widower of Mary J. Allen, of 124 Princeton died Monday, Jan. 3, 2000, at his residence. Born in Landrum, he was a son of the late Oscar Mitchell and Gertrude Noe Allen. Self-employed: Paint contractor.

Served: U.S. Air Force during World War II. Faith: Baptist. Survivors: a daughter, Deborah Hammond of Corpus Christi, Texas; and grandchildren, Megan and Ryan Hammond, both of Corpus Christi, and Jill Hammond of Pullman, Wash. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday at Woodlawn Funeral Home. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Remembrance Mausoleum Chapel, with the Rev. Earl Case officiating. Mary Susan Wakester Bailey, Charlotte Mary Susan Wakester Bailey, 48, formerly of Easley, died Sunday, Jan.

2, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital. Survivors: husband, Kenneth J. Bailey; children, Amelia Phillips, Dasha Rampey, and Niki Wakester, all of Charlotte, and Jeffrey Lerner of Boston, stepsons, Samson Bailey and Benjamin Bailey; a sister, Amanda Wakester; and four grandchildren. Predeceased: parents, Paul R. and Mary S.

Alexander Wakester. Memorial Mass: 2 p.m. today at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Memorials: Arbor Foundation, co 4916 Prentice Place, Charlotte, NC 28210. Hankins and Whittington, Dilworth Chapel.

Jesse Bayne, Boiling Springs Jesse Matthew Bayne, 21, of 516 Hemlock Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, after a sudden illness. A native of Spartanburg, he was a son of Dennis Earl and Peggy Lavender Bayne of the home. Employer: Spartanburg Regional Medical Center as an EMT Volunteer Fire Fighter: North Spartanburg Fire Department. Graduate: Spartanburg Technical College, Class of 1998 and Boiling Springs High School Class of 1996.

Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at The Wood Mortuary. Graveside service: 3 p.m. Friday at Wood Memorial Park. Memorials: North Spartanburg Fire Department.

Lois V. Bone, Ladson Lois V. Bone, 70, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at her residence. Born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of the late Allen Vaughn and Hattie Mae Hall Vaughn.

Member: First Baptist Church of North Charleston. Survivors: husband, Grady L. Bone; sons, Walter L. Bone of Summerville, and Charles A. Bone of Goose Creek; daughters, Debra D.

Bone of Knight-sville, and Donna D. Wiggins of Mount Pleasant; brothers, James and Billy Vaughn; sisters, Sue Manley and Shirley Vaughn; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Service: 3 p.m. Friday at James A. Dyal Funeral Chapel.

Burial: Dorchester Memory Gardens. Memorials: Hospice of Charleston. Lula Belle Whitmire Boyter, Whitmire Lula Belle Whitmire Boyter, 74, widow of Bobby T. Boyter, of 708 Lover's Lane, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at Providence Hospital.

Survivors: daughters, Joyce Brock and Lynn Wooten; a brother, Earl Whitmire; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-stepgrandchildren. Predeceased: parents, Wilford W. and Orpha Frazier Whitmire; and three brothers. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Gray Funeral Home, Whitmire.

Service: 3 p.m. Friday at Whitmire United Methodist Church. Burial: Whitmire Cemetery. Memorials: Whitmire United Methodist Church, Church Whitmire, SC 29178. William Brock Greenwood William C.

"Cal" Brock 71, of 605 Marshall Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at VA Medical Center, Augusta, Ga. Survivors: wife, Doris Lester Brock; sons, William C. Brock Jr. and Roger Blake Brock brothers, Eugene, Wesley, and Jimmy Brock; sisters, Gladys McKittrick, Evelyn James, Alis- Piedmont; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Service: 2 p.m. today at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest. Burial will in Shiloh United Methodist Church. Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of David and Virginia Lawless, 326 Piedmont Highway. Memorials may be made to Piedmont Presbyterian Church, 4 Academy Piedmont, SC 29673. Charles Keaton, Cloudland, Ga. Charles R. Keaton, formerly of Greenville, died Monday, Jan.

