B2 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012 WWW.THESTATE.COM THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES Lenich co*ker, 74, of Turbeville, died Wednesday. Plans will be announced by Floyd Funeral Home of Olanta. George Marshall Cook, 67, of Elgin, died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, Columbia. McKinley Foster of 4932 Baine Columbia, died Tuesday.
Plans will be announced by Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home. Ella L. Grant, 71, of 6420 Heir Drive, Rembert, died Tuesday. Friends may call at the residence. Plans will be announced by Funeral Home, Camden.
Tommie Hicks, 92, of 4112 Peale died Wednesday. Plans will be announced by A.A. Dicks Funeral Home. Herman "Coot" Jackson, 90, of Cayce, died Wednesday. Friends may call from 2-3 p.m.
Friday at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Clifton Liddell, of 411 Oak Manor Drive, Columbia, died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home. Rosene Winburn Lyles, 86, of Hartsville, died Tuesday. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m.
today at Norton Funeral Home. William Joseph "Joe" McCurry, 85, of 116 Woodland Way, Abbeville, died Tuesday. Plans will be announced by The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home. Vicki Lynn Powell, 43, of Chapin, died July 29. If you have any information regarding her next of kin, please call the Lexington County Office, 803-359-8439.
Henry Richmond, 88, of Winnsboro, has died. Plans will be announced by Glover Memorial Chapel. Maggie L. Williams, 74, of 2417 Kent Columbia, died Wednesday. Plans will be announced by Funeral Home.
Ruby Christine Aldrich, 83, of Lugoff, at 10 a.m. at Harvest Baptist Church, with burial in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, is in charge. Danjessto Allehondro Allen, of Columbia, at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Promised Land Cemetery.
A.A. Dicks Funeral Home is in charge Nancy Marie Long Donahue, 60, of Gilbert, at 11 a.m. at Thompson Funeral Home, Lexington, with burial in Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens. Jerry Lewis Duncan, 76, of Columbia, a memorial service at 11 a.m. at New Kirk Presbyterian Church.
Frankie Earl Evans, 70, of Chapin, at noon in the Bush River Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Shives Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge. Robert Elton Hemphill, 47, of 222 Gloria Trail, Columbia, at 2 p.m. (1 p.m. viewing) at Blackjack Baptist Church, Winnsboro, with burial in Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Winnsboro.
Russell-McCutchen Funeral Home, Winnsboro, is in charge. Helena Poduszka, 65, of Columbia, a memorial service at 11 a.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Vicki Lynn Powell, 43, of Columbia, a memorial service at 10 a.m. at Boyce Chapel First Baptist Church.
Bruce Wayne Steen, 59, of Wallace, at 4 p.m. at The Emmanuel True Gospel Holiness Church, with burial in the Chavis Family Cemetery. Kiser Funeral Home, Cheraw, is in charge. Johnny Jason Taylor, 79, of Leesville, at 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Gilbert, with burial in the church cemetery.
Milton Shealy Funeral Home, Batesburg-Leesville, is in charge. Margaret Gandy Ziegler, 93, of Columbia, a celebration of life service at 1 p.m. at Greelawn Funeral Home, with burial at 2 p.m. in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Harold "Fris" Asbill GILBERT Memorial services for Harold "Fris" Asbill, 74, will be conducted at 3:00 p.m.
Friday August 3, 2012 at Barr-Price Fu- neral Home and Crematorium, Lexington Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Asbill passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Born in Lexington County, he was a son of the late Ward and Bessie Mills Asbill.
Surviving are his brothers, Buck Asbill and Ray Asbill, (Kay), sisters, Annette Asbill, Mary Gonzales and Margaret Roland. He was predeceased by a sister, Virginia Getsinger. Online register at Barr- Price.com (803)356-4411 George Lee Bryant COLUMBIA George Lee Bryant passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2012, at 66 years of age. Born in Livorno, Italy, he was a son of Melvin Lee Bryant and Marta Peteani Bryant. A gradu- ate of Lower Richland High School and the University of South Carolina with a degree in Mechanical Engineer- ing, George served in the consul- tant industry for more than 40 years.
