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4B greenvilieonline.com Wednesday, February 9, 2011 The Greenville News OBITUARIES PICKENS Haskell Charles Galbreath Shirley Austin Mansell Carl S. Norton SIMPSONVILLE Wilma Dudley Details incomplete OTHER DEATHS ANDERSON Barnes, Ann 77. of Ho-nea Path Kennedy Mortuary LAURENS Gambrell, Deborah Lynn, 53, of Laurens Kennedy Mortuary OCONEE Brown, John, 78, of Fair Play Sandifer Funeral Home GREENVILLE Joanne Moseley Hammond Mildred Tharp Jones-Raines Dana Gerard Pel letier Clara F.Phillips Fran Sorauf ANDERSON Rev. Crate Murphy BELTON Sadie Rice Maynard EASLEY 'Zona Hallums Ladd GREER Steven Arnold Howard James W. Spicer LAURENS Paula Cook Charles Jeter Glenn LIBERTY Ellison Kay McCrary Jr.

MARIETTA Jimmy Laws Nellie Boswell McCall NeSeBoswelMcCal Marietta Nellie Mae Boswell McCall, 79, wife of the late J.D. McCall, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at her home. Born in Greenville County, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Bertie Bruce Boswell She was a homemaker and member of Bethany Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters: Gail (Don) Gravely and Nancy (Art) Wilson; sons: David (Revelyn) McCalL Douglas McCall and Tim McCall; sisters: Helen Belcher and Janice Oldaker, brother Maurice Boswell; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Along with her parents, she was also predeceased by a brother, Jim BoswelL Graveside service will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m at Grand View Memorial Gardens.

The family will be at 102 Gilbert Dana Gerard Pefctier Greenville Dana Gerard Pel-k-tier, 62, of 5 Rollin-green Rd. Greenville, died unexpectedly Sunday February 6, 2011 of natural causes. He was the owner and founder of Action Concrete Contractors Inc in Greenville and was a member of John Knox Presbyterian Church. Mr. Pelletier is survived by his loving wife, Libby Childers; his mother-in-law, Lib Childers of Rock Hill, SC; two sons, William Dana and wife MoV lie, Dustin Thomas and wife Tabatha; two daughters, Danielle Maxine PeDetier-Thomas all of Greenville and Caroline Elizabeth of Sneads Ferry, NC; eight grand children, Skylar Nor-ris, Ansley Thomas, William, Amelia, Ry-lan, Henri, Lillian, and Avery Pelletier, one brother Renaud Pelletier of Vancouver, WA; three sisters, Sister Annette Marie Pelletier, IHM of Annendale VA, Regina Foster and Celeste Leonardo, both of Clearwater FL; and his two beloved Schnau-zers, Jack and Jifl.

Funeral services will Joanne Moseley Hammond Greenville Joanne Moseley Hammond, 79, wife of Frank Prentiss Hammond, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at her residence. Born January 18, 1932 in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lehman Adwell Moseley and Caroline Burriss Moseley She was a 1950 graduate of Greenville High School and attended Rollins College in Winter Park, FL She was a member of The Assembly, The Carillon, The Quadrille, and The Elsie Haynsworth Garden Club and was an avid bridge player. She had a special love for all animals, especially dogs and rescue dogs. Mrs. Hammond led a full and active life and will be dearly missed by those who loved her.

In addition to her husband of 58 years, she is survived by three children and their spouses: Caroline Hammond Stephenson and her husband, Keenan, of Columbia; Ginger Hammond Cebe and her husband, John? of Greenville; and Frank Prentiss Hammond, Jr. and his wife, Jennifer, also of Greenville. She is survived by six grandchildren, be held on Friday February 11, 2011 at 3:00 PM in the sanctuary of John Knox Presbyterian Church, 35 Shannon Dr. in Greenville. The family will receive visitors from 130 PM in the Kirk room.

Inurnment will take place immediately following the service, at the church's columbarium. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Thornwell Home for Children, 302 South Broad Street, Clinton, SC 29325 or The Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 AC Skinner Pkwy, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thom-asmcafee.com. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home Obituary guidelines All obituaries are prepared and billed through the funeral homes, which review content and charges with the family prior to publication. Obituaries cost $5 per line and photos are $25.

Obituaries may be published a second day at a 35 percent discount and a third day is free. All obituaries are posted at GreenvilleOnline.com. Obituaries include a $25 charge for posting at Legacy.com, the largest source for online obituaries nationally. There is no charge for a three-line death notice or for American flags for veterans. Obituaries and photographs submitted to The Greenville News may be published, distributed, repurposed and otherwise used in print electronic and other media platforms.

y. 1 Caroline and Hal Mi-ley of Columbia, Jack and Virginia Cebe, and Tee and Ann Lawrence Hammond of Greenville; and her chocolate lab, Piglet A memorial service will be held at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church in Greenville at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. The family will be at the home of Dr. and Mrs.

