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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2008 THE GREENVILLE NEWS greenvilleonline.com 15A OBITUARIES Martin I Bowers Simpsonville Jack Martin Bowers, 59, died Friday, August 22, 2008, in the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Laurens, he was the son of Lois Riddie Bowers of Laurens and the late Donald P. Bowers. Mr. Bowers was in the U.S.

Marine Reserves during Vietnam, employed with Fluor Daniel and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his mother, are a daughter, Sara Christine Bowers of Falls Church, VA; brother, Jeff Y. Bowers and wife, Sandy of Piedmont; and numerous aunts and uncles. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2008, in The Kennedy Mortuary Chapel, conducted by Rev.

Bob Cato and Rev. Tim Bouton, with entombment in Forest Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum. The family will be at the home of his mother, 101 Windsor Drive, Laurens, and will receive friends one hour before the service at The Kennedy Mortuary. Memorials may be made to Charles Lea Rehabilitation Center, 195 Burdette Spartanburg, SC 29307-1003, or to SC Autism Society, 806 12th W. Columbia, S.C 29169-6142.

www.thekennedymortuary.com Vera Hester Browning Greer Vera Mildred Hester Browning, 87, of 111 Buddy Ave, widow of William Eddie Browning, died August 22, 2008, at Lila Doyle Nursing Center, Seneca. A native of Piedmont, daughter of the late Rev. William Robert and Lula Garrett Hester, she was a retired employee of Textube Corporation and member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Philathea Sunday School Class. Surviving are daughter and son-inlaw, Donna and Collas Harris of Salem; grandson, Jonathan Harris of Charlotte, N.C.; a brother, Rev. Jack Hester and his wife Shirley of Easley; three sisters, Thelma Smith and her husband Dortcha of Greer, Eunice Vaughn of Greenville and Ellen Davis and her husband Ralph of Simpsonville; and sister-in-law, Aleathea Hester of Greenville, N.C.

Mrs. Browning was predeceased by brother, William Robert "Bill" Hester, and a sister, Frances Gilbert. Visitation will be held 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m.

Monday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Danny Emory, Dr. Drew Hines, Rev. Jack Hester, Rev. Donel Kelley and Dr.

Ronald Vaughan. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park. The family is at the home. Memorials may made to Pleasant, Grove Baptist Church, 1002 S. Buncombe Road, Greer, S.C.

29651. Online condolences may be made at www.thewoodmortuaHarriet R. Dickey Greenville Harriet Rice Dickey, age 85, of Greenville, widow of Harry Stanley Dickey, Jr. died Thursday, August 21, 2008. She was a native of Trenton, New Jersey, and a daughter of the late Donald Ballard Rice and Louise Howell Rice.

Harriet attended Hollins College and was a graduate of the former New Jersey College of Women, now Rutgers University. She and her husband moved to South Carolina in the 1960s with the family textile business, W.J. Dickey and Sons. She was a sustaining member of the Greenville Junior League, the Wildwood Garden Club, the Greenville Country Club and Fourth Presbyterian Church. Harriet was an avid tennis player and played into her eighties.

She is survived by her children, sons, Bruce S. Dickey and wife, Effie; Scott A. Dickey and wife, Kathy, all of Greenville; daughter, Louise A. Morton and husband, Bill of Fredericksburg, VA; brothers, Louis S. Rice of Gettysburg, PA, and Robert H.

Rice of Atlanta, GA; and grandchildren, James Ashby IV, Turner D. Ashby, Mays Dickey, Bruce S. Dickey, O'Connor G. Ashby II, Effie Lloyd Dickey, Kaitlin C. Dickey and Scott A.

Dickey, Jr. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, August 25, 2008, at Fourth Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Dr. Allen C.

McSween officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the home of her son, Bruce S. Dickey, 201 Boxwood Lane. In lieu of flowers, memorials please be made to: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 703 E. Washington Street, Greenville, SC 29601 or to the charity of your choice.

The family is at the home of her son, Bruce S. Dickey. Obituaries and online registry at www.mackeymortuary.com. The Mackey Mortuary, 311 Century Drive Madaline S. Gillespie Greenville Rosa Madaline Sutherland Gillespie died August 20, 2008.

Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at City View First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Mtn. View Cemetery, Greer. www.thewoodmortuary.com Thomas Franklin Grant East Fayetteville, Pa.

Thomas Franklin Grant, 58, of Lincoln Way, East Fayetteville, died Thursday, August 21, 2008, at his home. Born April 7, 1950, in Irvington, he was the son of Dorothy (Riley) Grant of Greenville, S.C., and the late Archibald Grant. He was a graduate of Newark High School in Newark, NJ. He was a graduate of Jamestown College in Jamestown, N.D., with a Bachlors Degree. He is survived by his GREENVILLE Harriet Dickey Madaline Gillespie Edgar Harbin, Jr.

