Extracts from Obituaries
Published in
 The Dillon Herald
 1997
The extracts for 1997  are not in alphabetical order.  They are listed in the month as they appeared in the Dillon Herald
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JANUARY


Name:     Henry C. Gasque
Parents:  Cordie A. and Jennie Price Gasque
Spouse:  Ann Gasque
Date of Birth:  Jan. 15, 1915
Place of Birth:  Zion, SC
Date of Death: Monday, Dec. 30, 1996
Place of Death:  his residence (article headlined North Myrtle Beach)
Place of Burial:  Memorial service at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 2, 1997, page 6, col. 2 


Name:     Pearl Phyllis Bethea
Parents:  Emma McMillian and James Peterkin
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 68
Place of Birth:  Minturn
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death: 
Place of Burial:  New Zion AME Zion Church Cemetery in Clio
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 2, 1997, page 6, col. 2    


Name:    Jim Ayers 
Parents:  Mellie Rash Ayers and Fleming Lawrence Ayers
Spouse:  Kitty Ayers
Date of Birth/Age: Age 62
Place of Birth:  McDowell County, W. Va.
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  his residence (article headlined Florence)
Place of Burial:  Pyerian Baptist Church Cemetery (Marine veteran of the Korean conflict)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 2, 1997, page 6, col. 2    


Name:      Stephanie Price- Morris
Parents:  Nancy H. and William R. Price
Spouse:  Benjamin Morris II
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 23
Place of Birth:  of 524 Regan Church Rd.
Date of Death: Dec. 31, 1996
Place of Death:  her home (article headlined Lumberton)
Place of Burial:  Meadowbrook Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 2, 1997, page 6, col. 2    


Name:     Grace Stephens Butler
Parents:  Silas F. Stephens and Alicia Harrelson Stephens
Date of Birth: April 30, 1904
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1997
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home
Place of Burial:  Bermuda Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Hester Green Vanderhall
Parents:  Merdict and Mary Ella Green
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 69
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Burial:  Hazy Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Hamer    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:      Mattie Giles
Parents:  General Giles and Hannah Hunter
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Manning
Date of Death: Thursday, Dec. 28, 1996
Place of Death:  Oxford Nursing Home, Brooklyn (article headlined Brooklyn
Place of Burial:  New Holly United Methodist Church Cemetery at Little Rock
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, page 4, col. 5   


Name:      Heyward Caulder
Parents:  Tom and Janie Cook Caulder
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 72
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Saturday, Jan. 4, 1997
Place of Death:  a Florence hospital (article headlined Florence)
Place of Burial:  Florence Memorial Gardens (U. S. Army veteran of World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Ileen Bryant King
Parents:  William Emory Bryant and Lucinda Johnson Bryant
Spouse:  Austin McCoy King of Marion
Date of Birth:  Sept. 14, 1912
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence (article headlined Marion)
Place of Burial:  Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, page 4, col. 6  


Name:     Carrie Lee Hayes
Parents:  John W. Brigman and Sally Lee Hatcher Brigman
Date of Birth: Aug. 17, 1920
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997
Place of Death:  a house fire (article headlined Blenheim)
Place of Burial:  Bethesda Southern Methodist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 1


Name:     Jimmy Byrd
Parents:  Geneva Powers Byrd and Coy Joe Byrd
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 59
Place of Birth:  of Latta
Date of Death: Jan. 9, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2   


Name:    Frances Stubbs Petit
Parents:  Walter and Mary Bullard Stubbs
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 55
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Jan. 9, 1197
Place of Death:  automobile accident (article headlined McColl)
Place of Burial:  Priest Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Velma Green Morgan
Parents:  John and Julie McCallum Green
Spouse:  Herbert B. Morgan
Date of Birth: Jan. 28, 1910
Place of Birth:  Montgomery County, NC, formerly of Orrum, NC, of Sunny Acres
Date of Death: Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital, Mullins (article headlined Fork)
Place of Burial:  Hillside Memorial Park, Laurinburg, NC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Annie (Tommy Jane) Bethea Brown
Place of Birth:  Dillon, SC
Date of Death: Jan. 6, 1997
Place of Death:  a hospital in Jersey City, N.J.
Place of Burial:  Services by Parker’s Funeral Services of Jersey City
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Lessie Shannon Hankins
Parents:  Horace Shannon and Lillie Knight
Spouse:  Burnis Hankins
Place of Birth:  Clarendon County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  a local hospital (article headlined Florence)
Place of Burial:  North View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Charles Wayne Campbell
Parents:  Charlie and Margaret Drew Campbell
Spouse:  Barbara L. Campbell
Date of Birth: Jan. 14, 1957
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Sunday, Jan. 12, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Lynchburg, Va.
Place of Burial:  Little Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Ramona Brock Whittington
Parents:  Mary Brock and Selser Brock
Spouse:  Cecil Whittington
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 66
Place of Birth:  native of Cheraw
Date of Death: Monday, Jan. 13, 1997
Place of Death:  Piedmont Medical Center (article headlined Rock Hill)
Place of Burial:  Grandview Memorial Park
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Mabel Gertrude Lane Johnson
Parents:  Bascom Shelly and Mary Susan Turbeville Lane
Spouse:  Morgan Charlie Johnson
Date of Birth: April 26, 1910
Place of Birth:  Zion
Date of Death: Monday, Jan. 13
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Johnson Cemetery in Latta
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 4, col. 6 


Name:      Sllevan Sherman McCullock
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 24
Place of Birth:  of 711 Allentown Drive
Date of Death: this morning   
Place of Death:  article headlined Latta
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 1, col. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6


Name:     Derrick Johnson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 19
Place of Birth:  of Laurinburg
Date of Death: Sunday    shooting death
Place of Death:  Old Folks Home, Judson Road
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 14, 1997, page 1, col. 5 and 6 


Name:     Helen Harrelson Schafer Mast
Parents:  Victor Harrelson and Anna Belle McCormick Harrelson
Date of Birth: Nov. 19, 1928
Place of Birth:  Dillon County, of Little River
Date of Death: Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 16, 1997, page 12, col. 6


Name:     Lawrence Wesley Miller
Parents:  Howard and Linda Long Miller
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 18
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997     injury received in an automobile accident
Place of Death:  Article headlined Lake View
Place of Burial: Pyerian Baptist Church Cemetery near Floyd Dale
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 16, 1997, page 1, col. 5 and 6 & Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 5  


Name:     Rudolph “Grip” P. Daughtery (as published)
Parents:  Rudolph and Claire Jernigan Daughtery
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 82
Place of Birth:  Smithfield, NC
Date of Death: Sunday, Jan. 19, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital
Place of Burial:  Memorial services at First Baptist Church of Lake View
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col.1  


Name:     William “Bill” Edward Farmer
Parents:  Mary Ryals Farmer and Ira Onyx Farmer
Spouse:  Maude Raynor Farmer
Date of Birth:  Jan. 10, 1922
Place of Birth: Johnston County, Benson, NC 
Date of Death: Sunday, Jan. 19, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Rocky Mount, NC
Place of Burial:  Rocky Mount Memorial Park (Navy veteran of World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 1and 2  


Name:     Ethel Monroe Dupree
Parents:  Dave and Annie Bell Monroe
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Jan. 9, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence (article headlined Wilmington, NC)
Place of Burial:  Bethel Hill Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 2  


Name:     Katherine Coates Brown
Parents:  James Batson and Mollie Daniels Coates
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 66
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Friday, Jan. 17, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Leland, NC
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Phillip Wayne Caulder
Parents:  Carolyn Caulder Dennis of Dillon, stepfather, Clarence Dennis
Spouse: Mary Williams Caulder
Date of Birth: Sept. 25, 1965
Place of Birth:  Marion
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 3   