Licensed in 19 states, projects included work for NASA, the Department of Defense, Pepsi, American Italian Pasta Co. and Roll International to name a few. In 2007, he formed his own successful de- sign firm Criterion Design Group, LLC. When he working, George had a passion for the mountains and enjoyed all things Native American espe- cially Cherokee. Undoubtedly many have seen him in one of his trademark Native American shirts which were definitely hard to miss.
George touched many lives by his exuberant personali- ty and was much loved by every- one who knew him. He never met a stranger and he will be missed by colleagues, friends and family. George was a proud, doting and loving father, grandfather and husband. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Pam Cor- bett Bryant; his two sons, Kyle and Stuart; daughters, Denise and Leigh; grandchildren, Stuart Chloe and Skylar; his pa- rents; siblings, Lucy and Herb Hohe, Tommy and Jan Bryant and Sandy and Jody Lorick. A service will be held at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 4, 2012, at Dunbar Funeral Home, De- vine Street Chapel. The service will be a celebration of life so casual dress is preferred. The family would like to thank everyone who has made this dif- ficult time easier to bear. All the wonderful emails, cards, calls, food and flowers have all bright- ened these past days. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Autism Speaks, 1 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (www.auti smspeaks.org), Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20850 (www.fish- erhouse.org) or Mental Health America, 200 N.
Beauregard Street, 6th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22311 (www.nmha.org). Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunera ls.com. Rebecca Caroline Upshur Bull 1931-2012 TARPON SPRINGS, FLA. Re- becca Caroline Upshur Bull was born in Sumter, S.C., November 8th, 1931. She attended Queens College in Charlotte, N.C., and graduated from Columbia Col- lege in 1965 with a degree in Speech Pathology.
Caroline worked for many years in the Georgia and Florida school sys- tems as a Speech Therapist and Hearing Impaired Teacher, help- ing children to correct their speech impediments. She is sur- vived by her three children: Da- vid Bull, Betsy Bull Purvis and Caroline Bull. She is also sur- vived by four grandchildren, Ben, Leigh, Nicholas and Ste- phen, and a sister, Martha P. Upshur, also of Sumter. Caroline Upshur was an accomplished pianist who shared her talent throughout her life with Sunday school classes and residents of several nursing homes.
She was a wonderful person, a devoted mother, and will be tremendous- ly missed by those who loved and knew her. Friends and fami- ly are invited to come celebrate her life at a Memorial Service being held at the Alice Boyle Garden Center, 842 West Liberty Street in Sumter, on Saturday, August 4th, beginning at 1 p.m. Elsie Lavinia Mixson Causey ESTILL Elsie Lavinia Mixson Causey of Estill, SC, widow of Mr. Will Causey, died Monday July 30th, 2012 in New Bern, NC. Born July 3rd, 1919 in Hamp- ton County she was the daughter of the late Nicholas Hamilton Mixson and Ida Freeman Mixson.
Mrs. Causey graduated from Columbia College in 1940, was a homemaker, and later taught in the Estill public schools for more than 20 years. She was Vice Chairperson and Treasurer of the Coastal Empire Community Mental Health Board for 15 years and a mem- ber of the Hampton County Lit- eracy Association. Mrs. Causey was a member of Lawtonville Baptist Church in Estill where she taught Sunday school, and was active with the W.M.U.
and Survivors include one son: Nicky Causey and wife Sally of Charleston, SC, two daughters: Sally Johnson and husband An- dy and Lisa Jackson and hus- band Jim both of New Bern, NC, one sister, Edith M. Long of Hampton and a daughter-in-law Edie Causey of Beaufort, SC. There are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by one son, W. Jackson Causey and an infant son.
Funeral services will be held Thursday August 2nd, 2012 at 2 p.m. in the Lawtonville Baptist Church in Estill, SC, directed by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Sand Hill Cemetery near Varnville, SC. Friends may call at the church beginning at 1 p.m. prior to the service.
Memorials in her honor may be directed to Lawtonville Bap- tist Church, PO Box 1057, Estill, SC 29918 or Sand Hill Cemetery Association, 111 Mary Hampton, SC 29924. Joey Dorton LUGOFF A celebration of life service for Joseph Willis Dorton, 46, will be held Fri- day at 11:00 a.m. at Lugoff First Baptist Church with burial to fol- low in Springvale Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Todd Horton will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday 5-8 p.m. at Powers Fu- neral Home, Lugoff. Joey died Wednesday, August 01, 2012. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Joseph Willis Dorton Sr. and Barbara Harris Dorton.
