U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Yesenia “Abby” Acosta
COLUMBIA —Yesenia Abigail Quezada “Abby” Acosta, 3 ½ years old, of Columbia, was called to Heaven Saturday, November 4, 2006, in Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was in pre-kindergarten at Blythewood Head Start Center. She is survived by her parents and her brother, Christian Quazeda Acosta. Underwood Funeral Home in Marysville, Ohio, is in charge.
James F. Haralson
WEST COLUMBIA — Services for James F. Haralson, 76, will be held 11 a.m. Friday, November 10, 2006, at Grace Baptist Church. Officiating will be Pastor David Goforth and Dr. David Smith. Interment preceded by visitation is 2:30-4 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Greenwood, SC. The family will receive friends from 6 - 8 p.m. Thursday evening at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Serving as pallbearers will be Everette Laird, Roy Whitt, Lynn McDowell, Nolan Crowe, James Drake, Gary Watkins, Buddy Williams and Darryl Hewitt. Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, 416 Denham Ave., West Columbia, SC 29169.
Mr. Haralson passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2006. Born in Madison County, GA, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Alice Duncan Haralson. Formerly of Greenwood and a longtime area resident, he retired from G.W. Dodge Division. He was a former member of Jamil Temple of Shriners. A loyal member of Grace Baptist Church, he was a member of the Senior Saints and served as head usher at the church for many years. He was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather and will be dearly missed.
Surviving in addition to his wife, Betty Haralson of West Columbia, are a son, Daniel Ward of West Columbia; sister and brother-in-law, Eva Sue and Jim West of Greenwood; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Jane Haralson and Roger and Pam Haralson, all of Greenwood; grandchild, Logan Carter; niece, Amanda Rish of Hodges. Mr. Haralson was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Allen Haralson, and a brother, Thomas Eldridge Haralson.
Michael “Lester” Gray
FAIRVIEW — Mr. Michael E. “Lester” Gray, 47, entered into rest November 7, 2006. Mr. Gray was born in Aiken. Mr. Gray is survived by his parents, Lester L. and Margaret Gantt Gray, wife Angeleah “Angi” Warner Gray, all of Fairview, daughter and son-in-law, Heather Michelle Gray and Jonathon H. Barton of Aiken, grandchildren, Naudica and Zoe Barton, sister and brother-in-law, Judy and Billy Pound of Fairview and niece, Mandy Jones of Fairview.
Visitation will be Thursday, November 9th, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wagener Chapel of Blizzard Funeral Home, 168 Main St. South, (803) 564-5333, and other times at the home, 1255 Lawson Road. The funeral service will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Leo Senn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2200 Lake Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30319.
Nancy Rebecca Postal
COLUMBIA — Services for Nancy Rebecca Postal, 51, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Trisagian Prayers will be Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with visitation until 8 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Building Fund, 1931 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
Nancy died Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late William Gus and Josephine Morris Postal. She was a graduate of Hammond Academy and the University of South Carolina with a degree in Business Administration. While at U.S.C. she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She competed in the Miss South Carolina Pageant as Miss Batesburg-Leesville in 1976.
Nancy retired from State Farm Insurance Company as a claims adjuster and was a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. She enjoyed her family and spending time at the lake.
Surviving are her daughter, Nancy Rebecca Kilgore of Columbia; brothers, Robert Morris Postal of Myrtle Beach and William Keith Postal of Charleston; sisters, Kathy Postal Phifer of Columbia and Carol Postal Chavis of Charlotte, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Paula Wright Parker
RALEIGH, N.C. — Paula Parker, 46, of Raleigh, passed away Wednesday morning, November 8, 2006, following an extended illness.
Paula was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and moved to Raleigh when she was 10 years old. Growing up she attended Millbrook Baptist Church where she and her friends were very active all through high school. She graduated from Millbrook High School in 1978 and headed to UNC-Chapel Hill with early acceptance. While at UNC, she was an excellent student and enjoyed many good times with her fellow sisters at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Upon graduation in 1982, Paula accepted a position with PYA Monarch Food Service in Columbia, SC, a passion she enjoyed from an early age, handed down to her from her father, who was the Division President of PYA in Raleigh. Paula continued to share this passion with her dad and, over the next 22 years, worked her way up the corporate ladder with the company until she achieved the position of Zone President of Southeast Operations for the now U.S. Foodservice Company.
During all of Paula’s challenging professional time, she never forgot to give of herself personally. She sat on the Wake County Hospice Board, served at the Food Bank of North Carolina and greatly enjoyed her time at the very charitable Junior League of Raleigh. With all the responsibilities of a professional career, homemaker and passionate friend, Paula continued to reach out and touch others; co-workers, clients and competitors alike. Always with a kind word encouraging others to persevere with character while thinking of others, she stressed to all her love and dependence on her Lord Jesus Christ.