Name:     Roy Elwood Peacock
Parents:  Roy and Minnie Clark Peacock
Spouse:  Sybie Blue Peacock of Bennettsville
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Bennettsville
Place of Burial:  Blue Family Cemetery (Army veteran of World War II, Africa and France)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 3 and 4


Name:      F. Marion Hinson
Parents:  F. M. Hinson Sr. and Bertha Goudelock Hinson (as published)
Spouse:  Virginia Stackhouse Hinson
Date of Birth:  Jan. 6, 1920
Date of Death: Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Bennettsville
Place of Burial:  Spears Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 4  


Name:     Sylvia Inez Fore Strickland
Parents:  Austin Homer and Harriett Hensilee Parham Fore (as published)
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 60
Place of Birth:  Florence County
Date of Death: Friday, Jan. 17, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence (article headlined Florence)
Place of Burial:  Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, January 21, 1997, page 3, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Legrand Herring
Parents:  Hazel Snipes Herring and Henry Herring
Spouse:  Patricia Herring
Date of Birth:  May 25, 1945
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center (article headlined Fork)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 23, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3 


Name:    Grace Ballard Gulledge 
Parents:  Eli Washington and Eliza Jane Lisenby Ballard
Spouse:  Rev. J. D. Gulledge
Date of Birth:  1904
Place of Birth:  Chesterfield County
Place of Burial:  laid to rest at Crossroads Baptist Church near Ruby, SC Saturday, Jan. 18, 1997
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 30, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Louis Gerald McQueen
Parents:  William E. and Minnie M. McQueen
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Sunday, Jan. 19
Place of Death:  Article headlined Philadelphia
Place of Burial:  Old Bethel Cemetery at Hamer (U. S. Navy)    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 30, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Joseph B. Gasque
Spouse:  Margaret L. Gasque
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 84
Date of Death: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Jacksonville, Fla.
Place of Burial:  Memorial service in the chapel of Hardage-Giddens Mandarin Funeral Home
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 30, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Cynthia Louise Caulder
Parents:  Catherine Caulder
Date of Birth:  Jan. 29, 1970
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, January 30, 1997, page 4, col. 6  


FEBRUARY


Name:     James Ralph “Jimmy” Jayroe Sr.
Parents:  Henry Munnerlyn Jayroe and Emma McNair Jayroe
Spouse:  Lillian Hickman Jayroe
Date of Birth: Jan. 27, 1913
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Rose Hill Cemetery of Marion (World War II Army veteran)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2


Name:     Clara Bell Ford
Parents:  Louisiana McDonald and William McDonald
Spouse:  Allen Ford
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 55
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Article headlined Hamer
Place of Burial:  Hazy Grove Baptist Church Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Laneau Clark
Parents:  Joe and Liney Clark
Date of Birth/Age: Age 63
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Jan. 24, 1997
Place of Death:  Bradenton, Fla. (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Catfish Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4   


Name:     Bonnie Carter Rouse
Parents:  Samuel Paul and Lannie Mae Ivey Carter (as published)
Spouse:  Jimmy Rouse
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 51
Place of Birth:  Mullins
Date of Death: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital (article headlined Fork)
Place of Burial:  Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 4, col. 4, 5 and 6  


Name:     Major James Clay Cassada
Parents:  Fletcher and Mamie Cassada
Spouse:  Joanne Hayes of Dillon
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Crewe, Va.
Date of Death: Friday, Jan. 31, 1997
Place of Death:  Dillon
Place of Burial:  Florence National Cemetery (U. S. Army Ret.)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 9, col. 1  


Name:     Lillie Jane Hedgpeth
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 99
Place of Birth:  of 586 Ambrose Place
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Village Green Care Center (article headlined Fayetteville)
Place of Burial:  Union Baptist Church Cemetery at Latta, SC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 9, col. 2  


Name:     Charlie Alton Jones
Parents:  Charlie Randolph Jones and Hattie Morris Jones
Date of Birth: June 5, 1935
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997
Place of Death:  his residence (article headlined Hamer)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery (veteran of the U. S. Army)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 4, 1997, page 9, col. 3   


Name:      Billie Cox Clardy
Parents:  Daniel Maultsby and Lula Herring Cox
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 87
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997
Place of Death:  Dillon
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 6, 1997, page 4, col. 1


Name:     Ernest Nathan Scott
Parents:  Nathan Thomas and Myrtle Miller Scott
Spouse:  Estelle Hayes Scott
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 84
Place of Birth:  Columbus County
Date of Death: Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997
Place of Death:  his home (article headlined Lake View)
Place of Burial:  Bermuda Cemetery (U. S. Army, European and Pacific theaters, World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:     Cherry Margaret Price Tyndall
Parents:  Charles F. Price and Odessa Len Price Richardson
Spouse:  Cecil E. Tyndall
Date of Birth:  Nov. 26, 1934
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Feb. 5
Place of Death:  Article headlined Latta
Place of Burial:  Union Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3   


Name:     Shirley Ann Dillard
Parents:  David McDowell and Janie Louise Jackson McDowell
Spouse:  Albert Dillard
Date of Birth:  Sept. 24, 1946
Place of Birth:  Whiteville, NC
Date of Death: Thursday, Jan. 6, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4 and Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 1, col. 4   


Name:     William Porter Sr.
Parents:  Willis Gaston and Lucy Lane Porter
Spouse:  Nannie McCaskill Porter
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 79
Place of Birth:  Dillon County, SC
Date of Death: Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997
Place of Death:  National Health Care Center in Laurens (article headlined Laurens) (WW II Vetran)
Place of Burial:  Westview Memorial Park (article headlined Laurens)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5


Name:     Emily Caldwell McLean
Parents:  Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell and Sophia Glover Caldwell
Date of Birth: May 12, 1905
Place of Birth:  Walterboro
Date of Death: Friday, Feb. 7, 1997
Place of Death:  Presbyterian Home of SC in Summerville
Place of Burial:  Dothan Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Helen Charlotte Moses
Parents:  Daniel J. and Martha Ague Sollenberger
Spouse:  David Moses
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 83
Place of Birth:  Rock Island, Ill
Date of Death: Thursday, Feb. 6, 1997
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home in Dillon
Place of Burial:  Memorial services at Kannaday’s Funeral Home Chapel in Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 11, 1997, page 4, col. 6


Name:     Hubert Bryan Perritt
Parents:  Ruby Page Perritt and Alex David Perritt
Spouse:  1. Iris Leone Perritt,  2. Martielle Perritt
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 63
Place of Birth:  native of Lake View and resident of DeBerry, Texas for 30 years
Date of Death: Feb. 3, 1997
Place of Death:  Shreveport, La. (article headlined Shreveport, La.)
Place of Burial:  DeBerry Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 13, 1997, page 4, col. 4, 5 and 6   


Name:     Mary Louise Thomas
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 42
Place of Birth:  of Lake View
Date of Death: Sunday   
Place of Death:  Florence
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 1, col. 4   


Name:     Aaron Spencer Scott
Date of Death: Sunday   
Place of Death:  Florence
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 1, col. 4      


Name:    Thelma Hayes
Parents:  Wiggins Horne and Effie Taylor Horne
Spouse:  Rogers Hayes
Date of Birth:  Oct. 24, 1918
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 2, col. 4      


Name:     Rose Ellen Turbeville
Parents:  Ernest Snipes and Rosa Bell Watkins Snipes
Spouse:  Howard Turbeville of Hamer
Date of Birth:  July 21, 1941
Place of Birth:  Kershaw
Date of Death:  Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 2, col. 4   


Name:    John Allen (Peolly) Stephens (as published)
Parents:  Allen Sankey Stephens and Emma Pearl Altman Stephens
Spouse:  Lessie Stephens
Date of Birth:  Sept. 26, 1918
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death:  Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Commander Nursing Home in Florence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 2, col. 4