COLUMBIA John W. Simmons EASLEY Carlos A. Smith, Jr. Steven Henry Hester EAST FAYETTEVILLE, PA. Thomas Franklin Grant FOUNTAIN INN George Sullivan, Sr.

GREER Vera Hester Browning Donnie H. Hughes Obituary All obituaries, are prepared and Obituaries within the newspaper's Outside the circulation area, play obituaries with imum of 75 lines. Premium-display line headline costs $100 plus photos are available for $75. Deaths is free of charge, as are obituaries are at wife of 37 years, Mary Grant, whom he married August 28, 1971; daughter, Shannon E. Grant of Fayetteville; sons, Jeffrey T.

Grant Fayetteville and Matthew C. Grant Chambersburg, and four grandchildren. The family will ceive friends Monday, August 25, 2008, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the J.L. Davis Funeral Home Smithsburg, Md.

A service will held during the visitation. Burial will be vate and at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home Care Services 2700 Luther Chambersburg, 17201. Edgar 'Eddie' Harbin, Jr. Greenville Mr.

Edgar "Eddie" Harbin, 84, of 216 Berkley Avenue, Greenville, SC, died August 22, 2008. He was born August 1, 1924, in Greenville, SC, to the late Edgar Harbin, Sr. and Lillie McCarson. He was educated in Greenville County Schools and was retired from American Spinning. He was a Veteran of the U.S.

Army, serving during WWII. He was a member of Arrington Memorial United Methodist Church, where he was a member of Jane's Sunday School Class. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a son, Bryan Harbin; and a brother, David Floyd Harbin. Surviving are his wife, Kate Tripp Harbin; two sons, Henry "Hank" Harbin, Kenneth Harbin; a daughter, Patricia "Pat" Massey, all of Greenville; two sisters, Flora Locklin of Denver, NC, Evelyn McAvoy of Greenville; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Tuesday at Westville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday at Westville Funeral Home and at other times will be at the residence. Memorials may be given to McCall Hospice House, 1836 W.

Georgia Road, Simpsonville 29680. Westville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. PELZER Onie Graham SIMPSONVILLE Jack Martin Bowers WHITMIRE John Richard Tankersly Details incomplete OTHER DEATHS LAURENS Suber, Josephine, 83, Cook Road -Child's Funeral Home SPARTANBURG Ballew, Russell, 58, Coggins Road -Stribling Funeral Home guidelines billed through the funeral homes. circulation area cost $5 per line. rate is $6 per line.

Premium-disheadlines are $135 plus a minone-column obituaries with a 3- minimum of 50 lines. One-column A three-line listing under Other American flags for all veterans. All Donnie H. Hughes Greer On Friday, August 22, Donnie Hamlin Hughes of Greer, SC, wife of Rev. Wallace Hughes, went to meet her redeemer and savior, Jesus Christ.

She had fought a heroic battle with cancer for almost 4 years. She had maintained an active and enjoyable life up until about the middle of June. Her Oncologist, Dr. Larry Puls, and her Nutritionist, Dr. Charles Campbell, gave their best to see that she enjoyed a good quality of life.

The family wishes to thank them for their ministry to her and also to thank her oncology nurse, Mary Ellen, and her Hospice Nurses, Andrea, Jan, and Catherine, and her Hospice Case Worker, Tracy, for a very compassionate and caring ministry. Donnie was the daughter of the late Harlow J. Hamlin and Mary Alice Tinsley Hamlin of Liberty, SC. She and her husband were members of the class of 1955 of Liberty High School. After high school, she worked as Office Manager of Atlantic and Gulf States Insurance Company of Easley for 4 years.

In 1957, she married her high school sweetheart while he was a student at Furman University. On June 30, they celebrated 51 years of wonderful marriage. In 1959, they moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and both of them enrolled as students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, After one year, Donnie gave up the classroom to become Director of the Oder Department of the Library of the seminary, She continued in that role until they returned to South Carolina to begin serving churches throughout the state. She spent the majority of her married years as a homemaker, but did work as Secretary and Art Assistant at Seven Elementary School Columbia, and a as an Administrative Assistant in Development at Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood. During the 20 years that Wallace served as a Pastor and the 18 years that he served as an Associational Director of Missions, she was a faithful servant of the Lord, serving as a Sunday School Teacher, Choir Member, WMU member and Associational WMU Director, and English as a Second Language Teacher.

But her main ministry was being a wife, mother, a grandmother, and a friend. That was the ministry that was so important to her, and she was wonderful in the role. She enjoyed her flower garden, bird watching, reading, and Her two grandchildren were her favorite two subjects to talk about. She loved people, had a huge host of friends, and had a special place in her heart for missions and evangelism. She was a member of Abner Creek Baptist Church, Greer.

