U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
JEREMIAH BRADLEY
BISHOPVILLE — Jeremiah Bradley died Friday, May 12, 2000, in Detroit, Mich. Born in Lee County, he was a brother of Robert Bradley and Blanch Joe. Services will be announced by Boatwright Funeral Home.
ELIZABETH H. TUDOR
BRONX, N.Y. — Elizabeth Hampton Tudor, 65, wife of Joseph Tudor, died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y. Born Nov. 25, 1939, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Emanuel Hampton and Eva Peterson Hampton. The family will receive friends at the home of her aunt, Oillie Hampton, 5460 Neighborhood Road, in the Goodwill community of Mayesville. Services will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home in Manning.
ROSETTA T. MYERS
The Rev. Rosetta Tucker Myers, 51, wife of George Myers Sr., died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at her home. Born Sept. 16, 1948, in Richland County, she was a daughter of Rosa Lee Radical Tucker and the late Rev. Willie L. Tucker. She was a graduate of Webber High School in Eastover, and she attended Benedict College and Morris College School of Religion. She was a member and local elder of St. Paul AME Church. She was called into the ministry on Dec. 10, 1991, and was ordained by the Rev. John Hurst Adams, the presiding bishop of the 7th Episcopal district of the AME church. She was active in Relay for Life cancer support group and the Girl Scouts. She worked for Winn Dixie as a scanning pricing manager. Survivors besides her husband include two sons, George Myers Jr. and Vincent Myers, both of Sumter; a daughter, Tamara L. Myers of Sumter; two brothers, Frank Tucker and Phillip Tucker, both of Eastover; three sisters, Delores Weaver of Columbia, Willie L. Garvin of Eastover, and Ann Finley of Lexington; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Paul AME Church, with the Rev. Melvin Coleman, pastor, officiating. The Revs. Lou R. Pitts, Laddie Howard, James Glover, H.A. Hinton and M. Charmaine Ragin will assist. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The funeral cortege will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the home, 4910 John Franklin Road. The family will receive friends at the home. Williams Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
EVELYN B. TAYLOR
MANNING — Leon McLeod, 57, died Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Sept. 14, 1942, in Manning, he was a son of the late Lee Ernest McLeod and the late Sarah McLeod Rowland. He attended Clarendon County public schools and Ebenezer Baptist Church. Prior to retirement, he worked for Boeing. Survivors include two sisters, Leona Dye of Manning, and Sarah Medley of Philadelphia, Pa. He was preceded in death by a brother, Johnny McLeod. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Fleming-DeLaine Chapel, with the Rev. George P. Windley officiating, assisted by the Revs. Charles Smith and C. Richburg. Burial will be in Manning Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home, 305 Concord Lane, Manning. Fleming-DeLaine Funeral Home in Manning is in charge of the arrangements.
JAMES MONTGOMERY
LAKE CITY — James Montgomery, 65, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000. Born in Lake City, he was a son of Eloise M. Green and the late James Montgomery Sr. He was a graduate of Lake City High School. He moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where he worked and retired from K&D Clothing Factory. Mr. Montgomery was a member of Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church in Philadelphia . Survivors besides his mother of Lake City include four daughters, Frechetta Montgomery and Kim Montgomery, both of Philadelphia, Pa., Bridgett M. Cannon of Anderson, and Nichole Hunt of Simpsonville; a brother, Thomas Montgomery of Philadelphia; four sisters, Charlimae Cooper of Camden, N.J., Martha Jane Cameron of Palm Bay, Fla., Pansey Johnson of Philadelphia and Lillie B. Richardson of Lake City; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary Holiness Church in the Indiantown community of Hemingway, with elder Earle McKenzie officiating. Burial will be in the Rest Lawn Cemetery in Lake City. Green’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
JESSE E. RICHBURG
ALCOLU — Jesse Edward Richburg, 79, widower of Adell Harrington Richburg, died Friday, May 12, 2000, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. Born May 8, 1921, in Manning, he was a son of the late William Arthur Richburg and the late Gertrude Ridgeway Richburg. Mr. Richburg was a World War II Army veteran, a retiree of Georgia-Pacific Corporation and a member of Good Shepherd Baptist Church of Manning. Survivors include two sons, C. Wayne Richburg of Brunswick, Ga., and Johnny Richburg of Alcolu; a brother, C. Olden Richburg of Manning; two sisters, Jewel Lowder of Alcolu and Ruby Brown of Sumter; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Stephens Funeral Home Chapel in Manning, with the Rev. Carroll Waddell officiating. Burial will be in Clarendon Memorial Gardens in Manning. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home in Manning and at other times at the home in Alcolu. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
RUSSELL RODGERS