Name:     Rev. Earl Franklin Johnson
Parents:  Sam and Lucy Catherine Stratten Johnson
Spouse:  Robin Clark Johnson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 42
Place of Birth:  Darlington County
Date of Death: Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 18, 1997, page 2, col. 5   


Name:    Ronald   (Ronnie) Hayes
Parents:  Joe Louis Hayes and Margaret Boone
Date of Birth:  Sept. 13, 1956
Place of Birth:  Philadelphia, Pa., attended the Lake View Schools
Date of Death: found Wednesday
Place of Death:  Dillon County
Place of Burial:  Spring Hill Cemetery, Dillon     AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 1, col. 4 and 5 and Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 6   


Name:     Emmy Lou Herring Harpe
Parents:  Redin and Lula Johnson Herring
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997
Place of Death:  Columbia Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky. (article headlined Louisville, Ky.)
Place of Burial:  Services in Louisville by Evergreen Funeral Home
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 2, col. 4  


Name:    Boyd Franklin Thompson  
Parents: Nathan Olin and Annie Lizza Sanderson Thompson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 66
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, Feb. 17, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital (Article headlined Lake View)
Place of Burial:  Bear Swamp Church Cemetery near Lake View
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 2, col. 4 


Name:     Bertie Bryant Church Hayes
Parents:  Eli and Chloey Rogers Bryant
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 101
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Feb. 18, 1997
Place of Death:  local nursing home (article headlined Lake View)
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 2, col. 4 and Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 4       


Name:     Ned Williamson
Parents:  James Whiteford and Leasie Drew Williamson
Spouse:  Katherine Annie Harrelson Williamson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 75
Place of Birth:  Horry County and of Nichols
Date of Death: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital (article headlined Nichols)
Place of Burial:  Gethsemane Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 2, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Thelma Robinson
Parents:  Jasper and Floree Bonds
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 66
Place of Birth:  Little Rock
Date of Death: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Little Rock
Place of Burial:  Services at McCoy’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 20, 1997, page 2, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Irene Hasty Hamer
Parents:  Henry Alston Hasty and Kate Bracey Hasty
Date of Birth:  March 31, 1918
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Hamer Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Eloise Tolar Moody
Parents:  Jack Tolar and Naomi Martin Tolar
Date of Birth: Sept. 19, 1925
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4 


Name:     Lonia H. Meekins
Parents:  Henry Hayes and Maggie Hodge Hayes
Date of Birth: May 31, 1906
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, Feb. 22, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5     


Name:     James Albert Thompson
Parents:  Don Devon Thompson and Dannie Hayes Thompson
Spouse:  Edna Thompson of Dillon
Date of Birth:  Jan. 1, 1925
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, Feb. 24, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery (U. S. Army veteran)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, February 25, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:      Beulah Ruth Sweat
Parents:  Maston A. and Dora Grainger Christmas
Spouse:  Clifford Sweat
Date of Birth:  Aug. 29, 1928
Place of Birth:  Meadow Hill, SC
Date of Death: Friday, Feb. 21, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, February 27, 1997  


 MARCH


Name:     Robert Lewis Goins II
Parents:  Robert L. Goins Jr. and Kristie K. Goins
Date of Birth:  Sept. 29, 1995
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday   
Place of Death: Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Place of Burial:  McDonald Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery in McDonald
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 4, 1997, page 1, col. 1 and 2 and page 2, col. 1 and 2


Name:     Doris Rattley
Parents:  Eddie and Mary McLean Wright Sr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 52
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Tuesday
Place of Death:  her home
Place of Burial:  New Covenant Free Rock Church in Christ Cemetery, Clio
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 4, 1997, page 2, col. 1   


Name:     Evelyn V. McSwain
Parents:  R. G. Vereen and Estelle Limehouse Vereen
Spouse:  T. C. McSwain
Date of Birth:  June 20, 1909
Place of Birth:  Charleston
Date of Death: Monday, March 3, 1997
Place of Death:  Presbyterian Home of SC in Florence
Place of Burial:  Alford Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 4, 1997, page 2, col. 2and 3  


Name:     Cecil Carlisle Herring
Parents:  Woodrow Herring and Martha Etta Floyd Herring
Spouse:  Linda Herring of Dillon
Date of Birth:  Aug. 17, 1950
Place of Birth:  Mullins
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 6, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:    Freda S. Prosser 
Parents:  Hilliary Stone and Bessie Pauline Barr Stone
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 75
Place of Birth:  Williamsburg County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 6, 1997
Place of Death: Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 11, 1997, page 4, col. 3 


Name:     Lawrence Elvington Jr.
Parents:  Lawrence and Eva Rogers Elvington
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, March 1, 1997
Place of Death:  Carolina Hospital Systems in Florence (article headlined Lake View)
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery (U. S. Army in World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 11, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4   


Name:    George Emory Edwards
Parents:  Sam John Edwards and Christine Berry Edwards
Spouse:  Katheryn Roberts Edwards
Date of Birth:  June 5, 1930
Place of Birth: Dillon County 
Date of Death: Tuesday, March 11, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery (U. S. Army veteran)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 13, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:     C. B. Arnette
Parents:  Connie B. and Maude Miller Arnette
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 84
Place of Birth:  Pleasant Hill Community of Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 13
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 1 


Name:     Vivian Kinlaw Turbeville
Parents:  Albert and Annie Frazier Kinlaw
Spouse:  Wallace Glen Turbeville
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 85
Place of Birth:  Lumberton, NC
Date of Death: Wednesday, March 12
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 1  


Name:     Thelma Turner Davis
Parents:  Tink Turner and Mattie Lee Turner
Date of Birth:  June 20, 1924
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, March 15, 1997
Place of Death: Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 2  


Name:    Mary S. Edwards
Parents: Charles W. Smith and Mary Louise Ervin Smith
Spouse:  Edward Edwards Sr.
Date of Birth:  Jan. 4, 1944
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday, March 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Duke University Medical Center at Durham, NC
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 2  


Name:     Minnie Lou Alford
Parents:  Emma Jane McKinnon, stepfather, Charles McKinnon
Date of Death: Sunday, March 9, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence
Place of Burial:  New Holly United Methodist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 3   


Name:     Lugenia Johnson
Parents:  Rembert and Almeta Smith
Spouse:  Russell Johnson
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 13, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  St. Mary’s Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 18, 1997, page 9, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Robert Smith
Place of Birth:  of Cheraw Retirement Village about 17 years
Date of Death: reported missing February 27, 1993
Place of Death:  found in Chesterfield County
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 20, 1997, page 1, col. 1, 2 and 3   


Name:     Freddie Singleton Baxley
Parents:  George Whitford Singleton and Nora Martin Singleton
Spouse:  Blondell David Baxley
Date of Birth:  March 1, 1910
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Tuesday, March 18
Place of Death: Mullins Hospital (article headlined Brittons Neck)
Place of Burial:   Souls Chapel Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 20, 1997, page 6, col. 2  


Name:     Charlie Monroe Hendrix
Parents:  Monroe Hendrix and Ruby Emma Driggers Hendrix
Spouse:  Peggy Moody Hendrix of Dillon
Date of Birth:  Sept. 21, 1945
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Tuesday, March 18, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 20, 1997, page 6, col. 2   


Name:     Maggie Owens Butler
Parents:  Oscar and Georgiana Owens
Spouse:  Ed Butler
Date of Birth:  Nov. 26, 1910
Place of Birth:  Dillon County and of Kingsdale Manor, formerly of Fairmont
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Southeastern Regional Medical Center (article headlined Lumberton)
Place of Burial:  Mount Calvary Church Cemetery, Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 20, 1997, page 6, col. 2  


Name:    Stewart A. Southerland
Place of Birth:  of Goldsboro, NC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 20, 1997, page 6, col. 3  