Surviving are her husband, Wallace Hughes; their two daughters, Cynthia H. Masters and Sheri H. Wright; their two sonsin-law, Dr. Lance Masters and Kevin Wright; their two grandchildren, Taylor Wright and Hailey Wright; two brothers, Talmedge and Wayne Hamlin; seven sisters, Lois Hayes, Dorothy McCall, Nell Gibson, Mary Hester, Janet Wilson, Shirley Stephens, and Antha James. She was predeceased by a brother, Fred Hamlin, and a sister, Grace Hamlin.

A Committal Service will be held at 3 p.m., Monday in the Chapel of Reflection Mausoleum at Robinson Memorial Gardens, 1425 Powdersville Road, Easley, SC 29642. Harris Vickery, Sr. Daddy, it seems like yesterday since your journey here ended and you reached Heaven ahead of us. God blessed us by allowing us to share part of our time on earth with you, and one day, all of eternity. I'll never know how I deserved a father as wonderful as you.

Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. John We will see you again, Edith, Cathy, Sharon, Jan, Harris, and all of the Vickery family 0100446991 A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 3 p.m., Tuesday at her home church, Flat Rock Baptist Church, Liberty, SC, The family will be available to speak to friends and family following each service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any memorials be made to Building Fund, Abner Creek Baptist Church, 2461 Abner Creek Road, Greer, SC 29651 or to Interim Healthcare Hospice, 775 Spartan Blvd STE 101, Spartanburg, SC 29301-9957. Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or in person at.

Robinson Funeral Home-Powdersville Road, which is assisting the family. John W. Simmons Columbia, S.C. John Waldrep Simmons, 60, of Columbia, SC, died Thursday, August 21, 2008. Born in Columbia, SC, he was son of Virginia Waldrep Simmons of Greenville, SC, and the late Henry Young Simmons.

He was a charter member of Lutheran Church of Our Savior. John graduated from the Citadel in 1970, and was retired after 27 years from Square Electrical in Columbia, SC. Along with his mother, he is survived by many cousins. A graveside service will be held Monday, August 25, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 2600 Wade Hampton Greenville, SC. Woodlawn Funeral Home, Greenville, S.C. Carlos A. Smith, Jr. Easley Carlos Andrew Smith, 61, of 121 Tadpole Lane, bluegrass musician, died Friday, August 22, 2008.

Funeral services: 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of Robinson Funeral Home Downtown. Visitation: 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Carlos Smith Fund, Robinson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 387, Easley, S.C. 29641-387. www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com George Sullivan, Sr. Fountain Inn Mr.

George Sullivan, age 84, of 1915 Liberty Church Road, died Friday at the McCall Hospice House, Simpsonville. A son of the late Allen Sullivan and Savannah Vance Sullivan, and the husband of the late Willie Ruth Sullivan. He was a member and Deacon of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Simpsonville. Mr. Sullivan was a retired employee of the Beattie Plant, Fountain Inn.

He is survived by two sons, George Sullivan, and Broadus Sullivan, both of Greenville, SC; eight daughters, Madge Pilgrim of Fountain Inn, Emma Sullivan, Hurley Sullivan, Mary Sullivan, Rev. Parry Williams and Celoney Sullivan, all of Greenville, Ella Fuller of Detroit, MI, and Katheryn Perry of Greer, SC; two brothers, David Sullivan and Alvin Sullivan, both of Simpsonville; thirty-two grandchildren; fifty-five greatgrandchildren; and fourteen great-greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, 3 p.m. at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Simpsonville, with Dr. Robert E.

Dennis officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Beasley Funeral Home, Fountain Inn. The family is at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs.

Louise Foggie, 15 Alta Crest Drive, Greenville. Beasley Funeral Home, Fountain Inn, is in charge of arrangements. Drummer Harman dies at 79 GANNETT NEWS SERVICE Buddy Harman, the percussion heartbeat of Music Row and Nashville's best-known and most-recorded drummer, died Thursday evening of congestive heart failure. He was 79. A native Nashvillian born Murrey Mizell Harman Harman played drums on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," Patsy Cline's Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man." In Loving Memory of Austin Manley Crain Happy Birthday to our precious Angel in Heaven.

We love you and miss you more than words can express. All our Love, Mom, Todd, Tori, Seth, Nanny, Papa, Eric, Maria and Mya, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Friends. IN LOVING MEMORY OF AUSTIN MANLEY CRAIN Austin, It's been almost a year since you were taken from us. Today is your 19th birthday and we wish you were here to celebrate it. Someone said that the Lord only takes the best and He got the very best when He took you.

We know that you are our "Guardian Angel" and that you will watch over us. We 0100446725 miss Dad, you Tori, and Seth, we Pop, love you Grandmother, very much! Sonja and David.