Russell Rodgers, 72, died Friday May 12, 2000, at his home. Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late Furman Rodgers and the late Irene Stokes Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers was a retired Navy yeoman third class with 30 years of service. Survivors include four brothers, Maxwell Rodgers, James Rodgers and Heyward Rodgers, all of Sumter, and John W. Rodgers of Louisville, Ky.; two sisters, Gladys DuBose of Bishopville and Betty Bradham of Sumter. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Byron Rodgers and Ezra Rodgers; and a sister, Eunice Dubose. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Byron Rodgers and Ezra Rodgers; and a sister, Eunice DuBose. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Elmore-Hil-McCreight Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Henderson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and at other times at the home, 2544 Wedgefield Road. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
EVELYN B. TAYLOR
PINEWOOD — Evelyn Billie Taylor, 88, widow of John Taylor, died Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at her home. Born Dec. 22, 1911, in Pinewood, she was a daughter of the late Eloe Billie Sr. and the late Leila Caldwell Billie. She attended Clarendon County public schools. She was affiliated with Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church, where she participated in adult Sunday school. She was a president of the Stewardess Board and a member of both the Pulpit Aid Board and the Missionary Board. Mrs. Taylor was named “Mother of the Church.” She was a past president of the senior choir and district vice president of the Missionary Board-Sumter District. Survivors include a son, Roosevelt Billie of New York; a brother, John Billie of Pinewood; three sisters, Sally Harvin and Emily Litto, both of Baltimore, Md., and Ruth Williams, of Pinewood; a niece reared as her own, Melody Jones of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Pleasant RMUE Church in the Panola community of Pinewood, with the Rev. Melvin Bolds, pastor, and the Rev. Dr. Leroy Gethers officiating. The Revs. Thomas Junious, Ernest Brunson Jr. and Roosevelt Boyd will assist. Burial will be in Brown Cemetery in Pinewood. Pallbearers will be nephews. Floral bearers will be women of the RMUE Church-Sumter District. The family will receive friends at the home, Route 2, Box 670, “Coard Circle” Panola Community, Pinewood. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service. Dyson’s Home for Funerals-Summerton is in charge of the arrangements.
KATHERINE C. MURDAUGH
ERHARDT — Katherine “Kat” Cantey Murdaugh, wife of James Murdaugh, died Thursday, May 11, 2000 at her home. Born Aug. 28, 1947, in Paxville, she was a daughter of the late J.W. Cantey and the late Portia Cantey. She attended Clarendon County public schools. She moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., and in the 1990s, her family moved to her husband’s home in Erhardt. Survivors besides her husband include two daughters, Felicia Murdaugh of Columbia and Janeen Murdaugh of Brooklyn; two sons, James Murdaugh Jr. and Jason Murdaugh of Erhardt; three sisters, Lula Pack of Paxville and Bernice McKinney and Betty Jean Anderson, both of Newark N.J.; three brothers, Alvin “Sonny” Cantey and Tommy Cantey, both of Brooklyn, and Miles Cantey of Paxville; a niece, Melvinia C. Riley of Sumter; three brothers-in-law; three sisters-in-law; and six grandchildren. She is preceded in death by a son, Josh Canty. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Erhardt. The family will receive friends at the home in Erhardt.
MARY L. FAISON
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Mary Lee Faison, 61, wife of David Faison, died Tuesday, May 9, 2000, at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Faison was born Nov. 6, 1938, in St. Charles. In 1958, she moved to Fort Pierce, Fla., where she was an evangelist, Sunday school teacher and choir member at Community Holiness Church. Survivors besides her husband include four sons, Charles Durant, Elvin Durant and Norris Roberts, all of Fort Pierce, Fla., and Melvin Durant of Chattanooga, Tenn.; four daughters, Jessie Myers of Mayesville, Evelyn Bragg of Tampa, Fla., and Mary Lisa Jones and Joyce Beneby, both of Fort Pierce; five brothers, Tommie Lee Plowden of Baltimore, Md., John Durant of Fort Pierce, Anthony Durant and Antonio Durant, both of Sumter, and Otis Linton of Syracuse, N.Y.; five sisters, Mary L. Styles of New York, Lugenia McClain, Elouise Kenyon, Edith Durant, all of Fort Pierce, and Geneva Copeland of Sumter; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A wake service will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Stone Brothers Funeral Home in Fort Pierce. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the House of God, No. 1, in Fort Pierce, with the Rev. Kenyon officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Fort Pierce. Williams Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
ELIZABETH H. TUDOR
BRONX, N.Y. — Elizabeth Hampton Tudor, 65, wife of Joseph Tudor, died Thursday, May 11, 2000, at Albert Finstein Medical Center. She was born Nov. 25, 1939, in Sumter County. The family will receive friends at the home of her aunt, Oillie Hampton, 5460 Neighborhood Road in the Goodwill community of Mayesville. Arrangements will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home in Manning. arrangements.