Name:    Maurice Jermine Greer
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 19
Place of Birth:  of Dillon
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 25, 1997, page 1, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Donald Frank King
Parents:  Nelson Frank King and Dora Mae White King
Date of Birth:  July 24, 1936
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 20, 1997
Place of Death:  his residence
Place of Burial:  Rest Haven Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 25, 1997, page 9, col. 2  


Name:     John Baxter McCallum
Spouse:  Cammie McNair McCallum and Emily Page McCallum
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 95
Place of Birth:  Maxton and of Cheifland, Florida
Date of Death: Wednesday, March 19
Place of Death:  Article headlined Chiefland, Fl.
Place of Burial:  Oak Grove Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 25, 1997, page 9, col. 2, 3 and 4  


Name:     Margaret R. Jones
Parents:  Thomas Leven and Eura Rogers
Spouse:  Vol Grafton
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 74
Place of Birth:  Mullins
Date of Death: Saturday, March 22, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Latta
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, March 25, 1997, page 9, col. 4   


Name:     Christopher Dana Ellis Wallace
Parents:  Paul Wallace Jr. and Frances Bethea
Date of Birth:  December 7, 1965
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 27, 1997
Place of Death:  Medical University of South Carolina
Place of Burial:  Union Cemetery (U. S. Navy Veteran)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 1, col. 3 and April 1, 1997, page 4, col. 1


Name:     Mary Catherine Butler
Parents:  Phil and Lena Hayes
Spouse:  Thomas Butler
Date of Birth:  March 20, 1932
Place of Birth:  Praire, Georgia
Date of Death: Monday, March 24, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital
Place of Burial:  Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 13, col. 4   


Name:     Martha Morris George
Parents:  Charlie Morris and Roxie Wilkerson Morris
Spouse:  Charlie George
Date of Birth:  November 8, 1907
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, March 25, 1997
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 13, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Margaret Ann Williamson
Parents:  Cameron Morrison Tyler and Margie Louise Sasser Tyler
Spouse:  Gerald Franklin Williamson Sr.
Date of Birth:  October 8, 1948
Place of Birth:  Fayetteville, NC
Date of Death: Tuesday, March 25, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 13, col. 5   


Name:     E. Jean J. Blackburn
Parents:  Katie Jones Jackson Gibbs and John Alton Jackson
Spouse:  Steven Blackburn
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 37
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, March 26
Place of Death:  Baptist Medical Center (article headlined Orangeburg, SC)
Place of Burial:  St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 13, col. 5 and d6   


Name:     Marguerite Alford
Date of Death: Wednesday    death notice
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, March 27, 1997, page 13, col. 6  

 
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Name:     Marguerite Smith Alford
Parents:  Wallace Smith and Minnie Lawshe Smith
Date of Birth:  March 27, 1910
Place of Birth:  Mobile, AL.
Date of Death: Wednesday, March 26, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Alford Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 1, 1997, page 4, col. 1, 2 and 3   


Name:     Louise Johnson Lewis
Parents:  Robert Johnson and Rosie Roberts Johnson
Spouse:  K. P. Lewis
Date of Birth: Sept. 10, 1911
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Thursday, March 27, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 1, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Richard Leon (Richie) Britt
Parents:  Richard and Sandra Miller Britt
Spouse:  Laura Gaddy Britt
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 32
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Saturday, March 29, 1997
Place of Death:  his home (article headlined Fairmont, NC)
Place of Burial:  Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 1, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Hazel Herring
Parents: Junious Snipes and Mortie Lee Snipes
Date of Birth: October 8, 1917
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, March 31, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 1, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Charity Hamilton
Parents:  Elizabeth Hughes and Henry Swinney
Spouse:  Archie Hamilton
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Burial:  Pine Hill A. M. E. Church Cemetery in Bingham
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Annie M. Hyatt
Parents:  Yancey Hyatt and Pattie Hyatt Hyatt
Date of Birth:  Nov. 28, 1911
Place of Birth:  Dillon County and of Greenville
Date of Death: Thursday, March 27, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence of Greenville
Place of Burial:  Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Lillian “Jo” Rhea Michael
Parents:  Shaw Alexander Rhea and Fannie Lillian Baber Rhea
Spouse:  Virgil Hamlin Michael
Date of Birth:  June 12, 1917
Place of Birth:  Bath County, VA
Date of Death: April 1, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence (article headlined North Charleston)
Place of Burial:  Carolina Memorial Gardens
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 3, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Foster Cox
Parents:  Ed and Euthia Miller Cox
Spouse:  Esther Davis Cox
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 72
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, April 5, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 8, 1997, page 4, col. 1 & Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 4


Name:     Anna L. Byrd
Parents:  Lucian and Sophia Rogers Patrick
Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 1929
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Sunday, April 6, 1997
Place of Death:  Columbia Grand Regional Medical Center (article headlined Socastee)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 8, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2 


Name:     Ron McDaniel Sr.
Parents:  Dorothy Woodle McDaniel and Hughey McDaniel
Spouse:  Judi Waldroup McDaniel
Date of Birth: Feb. 12, 1949
Place of Birth:  Mullins, SC
Date of Death: Thursday, April 3, 1997
Place of Burial:  Celebration of life at the Unitarian Church of Asheville
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 8, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3   


Name:     Maurice Jermiane Greer
Parents:  Dorothy Jean Greer and Kenny Lee Bellamy
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: March 20, 1997
Place of Burial:  Roadside Cemetery, Dillon        AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 10, 1997, page 4, col. 6   


Name:     Jewell Pierce McLaurin Jr.
Parents:  Jewell Pierce McLaurin Sr. and Kate Braddy McLaurin
Spouse:  Julia Lane Wallace McLaurin
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 81
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Friday, April 11
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home in Dillon
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 1, col. 4, 5 and 6  


Name:     Emily Daniels Hardaway
Parents:  William and Sharon Daniels Hardaway
Date of Birth: July 19, 1979
Place of Birth:  Holyoke, MA
Date of Death: Saturday    traffic accident
Place of Death:  a Summerville Hospital
Place of Burial:  Carolina Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 1, col. 4, 5 and 6 & page 4, col. 5 and 6 

 
Name:     Joe Davis Jr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 25
Place of Birth:  of Marion
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 1, col. 1, 2 and 3  


Name:     Jesse Butler
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 27
Place of Birth:  of Cross
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 1, col. 1, 2 and 3


Name:      Cammeron Triplett Wilson    
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 25
Place of Birth:  of Marion, now Fort Lee, Virginia
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 1, col. 1, 2 and 3  


Name:     Stephanie Manning
Parents:  Vivian Manning and Treadway Manning Jr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 21
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Burial: Rest Haven Cemetery     AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Walker Mac Collins
Parents:  William L. and Beatrice Grantham Collins
Date of Birth:  February 6, 1938
Place of Birth:  Robeson County, NC
Date of Death: Thursday, April 10, 1997
Place of Death:  Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton
Place of Burial:  Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     M. C. McLellan
Parents:  Walker McLellan and Geneva Campbell McLellan
Date of Birth:  July 23, 1918
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Sunday, April 13, 1997
Place of Death:  Faith Nursing Home in Florence
Place of Burial:  Old Zion Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5 


Name:     Elbert Owens
Parents:  Elmore and Pearl Kirby Owens
Date of Birth: May 21, 1926
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Friday, April 11, 1997
Place of Death:  Charleston, SC
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery (US NAVY WORLD WAR II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Bessie W. Bethea
Parents:  Jim and Nancy Whittington
Date of Birth/Age: Age 83
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Article headlined Hamer
Place of Burial:  Hazy Grove Baptist Church Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 15, 1997, page 4, col. 6   