John Cebe, 707 McDaniel Avenue, and will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greenville Humane Society, 328 Furman Hall Road, 29609 or to the charity of one's choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.thom-asmcafee.com. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Clara F.

Phillips Greenville Clara Former Phillips, 85, widow of Robert Earl Phillips, died Saturday, February 5, 2011. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Mauldin. Surviving are her two sons, Rusty Phillips, of Simpsonville and Mark K. Phillips, of Allen, TX; two daughters, Nancy Brooks, of Chapin and Lynn Betterley, of Columbia; 10 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 2pm at The Mackey Mortuary.

Entombment will follow in Graceland East Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Connie Maxwell Children's Home, RO. Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648. Online registry available at www.mackey-mortuary.com Rev.

Crate Murphy Anderson Rev. William, Crate Murphy, 93, widower of Bertha H. Murphy, died Feb. 7, 2011. He was a retired Baptist Minister, serving a number of churches in upstate S.C.

and northeast Georgia Survivors include two daughters, Betty Murphy of Anderson and Emily Wyatt and husband, Larry, of Augusta, GA; daughter-in-law, Margaret Murphy of Martin, GA; 5 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles William "Bifty" Murphy, 1 brother, and 7 sisters. Services: 11 am. Friday at New Prospect Baptist Church. Visitation: 2-3 p.m.

and 65 p.m. Thursday at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, 3205 North Highway 81, Anderson. Memorials to New Prospect Baptist Church or Hospice of the Upstate. www.sullivanking. com Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.the-howzemortuary.com.

The Howze Mortuary, Travelers Rest is in charge of the arrangements. (864) 834-8051 Shirley Austin Mansel Pickens Shirley ManseD, 67, of 102 Garden Drive, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. Born in Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late James Richard and Ola Mae Keeys Austin. Survivors: children, James (Maria) Austin of Winchester, VA and Connie Austin of Pickens, SC; siblings, Preston Austin of Newport News, VA, Willie Mae Anderson and Mary Rosemond, both of Pickens, SC, Thomas (Pearlee) Austin of NC, Melvin (Joycelyn) Austin of Chesapeake, VA, Rosa Lee (Russell) Austin of Pickens and James Austin; six grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren. Funeral Service: Thursday, 2:00 PM at Watkins, Garrett Woods Mortuary.

The family has requested no floral arrangements. Steven Arnold Howard Greer, SC Steven Arnold Howard, 36, of 3085 E. Gap Creek died February 6, 2011 at home. A native of Greenville County, he was a 1992 graduate of Greer High School and attended Spartanburg Methodist College. He was a member of Washington Baptist Church.

Surviving are his parents, Jack and Virginia Hughes Howard of Greer, a son, Gavin Howard of Greer a sister, Jagina Howard of Greer; Aunts and Uncles, Arnold and Pau- line Emery of Landrum and Milford and Helen Clayton of Greer. Cryptside services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens conducted by Dr. Drew Hines and Rev. Joe Price.

The family is at home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Washington Baptist Church Building Fund, 3500 N.Hwy 14, Greer, SC 29651. Online condolences may be made to HaskelCharies Galbreath Pickens Funeral services to honor the life of Mr. Galbreath will be held Friday at 2:00 PM in the Liberty Mortuary ChapeL Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the mortuary. Burial will be at Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery.

Haskell Charles "Hank" Galbreath, 78, of 174 Porter Road died Monday, February 7, 2011 at his residence. Bom in Easley, he was the husband of Geral-dine Rich Galbreath of the home, and a son of the lafe Edgar Bruce and Grace Ellenburg Galbreath. Hank was a 1950 graduate of Easley High School and afterwards he joined the U.S. Marine Corp and served our country during the Korean War. He was the owner of Western Auto in Pickens which later became known as Haskell Corp.

He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Debbie Fowler of Liberty and Suzanne Smith of Six Mile; three sons Mike Galbreath of Titusville, FL, Brian Galbreath of Toccoa, GA and Bruce Galbreath of Easley; a stepson, Jerry Clark of Liberty; two sisters, Barbara Ellis of Easley and Shelby Hawkins of Greenville; ten Grand- Ellison Kay McCrary Jr. Liberty Ellison Kay Mc--Grary, 84, of Pickens passed away on February 7, 2011 at the Veterans Hospital in Asheville, North' Carolina He is survived by his wife, of thirty-seven years, Juanita "Johnnie" Wilbanks McCrary. He was the son of the late Ellison Kay McCrary and Lula McCrary. He served his country during World War in the US Navy.

Mr. McCrary was a retired master plumber. He was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Pam Liner of NC; two sons, Ellison Kay McCrary, III of FL and Clifford McCrary of NC; a step daughter, Jackie Ballard and Wilma Dudley Simpsonville Wilma Margaret Ford Dudley, 85, of Simpsonville, died in her sleep after a long illness on Monday, February 7, 2011. Born on April 29, 1925, in Mars Hill, Maine, to the late William Sidney and Anna Beatrice Cur-rie Ford, she was the widow of Carroll Edward Dudley.