DOUGLAS W. LABATT
Douglas Warren LaBatt, 51, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Bennettsville, he was a son of Douglas Woodrow LaBatt of Sumter and the late Margaret Haithcock LaBatt. Mr. LaBatt was a Army veteran and a mobile home salesman. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
ROBERT L. EDWARDS
MANNING — Robert L. Edwards, 63, husband of Faye Hewett Edwards, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at his home. Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home.
CAROL FRANK
Carol Frank, 69, husband of Jean Frank, died today, May 11, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Bullock Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, and at other times at the home on Millwood Avenue. Bullock Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
JAMES MONTGOMERY
LAKE CITY — James Montgomery, 65, of Philadelphia, Pa., and formerly of Lake City, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at Carolinas Hospital System in Lake City after a sudden illness. He was a son of Elouise Montgomery Green and the late James Montgomery Sr. He was the stepson of Bishop E.D. Green of Lake City. The family will receive friends at the home of his mother, the Rev. Sister Elouise M. Green, 520 S. Church St., Lake City. Services will be announced by Green’s Funeral Home.
ROSETTA T. MYERS
Minister Rosetta Tucker Myers, wife of George Myers Sr., died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at her home. Born Sept. 16, 1948, in Richland County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Willie Tucker and Rosa Lee Radical Tucker. The family will receive friends at the home, 4910 John Franklin Road. Services will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
WILLIE M. PIERCE
Willie Mae Pierce died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at a local nursing center. Services will be announced by Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home.
WILLIAM B. ROUSE
BALTIMORE, Md. — William Bill “Shine” Rouse, husband of Johnnie Mae Rouse, died Monday, May 8, 2000, at Bayview Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore after an illness. Born in Lee County, S.C., he was a son of the late Gussie Rouse and Lucille Rouse. The family will receive friends at the home of his wife, 425 Red Top Road, Lynchburg, S.C. Services will be announced by Jefferson Funeral Home in Lynchburg, S.C.
PLUMMER E. STEVENS
BISHOPVILLE — Plummer E. Stevens, 81, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at a local nursing center. Services will be announced by Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home.
JOSEPHINE BENJAMIN
COLUMBIA — Josephine Benjamin died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Born April 6, 1930, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Aileen Alston Benjamin. She attended Rafting Creek School. In her youth, she accepted Christ and was baptized by the Rev. B.F. Weston at Rafting Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Anthony L. Benjamin; a daughter, Frances Marie Waiters; three sisters, Maggie Benjamin Peay and Deloris Furgess, both of Columbia, and Juliette Bradford of Rembert; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, James Edward Benjamin; three brothers; and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles H. Davis, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Nephews and friends will be pallbearers, and friends of the family will be flower bearers. The casket will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. The funeral procession will leave at 2:20 p.m. from the home of Frances Waiters, 1532 Copley Drive. The family will receive friends at the same home. Williams Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
GERTRUDE A. GIDDENS
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Gertrude A. Giddens, 90, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, in St. Augustine. Born in Sumter County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Thomas F. Pritchard and Mariea Jackson Pritchard. Mrs. Giddens was a member of First Church of God on Wise Drive in Sumter, S.C. She was first married to the late A.M. “Mac” Atkinson Sr., and then to the late Otis O. Giddens. Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn Battell and Eleanor Atkinson, both of St. Augustine; a brother, Thomas Pritchard of Sumter; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, A.M. Atkinson Jr.; four brothers; and five sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Church of God on Wise Drive in Sumter with the Rev. Ron Bower and the Rev. Matt Roe officiating. Burial will be in Arlington Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Fla. Pallbearers will be John Coyne, Roy Battell, Tommy Pritchard, John Wells, Ryan Battell and Chris Battell. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Adult Sunday School Class of the First Church of God on Wise Drive. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home in Sumter. Memorials may be made to the First Church of God on Wise Drive in Sumter. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home in Sumter, S.C., is in charge of arrangements.