Name:     Julia Ann Thompson
Parents:  Clarence and Sarah Nolan
Spouse:  Robert Thompson
Date of Birth:  April 9, 1920
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Pine Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 17, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Esaw Hunt
Parents:  John Wesley Hunt and Blanche Mae Quick
Date of Birth: May 15, 1930
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death:  Tuesday
Place of Death:  Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg
Place of Burial:  Pee Dee Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 17, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5


Name:     Maxine Moody Floyd
Parents:  Arnold Vance Moody and Ruby Wiggins Moody
Spouse:  Lamar G. “Jack” Floyd
Date of Birth: July 15, 1933
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital
Place of Burial:  Cedardale Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 17, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Martha A. Townsend
Parents:  Major and Amy Traynum
Spouse:  William Henry Townsend
Date of Birth/Age: Age 57
Place of Birth:  Greenville County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  House of Thomas in charge of arrangements (AA)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 17, 1997, page 4, col. 6  


Name:   Josie Beth Bullard  
Parents:  Phillip Allen Bullard and Sharon Hyatt Bullard
Date of Birth/Age:  infant
Place of Birth:  of Latta
Date of Death: Wednesday, April 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Carolinas Women Center
Place of Burial:  Old Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 17, 1997, page 17, col. 2   


Name:     Vernelle Smith Koester
Parents:  Joe Wheeler Smith and Lela Church Smith
Spouse:  L. Harry Koester
Date of Birth:  May 13, 1927
Place of Birth:  Lake View
Date of Death: April 16, 1997
Place of Death:  a local hospital
Place of Burial:  Carolina Memorial Gardens (article headlined Charleston)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 4 


Name:     Annie Lou Cook Caulder
Parents:  Jim and Normie Cook Caulder
Date of Birth: June 30, 1911
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday, April 20, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Little Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Beulah Mae McDonald
Parents:  John Emerson Butler and Hattie Elizabeth Huggins Butler
Spouse:  Herbert McDonald of Dillon
Date of Birth:  Nov. 23, 1921
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Friday, April 18, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Albertine Hayes Sanderson
Parents:  Henry and Eula Rogers Hayes
Spouse:  Neil Sanderson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 82
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, April 19, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Shiela Mack Kennedy
Parents:  Renzalo B. Mack and Mary Mack
Spouse:  Anthony Kavin Kennedy
Date of Birth: August 15, 1966
Place of Birth:  Trenton, NJ
Date of Death: April 13, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence
Place of Burial:  St. Mary Cemetery        AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 6   


Name:      Lexus Kettier Purnell
Parents:  Mary Sparks and Elijah Purnell Jr.
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Lt. Luke Church Cemetery in Little Rock
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 22, 1997, page 4, col. 6 and Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 3 


Name:     Jody Cox
Parents:  Earline Smith Sanderson and Archie Boyd Sanderson
Spouse:  James Earl Cox
Date of Birth:  December 5, 1951
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death:  Monday, April 21, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence (article headlined Fork)
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:      Chessie Miller
Parents:  James Stokes and Addie Freeman Stokes
Date of Birth:  November 25, 1915
Place of Birth:  Chesterfield County
Date of Death: Monday, April 21, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2   


Name:     Hazel Lane Wagner
Parents:  Joseph Herbert and Hannah Elizabeth Collins Lane
Spouse:  Kenneth Wagner
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 84
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, April 21, 1997
Place of Death:  Marion County Nursing Center
Place of Burial:  Rose Hill Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     R. C. Gray
Parents:  Dolf and Mollie Gray
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 71
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, April 21, 1997
Place of Death:  a local hospital (article headlined Fairmont)
Place of Burial:  Evans Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Virginia Graves Knight
Parents:  Franklin and Marie Vickers Graves
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 71
Place of Birth:  Idell County, NC
Date of Death: Monday, April 21, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Concord, NC
Place of Burial:  Nebo Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     William “Billy” Martin Sawyer
Parents:  Charles William Sawyer and Allie Martin Sawyer
Spouse:  Geraldine Sawyer
Date of Birth:  Nov.16, 1944
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, April 22, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:   Sister Melsene Lorraine Assunta Guittar, FSM 
Parents:  Norman Guittar
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 58
Place of Birth:  St. Louis
Date of Death: Tuesday, April 22, 1997
Place of Death:  St. Mary of the Angels Convent in Richmond Heights, MO.
Place of Burial:  Resurrection Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, April 24, 1997, page 4, col. 3


Name:      William Boyce Moody Sr.
Parents:  Robert “Bob” Moody and Luna Barfield Moody
Spouse:  Betty Graham Moody of Georgetown
Date of Birth:  November, 6, 1924
Place of Birth:  Lake View
Date of Death: Thursday, April 24, 1997
Place of Death:  his residence (article headlined Georgetown)
Place of Burial:  Sampit United Methodist Cemetery  (U. S. Army, World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2   


Name:     Julia Finklea Legette
Parents:  Alfred Marion and Katherine Fore Finklea
Spouse:  A. Lafon Legette
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 84
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Article headlined Latta
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 2   


Name:     Donna Ruffner
Parents:  Charles and Donna Dickey
Spouse:  Ralph Ruffner
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 55
Place of Birth:  Warren, Ohio
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Article headlined Latta
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3 


Name:     James Thomas Cunningham
Spouse:  Macie Cunningham of Dillon
Date of Birth: August 23, 1924
Place of Birth:  Columbus, Georgia
Date of Death: Thursday, April 24, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center (article headlined Dillon)
Place of Burial:  Red Hill Cemetery in Mullins
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Flora Rich
Parents:  Arthur Caulder and Misouria Huggins Caulder
Spouse:  James “Willie” Rich
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 76
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, April 28
Place of Death:  Franklin, NC (article headlined Franklin, NC)
Place of Burial:  Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4   


Name:     Audrey Barrineau Sanders
Parents:  Frances Hatcher Barrineau and Calvin Leroy Barrineau
Spouse:  Albert H. Sanders Jr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 58
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: April 25
Place of Death:  Saint Francis Hospital (article headlined Greenville)
Place of Burial:  Graceland East Memorial Park
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5


Name:     Dorothy Huggins
Parents:  John William Osborn and Lona Viola Wise Osborn
Date of Birth:  May 1, 1914
Place of Birth:  Serrogordo, NC (as published)
Date of Death: Sunday, April 27
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital (article headlined Dillon)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, April 29, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  

 
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Name:     Cicero Henry Turner
Parents:  Elbert Turner and Mattie Christmas Turner
Spouse:  Gracie A. Turner
Date of Birth:  Jan. 11, 1920
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: Wednesday, April 30, 1997
Place of Death:  Veterans Hospital in Columbia
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 1, 1997, page 4, col. 1


Name:     Lucy Spears Adams
Parents:  James Archie Spears and Caroline Byrd Spears
Spouse:  F. LeVerne Adams
Date of Birth:  June 19, 1907
Place of Birth: Bennettsville and resident of Scotia Village
Date of Death: Thursday, May 1, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Laurinburg
Place of Burial:  Rowland Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 1and 2


Name:     Aaron McInnis
Parents:  Simmie and Annie Kinney McInnis
Spouse:  Minnie McInnis of Dillon
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Friday, May 2, 1997
Place of Burial:  Pine Hill A. M. E. Church Cemetery in Latta
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3 


Name:     Teddy Franklin Rowell
Parents:  Fletcher Rowell Jr. and Eva Lois Taylor Rowell
Date of Birth/Age:  Feb. 28, 1977
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4, and page 1, col. 5


Name:    Lillian “Tina” Miller
Parents:  Jim and Nancy Page Miller
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Saturday, May 3, 1997
Place of Death:  Florida residence (article headlined Jacksonville)
Place of Burial:  Lake View Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 4 


Name:      Ethel L. Ward
Parents:  Hubert Lane and Ida Wiggins Lane
Date of Birth:  July 21, 1923
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, May 1, 1997
Place of Death:  Wilson Clinic
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 4   