3, 2000, from injuries sustained in an automo-' bile accident. Survivors: wife, Scarlett Keaton; daughters, Hope Sissel of Eagle, June Cox and Diane Whitaker, both of Fountain Inn, and Libby Lott of Wax-haw, N.C; sons, Glenn S. Keaton and Michael W. Keaton, both of Cloudland; three sisters; two brothers; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial service: 11 a.m.

today at Trenton Chapel of Moore Funeral Home. Memorials: Saint Judes Childrens Research Hospital, Memorial Program, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Wm. Travis McCullough, Boiling Springs William Travis McCullough, 78, of 2631 Boiling Springs Road, Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, Jan 5, 2000, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

A native of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late E.G. and Dora Blackwood McCullough. He was a retired truck driver for YoungbloodABF Truck Lines and was the founder of McCullough's Shoes and McCullough Wrecker Service in Boiling Springs. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army, and was a member of the Rehobeth Baptist Church in Cherokee County.

Surviving are his wife, Catherine Weathers McCullough of the home; three sons and daughters-in-law, W.E. "Billy" and Frances McCullough of Greer, Jimmy Keith and Pat McCullough and Grady E. "Pap" and Judy McCullough, all of Boiling Springs; one sister, Sara Bradley of Boiling Springs; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends today, Jan. 6, from 7 till 9 p.m.

at the Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 7, at 3:30 p.m. at the Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel, conducted by the Rev. James Crocker, Dr.

Herbert Garrett and the Rev. Michael Joe Harvell. Interment will follow in the Boiling Springs Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Jimmy McCullough, Grady McCullough, Keith McCullough, Tony McCullough, Tim McCullough, Gregg McCullough, David Brooks and Max Gilbert. Memorials may be made to the Rehobeth Baptist Church, 110 Rehobeth Road, Gaffney, SC 29340 or to the American Cancer Society, 600 N.

Main Suite 2, Greer, SC 29650. The family will be at the home. Martin Ansel Poole, Greenville Martin Ansel "Andy" Poole, 89,, of 215 Piney Mountain Road, died Monday following a brief stay at the Easley Nursing Center. Born in the Locust Hill community of Northern Greenville County, he attended Greenville County Schools and fraduated from Furman University in 933. He was a World War II veteran who served with the Fourth Naval Construction Battalion.

Prior to his retirement in 1974, he served as superintendent of Streets, Roads and Sewers for the City of Greenville. He was a member of Northgate Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Etta P. Poole; a son, Stephen A. Poole and daughter-in-law, Valda S.

Poole; and two granddaughters, Rachel and Stephanie Poole, all of Travelers Rest. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Mattie Mae B. Ferguson, Greenville Mattie Mae Brown Ferguson, 90, formerly of Saluda View Drive, died Tuesday, Jan.

4, 12000, at Oakmont Nursing Center, ii Born in Jackson County, N.C, she was a daughter of the late Julius V. and Leona Owens Brown. She was widowed by her first husband, Lewis W. Greer; and her second husband, John F. Ferguson.

Mrs. Ferguson retired from the Greenville Hospital System and was a member of Truth Missionary Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters, Phyllis V. Moore of Greenville, and Mary Hawkins Ingram of Easley; a sister, Flossie B. West of Greenville; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest. Burial will be in Greenville Memorial Gardens. Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family is at the home of Mary Ingram, 177 Saluda View Drive. Dollie Ruth Harris, Mountain Rest Dollie Ruth Nicholson Harris, 54, of 137 Apple Orchard Road, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at her residence. Survivors: husband, Russell Harden Harris; a son, Herman Griffin of Toc-coa, a daughter, Helen Watkins of Mountain Rest; brothers, Leon Nicholson of Newry, Leroy Nicholson of Seneca, James Nicholson of Greenville, and Darryl Nicholson of Austin, Texas; sisters, Willie M. Briley of Wal-halla, Bertha Smith of Gray Court, and Margie Reid of Westminster; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Predeceased: parents, Little Mitt and Essie Lee Nicholson; and brothers, Clyde and Frank Nicholson. Memorial service: 7 p.m. today at-f Davenport FunefeUChapeL Robert L. Henry, Six Mile Robert Lemuel Henry, 65, of 251 Mount Olivet Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at Brian Center in Brevard, N.C.

A native of Kosciusko, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry. Retired: Ryobi. Member: Mile Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors: wife, Betty Earle Williams Henry; a stepson, Charles Martin; and two grandchildren. Graveside service: 2 p.m. today at Camp Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. Paul Hayes officiating. Duck-ett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central-Clemson Commons.

Edmond B. 'Giggs' Hutchinson, HoneaPath Edmond Benjamin Hutchinson, 82, of 44 Golden Acres, died Jan. 4, 2000, at Anderson Area Medical Center. Survivors: wife, Margaret Pressley Hutchinson; sons Thomas E. and Floyd Hutchinson', both of Belton; daughters, Ann Roberts of the home, Brenda.