OLIVER J. KOLB
Oliver Joseph “Joe Joe” Kolb, 57, died Friday, May 5, 2000, at his home. Born Jan. 14, 1943, in Sumter, he was a son of Oliver John Wesley Kolb and the late Earnestine Revill Kolb. Mr. Kolb was a member of First Church of God. He was previously employed by Sumter Machinery and Boulevard Upholstery Shop. He served two years in the U.S. Army. Survivors besides his father of Sumter include a brother, Allen Norwood Kolb of Great Falls; a sister, Carolyn Kolb Ellis of Great Falls; six aunts and uncles, Lillie Kolb Davis and her husband, Odell, Ida Mae Kolb Belk and her husband, Robert D., Teressa Revill Monk and her husband, Walter, Victoria Revill Boyce, Andrew Revill and his wife, Elizabeth, all of Sumter, and Joe Revill Jr. of Durham, N.C.; his stepfather, Fred Coppeta of North Andover, Mass; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by a brother, John Andrew Kolb; an uncle, Charles Boyce; an aunt, Millie-A Revill; his maternal grandparents, Minerva Barwick Kolb and Julius Elpan Kolb; and his paternal grandparents, Joe Revill and Janie Rose Revill. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 8, at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Bower and the Rev. Matt Roe officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers were West Barwick, Johnny Barwick, Earnest Barwick, James Barwick, Gene C. Belk and Robert Belk. The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and at other times at the home of his aunt and uncle, Lillie and Odell Davis, 2340 Whites Mill Road. Memorials may be made to the First Church of God, 318 N. Wise Drive, Sumter, SC. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
CHARLES S. MASON JR.
Charles Stewart Mason Jr., 82, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at his home. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Charles Stewart Mason Sr. and Marie DuBose Brown Mason. Mr. Mason was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of Carlisle Military Academy and was a retired engineer with Seaboard Coastline Railroad. He was a life member of Claremont Masonic Lodge No. 64, Sumter York Rite Bodies and the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Emily Bolger Mason; two daughters, Carol Mason Mimms of Sumter and Peggy Mason Gamble and her husband, Thomas E. Gamble Jr., of Columbia; three granddaughters, Laurie Lynn Gamble Brandes and her husband, David Brandes, Paige Maree Gamble Edwards and her husband, Richard Edwards, all of Columbia, and Deborah Mimms Barnett and her husband, Michael Barnett, of Clover; a grandson, Thomas E. Mimms Jr. and his wife, Tonya Baker Mimms of Camden; three great-grandsons, Mason David Brandes, Dillon Samuel Brandes and Thomas George Edwards, all of Columbia; and two step-grandchildren, Larry Baker and Brandolin Baker of Camden. He was preceded in death by a sister, Marie Mason Scarborough. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Rogers officiating, followed by Masonic rites. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Wesley Fellowship Class of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the home, 1955 Camden Road. Memorials may be made to Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 211 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150, Hospice Care of Tri-County Home Health Services, 2650-A Hardee Court, Sumter, SC 29150, or Epworth Children’s Home, P.O. Box 50466, Columbia, SC 29205. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS
BRONX, N.Y. — Robert Lee Leon Williams, 43, husband of Elisia Williams, died Wednesday, May 3, 2000, in Bronx. Born June 13, 1956, in Sumter, S.C., he was a son of the late James Williams and Elizabeth Wheeler Williams. Mr. Williams attended Sumter County public schools. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors besides his wife of Bronx include a son, Chiquo Williams of Bronx; five brothers, Nathan Williams of New Jersey, James Williams of Jamaica, N.Y., and Charles Williams, Anthony Williams and Larry Williams, all of Sumter; and five sisters, Hadiqah Muhyee of Atlanta, Ga., Shirley James of New Haven, Conn., and Elizabeth White, Gloria Williams and Fannie Prescott, all of Sumter. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ernest Williams; and a sister, Deborah Williams Gamble. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel of Williams Funeral Home Inc. in Sumter with the Rev. Ernest Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Florence National Cemetery. The funeral procession will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White, 220 Alexander Place, Sumter. The family will receive friends at the same home. Williams Funeral Home Inc. in Sumter, S.C., is in charge of arrangements.