Name:     Elmer Hyatt
Parents:  Thomas Hyatt and Sallie Cook Hyatt
Spouse:  Mildred Sawyer Hyatt
Date of Birth:  Oct. 7, 1925
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, May 5, 1997
Place of Death:  Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia (article headlined Fork)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Mildred Edith Brewer Boan
Parents:  Albert B. Brewer and Edith Lane Brewer
Date of Birth:  August 30, 1927
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, May 5, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence
Place of Burial:  Memorial services at the Dillon First Baptist Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Lawrence Willard Chambers
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 35
Place of Birth:  of Fayetteville
Date of Death: Saturday    auto accident
Place of Death:  Dillon County
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 1, col. 5


Name:    Deanna O. Hepner
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 29
Place of Birth:  Fayetteville
Date of Death: Saturday    auto accident
Place of Death:  Dillon County
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 6, 1997, page 1, col. 5 & Thursday, May 8, 1997, page 3, col. 1  


Name:     Kaelly Deanna Beck
Parents:  Stanley Allen Beck Sr. and Christy Deanna Jackson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 7 weeks old
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  a Charleston hospital
Place of Burial:  Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 8, 1997, page 3, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Helen Inez Bethea
Parents:  Bob Roller and Exie Ann Goins Roller
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 73
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 8, 1997, page 3, col. 4, 5 and 6  


Name:     Magdalene Rogers
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 53
Place of Birth:  of Lake View
Date of Death: Friday        house fire death
Place of Death:  Lake View
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 1, col. 3 and 4   


Name:     Margaret Louise Jackson
Parents:  R. W. Mount and Maggie Bonnet Mount
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 82
Place of Birth:  Orangeburg County
Date of Death: Wednesday, May 7, 1997
Place of Death:  her residence, 1998 Highway 38 West
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2   


Name:     Eunice M. Rogers
Parents:  Jessie C. and Hannah Horne Miller
Spouse:  Henslee Rogers
Date of Birth:  Sept. 5, 1913
Place of Birth: Lake View, SC
Date of Death: Saturday, May 10, 1997
Place of Death:  a Columbia hospital
Place of Burial:  Bermuda Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Mildred Daniels
Parents:  Boyd and Nancy Taylor Huggins
Spouse:  Clifford Daniels
Date of Birth/Age:  April 15, 1927
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Thursday, May 8, 1997
Place of Death:  Carolinas Hospital System in Florence
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 2 


Name:     Dexter Roland Hamilton
Parents:  Robert C. and Pauline McKeller Hamilton
Spouse:  Pauline Richardson Hamilton
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 69
Place of Birth:  Dillon, SC
Date of Death: Saturday, May 10, 1997
Place of Death:  Columbia-Grand Strand Regional Medical Center (article headlined Myrtle Beach)
Place of Burial:  Memorial service at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel (U. S. Navy veteran, World War II and Korean War)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Harold Leroy Neal
Parents:  Guy and Alma Irene Neal
Spouse:  June Neal of Dillon
Date of Birth:  March 17, 1927
Place of Birth: Round Head, Ohio
Date of Death: Saturday
Place of Death:  Dorn VA Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Memorial services at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel (veteran of U. S. Army)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Ethel J. Henry
Parents:  Andrew Berry and Katie Hayes Brumble
Spouse:  Tracey Johnson and Laurin Henry
Date of Birth:  July 26, 1908
Place of Birth:  Latta
Date of Death: Friday, May 9, 1997
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home in Dillon
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Doris M. Bethea
Parents:  Willie Bea Legette and Cleve Bethea
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 43
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Friday, May 9, 1997
Place of Burial:  Road Side Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     William Harris Chavis
Parents:  William and Alifair Fairfax Chavis
Spouse:  Myrtle Chavis
Date of Birth: November 23, 1923
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Veterans Administration Hospital, Fayetteville
Place of Burial:  Chavis Family Cemetery, Rowland
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 13, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Hattie Bell Carmichael Dawson
Parents:  Robert C. and Rosa Bell Carmichael
Spouse:  Avard Dawson
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: May 9
Place of Death:  Carolina Hospital System, Florence
Place of Burial:  Roadside Memorial Garden        AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 15, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2 


Name:     Rosie Maria Brunson McNair
Parents:  Annie Johnson Brunson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 72
Place of Birth:  native of Pinewood, SC
Date of Death: Monday, May 12
Place of Death:  Durham Regional Hospital Emergency Room
Place of Burial:  St. Mary’s Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 15, 1997, page 4, col. 2   


Name:     Minnie (Hattie) Collins Byrd
Parents:  John Monroe Collins and Stacy Agnes Williams Collins
Spouse:  James Otto Byrd
Date of Birth:  November 12, 1934
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Wednesday, May 14, 1997
Place of Death:  Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia
Place of Burial:  Devotion Gardens Cemetery (article headlined Marion)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 20, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4 


Name:     William C. H. Myers Sr.
Parents:  Joseph Hershell and Nettie Jane Martin Myers
Place of Birth:  Georgia
Date of Death: Friday, May 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital
Place of Burial:  Kemper Baptist Church Cemetery (article headlined Lake View)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 20, 1997, page 4, col. 4    


Name:     Murray Leroy Allen
Parents:  Frank and Effie Woodcock Allen
Spouse:  Irene Joyner Allen
Date of Birth:  August 22, 1904
Place of Birth:  Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY, of Wesley Pines, formerly of Orrum, NC
Date of Death: Thursday, May 15, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Lumberton
Place of Burial:  Maplewood Cemetery, Mannsville, NY
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 20, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Jessie Clark Brigman
Parents:  Jessie Coleman Clark and Ada Smith Clark
Spouse:  Ansel B. Brigman of Mullins
Date of Birth:  June 23, 1925
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Mullins Hospital
Place of Burial:  East Marlboro Cemetery in Brownsville
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 27, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4 


Name:     William Race (W. R.) Faulk
Parents:  Beulah Hamilton Faulk and Carl Hayward Faulk
Spouse: Barbara H. Faulk of Bennettsville
Date of Birth:  April 23, 1937
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, May 15, 1997
Place of Death:  his residence in Bennettsville
Place of Burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 27, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     Awine Strickland Huggins
Parents:  Hezekiah Strickland and Catherine S. Strickland
Spouse:  Malcolm Huggins
Date of Birth:  August 15, 1915
Place of Birth:  Fair Bluff, NC
Date of Death: Friday, May 23, 1997
Place of Death:  her home (article headlined Loris)
Place of Burial:  Strickland Cemetery at Fair Bluff
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, May 27, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Ruth Carter
Parents:  Ed Turner and Sue Johnson Turner
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 76
Place of Birth:  Marion County
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital (article headlined Hamer)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 29, 1997, page 4, col. 5


Name:      Beverley DuBose Hamer Peery
Parents:  Robert C. and Janie Dubose Hamer of Dillon
Spouse:  Dr. William Wallace Peery
Date of Birth:  Nov. 29, 1913
Place of Birth: Columbia, SC
Date of Death: May 22, 1997
Place of Death:  Marietta, GA
Place of Burial:  Robert P. Hamer Sr. Cemetery, Little Rock
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 29, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Louis Wilson
Spouse:  Rosa Wilson
Place of Birth:  of Latta
Date of Death: Monday, May 26, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Hospital (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Bethel Hill Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, May 29, 1997, page 4, col. 6  


JUNE


Name:     Rev. Julius Franklin “Jack” Hayes
Parents:  William Henry Hayes and Ella Hayes
Spouse:  Virgie M. Hayes of Dillon
Date of Birth:  May 2, 1919
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  his residence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery (U. S. Army veteran of World War II and Korean War)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2  