Raines of Greenville, and Gail Coppola of Bradenton, a brother, Frank Hutchinson; a sister, Lucille Land; 12 grandchildren; and 16 greatgrandchildren. Predeceased: a son, Oscar Wayne Hutchinson; parents, Charlie and Lucy Lawton Hutchinson; and a sister, Ethel Long. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at The McDougald Funeral Home. Service: 2 p.m.

Friday at the funeral chapel. Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park. E. Grady Jones Piedmont Edward Grady Jones 93 of 326 Piedmont Highway died Tuesday, January 4, 2000, at St. Francis Hospital.

Born in Anderson County, he was 4the son of the Richard Harvey Jones and Frances Holder Jones and husband of the late Bernice Bagwell Jones. Mr. Jones retired from Claussens Bakery and was a member of Piedmont Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Virginia J. and David F.

Lawless of Piedmont; a son and daughter-in-law, E. Grady and Evelyn Jones, of Chester; a sister. Jessie Pickelsimer of Henry CI Helen P. Proser, Atlanta Helen P. Proser, 81, died day, Jan.

5, 2000. Former owner: Cancellation Shoe Mart, Greenville; Survivors: husband, Carl Proser; daughters and sons-in-law, Marsha and Denny Cohen, and Nancy and Larry Lebovitz; a son, Sylvan Proser of Myrtle Beach, a brother, Dr. Ben Poliakoff of Cherry Hill, a sister and brother-in-law, Dr. Rose and Milton Prystowski; and grandchildren, Rachel and Josh Cohen, and Scott and Robyn Lebovitz. Graveside service: 1 1 a.m.

Friday at Arlington Memorial Park, Atlanta. Omit flowers. Memorials: Congregation B'nai Torah. H.M. Patterson, Arlington Chapel.

Geraldine Mahon Sheridan, Taylors Geraldine Mahon Sheridan, 59, of 20 Kindlin Way, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 1999, at her home. Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Esabelle Bessick Mahon. She was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church and a volunteer with the Greenville Hospital System.

Surviving are her husband, Donald O. Sheridan a son, Donald O. Sheridan III of Taylors; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen M. and Mark Flores of Austin, Texas; a grandson, Michael Flores of Austin; a brother, William J. Mahon Jr.

of Ohio; a niece; and a nephew. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greenville County Cancer Society, 113 Mills Greenville, SC 29605 or Greenville Hospital Hospice, 255 Enterprise Suite 140, Greenville, SC 29615. A Memorial Mass will be conducted at 9 a.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Taylors. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown.

Chandee Srisurat, Simpsonville Chandee Srisurat, 88, widow of Nu- porn Srisurat, of 110 Menlo Drive, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at her home. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: daughters, Punnee Meyer of Simpsonville, and Pat Gardner of Myrtle Beach; sons, Yuth Srisurat and Montri Srisurat, both of Thailand; and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. A private service will be held at a later date.

Cannon Funeral Home-Jones Chapel, Simpsonville. Wilbur Workman, Greenwood Wilbur Atchison Workman, 87, widower of Elizabeth Harling Workman, of 919 Phoenix died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000. Survivors: daughters, Rebecca Brown of Greenwood, and Jayne To-ney of Spencer, N.C; a son, Wilbur T. Workman of San Antonio, Texas; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Predeceased: parents, William A and Maggie Scott Atchison Workman. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Blyth Funeral Home. Service: 1 1 a.m. Friday at South Main Street Baptist Church.

Burial: Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorials: South Main Street Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1093, Greenwood, SC 29648. Annabel West Young, Simpsonville Annabel West Young, 86, of 211 Huddersfield Drive, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000.

Born in Youngstown, she was a daughter of the late John K. and May Alexander West. Retired: YoungYates Kindergarten. Member; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Latrobe, Pa. Survivors: husband, Frederick George Young; a daughter, Janice "Joy" Young Hutson of Simpsonville; a brother, William Robert West of La-brobe; grandchildren, James F.

Burns and spouse, Kathy, and Wendy A Burns; and a great-grandchild, Kelly M. Burns. Services: At a later date in Labrobe, Pa. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. dressed.

He joined Goldman Sachs in 1969, at the urging of the firm's then-senior partner, Sidney J. Weinberg. He maintained a home in Alexandria, while working in New York as chairman of Golman Sachs International for about 12 years. In that capacity, he was instrumental in establishing the firm's business in Europe and Asia. He also started the firm's U.S.