JOSEPHINE BENJAMIN
COLUMBIA — Josephine Benjamin died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital.
Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Alleen Benjamin.
The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter, Frances Waiters, 1532 Copley Drive.
Services will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
DORCAS C. CUTTER
ORANGEBURG — Dorcas Marie Childers Cutter, 67, widow of Moses Franklin Cutter Sr., died Sunday afternoon, May 7, 2000, at the Edisto Convalescent Center in Orangeburg.
Services will be announced by Stephens Funeral Home in Manning.
ALFRED DAVIS
Alfred Davis, 39, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.
Born May 5, 1960, in Sumter, he was a son of Albert Davis and Louise Dunaway Davis.
The family will receive friends at the home of his mother, 230 S.C. 261, Apt. 32.
Services will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc.
EULA S. BAKER
Eula S. Baker, 85, widow of Woodrow Wilson Baker, died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Arthur F. Stafford and Betty Hodge Stafford. Mrs. Baker was a member of Northside Baptist Church and retired from Rowe’s Pharmacy. Survivors include a son, Woodrow Wilson Baker Jr. of Sumter; two brothers, Lawrence Stafford of Orlando, Fla., and Billy Robertson of Santee; two sisters, Alene McIntosh and Addie Robertson, both of Ashwood; three grandchildren, Mendle Baker of Lancaster, and Lynn Christmas and Debbie Mitchum, both of Sumter; six great-grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Eunice J. Baker of Sumter. She was preceded in death by a son, John M. Baker; two brothers, Alfred Stafford and Millard Stafford; and two sisters, Odessa Beasley and Vivian Stailey. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Holley and Rev. Mendle Baker officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Northside Baptist Church. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
WILLIE L. GIBBS
MANNING — Willie Lee Gibbs, 53, husband of Willie Mae Pearson Gibbs, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter.
Born Nov. 14, 1946, in Bradenton, Fla., he was a son of Margaret Dye Gibbs and the late Willie Gibbs.
The family will receive friends at the home of his mother, Route 3, Box 990, Bloomville Road, Manning.
Services will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home.
DWAYNE W. LOCKHART
LYNCHBURG — Dwayne Willie Lockhart, 20, died Thursday, May 4, 2000, at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Born Oct. 7, 1979, in Newark, N.J., he was a son of Willie E. Luther Jr. and Jennifer Smothers Quattlebaum and the stepson of Ricky Quattlebaum Sr. Mr. Lockhart attended Crestwood High School. Survivors besides his father of Newark, N.J., and his mother and stepfather of the home include four brothers, Leroy, James and Ricky, all of the home, and Willie Jr. of Newark, N.J.; three sisters, Ashia of the home, and Kimber and Audrey, both of Newark; his maternal grandparents, Louise Smothers and Calvin Smothers, Louise Williams and Willie Luther, all of Newark; and his step-grandparents, Herbert and Mary Quattlebaum of Lynchburg. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Turbeville with the Rev. Zander Davis, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. E.W. Palmer and the Rev. George Cousar. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home, 1630 Yarborough Road, in the St. John community of Lynchburg. Samuels Funeral Home in Manning is in charge of arrangements.
MARTHA M. RAY
Martha M. McBride Ray, 42, died Friday, May 5, 2000, at her home. Born Dec. 30, 1957, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Cleveland McBride and the late Lillie M. Gibson McBride. She attended Sumter County public schools. She was a member of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors besides her father include a son, Donald D. Johnson of the home; a daughter, Melissa Ray of Baltimore, Md.; two sisters, Emma L. Williams of the home and Lillie A. Grinnell of Sumter; two adopted sisters, Caroline Gibson and Dean Brunson, both of Sumter; three grandchildren; and a devoted friend, Dalton Johnson of Sumter. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. M. Dingle Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Mulberry Cemetery. The funeral procession will leave from her home, 4620 St. Kennedy Road. The family will receive friends at her home. Sumter Funeral Service Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
WILLIE ROB JOHNSON
BISHOPVILLE — Willie Rob Johnson of St. Charles Road, widower of Naomi Johnson, died Thursday, March 16, 2000, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville.
Services will be announced by Square Deal Funeral Home.