Name:     Mary Hazel Stanton Herring Gaddy
Parents:  Morris Howard Stanton and Mary Ann Hayes Stanton
Date of Birth:  April 16, 1917
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Friday, May 30, 1997
Place of Death:  Newnan, GA
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     Jasper C. “Fuzzy” Johnson
Parents:  Jasper Calhoun Johnson and Miriam Lee Johnson
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 79
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, May 28
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Fernand Joseph Maynard
Parents:  Frank Maynard and Marie Louise Breault Maynard
Spouse:  Irene Maynard
Date of Birth: Jan. 14, 1917
Place of Birth:  Putnam, CT
Date of Death: Wednesday, May 28, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Services at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel (World War II veteran of U.S. Army)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5   


Name:     Hattie Sue Kersey
Parents:  Clarence Nolan and Sarah Woodle Nolan
Date of Birth:  Dec. 9, 1916
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Thursday, May 29, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Services at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 3, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6   


Name:     Mae Cook Jackson
Parents:  Moses and Nancy Sweatt Cook
Spouse:  Reid Jackson of Winston-Salem
Date of Birth:  July 25, 1917
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 3, 1997
Place of Death:  Forsyth Memorial Hospital (article headlined Winston-Salem)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery, Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 5, 1997, page 7, col. 3  


Name:     Lester Earl Garris
Parents:  John R. and Julia Fogle Garris
Spouse:  Lois Smith Garris
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 65
Place of Birth:  Horry County
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 3, 1997
Place of Death:  a Florence hospital
Place of Burial:  Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery (US Army Veteran)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 5, 1997, page 7, col. 3  


Name:     Sarah Taylor Perkins
Spouse:  William Perkins
Date of Birth/Age: Age 91
Place of Birth:  Fork, SC
Date of Death: June 4, 1997
Place of Burial:  Harrelson Family Cemetery, Fork, SC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 5, 1997, page 7, col. 3  


Name:     Ronald Lynn Carter
Parents:  Luther Tracy Carter Sr. and Nellie Lane Carter
Spouse:  Becky Carter
Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1955
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday, June 5, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Latta
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 2   


Name:     Lurline S. Hamilton
Parents:  Jimmy Sanders and Rennie Sanders
Spouse:  Robert S. Hamilton
Date of Birth:  April 13, 1916
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: Friday, June 6, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Martha Oxendine Griggs
Parents:  Netus and Abbie Brayboy Oxendine
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 65
Place of Birth:  Robeson County, NC
Date of Death: Saturday, June 7, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined McColl
Place of Burial:  Rogers Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3  


Name:     May Bell Hatchell
Parents: John and Minnie Walters Williams of Parkton, NC
Spouse: Liston N. Hatchell
Date of Birth:  June 15, 1915
Date of Death: Thursday, June 5, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial: Catfish Creek Baptist Church Cemetery 
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 3 


Name:     Carolyn Wood Baxley
Parents:  Joseph Columbus and Emilu Moore Wood
Spouse:  Col. William J. Baxley Jr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 68
Place of Birth:  Dillon
Date of Death: Saturday, June 7, 1997
Place of Death:  Conway Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery, Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Robert James Harrelson
Parents:  Victor Dixon and Anna Belle McCormick Harrelson
Spouse:  Earline L. Harrelson
Date of Birth: May 3, 1925
Place of Birth:  Fairmont, NC
Date of Death: Friday, June 6, 1997
Place of Death:  Veterans Hospital in Columbia (article headlined Sumter)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery in Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Charles “Red” Williams
Parents:  Miles McInnis and Onie Wilkes Williams
Date of Birth:  Oct. 11, 1932
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  his residence
Place of Burial:  Evergreen Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Charles David Williamson
Parents:  Jimmy David Williamson and Marie Jackson Williamson
Date of Birth: March 27, 1970
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Richland Memorial Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 4 


Name:     Mary Louise Cooper Adams
Parents:  Bert H. and Gertrude Cooper of Springfield
Spouse:  James H. Adams Sr.
Date of Birth:  October 29, 1914
Place of Birth:  Springfield, SC
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  her home (article headlined Rowland)
Place of Burial:  Rowland Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 10, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Michael Anthony Cox
Parents:  Edward J. Cox and Louise Hyman Cox
Date of Birth:  August, 19, 1964
Place of Birth: Baltimore, MD
Date of Death: Thursday, June 11, 1997
Place of Death: Dillon County    auto accident
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 12, 1997, page 4, col. 5, and page 1, col. 1, 2 and 3   


Name:     Lamar Smithey
Parents:  Tillman and Hattie Maude Campbell Smithey
Spouse:  Myrtle Flowers Smithey
Date of Birth:  June 2, 1919
Place of Birth: Marion County
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 10, 1997
Place of Death:  Marion Memorial Hospital
Place of Burial:  Smithey Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 12, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Jesse Greer
Parents:  James Greer and Donella Greer
Spouse:  Blontee Carmichael
Date of Birth: Sept. 18, 1941
Place of Birth:  of Dillon
Date of Death: June 14
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Roadside Memorial Garden        AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 1, col. 1& Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 7, col. 3 and 4


Name:     Annie Mae Reaves Davis
Parents:  Mattie Ford Reaves and Julius Reaves
Spouse:  Minniefield Davis
Date of Birth: July 25, 1915
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: June 9
Place of Death:  Marion Hospital in Marion
Place of Burial:  Spring Hill /Fork Chapel Cemetery, Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2 


Name:     Alise Elizabeth Jackson
Parents:  John Craft and Lillie Adams Craft
Date of Birth:  April 28, 1918
Place of Birth:  Pageland
Date of Death: Sunday, June 15, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Hospital (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3   


Name:     Winford Mike Locklear
Spouse:  Beulah Brooks Locklear
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital (article headlined Fairmont)
Place of Burial:  Services at Dogwood Chapel Baptist Church
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 3 and 4


Name:     Jamarius Keshawn Page
Parents:  James and Kurtisha Page
Date of Birth/Age:  infant
Date of Death: Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Lee Cemetery in Pembroke, NC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Millie Jane Moore
Parents:  Julie Ratley
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 10, 1997
Place of Death:  McLeod Regional Medical Center (article headlined Hamer)
Place of Burial:  Hazy Grove Baptist Church Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5  


Name:     John Evans
Parents:  Samuel and Hattie Evans
Spouse:  Teresa C. Evans
Place of Birth:  Clarendon County
Place of Burial:  Monday, June 9, 1997 in Rest Haven Cemetery    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 17, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Miriam Hayes McDaniels
Parents:  Bruce Benjamin and Cora Jackson Hayes
Date of Birth:  May 1, 1927
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Wednesday, June 18, 1997
Place of Death:  Florence
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 19, 1997, page 4, col. 1 


Name:     George Roberts
Parents:  William and Lilly Roberts
Date of Birth:  April 10, 1919
Place of Birth:  Brownsville Community of Marlboro County
Date of Death: Monday, June 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon
Place of Burial:  Little Bless Holiness Church Cemetery (article headlined Latta)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 19, 1997, page 4, col. 2   


Name:     Leon Ivison Martin
Parents:  Walter W. and Teresa Causey Martin
Spouse:  Rhoda Jackson Martin
Date of Birth:  August 15, 1909
Place of Birth: Horry County
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 17, 1997
Place of Death:  Southland Health Care Center in Florence
Place of Burial:  Kemper Baptist Church Cemetery (article headlined Fork)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 19, 1997, page 4, col. 3, 4 and 5   


Name:     Rufus Weatherford Jr.
Parents:  Rufus Weatherford Sr. and Hannah Weatherford
Date of Birth:  Dec. 16, 1931
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 17, 1997
Place of Death:  Faith Nursing Home
Place of Burial:  Services at Cooper Funeral Home
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 19, 1997, page 4, col. 5 and 6  