He retired from the South Carolina Highway Patrol and was a local entrepreneur. He was currently serving on the Kershaw County School Board and was the former Chairman of the Board. Joey was very active in com- munity events and coached foot- ball and baseball for the Ker- shaw County Recreation Depart- ment for 14 years. He was a past member of the Optimist Club and a current member of the Lugoff-Elgin ABLE Club. He en- joyed reading, gardening and sports.
Joey was a devoted husband and father. His greatest joy came from spending time with his sons and his wife. They were the most important things in his life and his entire world revolved around them. Surviving are his wife of 21 years, Mitzi Mickle Dorton; sons, Joseph Willis Dorton, III student at the College of Charleston, and Justin Mickle Dorton of the home; parents, Joe and Barbara Dorton of Elgin; sisters, Theresa McManus (Wayne) of Rembert and Elizabeth Dorton Starling (Jerry Lee) of Elgin; and father and mother-in-law, Willie and Roetta Mickle of Lake Wateree. Sign the online register at ww w.powersfuneralhome.net.
Audrey Marie Hopper Ferguson COLUMBIA Audrey Marie Hop- per Ferguson passed away Tues- day July 31, 2012, at The Presby- terian Community of SC in Lex- ington. Born April 28, 1923 in Great Falls, S.C., she was a daughter of the late James Ed- ward Hopper and Pearl Sims Hopper. She graduated from Great Falls High School and Greenville General Hospital School of Nursing and retired from Moncrief Army Hospital. She was predeceased by her parents, a brother, Elliott Hop- per and her beloved husband of 61 years, LeRoy H. Ferguson, Jr.
She loved her God, her family, her church, her friends and her country. She is survived by her loving sister and brother-in-law, Matetrell and Henry Hollingworth of Due West, S.C.; her children, LeRores Ferguson Sullivan and husband, Dan of Charlotte, N.C., the Reverend LeRoy H. Ferguson, III and wife, Debbie of Murfreesboro, and Philip S. Ferguson and wife, Deborah of Sumter, S.C. She is also survived by grandchildren, Anne Marie S.
Jacobs, Daniel Sullivan, Michael Sullivan, Bethany Ferguson, Davie Fergu- son, Andrew Ferguson and Am- ber Ferguson; and two great- grandchildren. A graveside service for family and close friends will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 3, 2012, in the Memorial Garden of Shandon Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to World Harvest Mission, Christ School, Bundibugyo, Uganda Water Emergency Fund 101 West Avenue, Suite 305, Jenkintown, PA 19046-2039 or to the Shandon Presbyterian Memorial Garden Fund, 607 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC 29205. Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunera ls.com.
Jewell P. Gilbert COLUMBIA Jewell P. Gilbert, 88, of Columbia, SC, formerly of Quincy, FL, died Monday, July 30, 2012. She was wonderfully cared for 11 years at The Herit- age at Lowman. She was preced- ed in death by husband of 63 years, Lewis Gilbert and grand- son, Jed Williams.
She is survived by 3 daugh- ters, Karen Mixon (Tony) of Co- lumbia, SC, Peggy Tucker(Ron) of Athens, TN, and Janis Williams(Ted) of 9 grandchildren and 16 great- grandchildren. The service will be at First Baptist Church, Quincy, FL, Sat- urday, August 4, 2012. Memorial contributions may be made to YWAM missionaries Luke and Meredith Moon (grandchildren) at CoLink P.O. Box 82188, Kenmore, WA 98028. McClellan Funeral Home in Quincy, FL, is handling arrange- ments.
Yoland Brunetta Dennehey Jernigan SUMTER Yoland Brunetta Dennehey Jernigan, 96, widow of Lloyd Edward Jernigan, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Tuomey Regional Medical Cen- ter. Born in Trinidad, she was a daughter of the late Philip Dennehey and the late Audlaine Fitz William Dennehey. Mrs. Jernigan was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church.