Treasury and agency securities trading operations in the early 1970s, leading to the creation of Goldman Sachs' highly successful Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities division. tine Buchanan, Catherine Langley, Hazel Kidd, and Peggy Haynie; and four grandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at Blyth Funeral Home. Service: 2 p.m.

Friday at the funeral chapel. Burial: Bold Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorials: South Main Street Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1093, Greenwood, SC 29748. Edith Andrews Brougher, Greenville Edith Andrews Brougher, 83, of 235 W.

Dorchester died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000. Retired: Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Member: Forest Hills Baptist Church. Survivors: a daughter, Sandra Jean Brougher; mother, Marie Andrews; sisters, Wilma Davis, Rilda Struck, and Joan Graves; and a brother, Lt.

Col. Wesley F. Andrews. Visitation: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown.

Service: 2 p.m. Friday at Greenville Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Memorials: Forest Hill Baptist Church or Piedmont Skills, Patrick Center. Billy Brownlee, Antreville William "Billy" David Brownlee, 78, formerly of Antreville, widower of Julia Adele McCarter Brownlee, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at his home in Greenville.

He was a son of the late Jack and Amy Suber Brownlee. Veteran: U.S. Army, World War II, receiving a Bronze and a Silver Star with Oak Leaf Clusters. Survivors: a son, David Stanley Brownlee of Columbia; and two grandchildren. Graveside service: 3 p.m.

today at Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, with visitation at the graveside immediately following. Memorials: Shiloh United Methodist Church, Highway 184, West Iva, SC 29655. Harris Funeral Home Ruth Nelms Burkett, Seneca Ruth Nelms Burkett, 75, of 171 East Reedy Fork Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Survivors: husband, Verner Byron Burkett sons, Verner Burkett Jr.

and Cullen Burkett, both of Seneca; a daughter, Linda B. Murray of Westminster; sisters, Margaret Patterson, Alma Cooks and Lois Hightower; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Predeceased: a son, Virgil Burkett. Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. today at Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home.

Service: 1 1 a.m. Friday at Reedy Fork Baptist Church. Burial: Church cemetery. Memorials: Reedy Fork Baptist Church, 115 E. Reedy Fork Road, Seneca, SC 29678.

Fayette A. Cannon II, Cleveland Fayette A Cannon II, 79, of Cleveland, longtime Greenville area businessman, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 5, 2000, at his home after a period of declining health. Mr. Cannon was born in Butte, son of the late Fayette A.

Cannon Sr. and Nellie Christen Cannon. For the past 10 years, Mr. Cannon has been the proprietor of Pop's Rock Shop at Aunt Sue's Country Corner on Highway 11 in Pickens County. For many years he had been active in Piano and Organ sales in Greenville, having owned Cannon's Music and Roger Williams Music Center at McA-lister Square.

He was a member of Eastlan Baptist Church and was a World War II veteran of The U.S. Army Air Corps. Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Richards Cannon, noted local organist and entertainer; his stepmother, Ruth Cannon of Butte; two daughters, Nellie Merritt and her husband, Donald, of Powdersville, and Phyllis Holt of Cleveland; two sons, Fay Cannon III, MD, and his wife, Susan Fagan Cannon of Tampa, and the Rev. Richard O. "Rocky" Cannon and his wife, Susan Moody Cannon of Augusta, 10 grandchildren, Christine Merritt of Mechanicsburg, Michelle Shore, and Donald Madison Merritt both As Treasury secretary from 1965 to 1968, he was the country's point man on President Lyndon Johnson's "guns and butter" economic policy, a term describing the administration's insistence that a tax wasn't needed to pay for the escalating war in Vietnam and the domestic programs of the Great Society.

Behind the scenes, Fowler lobbied within the administration for a 10 percent tax increase as inflationary pressure began to build from Vietnam war-related activities. Johnson opposed a tax increa.se but eventually signed off on a surcharge that passed in 1968, the kst of Fountain Inn, Melissa Hamby of Murfreesboro, Richard Cannon Jr. of Greenville, Russell Cannon of Tampa, Kelly Cannon Smoak of Edi-sto, Christen Cannon of Boston, Carey J. Cannon of Augusta, Ga. and Angel Holt of Cleveland; two greatgrandchildren, Taylor Shore and Jessica Shore; two brothers, Bruce Cannon of Wasilla, Alaska, and Norman Cannon of Salt Lake City, Utah; and one sister, Cynthia Cannon Hines of Butler, Mo.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Dillard Memorial Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Bill Laxton and Dr. Marshall Sargent. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. The family is at the home. Mary Ellen Childress, Greenville Mrs. Mary Ellen McMahan Childress, 56, of 130 Buckeye Lane, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000, at the Hospice House of the Upstate in Anderson.