Name:     Robert Jake Wiggins
Parents:  Elias Pearl Wiggins and Joseph Rebecca Wiggins
Spouse:  Gladys L. Wiggins
Date of Birth:  Feb. 26, 1915
Place of Birth: Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 7, col. 1, 2 and 3  


Name:     Meredith Clare Moody
Parents:  Beamon Carlton and Christie Barbour Moody Jr.
Date of Birth/Age:  Infant
Date of Death:  Monday, June 23, 1997
Place of Death: McLeod Regional Women’s Pavilion (article headlined Lake View) 
Place of Burial:  Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cook Funeral Home of Lake View
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 7, col. 3  and Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and 3


Name:     Franklin (Fly) Gilchrist
Parents:  Carrie Gilchrist and Wilson Gilchrist
Date of Birth:  May 13, 1954
Place of Birth: Lake View
Date of Death: June 17
Place of Death:  University Hospital, Syracuse, NY
Place of Burial:  Spring Hill /Fork Chapel Cemetery, Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 7, col. 3 and 4  


Name:     Theresa Nichols
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 47
Place of Birth:  formerly of Latta
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Cape Fear Valley Regional Medical Center
Place of Burial:  Maultsby & Sons Funeral Home, Lumberton is in charge
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1


Name:     Clarence Edmonson (Bo) Berry Jr.
Parents:  C. E. Berry Sr. and Cornelia McLees Berry
Spouse:  Margaret Hamilton Berry of Bennettsville
Date of Birth: May 3, 1926
Place of Birth:  Bennettsville
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  his home (article headlined Bennettsville)
Place of Burial:  McCall Cemetery of Bennettsville
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:     Charity Moody
Parents:  William and Mary Ida Taylor
Date of Birth/Age: 
Place of Birth:  Sumter
Date of Death: Thursday, June 19, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Hamilton Cemetery         AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1   


Name:     Hamer (Big Baby) Purnell
Parents:  Buck and Mandy Purnell
Place of Birth:  Marlboro County
Date of Death: Friday
Place of Death:  Highsmith-Rainey Hospital in Fayetteville
Place of Burial:  Road Side Cemetery in Dillon    AA
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:     Joseph A. “Billy” Evans
Parents:  Lillian Evans
Date of Birth: April 26, 1925
Place of Birth:  Virginia
Date of Death: Wednesday
Place of Death:  a Darlington hospital
Place of Burial:  Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1  


Name:     Mary Elizabeth Owens
Parents:  John Dallas Locklear and Lizzie Williams Locklear
Date of Birth:  May 11, 1926
Place of Birth: Marlboro County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Leland Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 1 and 2  


Name:     Eula Mae Smith
Parents:  Gaston Cook and Annie Lane Cook
Spouse:  Melvin Smith
Date of Birth: Dec. 31, 1926
Place of Birth:  Dillon, of Plano, IL.
Date of Death: Tuesday, June 10, 1997
Place of Death:  Rockford, IL.
Place of Burial:  Little Rock Township Cemetery in Plano
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2   


Name:     Beatrice Godbolt
Parents:  Vance Godbolt and Clara Segars Godbolt
Date of Birth:  June 9, 1923
Place of Birth: Dillon
Date of Death: Monday, June 16, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Rest Haven Cemetery, Latta, SC
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Ruby Walters Nye
Parents:  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters
Spouse:  James Albert Nye
Date of Birth:  August 17, 1917
Place of Birth:  Robeson County
Date of Death: Sunday, June 22, 1997
Place of Death:  Pemberton Nursing Center (article headlined Pembroke)
Place of Burial:  Floyd Memorial Cemetery, Fairmont
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 2 and d3  


Name:     McLellan (Mac) Campbell
Parents:  George Brown Sr. and Flora McLellan Campbell
Spouse:  Margaret McInnis Campbell of Clio
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 78
Place of Birth:  Hamer, SC
Date of Death: Monday
Place of Death:  Article headlined Clio
Place of Burial:  Carolina Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Elizabeth “Libby” Hollingsworth
Parents:  Garrie and Lisha Powers Cook (as published)
Spouse:  Paul Hollingsworth
Date of Birth/Age:  Wednesday, May 14
Place of Birth:  Dillon, SC
Date of Death: Wednesday, May 14
Place of Death:  Peakwood Health Care Center, Lebanon, IN
Place of Burial:  North Liberty Cemetery in Indianapolis
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, June 24, 1997, page 4, col. 4, 5 and 6  


Name:     Perry Lemont Lighty III
Parents:  Perry Lighty Jr.
Date of Death: June 21, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  St. Matthew A. M. E. Church Cemetery in Hamer
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 26, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:     Horace B. Elvington
Spouse:  Winnie R. Elvington
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 81
Place of Birth:  native of Dillon
Date of Death: Thursday, June 24, 1997
Place of Death:  Article headlined Hampton, VA
Place of Burial:  Peninsula Memorial Park
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Thursday, June 26, 1997, page 4, col. 6  


JULY


Name:     Flora Edna Collins McKenzie
Parents:  Nash Collins and Ethel Watts Collins Campbell
Date of Birth: Nov. 15, 1926
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Thursday
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Riverside Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Florence T. Powell
Parents:  Light and Bess McLeod Townsend
Spouse:  Senator E. LeRoy Powell Jr.
Date of Birth: June 17, 1910
Place of Birth:  Blenheim, SC
Date of Death: Thursday, June 26, 1997
Place of Death:  Presbyterian Home of SC in Florence (article headlined Latta)
Place of Burial:  Magnolia Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Virginia Maxine Ford
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 90
Date of Death: Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Place of Death:  Marion County Medical Center (article headlined Lake View)
Place of Burial:  Bear Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 2  


Name:     Marion Carter
Parents:  Brown Carter and Inez Weatherford Carter
Spouse:  Joyce Cottingham Carter
Date of Birth:  Nov. 7, 1939
Place of Birth:  Dillon County
Date of Death: Monday, June 30, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 3  


Name:     Walter Monroe Moody
Parents:  Alton Carl Moody and Sallie Hayes Moody of Lake View
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 83
Place of Birth:  of Lake View
Date of Death: Saturday, June 28, 1997
Place of Death:  Saint Eugene Community Hospital
Place of Burial: Not published (U. S. Air Corp, World War II)
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 3   


Name:     Fodie Mae Britt
Parents:  Johnas and Mary Jane Allen Herring
Spouse:  Holmes Jerome Britt
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 86
Place of Birth:  of Dillon
Date of Death: Sunday, June 19, 1997
Place of Death:  Pines Nursing Home in Dillon
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 4  


Name:     Louise Rogers McDonald
Spouse:  John Percy McDonald
Date of Birth/Age:  Age 92
Place of Birth:  Fork, SC
Date of Death: Saturday, June 28, 1997
Place of Death:  Mecklenburg Health Care Center (article headlined Charlotte)
Place of Burial:  Greenlawn Perpetual Cemetery in Dillon
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 4 and 5


Name:     Wynell (Nell) Smith Averitt
Parents:  Mary Jane Patterson Smith and Elliott Devine Smith
Spouse:  Charles A. Averitt Sr. of Raeford
Date of Birth: Sept. 5, 1934
Place of Birth:  Pee Dee, SC
Date of Death: Sunday
Place of Death:  her home in Raeford, NC
Place of Burial:  Raeford Cemetery
Source and date of issue: The Dillon Herald, Tuesday, July 1, 1997, page 4, col. 5  


Name:  Mary Elizabeth Dawkins    
Parents:  Johnny Dawkins and Rachel McNeil Dawkins
Date of Birth/Age:  July 5, 1960
Place of Birth:  Lake View
Date of Death: June 22, 1997
Place of Death:  High Point Regional Hospital, High Point, NC