She re- tired from the Soup Co. Survivors include two daugh- ters, Renee Ottinger (Don) of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and Ju- dy Jernigan of Sumter; one son, Chuck Jerningan (Nancy) of Tri- nidad; three grandchildren, Phil- lip Ottinger, Natalie Jerningan, and Carl Jerningan; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Donavan, C.Ss.R.
officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Fu- neral Home with the Rosary be- ginning at 6 p.m. The family would like to ex- press a special to Eloise Maples and Theresa Da- vis for the gentle, loving care they have provided. Memorials may be made to the Association, Pal- metto Chapter, 4124 Clemson Clemson, SC 29621.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Fu- neral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the ar- rangements. Charles Wesley Kennedy Jr. PELION Funeral service for Charles Wesley Ken- nedy, 38, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 4, 2012, at Grace Chapel Church, officiated by Reverend Rusty Rabon. Inter- ment will be 1 p.m.
at Stephen Greene Memorial Gardens, Winnsboro, SC. The family will receive friends from 10 until 11 a.m. prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, me- morials may be made to the A.L.S. Association, Lou Disease, SC Chapter, 1023 Wappoo Suite A19, Charles- ton, SC 29407.
Thompson Fu- neral Home of Lexington is as- sisting the family. Mr. Kennedy passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Born in Columbia, SC, he was a son of June M. Kennedy Elkin and the late Charles Wesley Kennedy.
He was a member of Grace Chapel Church; and was em- ployed in the maintenance shop with Carolina Eastman. Mr. Ken- nedy was a 1991 graduate of Air- port High School. He was a lov- ing father, brother and son who fought a courageous battle against Lou disease. He was an avid Clemson fan.
He will be fondly remembered and dearly missed. Surviving are his mother, June M. Elkin of West Columbia; daughters, Allie Kennedy and Mallory Kennedy of Pelion; sis- ter, Marie Kennedy of Pelion; aunts, Ann Wetherington of Au- gusta, GA; and Judie Lancaster (Ray) of Columbia; cousin, Wil- son Lancaster (Mel) of Columbia and nephew, Dalton Wooten of Pelion. The family would like to thank the nurses who assisted in care, Diana, Denean, Cindy, Terreus, Emily and LaShonda. Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com Leslie Eugene Matheson CHERAW Leslie Eugene Matheson, 93, died Tuesday, Ju- ly 31, 2012.
The family will for- mally receive friends 1:00 PM Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Ki- ser Funeral Home, informally at your leisure in the home of Mrs. Rosa Mae Craft. A funeral serv- ice will be held 2:00 PM Thurs- day, August 2, 2012 at Kiser Fu- neral Home, Cheraw, SC, burial will be in Chatham Hill Memori- al Gardens. Johnny McMichael COLUMBIA Funeral service for Mr. Johnny McMichael will be held Friday 12:00 noon (viewing 11:00 a.m.) at the Friendship A.M.E.
Church with interment to follow in the Ft. Jackson Nation- al Cemetery. Viewing will be held today beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel. Surviving are his daughters, Tammy, Lisa, Patricia, and JoAnn McMichael and Beatrice Waddell; mother, Thomasina (Haskell) Williams; 20 grand- children; three great- grandchildren; and a host of oth- er loving relatives and friends.
www.leevy.com Wilbur Kenneth Rabon Jr. LEXINGTON Funeral service for Wilbur Kenneth Rabon, Jr. 52, will be held at 11 a.m. Fri- day, August 3, 2012, at State Street Baptist Church, officiated by Dr. Tommy Pillow.
Interment will follow at Southland Memori- al Gardens. Serving as pallbearers will be Glenn Shumpert, Alan Sheppard, Bob- by Owen, Charles Cox, Jimmy Cox and Mike Justice. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Hardee, John Joseph and The Pond Branch Riders. The family will receive visitors from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday evening at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Duke University Cancer Insti- tute, Office of Development, DUMC 3828, Durham, NC 27710. Ken passed away Wednesday, August 01, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was truly an inspiration to all who knew him. Born in Loris, SC, he was a son of Bonnie Frances Cox and the late Wilbur K. Rabon, Sr.