Paula’s zeal for life was certainly reflected in everything she did. She was a fabulous cook, entertainer, decorator and dresser; special traits she acquired from her mother. She loved to travel, but most of all, she cherished time spent with her family, chosen family, her girls, Tai, Coco and Lily and her devoted husband.
Paula and her family are members of the North Raleigh Church of the Nazarene where much of her and their continued growth and faith in our Lord has been fostered. If one thing can be said of Paula, it certainly would be that she tried to live her life as Psalm 19:14 reads: “Let the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.”
Paula is survived by her many cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, friends, chosen family and immediate family, Raymond Sr. and Elizabeth Parker, Karen and Alan Edwards, Chris and Kathy Parker and Michael Parker and his fiancee, Tari Hamilton. Her parents, Charles and Pauline Wright and her sister, Lisa Wright, Paula’s husband, Raymond, all who absolutely adored her. We can’t wait to be with you again.
The family would like to thank their church for all they have done during this trying and difficult time. Also, many thanks to Duke Oncology for their valiant and steadfast efforts.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of the United States, P.O. Box 52137, Phoenix, AZ 85072-9995. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at North Raleigh Church of the Nazarene. There will be a brief visitation following the service at the church. A private family entombment will be held in the chapel of Memories Mausoleum at Montlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements by Montlawn Funeral Home, 2911 S. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.
Ellen Teal Griggs
HARTSVILLE — Funeral services for Ellen Teal Griggs, age 81, widow of Bobby Griggs, who died November 9, 2006, will be 4 p.m. Saturday. from the Piney Plains Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. William Griggs will officiate. Burial will be in the church Cemetery, directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be today 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Griggs was born in Chesterfield, a daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Freeman Teal. She was a member of Piney Plains Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters, Linda (Johnny) Mitchell, Deanne (Johnny) Johnson, Ethell (Nioka) Jones, all of Hartsville; son, Randall (Gale) Griggs of Chesterfield; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, Eugene and Laverne Griggs. Memorials may be made to Piney Plains Free Will Baptist Church, 1636 East Old Camden Road, Hartsville, SC 29550.
Carl Marion Morgan
BARNWELL — Carl Marion Morgan, 84, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in University Hospital, Augusta, Ga.
Mr. Morgan was born in Morgan County, Tenn., the son of the late Ernest and Bessie Sanders Morgan. He was a former employee of the Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tenn., Allied Chemical Inc. and retired from the Allied Gulf Nuclear Services Inc. He was an Army veteran of WW II and a Purple Heart recipient. He was a member and Past Master of Omega Masonic Lodge of Oliver Springs, Tenn., Scottish Rite of Knoxville, Tenn. and Jamil Shrine Temple of Columbia, S.C.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Barnwell First Baptist Church with Dr. Steve Burnette officiating. Burial will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. in Anderson Memorial Park with military honors, Oliver Springs, Tenn.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday evening at Mole Funeral Home, Barnwell, S.C. Memorials may be made to the Arise and Build Fund of the Barnwell First Baptist Church, 161 Allen Street, Barnwell, SC 29812.
Survivors include his beloved wife of 60 years, Ann W. Morgan of Barnwell, SC; daughters, Phyllis M. Suckow of Philadelphia, Pa., Regina M. Skouson of Chandler, Ariz.; brother, Norman Morgan of Kingston, Tenn.; grandson, Morgan Paul Suckow of New York.
Ronald C. Turner Sr.
HARTSVILLE — Funeral services for Ronald C. “Ronnie” Turner Sr., age 58, who died Nov. 9, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday from the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Dr. Gary Colboch and Dr. Milton G. Frazier will officiate. Burial will be in Westview Memorial Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Ronnie was born in Hartsville, a son of George D. Turner Jr. and the late Iva Sellers Turner. He was Assistant Manager at Piggly Wiggly, member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Living Hope SS Class and a Vietnam veteran. Surviving are his wife, Betty Jo Huggins Turner, Hartsville; his father of Hartsville; son, Ronald C. “Ron” Turner Jr. Charleston, brother, Mitchell (Judy) Turner, Hartsville; sister, Denise (Robin) Hagy, Anderson. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church, 949 North Marquis Hwy. Hartsville, SC 29550.
Willie McCray Belton
COLUMBIA — Services for Mr. Willie McCray Belton, 70, will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church’s cemetery. Wake services will be held beginning 7 p.m. this evening at Leevy's Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel. Surviving are his sons, John and Michael Anthony Belton; sisters, Mae Ellen Bradley and Linder B. Wilson; brother, George Belton; uncles, James and Robert Johnson; aunt, Lillie Blackmon; 15 grandchildren.
Carolyn Driggers Allen
BARNWELL — Carolyn Driggers Allen, 72, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in The St. Joseph Hospital, Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. Allen, a daughter of the late Winston and Elizabeth Tunstall Driggers, was born in Lake City, SC. She was a member of Mount Olivet Baptist Church.
A homegoing service will be held at Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Highway 300, Barnwell, SC, Friday, November 10, 2006, at 2 p.m. with Rev. George Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Olivet Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 1364, Barnwell, SC.
Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband, Charles Parker “C.P.” Allen of the home; daughter, Lisa (Greg) Lydick of Columbia, SC; son, Tommy (Sherry) Allen of Rowesville, SC; grandchildren, Brad, Justin and Summer Allen, Jennifer and Matthew Lydick, Derrick Searson; sisters, Claudia (Bob) Hayes of Aiken, SC, Stelva (George Lee) Webb of Barnwell, SC, and Shirley (Alan) Barnett of Simpsonville, SC.
Margaret Fickling Carroll
COLUMBIA — Mrs. Margaret Fickling Carroll, 79, wife of the late John M. Carroll Jr., died the morning of Thursday, November 9, 2006, after a brief illness.
The funeral service will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Ebenezer Lutheran Church with the Rev. Frank Honeycutt and the Rev. Paul Pringle officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Pallbearers will be Walton Carroll, Jerry Wilkinson, Curtis Coleman, Rett Coleman, Austin Coleman and Brian Moseley.
Mrs. Carroll was born in Orangeburg, S.C., a daughter of the late David and Ola Fickling. She was a longtime member of Ebenezer Lutheran Church.
Surviving are her son, David B. Carroll of Columbia; grandsons, Carson D. Carroll of Charleston and Keenan J. Carroll of Columbia; sister, Marie F. Mowrer of Greensboro, N.C.; sister and brother-in-law, Mildred and Edward D. Hart of Seminole, Fla.; sister-in-law, Margaret D. Carroll of Columbia; and nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Lutheran Church.
Terald Augustine Turner
COLUMBIA — Homegoing Service for Terald Augustine Turner, of Columbia, will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Gunters Chapel Baptist Church, with burial to follow in Serenity Memorial Gardens. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge of these services.
Mr. Turner died Nov. 2, 2006. Born in Camden, SC, he attended Richland Two Schools and was a member of Gunters Chapel Baptist Church.
Surviving are his son, Tyshawn L. Turner; parents, Timothy (Diane) Wallace and Teresa (Quintin) Wallace; brothers, Quintin Jr., Linsey, Dominic, Quincy and Jahann Wallace and Charles Braxton; sister, Shekina Braxton; paternal grandparents, Walter and Virginia Wallace; maternal grandparents, Morris and Dorothy Turner and Rev. William (Mable) Hammock; a host of uncles, aunts and other loving relatives.
Marion Kruger Stockman
MT. PLEASANT — Marion Elizabeth Kruger Stockman, 54, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, wife of Randy Adams Stockman, entered into eternal rest Thursday, November 9, 2006. The relatives and friends of Mrs. Marion Stockman are invited to attend her funeral services Sunday, November 12, 2006, at J Henry Stuhr, Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel, at 3 o’clock. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Mount Pleasant Chapel Saturday from 6 until 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Stockman was born January 14, 1952, in Columbia, South Carolina, daughter of Norvelle Bragdon Kruger and the late Kurt “Butch” Rhame Kruger. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Mrs. Stockman was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and the Hobcaw Yacht Club.
She is survived by her husband, Randy Adams Stockman, her mother, Norvelle Kruger of Mt. Pleasant, SC, daughters Courtney Marie Francis of Charleston, SC, Erica Miller and her husband, Matthew, of Ladson, SC, one grandson, Latham Miller, a brother, Kurt Eric Kruger and his wife, Beverly, of Meggett, SC, stepsons, Christopher Adams Stockman and his wife, Tammy, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and Jason Matthew Stockman of Mt. Pleasant, SC, stepgrandchildren, Dylan Stockman and Madison Stockman, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Brett Gregg Kruger.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 or St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 604 Pitt Street, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.
Georgianna R. Harmon
OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Mrs. Georgianna Reeves Harmon, 83, of Oak Island, N.C., died Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at her home.
Mrs. Harmon was born in Columbia, S.C., May 10, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Edward LeRoy Reeves and Isabel Duncan Reeves. She was the wife of the late John E. Harmon of Raleigh and was also preceded in death by a son, Van Valentine Richardson III. She was a Graduate of Converse College of South Carolina. She was very active in the Data Processing Management Association in Charlotte and a Debutante in Columbia, S.C. She was a member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church of Southport, N.C., and was very instrumental in the beautification and safety of Yaupon Beach. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Confederacy, Singles Club of Oak Island, avid bridge player and world traveler.
She is survived by her children, Kaye Richardson of Raleigh, N.C., and Roy Richardson of Manassas, Va.; two grandchildren, Emily Christine Richardson of Durham, N.C., and Jason Reeves Richardson of Manassas; and her canine companion, Samantha.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 11, 2006, at 1 p.m. at St. Phillips Episcopal Church with Reverend Barry Kubler officiating.
Burial will follow in Northwood Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SOAR, Southport-Oak Island Animal Rescue, 3376 St. Charles Place, Southport, N.C. 28461
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