Born in Greenville, Mrs. Childress was the daughter of Lucille Kilby McMahan of Simpsonville, and the late James Clyde McMahan. She was a seamstress of Foothills Manufacturing in Easley, and a member of West End Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her mother are her husband, Bobby Joe Childress of the home; two daughters, Mary Ann Albertson of Easley, and Cindy Lee Moody of Dacusville; two brothers, J.C. McMahan of Hickory, N.C., and Doug McMahan of Greenville; three sisters, Nancy Cobb of Greenville, Sandra Lambert of Liberty, and Patricia Hampton of Easley; one granddaughter, Cortni Albertson; and her mother-in-law, Marie Childress of Easley.

Mrs. Childress was predeceased by a brother, Jerry McMahan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2000, at West End Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.

Jack Connelly. Burial will be in Green- lawn Memorial Park. The body is at Robinson Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. today and will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

The family is at the home. Marie Katherine Bullock Davis, Anderson Marie Katherine Bullock Davis, 80, widow of William Davis, of 2103 South Main Apt. 10-C, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000, at Anderson Area Medical Center. Survivors: Dr.

Dorothy Robertson Sr. of Anderson, the Rev. John W. Duckette of Washington, D.C., Moses P. Robertson Jr.

of Anderson, and Myrna D. Harris and Thomas Duckette of Washington. Predeceased: parents, Henry and Mary Bullock. Service: 3 p.m. today at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Burial: Welfare Baptist Church Cemetery. Family: 101 Brookforest Drive, Anderson. The Unity Mortuary. Linda K. Eaker, Greenville Linda Kay Eaker, 55, of 12 Rowley died Tuesday, Jan.

4, 2000. Born in Wilmington, N.C., she was the daughter of the late W.M. "Dick" Eaker and Elizabeth "Lib" Arrowood Eaker. She was reared in Kings Mountain, N.C. She was an employee of Collins Entertainment and was a Baptist.

Surviving are a daughter, Susan Randolph York and her husband, Rodger W. York of Taylors; a grandson, Michael Mahaffey; and special friends, Diane and Phil Hathcox of Taylors, and Larry Satterfield of Greenville. She was predeceased by a son, Gregory Randolph. Graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Woodlawn Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cancer Society of Greenville County, 113 Mills Greenville, SC 29605. year of a federal budget surplus until 1998. There was no shortage of crises awaiting Fowler, who had served as Treasury undersecretary from 1961 to 1964.

He was a key figure in the effort to reform the postwar dollar gold system and a strategic adviser in forming policies to keep the dollar strong in foreign markets. "Secretary Fowler was at all times committed to the highest ideals of public service," current Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers said in a statement in Washington. "United States and world economic and financial stability were greatly enhanced because Former Treasury Secretary Fowler dead at 9: small feat given the opposition who feared a tax cut would do little to improve the economy and only add to the deficit. A courtly figure, Fowler shunned the public spotlight, preferring to meet with lawmakers behind closed doors.

He argued that a massive cut in taxes would lead to increasing consumer purchasing, providing a boon to an economy suffering from unemployment and slow growth. Fowler, nicknamed "Joe," possessed a razor-sharp mind and a mechanical aptitude for policies and regulations. His intellect and stoic demeanor were encased in the image of a Southern gentleman, gracious, charming and always well- Retired banker was in Johnson Cabinet By Louie Estrada The Washington Post WASHINGTON Henry H. Fowler, a retired investment banker whose long career in government culminated in his role as Treasury secretary in the Johnson administration, has died of pneumonia at the Goodwin House West retirement community in Falls Church, Va. Fowler, who died Monday, was 91.

of his dedication." Fowler's appointment to head the Treasury Department came as a surprise to political observers who viewed his No. 2 job as a counterbalance to his predecessor, C. Douglas an investment banker and Republican who had served in the Eisenhower administration. Like Fowler was a southern Democrat with a reputation for being conservative but open to liberal policies. Fowler had also gained favor in the business and financial communities for shepherding the 1964 tax reduction bill through Congress.

The passage of the bill was no.