After his retirement from the Air Force, they made their home in Sumter, SC, where she was a member of Bible Fellowship Church and Sumter Bible Church. Following their move to Simpsonville she became a member of Beth Haven Baptist Church. She was devoted to her family and was known for sharing her love for the Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ Predeceased by brothers, Ralph E. Ford and Horace W. Ford and a sister, Mary Bell, she is survived by brothers, Charles Vernon Ford and William S.

Ford, and a sister, Glenna F. PUlsbury, her children, Susan Glenna Dudley Johnson of Enoree, SC; Stephen Carroll Dudley and his wife Jan of Cayce, SC and Sharon Margaret Dudley Fogle and her husband Terry of New Sadie Rice MaynahJ Belton Sadie Rice Maynard, on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am. Friday, February 11, at Belton First Baptist Church. A private family burial will be held at, the Belton Cemetery at Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 at the home of Rex and Louise Maynard, 708 Brown Avenue, Belton, S.C. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Belton First Baptist Church, Belton Museum Association, Belton Center for the Arts, or the Belton Tennis Association.

Cox Funeral Home is in charge of the Fran Sorauf Greenville Florence "Fran" Margaret Sorauf lost her long battle with Parkinson's disease on Sunday, February 6, 2011. She was a loving, courageous and inspiring wife, mother and friend. Born on October 20, 1931 in Racine, Wisconsin, she was predeceased by her husband of almost fifty years, Donald James Sorauf. She is survived by her three children Lisa Berghaus, David Sorauf and Christa Sorauf Kne-bels; and five grandchildren, Kelly Berghaus, Meghan. Meek, David Meek, Daniel Meek, and Cole Knebels.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, February 11 at 3:30 pjn. at The Mackey Family and friends will be received at the home following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parian-son's Research at www. michaeljfox.org or The Michael J.

Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, ATTN: Tribute Gifts Church Street Station, RO. Box 780, New York, NY 10008)780. Online condolences may be made at www. mackeymortuary.com Carl S. Norton Pickens, SC carl i Morton son of the late Sylvester and Lillie Mae Cooper Nor ton, died Monday Feb.

7 2011. Services will be private. Palmetto Mortuary 864-241-5093 Mildred Tharp Jones-Raines Greenville Mildred Eloise Tharp Jones-Raines, age 94, of Greenville, South Carolina passed away peacefully on 252011. Relatives and friends are invited to a celebration of life for Mildred at 3pm on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at the Remembrance Chapel of Woodlawn Memorial-Park. The Mackey Mortuary.

Online registry available at children, Misty Kearney, Jason Fowler, Katie Estes, Shawn, Jennifer, Katelyn, Kim and Kaley Galbreath, and Brittany and Jacob Smith; great grandchildren, Zach-ary Sanders, Andre and Haley Bergeron, Ash-ton Kearney, Jayden Parker and Nolan Galbreath. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a daughter, Rhonda Galbreath; a stepdaughter Jan Rath-geb; a son Joseph Mark Galbreath; two brothers, Chris and Jack Galbreath; and a great grandchild, Haiden Parker. Floral arrangements are appreciated but memorials may also be made to Open Arms Hospice: 1836 West Georgia Road Simp-sonville, SC 29680 or Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation 5211 Auth Road Suit-land, MD 20746. The family will be at the home. Memorial messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.

com Liberty Mortuary is handling arrangements. step son, Brad Carnes; thirteen grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Mr. McCrary is also survived dv two sis- ters, JoAnn Black and Eileen Summey and two brothers, John Allen McCrary and Gene McCrary all of NC. He was predeceased by his brother, Jack and sisters, Helen, Thalia and Louella Funeral services with military honors will be 1PM Thursday at McKinney Chapel, Cleo Chapman Highway, Sunset SC, with burial to follow in the chapel cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers the- family requests donations be made to McKinney chapel, or the American Cancer Society. Palmetto Mortuary) 241-5093 Mexico; six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. The family wishes to thank the many dedicated professionals of the Greenville Hospital System and NHC Mauldin who took such good care of her in recent months. Visitation will be at Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Beth Haven Baptist Church immediately followed at noon by the funeral service.

Burial will follow in Graceland East Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be sent to Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29150 and Beth Haven Baptist Church, 721 Neely Ferry Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680. Wood Mortuary in Greer, SC (www. thewoodmortuary. com) is in charge of arrangements.

James W. Spicer Greer James William Spic er, 52, beloved husband of Dorthy, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Februarys 2011 at his home. James was born in Akron, OH, son of the late James and Ruth Spicer. He is survived by his daughter, Christine NichoU, her husband Raymond, their son Nathaniel, and his brother, Jerry Spicer, of OH. He leaves us for a better place, but will be greatly missed until we meet again.

He was a good hearted man who befriended all. He was an avid pool player and assembled hundreds of 1,000 piece puzzles. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening at The Wood Mortuary We are the oldest and most trusted cremation service only provider in the upstate. (864) 878-6661 Complete cremation services start at $695..

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