He was a member of State Street Baptist Church and beloved brother of the Pond Branch Riders motorcycle club. Ken was an avid fan of South Carolina Football and the Pitts- burgh Steelers. Surviving are: his mother, Bonnie Cox Rabon of Cayce; daughters, Kelly R. Smoak (Jon- athan) of Lexington and Kathleen Rabon of West Colum- bia; sister, Turner (Low- ell) of Cayce and their daughter, Tina; brother, Dennis Rabon (Kristen) of Elgin; nieces, Ansley and Erin Rabon; great nieces, Cierra, Jannie and Madelynn. Ken was preceded in death by a nephew, Buddy Turner.
Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com William Luther Young KINARDS William Luther Young, age 89, of 2476 Bush Riv- er passed away Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at Hospice of Laurens County. He was born in Laurens Coun- ty and was a son of the late Lu- ther and Blanche Moore Young. Mr. Young was a Director with Laurens County Farm Bureau; former member of the Laurens County FSA (Farmer Security Administration) Committee; member of the Bush River Young Farmers and a member of Bush River Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Frances Hollingsworth Young; two sons, Billy Young and wife, Beth, of Spartanburg, Robert Young and wife, Karen, of Kinards; Grandchildren, Tal and Mary Beth Young of Spartan- burg, Karley and Rachel Young of Kinards and one sister, Caro- lyn Y.
Young of Sparta, NC. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by a sister, Martha Y. Fowler and a brother, Henry M. Young. Funeral services will be con- ducted Friday, Aug.
3rd at 3:00 p.m. at Bush River Baptist Church by Rev. Marion Ringer and Rev. Brian Preston with bur- ial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday before the service in the church fellowship hall beginning at 1:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Laurens County, P.O. Box 178, Clinton, SC 29325 or Bush River Baptist Church, 8935 Bush River Newberry, SC 29108. Condolences may be ex- pressed online at www.grayfune ralhome.com Gray Funeral Home of Clinton NOTICES RITES DEATHS Rita Miljo, whose devo- tion to rescuing orphaned, injured and mostly reviled baboons earned her the so- briquet Mother Teresa of died Friday in a fire in her home on her 50-acre preserve in South Africa. She was 81. Bobby, the first baboon she ever saved, in 1980, al- so perished in the blaze, as did two other baboons that were in her small apart- ment at the Center for Ani- mal Rehabilitation and Ed- ucation, a rescue operation she established in the bush of Limpopo province about 250 miles northeast of Johannesburg.
The center announced death. Much of its headquarters was de- stroyed in the fire. Shirley McGreal, found- er of the International Pri- mate Protection League, said in a statement that ba- boons are regarded as in South Africa, de- spite their high intelligence and social skills. Baboons have long been shot and killed as a nuisance spe- cies. At one time, monetary rewards were offered for handing in a scalp and tail of the animal, and it is still legal to shoot baboons in some circ*mstances.
Tourism officials say ba- boons raid cars and fright- en tourists, farmers say they attack farm animals, and suburban residents say they get too close to their homes. With its snout, the face can seem less charming than the more humanlike one of the chimpanzee. as Mother Teresa cared for the most perse- cuted human beings in In- dia, Rita cared for the pari- ah primates of McGreal said. conservation work followed the pattern of Jane with chimpanzees in Tanzania, Dian with gorillas in Rwanda and Birute Gal- with orangutans in Indonesian Borneo. But unlike those women, Miljo did not begin her work as a scientific researcher.
Rather, she had the same motivation as people who rescue stray cats. She began by spiriting away a battered young Bobby from a national park in Angola. She saved or- phans, including one cling- ing to the decomposing body of its mother in a garbage dump. Some baboons she found were being held cap- tive so that their feces could be collected for use in native medicines. Others had been used in medical experiments.
She called baboons unwanted little The 2011 book by Chris Mercer and Beverly Pervan, told how Miljo had repeatedly been charged with transporting and keeping an animal with- out a permit. In one court- room, a prosecutor demand- ed to know why she wasted her time on ani- mals like She responded, are you to tell God that he should not have created RITA MILJO Teresa of dies at 81 By DOUGLAS MARTIN The New York Times.
